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There Goes the Neighbourhood (Stellaris Quest)

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[x] Faced with a descent back to the darkest days of the prior century, massive efforts were undertaken to develop solutions that would enable humanity to maintain its quality of life. Destructive mining methods were used without hesitation if it meant preventing a backslide into barbarism, the seas were seeded with genetically modified algae, and the first nuclear rocket launched thousands of tons to prospect the asteroid belt. When needs must what needs must be done. Slowly but surely under the twin thrusts of innovation and necessity humanity reversed its downward spiral.
 
[X] The increasing shortages and failures of infrastructure for lack of material laid bare the devastating consequences of strife. Military expenditures were diverted to shoring up desperately needed utilities, with the world breathing a sigh of relief as it backed down from the industrial warfare that could cause so much misery and cost so many resources. As nations all struggled to get by they could not afford the upkeep of a strong military, and over time warfare and its waste took root in the public consciousness as one of the great setbacks in human development.
 
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The Shape of Things to Come: The Treaty of Samarkand
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    • With cooperative alliances and trade networks the Earth leveraged its dwindling resources and avoided a repeat of the previous century. In order to regulate and deal with disputes the withered United Nations was strengthened with a court of arbitration, and as necessity forced increasing trade links and abolition of barriers to free movement the court acquired increasing power. By late 2160 the United Nations had been reformed into a bustling supranational apparatus that managed most elements of international cooperation. That its importance and power could not be denied or reversed had become apparent to all major political actors, and a great debate as to the ideal function of the United Nations sprung up both inside and outside the corridors of power.

    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.

    [ ] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
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    • [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [x] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [x] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [x] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.

    >ah yes,european union fuckery but global scale
    >and soon enough it will be galactic scale

    holy roman empire vibes
     
    [] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] The formation of the UN Parliament was an acknowledgement of simple reality. The increasingly intermeshed policy and economies of many nations had given the world more than a few dual or triple-states, to the point where disentanglement was no longer possible. By creating a legislative body the UN assumed the role of a federation of all mankind, one where every voice was given a forum to air its complaints. The following decades were characterised by increasing centralisation under the aegis of the UN, with individual countries taking on the role of purely local administrators.
     
    [X] With its role as a mediator of international affairs and the safeguard of nation's rights, it was only expected that those rights would trickle downwards. The Treaty of Samarkand gave the Fundamental Charters the force of law, granting sweeping affirmative rights to every denizen of the planet. Nations were no longer simply expected to conform to the principles of universal human rights and privileges, they were required to do so or face legal penalty. The United Nations remained the 'face' of world government, but retained its role in cooperatively shaping the policy of its constituent nations rather than acting in a polity in itself.
     
    The Dawning of a New Age: 2200
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    • The UN rapidly accrued power to its mandate in the form of mutual treaties, codifying the various Articles and Treaties on fundamental rights into law. As a condition of continued membership in the UN nations were required to ratify these into law and demonstrate the enforcement of those laws. Only Mauretania refused to do so, and the resulting crackdown resulted in one of history's most famous last stands: that of Colonel Tetchu and his brigade. But it was a last stand, and when the dust settled and other powers were called upon to form the governance of the Mauretania Security Zone, the world had accepted the primacy of the United Nations in matters of humanitarian and international law.

    The celebratory atmosphere of a world without war, with all humanity united under the auspices of the UN - it didn't last. Humanity may have resolved some of its most pressing problems on Earth, but Earth was not a universe in itself. 711494 Satis swept in from above the solar ecliptic and the world barely had a week's warning to brace itself. Despite evacuation efforts, uncertainty over the impact site resulted in millions of casualties and the destruction of Alberta, not to mention a rather vicious winter. This was the exact kind of crisis that the entire world would need to address, and the UN stepped in and proved once and for all that it could be a force for good. 2172 was the year the planet woke up to the dangers of space.

    It was a brutal reminder of how small Earth was. By 2183, the United Nations had funded and launched no less than seven observatory probes and positioned nuclear-armed satellites in each of Earth's nearby Lagrange points for quick interception. The boom in space investment saw a mining operation established on Pallas in the asteroid belt in 2187, and Haumea two years later. It was on this most distant body that the first subspace-resonant materials were identified and launched by a mass driver back to Earth for study.

    The first use of subspace materials to generate space-warp in 2091 proved vital in paving the way to the first hyperdrive. Sensor sweeps of the entire solar system out to the Oort Cloud identified countless unknown asteroids (including one due to hit in 2690, one of the first targets for intervention) but more importantly discovered the hyperlanes. These invisible lines of force through subspace connected both near and far systems through which physical objects would hypothetically be able to pass.

    Taking the form of three-dimensional 'keyholes' in subspace, the entrances to these hyperlanes can be used to transit to nearby systems at significantly faster than light speed. The first hyperdrive is designed to force these open and push the attached ship through subspace to the other side. While evidence suggests that all stars are in fact connected via hyperlanes, only a fraction of a fraction are detectable above the background subspace readings that permeate the galaxy. To identify a potentially tiny (on the order of meters) hyperlane entrance would require knowing the movement of that star in question through the galaxy and the location of the corresponding hyperlane exit on the other side. This is improbable. It would also require knowing eitherwhere the entrance was, when the hyperlane was formed, or its exact structure in subspace. This is, needless to say, impossible.

    But even a mere thousand stars in the galaxy is a thousand possible systems to exploit for resources, the one great obstacle to human security. Unfortunately the power requirements for a hyperdrive mean that any probe will be the size of a cargo ship, and given the prototype nature of the device and associated systems the somewhat controversial decision is made to send a crewed ship to what has been identified as the hyperlane to Alpha Centauri. It is one of four hyperlanes leading out of the Sol system - one leading to a previously unidentified binary system, another to Sirius, and the last to Barnard's Star.

    The United Nations Starship Prometheus launches on January 1st, 2200. It is the dawn of a new century and a new era, and mankind must not be found wanting.



    Research (Pick One)

    [ ] Improve industrial output with enhanced processes and new technologies.

    [ ] Expand scientific capabilities by developing new techniques and methods to analyse new discoveries in the laboratory.

    [ ] Improve quality of life with more general research programs based around human health and augmentation.


    Industrial Priority (Pick One)

    [ ] Expand off-Earth industry with mining outposts in the asteroid belt and hydrogen-3 extraction from the outer planets.

    [ ] Pass new subsidy packages aimed at cleaning up the remaining ecological damage from the Resource Wars and expanding local industry.

    [ ] Establish educational trusts and historical monuments designed to educate the next generation about the shared history of all human peoples.


    United Nations of Earth
    Democratic Confederation
    Egalitarian/Materialist/Pacifist
    "We must always care for our environment, or else we do not care for ourselves."
    "All living things are blessed with inviolate liberties, and they who violate them are an enemy of all mankind"

    Economy: Very Strong
    Resources: Middling
    Industry: Moderate
     
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    • [X] Expand scientific capabilities by developing new techniques and methods to analyse new discoveries in the laboratory.
    [X] Establish educational trusts and historical monuments designed to educate the next generation about the shared history of all human peoples.
     
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