Barram Barrar

**Barram Barrar** is a planet in the star system of Doomsnedge which leads the KC in production and refinement of 'Barrarium', a material that is also the planet's namesake.

Throughout their history, Barram Barrar has been subject to foreign influence and intervention, from its formation as a planetary union to the modern day.

## Name and Etymology

Barram Barrar was so named due to geological evidence found in the 1940s (Mt) which concluded that it was found as the result of an impact with a massive asteroid, housing the source of all barrarium in the universe.

## History

### Planetary Union

In 1959 (Mt), the Gabadha tribe and Stunsch tribe came together to end a 20 year long hostility between the two groups, collectively setting up the Tribal Coalition. This sought to lead Barram Barrar by primarily controlling barrarium fields, but also with majority control over the military and spaceports. They allowed other tribes to use these materials, but with a debt to these tribes. Eventually, the 'Small Council of Chiefs' was formed by a group of tribal leaders who sought to eradicate their debt through group cooperation, in 1963 (Mt). The Small Council only accounted for around 30% of the population through the numerous tribes represented. The remainder were either not organised, or not involved in the planetary union.

### Biackaarian Intervention

In 1971 (Mt), the largest reserve hitherto of barrarium was found near the Dagliden Gulf. At the time, Barrarium was among the most sought after, scarce and important materials in the universe, used in Evo reactors and spaceship engine cores for stabilisation. It would later become less crucial, as its job could to some extent be substituted by redmindium.

In 1973 (Mt), the Biackaarian minerals and extraction company 'Barris BK', was given licensing to operate in Barram Barrar by the Small Council of Chiefs, which had identified themselves as the 'Planetary Union'. This license was revoked 3 galaptagons later when 12 government soldiers were shot and killed by on-site security in a Barrarium compound known as Shunad compond in the Dagliden Gulf. This was known as the 'Shunad Compound Affair' or 'Shunad shootings', and has been described as the tipping point for the Barramese government. Tensions had been mounting between the Small Council/Barramese people and Barris BK, alongside their Biackaarian affiliates after numerous incidents involving government officials and military units not being allowed access through Biackaarian-licensed areas. When the Barramese government faced a barrarium shortage, Barris BK refused to sell Barrarium back to the people for lower prices than they had been selling to more developed planets and nations. Public opinion was mounting against Barris BK.

### National Government of Barram Barrar

In 1976 (Mt), the Small Council of Chiefs faced a coup by the Sedranoo tribe militia, joined by numerous small militias across Barram Barrar, including the Terrajab, who had occupied areas of Barrarium extraction since 1960 (Mt). Numerous chiefs 'enabled' the rise of the Sedranno tribe by ordering their people not to interfere. The result was the rise of a Nationalist government, known as the National Government of Barram Barrar, led by Musaf Colrick. Colrick promised an end to Biackaarian influence and a new political system 'representative of everybody'. He changed the political system with the help of numerous tribe leaders, coming to a leadership position as 'Yudex, Decidopus and Concillium', a position he called 'Yexidillium' or 'Yexi' for short.

Around a year (galaptagon) later, a terrorist organisation known as the 'Boomjab' began to conduct terror attacks across Barram Barrar, targeting cities, crowded markets and places of worship. They were primarily an extremist Solophists, however part of their agenda was to take over reclaimed barrarium fields and sell barrarium back to Biackaar, thus granting them support from Biackaar. In around early 1978 (Mt), Biackaar began funding the Boomjab to help further their cause. Up until this point, Colrick's military had shown considerable success in dashing the Boomjab threat by bombing and storming their remote bases and capturing and torturing hundreds of members.

Over the next few years, the Boomjab became extremely powerful, enough to rival the government, and armed with more powerful weapons, guns and vehicles than the government. A civil war ensued, during which both the Boomjab and Colrick's National Government bombed both strategic and civilian areas. In 1982 (Mt), Colrick was deposed and a supposedly democratic government installed, after numerous rebels un-associated with the Boomjab had begun fighting against the government.

### 'The Houses'

In 1982 (Mt), in the wake of Colrick's downfall and tough economic times, 'The Houses' government was formed, so-named due to its belief in the seperation of powers through different 'houses'. The government of Taragom, which had previously been among Barram Barrar's only trading partners, began to significantly increase trading with the planet and fund the government in resistance of the Boomjab and other rebel groups, as well as in taking back barrarium fields from the Boomjab, still funded in part by the Biackaarian special services.

#### Passive Resistance

In 1983 (Mt), the Big Chieftan of the Gabadha tribe, Dunubidole, began a programme of passive resistance to the 'Pezno government' through civil disobedience campaigns and strategic voting in local elections. The Houses government responded by forcefully deposing Dunubidole, a decision which was met with mass protest in the Western Hemisphere of the planet, where the majority of tribes had existed.

In 1985 (Mt), the Houses government and Gabadha Tribe, alongside negotiators from Ficko and Taragom, negotiated a treaty to recognise 23% of the planetary surface as the territory of the Gabadha tribe, in exchange for Biackaarian support for the Houses government. Dunubidole came back to power as the Big Chieftan of the Gabadha tribe.

## Economy

### Trade

The different groups in Barram Barrar conduct different trading operations across the KC. All parties trade with Taragom.

## Government

The contemporary situation in Barram Barrar is that of a multilateral government controlled by the Gabadha tribe, Houses government and Military State of Junesen. The three groups, as well as several independent tribes allied to the Gabadha tribe, have made numerous multilateral decisions, such as setting up a unified board of interstellar trade, which would also regulate interplanetary and interstellar shipping and spaceship routes.