NSC Outer Territories

The Outer Territories of the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth, also known as the Outer Territories Beyond the NSC and regularly the NSC Outer Territories, are vast regions of interstellar star systems located outside of the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth but were technically under NSC supervision and part of the Unexplored and Outer Regions. Due to its nature where independent nations made of star systems, worlds or even regions, the NSC Outer Territories is known as the Wild East.
==History==
The NSC Outer Territories were formed after the end of the Void-Light War, which saw the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth allying itself with barbarians, pirates, criminal groups, fugitives, refugees, terrorists and remnant states against the Armies of the Light, led by the Lightbringer, leading to said barbarians, pirates, criminal groups, fugitives, refugees, remnant states, and terrorists to become a part of the NSC.
After the end of the Void-Light War, as the borders of the NSC stretch to the north, northeast and east, those who didn't become part of the NSC settled in regions east and northeast of the NSC's borders, using technologies provided to them by the NSC; this led to a rise in crime, skirmishes and conflicts that forced the colonies to ask the NSC to integrate them into it. Though Grand Marshal Elias-Patrick Norsoutha is reluctant in making them part of the NSC, due to wartime damages, economic problems, and integration of the barbarian, pirate, criminal, terrosit and remnant states into the NSC, he agreed to provide troops to help maintain order and stability.
Initially NSC military presence is small and disaprate, but as the time passes several NSC military units were sent to maintain order and stability, until NSC police units, mercenaries and private military contractors and private security contractors were deployed alongside NSC military units. The original mission was extended to include peacekeeping operations, humanitarian missions and security operations, resolving disputes and ending conflicts, invading worlds where societies were being exterminated or under totalitarian control, and protecting minorities.
==Description==
The NSC Outer Territories were an agglomation and conglomeration of vast regions of interstellar star systems not part or under the control of the NSC but were under NSC supervision. Because it was known as the Wild East, it is a haven for criminals, mercenaries, fugitives, terrorists, refugees, barbarians and pirates, with conflicts taking place between individual groups and nations, whether star system, planetary or terrestrial. The Novayan Stellar Commonwealth is a major and active player in the Outer Territories, with large detachments of NSC military and police units spread out in many worlds; local militias, military and police units, terrorists, criminals, pirates, fugitives, outcasts, and volunteers helped the NSC forces maintain order in the Outer Territories.
Due to similarities with western films (made by North American film companies based in Armanya, capital world of the International Union of Armanya) taking place in the Wild West, there are many groups, nations and settlements that are disparate and divided in purpose; the only exception is when they cooperate with NSC forces. Those not aligned with the NSC yet neutral are left alone, sometimes even cooperating with NSC forces in humanitarian or peacekeeping operations. When it comes to worlds that were under totalitarian control or where societies were being exterminated, NSC forces, helped by the many pirate groups, criminal groups, barbarians, terrorists, and refugees, will invade such worlds, with allied local militias, military and police units, criminals, terrorists, pirates, barbarians and merchants assisting them in the invasion.
When it comes to humanitarian missions, local communities and groups help distribute food, medicine, water, and school supplies to local peoples who needed them. NSC military and police units were deployed to assist local construction workers in building facilities such as schools, water plants, hospitals, residential housing, and transit networks. These humanitarian missions were divided into Civilian Initiatives (Infrastructure, Services and Development), each having a number of phases.
For the Services Initiatives, they have the following phases:
*Phase 1: The most basic phase, Phase 1 involves providing a minimum standard of clean drinking water, a supply network of medicine, and the rehabilitation of existing school buildings and providing staff and community members.
*Phase 2: Phase 2 involves the construction of large scale water supply infrastructure (such as wells and karezes), using specialized teaching kits to encourage the locals to engage with literacy training courses, and set up emergency care service facilities (such as clinics, hospitals and surgeries).
*Phase 3: Phase 3 involves building minimum standard sanitation facilities (such as public bathrooms and mobile shower units), funding provisions of schooling equipment and resources (such as mobile libraries), and developing vaccines based on natural herbs.
*Phase 4: Phase 4 involves building large scale sanitation infrastructure (such as plumbing networks and sewage treatment plants), funding projects to rebuild abandoned schools and construct new schools, and assisting local medical facilities in constructing laboratories to develop vaccines and cures.
For the Infrastructure Initiatives, they have the following phases:
*Phase 1: Neglected power infrastructure were repaired and supply lines and generator capacity were focused on, establishing infrastructure to provide 3G networks and basic internet services, smaller roads and dirt tracks were improved and potholes removed and widening were needed, existing main road infrastructure (focusing on resurfacing the most dilapidated or destroyed sections), and building and upgrading the region's dilapidated network with a higher quality tarmac.
*Phase 2: Expanding availability of electricity through construction of new power infrastructure, expansion of telecommunication infrastructure to provide reliable internet access and 4G coverage, laying gravel and stone to improve minor roads to modern standards, complete overhaul of existing main road infrastructure and resurfacing where needed, and upgrading the region's highways to modern international standards and broadening them into multiple lanes to improve travel times and reduce congestion.
For the Development Initiatives, they have the following phases:
*Phase 1: The establishment of pastures and breeding programs to improve livestock agriculture, and encouraging legitimating land trade by arbitrating new contracts and clarifying land ownership laws.
*Phase 2: Development of training and apprenticeship programmes to upskill workers and provide access to a broader range of jobs, and providing financial resources to help businesses get started and expand capacity.
*Phase 3: Upgrading storage and modernizing production lines across farming enterprises, and supporting manufacturing projects to provide more jobs across a wide range of industries.
*Phase 4: Establishing fields and providing equipment to improve crop-based agriculture, development of marketplaces and help in bringing regionally-developed products to market, and establishment of a programme to ensure the developmental benefits reach isolated communities.
When it comes to peacekeeping and security operations, the NSC Armed Forces will deploy troops for a duration of six months. Should the community request of it, the duration of stay will be increased. Peacekeeping operations involve upholding lasting peace between two or more belligerent parties, reducing civilian and battlefield deaths, and reducing the risk of (as well as preventing) renewed warfare. When it comes to security operations, NSC military and police units were deployed to perform sweeps, ensuring all the bad drugs were not permitted (with the exception of hospitals) and taken away, assist local communities in removing dangerous landmines, and removing anyone who pose a threat to the local communities.
===NSC military presence in the Wild East===
The Novayan Stellar Commonwealth Armed Forces is a major active player in the Outer Territories. As part of the Treaty of Morales, the NSC deployed small number of military units to help maintain stability and order. Every two years additional NSC military units were deployed to the Outer Territories to assist the already-present NSC forces there. In five years, Novayan Stellar Commonwealth Federal Police Service members, paramilitary troops, mercenaries, private military contractors, private security contractors, and civilian volunteers were deployed alongside regular NSC military units; mercenaries, private military contractors and private security contractors were paid to perform the roles also performed by NSC ground troops.
The number of NSC military personnel is quite high, numbering between 25 million and 935 million, all spread out in worlds in groups of 100,000. NSC-FPS personnel numbered at 115 million. Private security contractors, private military contractors, paramilitary troops, mercenaries and civilian volunteers number to about 250 million. Charity missions and White Cross personnel also number about 250 million.
Though much of the Wild East worlds were not under NSC control, some worlds established pro-NSC governments or even requested NSC military forces to establish their governments. Though the federal government and Admiralty were reluctant, they soon agreed to deploy forces to these pro-NSC worlds and establish governments there. Currently, the NSC Armed Forces control one hundred and thirteen worlds as client states, most of which were puppet states, satellite states and protectorates.
==NSC client states==
===Antares Protectorate===
The Antares Protectorate is an autonomous protectorate and puppet state in the NSC Outer Territories. Composed of one hundred thirteen star systems, the Antares Protectorate served as one of many states (world, star system, sector or region) which have pro-NSC governments and had permanent NSC military presence. The Antares Protectorate is a military dictatorship which has an admiralty, which has a prominent role in political circles, and is a police state. The current military dictator of Antares is Admiral Emilia Gloria-Vizcaya, who is Supreme Commander of the Antares Protectorate.
====Military====
The Antarian Armed Forces is the unified military service of the Antares Protectorate, with an active number of 39 million active personnel and 17 million military reservists. Unlike most armed forces, the Antarian Armed Forces use a modified version of the International Union of Armanya's ranking system, and the distinction between naval personnel and ground forces (marines) are small. Officer ranks are modified to have the rank of General be equal to that of the naval rank of Rear Admiral, which is junior to the naval rank of Admiral, in turn junior to the naval rank of Fleet Admiral.
The Antarian Army had garrisons spread throughout the Antares star system. The Antarian Armed Forces made up for low numbers with sophisticated technical support in the form of AI-assisted military combat systems, drones, artillery, and electronic warfare, and emphasis on mobility and individual initiative. Rather than dishing out and absorbing heavy shocks like the NSC Armed Forces, the Antarian Army bypass enemy strongpoints and launch into the enemy's rear, destroying headquarters and support units and cutting off supply lines and logistics.
Based on military student exchange programs between Antares and Novaya IV, the Antarian Fleet Admiral developed a doctrine which demanded a small military with sophisticated technical support and emphasis on mobility and individual initiative. This doctrine was first tested during an NSC-led military invasion of Sagittares III, which was under the control of a totalitarian dictatorship. The doctrine saw three Antarian Army divisions, each divided into battlegroups composed of 2,000 troops, bypassing enemy strong points and drove deep to destroy the Sagittarian military's headquarters and supply units and cutting off supply lines and logistics; not only did the Antarians caused the enemy to wither but also destroyed or used the Sagittarian extreme long-range artillery against the Sagittarians, leading to the liquidation of many Sagittarian Army officers and the collapse of the Sagittarian Army's supply network, which helped the NSC ground forces (supported by local rebels, militias, criminals, merchants, terrorists and wandering barbarians) in breaking the stalemate and invade the Sagittarian capital of Oril. The successful use of the doctrine allowed the Antarian Fleet Admiralty to refine the doctrine and perfect it in order to allow the Antarian Army to defeat the enemy forces without having to experience heavy casualties.
=====Military Ranks=====
ENLISTED
*Sailor Recruit / Recruit
*Junior Sailor / Private 2nd Class
*Sailor / Private 1st Class
*Senior Sailor / Corporal
NCOs
*Junior Petty Officer / Sergeant
*Petty Officer / Staff Sergeant
*Senior Petty Officer / Master Sergeant
OFFICERS
*Junior Lieutenant
*Lieutenant
*Senior Lieutenant
*Captain Lieutenant / Captain
*Captain 3rd Rank / Major
*Captain 2nd Rank / Lieutenant Colonel
*Captain 1st Rank / Colonel
*Rear Admiral / Brigadier General
*Vice Admiral / Major General
*Admiral / Lieutenant General/General
*Fleet Admiral / Army General
====Economy====
The economy of the Antares Protectorate is that of a capitalist-oriented mixed economy, with companies and corporations spread out in the Protectorate's worlds. It is a newly-industrialized country, having a focus on agriculture, services and manufacturing. Despite being a military dictatorship, the Antarian government spent 1.5% on military spending, well below the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth's target military spending of 5%. It focus its spending on Agriculture, Social Security, Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Services. Small families were given economic incentives to start businesses while corporations pay a total 3% or 5% fee.
===Zavora===
Zavora, also known as the Zavoran Republic, is an Outer Territorial warlord state consisted of one hundred twenty-seven star systems. Led by General Tatiana Vlasova, Zavora is a military dictatorship located east of the borders of the Breach Commissariat and is one of many states which have pro-NSC governments. It was formed from auxiliary colonial militias of Eprissian, Sarakan, pro-Armies of the Light, and Selonian conscripts, fascist emigres and NSC colonial militias which fought during the Crisis of the 13th Eon as the Zavoran Liberation Army, which fought for control of the Zavora Demilitarized Region against the Death Cults of Meriana and later receiving Zavora post-war.
====Military====
The Zavoran Liberation Army is the unified military service of Zavora, with a total number of fifty-three billion active military personnel and eleven billion reservists. The Zavoran Liberation Army uses the NSC military ranking system, but the Zavoran Liberation Army Ground Forces use a modified version of the NSC Army ranking system that contain only three general officer ranks. Unlike the Antares Protectorate or the Novayan League, Zavora's military is an all-conscript military force, and its equipment were its own versions of reverse-engineered Void Wars-era and Void-Light War-era NSC military equipment.
====Economy====
The economy of the Zavoran Republic is a capitalist-oriented mixed and transitioning economy, with companies spread out in Zavora's worlds and stations. It is basically a developing economy, as most parts of many of its worlds have yet to industrialize or saw small-scale industrialization. After the end of the Battle for Earth, however, the NSC sent donations of funds, equipment, tools and materials to Zavora, with several NSC-based companies providing training to Zavoran families who wish to open up businesses.