Acadus System

Centralized coalition of three factions, focused on law & order. They are prosperous and technologically advanced, with a largely homogenous culture.

## History

The Coalition of Acadus was a centralized coalition of three factions, Benulia, Chov, and Vanoth. Utilizing a few incidents of “dangerous AI” to fuel a propaganda campaign illustrating the need for Coalition safeguards against further incidents, they began to expand into more unregulated space, taking control of independent settlements instituting their new rules for AI. When AI free fighters from Pucara, another planetary faction, attacked Coalition ships in unregulated space, the Coalition claimed an act of war and began skirmishes against Pucara, ultimately claiming the planetary system for Coalition space. The expansion continued, as the Coalition claimed Vionus and Nomia as well, the two largest planetary systems nearby.

This expansion was not achieved peacefully, as resistance broke out across unregulated space, and the planetary systems of Pucara, Nomia, and Vionus. AI and pilots both went rogue, operating outside of Coalition space and forming independent factions. They attempted to push back against the Coalition occupation of their planets, and were having some success as the war dragged on. The expense of the war, and of holding onto three hostile planetary systems drained the Coalition’s resources and for a time it seemed that the resistance had a real chance at regaining control of their home planets. Unfortunately, they suffered a heavy loss at the Battle of Eridium Kai, where the Coalition destroyed a number of ships, and resistance leaders. The Coalition claimed a victory in the war and refocused their efforts on keeping their new planets in line, while the resistance retreated to recover from their losses. From time to time, Coalition ships go missing and rogue fighters continue to carry out skirmishes at the edges of Coalition space, but for the most part, the Coalition continues to operate unchallenged. It has completely restructured AI rights and protocols, instituting the Monitors of Artificial Norms (the MAN), to ensure compliance.

## Benulia

The heart of the Coalition. Warmer than Tetium 1, with heavy rain during the winter. There are large areas of covered glass; a popular trend for cities involves constructions of glass and metal with a significant amount of greenery among the buildings, green spaces on the ground, and covered areas that effectively function as greenhouses. The cities are sprawling, set out in clusters of glass, metal, and greenery, connected by monorails. Citizens of Benulian cities are generally regarded as business-like and abrupt.

### Monitors of Artificial Norms Headquarters

**Williams's office:** A neat and fairly boring room with no personalized pictures on the walls. A side door leads to a personal gym with a rubber mat for sparring.

* 2.3 (Williams & Oliver)
* 6.4 (Williams & Oliver)
* 32.2 (Williams & Oliver)

**Zero's interview room:** Down a branching corridor that has rows of white doors. The grey floors and walls of the small room are illuminated by lighting that doesn’t appear to emanate from anywhere specific. There is a metal table, and two metal chairs. Only one of them has restraints on the arm rests, and at its feet, there is a drain.

* 7.3 (Oliver & Zero)

**Classroom**

* 9.1 (Oliver & Williams)

**Ollie's dorm:** Room 33. Shared with one other person.

* 12.1 (Jack & Oliver)
* 12.3 (Jack & Oliver)
* 12.7 (Oliver & Rachel)

**Rooftop**

* 12.5 (Jack & Oliver)

**Cafeteria:** Large skylight windows.

* 32.4 (Williams & Tristan)

### Williams's apartment

An immaculate and simple space. There are no personal photographs, nor any warm colours or comfortable couches. Against one wall stands a bookcase with a collection of classic books and there are several succulents on one of the shelves, some of which are on the verge of dying. Against the opposite wall is a wooden drink cabinet with an assortment of decanters and bottles, most of which are far from full.

* 7.1 (Williams & Oliver)

### Park

Across the street from the MAN HQ. Has a pond with space ducks in it. There's a bridge over the pond.

* 2.1 (Williams & Richard)
* 7.X (Richard & Williams)

### Cafe

Small, on a busy street. Near the MAN HQ.

* 9.1 (Oliver & Williams)

### Jack's parents' house

**Living room:** We see a spacious living room cast in shadows, a singular lamp illuminating a large chair and small coffee table. The quiet is punctuated by the soft ticking of an antique clock down the hall.

* 30.1 (Jack & father)

**Jack's bedroom:** We see a large, expensively furnished bedroom, bookshelves and a desk resting against the walls, an assortment of sports equipment haphazardly abandoned in one corner, and the detritus of several hobbies strewn about the room.

* 30.3 (Jack & mother)

### Data Storage Facility

A central database that stores the data from the MAN & Coalition Intelligence. The facility is one of the most secure locations in Coalition space.

### Monitors of Artificial Norms Headquarters

Office building. Has interrogation rooms.

* 24.3 (Jack, Oliver, & Williams)
* 25.1 (Jack & Oliver)
* 25.2 (Jack, Oliver, & Williams)

### Ollie’s University

A university campus stretches out before us, and we move into one of the buildings, up a flight of stairs and into a mostly deserted computer lab.

* 3.3 (Oliver & Williams)

### Manon & Ollie's Flight School

**Examination room**: We hear the muffled sounds of a group of people playing sports outside on a grassy field as we zoom in on a building with a slightly open window leading down into a basement classroom. Inside, most of the chairs and tables have been pushed towards one of the walls, to make space in the middle for two tables.

* 14.4 (Examiner & Manon)

**Simulation cockpit**

* 16.2 (Instructor, Oliver, & Sarah)

### Hotel

A dingy hotel room, dimly lit by old lamps which make the stained carpet and paint-chipped walls slightly less noticeable.

* 27.1 (Jack & Oliver)

## Space station 13

On the edge of the system. A bustling hub.

* 17.4 (Manon & Richard)
* 18.2 (Manon, Oliver, & Richard)
* 19.8 (Richard & Williams)
* 20.4 (Richard & Williams)