Souvereign Union of Systems

Souvereign Union of Systems (SUS)

The SUS is a monarchist-militarist faction in Star Dominion.

*On the 8th March 1231 ADE, the people of the Suvereign Union of Systems, with their legitimate and elected representatives, in loyalty and honor to their just emperor, have given themselves the following constitution. In doing so, they have completed the unity, justice, freedom and honor of themselves and the protection of the emperor. This resulted in the complete honor of our people and the inseparable unity.*

*Article 1:*

*1. The following laws bind law, punishment, action, leave, people and emperors.*

*2. Any subsequent laws can only be repealed or amended with a two-thirds majority of the people, parliament and the unforced consent of the emperor.*

*Article 2:*

*1. The honor of the citizen is up to his own, but it is honorable to win honor and glory in the camaraderie of the military.*

*2. The emperor's honor is inviolable.*

*3. The word of the emperor applies above that of the people, but the people and parliament apply the same as emperors. In the event of a tie of the votes, the people receive the absolute vote.*

*4. The glory of the fleet and the army is endless.*

*Article 3:*

*1. In times of crisis, every citizen after the completion of the 14th Year of life ordered, the defense of the fatherland and its interests, as well as allies.*

*2. In a time recognized by the Senate as a time of crisis, the word of the emperor applies absolutely, except for the assessment of the time of crisis.*

*3. An extensive conscription for all genders is in force. After the completion of the 18th Year of life, it is up to every citizen to serve the military in loyalty and honor for a year.*

*4. Outside of times of crisis, no one may be obliged against his conscience to provide armed service to the fatherland. Conscripts can join the supply, cleaning, the engineering corps, the administration and the military service as an alternative for the armed service.*

*Article 4:*

*1. The national anthem is "The Song of Suvereignity."*

*2. The flag is the Imperial Banner.*

*3. Ambassadors are allowed to conclude contracts as long as the emperor approves it.*

*Article 5:*

*1. The Senate is held every 4 years on the 18th. People'sember elected by all residents over 16 years of age.*

*2. The emperor reigns for life, new emperors are appointed in equal succession of elders.*

*3. The Senate is subordinate to the emperor in all matters of the military and foreign policy.*

*4. In domestic politics, the word of the Senate stands above everything. (Exceptions see Art. 6, para. 3)*

*Article 6:*

*1. If the full Senate stands against the voice of the emperor, the people are questioned.*

*2. In the case of paragraph 1, the majority judgment of the people has a final and absolute effect.*

*3. In the event of a rejection of the in accordance with Art. 5 para. 4 decided actions of over 50% of the population, so the people are questioned. Paragraph 2 applies.*

#### History of the SUS:

After Operation Exodus, a group of british exodants travelled to the opposite side of the galaxy and established a small colony on the planet of Forcalia, where they began using the distributed cloning modules. In a few years, the population increased to 10.000.000 humans. They established colonies all across the sector.

Competition Era:

Meanwhile, the Lycentian Federation emerged nearby. The current emperor, Kaiser Karalia, saw the peaceful federation as a threat and ordered to weaponise the transport ships. The Lycentian Federation saw this as a threat and began construction of a battleship. The Forcalian Empire, as the Souvereign Union of Systems was called at the time, meanwhile began construction of a small fleet of destroyers and light cruisers. This led to an arms race, which ended 58 years later with the fall of the Forcalian Empire.

The Division Era:

During the arms race, Kaiser Karelia and later her successor, Kaiser Augustus, continuously increased the taxes,especially the colonial taxes, to finance their ever growing fleet. This led to large disloyalties in the colonies and thoughts of independence. At some point, of which the audience is never told when, the Hypobavoria colony declared independence, countered by a declaration of war.

The Lycentian federation saw this as an opportunity for a preemptive strike and declared war on the Forcalian Empire, which led to nearly all of the colonies declaring independence and hoping to be backed by the federation. The federation and the colonies of the empire eventually achieved victory over the Forcalian Empire and replaced the constitutional monarchy with a democracy. The peace treaty also included the recognition of all colonies as independent, a limit to the military personnel, the military budget and the use of military, which led to the Lycentian Federation holding absolute hegemony over the area for nearly a century, while the Forcalian Republic struggled to kepp their economy up. The Lycentian Federation organized a 700 miles demilitarised zone around the senate of Forcalia and established a small base nearby. The old empire was divided into 83 small states.

Union Era:

With the people dissatisfied with their country, many began emigrating to the small states around the Forcalian Republic. That was until Radlof Criller announced that he would candidate for the position of prime minister. Radlof Criller was a famous figure in the economy that played a vital role in keeping the country's economy existent. The people hoped that he would fix the economy and he won the 1173 elections with 73,28% of the votes. He spent most of his term building up the economy until it was at a point where it could compete with the Lycentian economy. He won the 1176 elections with 78,34% of the votes and began building up the military until kt reached its limit imposed by the Lycentian federation: "3 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 6 corvettes, 2 fighter squadrons, 3 bomber sqadrons, 100.000 men". The limitations also included the possibility of building up to 60 battle drones, which he did not do. The economy continued to grow massively and he increased the presidential term from 3 years to 10. He won the 1179 elections with 83,94% of the votes and began working on plans for the military with his advisors, Grewan Thammel and Aleria Seer. Seer noticed that the treaty restrictions only mentioned a limit of men but that there was nonlimit to the amount of women serving in the military and suggested to recruit more female soldiers, which was approved and led to an increase of 79.000 soldiers. Criller had long planned on exploiting the vague definition of 'battle drone' and ordered to build various ships that were fully controlled by a computer and classified them as battle drones. Thammel meanwhile worked on working around the squadron limits. He implemented a system that introduced sub-squadrons, which were basically squadrons, and made squadrons a mere cover of the actual number of fighters and bombers with one bomber squadron having around 1.500-2.000 spacecrafts.

Meanwhile, the Lycentian Federation grew wary of the military increase of their old enemy, despite the Lycentian military consisting of 1.100.000 soldiers and over a houndred ships at the time. They gave the commander of the base near the Forcalian parliament, Commander Arion Ric, absolute control of his forces and the order to be at the ready any moment and to stage a coup in the Forcalian Republic if he deemed it necessary to end their increase in military power.

In response to that, Criller hosted an emergency meeting with his military advisors: Grewan Thammel, Aleria Seer, General Hewsan Grosing and Senator Herielle Hillre to find a solution for the problem with the parliament being practically undefended against the potential coup. During the meeting, Seer suggested to hold government meetings in a building on the other side of the planet, as the treaty only forced a demilitarized zone arounf the parliamentary building and not where the actual meetings were held. This suggestion was quickly accepted by Criller and his parliament and the following meetings would be held in an old military base named "Sokron", which was renamed to "Senatia".

Feeling more secure now, Hillre proposed to the parliament the expellment of anyone of Lycentian ethnicity and systematic execution of those who remained. The law recieved 94% of the votes but was stopped by a veto by Criller, who refused to sign the law. An override vote was held to pass the law anyways but failed due to many senators not willing to oppose the famed prime minister and it ended at 17% out of 85% required to pass. After that incident, Criller relieved Hillre from office.

Meanwhile, Thammel had found a way of increasing the manpower at their disposal by taking DNA samples of their most elite female soldiers, to not break the treaty, and cloning them in the thousands, raising their military personnel by 50.000 soldiers per month. But that manpower influx would not beat the Lycentian Federation in case of war. To ensure the potential of victory, Seer began working on new strategies. She ended up with a doctrine called the VTFaM-doctrine (Victory Through Firepower and Maneuver), often referred to as the Seer-doctrine or Fire-War, which was heavily reliant on the military being able to quickly move anywhere needed, cause chaos and then call in the large Battleships or heavy infantry/vehicles to defeat the disorganized enemy with heavy fire before they could mount a defense.

At hearing of the proposal of the proposal by Hillre, the Lycentian Federation stationed the entirety of their available military fleet in the orbit of Forcalia, threatening to destroy every major city in case the law was passed.

This was seen as an act of war by the Forcalian people, which had already been thirsty for blood and war. Demonstrations were held, demanding war. However, Criller held a speech, saying that Forcalia was not ready for such a war, which led to the people slowly withdrawing from the streets.

The 7th Forcalian Special Sub-Squadron was dispatched to demand a parley.

Lycentian Fleet-Admiral Wilrun denied the request and threatened to open fire in case the 7th remained in orbit.