Colonus Pact (A1-0)

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[[File:|thumb|500x500px]] Overview of the Colonus Pact
Founded	757 BBT
Location	Sector A1-0
Capital	Colonus
Key worlds	Colonus Avanti Mandabis Scytheros Araknis
Population	42.1 trillion
Head of state	Lord Scytheros
Head of government	Lord Scytheros
Major species	Vanti, Mandi
Language	Colonian Hyper-Pheromones
Key technology	Neural-Net Ship Cloaks EMP Weaponry
Military	Antlions Hornets Colonus Navy Reserve

The Colonus Pact is a spacefaring nation located in the north-west of Sector A1-0. All information on this is subject to change until I go through it for revisions

Language

As there is no official spoken/written language of The Colonus Pact, any and all names are either the result of long, intensive, and yet-incomplete translation attempts, or simply attributed to Colonus by species within the territory.

The primary source of communication in the Colonus Pact is done through advanced pheromones. Some citizens are also able to communicate telepathically thanks to neural implants that connect them to the hivemind.

History

First Contact:

835 BBT

Exploratory vessels sent by the Avanti Queendom and the Mandabis Collective encountered each other in orbit of Araknis, a planet lying between the two Star Nations. Coincidentally, the Vanti body is capable of releasing and receiving the same pheromones that Mandi use to communicate, allowing for first contact and the establishment of a neutral zone.

However, within 10 years the Mandi were already violating the treaty. The Vanti queen cut diplomatic relations soon after

The Queendom Wars:

823 BBT - 799 BBT

By the year 864 BBT, all planets in the neutral zone had been seized by Queendom or Collective forces. Finally, the long-standing tensions came to a head when a Mandi Invasion force captured a Vanti system, beginning the Queendom wars.

Despite beginning their celestial Queendom centuries before the Mandi, the Vanti had neither the technology or the coordination to defeat the Mandi in ship-to-ship warfare. Thus began

Politics

The Colonus Pact and its subsidiary nations are governed by a Constitutional Monarchy, the head of which being the Vanti monarch.

The Legislative Branch is made up of an upper House and a lower House. The upper House, known as the House of Concord, is proportional to population and made up exclusively of members of the Colonus Pact. It seats elected officials from the Mandi Freethinkers and the Avanti Kingdom, and the High Queens from the Mandabis Collective. The lower House, known as the House of Concert, grants all of the Colonus Pact's subsidiary nations equal-representation and a chamber to address their issues. Although there is some oversight and restrictions, the Colonus Pact generally respects the House of Concert's decisions and allocates the appropriate resources to them.

There is no overarching Judicial Branch. Each planet is expected to deal with violations of the law with their own Judicial branch. Any complaints may be brought before the respective House, which may then vote to establish a Judicial Organization.

The law is upheld by the Antlions, the secret police that watches over Colonian territory with an all-seeing eye

Economy

The Colonus Pact runs on a capitalist economy. In order to help establish an economy where none existed, Lord Scytheros took the little-know Freethinkers Commerce Guild and elevated it into the Royal Trade Company. The West Mandibus Co-Operative, the Harmony Organization, and the Colonian Agricultural Alliance quickly rose to prominence following the establishment of a free market.

Military

*These are not all of the Colonus Pact's military groups, just the most notable ones

Technology

Neural-Net:

In order to keep the benefits of a coordinated hive, the Mandi created a device that, when surgically implanted into the brain, could like member of the hive even when they were apart. When the Mandi unified with the Vanti, neuroscientists were able to successfully adapt the device to work on other species as well.

Later, as the population expanded, Emperor Arachnis ordered the partitioning of the hivemind. The ability to deliberately section off the hivemind created a drastic increase in productivity, as well as diminishing the disorientation experienced by non-Mandi.

After the discovery of the language barrier between other species, Mandi Freethinkers used this technology as a translating tool, to limited success.

Cloak:

During the Vanti rebellion, a male scientist was able to create a cloak that could hide rebel ships from the Royal Fleet.

More than just signal suppressors, modern-day cloaks can also visibly hide ships, making surprise attacks increasingly practical.

Avanced Trackers:

To more efficiently monitor non-Colonian movements in Colonian space, Antlion developed an array of trackers to function in whatever situation agents find themselves in. A notable, although somewhat less-effective type are shield-trackers, which can stick to certain shields and send out a signal after a ship drops out from FTL travel.

Electro-Magnetic Weaponry:

The Colonus Pact makes use of kinetic weaponry on their capital ships, but they're far more known for their advanced EMPs. Because of the nature of their neural-net, Mandibus had to develop more advanced emp-hardened technology. The logical side affect was more powerful emps that could leave enemy warships open to a kamikaze run. Currently small ships are equipped with guns that can fire electro-magnetic bolts, which can travel 500 meters before dissipating. Larger ships instead fire electro-magnetic capsules that detonate on impact.

Flare Thrusters

Colonian Suicide Chargers have a series of powerful thrusters that are usually disabled. After a ships shields are knocked out, a swarm will switch to flare thrusters and suicide bomb the ship, leaving it disabled or destroyed

Demographics

The Colonus territory includes a range of species, two of which belong to the Colonus Pact.

Colonus Pact:

Mandi (Hive): The Mandi Hive comprises the greatest percentage of the Colonus Pact's demographics, containing roughly 24.3 trillion members or 57.7% of the population

Mandi (Freethinkers): The Mandi Freethinkers are a small group of Mandi who are born incompatible with the hivemind. Directly opposite to the Hive, Freethinkers comprise the smallest percentage of the demographic, containing roughly 2 trillion members or 4.8% of the population.

Vanti: The Vanti species make up the second highest percentage of the Colonus Pact's demographics, containing roughly 15.8 trillion members or 37.5 % of the population.