Karian

The **Karians** are a predominantly human culture group centered around the nationstate of Karstedt, in a region of space referred to as Karia. Karians are descended from Allerians who settled six planets in the Concourse a little more than 2,300 years before the new era. These six terrestrial planets grew into kingdoms which were variously inherited and conquered by the von Kars dynasty, created through a lengthy process of integration created the modern Karian nationstate, the modern Karian language, and Karian culture.

Despite this integration and almost universally sharing a single faith, the many Karian worlds retain much of of their pre-unification personalities. Each contribute different things to the Karian world, leading to many contradictory but simultaneously true stereotypes about Karians.

Over the centuries, various expeditions have ventured out from Karstedt to found new societies in the far reaches of the galaxy, creating offshoot cultures which retain a connection to the homeland. A persistent nullsec spacer culture, the hamerlans, also originates from Karstedt.

## Members

* Karstedt
	+ Herrath
	+ Allenfeld
	+ Asten
	+ Rhenburg
	+ Kornhofen
	+ Lubin
	+ Nalhof
* Amestria
* Itterbeck
* Seniborcia
* Prithania (part of Krizovia)
* Verisan (part of Krizovia)

## Military culture

Modern Karians have developed their own fighting ways alongside those of the Aoshanti Concourse, and frequently in competition with them. Karians make extensive use of  **Hi-Tech** weapons, especially conventional and photonic assault rifles, tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and other platforms designed to attain and maintain fire superiority over an enemy, shake their confidence, and gain the initiative. Karian officers and NCO's have a tendency to lead from the front and are given a great amount of autonomy to improvise their way to an objective given to them by the army's top brass.

Over the course of the Concourse Wars, Karians have become proficient in the use of industrial-scale warfare, putting under arms quickly enormous conscript armies using mass-produced weapons. These citizen forces are supported by professionals employing networked digital platforms and technologies which augment the capabilities of conventional arms in order to reduce losses in what has evolved into a casualty-averse culture.

During peacetime, the Karian Armed Forces tend to be much smaller, employing professionals who are selected from the population on the basis of citizenship and merit and then thoroughly trained and well-equipped. Karstedt's industrial approach to warfare ensures a level of quality throughout the army. Karstedt's traditional warrior aristocracy, which was once so prominent like in Aoshanti armies, has been largely relegated to desk jobs operating the complex logistics and doctrine of the army.

## Weapons

Karian firearms are manufactured by a mixture of large state-owned and private industries. Some of the designs commonly in use in the Karian world date back hundreds, if not thousands of years, and have been in production by many companies and under many names and versions. More recently, the Karian Armed Forces have been experimenting with shifting to mass-produced photonic weapons, though this is still in its experimental stages, and most units still use the KAR-51 as the service rifle of the armed forces.

The Morgensen M106 Army is the service sidearm of the Karstwehr, while the 904 Astronavy Revolver is the sidearm of the Karstmarine.

The possession of firearms is regulated, but legal, in Karstedt, and Karian weapons are exported to other markets and countries. They are typically available in nullsec, though are rare, expensive, and powerful finds prized for their reliability and sheer destructive power.

### Pistols

* Timberlane PI-100 Pistol
* Timberlane PI-551 Pistol
* Morgensen M106 Army Automatic Pistol
* 904 Astronavy Revolver
* Reinhild-Mann PI-551 Automatic Pistol
* Duerr PH Infallible Photon Pistol
* Henri Night 5-4 Special

### Automatic Weapons

#### Chemical

* Hershel Gruppe KAR-51 Assault Rifle
* Timberlane AAR-5
* Emhoff OGW 450 AR
* Hershel Gruppe KAR-59 Carbine
* Emhoff OGW 455 Carbine
* Fuller ID4 Submachine Gun
* Hershel Gruppe KMG-55 LMG
* Hershel Gruppe KMG-52 LMG

#### Photonic

* PR-10 Photonic Assault Rifle
* PR-13 Photonic Carbine
* PMG-13 Photonic Light Machine Gun
* PMG-14 Photonic Machine Gun

### Rifles

* Morgensen KR-79 Battle Rifle
* ABT-50 .308 Hunting Rifle
* SR-100 Universal Rifle
* SN 11.3 Sniper Rifle
* SNR-100 Sniper Rifle

### Shotguns

* SH-100 Pump-Action Shotgun
* Timberlane M4 Frontier Fury
* HKK Sturmer Combat Shotgun