United Systems Confederacy

## Introduction

Throughout history human kind has waged war against one another for territory, resources, civil rights and idealism. Man has always had a fighting spirit but that spirit was tested when man rose to the stars. Seeking expansion and unified government across all systems two factions arose the Allied Systems which later changed into the United Systems Confederacy. This nation, born of planetary and system-wide nations itself, proved to be quite effective at maintaining a balance of power in the cosmos.

Over the course of decades, the Confederacy grew by both finding lost colonies to bring into its power or by conquering and annexing smaller alien populations in a period of time known as the Unification Wars. Other worlds were annexed into the Confederacy through trade negotiation, alliances and other political leverages that allowed the USC as an entity to push those factions into line with their own goals. Yet more planets were brought into the fold when the USC began to utilize its vast reach, relative to other governments, to influence the local populations via the use of specialized operatives and implant insurgencies in the region as an excuse to deploy USC peacekeeping forces.

The Confederacy is different from what it once was. Arguments over who would be in control of the Confederation eventually culminated in a 'no one can have it' sort of situation. Instead of allowing any individual, who may have some agenda or another, to control and make laws over the beings that reside within the Confederacy's borders, the Confederation instead functions chiefly as a pseudo-joint military force which draws recruits from all USC affiliated worlds. Though the USC as an entity does not collect any tax from individuals it does leverage a government level tax upon each government in its affiliated members at a flat rate of fifteen percent which it uses to contract the construction of Naval starships, pay crew and Marines as well as purchase and maintain equipment.

## Holidays and Events

### Liberation Day (2118)

Liberation Day is celebrated on January 6th each solar year primarily in the Sol System though many other star systems also celebrate this holiday. It is one of the few holidays that is recognized almost universally across the United Systems Confederacy as an official holiday. The celebration is about the liberation of Earth from its Nell invaders who took the planet by storm nearly a century before and laid waste to much of the world. Each year, on Liberation Day, the Sol Republic will fire the Canadian Defense Installation into a specialized target. In Europe, an old M1 Abrams main battle tank is driven through the streets which was once driven by the now Emperor of Virginia Jaxon Henderson. The tank was used in one of the final battles of the war and was instrumental in the defeat of the Nell landing forces that managed to make it past the initial strike on their fleet.

### Emergence Day (2120)

Emergence Day is celebrated on April 29th of each solar year in the Sol System. Primarily it is celebrated by Earth-born humans as the day that humanity ascended from the Earth after the Nell Invasion. It is marked by the first starship capable of FTL that was launched into space and generally celebrated with festivals. Though it is a holiday, it is not recognized as a holiday enough to give most people the day off by the Sol Republic. Nevertheless, most companies will still allow their employees to go home early if nothing else.

### Unification Wars (2172 - 2188)

The Unification Wars were less war and more conflicts and skirmishes though many colloquially refer to them as the 'wars'. In this time period, a number of galatic powers such as the Sol Republic, the Virginian Empire and a handful of lesser nations waged war on one another in the beginning for the first four years. With casualties mounting well into the millions within the first month of the conflict the official war soon ended less than two years into the fighting with no borders redrawn and white peace declared. Afterwards, the powers that were began to engage in trade disputes, negotiations, alliances and so on that eventually culminated into the formation of the USC. Lost colonies were quickly added to its ranks, especially industrialized ones, a unified fleet was risen and together these worlds set out to bring others into their alliance.

## Notable Affiliate Members

Ark Fleet (Spacers)

Boston Corporation

Foundation of Eimyrja

The Fifth Reich

The Sol Republic

The Virginian Imperium