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Panopticon:
OK, the title is a bit misleading, there are no wars currently, but there are colonies! They could have wars!

I am starting a new game, it is a bit complicated, I used SM mode heavily to modify the various conditions in Sol and now having two factions with multiple colonies located in the Sol system and neither one is in a particularly great state at game start. I thought it might be interesting to post the game on here for people to judge and possibly participate in if they so desire.

The next couple posts will be the background and introductions for the two factions in the game, if the community would like to participate they can take the role of various colony governors faction leaders, scientists or military commanders and help set policy and goals.

Updates will happen as I feel like posting them, no less than one a week though.

"Dwarf" list:

Federation
Ebbor Steele, Missiles/Kinetic Weapons scientist.

Empire
Merlin Ross-254, Lieutenant General commanding the Empire ground forces.
Euchre Judas Rimmer, Commander of Jump Ship Blue Giant.

Panopticon:
Introduction:

The late 20th and early 21st centuries saw an explosion into space greater than anyone expected, post World War Two and Cold War posturing saw the space race between the US and Russia take off after Russia's historic first manned space flight and escalate even further by the accusations from both parties that they had deployed space based nuclear weaponry. This prompted most industrial nations to get into the party as well and by the end of the 20th century manned spaceflight was commonplace, with permanent space stations in orbit as well as on Luna and Mars.
The threat of mutually assured destruction forced an alliance of sorts in the space race, as all nations were run by more or less reasonable individuals and the corporations who influenced policy had no interest in destroying humanities home world. But in the push to space, they could engage in proxy battles looking for resources without triggering a genocidal war.
It turned out however that the Solar system had plenty of resources all around, and as access to space became ever more efficient, more and more of the population moved into space based industries, there was even room for private prospectors, who surveyed the asteroids and moon systems of the Jovian planets for valuable minerals.
By 2100 there were almost a billion people living and working off planet, many based on the huge Rama class habitats, based on the O'Neil cylinder design and named by a fan of ancient science fiction, these five million ton constructs housed a million people each in relative comfort and safety.
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--- Code: ---Rama class Orbital Habitat    5,132,800 tons     630 Crew     17318 BP      TCS 102656  TH 0  EM 0
1 km/s     Armour 5-2650     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
MSP 2    Max Repair 5 MSP
Habitation Capacity 1,000,000   


This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as an Orbital Habitat for construction purposes

--- End code ---

In 2118 an independent research team announced to the system the discovery of Trans Newtonian technology and a new gold rush was on. The human governments, by this time more or less united in a desire to exploit the system, moved immediately to enact stricter controls over the scattered residents of space, attempting to more accurately and completely control any new mineral discoveries, as well as claim more profits for themselves, this did not sit well with many nationals who had been working space for several generations now and even less well with the independent powers who were now finding their ships and claims captured, sometimes at gun point, resistance began to erupt, and the death toll mounted.
A formal sides began to form: The rebels against the Terran loyalists, skirmishes using pre TN technology were commonplace, and both factions were rushing TN weapons development. Meanwhile the system became fully surveyed by TN survey vessels operated by both sides, these ships were far too fast to be caught by conventional weapons and operated without restriction.
The final phase of the conflict was the destruction of over twenty Rama habitats around the mineral rich asteroids of El Dorado and Robert's Claim in 2165, the latter being destroyed utterly as fighting made its way into the mines on the asteroid itself and nuclear charges broke it apart, though the decades of conflict had destroyed other habitats, this was the largest single loss of life in any war... yet. With the death of over twenty million people, certain rebel factions had had enough,  In 2167 they bombarded Terra and its tightly held colony of Mars with mass drivers, annihilating much of their industry and population. Many times more than were killed in the earlier massacres. But the death count was to climb higher, damage from the bombardments released certain biological weapons being developed on Terra from their containment, designed to spread quickly through highly populated zones, they worked entirely as designed on the heavily populated home world. By the time it was brought under control, the planet had fewer than 400 million organized individuals living upon it. Mars fared slightly better, with no biological weapons hitting it and by this time being fully terraformed. But was still down to some 100 million souls.
The year is now 2180 the environment of Terra has mostly recovered from the bombardments and the remainder of humanity on the home world and Mars are united under the Terran Empire. The rebel factions have also united, purging their ranks of the genocidal extremists and naming themselves the Terran Federation. In recent years jump points were theorized and the system surveyed for them, now yet another race is on to find resources out in the stars.

Panopticon:
Meet the Terran Empire!

The Terran Empire is in a tight spot at the start of the new year, minerals on both Terra and Mars have been used up, though large stockpiles remain on both planets, the home worlds must rely on mining bases in the asteroid belt and on the inner planets to maintain growth.
The population of Terra is just at 350 million, there are a great many installations on the planet but all TN mineral resources have been exhausted. This is a blessing in disguise as due to the recent tragedies there is not enough of a population to man all installations, however with mining shut down that problem is resolved.
Mars is the other manned colony, with 100 million citizens, fully terraformed it is an almost ideal world, though it too is facing mineral shortages.
The Empire maintains three automated mining colonies on Mercury, Venus, and the asteroid now known as El Dorado. All currently have unmanned mines only, El Dorado in particular is highly valuable to the Empire as it contains all the TN minerals in multi thousand ton, easily accessible deposits, Mercury has more total minerals, but is missing several important ones and most are at low accessibility, Venus is only good for Corundium, and that at only 0.1 accessibility, the mines there are not heavily counted into the empire production and were established more to "show the flag" than for any practical purpose.

Panopticon:
The Terran Federation is in just as precarious a situation as the Empire, with a population less than half that of the Empire and almost exclusively confined to the Rama habitats, it has very little space to grow. In theory each colony is self governed and contributes to the defense of all, however in practice Titan is the industrial heart of the nation and tends to set policy for the whole.
The Federation is a collection of rugged individualists and corporate entities resistant to close rule, though anti Empire sentiment is commonplace, most people draw a firm distinction between the government and the planet of Terra, looking at the home world with the same respect and love one might give a childhood home. The mass driver attacks were carried out by an extremist faction and appalled the majority of the population, once caught the offenders were immediately turned over to the Empire with no conditions attached. The act almost brought the Federation back into the arms of the Empire were it not for the outbreak of the bio weapons on Terra and the later revelation that they were being developed to use against the Federation.
Pluto is the second most populated colony, home to the largest and most easily accessible Duranium deposits in the system.
New Vegas is something out of place, an apolitical luxury resort set up on and around a comet. The large amount of easy to extract minerals allowed the colony wealth greater than its size would suggest and the habitats on it are the most lavishly decorated and appointed anywhere in the Solar system. Nominally aligned with the Federation, it is the only location in its territory that admits civilians of the Empire. It's long term future is in doubt as the comet it is on is heading out system, but for the next few years at least life is good.
Colonies are also set up on Ganymede and the Kuiper belt  asteroid Burke's claim, these are mining colonies and family affairs primarily, though they make themselves involved with setting policy as best they can.

LostCosmonaut:
Posting to watch. I'm assuming this is separate from the multiplayer game you're involved in on the Aurora forums?

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