Taking a break from InDesign, here's a shot at cleaning up & expanding a little on Kokuten's stab @ the Trekkies:
United Federation of Planets
Also known as Trekkies or Trekkers.
The oldest, largest and best-organized faction in Fenspace. The Trekkies started out as a network of Star Trek fanclubs who banded together in the early days of the handwavium boom. Their superior organization paid off in their initial claim of Martian territory (the Utopia Planitia settlement) and launching the first large-scale interstellar exploration effort, culminating in the Starbase 2 outpost around Alpha Centauri and the Miranda deep-space mission. The Federation is the closest thing to a completely self-sustaining society in Fenspace, with a strong economic and political presence. In an interesting move that surprised (to say the least) many 'Danelaw intellectual property lawyers, Paramount gave their official blessing to the Federation on 14 October, 2008, allowing the Trekkies full use of the Star Trek brand "in an official capacity." To date, this makes the Trekkies the only major faction to have authorized totems.
The Federation is run by a civillian Federation Council, the members of which are voted for directly by all adult Trekkies. Day to day operations are managed by Starfleet, the paramilitary arm and the organization under which most of the original fanclubs were assembled. Roughly 60% of the Trekkie population is involved to one extent or another with the armed forces, although Starfleet takes great pains to ensure a mixture of non-combat personnell on all their commands in order to emphasise the Federation's overall peaceful mission.
Politically, the Trekkies have two major "parties," the Explorers and the Defenders. The Explorer subfaction is science-oriented, and has spearheaded most of the technological progress made by the Federation in recent years. The Defender subfaction are more militant, focusing on strengthening Trekkie government and fleet capabilities to ensure the Federation lasts for a good long while. Starfleet has not yet been asked to handle peacekeeping or police duties in the greater solar system, and the Council has not seen fit to offer their services for their own reasons.
The Trekkies had a short-lived conflict with the Warsies in the early days of the expansion, that conflict leading to the infamous Tomed Incident, where a bar brawl in Port Luna turned into a near-riot. The conflict was eventually settled by the November 2009 Algeron Treaty, duly ratified by the Council and the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, forbidding any furtherance of the conflict. Not that the treaty stopped the occasional brawl, but it did prevent things from breaking out into another major international incident.
Trekkies are an insular faction, and can usually be found aboard (or on liberty from) a Federation ship. The major Federation settlements in Fenspace are located on or in orbit around Mars, with their de facto capital at Utopia Planitia. Despite a fanon-boosted reputation for being nosy and self-righteous, most Trekkies are agreeable sorts. As noted Federation shipmaster Harcourt Mudd phrased it, "We're not here to tell you what's right or what to do. We're here to *do* right, and to *do*." The statement rings true with the behavior and policy decisions of the Federation.
Incidentally, for those of you thinking about content, in playing with the layout I've come to the conclusion that a Major Faction entry of ~900-1100 words fits very nicely on two pages. So if you want to try and sex up the majors, that's my preferred aim point. Thank you.---
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United Federation of Planets
Also known as Trekkies or Trekkers.
The oldest, largest and best-organized faction in Fenspace. The Trekkies started out as a network of Star Trek fanclubs who banded together in the early days of the handwavium boom. Their superior organization paid off in their initial claim of Martian territory (the Utopia Planitia settlement) and launching the first large-scale interstellar exploration effort, culminating in the Starbase 2 outpost around Alpha Centauri and the Miranda deep-space mission. The Federation is the closest thing to a completely self-sustaining society in Fenspace, with a strong economic and political presence. In an interesting move that surprised (to say the least) many 'Danelaw intellectual property lawyers, Paramount gave their official blessing to the Federation on 14 October, 2008, allowing the Trekkies full use of the Star Trek brand "in an official capacity." To date, this makes the Trekkies the only major faction to have authorized totems.
The Federation is run by a civillian Federation Council, the members of which are voted for directly by all adult Trekkies. Day to day operations are managed by Starfleet, the paramilitary arm and the organization under which most of the original fanclubs were assembled. Roughly 60% of the Trekkie population is involved to one extent or another with the armed forces, although Starfleet takes great pains to ensure a mixture of non-combat personnell on all their commands in order to emphasise the Federation's overall peaceful mission.
Politically, the Trekkies have two major "parties," the Explorers and the Defenders. The Explorer subfaction is science-oriented, and has spearheaded most of the technological progress made by the Federation in recent years. The Defender subfaction are more militant, focusing on strengthening Trekkie government and fleet capabilities to ensure the Federation lasts for a good long while. Starfleet has not yet been asked to handle peacekeeping or police duties in the greater solar system, and the Council has not seen fit to offer their services for their own reasons.
The Trekkies had a short-lived conflict with the Warsies in the early days of the expansion, that conflict leading to the infamous Tomed Incident, where a bar brawl in Port Luna turned into a near-riot. The conflict was eventually settled by the November 2009 Algeron Treaty, duly ratified by the Council and the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, forbidding any furtherance of the conflict. Not that the treaty stopped the occasional brawl, but it did prevent things from breaking out into another major international incident.
Trekkies are an insular faction, and can usually be found aboard (or on liberty from) a Federation ship. The major Federation settlements in Fenspace are located on or in orbit around Mars, with their de facto capital at Utopia Planitia. Despite a fanon-boosted reputation for being nosy and self-righteous, most Trekkies are agreeable sorts. As noted Federation shipmaster Harcourt Mudd phrased it, "We're not here to tell you what's right or what to do. We're here to *do* right, and to *do*." The statement rings true with the behavior and policy decisions of the Federation.
Incidentally, for those of you thinking about content, in playing with the layout I've come to the conclusion that a Major Faction entry of ~900-1100 words fits very nicely on two pages. So if you want to try and sex up the majors, that's my preferred aim point. Thank you.---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"