Terran Collective

**The Terran Collective** is the name for a civilization of intelligent beings in The Milky Way galaxy. Humans are the primary species of The Terran Collective , although through later Constitutional Amendment, other species and life form types were granted citizenship or limited protections. The Terran Collective is only one, but certainly the largest of known civilizations.

### Regions

The Terran Collective is organized into four Incorporated Regions along with one Unincorporated one. Each maintains its own Constitutions and legal apparatus.  All incorporated regions are beholden to all Terran contacts, including the Terran Constitution.

#### Sagittarius Co-Operative

The Sag,  as it is called, has no overall regional government, although Planetary Systems Solas maintains a strong hold on one end of the region and The Provac Alliance over the other. The Sag maintains a reputation as a “wild west” where fortunes can be made and lost and someone can find a new life or disappear from an old one. The Sag is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the Collective, mostly due to The Provac Alliance’s obsession with natural biological life and its vow to protect biological life throughout the collective.  The Sag is home to a number of animal homeworlds and protected biosphere.  The Sag is growing at unprecedented rates as people expand out, looking for their fortune. It’s very similar to the late stages of the 19th and 20th century Gold Rush.

#### Orion Co-Operative

The Orion Co-Operative is a region at the center of The Terran Collective. 90% of humans live their whole lives within this region. The Region is technically a Co-Operative between 9 Corporate entities and the remainder of the Transitional Government. Life in this region is the most varied of all the regions. Some people live in technologically advanced mega-stations, circling in orbit around stars, others live closer to nature on terraformed worlds. The government of the Orion Co-Operative is the strongest and most formal in the Collective. There is strong  representation from almost all of the Nine Fathers and the Transitional Government.

#### Centarius Frontier

Centarius Frontier is region within The Terran Collective. The region is located on the outskirts of organized space and is mostly unexplored although rumors of human settlements have been around for centuries. It is long believed to be the home of the civilization that created The Orrirons. It is home to a area of hyper-dense space called The Ha'Tuun Superstructure. There is no formal government in the Centarius Frontier, although it is part of the Collective and subject to all the same laws and regulations of the other regions.

#### The Perseus Free State

The Perseus Free State region is highly volatile, with raging plasma storms and various energy anomalies that make it nearly uninhabitable for humans. Still, it remains home to a number of human and non-human groups seeking to remain separate from the rest of human society.

### Unincorporated Regions

#### The Mist

The Mist is an unincorporated region of space adjacent to The Terran Collective. While not officially part of the collective, collective law is often enforced in the region. The Mist is home to a massive cloud of dark energy that produces a tremendous amount of signal interference that makes long range communication through the region difficult. The Mist is surrounded by a poorly understood energy field that makes deep communication into and within The Mist difficult. As a result, like the Perseus Free State this makes it difficult to control the region. Much of The Mist remains unexplored although it is home to a number of Poacher and Pirate groups. Including the renowned Poacher Benito Marino. There is no formal government in The Mist. Large sections of The Mist are claimed to be under the jurisdiction of The Black Swarm, who maintain their base of operation on the moon, Chola.

## Organization

The Terran Collective has no central government, instead it is governed by a series of interconnected companies, governments, kingdoms and organizations. All of whom have signed and are bound by a collection of legal documents collectively known as The Terran Constitution and a number of Union Agreements and Corporate TOS.

### The Transitional Government

The Transitional Government administers and protects the Transitional Constitution. It divides the collective into 5 regions, 4 incorporated and 1 unincorporated. Each incorporated region is administrated by a Regional Governor. The power of the government is limited by the Nine Fathers, who administer much of the day to day life of the Collective.

As of Issue 1, the Transitional Government maintains the civil and criminal court systems and indicates matters between The Nine Fathers. It also maintains a military force, The Transitional Forces. Although the Transitional Government wields little direct power, The Transitional Forces remain the predominant military force in the universe. Second only to The Minour Family and Aunix Empire.  Unknown to all, these three forces pale in comparison to the civilization that self identities as Soligon. The Transitional Government was formed in the year 826 of the Modern Era. It was originally designed as a temporary government charged with rolling out and enforcing the various legal agreements of the Terran Constitution. In the 1,000 years that followed, the government yelled most of its function over to the entities that would become the 9 Fathers. These organizations are responsible for most of the day-to-day conditions of the 87 Trillion recognized inhabitants of the Terran Collective.

### The Nine Fathers

Beyond the five regions, the Terran Collective is governed by 9 entities, collectively known as The Nine Fathers.

#### The Minour Family

With cultural fragments in France, Scotland, Ethiopia and Southern India, The Minour Family are one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the Collective. The Family, as it is often called, traces its roots to the Minourian Original Culture-Group.

Now, their primary business are The Bank Minour known as the universe's largest lending institutional bank, and The Minour Security Forces, the military that enforces the banks contracts. The Minour Family and business are both mMatriarchal. Women head all of the organization's positions of prominence.

#### Planetary Systems Solas

Often called the second richest family in the universe, The Fleet family has been leading human colonization for thousands of years and they have made a fortune designing and manufacturing survival equipment. Additionally they franchise colonies, administering services, including the law. The Fleets have cultural ties to Indigenous and contemporary North and South America.

#### White Orchid Society

Very little is actually known about The Society throughout the Collective, many view it merely as a powerful cult. Others see it as a culture within its own right. It controls the smallest physical territory and has both the fewest citizens and the smallest operating budget, however it has ultra-devoted members throughout the universe, not just within the collective. The Society is strictly hierarchical with a council that elects its leader to rule for life with absolute power. [The truth about The Society is that it is a corruption of The Catholic Church. The Church was infiltrated by a death cult in 2035 which slowly converted the Church into The Society. This fact is unknown by anyone except a few of the leaders of The Society.

#### P.G.K. Orion

PGK Orion is a conglomerate formed from three of the original cultures. It is primarily known for product manufacturing although, like many of the Nine Fathers, it works across a number of industries. PGK has cultural fragments from South America, including Aztec influence from the Aztec revival of 2185. It also has Norse and Scandinavian roots as well as Russian and Chinese influence. PGK considers itself a strict meritocracy, although its societies and satellite cultures tend towards strongly caste based. For the past 500 years, the Chief Executive of PGK has been some version of The Finch. The Finch is an Eternal Taohum.

#### Halcyon Intergalactic

As its name suggests, Halcyon's corporate focus is entertainment, medical and pharmaceutical. As such, they maintain a small physical footprint, but operate throughout the Collective. Halcyon also funds a great deal of scientific research and maintains a close research relationship with both The Kizo Corporation and The Minour Family.

#### Torajan-Fang Corporate Concern

Derived from two of the Original cultures, Torajan-Fang operates in almost ever industry. However, at one time, they were known as the universe's largest weapons manufacturer.

#### The Provac Alliance

Currently, the Alliance operates thousands of surgical centers and augmentation centers throughout the Collective. They also produce a number of genetically altered humans. The practice is illegal everywhere but the Centarius Frontier. The Alliance is organized in an elaborate corporate structure which is difficult to describe. This is a relic of their underworld days. The elaborate structure makes it impossible for outsiders to know who is in charge. The Alliance are fierce protectors of natural organic life and are Planet Protectors for a number of Species Planets.

#### The Daidalox DAO

Daidalox is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that serves three functions to the Collective. They mine Tonilium 11, which permits for FTL travel. They produce almost all of the sentient artificial life in the Collective. They maintain the RETI Channels that make FTL travel possible. Little is known about their internal structure other than it claims to be a hive mind.

#### The Kizo Corporation

The Kizo Corporation is known as the data bank, collects and sells information from across the universe. They have a number of employees, but the company itself is a single entity called The Mycelium and represented by Lawang Sachs.

## Economy

The Terran Collective functions under a form of anarcho-hyper-socialism. An elaborate network of organizations, unions, private foundations, companies, charities, communes and other associations are bound by a series of contracts and agreements that allow for variety of economic models within an overall anarchistic structure.

### Corporate Life

The majority of members of The Collective live either in a territory controlled by a cultural group, or one controlled by a corporation.  Or both.  Most citizens born with a territory controlled by a corporation, work for that corporation (or its subsidiaries) directly or indirectly.  This is because corporations control most aspects of life in The Collective.

##### Coboshin

Coboshins, also called "bought people" refer to individuals who work directly for the company.   While most citizens live their lives at arms length from the companies they Ultima work for, Coboshin are stepped in the culture of the company. Contract terms While most individuals are free to leave jobs or not work at all, Cobishin sign ironclad contracts often locking them in decades long work contracts. Extraction is the process by which a corporate employee, under contract, is forcibly removed from the company and its employ via clandestine manner. Usually extractions are voluntary and are preformed by a corporate recruiter. Most corporate employees are under strict contract with forbids leaving the company to work at a competitor. To prevent this, most corporation keep high level or other employees of interest under strict security observation.

##### Brood Birthing

Corporations often replenish their employee stocks by purchasing them from a birth brood.  Birth rates are strictly regulated by region and even by star system to ensure against over population

### Major Companies

There are a number of Mega Corporations operating within The Collective. Find a list of the companies of the Terran Collective here.

#### The Minour Family

With cultural fragments in France, Scotland, Ethiopia and Southern India, The Minour Family are one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the Collective. The Family, as it is often called, traces its roots to the Minourian Original Culture-Group. Now, their primary business is The Bank Minour, the known universe's largest lending bank, and The Minour Security Forces, the military that enforces the banks contracts. The Minour Family and business are both Matriarchal. Women head all of the organization's positions of prominence.

#### Planetary Systems Solas

Planetary Systems runs a number of interconnected businesses. In additional to manufacturing products for survival in harsh environments, PSS also operates a massive colony franchise business.  For a maintenance fee, PSS will provide a prospective farmer, homesteader, miner, or anyone wishing to live on the open worlds of the Sagittarius Co-Operative.

#### P.K.G. Orion

PGK Orion is a conglomerate formed from three of the original cultures. It is primarily known for product manufacturing although, like many of the Nine Fathers, it works across a number of industries. PGK has cultural fragments from South America, including Aztec influence from the Aztec revival of 2185. It also has Norse and Scandinavian roots as well as Russian and Chinese influence. PGK considers itself a strict meritocracy, although its societies and satellite cultures tend towards strongly caste based. For the past 500 years, the Chief Executive of PGK has been some version of The Finch. The Finch is an Eternal Taohum.

#### Halcyon Intergalactic

As its name suggests, Halcyon's corporate focus is entertainment, medical and pharmaceutical. As such, they maintain a small physical footprint, but operate throughout the Collective. Halcyon also funds a great deal of scientific research and maintains a close research relationship with both The Kizo Corporation and The Minour Family.

#### Torajan- F6ang Corporate Concern

Derived from two of the Original cultures, Torajan-Fang operates in almost ever industry. However, at one time, they were known as the universe's largest weapons manufacturer.

#### The Kizo Corporation

The Kizo Corporation is known as the data bank, collects and sells information from across the universe. They have a number of employees, but the company itself is a single entity called The Mycelium and represented by Lawang Sachs.

### Smaller Companies

#### Cobi'i bisha

Cobi'i bisha is a private corporation in the Terran Collective. They are vehicle and ship manufacturers, focused on atmospheric crafts. Lappris Charp is a private ground transport manufactured by Cobi'i bisha,

#### Helobrux

Helobrux is a private company in the Terran Collective. They produce engines and other propulsion systems.

#### Kobeslii Transport

**Kobeslii Transport** is a private company within the **Terran Collective**. They specialize in the facilitation of the short haul transport of cargo. Kogbeslii primarily uses sub-contractors for this work. These contracts are very coveted and valuable.

#### Crassis Intergalactic

Crassis Intergalactic is an independent company in The Terran Collective. They manufacture ships , munitions and weapons. Weaver 380-S. Weaver 380-S is a no/low orbit fighter plane manufactured by Crassis Intergalactic.

#### VASH media company

VASH media company is a private entertainment and media company. It is own Vash KaBoom.  VASH produces crass pop cultural media, including telebean and vidmag.

### Currencies

There are hundreds of local currencies throughout the Collective. In addition to these local currencies, most of the Nine Fathers maintain a regional currency.

#### Dorilian

The dominant currency of the Orion Co-Operative, it is virtually useless outside of Orion. Value=1.6 Terras.

#### The Terra

The standard of the Collective. The only currency universally accepted, not just within the Collective, but anywhere.

#### The Ackron

All Minour Family loans are paid in Ackrons. All Minour businesses prefer Ackrons. Value=2.7 Terras.

#### Oshele

Once the dominant currency, as the Torajan-Fang company has fallen, so has interest in its currency. Value=.63 Terras.

#### Peso

Despite being slightly less valuable than a terra, Pesos are extremely popular because, since they are the once physical currency, they cannot be traced. As such, underworld figures usually consider the Peso equal to the Terra. But be careful, among the underworld, intentionally converting currency to take advantage of this is considered punishable by death. Value .89 Terras.

## Society

Like many other aspects of life with the Terran Collective, there is both a local society, regional societies and Terran-wide societies. The largest divide in society is the so-called Cold/Hot Sky divide. The current energy shortages makes leaving a planet's atmosphere. As such, planet societies tend to develop separately from the largest Society.

### Demographics

There are a number of species that are recognized as citizens of the Terran Collective and other species that are protected.

### Myth, Religion & Spirituality

Mythology and superstition runs all though Terran society and most people hold some traditional mythological belief, even if only out of custom. Having said that, almost no one belongs to a formal religion and the notion of an interventionist deity is generally regarded as ridiculous.

#### The White Orchid Society

The White Orchid Society is the largest charitable organization within the Collective.  Its devoted followers proselytize and spread charity throughout The Collective. At its core, the society is the remains of the Roman Catholic Church, itself infultrated by a cult dedicated to the worship of "the old gods." Only one living person is aware of this history, Insor Jermone.

#### The Four Mothers

The Four Mothers are a collection of four separate, but interconnected philosophical worldviews attached to a series of legends and myths. Each tradition has become focused on a single semi-historical figure and devoted to the study and appreciation of one particular aspect of the world. They are the closest thing to organized religion within The Collective.

### The Terran Calendar

Every planet maintains its own calendar corresponding with its orbital period. However, all members of the Collective follow The Terran Calendar. The Terran Calendar is 400 days long, with a day defined standardly across the Collective as 30 hour period. Where an hours sixty minutes and a minutes is sixty seconds, and so forth. Those 400 days are divided into 8 months of 50 days each. Each month is divided into 10 five-day long weeks.

Days of the week

1. Shoujingudia
2. Qushjidia
3. Shatirudia
4. Birunidia
5. Haythamudia

#### Seasons

The names of the months and seasons are combined when giving a date. So the second month of the season Azul is Azullia. The first month of the season Aion is Aionnium, and so forth.

Months and Seasons of the Terran Collective
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#### Holidays and Other Annual Events

##### The Long Morning

A month long holiday commemorating the journey from The Verimanu's crash site to The Living Mountain. Pilgrims from all over come to Morana once a year and retrace Gala's journey

##### Feast of Zeo

An annual feast and celebration commemorating the survival of the long journey across the planet Morana and the assentation of Gala to pure energy.

##### Fistian's Day

Fistian's Day is a major historical event in the interplanetary society, celebrated annually with a feast and multi-day celebration. It is a time for people to come together and commemorate the achievements of one of their greatest heroes, Fistian.

### Media and Entertainment

Read more about the culture of The Collective here.

#### Deep-Beam Broadcasting

Deep-Beam Broadcasting is a form of subspace digital communication that permits near instantaneous transmission of data. Is serves as both a communication method across the Terran Collective and as a Collective wide entertainment and news source. More localized broadcasting methods, like Block-Beam Broadcastering, have higher resolution and allow for larger transfer packets.

##### I See You!

I See You! Stylized as ICU! is a Collective wide social media platform boasting 1.2 Quadrillion members. ICU! was the first social platform to break the species barrier, allowing even semi-autonomous entities to join. The possibility that even Consent Bots may have preferences has led to an extended conversation on the nature of sentience.

#### Sport

##### Brockot

Is a modern sport based on an ancient Sentiunius ritual. It's best described as basketball and rugby and baseball. It is played throughout the collective and is considered the most popular team sport in The Collective.

### Crime and The Law

#### Local and Region Law Enforcement

The Transitional Government is responsible for law and order throughout the Collective but has deferred most of that responsibility to the Nine Fathers, at least on the law side. The Transitional Government still maintains the only legally binding criminal court system in Collective. There are no prisons being legally operated by any of the Nine Fathers. the Transitional Court also maintains the Civil Court system throughout the collective but in practice, many of the circuits of the courts are controlled, either outright or de facto, by the Nine Fathers.

#### Jagers

Jagers are licensed, legal bounty hunters who operate throughout the Collective. Although no Jager may be contracted to break the law, almost all do, or at least can be convinced to.

#### Criminal Underworld

##### The 5 Houses

For much of the early years of the collective, biological augmentation was forbidden. It was viewed as immoral. This gave birth to a thriving underground black market that created the 5 Houses.

The Five Houses were the final five consolidated criminal syndicates. In 1087, these five warring houses finally made a piece. It was called the Shake of The Five Rooms because, famously, none of the Leaders of the Five Houses would enter a room with the other in it for fear of assassination.

###### Mel'Elibram

The largest of these groups was the religious cult Mel’Elibram (The Children of Elibram). They  were early pioneers of biological enhancement and many of their current members were at the Shake of The Five Rooms, having used bio-augmentation to indefinitely prolong their lives.  They always occupied the spaces on the outer edges of the Collective, their augmentations often leave them disformed.

###### A Fat

The smaller but much more violent A Fat were known for running extremely cheap urban biosurgery.

##### Church of The Book

The fifth of the Five Houses was Machiash. Machiash was moderately sized but made more of its money in other areas of the underworld. So when the Five Houses formed The Provac Alliance, Half of Machiash remained and became Church of The Book, a criminal organization based on the book The Cut and The Blade.

### Family life

#### Biological Families

Biological birth is primarily considered a colony practice, where brooding sites are harder to come by and the need for labor is higher. A number of colonial border cultures still revolve around family and natural procreation.

#### Brood Birthing

Close and within Terran Central, biological reproduction in virtually unheard of outside of a number of prominent families. This is widely considered a personal resource issue as well as a cultural preference. Instead, most people are born via brood birthing in which a company, almost exclusively either Torajan-Fang, PGK Orion, The Provac Alliance, or the Transitional Government will grow a collection of female children from collected genetic material. This is usually in response to population changes throughout the Collective.

Old blood is a term used to distingish humans born through natural in utero gestation. The vast majority of individuals are born as members of a birth brood. Amoung Galaist, being old blood is a badge of honor. Among non-Galaist, it is usual considered shameful or strange. The most famous old blood family is The Minour Family. Generally, PGK and Torajan-Fang use birthing primarily for employee replacement or growth. The Provac Alliance primarily grows labor to sell. The Transitional Government is interested in population maintenance. A Birth Brood is a collection of (usually) humans, born together using collected biological material. The process means that it is rare for any two members of a brood to have the exact same genetic profile. Birth Broods are raised collective for the first 14 years. Birth broods only birth females. Brood Sisters refers to the extremely rare instance when two children, born in the same Birth Brood also has the same genetic identity, effectively making them biologically siblings.

### Cultural Groups

A full list and description of all of the cultural groups of the Terran Collective can be found here.

#### The 16 Societies

The 16 societies are the original 16 space faring groups that are considered to make up most of, if not all of human culture.

### Military

No one has had the energy to conduct a full scale war in 800 years. This is a tentative peace as the last war was interrupted and is considered unfinished. There are a number of organized security forces and militias within the Terran Collective.

### Transitional Security Forces

Once the mightiest fighting force in the universe, now the TSF barely maintains law and order throughout the Collective. In reality, the TSF relinquishes most control to regional forces.

### Minour Family Security Forces

By far the finest trained fighting force, The Minour Family's military is considered a threat in nearly every corner of the Collective and beyond.

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### Orion Regional Authority

The ORA is primarily concerned with regional security. This is mostly transport and trade security.

### Solas Security

Planetary Systems Solas maintains a massive police force and a small military. While they would never stand up to the might of the Minour Security Forces, it is more than capable of providing safety and security to its citizens.

### The Fa'Ha'Luill

Although a small cultural community, The Ku'ail a' Haluun maintain an impressive army, as the Minour Security Forces discovered during the Ku'ail a' Haluun Uprising.

### Daidalox Security

Daidalox Security maintains an extremely powerful military along a extremely throughout investigative police force. As province on the The Daidlox Terms Of Service Agreement permits the company from conducting investigations anywhere in the Collective.

### The Black Swarm

A private army technically outside of the Collective. It protects the free city of Liberitia.

## Science & Technology

### Physics

#### The Elegant Equations

The Elegant Equations - A series of complicated and poorly understood equations that are at the center of Zauism. It is unclear how much of the story of the Birth of The Eloquent Equations is. Whether it was under Gala's Tree on Gamara or at the facilities as Espra, The Eloquent Equations were the final strands that tied together the four known fields of science into a single unifying field. This paved the way for the technology that of the RETI Drive. The Birth of the Eloquent Equations is the central story in Zaiumism, the quesi-religion with Za Zaium, the physicist at it's core. These equations unified the four separate schools of physics and math that make RETI Drive technology possible. RETI Drives fractalize reality itself and "transfers" particles instantaneously through space.

#### Space Travel

Faster Than Light space travel makes The Collective function. Refracted Electro-Temporial Impulse Drive is the mechanical device that makes faster than light travel possible. The RETI Drive is based on the manipulation of spacetime itself. It uses intense bursts of electromagnetic energy to create a field of distorted spacetime around the spacecraft. This field is created by a highly advanced device on the spacecraft, known as the Electro-Temporal Impulse Generator (ETIG). The ETIG produces intense electromagnetic waves that refract through the fabric of spacetime, effectively distorting it in a controlled manner.

### Biology

#### Vih/Hydrox Process

The Vih/Hydrox Process is a medical treatment known to greatly increase the cognitive capacity of certain biological lifeforms. The treatment remains extremely controversial and its use is in legal jeopardy in the Terran Collective. The Vih/Hydrox process involves the activation of certain genes in the brain that control the growth and development of neural connections. Normally, these genes are only active during a critical period of development in early life, after which they become dormant. However, in species that undergo the Vih/Hydrox process, these genes are reactivated, leading to the formation of new neural connections and an increase in the number of synapses between neurons. As a result of this increased neural connectivity, the brain's processing power is greatly increased, leading to enhanced learning, memory, and problem-solving abilities. The process also stimulates the growth of new brain cells, adding to the overall increase in cognitive function.

However, the Vih/Hydrox process is not without its risks. Over activation of the genes can lead to unstable growth of neural connections, causing neurological disorders and potentially leading to decreased cognitive function. Additionally, the process may lead to imbalances in other physiological systems, causing unpredictable side effects. Thus, the Vih/Hydrox process is a double-edged sword, granting enhanced intelligence to those who undergo it, but also bringing with it a range of potential side effects and risks. The process is carefully controlled in those species that have undergone it, to ensure optimal results and minimize negative outcomes.

#### Cryosleep

Cryosleep is a form a status rest where the physical contraight is indefinitely preserved. The brain c an remain active on what is called a PROXY, a false reality. It is illegal to attempt to deceive an individual with a Proxy.

## The Terran Constitution

The Terran Constitution is the foundation of live throughout the Collective. It is a series of documents that govern almost ever level of interaction.

### Background

The Terran Constitution is the name given to a collection of legal documents that lay down  the legal structure that permitted the Original 14 Civilizations to form the Terran Collective. It also is recognized as the end of The Brothers Wars, a long series of violent wars, battles, and conquests that nearly ended the human species.

### The Documents

Which documents are and are not part of the Constitution are a matter of academic discourse, but there are seven indisputable documents.

* The Collective Constitution
* The Sagittarius Cooperative Agreement
* The Orion Cooperative Agreement
* The Daidlox Terms Of Service Agreement
* The Kizo Corporation Terms of Service
* The Space-Faring Workers and Traders Union Agreement

## History

Little is known about the time before the event known as The Fall of The Veil. There are a few who hold some of that history, and they guard their secrets.