The Corperium

*'' Like a gargantuan beast of numberless tentacles, the Corperium's reach extends to almost all known worlds in the galaxy.''*

## Overview

An unfathomably massive entity, sprawling in all manners through every nook and cranny of human-occupied space. The Corperium is a result of human society having failed to extrapolate any sensible source of governance wholesale amongst the stars. As a symptom of this failure the industrial and financial corporations offered the most reliable structure of societal organisation to a post-earth humanity, despite being at-least somewhat responsible for the total desolation of Earth during the 23rd century.

A handful of prestigious corporate magnates were thrust into power, given in part that they were already the foremost power brokers within human society, as well as the fact that all national governments had dissolved after the evacuation of Earth. With no one else to turn to, it seemed suitable that the very architects of humanity's homelessness would become their rulers.

Although initially shambolic and ineffective, these corporate leaders quickly rose to the task of organising a oligarchy that both served their interests, and provided immediate stability to a people lost amongst the stars. After all, if societal breakdown took hold, the corporations would have no way of further amassing wealth, so although not their primary concern, the welfare of the species became a necessary requirement. Within two short years of its formation, the Corperium had filled all 260 seats of the Lobby, its legislative body, as well as electing its first Chief Executive Emperor, or CEE.

It is openly known that the only way to drive decision making within the upper echelons of the Corperium is with coercion or bribery, and although those among the Lobby do have real power, the only person capable of enacting real change is the CEE.

The Corperium's power is centralised, as much as it can be, within the mono-city of N-1. This unknowably intricate metropolis covers the entire surface of the planet formerly known as Neptune and is the unofficial capital of both the Corperium and humanity as a whole.

## Resistance

The Corperium's role was of course not universally accepted, due in part to its hasty installation as well as the new disparate nature of humanity, being that the species was now spread across multiple worlds throughout multiple systems. To many this fragmentation meant that a centralised power base was even more necessary, and although humanity's influence was spreading rapidly amongst the stars, many of those who felt unseen by the Corperium's hand of governance sought independence.

Maintaining total control and awareness across the vast reaches of known space is a logistical impossibility, even with the seemingly endless resources and limitless authority enjoyed by the Corperium. This has therefore led to many instances of rebellion and attempted succession, most notably the Titan uprising. These events paved the way for the marginalisation of a vast portion of humanity. This group would be referred to as scavengers or as they are now more commonly known, ''scavs''. This moniker was assigned to these people due to their nomadic and somewhat lawless lifestyle. These are people who, at least to some small degree, have escaped the the oppression and authority of the Corperium, but in doing so have also left its security behind.

## Syndicated Corporations

* 06 Construction
* AllWaste
* AU Move
* Classico's
* Frontier Locations
* Future Foods
* Kilovich ROBO
* Ms Bottlebottom's Candy Planet
* NEXMED
* Organs-Organs-Organs
* Salvage Acquisitions Group
* Space Salvage Corporation
* Starhaul
* Sullivan Solar
* Tassilac
* Trenchman and Sons
* UPRStar