United Earth Council

The **United Earth Council**, abbreviated **UEC**, is an international organization that promoted and encouraged the colonization of the bodies of the Solar System. It was most prominent from 2022-2044 when tensions on Earth began to build and nations began to withdraw their support. The final colonization missions directly funded and supported by the UEC were the Dwarven Missions of 2089, responsible for the colonization of Pluto, Ixion, Orcus, Eris, and Sedna. After this the UEC was never able to launch any other colonization missions and spent the last few decades as a rogue state of sorts, briefly exploding in power and influence before collapsing when the Storm hit Earth.

## History

The United Earth Council is formed out of the now defunct United Nations and it's branch, the United Nations Organization for Commerce and Law Enforcement in Space. Negotiations for this change had stretched back the summer of 2020 but it was really only in 2021 when negotiations picked up following multiple space agencies desires to send a colony to the Moon. The United Earth Council is officially founded and it's limited powers allow it to only coordinate international colonization missions and to continue to regulate trade and law enforcement in space.

In 2032 the first UEC coordinated colonization mission was the Lunar Mission.

## Structure

The UEC is made up of representatives from each of its member-nations. These representatives rarely vote to pass any new laws and rather notify the UEC director and the other representatives of their nations production capabilities, the status of any projects, and the constant discussions of the next colonization missions.

The United Earth Council meets and discusses in the United Earth Earth Council building in New York City, New York. The time between meetings vary considerably depending on the situations but the standard is 2 years while during the last 2 years meetings can be bimonthly, monthly, or even weekly in order to prepare for the next colony.

Although the UEC is mostly powerless on Earth it holds total control over the Solar Colonies as the Solar Colony Councils established on each colonized world report directly to the UEC. Serving as the only link between Earth and the colonies the UEC and the Solar Colony Councils were kept intensely in check, leading to corruption being relatively low before the 22nd Century.

## Politics

The UEC controlled the Solar Colony Councils (SCC) through direct means. The Solar Colony Governors were persons put in complete and total control of the colony who were then advised by Solar Colony Overseers who were each assigned a certain part of the Solar Colony to oversee and then reported these numbers to the Governor to allow them to make the best choices for the colony. These areas including everything from Agriculture to Mining and Resource Exploitation.

## Objective

The Objective of the UEC was to allow the separate national and private space agencies to pool their resources in a certain area and then help to coordinate and direct them to launch massive colonization missions to benefit Earth.

## Legacy

The UEC had a profound effect on the Solar System, responsible for nearly every habitation in the Solar System. Furthermore the UEC is the creator of the lost citadel, the last of the city-ships that was created but never finished and then later converted into a powerful weapons platform.