Hyperspatial Travel
22-03-2008, 06:42
OOC: For those involved in the conflict, consider this to be post-Fleetmind war.
IC: Hypatia. The tiny, icy, hateful world upon which the vast majority of Travellians resided. The surface was uninhabitable, rather, massive colonies were carved out underneath the ice. For over a century, it had been the only inhabited world in the vast territories of the Realm. With over fifty habitable worlds in the sphere of influence it had, almost all more hospitable than Hypatia, it seemed there was little reason for the population for remain on that one world.
Of course, as the Fleetmind war had progressed, the defenses of Hypatia had been ramped up, to levels the like of which had never been seen. And then the war was over. Massive planetary defense nets, system-wide minefields, interdiction fields, crossfire systems.. it had, ever-so-slightly, begun to fall into disrepair. At the same time, the Unbroken Eye, the military group which ruled the Realm, relinquished much of its power. It had been able to become exceptionally powerful because it had staffed the battleplates of the Realm with its loyal members, and, with the loss of three of the four battleplates, over time, the newer battleplates were much more loyal to the Realm as a whole.
The older Allanean vessel had been phased out, and rebuilt as a liner. With the weakening of the Eye, and the removal of the Fleetmind as a viable threat, something new came about.
Emigration.
Not to other nations, of course. Insular as they were, there were not many immigrations to the Realm, nor many who left it. That would come later.
But for the first time in an age, there was no visible threat. Habitable worlds began to spring up, communities of hundreds, then thousands, and then millions taking up residence on the larger worlds, space colonies and habitats spreading across the Realm, and, after a time, the population of Hypatia began to leave.
It was a slow process. But it was one that brought new markets to the nation. Hypatia had been self-sufficient, if spartan in what it used. With hundreds of markets, some worlds, some asteroid habitats, all requiring new goods, the demographic change in the Realm was more than ready to be exploited by any business - old, or just burgeoning.
The vast majority of the population still inhabited Hypatia, of course. Tradition was hard to break, and mindsets forced by centuries of defense were strong. Yet, it would be interesting to see what came of this. What new businesses, what new people came into the Realm.
IC: Hypatia. The tiny, icy, hateful world upon which the vast majority of Travellians resided. The surface was uninhabitable, rather, massive colonies were carved out underneath the ice. For over a century, it had been the only inhabited world in the vast territories of the Realm. With over fifty habitable worlds in the sphere of influence it had, almost all more hospitable than Hypatia, it seemed there was little reason for the population for remain on that one world.
Of course, as the Fleetmind war had progressed, the defenses of Hypatia had been ramped up, to levels the like of which had never been seen. And then the war was over. Massive planetary defense nets, system-wide minefields, interdiction fields, crossfire systems.. it had, ever-so-slightly, begun to fall into disrepair. At the same time, the Unbroken Eye, the military group which ruled the Realm, relinquished much of its power. It had been able to become exceptionally powerful because it had staffed the battleplates of the Realm with its loyal members, and, with the loss of three of the four battleplates, over time, the newer battleplates were much more loyal to the Realm as a whole.
The older Allanean vessel had been phased out, and rebuilt as a liner. With the weakening of the Eye, and the removal of the Fleetmind as a viable threat, something new came about.
Emigration.
Not to other nations, of course. Insular as they were, there were not many immigrations to the Realm, nor many who left it. That would come later.
But for the first time in an age, there was no visible threat. Habitable worlds began to spring up, communities of hundreds, then thousands, and then millions taking up residence on the larger worlds, space colonies and habitats spreading across the Realm, and, after a time, the population of Hypatia began to leave.
It was a slow process. But it was one that brought new markets to the nation. Hypatia had been self-sufficient, if spartan in what it used. With hundreds of markets, some worlds, some asteroid habitats, all requiring new goods, the demographic change in the Realm was more than ready to be exploited by any business - old, or just burgeoning.
The vast majority of the population still inhabited Hypatia, of course. Tradition was hard to break, and mindsets forced by centuries of defense were strong. Yet, it would be interesting to see what came of this. What new businesses, what new people came into the Realm.