Mitura

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## Overview

The Mitura nation is a semi-democratic state based around wealth and high class society. The Mitura only hold one Jump-point in their system with 5 satellite systems with a total of 23 colonized planets with 3 more being terraformed. They are the economic center of the Aetherian sector, masters of industry and able to turn profits from all kinds of industry, which they need since they only have just enough resources in their nation.

## Species

Mitura stand 1.5-1.7 meters tall, are covered in a thick curly fur that thickens up around their wrists neck and shins, antenna extending from their foreheads which are typically longer on the females of the species, dark grey pupil-less eyes, long wings on their backs and do are often heavy set thanks to the high gravity of their home world. Mitura's wings do not actually let them fly but rather increase their running speed by fluttering behind them. The Mitura's home world is surrounded by a thick green house effect that makes it very humid but very dark, the surface is filled with plants and animals that use bio-luminescence giving it the nickname the neon forest. This has contributed the the Mitura's odd fascination with light that is joked about in the rest of Aetherian, most Mitura are often oddly fascinated by bright light as it is a new experience for them.

### Morphology

#### Legs

The Mitura have a plantigrade structured leg that are around 50%-60% of their total body size and noted to have a tuff of hair off their calf. Their foot has three toes that come to a sharp end for fighting predators, but the foot is also wide to spread their weight over the swamplands of their homeland.

#### Arms

The Mitura arm is very wide, but this is due to the fur then muscle mass. They have a thick amount of hair around their wrist which has been described as a "cuff". They're hand has two fingers and a thumb, similar to the Julitharian.

#### Torso

The Mitura are much more heavy set, required to store more calories, giving them a large stomach area and hips. They also have a crest of fur around their neck; this is believed to be more for attracting a mate then camouflage.

#### Head

The Mitura's most notable visual aspect on their head is their antenna. These antenna help them hear and detect incoming predators, these antenna are more pronounced on the females; likely as when carrying or protecting young they need to have a better early warning. The Mitura's eye is very grey, again similar to the Julitharian eye, this comes from their low light environment and not needing to necessitating the development of high light eyesight.

#### Special features

The Mitura have a set of wings that help camouflage them and can be used to provide some lift during running so that it is easier to carry their weight and wide foot

## History

Mitura's history is built around the industrialization of trading routs, resources on their home world of Miturana grew in very specific sections and had to be shipped around in order to trade. This did delay their eventual expansion to space as they were more concerned about profits and moving goods around their home world. They eventually made their first long range space colony in their local system in 91 DoS, reaching beyond their system in 98 DoS and would encounter a Federation of Cathlium ship who would introduce them to the wider galactic stage. However with their late arrival the territory around them had been claimed for decades and they only had one system with a jump-point in it. They expanded to the five surrounding systems but found that their resources were stretched thin by this sudden jump. They quickly gained the interest of their neighbors and soon found it's self apart of their political games during the Mitura Civil war. Following this the Mass Alliance gained a massive amount of influence over the Mituran people and encouraged their capitalistic side found in their trader roots. So they began putting their nature as traders to work and built large merchant vessels and went out into the wider Aetherian sector to trade goods, often buying large amounts of resources at low value and transporting them across the galaxy to sell high in places where those resources were more rare. Eventually this became their way of life and young Mitura would make a sort of pilgrimage to work on one of these multi-year merchant voyages as a sort of right of passage. This also made allies and enemies throughout Aetherian. The Mass Alliance embarrassed the Mitura whole heatedly as this helped them gain resources or goods that would be hard to trade for otherwise where as the Grand Duchy of Julithar saw them vagrants who tried to con hard working people out of their money for useless products.

During 118 DoS the Independent Coalition of Planets separated from the Mass Alliance, one of these reasons was to establish a fully free economy between the worlds. The Mitura saw this as a golden opportunity to increase their economy and perhaps take some minor economic control of the ICP so that the Mass Alliance wouldn't be upset over their doing business with their former territory. Not long after they began giving vast loans to ICP colony worlds and doing trade in their territory. This would eventually lead to the war of awakening in 147 DoS which saw the Mitura come out on top. They had hoped that this would put them on the stage of world politics, however their small size of both their navy and territory vastly limited their presence.

## Government

Following the closure of the Mitura Civil war the Mitura nation reformed as a republic modeled largely after the Mass Alliance with a prime minister at its head and a house of commons made up of elected representatives from the major worlds of the Mitura. However unlike the Mass Alliance's system that has 53 individual seats the Mitura house of commons is made up of just 11 seats to represent the 6 major world in Mitura and the 5 territories of Mitura prime. There are 3 major parties that hold power: The peoples party, the old ways (Conservative party) and the Central unified power party (CUPP).

Current prime minister: Charlotte Vituralian

## Culture

Mitura culture is largely built around wealth and trade, those with more wealth gravitate towards the top level of society and those without often fall into the large grouping known as laborious which consists of around 70% of the species population. With the prevalence of their merchant voyages most of the species aspire to be grand traders and captain a large merchant vessel. Most Mitura only have self interest rather then one for the state which puts them at odds with the Grand Duchy and the territories of Sangrila.

### Clothing styles

Typical attire of a Mitura merchant is to decorate it with gold, jewels and patterns that typically are made up of squares and triangles. The outfit features a hood to help protect their eyes from the bright lights of other worlds, and cover most of their features to keep themselves climatized. They keep their antenna out of their hoods to keep their senses clear. The higher up in Mituran culture the more complex the outfit. Head traders and nation leaders have often been so draped in ornate attire that they are described as an incomprehensible mess of gold and interlocking clothing.

## Mitura Navy Security (MNS)

### Weapons

#### Hopper Assault Rifle 181

   The Hopper 181 is the standard rifle of the Navy security force. It is cheap and in plentiful supply due to its lack of complexity, aside from its firing bolt extending out of the back of the weapon, and limited electronics. It uses 5.56mm rounds and has an ammo capacity of 48 rounds. The Hopper is largely known for a jamming issue in the last round of every magazine. A design oversight lead to a screw slipping over the spring getting caught and causing the last round to eject improperly. One Sargent Mical Mageson was famously quoted as "If it jams throw the damn thing to the ground and grab your side arm, because its way faster then trying to fix it."

#### Mitura Defense Carbine Rifle-11A

Prior to the Mitura Civil war the MDCR-11A was the primary weapon of nationalist security forces. The MDCR-11A is a semi-auto rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm and has a fire rate of 65 rounds per minute with penetration and good accuracy at up to 350 meters, however it was expensive to produce during the conflict and replaced with the Hopper AR-181 after the Mitura Civil war as a cheaper alternative , however law enforcement continues to use the rifle as do many mercenary groups who purchased them, including many Sangrila groups.

### Armor

The Mitura Navy Security forces makes use of the Light Weight Tactical Security Suit (LWTSS) made by Mistur Armory and commissioned by the Mitura Navy. This armor is using Kevlar weave for the soft bending sections and under armor with ceramic plating as the hard armor over important areas such as the chest and forearms. It is sometimes considered a cheap armor compared to the Mass Alliance Grand Navy's marine corps armor type 04 armor as it lacks shielding. However very few navies invest in shielded armor for their infantry and the Mitura are not intended for heavy combat but as prevention and security.

## Fleets

### Navy

#### Ship types

* Duran-Class frigate

* Long ship-Class cruiser
* Cathedral Mitura-Everest Class Dreadnought

#### Ship totals:

* 1-Cathedral Mitura
* 39- long ships
* 8- Duran

Total = 41 ships

### Merchant fleet

#### Ship types

* Fractial-Class Shuttle
* Opal-Class Freighter
* Talnora-Class Heavy Freighter

#### Ship totals

* 84 Opal-class Freighters
* 16 Talnora-Class Heavy Freighter