NationStates Jolt Archive

In the first half of the 21st century, Japanese and Swedish industrialists, intellectuals, and engineers saw the coming catastrophe of Earth and the Fifth Ice Age. However, their cries fell on deaf ears in the politic arena as the politics were driven by corporate greed and religious fundamentalism. They went to work funding a private expedition towards the stars in hopes that they will be able to save humanity. Eventually, they managed to create a small fleet and set out in the great unknown.

The colony fleet was staffed with as many industrialists, engineers, and intellectuals as possible, as it was agreed that a new colony would require hard work and intelligent management of its resources, as well as developing potential new technologies. After traveling through space for what seemed like an eternity, the fleet arrived at a star system known as "Soar" by 2073. The star system was named "Soar" as a testament to the high hopes and expectations of a new society to soar above petty differences and work together towards a solid future. Once the first fleet vessels landed on Soar I, the group of industrialists, engineers, and intellectuals decided to found a new civilization named "Sharina" with the goal of enriched life, expanding human knowledge, learning everything possible, and empower people.

Sharina faced difficulties at first, as the gravity of Soar I was half the gravity of Earth, and it was no small task to construct the first city of Soar I. Three decades passed before the Sharina people could truly expand and exploit the planet to its fullest. With plentiful land, lush flora and fauna, and gentle terrain, rapid waves of settlers began migrating out from the city of Soarius. Within a century, every corner of Soar I had been colonized, and dozens of cities were constructed. Fifty more years passed as the Sharinan people worked tirelessly to expand their cities and infrastructure, particularly farms, universities, mines, factories, and transportation networks.

The Sharinans reached for the stars a second time by 2212, nearly 140 years after planetfall. The expeditions set out to explore the star system, and discovered several more terrestrial planets, gas giants, and other stellar objects.

By 2240, Sharina was contacted by the New Shiron explorers, and Sharina learned of the other various powers in the galaxy. New Shiron established an embassy on Sharina for diplomatic purposes, but Sharina chooses not to contact other civilizations until it was ready to do so. This discovery would galvanize the Sharinan people for the next forty years, as the civilization geared up towards the goal of venturing outside of its star system. Continual growth, consolidation of the star system with colonies springing up on the terrestrial planets, rapid technological advances, and the gearing up of the space industry took place during this period.

By 2290, Sharina finally had sufficient resources, production capacity, and knowledge to begin construction of a true space-borne fleet. It would be one of the busiest decades in Sharinan history, with unprecendented rapid construction and industrial expansion. Sharina could not wait any longer, since Sharinan astronomers discovered several star systems nearby and Sharina did not know whether enemy or friend may exist within these nearby systems.

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The Sharina Technocracy

National Data:

Government Type: Technocracy.
Formal Name: The Sharina Technocracy.
Informal Name: Sharina.
Citizens: Sharinans.
Capital Star System: Soar.
Capital: Soarius.
Head of State: Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek.
Official Language: Sharinan.
Official Religion: Atheism.
Ethnicity Groups: Swedish + Japanese.
Population (2300 est): 5.35 billion.

Politic Data:

Star System: 1.

Soar

States: 5.

Soar I, Soar II, Soar III, Soar IV, Soar V

Regional Capitals:

Soar System = Soarius (Soar I)

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Government:

Sharina utilizes a blend of Technocratic ideals with democratic ideals to create a governmental system that blends the best of both government modes.

Sharina grants freedom to its own people. The Sharinan people are guanatreed basic human rights, civil liberties, and do anything they may desire. The degree of freedom resembles the extensive freedoms enjoyed by the people of the former United States of America, Canada, Britain, and other major democratic powers. The only situations such freedoms may be infringed upon is when national-threatening situations such as plagues or total war occur. Essentially, it comes down to the "Greater good of the many outweighs the needs of the few", which is scientifically sound.

The Sharina government is comprised of technicians, scientists, engineers, and people of skilled labor. There is a Hall of Logic, similiar to a Senate, where each state sends two representatives for each of the 15 major fields. The Male and Female Citizen delegates get two votes each whereas the other delegates only get one. The major fields are as follows:

Agriculture, Aerospace, Industry, Energy, Transportation, Computers, Commerce, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Education, Resources, Communications, Research + Development, Male Citizens, and Female Citizens.

Agriculture = All food industries, including farms, slaughterhouses, ranches, food factories (where foodstuffs are produced such as cereals, candy, junk food, etc.)

Aerospace = All matters pertaining to aerospace sectors such as airports and airplane manufacturing, outer space endeavours such as telescopes, space shuttle factories, space station parts factories, and so forth.

Industry = All factories and production centers. This includes automobile factories, toy assembly plants, furniture factories, luxury goods factories, packaging plants, and so forth.

Energy = All energy based sectors. This includes power utility companies, power plants, power line repairmen, and so forth.

Transportation = Covers all public transportation such as highways, interstates, railroads, canals, subways, and so forth.

Computers = Includes all Information Technology sectors, computer companies, computer operators, mainframe systems, and so forth.

Commerce = Focuses on all economic matters of Sharina, including internal and external trade, stock exchange, retail stores, mega-malls, and so forth.

Infrastructure = Encompasses all urban and rural infrastructure which means telephone poles, buildings, street sweepers, street lights, sewage systems, and so forth.

Healthcare = Focuses upon all hospitals, doctors, medicine, and health sectors.

Education = Includes all schools, universities, prep schools, vocational schools, teacher unions, and so on.

Resources = Includes mining sectors, forestry sectors, fishing sectors, and all types of raw resource extraction and transport.

Communications = All telecommunications, internet, cell phone networks, television networks, and so forth.

Research + Development = All research labs, experimental projects, research grants, and so forth. This is important enough to warrant seat-ship in the Hall of Logic, considering Sharina is constantly seeking to improve its technology and efficiency.

Male Citizens = Gives male citizens of every state a voice.

Female Citizens = Gives female citizens of every state a voice.

The Hall of Logic tends to meet twice every week to discuss issues. During emergency situations, the Hall of Logic can meet immediately, regardless of whether they met two times already or not. In addition, the Hall can also meet a third, fourth or fifth time a week if there is a high number of issues that needs to be resolved.

Political decisions are usually decided upon after employing technical and scientific methods. The solution is then analyzed and voted upon by various delegates. An example of a typical science-driven political decision is as follows:

Example 1:

Sharina faces rising oil prices and a looming possibility of oil shortages. Sharinan politicans assemble and debate on the oil crisis, then form scientific solutions to the oil issue. The solutions are arrived at through expertise and scientific method. Several scientists work up a solution to invest more in alternative energy sources such as nuclear power, as Sharina has an ample supply of uranium. Another group of scientists figure out a solution to attempt to invest more research into improving solar power technology. Several other solutions would include ethanol, garbage-into-oil, wind turbines, and so forth. Once all the options have been put forth, a vote is held by all scientists involved to figure out the most optimal solution, with the other solutions as secondary priorities.

The scientists agree via majority upon building more garbage-into-oil plants, as it would solve two problems at once. The first problem being overflowing landfills, and all that garbage will become useful instead of taking up more and more space year by year. The second problem being the oil shortage itself. With trash being transformed into oil, the oil shortage is resolved while reducing the amount of trash filling up in the landfills. A green light is given to the project.

The scientists also decide on implementing construction of several solar power plants in the Mojave desert and several wind farms in the most windy regions of Sharina. These projects will serve as auxiliary power generation sources, and will be built as secondary priority, the garbage-to-oil power plants being top priority.

In a capitalistic society, the corporations and corporate-funded politicans would interfere with any solution to reduce the oil shortage as the corporations will only want to make additional profits and force the customers to pay through their noses. The alternative energy / oil solutions would most likely not occur for decades as a result as the plentiful oil from such a process would threaten the monopoly of the oil corporations such as Citgo, Shell, Texaco, and so forth in addition to oil-funded politicans like the Bush family in real life. In Sharina's system, the solutions would be implemented as quickly and efficiently as possible as opposed to decades of waiting, and without being manipulated by corporations and corporate-funded politicans.

Example 2:

Another example would be medicine. Sharinan scientists discover a cure for cancer within the field of embyronic stem cell research. Sharinan leaders assemble and discuss the ramifications of the situation, and decide upon establishing "fetus farms" to greatly increase the availability of fetuses for cure "harvesting" and other research applications such as organ regeneration and the like.

In a capitalistic society (take the real life USA for example), there would be a lot of debate, shouting matches, and general dissension about the embryonic stem cell research. Some people would lobby to have it banned and there would be a lot of religious-backed protests and disruption of the process. The whole ethical and moral dilemma would tie up the propsal for many years, thereby dooming millions of lives that would have been saved or enriched (regenerated organs) if not for the multi-year-long tie-up's of the proposal.

Sharina would choose to pursure embryonic stem cell research wholeheartedly after discovering the vast benefits of such an effort. Moral questions such as "Is the fetus alive?" are discarded as new questions establishes itself- "How many lives will be saved and enriched by this effort? How many people will enjoy better living standards as a result?". Thus, stem cell research or other moral / ethnical / religiously controversial projects would be undertaken without any delay, and protests aganist such efforts are generally dismissed for the "greater good of the many".

Example 3:

A third example. Sharina is experiencing a completely new plague or a genetically engineered biological attack that could concievably wipe out 3/4 of its population. A Sharinan is found who is immune to the plague, and doctors discover that an cure / vaccine for the plague could be synthesized from the Sharinan. However, for this to occur, the Sharinan may have to sacrifice his own life. The government decrees that the Sharinan is to be "harvested" for the cure to the plague, thereby saving the entire Sharinan population.

Within a capitalistic society, the plague would continue and the nation would vanish as hundreds of millions of people die. This is because the person who is immune would not sacrifice his own life to save the civilization, and there would be no force or voluntary action taken to ensure the survival of the nation. The rest of the nation dies off while the immune person argues for his / her right to not sacrifice his / her own life in the courts, wasting valuable time (and the judge and jury probably would die of the plague in the meantime).

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Economy:

Sharina employs a revolutionary mode of accounting, called Energy Accounting. The unit used in Energy Accounting is coined an energy-credit, which is labelled as "Diamond" within Sharina. Currently, one "Diamond" is equalivent to $1.8 USD (United States Dollars).

An energy-credit, sometimes called an energy certificate, is an unit which would account for the Energy used by Citizens in a Technocracy. Unlike traditional money or currencies, energy-credits cannot be saved or earned, only distributed evenly among a populace. The amount of credits given to each citizen would be calculated by determining the total productive capacity of the technocracy and dividing it equally. The reason for the use of energy-credits serves to ensure equality among the Technocracy’s citizenry as well as prohibit a spending that is beyond the productive capacity of the technocracy.

However, the theory was somewhat flawed, therefore Sharina added several concepts to the system. The most significant is the "Ranking" system, which is used to encourage people to actively seek employment and serve as incentive for the citizens to excel at their fields. The "Ranking" system is described in more detail below.

Rank S (1+) = +10% energy credit per S level on top of Rank 1. S-1 means +10% energy credits, while S-10 means +100% energy credits on top of Rank 1.

Rank 1 = +100% energy credit distribution.
Rank 2 = +75% energy credit distribution.
Rank 3 = +50% energy credit distribution.
Rank 4 = +25% energy credit distribution.
Rank 5 = Average energy credit distribution.
Rank 6 = -25% energy credit distribution.
Rank 7 = -50% energy credit distribution.
Rank 8 = -75% energy credit distribution.

Rank S = Citizens such as Einsteins, Stephen Hawkins, Leonardo Da Vinci, and so forth. S-10 is extraordinarily difficult to obtain. The only people to ever attain S-10 is Rand Veristek, Edward Witten, and John C. Mather. Rank S-1 can be reached by those who work in their fields for 25 years or more.

Rank 1 = Generally scientists and technicians that have served in their fields with exemplary conduct for at least 20 years.

Rank 2 = People who have served their fields for at least 15 years.

Rank 3 = People who have served their fields for at least 10 years, or made an impressive discovery. Additional impressive discoveries by the same person will bump the person up to Rank 1 or even into the S category.

Rank 4 = People who have worked within their professions for at least 5 years.

Rank 5 = People who just graduate college or university, and begin employment in their fields.

Rank 6 = People who graduated high school and are employed.

Rank 7 = Children in general. Their income is added to their parents income.

Rank 8 = Unemployed and homeless people in general.

A citizen with a 1000 Diamond income would have the credit income adjusted by rank as follows.

Rank S-10 = 3000 credits.
Rank S-5 = 2500 credits.
Rank 1 = 2000 credits.
Rank 2 = 1750 credits.
Rank 3 = 1500 credits.
Rank 4 = 1250 credits.
Rank 5 = 1000 credits.
Rank 6 = 750 credits.
Rank 7 = 500 credits.
Rank 8 = 250 credits.

So a household with two parents who are Rank 3, and has three children would get a total of 3000 credits for the parents (1500 per parent), and 1500 credits for the children (500 per child) for a total of 4500 credits.

The huge benefit of this system is that even the homeless and unemployed will be able to feed themselves and afford at least rudimentary housing. The huge wealth disparity such as Hollywood is eliminated, while the harder people work, the more "money" everyone ends up having. This comes from two methods- raising the person's rank through tenure or extraordinary accomplishment, or raise the national energy reserves through hard and efficient work (either doing work or spending work money on things).

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Military Declaration of the Sharina Technocracy

Population of the Technocracy of Sharina: 5.45 billion.
Military Budget: $40.4 trillion. ($40,400,000,000,000)
Available manpower in Active Duty (1%): 53,500,000 personnel.

Sharina's Military Branches:

The Sharina Guardians (Army): 6,700,000 personnel.
The Sharina Samurai (Marines): 500,000 personnel.
The Sharina Star Navy (Navy): 2,400,000 personnel.
The Sharina Engineers (Logistics): 400,000 personnel.

Sharina Guardians:

84 Planetary Defense Units (3.15 trillion maintainence)
10 Garrison Divisions (15 billion maintainence)
10 Lift Infantry Divisions (112.5 billion maintainence)
30 Armor Brigades (675 billion maintainence)

Total: 3.9525 trillion maintainence.

Sharina Samurai:

49 Marine Regiments (1.125 trillion maintainence)

Total: 1.125 trillion maintainence.

Sharina Star Navy:

92 Orbital Fighter Wings (500 billion maintainence)
50 Assault Wings (250 billion maintainence)
50 Interface Wings (50 billion maintainence)
98 ScoutRon (500 billion maintainence)
50 DesRon (2.25 trillion maintainence)
120 Missile Boats (2.4 trillion maintainence)
38 Battlestars (1 trillion maintainence)
20 Light Cruisers (600 billion maintainence)
49 Missile Cruisers (2 trillion maintainence)
10 Armored Cruisers (1.95 trillion maintainence)
10 Battlecruisers (2.1 trillion maintainence)

Total: 14.35 trillion maintainence.

Sharina Engineers:

100 medium transports (500 billion maintainence)

Total: 500 billion maintainence.

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Sharina Military Deployments:

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Detailed Information on Star Navy:

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Gadfly Star Fighter

The Sharina Technocracy has realized the need for fighters to serve as patrol and quick response unit to small scale threats such as piracy or minor hostilities within space. Drawing upon the knowledge and the tactics prevalent in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with the aerospace industry and the useful military applications of small combat craft, Sharina has developed the Gadfly Fighter. It is equipped with energy and missile weapons to respond to any threats, and the Gadfly has some of the most sophisicated communication equipment to enable efficient coordination of multiple Gadflies aganist large targets. These fighters are the fastest ships of the Sharina Navy, and live up to its namesake by harassing larger ships and decimating minor threats en masse.

Numbers of Gadfly units in service: 100.



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Small Size Ship Chassis

Owing to the large economy of the Technocracy, the possibility of piracy is guanatreed. In addition, the Technocracy realizes that there are likely to be other hostile powers that may be probing Sharina's defenses. The necessity of couriers also became apparent owing to the great distances between stars. Therefore, the Technocracy went to work designing and building an all-purpose small size chassis that could be used as a template for three classes of warships. The small chassis incorporates the smallest jump-capable engines, agile standard engines, modules for sensors or weapons, and respectable armor rating for such a small class of chassis.

The Discovery class Corvette places a much heavier emphasis on sensors and agility than the Plato class Destroyer. The Discovery ships are primarily used in scouting and courier duties, and are generally used as an extra set of eyes and ears for any major Sharinan fleet. The ships can only dish out or withstand damage roughly half as much as a Plato, owing to the reduced armor scheme and the lower amount of weapons modules.

The Plato class Destroyer incorporates more weapons modules at the expense of sensors as it is designed to eliminate light enemy vessels and serve as a much heavier patrol duty than the Gadfly fighters. A swarm of Plato's could concievably defeat a larger warship if coordinated well. The Plato is also used as screening vessels in any major fleet action as their weapons are potent for their small size.

It has been argued within the Sharinan military that there was a need for a torpedo boat in the cold reaches of space, given how effective torpedoes were in naval battles of the 20th and 21st centuries. Thus the Galileo came into being. Designed to spew out dozens of missiles in rapid succession, these ships pack a more surprising punch than most would expect from such small starships. However, the heavy missile firepower comes at a cost of fewer energy weapons and no jump engines.

Discovery Corvette Units in service: 100
Plato Destroyer Units in service: 50
Galileo Missile Boat Units in service: 120



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Newton class Carrier:

The Sharina Technocracy developed the Newton class Carrier in response to the Expansion Program, and as a chassis that could transport essential Gadfly Fighter squadrons to cruical battles in deep space or move the fighters between propsective star systems. The Newtons were designed to withstand as much punishment as a Plato class destroyer, but the Newton's onboard Gadfly Fighter squadrons gives the carrier an edge over the Plato in battle. In mock wargame battles, there were several instances where a Newton carrier managed to seriously damage or cripple two Platos in a two-on-one battle. Overall, the fire support and the onboard fighter squadrons makes the Newton a valuable asset to have in any major Sharinan fleet.

Newton Carrier Units in service: 40



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Medium Size Ship Chassis

Based off the experience used in developing the smaller vessels, the engineers of the Technocracy realized that they could build larger vessels that could mount even more firepower and armor. These are the first true capital ships of the Technocracy, designed to survive situations where many a small ship would not. The Medium Size Chassis has similiar weapons moduality as the Small Size Chassis so that ships may be repaired and built more quickly and practically.

Military strategists within the Technocracy debated about what type of larger vessel to construct, and the first of the two Medium class vessels that were produced would come to be known as the Edison class Light Cruiser. These vessels were designed as heavier versions of the Discovery class corvettes, with many similiar duties such as escort, patrol, exploration, and so forth. The Edison is not generally used as courier ships due to their size and speed. The Edison, however, can outfight any small sized starship without much difficulty which is generally a beneficial thing in explorationary missions. Many a pirate, outlaw, or rogue have been surprised by the toughness and tenacity of the Edison.

The second ship class to be designed as a Medium Class starship is the Relativity class Strike Cruiser. These powerful vessels have nearly twice the firepower and armor of the Galileo missile boats, and skilled commanders use the massive missile bays to great effect. Even large warships may fall victim to the enormous barrages of firepower the Relativity may dish out. It is not uncommon for the Relativity to unleash barrages of a hundred missiles in an all out attack which strikes fear into the heart of the enemies of the Technocracy. These vessels are also ideal for planetary bombardment of military installations should the occasion arise.

Edison Light Cruiser Units in service: 20
Relativity Strike Cruiser Units in service: 50



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Transport Class

The Technocracy saw the necessity of a vast network of transports to sustain its economy and influx of raw resources, particularly off-homeworld. Thus, engineers went to work on creating the Transport Class. The result was remarkable after a decade of study and research. The Transport Class may carry commerce goods, be converted into a tanker for extra-long missions, transport military units to other star systems, and bring much needed supplies to every corner of the Technocracy. The Transports ensure that the Sharinan economy runs smoothly and is well supplied like an oiled machine. Needless to say, there are many hundreds of these versatile vessels throughout the reaches of the Technocracy. Without these workhorses, there can be no Technocracy, period.

Transports in Military Service: 100
Light Transports in Commercial Service: 2,000
Medium Transports in Commercial Service: 1,000



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Large Size Ship Chassis

With the considerable experience gained from building the Newton, Edison, Relativity, and Medium Transport vessels, the Sharinan engineers and strategists felt they could go one step further, pushing the very limits of current Sharinan technology. The effort culminated in the largest Sharinan vessels known to mankind, the Large Size chassis. Two classes of vessels were developed with overwhelming firepower and protection, and are Sharina's first true command ships.

The massive Provost class Armored Cruiser has unparalleled protection, capable of shrugging off damage that would otherwise destroy small fleets of destroyers or frigates. Likewise, the Provost has substantially upgraded beam weapons than its precedessor, the Edison. The Provost also has the capacity of carrying its own battalion of marines for boarding missions. The Provost has an impressive array of communication arrays, which enables it to coordinate fleet-wide actions, and has ample protection to ensure that any admiral or prized strategist are not easily lost in battle.

The largest and most powerful Sharinan starship class currently in existence is the University class Battlecruiser. The Battlecruiser boasts even more firepower than the formidable Provost class while not making any sacrifices in other weapons, sensors, hardware, or armor. A single University is capable of raking entire fleets of small vessels with overwhelming firepower, and leaving nothing but burning wrecks in its wake. The University is also even capable of carrying its own fighter wing or a marine battalion. The University is the pinnacle of current Sharinan technology and engineering, and shall remain around for decades to come.

Provost Armored Cruiser Units in Service: 10
University Battlecruiser Units in Service: 10


There are rumors that even more powerful warship designs are being looked at and developed for the day that the Technocracy achieves the necessary technology and infrastructure to build these beasts of war.

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The Sharinan Army:

The Sharina Technocracy has seen little need for a planet-side military as it has been isolated for centuries from any hostile powers. However, with the first contact with New Shiron and the realization that there may be other civilizations that may seek to invade Sharina, the Technocracy's prestigious engineers and scientists went to work on creating the most optimal Army equipment that modern Sharinan technology could afford. The results exceeded expectations of many and the continued innovations promise to make the Sharinan Army even more formidable in the near future.



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Infantry:

The standard infantry soldier in Sharina is well equipped with the best that Sharina has to offer. The infantryman is equipped with a portable rail gun capable of piercing thick sheets of metal ensuring that the infantryman is able to retain his lethality within the evolving battlefield. Engineers have developed a durable armor comprised of two types of fibers including spidersilk and carbon nanotubes. The interior spidersilk mesh provides excellent soft protection and is extremely lightweight, whereas the external carbon nanotube mesh provides protection for the infantry soldier aganist the heavier projectiles that would rip through standard 20th century Kevlar body armor. Some infantry soldiers also carry an multi-purpose shield comprised of similiar fiber mesh as the body armor itself. The shield can be used as a second line of protection in heavy combat zones, serve as riot police shields during marital law, be employed as sleds in wintery terrain, among other uses. The combination of firepower, excellent body armor, and versatile equipment ensures the Sharinan infantryman is ready for anything that comes his way.



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Samurai (Marines):

The Technocracy realized that simple infantry may not be sufficient in heavy combat or planetary landings. Drawing upon knowledge and memories of 20th century warfare, the military strategists came up with a revamped Marine system, renamed the Samurai to reflect the code of honor and the prowess of ancient Japanese samurai. The Samurai Corps selects the most skilled infantrymen from the regular Army and incorporates these elite personnel into the Samurai to serve as heavy troops. The standard Samurai soldier can be equipped with a heavy railgun twice as powerful as a standard Infantry railgun aganist fortified positions or a minigun for maximum lethality aganist multiple targets. The Samurai employs a heavier and more armored version of the infantry's body armor. Instead of just two meshes, the Samurai's body armor employs four meshes, effectively doubling the protection for the warrior within the suit of armor. The weight issue is migitated by skillful placement of microhydraulics to help the legs and arms of the armor move, in addition to genetic engineering focusing on body strength and toughness. The Samurai does not carry the useful infantry shield, though. The Samurai Corps follows the Bushido code with several revisions such as the elimination of seppuku (ritual suicide) from the code. With a firm set of values, powerful equipment, and unwavering tenacity, the Samurai Corps ensures that Sharina will not be so easily conquered by hostile powers.



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"Goliath" Planetary Defense Cannon (PDC):

After first contact with New Shiron and learning that Sharina was not alone in the galaxy, the Technocracy looked up towards the stars with a sense of foreboding. A common question at that time was this, "What protection do we have from orbital bombardment?". Thus, the garguantan Goliath PDC came into being. A true Goliath, standing on twelve sets of large tread tracks, the beast is a sight to behold. One eyewitness account during a pirate raid upon Soar II in 2293 illustrates the awesome power of the PDC without question.

"The ground trembled as the giant metallic hulk manuevered into position. Several dozen trees were uprooted as straws in a hurricane. Suddenly everything grew deathly silent as a low hum began resonating from the belly of the beast. The hum grew louder and not before long, a deafening crack is heard for dozens of miles all around. The hulk belched an unholy yellow burst of energy far into the heavens, and the hulk became quiet with its anger apparently satisified. May fortune have mercy upon those poor souls at the recieving end of this Goliath."




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Detailed Star System Information:

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Sharina Foreign Policy:

Allies:

No Taxes. (Trade, Right of Passage, Mutual Protection Pact)

Friendly:

Haneastic. (Ongoing dialog on Trade and Non Aggression Pact)
Safehaven. (Non Aggression Pact)

Neutral:

Everybody else.

Wary:

None.

War:

Amestria. (War over entry into G Sector)
Bazalonia. (Bazalonia declared war in support of Amestria)

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Sharina's Current Yearly Build:

Year 2301 Build:

(Tentative build)

Defense Income: 20.2 trillion.
Commerce Income: 16.15 trillion.
Systems Income: 10.945 trillion.
Total Income: 47.295 trillion.

Maintainence: 34.765 trillion.

Net Income: 12.53 trillion

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1 Battlestar (400 billion to build)
27 Fighter squadrons (2.16 trillion to build, +100 billion maintainence)
1 Marine Regiment (40 billion to build)
50 Garrison units (440 billion to build, +82.5 billion maintainence)
4 Monitors at Waboni (320 billion, year 1 or 3, yearly payment plan)
4 Monitors at Umorphutwyo (320 billion, year 1 of 3, yearly payment plan)

Total: 3.68 trillion to build, +182.5 billion maintainence

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Domestic Builds:
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8.4 trillion invested in Project A.

450 billion to be used as emergency funds / pocket change.

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Tech Growth:
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Start of 2301: 35 Years before Tech 10.

-3 years for high education spending
-2 years for investing into R+D Centers

At start of 2302, timeline is reduced to 30 years before Tech 10.

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Important Actions Taken in 2301:
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Please post any and all diplomatic, trade, contact, offers, and generally inter-civilization stuff here that concerns the Diaspora 21 RP.

Through their embassies on New Shiron, representatives of the No Taxes Government approach Sharina about an exchange of embassies and a possible Mutual Protection Pact. They also say that they will fully support Sharina's claims as long as No Taxes' claims, to the Nike, Lerun, Vidma and Aliinashar systems, are recognized by Sharina.

Through their embassies on New Shiron, representatives of the No Taxes Government approach Sharina about an exchange of embassies and a possible Mutual Protection Pact. They also say that they will fully support Sharina's claims as long as No Taxes' claims, to the Nike, Lerun, Vidma and Aliinashar systems, are recognized by Sharina.

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek responds.

"We are receptive to the idea. We do wish to inquire in whether your people would like to enter a trading agreement with our people? Surely that will aid in the strengthening of our relations, will it not?

That aside, would you like to host a conference to discuss the proposition further?"

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek responds.

"We are receptive to the idea. We do wish to inquire in whether your people would like to enter a trading agreement with our people? Surely that will aid in the strengthening of our relations, will it not?

That aside, would you like to host a conference to discuss the proposition further?"
That sounds like a good idea. We can send our Foreign Minister Vsevolod Aleksandr to your main planet for a meeting. He should arrive in just over a month because of the jump from our system to yours. We hope that this is the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship between our nations.

The Haneastic League announces it will construct an Embassy on Sharina. Good relations are hoped for the future.

That sounds like a good idea. We can send our Foreign Minister Vsevolod Aleksandr to your main planet for a meeting. He should arrive in just over a month because of the jump from our system to yours. We hope that this is the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship between our nations.

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek sends out another message.

"We shall be happy to recieve your diplomat. I shall be attending the meeting personally, such is the value that I place on the establishment of relations."

The Haneastic League announces it will construct an Embassy on Sharina. Good relations are hoped for the future.

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek sends out a response.

"We shall be happy to recieve your diplomats and embassy staff. Would you like to establish a conference for when your diplomats arrive? I think it would be in our best interests to establish a foundation for strengthening of relations, plus discuss possible extra venues of action such as opening markets to trade and such."

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek sends out another message.

"We shall be happy to recieve your diplomat. I shall be attending the meeting personally, such is the value that I place on the establishment of relations."
After the jump and the cruise down to the main planet of the system, Vsevolod freshened up and got into his ride to the conference. On the way he studied the latest reports coming from the Alurza Main. It looked less like there would be a war over it, yet he was somewhat worried about this new agreement by the Sector G nations. They were grabbing quite a lot of systems, which was only all the more reason for solidarity with Sharina. Several minutes later they arrived and Vsevolod went inside, preparing to introduce himself.

After the jump and the cruise down to the main planet of the system, Vsevolod freshened up and got into his ride to the conference. On the way he studied the latest reports coming from the Alurza Main. It looked less like there would be a war over it, yet he was somewhat worried about this new agreement by the Sector G nations. They were grabbing quite a lot of systems, which was only all the more reason for solidarity with Sharina. Several minutes later they arrived and Vsevolod went inside, preparing to introduce himself.

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek stood up to his full 8-foot height, the enhanced height being due to the planet's substantially lower gravity than Earth. He smiled towards Vsevold and beckoned him over to the conference table. Two seats were set aside, one being a standard Earth sized chair for the diplomat and the other being a larger seat for the Grand Technocrat himself. The tall Technocrat extended his hand towards Vsevold and then shook his hand warmly.

"It is a honor to be speaking with you in person. I look forward to establishing formal relations with your people. Within your comminque, you wished to discuss several topics. Before we start, would you like some refreshments?"

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek stood up to his full 8-foot height, the enhanced height being due to the planet's substantially lower gravity than Earth. He smiled towards Vsevold and beckoned him over to the conference table. Two seats were set aside, one being a standard Earth sized chair for the diplomat and the other being a larger seat for the Grand Technocrat himself. The tall Technocrat extended his hand towards Vsevold and then shook his hand warmly.

"It is a honor to be speaking with you in person. I look forward to establishing formal relations with your people. Within your comminque, you wished to discuss several topics. Before we start, would you like some refreshments?"
Vsevolod shook his hand and sat down in his chair. The gravity here was so little compared to the gravity of his home planet which was more than Earth's gravity. Veristek was very tall.

"It is nice to meet you, also. A glass of water would be fine. But let us get down to business. We believe that an alliance between our two nations would be very benificial for both of us, because of several factors. First off, our systems are right next to each other and thus trade agreements would benefit both our economies. Also, because of the locations of our systems and our claims a Right of Passage agreement between us would allow your ships to move out far in our direction and our ships to move far in your direction. Yet trade agreements and Right of Passage agreements are not all we have come for. We feel that a Mutual Protection Pact between us would help us both greatly. You have a very large Navy and defensive Army force, while we have a large offensive Army that is entirely elite. They would compliment each other perfectly. Also, I have recently gotten permission from my government to offer more advanced (Tech Level 10) ships, like the Dreadnought. If you wish we can build you these ships for normal price, which would give you an edge over other nations in combat. Of course maintenance would cost more, since you would have to import parts, but we would be happy to build such ships for you. I know this may seem like a lot, but I wanted to get all our proposals on the table, for you to think about."

Vsevolod took a sip of the water and looked over at Veristek, curious to see what his response would be.

Vsevolod shook his hand and sat down in his chair. The gravity here was so little compared to the gravity of his home planet which was more than Earth's gravity. Veristek was very tall.

"It is nice to meet you, also. A glass of water would be fine. But let us get down to business. We believe that an alliance between our two nations would be very benificial for both of us, because of several factors. First off, our systems are right next to each other and thus trade agreements would benefit both our economies. Also, because of the locations of our systems and our claims a Right of Passage agreement between us would allow your ships to move out far in our direction and our ships to move far in your direction. Yet trade agreements and Right of Passage agreements are not all we have come for. We feel that a Mutual Protection Pact between us would help us both greatly. You have a very large Navy and defensive Army force, while we have a large offensive Army that is entirely elite. They would compliment each other perfectly. Also, I have recently gotten permission from my government to offer more advanced (Tech Level 10) ships, like the Dreadnought. If you wish we can build you these ships for normal price, which would give you an edge over other nations in combat. Of course maintenance would cost more, since you would have to import parts, but we would be happy to build such ships for you. I know this may seem like a lot, but I wanted to get all our proposals on the table, for you to think about."

Vsevolod took a sip of the water and looked over at Veristek, curious to see what his response would be.

Rand Veristek took only a brief ten seconds to digest the information Vsevolod just laid out. After his brief comtemplation, a skill necessary in Sharina's society of science, technology, research, and passion, he gave Vsevolod a geniune smile.

"I am honored that your government wishes to enter these arrangements with my people. I believe this is indeed quite a beneficial thing for the two of us.

First, we embrace trade as it allows civilizations to learn a great deal about each other. Not only that, but it also helps to strengthen the solidarity between the parties involved as they grow to trust each other more. Towards this end, consider Sharinan ports officially open for trade for your commerce and in return, we only ask that you do likewise for our shipping. With a trade network extending from Khanii all the way to Lerun, with potentially hundreds of billions, or even trillions of currency in profits for both our peoples.

Second, to address the topic of Right of Passage. I believe that this would go hand-in-hand with the trade agreement, as our merchant shipping will essentially be allowed to move freely throughout each of our two people's claimed star systems. However, there is an issue that needs to be addressed though. The first one being that I think it would be a reasonable idea if any major military fleet movements through the other's territory would need to be cleared first. This is to avoid any misunderstandings or scary situations as we are just beginning an alliance. After some time, this may become un-necessary as our people in our star systems will be much more familiar and knowledgable about each other's fleets and such. In short, I am willing to accept a Right of Passage with your people.

Third, I was thinking of something along the lines of a mutual protection pact and you apparently must have read my mind."

Rand chuckled softly before continuing.

"I do believe that a mutual protection pact would be beneficial as there has already been indications of potentially hostile civilizations, as evidenced by the situation in the Alzura Sector. I shall quote an ancient Earth saying that should sum up my view of the mutual protection pact.

'United we stand, divided we fall.'

With trade, right of passage, and support of each other in times of crisis, our two civilizations are guanatreed to be considerably stronger than otherwise. Another ancient Earth saying comes to mind.

'The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.'

Rings true across the centuries, doesn't it?"

Rand took a long sip of some Japanese herbal tea before continuing.

"To address your last topic regarding advanced ships. I believe that it would not just be beneficial to Sharina, but also beneficial to your people as well. As you may or may not have noticed, Sharina has many shipyards capable of building various ship sizes and configurations. For one thing, we could easily build dozens of ships for you should you require it in times of crisis. I am open to further discussion regarding the deal regarding these advanced ship designs."

Rand Veristek nodded towards Vsevolod, awaiting his response.

Rand Veristek took only a brief ten seconds to digest the information Vsevolod just laid out. After his brief comtemplation, a skill necessary in Sharina's society of science, technology, research, and passion, he gave Vsevolod a geniune smile.

"I am honored that your government wishes to enter these arrangements with my people. I believe this is indeed quite a beneficial thing for the two of us.

First, we embrace trade as it allows civilizations to learn a great deal about each other. Not only that, but it also helps to strengthen the solidarity between the parties involved as they grow to trust each other more. Towards this end, consider Sharinan ports officially open for trade for your commerce and in return, we only ask that you do likewise for our shipping. With a trade network extending from Khanii all the way to Lerun, with potentially hundreds of billions, or even trillions of currency in profits for both our peoples.

Second, to address the topic of Right of Passage. I believe that this would go hand-in-hand with the trade agreement, as our merchant shipping will essentially be allowed to move freely throughout each of our two people's claimed star systems. However, there is an issue that needs to be addressed though. The first one being that I think it would be a reasonable idea if any major military fleet movements through the other's territory would need to be cleared first. This is to avoid any misunderstandings or scary situations as we are just beginning an alliance. After some time, this may become un-necessary as our people in our star systems will be much more familiar and knowledgable about each other's fleets and such. In short, I am willing to accept a Right of Passage with your people.

Third, I was thinking of something along the lines of a mutual protection pact and you apparently must have read my mind."

Rand chuckled softly before continuing.

"I do believe that a mutual protection pact would be beneficial as there has already been indications of potentially hostile civilizations, as evidenced by the situation in the Alzura Sector. I shall quote an ancient Earth saying that should sum up my view of the mutual protection pact.

'United we stand, divided we fall.'

With trade, right of passage, and support of each other in times of crisis, our two civilizations are guanatreed to be considerably stronger than otherwise. Another ancient Earth saying comes to mind.

'The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.'

Rings true across the centuries, doesn't it?"

Rand took a long sip of some Japanese herbal tea before continuing.

"To address your last topic regarding advanced ships. I believe that it would not just be beneficial to Sharina, but also beneficial to your people as well. As you may or may not have noticed, Sharina has many shipyards capable of building various ship sizes and configurations. For one thing, we could easily build dozens of ships for you should you require it in times of crisis. I am open to further discussion regarding the deal regarding these advanced ship designs."

Rand Veristek nodded towards Vsevolod, awaiting his response.
Vsevolod smiled after listening to this, glad that Veristek had agreed to their proposals.

"Well, I am glad we could come to an agreement. I can have my assistants come up with a formal draft of our treaty, but a Trade Agreement, Right of Passage and Mutual Protection Pact are exactly what we wanted. We thank you for your offer of building us ships in times of crisis, but truthfully most of our budget is taken up by maintenance costs so the amount of ships we build every year is small enough to be easily handled by our own shipyards. As for advanced ship designs, the main thing we offer is an advanced form of the Jump where ships can jump two systems in one. This way you could get to the Khanii System in 3 jumps instead of 6. This would give you quite an advantage over, say Amestria in getting ships there. We could build Jump 2 versions of any ships along with the Dreadnought, which we can guarantee is a more battle worthy ship than anything Amestria, Bazalonia or Samtonia can field. Like I said we are willing to build any of these ships for you, for normal price."

OOC: The reason I keep mentioning the Dreadnought is because it is a Tech 10 only ship so it is better than anything Tech 9. Also I talked to New Shiron about building Tech 10 ships for you and he said that was fine, but that maintenance would be doubled for small craft and small and medium starships and tripled for large and huge starships, because of the cost of importing parts.

The Amestrian Ambassador to New Shiron asks why Sharina wants Khanii.

"It is a world that is economically worthless to the Technocracy and over one hundred and fifty days from your primary world. Amestria has far more claim to it, having reached and settled it first. Hyperbole aside, it is preposterous to seriously consider a major war over this matter."

The Sharinan Government is asked if it wishes to take part in a diplomatic conference or settle the dispute through Bazalonian/New Shiron mediation?

The Bazalonian Government is kept fully informed as to Amestrian attempts to open a dialogue with Sharina.

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek sends out a response.

"We shall be happy to recieve your diplomats and embassy staff. Would you like to establish a conference for when your diplomats arrive? I think it would be in our best interests to establish a foundation for strengthening of relations, plus discuss possible extra venues of action such as opening markets to trade and such."

OOC: missed this
IC:

The Haneastic League agrees to create a conference between the two nations.

Diplomat Manfred Saito travels to the Sharinen Technocrat governmental center and waits to meet with the Grand Technocrat.

Vsevolod smiled after listening to this, glad that Veristek had agreed to their proposals.

"Well, I am glad we could come to an agreement. I can have my assistants come up with a formal draft of our treaty, but a Trade Agreement, Right of Passage and Mutual Protection Pact are exactly what we wanted. We thank you for your offer of building us ships in times of crisis, but truthfully most of our budget is taken up by maintenance costs so the amount of ships we build every year is small enough to be easily handled by our own shipyards. As for advanced ship designs, the main thing we offer is an advanced form of the Jump where ships can jump two systems in one. This way you could get to the Khanii System in 3 jumps instead of 6. This would give you quite an advantage over, say Amestria in getting ships there. We could build Jump 2 versions of any ships along with the Dreadnought, which we can guarantee is a more battle worthy ship than anything Amestria, Bazalonia or Samtonia can field. Like I said we are willing to build any of these ships for you, for normal price."

OOC: The reason I keep mentioning the Dreadnought is because it is a Tech 10 only ship so it is better than anything Tech 9. Also I talked to New Shiron about building Tech 10 ships for you and he said that was fine, but that maintenance would be doubled for small craft and small and medium starships and tripled for large and huge starships, because of the cost of importing parts.

Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek nodded once again.

"Shall we begin the process of formalizing these agreements, including trade, right of passage, mutual protection pact, and the offer to construct advanced ship designs?"

OOC: missed this
IC:

The Haneastic League agrees to create a conference between the two nations.

Diplomat Manfred Saito travels to the Sharinen Technocrat governmental center and waits to meet with the Grand Technocrat.

OOC: Let's assume this occurs right after I finalize the treaty with No Taxes and his diplomat leaves for home with the news and the signed treaty,

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Grand Technocrat Rand Veristek welcomes Manfred Saito into the very same conference room where a historical agreement was reached with the nation of No Taxes. Rand extended his hand towards Manfred Saito and shook it with a geniune warmth. After the round of initial greetings, the two sat down at the conference table to begin discussions.

"I am honored to have you here to discuss potential improvement of relations between our two people. Before we begin, though, would you like any refreshments or anything to make yourself more comfortable?

I look forward to these discussions with you. What exactly do you wish to discuss?"