Orion Confederation

The Orion Confederation, formerly the Human Occupied Systems, is a human-majority interstellar state centered upon the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. It operates as a confederation at the highest levels, with each world claiming a seat on the council having its own system of governance ranging from representative democracies to absolute monarchies. 
It was established in the year 2572 AD, and has since expanded to include 18 inhabited planets and moons orbiting 11 stars, with six organic species and one synthetic intelligence residing within. 
== Formation ==
The Human Occupied Systems was the original name of the territory in the galaxy controlled by humans.
The stars originally considered part of it were the Sol system, with Venus, Luna, and Mars, and the Kyandor system, with the planet Revant being colonized in 2525.
Humans from Mars and Venus did not associate themselves with those on Revant due to previous animosity with them when they lived on Earth. It was near the turn of the fourth millennium CE that the Orion Confederation was established, trade alliances made with Mars, Venus, Ares, and Aphrodite ensured the new colonies would not collapse, and the confederation would expand further as the years wore on. 
== Future Additions ==
The first system added to the group of human systems was the New Sol system in the 2550s. The system's two colonies of Ares and Aphrodite were founding members of the confederation, alongside Revant the Solar colonies, and the Earth government. 
The second was the planet Monile in the Rangel system in the 2650s, a corporate controlled colony. 
In 3110, Mercury's centuries-old tritium mining colonies united under a new banner, and joined. 
In the 2602, Titan was colonized to study the environment, but tourism on the saturn-facing side saw it become a popular winter vacation spot. They joined a few decades later. 
In the 3430s, Range-L corporation colonized the unoccupied land on Joya, whose star was redesignated Rangel 2. The existing monarchy and most humans outside of the system call the star Alumet. 
Over the course of 20 years starting in the 3570s, another system was colonized by Range-L, it was named Rangel 3. The first world settled was Ulibell, followed by Tize, then Clesti. The system was considered a "great asset" by the company. Each planet elects their own representatives to sit on the council against the wishes of Range-L, who wished to keep their CEO in control as they were on Monile. 
In the early 3600s, the colony of Midway was established by both humanity and the neyanta to ease tensions after the Lunar Impact Event. It joined the confederation shortly afterwards with both a human and a neyanta representatives who hold power in both the Orion Confederacy and the neyanta's territory. 
In the 3770s, the independent colony of Shin Nihon becomes associated with the Confederacy. 
In the 3790s, the Garrida were discovered and voluntarily joined to advance their own technology.
In 3980, the colony of Banzen is established in the Yami system originally under the direct control of Revant. It elected its first leader after a decade of growth. 
In 4001, the Normaa system was surveyed and was found to have reasonably advanced alien life. After a brief, but brutal war between Humanity and the yemun started by a misunderstanding or overreaction, depending on who you ask. They were allowed to resettle on human colonies while ecological repair was made to Yaart as reparations. 
== Current ==
 
As of 4005 the group had control of 11 star systems and 18 full member planets and moons. Species living in or participating in the Orion Confederation include... 
* Humans 
* Neyanta 
=== Garrida ===
Garrida live on the moon of Galla, discovered by humans rimward of known space a scarce 389 light-years away from Frontier 13, a deep space installation owned and operated by the Orion Confederation. First contact with the Confederacy went well, but not long after their discovery a majority of their national governments erupted into violent conflict, a world war fought with technology they gained from human contacts in other organizations. Only a minority escaped nuclear fire or fallout, and Revant took a position of governance over the planet to prevent their extinction and reverse the damage done to the moon's environment.
This event sparked a change in confederate first contact protocol. Celestial bodies with native sapient life are guarded until contact is considered safe for both the natives and those contacting them. The location of the body will remain concealed to prevent exploitation of the natives, as was common with the exai. 
=== Yemun ===
First contact with the yemun was a violent one, as genetically modified human observers being captured and detained, the Class-A Synthetic Intelligence of OCS Atalanta, who was infatuated with one of these agents, alerted the general authorities to advanced and overtly hostile aliens who were taking humans prisoner. HMS Dauntless, the new flagship of Joya's fleet, answered the call. The vessel and her accompanying wing of corvettes obliterated Yaart's fleets and bombarded the surface with their main railguns. 
The planet's crust suffered many near-lightspeed impacts, which caused its crust to break up and imparted enough energy into the planet's core to reawaken its magnetosphere. As a consequence, the world erupted into severe and violent volcanism, sending the planet into a miniature ice-age due to the ash in the atmosphere. As a consolation, many yemun were offered a chance to be relocated to Monile, a human colony whose environment was the most similar to that of Yaart. Yaart's major governments also opted to join the confederation in order to receive aid for their populations and the repair of their homeworld's ecosphere. 
=== Authiik ===
The population of the authiik Fifth Extragalactic Fleet, roughly 30 thousand individuals at the time, settled on Temno after brokering a deal with the TCGB for some territory. The planet is in a military alliance with the Orion Confederation, but does not have a seat on the council. After establishing contact with Mabatsar in the Xvanxa system, more authiik moved onto the planet, bringing the population closer to 50 thousand. 
=== Exai ===
Exepsycho Sapiens, colloquially known as exai, live on a small jungle moon of a gas giant an undisclosed number of light years from New Sol. Their homeworld is considered part of the primitive group, and is strictly off limits for unauthorized personnel. A number of defensive stations have gone up into the orbit of the moon which defend it from pirates who target them as easily trained slaves. A small population of exai have voluntarily taken up residence on one of the moon's stations for the purpose of both humans and the exai to learn from one another. 
== Government ==
The government is made up of a council that meets on a large, ancient station in orbit of Revant in the Kyandor system. The council has one representative from each of the major organizations within it. This makes some planets feature more than one representative, while others have none. For example, Joya in the Amunet system, also known as the Rangel 2 system, is represented in the council by both Joya's monarch and by the Range-L Corporation's representative for their space as a whole. This representative also represents Monile, Ulibell, Tize, Clesti, and Oneri. 
On lower levels, planets each have their own organizational structure which is not standardized or regulated by the Orion Confederation. 
=== Industry ===
Government controlled production is limited to certain industries.
* Military vessel production controlled by planetary governments.
* GCC Hardware is controlled to maintain quality and security. Modifications may be produced privately.
=== Orion Deep Space Surveyors ===
The ODSS is responsible for recording the characteristics of bodies orbiting stars under the purview of the Orion Confederation. These surveys are intended to locate possible colonies, terraformation targets, or mining locations. Deep surface scanning locates potential exploitable resources in the form of ice, metals, crystals, and other materials. 
Upon completion of the system atlas, the system is added to a randomized allocation system for sale to various organizations both inside and outside of the confederacy. Systems used to be added to a catalogue and sold to the highest bidder, but this system was scrapped following the overexpansion of the Range-L Corporation into mega-corporation status, where they easily monopolized the auctions. 
The organization operates a portion of the confederation's fleet based in fifteen frontier stations situated throughout confederate space. 
ODSS is also responsible for cataloging and studying events of mega-construction, whether intact, destroyed, or evidence that they once existed. 
== Insignia ==
=== Historical Flags ===
==== Vertical Banner ====
Their original insignia was the banner of the Solar Union, a flag dating back to 2283. 
It displays the astronomical signs for Sol in the upper left in orange. Earth, Venus and Mars fused as one, with their individual parts colored the classical colors of the planets. 
The Martian "Arrow" is colored red. 
Venus' hand mirror is yellow.
The remainder of the sigil is blue, symbolizing earth. 
All are laid on a plain background of varying color, usually a black or gray. 
==== Horizontal Flag ====
Later Flags modernized the banner, making it easier to recognize from a distance, returning it to a more common landscape orientation, and making the symbols bolder to make them more recognizable from a distance.
The flag however still represented the Sol system, as it was the symbols for Venus, Earth, and Mars combined. It would be changed again later. 
=== Modern Flag ===
The modern flag is the astrological symbol for Sol multiplied and recolored in as many major colors as stars can be, intended to represent the many colonies and established worlds that participate in the HSG. Category:Galactic Factions
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