House Turing

**House Turing** was one of the many noble houses of planet Borealis and, as such, one of the noble houses that made up the Borealan Aristocracy. House Turing's signature words were “Always advancing” and their signature colors were dark grey, medium grey, and white.

House Turing was particularly notable for their contributions to the advancement of Borealan technologies and sciences. Several vassal houses aligned themselves under House Turing, including the prominent House Anavel and the lesser House Piper.

## History

### Foundations: The Cassiopeian Civil Wars

In the year 5347 ASA, the Cassiopeian Civil Wars pitted different factions of the Cassiopeia Galaxy against one another: the commonwealth of the Cassiopeian Republic and the secessionist government of the Federation of Cassiopeian Star Systems.

Aligning themselves with the Cassiopeian Republic at the start of the war, the Borealans and the Ologans began discussing the possibility of an alliance. The Ologans would provide technology for the Borealans to use as a means for domestic defense, while the Borealans would offer conscripts to the Ologans to act as bodyguards. Three years into the war, the discussions came to an end, and so the Borealans and Ologans were forced to go through with the plans as they were.

As a result of this Borealan-Ologan alliance, the newly-formed House Turing came to prominence during the civil wars, comprised of the greatest scientific minds of Borealis. The founders of House Turing, with the help of Ologan scientists, were responsible for the development of magitech.

### Later Developments

Even after the war, House Turing continued to remain as a powerful and influential noble house throughout the course of Borealan history. One member of the noble house—a highly-respected academic named Elvia Turing—founded a polytechnic university on the moon of Epsilopeia, after the end of the Cassiopeian Civil Wars. This university was named the Elvia Turing Institute of Technology and focused on teaching sciences, technologies, engineering, and mathematics.

At some point in the mid-6th millennium ASA, a member of the noble house, Endelyn Turing, served as the Sentinel of Borealis.

#### Ambassadorial Pursuits

In the year 5947 ASA, six hundred years after the start of the Cassiopeian Civil Wars, nobleman and politician Orlean Turing succeeded Alden Lafayette of House Lafayette as the Ambassador of Borealis to the United Cassiopeian Republic, representing his homeworld in the Galactic Embassy. This new political assignment followed the sudden arrest of Alden Lafayette and the rest of his noble house and their imprisonment at the Hailstorm penal colony for a decade. For these reasons, it was believed that Orlean Turing merely served as a buffer between Alden Lafayette and the man who would later take his position as ambassador: Percival Hayes of House Hayes.

Orlean Turing served as ambassador for a single term of five years, with Percival Hayes succeeding him in 5952 ASA.

## Notes and References

1. ↑ House Turing was formed three years into the Cassiopeian Civil Wars. As the war started in the year 5347 ASA, House Turing must have been formed around the year 5350 ASA.