Fiction:Orion Republic

General
The Altran Republic was formed in 2766 shortly after the first colony was formed on Kerush, a planet in the Altran's home system. The Formation of the Republic marks a nation holiday; Founders Day.

History
20 Years Ago


 * Leaders from every nation on the planet Ver Aron held a summit in a space station in orbit, to discuss the future of their planet and their people. They decided, after much debate, that it would be in the best interest of their kind to form a interplanetary government to represent the Altran people as they venture out into the universe. A group of linguists came together shortly afterword and created a universal Altran language, which would cut down all cultural and language barriers between Altran people.

4 Years Ago


 * A group of Rebels attacked the Kerush Shipyards and stole 2 Colony Starships, which were going to be used to set up a mining colony on Ceran, a planet just past Ver Aron, slightly closer to the system's star. It is unknown what became of either the rebels or the ships.

Very Recently


 * Trade deals with the Dracodominatus Tyranny have led to the first defense warship being constructed, and the installation of FTL drives via a -- into a few tradeships. Hyperspace Drive technology research is being heavily funded into.

Senate
The Senate is both the legislative and executive branchs, with the Supreme Chancellor the leader of the executive branch. Senators are voted in by community members in defined sectors, and the senators vote on the passing/revoking of bills, laws and acts. There are 25 Senators as of 2774, 12 from Ver Aron, 8 from Kerush, 2 from Ceran and 2 from Gelmon.

Supreme Chancellor
The Supreme Chancellor is the leader of the executive branch and the figurehead of the republic, it is necessary that he signs any acts/bills/laws into law, unless he is overturned by a 70% majority of members of the senate.

Contact with the Drakodominatus
Very Recently, the Altran Republic came into contact with a large and powerful empire, and brokered a deal to supply them with Refined Treonium in return, gaining basic FTL drives and lowtech weaponry. The Drakodominatus saved the city and possibly the Supreme Chancellors life, when they destroyed attacking rebel ships.

Altran Trading Cartel
The ATC is a large corporation that essentially runs all interplanetary and interstellar trade between the Altran Republic and other foreign entities. The Republic will contract out large deals with the Trading Cartel, to order large amounts of supplies for outer colonies or to sell to other foreign empires. They own several spice mining operations on several moons and large asteroids, as well as overseeing the Koin-4 (used for starship heat shielding) mining operation.

Spice
The ATC deal primarily with Blue and Pink Spice, as those are the two most common in the system. Blue Spice is often sold under the table in large quantities to black market organizations who, mixing it with several other compounds, turn the blue spice into a commonly used recreational drug, causing the drug user to pass out and have strange, unpredictable psychedelic dreams. Pink spice is a widely used cleaning agent, that just dissolves dirt and grime with a quick spray of Aerosol pink spice.

Minerals
The ATC own several mining outposts operating on various moons and asteroids, mining rare minerals such as Koin-4 and Obcasium (Incredibly useless mineral, unless smelted with Iron and Titanium, which causes it to harden into a material 15x lighter and durable than titanium, called Treonium)