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Banzar Stellar Republic

> ***"My people consider humans of the Staat to be equals, even if the feelings are not reciprocated. We have both shed blood, skin, and scales for one another throughout the centuries... what other species has sacrificed so much for a people they consider to be 'below them'?"*** — *Kelini* Aazhot z'Khne
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## General Information

### Government type

(Staatsherrschaft) Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic

### Head of state

*Sternenkaiser* Jürgen III of House Kaulitz

### Legislative branch

Congressional Symposium of the Stellar Republic

## Societal Information

### Racial groups

Banzars* I'klliti
* Zaaloyze
* Kharoot

## Historical Information

### Founding document

Declaration of the Republican Dominion of the Human Star State

### Date established

292 SA

The **Banzar Stellar Republic** (Banza'kiibiu: *Iukiet Sioni t'Banza*, Stadtverisch: *Banzarische Sternrepublik*) is one of the most powerful xenoi dominions (or *Staatsherrschaft*) of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, lying in its host country's southeastern periphery within the Nauticus Sector and Gamma Quadrant of the Milky Way. Submitting to the central rule of the Human Star State and Vera in 292 SA following the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Codependence and Harmony, the Stellar Republic has grown in size and influence as both a fount of power for and a recipient of the Staat's immense industrial base. With its ability to internally practice democracy under the guide of their overlord, Banzars have prospered in contrast to other species such as the Slar or Kizankai, and are seen by humans as being one of the more tolerable alien species to coexist with.

The Banzar Stellar Republic is currently a registered Staatsherrschaft, incorporated into the Sternenstaat's *Autonome Staatsverwaltung* (Autonomous State Administration) system.

## Etymology

The Banzar Stellar Republic gained its original name after uniting the petty continental states of Azalku into a globe-spanning democratic federation and acheiving interstellar travel. The signing of the "Year 292 Treaty" with the Staat and its formation into a Staatsherrschaft did not necessitate an edit of the name, as most of its internal democratic processes were left unchanged.
Landsitz der Engel

The **Landsitz der Engel** (Galactic Standard: *Manor of the Angels*) is the current and main residence of House Kaulitz, one of the most influential noble houses existent within the Menschlicher Sternenstaat. The term refers to both the proper *mansion* and the general *manor*, or estate, that the house owns on the capital world of Vera. Originally constructed in 56 SA with the rise of the House's founder, Anatol Kaulitz, the property has expanded to cover tens of thousands of acres of valuable land and includes a miscellany of buildings beyond the mansion, including an estate church and servant residency hall.

## Current status

Although *Sternenkaiser* Jürgen III of House Kaulitz currently rules the nation in its entirety, the *Landsitz der Engel* does not serve as his current residence. Instead, he lives in the *Palast der Sterne* atop of the regal Weiße Lilie superarcology, and residency within the manor is given to the current patriarch and grandfather to the ruling *Sternenkaiser*,  Timon Kaulitz. In addition to this, several junior members of the House also claim residency within the manor, including Thaddäus and Anneliese Kaulitz.

*Work in progress.*
Great Troubles

The **Great Troubles** is a modern term that refers to a time of internal strife during the existence of the Veran Star Confederation where political polarization, social stratification, and economic collapse occurred en-masse following its defeat in the First Human-Kizankai War. Alongside the war, the time of the Great Troubles is considered to be one of the keystone events that paved the way for the rise of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, with the criminal and human supremacist *Schwarze Schädel* syndicate exploiting the aftermath and politically evolving into the dominant *Menschliche Souveränität Partei* (later *Vaterlandspartei*).

*Work in progress.*
Modell 525 Autoinjektor

The **Modell 525 Autoinjektor** (lit. Galactic Standard: *Model 525 Autoinjector*) is a type of transdermal autoinjector that was created in 525 SA by the research and development agencies of the reunited *Staatswehr* following the Civil War of the State. Learning from the plethora of mistakes and medical information gleaned from the autoinjector model widely used by both the Kasmanite and Loyalist Movements during the civil war, known as the *Modell 500 Autoinjektor*, military medical engineers decided upon bringing an advanced, self-contained medical suite to the forefront of every soldier's equipment kit as a means of combating against various problems that plagued troops beforehand (such as a standardized set of antidotes to common biological and chemical weaponry, experimental nanite cocktails, et cetera).

Resembling what many call a "medical handgun", the M-525 is a bulky medical apparatus that can instantaneously deliver a set amount of a pre-attached cylindrical payload (such as nanites, hormones, and advanced medications) into the body of a humanoid through different types of transdermal diffusion. Depending on the type of injury or other medical problem sustained, the M-525 can directly deliver its payload into the bloodstream, underneath the dermis, or even onto muscles through dedicated micro-needles nestled in the barrel of the autoinjector. With a strong, lightweight chassis and payload container, it is made to be carried by both dedicated combat medics and individual personnel into battle, and was made to be compatible for humanoid soldiers of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, which included baseline humans and xenoi such as Banzars.

The M-525 Autoinjector phased out the previous M-500 and was utilized by both the *Staatswehr* and *Staatsschutz* for eighty two years. It was ultimately replaced by the Model 607 following the Silicon Plague crisis and the subsequent blanket ban on all forms of medical nanite and nanorobot usage. In the modern day, the M-525 is often found well beyond the borders of the Sternenstaat in the hands of those looking for a dependable autoinjector that can also be compatible for delivering nanite payloads. Due to being nearly three hundred years old however, many buyers of the M-525 jury-rig the device to be able to deliver heavier and more intense payloads (often hard drugs or volatile nanites).

*Work in progress.*
Veran Catholicism

**Veran Catholicism** (Stadtverisch: *Verischer Katholizismus*) is the most prominent denomination of Christianity within the Nauticus Sector of the Gamma Quadrant in the Milky Way, and simultaneously the state religion of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat with the Heiliger Staatskirche as its organizational embodiment. With over four hundred billion adherents of both human and xenoi origin, it holds significant influence in the politics of the Sternenstaat and its client states, in addition to that of nearby nations hosting sizable Veran Catholic population. However, the immense extra-national power and authority of the Holy State Church and its intimate connections to the political machinery of the Sternenstaat has garnered it infamy in the wider astropolitical scene, with many other Christian denominations seeing it as nothing more than an extension of the Staat's almighty power through a more religious lens.

Originating as the colonial extension of the earthbound Roman Catholic Church to the world of Vera in its initial stages of settlement, the large disconnects and sentiments that grew against the bureaucracy of Earth and the growing sedevacantist thoughts against the residing Pope - fomented in part by the ruling colonial corporation, Hahne Astrokörp - lead to an eventual organizational schism between the Veran Catholic churches and that of the Roman Catholic Church on Earth. At this time, there was a significant non-Catholic Protestant population on Vera and other worlds around it, but this demographic soon shifted in favor of the new consecrated church as the Veran Star Confederation formed.

Considered to be "antiquated" by many outsiders and other Christians due to exercising traditional modes of theological rationale long forgotten on Earth, it is one of the few denominations of Christianity - and, in part, Catholicism itself - in the galaxy that disassociates from the "new Catholic age" that had started during the Age of Technology on Earth. Even so, Veran Catholicism has adapted fairly well to absorbing even xenoi converts - many of whom convert due to the defeat or subjugation of their race by the Staat, or the attraction of such an alien religion to their own psyches.

 ***Achtung, Kameraden!***
**This section is under construction.**
Sturmheer

> *"It is [the Sturmheer] who spills blood for the sake of a brighter future for all of Mankind. They are the first to march to war, and the last to leave the battlefields across the stars."* — **anon.**
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## General Information

### Date founded

0 SA (*Staat Ära*; from the *Konföderierte Marine*)

### Date fragmented

519 SA, due to the Kasman Revolution and Civil War of the State

### Role

Terrestrial warfare, planetary invasion, planemo defense

### Size

* approx. 35 billion personnel
	+ 7 billion civilian employees
	+ 10.5 billion active personnel
	+ 17.5 billion reserve personnel

### Motto(s)

*"Gott mit der Menschheit"* (English: "God with Mankind")

### Colors

Red, White, Black [state synchrony]Green, Beige [standalone]

## Chief Commanders

### Deputy Civil Liason

*Stellvertretender Kriegsminister* Hallmann Asmarsson

The **Sturmheer** (Galactic Standard: Assault Army, lit. "Storm army") is a branch of the military of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat known as the *Staatswehr*. Unlike its naval counterpart known as the *Weltraummarine*, the *Sturmheer* is mainly oriented towards conceiving and engaging upon terrestrial operations on planemos across space. In complement to how the *Weltraummarine* boasts the most sophisticated naval technology that the Staat has to offer, the *Sturmheer* fields razor-edge terrestrial and atmospheric technologies in order to ascertain victory on the battlefield. Although less influential than its naval counterpart in the military, it is the largest branch by population.

The *Sturmheer* was created after the reformation of the *Konföderierte Heer* within the year of the Staat's declaration of existence. Originally a disjointed union of varying Confederate army elements, it was reconstituted into a powerful and efficient fighting force by the time of the Second Human-Kizankai War. The need for spatial expansion and power, however, lead to the *Weltraummarine* gradually receiving more attention and funding than its terrestrial counterpart for centuries thereafter.

In the modern day, the *Sturmheer* is recognized as one of the most powerful terrestrial forces in the Nauticus Sector and even the larger Gamma Quadrant. This is not only thanks to its large size, but its simultaneous fielding of advanced terrestrial and atmospheric technology and subsequent complementation to its naval counterpart during planet-wide invasions and battles.
Carol of the Birds

**Carol of the Birds** is a Morgan Crowley song from Celtic Carol.

## Lyrics

For many a bird did wake and fly

Curoo, curoo, curoo

For many a bird did wake and fly

To a manger bed with a wandering cry

On Christmas day in the morning

Curoo, curoo, curoo

Curoo, curoo, curoo

The lark, the dove, the red bird came

Curoo, curoo, curoo

The lark, the dove, the red bird came

And they did sing in sweet Jesus' name

On Christmas day in the morning

Curoo, curoo, curoo

Curoo, curoo, curoo

The owl was there with eyes so wide

Curoo, curoo, curoo

The owl was there with eyes so wide

And he did sing at sweet Mary's side

On Christmas day in the morning

Curoo, curoo, curoo

Curoo, curoo, curoo

The shepherds knelt upon the hay

Curoo, curoo, curoo

The shepherds knelt upon the hay

And the angels sang the night away

On Christmas day in the morning

Curoo, curoo, curoo

Curoo, curoo, curoo
Milky Way

The **Milky Way Galaxy** (usually shortened to just the "**Milky Way**" and known in Stadtverisch as "*die Milchstraße*") is the current setting of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat and the various polities that it interacts with so far. Consisting of anywhere between 100 to 400 billion stars, its monumental size and subsequent speciations into individual "quadrants" leaves a bountiful amount of space for the settings and environments of Staat stories.

*Work in progress.*
Baseline humans

> *"We are the supreme race; the sole race with the spirit and brevity to claim all of the stars within reach. We do not need artificial additions to our fundamental biologies in order to become shining beacons of strength and intelligence; Humanity already has accomplished that."* — Dietrich Josten
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**Baseline humans** (Stadtverisch: *Reine menschen;* lit. **Pure humans**) is a term used to classify organisms that possess the definition posited by the Menschlicher Sternenstaat's *Staatsministerium für Gesundheit und Bevölkerung*:

> "*...beings who possess an unedited, natural genetic code identified to the **Homo sapiens sapiens** collective basal genome."*
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The meaning and gravitas of this definition lies as the bedrock of all Staatism and government prerogatives carried out in defense of the Sternenstaat's clear-cut humanocentrism and biological purism. Any mutations brought upon a human that deviates from the standard gene parameters of the human genome, whether as a result of radiation or by deliberate genetic engineering, brings that person to become classified as a near-human. In addition to this definition, the Staat also consistently considers those who significantly augment themselves with cybernetics to also be near-humans as traitors to the tenet of biological purism and the relinquishment of their identities as true human beings.

Baseline humans constitute the majority of the population within the Sternenstaat at approximately 80% of the current population, or 920 billion people. They are also one of the most abundant species to be found in the Milky Way, with clear origins from the planet of Earth in the Solar System. Ironically, the Sternenstaat does not champion ideologies nostalgic of Earth as the birthplace of humanity, mainly due to the country's discernment of the planet as being "lost to the vices of modernity". Instead, the Sternenstaat places emphasis on Vera as the "place of mankind's resurrection".
Gamma Quadrant

The **Gamma Quadrant** is one of the four subdivisions, or *quadrants*, of the Milky Way galaxy. Throughout the existence of the galaxy's many modern civilizations, the quadrant itself has been garnering a reputation for being the incarnation of "Wild Space", sporting various preternatural anomalies and polities of often violent or erratic behavior. The existence of some nations within its breadth (such as the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, Sinica, and Olimpiada), however, permit a degree of stable trade and order to flow through certain galactic lanes, including the Gaian Trail and the New Silk Road project.

*Work in progress.*

## Trivia

* This concept arises from the general phenomenon of "quadrants" that are commonly found in NSFT.
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Titan (drug)

**Titan** is a type of performance-enhancement drug that is currently manufactured by the pharma-megacorporation known as Kiefer Pharmaceuticals. Officially named *Tielopram* by the company, Titan was created in 702 SA as a means of diversifying the market of available enhancement drugs and chemicals for usage by various armed organizations such as the *Staatswehr* and *Staatsschutz.* It specifically provides buyers a drug that removes cognitive confusion made from pain, and instead prompts the mind to interpret pain and discomfort signals as those of sheer rage while establishing a base emotional level of anger against individuals that the user cannot immediately distinguish as a known ally. For military buyers such as the *Sturmheer,* Titan can be officially administered to habituated shock troops to increase effectivity during devastating assaults, or to penal legionnaires as (practically) a suicidal encouragement to thrust oneself into battle.

As is with most Kiefer combat-grade drugs, such as Nectar and Aethereum, Titan can be combined with complementing drugs and chemicals into battle-ready cocktails that can be delivered through a transdermal autoinjector. It is also a proliferated drug in territories within the Nauticus Sector through backdoor dealings with third parties, shipment stealing, and leftover drug stocks from military occupations.

*Work in progress.*
Berufsverband der Nationalen Reinheit

The **Berufsverband der Nationalen Renheit** (**BNR;** Galactic Standard: *Professional Association of National Purity; PANP*) is an approved non-governmental political body that exists within the Menschlicher Sternenstaat as lesser in influence and power to the sole political party of the nation, the *Vaterlandspartei.* It is an ultranationalist, ultra-Staatist xenocidal organization that advocates for the immediate detainment and execution of all mutants, aliens, and near-humans/post-humans within the Human Star State, in addition to the promulgation of jingoist foreign affairs that would seek in the integration or destruction of all nearby foreign powers. Although not officially enfranchised by the government due to its total radicality and the possibility of its enfranchisement angering nearby allies such as Sinica (on the grounds of the Staat's superiority) and the Interstellar Compact of Collective Human Harmony (on the grounds of genociding near-humans within these countries), the BNR has nevertheless existed within the apparatus of the state's politics for approximately four centuries since its founding in 482 SA.

Founded by prominent *Staatswehr* officers and ultranationalists Viačaslaǔ Jermalovič, Heinrich van Houten, and Frangisk Seichel as a response to the growing apatheticism of the Sternenstaat population in regards to aliens and near-humans within the country's periphery, the organization quickly blossomed in membership and found patronage from a variety of high-power individuals such as corporate moguls, aristocrats, and military officers. Many of the lower class - in addition to officers and soldiers from the Staatsschutz - also initially adopted the BNR's political programme during its inception, with SS squads in the early 500s often committing crimes against detained or resident populations of aliens and near-humans without government prerogative. This trend would reverse with the arrival of the Civil War of the State, the SS's massive fielding of alien and near-human auxiliary formations, and the growth of intense xenophobia and post-human hate within the *Staatswehr* and the upper class.

In the current day, the BNR has subsided somewhat in power with the Sternenstaat's entry into the Compact and the adoption of a general expansionist doctrine aimed to force nearby powers to kowtow to the nation's military and economic power. However, several BNR radicals still hold prominence in government, including members of the Widmann Clique such as the Staatskanzler's purported successor, Paulus Löwenherz, in addition to members of the *Staatswehr* such as *Oberbefehlshaber der Operationssektor* Rüdiger Teschner.
Supersoldier

In the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, the term of **supersoldier** (Stadtverisch: *Supersoldat*) refers to the concept of soldiers that are able to exceed the physical and mental capabilities of the average serviceman, even with the adornment (or lack thereof) of external equipment such as power armor. Due to biological purism being a fundamental part of the Staatist ideology, the Staat rarely researches biologically innovative programs to yield any new "subspecies" of human supersoldiers. Instead, *supersoldaten* in the Sternenstaat commonly refers to those with psionic potential or the possession of other preternatural tendencies.

*Work in progress.*

## Physical types

"*Physical supersoldiers*", or soldiers whose physiques have been enhanced through biological upgrade and/or genetic editing, are a rarity within the Sternenstaat. Beyond the ideological trappings of the state, any scientists and military personnel alike find themselves anxious of pursuing the creation of a "race bred for war" due to the possibility of having a rebellion of supremacy in their hands. As a result, there have only been a handful of physical supersoldier projects which have been pursued in the history of the nation.

* **SdNG-1 through SdNG-10 Series** — The *Soldaten der Nächsten Generation* project consisted of ten series of biologically enhanced supersoldiers from the 300s to the 400s, which each subsequent series improving on the last. Although these troops displayed extreme efficacy in completion of their missions and objectives, the disablement of genetic editing by law required biological enhancement through means of reforming present anatomy and editing present physiology. This was extremely painful to those who underwent enhancement, and the lifelong mental and physical problems that lied ahead in life deemed the project morally unfeasible to its own researchers.
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Vanguardism

**Vanguardism** (Stadtverisch: *Vorhutismus*) is a "tenet" of Staatism that was the last to be integralized into the Menschlicher Sternenstaat following the Second Human-Kizankai War. Brought to the forefront of Staat politics by Josua Wassermann as a result of the logistical scale of the Kizankai xenocide, vanguardism was posited as a means to utilize xenoi infrastructure and manpower in advantage of the Sternenstaat without outright xenocidal measures being employed. This was justified through emphasizing non-human sophonts (xenoi) as being separate in ideological objective from near-humans and their definitive, assured genocide, with xenoi themselves being seen as more akin to "*animals that need protection"*, as Wassermann stated.

The sub-ideology of vanguardism was initially seen with extreme distaste, but it nevertheless appealed to major figures (such as the first *Sternenkaiser* Leonel Kästner) who sought to rapidly accelerate the industrial and technological powerbase of the Sternenstaat through any means necessary. The result of this gradual top-down adoption of vanguardism was the eventual end of the Kizankai xenocide, the dissolution of the various Kizankai Staatskommissariats, and the re-establishment of the Kizankai Shimanate as the first enthralled Staatsherrschaft. The Kizankai were enslaved en masse and put to work all across the Sternenstaat in assistance of military and civilian infrastructural construction projects, but in return for such dedication, their species were saved from extinction and were granted slivers of autonomy within their native territories.

In the modern day, vanguardism is used by the Sternenstaat to justify totalitarian rule over xenoi, with public images of such being shaped to portray humans as being the "shepherds of the lost sheep of the galaxy", in referral to the miscellany of xenoi across the Milky Way. This tenet of Staatism has been met with harsh criticism from other human supremacist groups in the galaxy, who view their "sparing" of xenoi from outright xenocide as cowardice.
Supreme Convocation

The **Supreme Convocation** is a formal meeting within the confines of the Vaterlandspartei that, after the death of (or declaration of no confidence for) the previous Staatskanzler, seeks to elect a new candidate for such an office. Due to the *Staatskanzler* being also the head of the party, it has become an effective political tournament for any who also wish to control the party, often butting heads or conspiring with the judges and jurors of the *Chancellery College*.

*Work in progress.*

## History

The first Supreme Convocation was hosted by the first Sternenkaiser (and also the then-premier officer of the *Vaterlandspartei*), Leonel Kästner, effectively becoming the first individual to be seated within what would become the Convocation's *Chancellery College*. Valentin Rottan was the first *Staatskanzler* to be elected for the office after its foundation, winning the election within the Supreme Convocation. It would not be until Magdalene Sundermann that the positions of premier officer of the *Vaterlandspartei* and *Staatskanzler* would merge due to the death of Kästner and the divergence beginning between the Star Emperor's office and its attachment to the *Vaterlandspartei*.

*Work in progress.*
Volksgrenadier divisions

**Volksgrenadier divisions** are a type of infantry formation utilized by the Nationales Verteidigungsamt paramilitary of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat - and, to a lesser degree, the Staatswehr. Unlike offense-focused formations such as panzer divisions or Panzergrenadier divisions, volksgrenadier divisions emphasize defense capabilities and an ability to adapt such protocols in a wide variety of environments and terrains. Due to the fact that the *Nationales Verteidgungsamt*, or NVa, is usually delegated the role of defense of Sternenstaat territories, volksgrenadier divisions become a possibility for deployment in a variety of situations.

The origins of volksgrenadier divisions in regards to the Sternenstaat lies within the various defensive wars that the country has waged after its formation. During the First Sinican-Staat War, the promulgation of volksgrenadier divisions on many western worlds and colonial areas allowed for effective, cheap defense against the onslaught of Sinican planetary invasions. This was accomplished through cooperation with Volksmacht units and the employment of veteran soldiers and fresh recruits alike undergoing ambush and intense urban defense operations, often ending up with a mix of native and enemy weaponry to fight with. Despite the Sternenstaat losing this conflict, the efficacy of these volksgrenadier divisions were noted and later incorporated into various defense doctrines and as a classification of NVa infantry.

Average composition of a volksgrenadier division is a chief core of veterans from the Staatsschutz, Staatswehr, Volksmacht, or the Nationales Verteidigungsamt itself that are able to train and delegate orders to a larger pool of recruits. Unlike normal infantry divisions of the NVa, which are often tasked with often holding static lines, volksgrenadier divisions are structured to be more fluid in their defensive operations, including the undertaking of counteroffensive initiatives and calculated offenses against broken enemy forces. As a result, volksgrenadiers are usually equipped with a higher percentage of offense-doctrine weaponry than their normal infantry counterparts, such as CQB firearms and explosive weaponry. Vehicles used by volksgrenadier divisions also compose a higher rate of offensive capability, with the incorporation of heavy APCs and even detachable armored squadrons.

*Work in progress.*
Predena

## General Information

### Government type

Parliamentary oligarchic mercantile republic with elective monarchistic features

## Societal Information

### Official language(s)

* Anconian
* Galactic Standard

### Racial groups

* Near humans (53%)
* Baseline humans (26%)
* Xenoi (21%)

### Demonym

Predenan

The **Mercantile Republic of Predena** is a small, sovereign state and wealthy mercantile republic that lies within the Gamma Quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy. Positioned between the three mighty intergalactic trading networks of the Gaian Trail, Swift Winds Trade Corridor, and Sivulon Trade Network, Predena grew over the course of two hundred years from a measly colony on the terraformed world of Anconia into an influential merchant state within the deep reaches of the Gamma Quadrant.

However, the tides of fortune have turned to the worst for the Mercantile Republic, as the Menschlicher Sternenstaat prepares for military confrontation with the polity.
Himmlisch-class clipper

The **Himmlisch-class clipper** is a fast, small-profile vessel that was designed by the Hersh luxury corporation and is currently manufactured by the *Speziellewerft Vera* naval manufacturing plant orbiting the capital world of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, Vera. Built to settle within the vessel market niche of fast, elegant, and formidable starships, *Himmlisch*-class clippers are one of the most expensive ships for their size, being built to the standards of being able to transport VIPs such as members of the high proletarian government (i.e the *Staatskanzler*) or even the royal state family (including the *Sternenkaiser*).

*Work in progress.*
Ritterschaft Christi

Knighthood of Christ

## Insignia

### Flag

The **Ritterschaft Christi** (Galactic Standard: *Knighthood of Christ*; Latin: *Milites Christi*) is a Veran Catholic military order that was founded in 2 SA following the formation of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat and the official consecration of the Holy State Church.

Work in progress.
Biological purism

**Biological purism** (Stadtverisch: *Biologischer purismus*) is the ideology that the basal, un-augmented, and natural version of a species is its ideal and apical form. Although applicable to any sophont, baseline humans in the Menschlicher Sternenstaat use the term as a tenet of Staatism, and is the primary drive behind anti-cybernetic and anti-genetic editing attitudes.
Kampf-Staatsschutz

The **Kampf-Staatsschutz** (**K-SS**, Galactic Standard: *Battle - State Protection*) is the military branch of the overarching *Staatsschutz* paramilitary organization, and is one of the largest paramilitary forces in the Menschlicher Sternenstaat sans the *Nationales Verteidigungsamt*. Acting as the direct military apparatus of the *Vaterlandspartei**,* the functions and operations of the K-SS are managed by its senior-most members within the *Kabinett Stab Staatsführer-SS**,* and invariably answers to the *Staatsführer-SS* as its commander-in-chief. Many formations of the K-SS are composed of the baseline human citizenry of the Sternenstaat known as *Staatsmenschen*, but quite a few formations are also composed of foreign nationals of both human and xenoi origin, especially in times of war.

Originating from the combat formations of the *Schwarzegruppe* of the Veran Star Confederation era, the K-SS grew in importance to the *Staatsschutz* in intranational bids of military dominance between the SS and the *Staatswehr* as centuries went on. The result of this half-millennia long feud was a prime influence in the beginning of the Civil War of the State, where the bulk of the K-SS and SS-aligned Staatswehr formations fought against loyalist military forces. Past the civil war, however, the *Staatswehr* and the *Staatsschutz* came to coexist in their niches, with the K-SS specifically becoming a "battle-turning force" and acting as reinforcement to *Staatswehr* front lines in wars. Many K-SS formations also developed constancy in deployment as shock forces in both space and land, with some formations developing veterancy and legacy alike (such as the 51st Vera K-SS Panzer Division "Hornheide"). In command structures, K-SS formations are usually assigned to Staatswehr command groups in strategic, multi-organizational combat situations, but this can be overriden by direct intervention of the *Staatsschutz Zentralkomitee*.

The nationalist fanaticism of the SS and its subsequent drilling into each and every recruit, human or otherwise, into the K-SS has resulted in a massive, racially diverse force expressing zeal to the ideals of Staatism and human supremacy. A result of this fanaticism is the numerous atrocities that the K-SS has been blamed for perpetrating in combat and in occupied territories, including the genocide of "undesirable sophonts" and razing of infrastructure - a blame that the *Staatswehr* itself also carries.
Battle droid

For the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, the **battle droid** (Stadtverisch: *Kampfdroide*) is a type of automaton that has been designed for the purposes of supporting or being integral components of combat in a variety of environments and situations. Unlike the security droids (or *Sicherheitsdroiden*) that the Staat commonly employs to help defend strategic and/or desired locations, battle droids are often privy to having designs with more armor and firepower.

Although many designs of battle droids within the Sternenstaat often employ a humanoid-shaped chassis — with the intention of serving alongside organic humanoids such as humans themselves — there are those that utilize more "alien" and unorthodox designs.

*Work in progress.*
Staatssicherheitsdienst

> ***"For us, there are only absolutes in knowledge's arrival and in death's finality. We are the scrying glasses, the observing lens to the normalcy of all life around us. To become the protectors of our State, we must invalidate ourselves to any method of normal conduct and behavior."*** — Totenkopf
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The **Staatssicherheitsdienst** (Galactic Standard: *State Security Service*), acronymized as the **SSD** (or, in Standard translations, **Triple S**) is the most powerful and secretive state intelligence organization of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, covering both domestic and foreign intelligence circles. Unlike the civil *Aufsichtspolizei* secret police or the military *Staatsabwehr* intelligence of the Staatswehr, the SSD is not bound to a higher administrative organization except for the *Staatskanzlei*, and only reports to the Staatskanzler or an appointed intermediary.

The organization is considered to have significant influence in the politics of the Sternenstaat, as it is a more shadowy extension of the powers of the *Staatskanzler* and *Sternenkaiser* without having a morass of bureaucracy such as the Staatsschutz or being bound to specific directives and principles such as the Staatswehr. The primary goals of the SSD is for intelligence gathering on levels that supersede the abilities of other intelligence organizations (such as the *Staatsabwehr*), covert paramilitary operations to eliminate targets or infrastructure, and to wage psychological and cyber-warfare against the weak points of the enemy. In addition to this, its fundemental nature as a security organization permits the usage of its personnel to protect key figures in the Sternenstaat. With unlimited jurisdiction and near limitless powers, members of the SSD are considered to be one of the most skilled individuals in the Sternenstaat in the terms of personal combat and agility, with rumors abound about the usage of psionic or cybernetic enhancements for its agents.
Hochleistungs-Panzermotor Modell XXII

The **Hochleistungs-Panzermotor Model XXII** (Galactic Standard: *High Performance Tank Engine Model 22*; acronymized as **HLPMM-22**) is a liquid tin cooled G-64 chemothermal matrix engine designed by the Storch automotive company for usage in modern "heavy" terrestrial vehicles. Currently, it is featured in vehicles such as the Kriegshund main battle tank, Höllenhund tank destroyer, and the Goldschakal mobile artillery vehicle. Upgraded versions of the engine (such as the **HLPMM-22b**) exist for specialized variants of aforementioned vehicles.

*Work in progress.*
Dornnow Gate

The **Dornnow Gate** is a series of stars settled and claimed by the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, sitting at the galactic northeastern portion of its periphery. Positioned between the major systems of Wolfben and Sliessen with proximity to the trade world of Greyport, the Dornnow Gate mainly falls within the jurisdiction of a civilian-military joint administration, with the Weltraummarine maintaining an abundant amount of naval bases and anchorages in its breadth. The most important function of the Dorrnow Gate, however, is to secure the Sternenstaat from northeastern threats through the heavily militarized border world of Archan. It is not a route used for trading - such a path exists through the Kufheim Reach.

Modernly, the Dornnow Gate was integral in being a staging ground for Operation Wolkenkratzer.

*Work in progress.*
Civil War of the State

Human-Zzuuaan War

The SWM Lucretius attacks the KSS Althammer; Battle of Maldoran

Strength| Restoration Army: 20 billion

Banzar military:: 7 billion

The **Civil War of the State** (Stadtverisch: *Bürgerkrieg des Staates*), also known as simply as the **Civil War** or as the **Staat Civil War**, was a massive civil war within the Menschlicher Sternenstaat that broke out as a result of the political tumult of the Kasman Revolution, which was spearheaded by the *Staatsschutz*commander and reactionary Wilhelm von Kasman and was predicated upon the goals of removing the current *Sternenkaiser,* Zacharias I of House Weizenbaum, on the charges of a false election from the Imperial College and the discrimination of the lower classes and citizens not of the nobility. Breaking out in 520 SA after Kasman's Ultimatum and the failure of the government to carry out the formal deposition of Zacharias I, the civil war quickly revolved around the battles between the revolutionary forces of the Kasmanite Movement and the current administration's remaining forces of the Loyalist Movement. Under these movements, and despite the anti-noble stances of the Kasmanites, noble houses flocked to each side and took arms against one another as a means of settling scores left unattended for centuries. Most importantly, House Kaulitz took to war the entirety of their personal armies and retainers against the Weizenbaums and allied families.

Amongst the chaos of the war, separate conflicts emerged as a result of independence movements reaching maximum momentum within their homelands, prompting the Third Slar Independence War to break out against the Slar Unity and the Banzar Insurrection to begin against the Banzar Stellar Republic via the Alliance for the Independence of the Banzar Republic and Race. In addition to all of this, the Human-Zzuuaan War continued even with the outbreak of civil war, with the loyalists and Kasmanites both advancing their armies deep into the border of the State of Zzuuaa. Sinica sent nearly one hundred million volunteers as aid for the Kasmanite Movement, as their government perceived the loyalists as being too disparate from the past politics of the Sternenstaat and could thus turn on the Sinicans in the future.

The war was one of the most destructive that the Sternenstaat ever found itself in, with 33 billion human and xenoi civilians and servicemen dying from warfare, disease, and starvation by the end of 526. With the signing of the Civil Treaty of Vera between the revolutionary *Staatskanzler* Wulf Hämmerli and the loyalist *Weltraummarine* *Großsternadmiral* Vanessa Hassell, the war came to a close with the deposition of Zacharias I and the enthronement of the Kaulitz Raimund I, in addition to the attempted arrest (and accidental murder) of Kasman by a contingent of SS-Orbitaljäger. Kasman's death prompted the hardcore followers of his political ideology to rise up against the reconciled factions and trigger the Rebellion of the True Kasmanites, which consumed the planet of Vilten.
Military command hierarchy

The **military command hierarchy** of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat (referred to in Stadtverisch as *Militärische befehlshierarchie*) is an organizational structure used by the various armed forces of the nation, such as the Staatsschutz and Staatswehr, in pertinence to personnel populations within military units. Although having a majority of its origins within old Terran command structures, the adaption towards modern interstellar warfare has necessitated a new evolution in organizational terminology.

## Army hierarchy

The ***army hierarchy*** is a command hierarchy used by *terrestrial forces*, such as the Sturmheer and the terrestrial component of the Kampf-Staatsschutz. Its origins lie mostly within Terran command structures, the expansion of the Konföderierte Heer of the Konföderierte Streitkräfte to deal with multi-planet organization, and the vast evolution of the KfH to the Sturmheer with the rise of the Sternenstaat and its subsequent expansions to include interstellar regions of division.

A unique feature in the armies of the Staat is known as a ***cohesion*** - a hybrid between command and formation units, cohesions are highly flexible in their subdivision deployments and organizations, but still maintain degrees of cohesion between said subdivisions that do not necessitate them as being merely command units.

The numbers listed below are only the *archetypical* values - during combat, the populations of units, formations, cohesions, and commands will all wildly fluctuate based on the present environment, enemy, and losses. However, numbers do not usually go beyond double their value.

**All constituent unit values above that of units are only tentative on paper - they will always fluctuate. Only some intermediate ranks are listed. *Kampf-Staatsschutz ranks not listed.***

\* Sections usually include a smart *Kampfdroide* as an actual unit member.
Second Human-Kizankai War

Staat air and ground assault forces over the surface of Ziai, during the last hours of the war

### Date

3 January 20 SA – 14 December 20 SA (11 months, 12 days)

### Location

Nauticus Sector, Gamma Quadrant, Milky Way

### Result

Staatsvölker victory* Establishment of the *Staatskommissariat Ziai, Staatskommissariat Kiza,* and *Staatskommissariat Oblki*
* Start of the Kizankai xenocide

The **Second Human-Kizankai War** (Stadtverisch: *Zweiter Menschliche-Kizankaische Krieg*), also known as the **War of Vengeance** (*Rachekrieg*)was the first major war waged by the newly-formed Menschlicher Sternenstaat against its historical nemesis, the Kizankai Shimanate. Functioning as a war of reprisal for defeat in the First Human-Kizankai War, it defined the various elements of modern Staat military doctrine in addition to the nation's reputation as a xenophobic polity, with the deaths of tens of millions of Kizankai soldiers during the war from Staat martial efficacy and hundreds of millions of civilians from the subsequent Kizankai xenocide. Although the Shimanate currently survives as a *Staatsherrschaft*of the Sternenstaat, the war's brutality and conduct has been used for centuries as propaganda for the strength of humanity and its war machine.

The conflict broke out due to the enactment of Operation Raumgebunden on the 3rd of January, 20 SA. It was conducted by the *Sternadmirals* Aayden Buckler*,* Artur Kozmann, and Hanns Fehrenbach of the *Weltraummarine* under orders by the first *Sternenkaiser,* Leonel Kästner, and crippled the immediate naval response of the Shimanate...

*Work in progress.*
Panzergrenadier divisions

The term **panzergrenadier division** refers to the majority mechanized infantry formations utilized by the various armed forces of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, such as the Kampf-Staatsschutz and the Sturmheer of the Staatsschutz and Staatswehr, respectively. Unlike panzer divisions, which rely on an armored core for punching power and to aid in mobility of the formation, panzergrenadier divisions are seen as more pliant and adaptable to a variety of situations seen on modern battlefields, such as providing the brunt of power in assaults and being the driving force in spearheads. For combined arms operations, panzergrenadier divisions often fall behind advancing shock or panzer divisions to provide a reliable secondary echelon of assault.

The modern notion of the composition of the panzergrenadier division has evolved over the several centuries that it has been used in the Staat - with its most original forms from the Confederate era being that of dismountable light infantry from terrestrially-locked armored personnel carriers, it now incarnates as a formation that is able to disgorge both heavy and light power armored infantry in addition to supportive terrestrial and aerial drones in a multitude of environments, with vehicles that are able to utilize all travel methods possible (hover, wheeled, and tracked, mainly). This, combined with the dominance of aerial units in Staat doctrine and the superior firepower that is often employed from artillery, ortillery, and aerial strikes, leads to the panzergrenadier division becoming the standard assault force of the Staat with all essential and supplementary components necessary to yield sufficient offensives.

Panzergrenadier divisions do possess sub-units of armor, but unlike dedicated panzer divisions, these tanks are more supportive in aiding infantry to thrust into enemy territories that may possess significant anti-personnel emplacements and weaponry (in contrast to the more motile and anti-vehicular tactics of panzer divisions). In urban environments, panzergrenadier divisions opt to use attached air wings and their hover-vehicles more often than tanks due to the susceptibility of armor.

When working in conjunction with standard infantry divisions - mostly in the terms of defense - panzergrenadier divisions are more limited in capacity. Although tanks and troop carriers can be arranged in a battlespace in defensive positions akin to "mobile pillboxes" and anti-tank cannons, their susceptibility while static to enemy ortillery, artillery, and aerial strikes is significantly increased, thus putting the formation at a higher risk than that of the more infantry-oriented compatriot divisions. However, it is still effective when in defensive combat, especially if the Staat maintains aerial and spatial supremacy.

Work in progress.
Kabinett Stab Staatsführer-SS

> ***"'They are the eyes befalling my power; the hands orchestrating my directive; the mouth proclaiming my righteousness'... this is the standard we hold the cabinet to, ever since Brockhaus. I do not expect you to be perfect; I expect you to be useful."*** — Vincent Heitmeyer to the *Oberster Führer des Kampf-Staatsschutzes* Timm Heilbronner
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The **Kabinett Stab Staatsführer-SS** (Galactic Standard: *Cabinet Staff (of the) State Leader - Staatsschutz, **KSSf-SS***) is an organization that falls under the general umbrella of the Staatsschutz paramilitary. More specifically, the KSSf-SS functions as the bureaucratic extensions of the authority and power of the *Staatsführer-SS*, who serves as the head of the entirety of the *Staatsschutz* organization. The composition of the KSSf-SS can vary from *Staatsführer* to *Staatsführer*, but more often than not includes the highest commanders of sub-organizations such as the *Kampf-Staatsschutz* and *National-Staatsschutz*, and special individuals such as those that head special research projects and committees. Those within the KSSf-SS carry special privileges and power within the SS - and the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, in a wider sense - that those without membership do not.

*Work in progress.*
Royal state family

The term **royal state family**, or alternatively **imperial family** or **imperial state family** refers to the immediate family of the current ruling *Sternenkaiser*. More often than not, members of such usually live with the monarch in the Palast der Sterne on the capital world of Vera.

*Work in progress*.
Nationales Kongresszentrum

The **Nationales Kongresszentrum** (Galactic Standard: *National Congress Center*, lit. "National Center of the Congress") is the main structure on the capital world of Vera to which members of the *Staatskongress*convene for various legislative functions. It is one of the largest non-arcological structures on the world, only being dwarfed by the Oberste Festung, and contains a miscellany of substructures within that cater to supporting such a massive legislative body.

*Work in progress.*