[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

Prince Charon · 11-24-2019, 05:47 PM

The Federation, or something else?

What sort of polity are our heroes from. Note that the ones not selected are still viable for a 'Mirror, Mirror' type of session or campaign arc. Please include the number when you vote.

1: United Federation of Planets
Something pretty close to the canon Federation of Kirk's era, but possibly fleshed out more. Won't necessarily have exactly the same Star Fleet, but it could be quite similar.

2: United Space Authority
A defensive pact similar to NATO, but with trade agreements, some degree of technology-sharing and such, and extradition and other mutual agreements to smooth over law enforcement in their combined territory. So, less of a political union, but still an organization that exercises authority over a volume of space. Has some form of unified Star Fleet/Space Force/Space Patrol, but most likely not exactly the same one as canon (though if we keep the name I gave it, spacecraft names could still have the USS prefix, and it'll make more sense than the UFP using it). My preferred option.

3: Terran Empire
Not necessarily evil, and not necessarily ruled by an emperor, but Terran humanity is the dominant partner in this polity, to the point that de facto, it is their empire. It might not even be the result of conquest, as if they both recovered well from the Genetics Wars and had really good luck, they could have managed to economically dominate their neighbors, and parley that into political dominance. It does require more justification than the others, though. Whether it's evil or not, and how or what sort of evil, can be determined by the individual GMs and player groups.

4: Another Metropole
The dominant polity in the region is primarily ruled by a single race, but that race is not Terran humanity. The Solar Cooperative is a member-state in someone else's empire (or hegemony, or co-prosperity sphere, or whichever). This will most likely require other votes afterward, to determine who is running things, and how the SC happened to become part of this empire.

5: No 'Federation' or equivalent
The Solar Cooperative, Interplanetary Confederacy of Vulcan, Pachekki Solidarity, and so on have various trade and defence treaties, but no over-arching, permanent alliance, and thus no singular Star Fleet (though there may be exchange personnel on each others' vessels sometimes, which is useful to players, and sometimes to GMs). This is probably the case for games set during or prior to the Romulan War.

6: Other
Something else; please describe your preference. This will probably also require another vote, unless everyone who responds likes the same 'something else.'

EDIT: The winner seems to be '2: United Space Authority.'

11-24-2019, 05:47 PM	#11
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding The Federation, or something else? What sort of polity are our heroes from. Note that the ones not selected are still viable for a 'Mirror, Mirror' type of session or campaign arc. Please include the number when you vote. 1: United Federation of Planets Something pretty close to the canon Federation of Kirk's era, but possibly fleshed out more. Won't necessarily have exactly the same Star Fleet, but it could be quite similar. 2: United Space Authority A defensive pact similar to NATO, but with trade agreements, some degree of technology-sharing and such, and extradition and other mutual agreements to smooth over law enforcement in their combined territory. So, less of a political union, but still an organization that exercises authority over a volume of space. Has some form of unified Star Fleet/Space Force/Space Patrol, but most likely not exactly the same one as canon (though if we keep the name I gave it, spacecraft names could still have the USS prefix, and it'll make more sense than the UFP using it). My preferred option. 3: Terran Empire Not necessarily evil, and not necessarily ruled by an emperor, but Terran humanity is the dominant partner in this polity, to the point that de facto, it is their empire. It might not even be the result of conquest, as if they both recovered well from the Genetics Wars and had really good luck, they could have managed to economically dominate their neighbors, and parley that into political dominance. It does require more justification than the others, though. Whether it's evil or not, and how or what sort of evil, can be determined by the individual GMs and player groups. 4: Another Metropole The dominant polity in the region is primarily ruled by a single race, but that race is not Terran humanity. The Solar Cooperative is a member-state in someone else's empire (or hegemony, or co-prosperity sphere, or whichever). This will most likely require other votes afterward, to determine who is running things, and how the SC happened to become part of this empire. 5: No 'Federation' or equivalent The Solar Cooperative, Interplanetary Confederacy of Vulcan, Pachekki Solidarity, and so on have various trade and defence treaties, but no over-arching, permanent alliance, and thus no singular Star Fleet (though there may be exchange personnel on each others' vessels sometimes, which is useful to players, and sometimes to GMs). This is probably the case for games set during or prior to the Romulan War. 6: Other Something else; please describe your preference. This will probably also require another vote, unless everyone who responds likes the same 'something else.' EDIT: The winner seems to be '2: United Space Authority.' __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted. Last edited by Prince Charon; 11-30-2019 at 08:37 PM.