Fiction:United Persan Descendants

"A dead man once said that hidden beneath our facade of civilisation and nicety is a - that the angry rage of unrestrained ambition, the uncontrollable desire to dominate, the addiction to the feeling of being feared is solely what drives a species. Perhaps some of us thought this was true, though our fears subsided when we thought of the Persan. Beneath those calm, understanding eyes lay the all-consuming fire that had driven the Dominatus, and in their hands lay the capacity to visit unfathomable agony and terror upon those they judged worthy of their interest. But they had civilized such urges, binding this unfettered, destructive chaos into restorative order. This was not the order of megalomaniac hegemony, but of shepherding, nurturing, and growing - seeking to cooperate with the rest of the Gigaquadrant to advance all life itself to enlightenment. However, it is an unwise species that confuses this kindness for weakness, for as much as they deny it, the Persan merely seek an excuse to shed the veil of civility and order to make their opponents wish for a fate as sweet as death"

- Unknown

Attero Dominatus
The UPD as a political entity began when the nomadic race known as the Vanara were enslaved the Drakodominatus Tyranny. When the Drakodominatus were on the cusp of their forced evolution into the Dominatus a young Vanara known as Zuki lead a rebellion against their masters and escaped into space. Coming upon the nascent Enlightenment Alliance, Zuki and the rest of the Vanara took refuge with them to recover. Zuki then began seeking out and uniting other nomadic races descended from the same precursors as the Vanara to unite against the Dominatus. When the inevitable war came the newly form UPD deployed the newly developed Kitsune-class mech frame to great affect against the Dominatus, even destroying a Dominatus Ultra-Heavy when known one else could. After the war Zuki argued for the preservation and forceful reeducation of the Dominatus as a species. She and several others were ultimately overruled and the Dominatus exterminated. Embittered Zuki decided it was best for the Vanara to retreat from galactic politics and only keep contact with the other members of the UAE for the time being.

Organization
The UPD is the ruling authority of the region of space in Mirus known as the Persa Expanse composed of a numerous system states known as the Satraps. These Satraps are largely independent only owning loyalty to the UPD's central authority in the form of taxes, adherence to code of sapient rights, and maintaining internal order. The central authority of the UPD is the Sefirot, a unity of the five homeworlds of the five major species that dwell within the UPD. The Sefirot prefers to exercise soft power to control the region employing soft power in the form of military dominance via its Immortal Legions and powerful navy, and control of three pillars of Persa society: control of the gateway network connecting all habitable worlds, control of the universal Persan currency, and control the Dream, Persan netspace that connects all individuals in the UPD.

Society within the Sefirot specifically is divided up into castes with the castes being grouped up into three Orders. The first order is the civilian order as is divided into Neophytes (those yet to reach maturity), Zelators (soldiers), Theoricus (shamans and scientists), Practicus (service), and Philosophus (merchant and artisan). These castes are not determined by birth but rather chosen by a neophyte in the course of their education. There is also an Intermediate or Portal Caste of those who are changing from one caste to another or perform the functions of two castes. The second order is more of a ranking of the members within the caste itself com posed of Adeptus Minors (most members of cast), Adeptus Majors (mid leadership of a caste), and Adeptus Exemptus (high ranked leadership of a caste). The Third Order is composed of the grades of political leadership within the UPD first being the Magister Templi (elected representatives of a caste), Magus (elected representatives of a homeworld), and the Ipssisimus (elected representative of the Sefirot as a whole).

When establishing colonies in other galaxies or regions of Mirus the UPD establishes what are known as Commissions. These Commissions are expeditionary forces sent out by the Sefirot to help establish new independent Satraps in these territories. Once new satraps have been established the Commission will act as the local arm of the Sefirot in the new territory providing and maintaining security, prosperity, and stability in the region via Immortals, naval power, and the three pillars.

Culture
The United Persan Descendants is well known for being highly multicultural and will happily promote the culture of all members in equal measure. However, thanks to a shared religion and all majority member races being descended from the great Persacron Star Dragons they do all share several things in common. One is a strong martial tradition with all Persan children being taught to fight in equal measure from the movement they are able. Persan armies however do not play along with the idea of noble and honorable warrior. Instead they operate on the ideals a well trained and disciplined soldier putting their martial tradition in a decidedly different light then many of their allies. Traditionally speaking most Persan civilizations have focused on ranged and mounted combat. Though in the modern era mounted combat has fallen out of favor with the advent of mechanized warfare, Persan children are still taught to ride and most Persan have at least one mount. A persan without a mount is considered half a man while one with a mount is considered twice a man.

The greatest ideals of the Persan are truth and freedom. Most Persan will not lie even to the point of confessing to crimes they have committed when questioned directly. Persan will not even lye to their enemies but will use precise wording, half truths, or just flat out refuse to say anything. This also means they are very open and blunt about their opinions. Dept is usually avoid at all coasts as the Persan believe that it is the responsibility for all involved parties to share risk and reward equally so that all will strive to give every endeavor their all. Sacred hospitality is always observed for it is considered a great crime to let harm befall a guest or to bring a guest to harm oneself. To the Persan their is nothing greater then being free, to them freedom is the ability to chase their creativty and passion, to rush headlong following their desires wherever it takes them. This desire for freedom is strong to the point many Persan still retain a nomadic lifestyle.

The UPD is known for being a place of great beauty thanks to it's society's promotion of the arts. Persan architecture is known for being very eloquent with a great variety a bright and rich colors, every building is made with a dignity and grace, for Persan architects there is no such thing as a trivial structures. At the same time Persan architecture is very simple in its design and often times rather modest, as well as often times asymmetrical to represent imperfection and impermanence, reflecting their people's existential ideals. Persan cities are colorful and lively places full of people going about their business, selling wares, showing of their arts, etc. The Persan people love to celebrate and to feast often filling their bellies with great quantities of wine and desserts. The UPD is also a center of the sciences and philosophy thanks to an emphasis on education and its importance, all citizens are at least guaranteed a mandatory education of at least the equivalent of an associates degree in human terms.

Religion
Religious tolerance is a guaranteed freedom in the United Persan Descendants, with only a few exceptions such as Darkling cults and the like. However, the majority religion in the UPD is the one known as Drakenism, a shamanistic and animistic religion with elements of both polytheism and monotheism. Drakenism focuses on the worship of the Persacron Star Dragons which many of the Persan species are either direct descendants of or had their development altered by. While all Persacron are considered to be part of a single pantheon each species worships its own Persacron solely as their progenitor.

To the Persan the Persacron are not mere beings of flesh and blood, rather they are living embodiments of the very forces of nature in dragon form. It is for this reason the Persan do not depict their gods and have no temples or alters. The Persacron do not have the same nature as men to them and thus it would folly to depict them as such. Among the Persacron their exists a state of balance and harmony that is the highest form of good (known as the Truth), while imbalance and discord is the highest form of evil (known as the Lie). Enforcing this idea is that the Persacron are not simply separate beings but rather manifest aspects of a single living force that permeates all aspects of reality. To the Persan while they all worship a different god they paradoxically worship the same god as well. To the Persan the forces of Truth and Lies are in constant battle and eventually Lies self destructive will prove its undoing. Truth will be victorious and Lies will be render impotent.

In the UPD there is also a strong presence of allied religions of Zaraturaism, Raptoranean Pantheon, Mellynrism, Baspirism, Spodism, and the Zarbanian Pantheon is being to make headway. The Persan tolerance of other religions is built on a very simople principle. To them there is one god, but just as a hand has multiple fingers god has multiple ways of making itself known. To the persan all simply have their own way they must walk and no one way will fit for all, one mountain but many paths upon that mountain.

Technology
The first thing of note about Persan technology is that is highly liminal in nature crossing the barriers that distinguish most forms of technology and section them off into categories. The most obvious form of this is that Persan technology is biomechanical, blurring the line between organics and synthetics to the point where the two simply no longer exist. However, the liminality of persan tech extends far beyond even this simple blurring of distinction. The barrier between matter and energy is blurred with much of persan constructs having components composed of hardlight and other forms of structured electromnagnetic energy along with the material components. The other point of blurring is the point between physical and mental construct with aspects of various constructs only existing in the user's mind because the device in question tells they should, only becoming truly operation with a users neural syncs with them.

Neural syncing is the method by which the Persan control most of their technology, integrating its own systems into their mind causing their technology to become an extension of their own body and mind rather then something separate from their own existence. This neural linking can allow devices to be control remotely even no matter the distance in space. Persan can also neural link with one another to communicate remotely and secretly with one another, once no matter the distances in space. By far the most impressive use of this technology is the Dream a collective form unconsciousness via a network of neural links that all Persan can access effectively acting as their form of the internet.

Finally all Persan technology is highly adaptable and has the power to alter its form to suite the desires of the user. While all things have a base form that cannot be changed, this base form can be altered to a high degree into different variations on that form. For example a rifle can become a shotgun, or a sword can become a ax, or a bedroom can become a bathroom all via the user's thoughts and will. All Persan tech also posses a sort of sentient of its own (but sapience) allowing it to make mircoscopic adjustments to itsself to better adapt to the environment and situation it finds itself in. This can be shared with all persan constructs in the same environs and situations to adapt themselves faster.

Economy
The economic power of the UPD is jointly held by both the Practicus and merchant elements of the Philosophus castes. The relationship is a relatively simple one, what the Practicus produces the Philosophus merchants distribute. This relationship has always made the two castes very close knit since they are reliant upon one another and thus tend to side with one another on various issues. This gives both something of an edge over the other two castes like Zelator and Theocrius which are seen as more prestigious by the Persan as a whole.

The economic model followed by the Persan is one that follows the ideals of distributism with economic assets widely owned among the members of the caste rather then concentrated in the hands of corporations or the central government. Indeed the Adeptus Majors and Exemptus of both castes act more as overseers enforcing regulations, defending property right, and settling legal disputes rather then owning businesses. Indeed production and distribution of resources, products, and services are handled by cooperatives of individuals rather then corporations run by central figures.

This rather chaotic and yet strangely well organized system, despite all its independently moving parts, thanks to a number of technical advancements. For one is the Persan's extensive networking and instant data sharing abilities thanks to use of computerized nano implants. Third is the high use of automation via AI controlled and self maintaining drones which allows an individual person to own their own small workforce. Finally the use of nanoforges allowing people to harvest resources and assemble them with minimal effort on their part other then instructing the nanomachines.

Species
Vanara=
 * Classification - Crocodilian
 * Homeworld - 

Serker=
 * Classification - Simian
 * Homeworld - Babel

Devilos=
 * Classification - Pterodactyloid
 * Homeworld - Gehenna

Angelus=
 * Classification - Lepidopterian
 * Homeworld - Eden

Demonica=
 * Classification - Serpantoid
 * Homeworld - Seoul

Military
The armies of the UPD are drawn from across the stars composed of various different regiments of its system states. The core of these forces is the ten armies of the ten core worlds of the Sefirot, but all Satraps must provide a regiment of soldiers in times of crisis. Divisions in the armies of the UPD are known as Sparabara (line infantry), Takabara (light infantry), Cataphracts (mechanized infantry), Cardaces (foreign mercenaries), and finally Immortals (supersoldiers).

Due to the decentralization of power within the UPD, the Persan military posses a powerful navy necessary to project power on the necessary scale to maintain military dominion over their territory. Every one of the ten core worlds of the Sefirot is armed with a shipyard to produce ships and every Satrap is equipped with a stardock to supply the ships. Ships in the UPD as classified as Biremes (frigates), Triremes (cruisers), and Quadremes (juggernauts). The UPD posses four Quadremes each measuring around 50,000 meters in length names the Asakhan, Asikhan, Asokhan, and Asukhan.

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Allied
"Allies in Truth!"


 * Sword&Shield.pngUnified Alliance of Enlightenment - Hey look promises and results.
 * Green face.png - Brothers of the sword and shield.
 * Green face.png - We both seek to protect life.
 * Green face.png - Fellow monotheists...well for the most part anyway, heh.
 * Green face.png - Honorable people always willing to come to our aid.
 * Green face.png - Fiery but fair defenders of Tyris.
 * Sword&Shield.png - So far we've seen many promises but no results.
 * Orange face.png - The Eldarisians and the Hegemony, you should be more careful of the company you keep.
 * Red face.png - We maybe be fellow monotheists, but your behavior disgusts us.
 * Sword&Shield.png - Well someone needs to work to counter the Xonexi.
 * Blue face.pngZarbania Powers - Well isn't this an amusing turn of events.

Neutral

 * Red face.pngonatrix Empire - "You guys sure you're not just a bunch of repressed sadomasochists? I mean it's cool if you are, but we really don't need to experience it ourselves after death. SSC dudes."
 * Red face.pngd Hegemony of Exterioris - "We won't ever forgive you."

At War
"Servants of Lies!"
 * Red face.pngScelus Purification - Our absolute worst enemies, no other foe compares.
 * Red face.pngVoid Eye Empire - Are you so completely and unfathomably stupid?
 * Red face.pngNajiim Krassio - Bah, Daevas!

Quotes
"The United Persan Descendants have proven their mettle by fighting our enemies alongside us. We have won many wars with their aid and they have long since earned our trust. Let it be known that any enemy of the UPD is an enemy that we will gladly face alongside them."
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Out-Universe

 * Their theme - Pride
 * During Attero Dominatus - Not My Idea
 * During the Wars of the Mirusian Coalition - Playing Dead
 * The UPD has a basis off several real world cultures, notably Mongol, Persian, and Khmer. There is also some Arabic and Hebrew elements.