3rd Index

## General informations

The third index is the first of the big index, in fact, its the largest index, both in terms of covered domains and amount of people concerned. This is the index that strucuturate the novan early life, from the childhood to the young adulthood and for the newly integrated novans. This index also administrate the mercenaries, freelancers and security forces.

## Institutional Functions

### Educations.

Every young novans pass through the 3rd index's system where their body, mind and arcana develop through instruction, training and education, from childhood (P.Holder First age) to young adulthood (P.H Fourth Age)

### Interior affairs

#### Integration

Whenever someone want to become Novan, he will be put in relation with the 3rd index. The index will follow the new novan through the steps, and will give him the required complementary education and informations for them to live in the novan society. Each new novan is attributed a parain that will follow his progress and integration.

#### Security forces

The security forces are the Novan police, they do mostly peace keeping and serve the Novan judiciary system.

## Military functions

### Third army

The third Novan army has a low effectif but is highly regarded, well known to be a highly skilled veteran army. Its where most ancient soldiers and mercenaries hope to end. It has both a skill reserve function and a formation function has its members are often hand picked for certain operations or to take the leadership of younger units of other armies. Most of its units have unique skillset and custom equipement, those are used to solve specific situations and deal with tough operations.

### Higgs

The higgs are the mercenaries of the Nova. Using a specific administration that keep track of the contracts, rewards and ranks of each "higg" or Higg pack, they are one of the biggest work force of the Nova and one of its main outer source of income. The higgs follow a strict code to fill in missions given by non-nova contractors.

#### Novan-Licensed Mercenaries

Along the Higgs, a system is in place that allow foreign mercenaries to receive a similar status to the higgs and a recognition from the Nova. Its a fair trade as it allow the said mercenary to use the Higgs contract system and be considered as affective as a higg with, in for the Nova, a ridiculously small comission, but also, often, the integration of the mercenary on its rank.

### Security forces

The security forces are the the equivalent of the other faction's police, they do mostly peace keeping and serve the Novan judiciary system. They are never seen out of the Yggdrazen or Sanctuary, indeed, traders and other civilian needing protection will instead rely on private security forces, militia or mercenaries.

## Public Image

The third Index is the authority of young novans, new novans and freelancers, but also of the judiciary system thus its image is the one of codes, laws and in a lesser measure, of judgement.

Overall, most novans have a good opinion of this index because of the picture of teaching, of experience and of wiseness.

All novans spend a fair amount of time in contact with that index during either their younth or during their integration, it is for them the beginning of a new life.

The third army is reknowned both in and out of the nova to be a very experienced army of veteran rellying on a small amount of highly specialised units. It hold i high prestige value and it is as an honnor to join this army after long years of services.

Composed of most of the Novan's Mercenaries, the Higgs are the ones that chose the path of the warriors but also of freedom. They are free and independant for Novans eyes, but more importantly, they are known for the honor and dedication they put in their contracts. The higgs form one of the largest gun-for-hire pool to all foreign factions, known for their high price but garantied results.

The Novan Mercenary license is one of the oldest and most respected way to become a Novan. It allowed across the years to get famous mercenaries into the Nova and participed in the construction of the Higgs reputations. At first, the term "Higgs" designated both the novan mercenaries and the licensed foreigners.