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Democratic Republic. You crash landed on a world ruled by a republic led by representative democracy with rights and liberties for its people. A decently industrialised and populated world that hasn't been ruined enough to lose its natural environments, this is about as good a place to live in these dark and troubled times.
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Charisma. You have inherited immense charisma. You are able to sway others with ease and forge deep friendships and loyalties.
The Federation of Bladus is a small light in a very large galaxy of darkness. Centred on the world of Excalibur in the Bladus system, the Federation is a genuine democracy, a rarity in a galaxy full of tyrants and feudal lords. Parliament acts as the legislative body while the First Minister rules as the executive. All of them are elected to their offices by the citizens of the Federation and held accountable to those same citizens.
A well-off world with a temperate climate, whose environment hasn't been ruined by excessive industrialisation like many worlds out there. A place where people still have civil rights and liberty, where they have both safety and freedom and both justice and rule of law can be found.
It isn't a perfect place to live and the Federation of Bladus is no utopia, having its fair share of flaws, mainly petty corruption and abuse. Yet it stands out as a shining beacon in a galaxy that has plunged into chaos and oppression.
So when the Eleventh Primarch was found, he was treated fairly by the Federation of Bladus. When he arrived in the Bladus system, his capsule never made it to the planet. Not at first. Instead his capsule came out in the void of space on a direct course for the inhabited world of Excalibur and so it was promptly intercepted by a warship of the Federal Navy.
While they didn't know what they were expecting as such is the nature of the warp, the crew of the warship weren't expecting to find a baby in the capsule. A healthy, perfectly formed baby with no sign of mutation or other legacies of its time in the warp. Whilst the crew had mixed reactions, they ultimately did their duty and delivered the child to Excalibur, so the civilian government could deal with the babe.
After the child was determined to have nothing concerning with his health or body, he was put up for adoption like any other parentless baby with the Federation of Bladus. It was here the Eleventh Primarch would gain his family, when a rising star in the Federal Navy decided to adopt a child so she and her wife could start a family.
Use plan voting.
What advantages does the Federation of Bladus have? (Pick one for free)
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First Line Fleet. The Federation of Bladus has a legacy fleet from the ancient Confederation, made up of state of the art warships and led by a
Gloriana-class Battleship.
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First Line Shipyards. An old set of Confederation shipyards that the Federation has carefully kept intact and functional over the millennia. Capable of building state of the art warships, including the famed
Gloriana-class Battleship.
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First Line Army. A legacy from the ancient Confederation, the Federation retains an army equipped with state of the art equipment from the good old days.
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Multiple Inhabited Worlds. In addition to Excalibur, the Bladus system and the Federation that rules it have additional colonised worlds. (Can be taken up to three times - mark with an x2 or x3 if taken multiple times)
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Advanced Technology. The Federation of Bladus has been fortunate enough to retain advanced technologies from the Golden Age, both fully intact STCs and the expertise to use them. (Three sub-option picks each time it is taken - mark with an x2, x3 or x4 if taken multiple times)
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Artificial Intelligence. Whilst the infamous Men of Iron are the most well-known example of manmade AI, the Federation of Bladus has retained knowledge of how to make them.
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Combat Vehicles. The Federation of Bladus has managed to retain knowledge on how to make old Confederation vehicles like the Predator tank or the Rhino APC.
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Cybernetics. From replacements for limbs lost to enhancing the body with pure additions, cybernetics had flourished under the Confederation and the Federation of Bladus has kept much of that knowledge.
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Genetic Engineering. From the widely known Navigators to geneforged soldiers, genetic engineering had progressed greatly under the Confederation and the Federation of Bladus still has some of that progress.
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Medical Science. Medical science advanced greatly under the Confederation even if its heights weren't available for all. The Federation of Bladus has retained most of that medical knowledge for its own use.
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Plasma Weapons. Plasma weapons progressed greatly in the time of the Confederation and the Federation of Bladus inherited knowledge of its most advanced plasma weaponry.
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Power Armour. Power armour was the norm for elite units during the time of the Confederation and the Federation of Bladus has inherited knowledge for its own use.
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Superheavy Tanks. The Confederation made many different superheavy tanks during its time and the Federation of Bladus has inherited that knowledge.
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Teleportation. Teleportation is a short-ranged, but relatively safe method of warp travel. Having been developed under the Confederation, the Federation of Bladus has retains its knowledge in this field.
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Terraforming. While there are many habitable planets in the galaxy, they aren't always conveniently located. To get around this, Humanity learnt to make worlds fit for human habitation and the Federation of Bladus still knows how.
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Warp Knowledge. The warp has had a constant presence in human society since Humanity went interstellar. Between studies during the time of the Confederation and surviving the warp storms, the Federation of Bladus has amassed quite a bit of knowledge.
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Warships. Since going interstellar, Humanity has built many different warships for waging war across the stars. The Federation of Bladus has retained knowledge on how to make the finest warships produced by the Confederation.
What drawbacks does the Federation of Bladus face? (Pick up to three, gain one additional advantage for each drawback chosen)
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Greenskin Neighbours. Orks have always been a blight on Humanity and Bladus has the misfortune to be close by to an Ork-controlled star system. The Greenskins regularly send raids against the Bladus system and even launch the occasional invasion.
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Greenskin Infestation. Worse than having Orks in a neighbouring system is having Orks in your own system. Excalibur has the misfortune to have a local Ork populace, one that continues to cause trouble for the Federation despite their best attempts to exterminate the infestation.
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Eldar Corsairs. Once rulers of their own interstellar empire, the Dominion was destroyed alongside the Confederation. Now some of the scattered survivors have decided to regularly prey upon the Bladus system for reasons only known to themselves.
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Warp Rift. While the warp storms have abated for now, they left behind an unpleasant league for the Federation of Bladus. There is a warp rift on Excalibur, opened during the days of the warp storms and remained as it was even once the storms themselves had dissipated and it causes trouble from time to time.
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Imperialist Neighbours. The Federation of Bladus isn't the only human polity around and there is another within a few light years. Unfortunately, they are far more tyrannical than the Federation and hold ambitions of an interstellar empire. They look upon Excalibur as a both future rival and a potential conquest.
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Okay, this update was meant to cover the Federation of Bladus and the childhood of the Eleventh Primarch, but I decided to split up into two. This is mainly because the vote was getting big and I came to the conclusion that I would be better off establishing the polity first before doing the childhood.
Anyway, I was going to just let you pick a few options from the advantage list, but then I decided I didn't want to make the Federation of Bladus into basically an OP OC so I toned it down. Now you get a single freebie and have to pay for the rest in downsides. They will be downsides. Don't expect the advantages to just cancel out the drawbacks chosen to acquire them.
Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to.
