Hey guys!
I mentioned awhile back that I'd be releasing this along with my next post, but I decided to go ahead and put it up a little early. A couple things before you start reading.
-Thanks to Joanna for letting me mess with her brainchild! She gave me her information about the whole thing, and then her permission for me to tweak it a bit.
-If you want any specific descriptions of something: weapons, vehicles, uniforms, government structure, political relations, etc., just ask me. I'd be happy to provide such information for you.
-There are several other races mentioned here. They're just my ideas for what non-human species there are out there, and if you don't like them, simply say yea or nay. I put them in because we don't seem to have a solid idea of what other beings/groups we're interacting with, other than the TSU and elves.
That's that. Enjoy!
The Transcontinental
Soveregnties Union (TSU) Overview:
Government: Nominally a Constitutional Parliamentary Republic. There
is one main body of leaders from all the seperate nations (like the
UN) that meets and discusses issues according to a constituional
document. They are, however, overruled by the unofficial dictator of
the TSU. This man is the chairman of the main TSU body. His word is
'unofficial' law. He has bribed, threatened, and cajoled his way to
his current position and governs by terror and force. He appears on
all media and is basically the face of the government; his name is
KoVRIS. Behind him, standing more in the shadows, is a woman known
only as the Moderator, and she is the actual dictator of the
government, dictating KoVRIS's every move.
Political relations: Outwardly neutral. The TSU interacts with
several different extraterrestrial species, these including the elves
(both dark and light), naugrim (dwarves), janthunians (blue-skinned,
red-eyed humanoids with a high level of intelligence), parlaaxils
(orcish in appearance, but with more of a hive-minded behavior), and
a couple other groups of humans who are independent from the TSU. The
TSU does not try to openly provoke conflict or stressed relations,
but in no way is it friendly.
Economy: Command type. What the government says, goes. There is no
room for freedom or entrepeneurship. Each nation has specific
resources that they are committed to producing, and these resources
are gathered into one huge stockpile and redistributed according to
need. Socialistic/Communistic in the extreme. One monetary system
(called 'Fusiliers') has been standardized for the entire world, and
inflation is somewhat of a problem with the amount of money in
circulation.
Technology: Advanced. Not Star-Wars era persay, but close to it.
Anti-gravity technology has been reached but is only in distribution
to the military and certain industries. Plasma technology is widely
available, and has all but replaced projectile-weapon utilities in
the armed forces. Holographic imaging (3D, no-screen pictures,
videos, and live-streams) is the norm. Medical research has reached
the point where cloning is not hard, merely expensive and tedious.
Implants and surgeries have an almost 100% rate of success due to
microtechnological breakthroughs. Life expectancy rate is around
80-90 standard years – it has not advanced much because after a
certain point where you cannot actively feed the economy anymore, the
TSU will either put you in a retirement facility (which are basically
concentration camps with nicer living conditions) or use you for
medical/scientific research and experimentation.
Population: 8.5 billion and steady. The TSU government makes sure
over/underpopulation is not an issue.
Language: There are still different languages spoken in their
respective countries, but the over-arching language that everyone
speaks is called 'Standard' – basically English. (It is worth
inserting here that the language most of the galaxy communicates in
is called 'Basic', and closely resembles Yiddish.)
Religion: The TSU view religion as a drug that blinds the people to
their current economical and social state. Thus, they encourage it
greatly. Any religion that promotes violence, however, is outlawed
and exterminated (e.g. Islam, Nihilism, Annihilists). The biggest
religion in practice is currently Catholicism. The Catholic church
is, in fact, one of the most powerful organizations on Earth. All
religions are secretly connected to the government however, and make
sure to encourage a positive view of it.
Colonization: The TSU's empire expands to about one-eighth of the
Milky Way. It costs a lot of funds to keep up an extraterrestrial
colony, however, and very few exist. Most of the TSU's galactic
expansion consists of military outposts and mining/harvesting
operations on the planets in their domain.
The TSU Armed Forces
(TSUAF) Evaluation:
Commander in chief: Major General Daniel Stratz
Branches: TSU Ground Forces (TSUGF), Naval Forces (TSUNF), Tech
Forces (TSUTF), and Special Forces (TSUSF).
TSUGF
Eval:
Contains land-land, land-marine, and marine-marine units. Uses
medium-light artillery (howitzers, mortars, etc), cavalry (light
assault vehicles/transports, cars/speeders, submarines, most
vehicles), armored (tanks/bunkers), and infantry (Bishops).
TSUNF
Eval:
Contains space-space, space-atmosphere, space-ground,
atmosphere-atmosphere, and atmosphere-ground units. Uses heavy
artillery (battleships, siege ships), cavalry (destroyers, attack
transports, carriers), armored (battleships, cruisers), LAUs (Light
Attack Units; fighters, bombers, etc.), and infantry (Bishops).
TSUTF
Eval:
Contains all combat varieties. Works alongside the TSU science
division to create/supply the TSUAF with the latest technological
weapons advancements. Uses UA/GVs – Unmanned Aerial/Ground
Vehicles, EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) devices, and top-of-the-line
computer systems to hack into the enemies' communications and
intelligence.
TSUSF
Eval:
Contains all combat varieties. Uses cavalry (light attack transports,
cars/speeders), LAUs (stealth fighters, scout ships), and infantry
(ATAUs – All Terrain Attack Units, SUUs [see below], Informants).
Special
Units:
-Bishops: The standard infantry unit for the TSUAF. He is equipped
with camoflage-patterned plastoid armor with Kevlar for the lining
and joint areas. This is top-of-the-line armor that can absorb or
deflect a standard rifle blast, unless it is a projectile weapon. It
cannot withstand anything greater than a sniper rifle. His main
weapon is the SIAR (Standard Infantry Assault Rifle). He also carries
a sidearm, stun baton, and combat vibra-knife.
-Informants: The main intelligence unit of the TSUAF. These operate
under any conditions, anywhere. They are widely distributed among the
people of Earth, constantly feeding information to the police and
KoVRIS. They are also well-versed in stealth, and several are in deep
cover among the intergalactic species the TSU interact with on a
regular basis. Their weapons and equipment will vary depending on
their situation and mission.
-Trainers: The 'Gestapo', in a sense, of the TSU. They are in charge
of brainwashing the people and military into mindless obedience to
the TSU government. If you do not comply with their methods you are
labeled a 'deviant' and sent off to a trainer rehabilitation
facility, where they will pay extra special attention to you – not
in the positive way, let me assure you.
-SUUs: Specialized Utility Units. These include genetically modified
soldiers, clones, cyborgs, etc. Hunter falls under this category.
They are distributed mostly to the TSUSF, but a few can be found in
the other branches as well.
The
International Security Association (ISA) -TERMINATED- :
Origins: ISA was created by the Moderator and KoVRIS with the
assistance of the TSUAF Commander-in-chief, General Stratz. Its
purpose was to provide the Moderator and KoVRIS with direct insight
into the actions of the military and government. ISA consisted of a
very small group of investigators, anaylists, and scientists. It was
divided into two main branches.
First branch: Headed by Selkovic Messino. Its main purpose and role
was military and political investigation, providing the TSU leaders
with insight as to whether or not there was betrayal or corruption in
the system.
Second branch: Headed by David Serif. Its main purpose and role was
non-human relations and activities on Earth (non-humans including
vampires, werewolves, demons, and intergalactic asylum-seekers),
along with handling the extremely sensitive scientific research and
experimentation.
Demise: ISA ran into a sticky patch of ground when it ventured into
grafting non-human DNA to human subjects, Hunter being their first
major success. However, Hunter was resistant to the loyalty/obedience
conditioning techniques due to his 'split personality' (Sithis). When
he discovered that Serif, the leader of the second branch of ISA, was
planning to clone him for use in a coup against the government, he
disavowed the ISA and completely annihilated its entire second
branch, destroying all research, history, and scientists associated
with it (including Serif himself). KoVRIS and the Moderator
immediately designated the rest of the ISA as compromised and
dissolved it.
