Coreworlds Conglomerate

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The Coreworlds Conglomerate is the governing political body for the planets and star systems of the Coreworlds region. Colloquially, it is also the name sometimes given to the galactic territory over which the Conglomerate presides. Under Aler Genn’s treatise on “Galactic North”, the Coreworlds Conglomerate and its Exploration Zone would span from the ‘west’ to the ‘south’, with the Empire of the Queil occupying much of the ‘northwest’ segment of the galaxy and the Ele Dominion covering functionally the entire ‘eastern’ half of the map. An unclaimed expanse known as 'Uncharted Space' lies between the borders of the Conglomerate's territory and the Ele Dominion.

The Conglomerate was formed with the signing of its foundational document, the Conglomerate Charter. Among the signatories was His Highness King Naith Oramande II - at that time the ruling monarch of the planet Oramande and patriarch of the Family Oramande - who subsequently abdicated all but the Family’s ceremonial duties and turned over rulership of Oramande to a democratically-elected government. Nevertheless, the Family Oramande has continued to exert substantial influence on the politics of the Coreworlds Conglomerate in the many years since its formation, including guiding the enactment of numerous unpopular laws throughout the Coreworlds.

Aglostarros is the capital world of the Coreworlds Conglomerate. The planet is also home to the University of Aglostarros, which is the leading academic institution of the Coreworlds Conglomerate. Ourinia is the Conglomerate's major industrial hub, and hosts the headquarters of leading starship manufacturer Veldt Star Industries.

The Conglomerate is significantly influenced by public sector groups such as the Aglostarros Professionals' Union which, despite not being official branches of the government, often work closely with Coreworlds leadership on policy matters.

The outer perimeter of the Coreworlds Conglomerate used to be known as the frontier, but has expanded into the Conglomerate Exploration Zone since the commercialisation of FTL travel has allowed citizens more interstellar mobility. The Conglomerate typically gains a foothold on newly discovered planets within the Exploration Zone by deploying colony habitats, which allow settlers to live and work while being protected from dangerous environments.

Following months of negotiations at the Threshold of the Ninth Plane, a monastery located on the planet of Andar Prime in the Andarra system, the Coreworlds Conglomerate became a member of the Trifold Union, alongside the Empire of the Queil and the Ele. The Conglomerate was represented in negotiations by Ambassador Rayan Tiller, who leveraged the Conglomerate’s FTL travel technology to secure a peaceful coexistence with the militaristic Queils. Tiller expected the Union to bring prosperity to the citizens of the Coreworlds and the galaxy at large.

The Conglomerate maintains stringent defamation laws which, along with her position as Curator of the Aglostarros University Museum, prevented Endelle Stroth from openly blaming Baroness Dorn Oramande for the destruction of Harthoe.

Within the text of their Manifesto, the Galactic Liberation of Wonder movement accused the Coreworlds Conglomerate of being an empire which monopolises the wonders of the galaxy rather than showing due respect.

After the Centurions of Project Centennial appeared to begin targeting military assets and facilities in the Empire of the Queil, both Queil diplomat Prince Aster and later Empress Harke herself addressed the Conglomerate. The former warned that the Empire’s military secrets were none of the Coreworlds’ business, and the latter called on the Conglomerate to repay the blood debt it now owed to the Queils. The Conglomerate was slow to respond to these messages.

In 2270, when Centurion 56 and Centurion 72 proved to resist destruction by Queil forces in the Gordian Veldt, both the Conglomerate and the Queils began to relocate any sensitive targets away from the probes' projected flight paths.

Upon realising the true power of the Ele Metanation, Endelle Stroth feared what would happen if the Queil Empire or Coreworlds Conglomerate ever learned of the abilities it conferred.

When, after learning of the Metanation, a large number of galactic citizens began to emigrate to the Ele Dominion, the Conglomerate and the Queil Empire attempted to stem this exodus by setting up checkpoints along the border with the Dominion. The Ele, in turn, took offence to this, with ambassador El-Deen noting that, while they had set few terms when joining the Trifold Union, free movement across borders was one of their main demands. In related coverage published by the AlTime News Channel, one Senator Stuur of the Kyrrest Nebula, a Vassal Territory of the Queil Empire, commented that "the Queil see threats everywhere, and the Conglomerate sees profit everywhere else."