The Federation

The Galactic Federation is a galactic alliance of herbivore species in the Orion Arm. It is very anti-predator, and its members' identities as prey animals and herbivores underpin and guide their whole civilization. Most known species are in the Federation.

## History

The Galactic Federation was founded over a thousand years ago by the Kolshians and the Farsul. The first species they integrated was the Krakotl. According to Nikonus, after deciding that the Krakotl's meat-eating tendencies were the reason they were "aggressive and disagreeable", the early Kolshians and Farsul forced the Krakotl to be genetically modified so they couldn't eat meat and reeducated, or else they would use bioweapons to kill all the Krakotl. This early interaction was a prototype for later interactions.

After the Krakotl were intergrated, the Federation expanded. Throughout the next centuries, the Federation uplifted hundreds of species and intergrated them into the Federation. The process of integration always involved manipulating and molding species into whatever the Kolshian and Farsul conspiracists wanted them to be; this usually meant getting rid of anything that might lead a species to question or oppose the Federation's agenda, though sometimes the Federation molded a species into a particular role, such as enforcers for the Krakotl and medicine for the Zurulians.

Eventually, in the early 1900's, the Arxur were discovered. According to current information, the Arxur were at first welcomed and given help and technology, but eventually they were given the Cure, which made them allergic to meat. Being obligate carnivores, this meant that every 'cured' Arxur died. In a dispute between Arxur nations, the Northwest Bloc used the opportunity to make a bioweapon to target Morvim Charter cattle, but the bioweapon spread to all Arxur cattle, killing all of it. The Northwest Bloc blamed the Federation for the bioweapon as well as the cure, and took a large number of ships and began attacking the Federation. The Federation was ill-prepared to respond, and by the time every species had a military, the Arxur had glassed many worlds. At some point, the Kolshian and Farsul conspirators realized that having the Arxur around was useful, as they reinforced the anti-predator ideology and provided a convenient way to threaten or dispose of rebellious or inconvenient species. An unspoken agreement was enforced ever since, where the Arxur would be allowed to roam free as long as they did not target core Federation worlds. Ever since, the Federation and Arxur have been locked in a forever war with no end in sight.

Shortly after the Arxur conquest began, the Federation discovered humanity. The conspirators wanted to cure and integrate humanity, and had already announced our existence to the Federation. After continually failing to find a way to 'cure' humans without them dying shortly afterwards, the Kolshians decided that we couldn't be cured and should be killed instead. A vote was announced, and every Federation species voted to exterminate humanity. The Farsul dragged out the plans for decades, convinced that humanity could be cured, and saying that nuclear testing was a war of annihilation that meant humanity was extinct to buy more time.

Once humanity developed FTL travel on its own in 2136, it made contact with the Venlil, who broke off from the Federation. The neighboring Gojids sent a fleet to destroy humanity, but they were preemptively invaded instead, and the Arxur took advantage of the broken defenses to invade the Cradle as well. During this, the Federation met to discuss humanity. Noah Williams spoke for humanity, and after deliberation, individual races sought extinction, isolation, anti-Arxur alliance, and full alliances with humanity. The pro-extinction races formed the Extermination Fleet and sailed for Earth; this resulted in the Battle of Earth, in which humanity, its allies, and eventually the Arxur fought against the Extermination Fleet. Humanity won, but over a billion people were killed in the bombings. After Meier made a deal with Isif, the Arxur went and targeted all Extermination Fleet species while their fleets were off fighting humanity, which resulted in many species being badly weakened and some, like the Krakotl, almost going extinct.

After Cilany secretly broadcasted a conversation with Nikonus, the Federation's curing of omnivores, faking of anti-predator religions, and other related schemes were exposed and became public knowledge. This caused a massive split in the Federation, and led to many species allying with humanity or leaving the Federation to remain neutral. The Federation's subjugation of Mileau and further reveals from the Farsul's Secret Archives led yet more species to turn away from the Federation.

## Ideology

The Federation is underpinned by a virulently anti-predator ideology. No aggressive or meat-eating animals are tolerated anywhere in any Federation biosphere, unless they are too small to notice or live where people can't effectively exterminate them (e.g. underwater). Extermination Officers are present on every planet and introduced as part of the uplift process; their job is to use flamethrowers and other weapons to destroy any and all predators that might be encountered. It is important to mention that a 'predator' is not necessarily defined as 'an animal that hunts'; any aggressive animal can be considered predatory, as well as any animal that eats meat, even if it's only scavenged. Prey species can have members that are considered to be 'predator diseased', making them aggressive and requiring the diseased member to be killed.

Predator disease is another important part of Federation practice. Any person who behaves in a way that is detrimental or inconvenient to society or the Federation's ideology can be considered to have predator disease. Standard treatments include being forced to take mind-numbing drugs, being sterilized or lobotomized, being electroshocked repeatedly while fully conscious, being locked in solitary confinement for an extended amount of time, and being locked in a predator disease facility indefinitely without trial (where most of these treatments happen). A list of common criteria for predator disease is given as "*antisocial, violent, noncompliant, nonconformist, lacking a full range of emotions, or delusional"*, and known or suspected predator disease patients include Jala, a sociopath, but also include Bonsen, who likely has ADHD, and Virnt, a child who likes and is not afraid of humans.

The Federation has a very specific view of what is properly preylike behavior, and deviating from this is heavily discouraged and likely to end in a predator disease diagnosis. Being extremely fearful is the norm, to the point that stampedes with many casualties are the norm and nobody has ever been able to push the Arxur back. Federation, or at least Venlil, military training is shown to consist mostly of telling soldiers how the ship works and telling them how to flee. The Herd is important, and any action which could be taken as harming it, including questioning common societal values, is considered unherdlike behavior. Overall, Federation culture is formulated to suppress dissent and ensure that nobody questions the anti-predator agenda or creates an environment where that would be acceptable.

The Federation Fleet contains some child soldiers, and this is considered normal. Joining the exterminators while young is normal as well.

## Structure

The Federation is nominally a loose alliance of mostly independent species. They send representatives to meet on Aafa and vote on certain issues, such as what to do about humanity. In practice, older species like the Kolshians, Farsul, and Krakotl hold a lot of power compared to other species, and this results in older species basically controlling the Federation.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/u4zx3q/the\_nature\_of\_predators\_3/
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/12n3fml/the\_nature\_of\_predators\_107/
3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureofPredators/comments/10mmoud/official\_knowledge\_from\_mr\_pascap/