A short tale of civil unrest in time I will expand this
The
year 6068
After many
years of Galactic Wars and civil unrest the Inter-Galactic Council began
running into ally problems and allot of civil wars against Planetary Councils.
They seem to
disagree an varying issues and planetary laws that have been created by each
council but yet there is no real problem against the Galactic Council System.
The biggest
rebellion against a Planetary Council is against the Planetary Council of
Corontha the wealthiest group of planets under the control of the Council. Corontha is a group 10 inhabited
planets. There is six that are close
together known as the inner sanctum and four on the fringes of the system known
as the Outliers. None of the planets
races get along and blame each other for the problems that happen on there
planets, and each planet believes that the council favors one planet over
another. Each planet has a different
quam against the other and the qualms are so deep rooted that they have not let
members of some of the planets on to the planets for thousands of years.
The weird
thing is that all the planetary representatives get along at the council
building of Corontha on the planet of Corona the Capital world of the
system. The council building is located
in the heart of Coronat the largest city of the system with a population of one
billion citizens from all worlds fighting and living in harmony with each
other. The council building consists of
hundreds of lavish Executive suites and office for Council members and visiting
dignitaries from other councils and the Galactic Council. In the center is a large indoor nursery with
indigenous trees, plants and animals from all the planets in the system. There is a public library which was closed a
hundred years ago but has been preserved for posterity. The library was closed because the books and
history of the system was getting vandalized and the computers being stolen by
members of rebel groups that wanted the history of certain planets erased from
existence.
The citizens
of Omarka, Drough, Selestra, and Shlofta blame the council over-seer off the planetary council
Okar Sal-Tri for initiating the laws that established the terms outlier worlds
for them, because of this they feel no part of the system. Also a law passed affecting them more than
the others was the System trade clause, which states all trade must leave the
system via the Corontha Shipping yards located on Corona and Apollo the two
inner worlds of the Inner Sanctum. The
planets of the Inner Sanctum believe he is responsible for initiating the equal
opportunity law, which allows any citizen of any planet to work on any planet
within the system without passport or government status. The reason for the disagreement to this one
is the fear of higher crime as the Cartel of Coronac expands with this
opportunity bringing there shroud practices with them of running
there planet
by the barrel of a blaster. The Cartel
has ruled over the inner planet of Coronac for hundred of years and has always
wanted control of the whole system. The
other planet governments believe that this will happen with the new law.
Coronac was at
one time a prison moon that was taken over by the prisoners in a prison
revolt. Out of the revolt came the
Cartel and they began to set up a political system that favored lawlessness.
However for
years the business practices of the Cartel was unknown on other planets. They established an advertising campaign of
excellent growth and economic prosperity for all that attracted business from all
over the system. Once a business got
established the Cartel left them with 10 % of there profits and the rest went
to the Cartel if a business refused they were shut down or taken over by the
Cartel depending on how valuable the business.
Once citizens entered Coronac they were not allowed to leave under any
circumstance. There has been cases
reported where a business tried to leave or get information of the planet and
the owners were killed for treason against the Cartel Government and there
businesses destroyed and all the employees of the business. The Cartels revolt against the Council was
because the planetary Council set up a new Constitutional clause refusing any
Cartel member to be elected in to the Planetary Council.
In one case a
member of the Planetary Council was bought by the Cartel and he managed to get
initiate and get a law passed that allowed Corsalt a company he said that was
on Coronac and was not influenced by the Cartel to expand there mining
operations on to other planets. However
Corsalt was heavily under Cartel rule.
Corsalt expanded onto Corona and Thoran but was stopped when government
intelligence of the planet traced the company to the Cartel because no money
was going into the planets redevelopment. Which was a law of beautification
established on the two planets.
The Cartel
moved off of Corona but refused to leave Thoran because the Crystal Salt which
Corsalt mined was the richest in the system here. Upon realizing the reason for refusal to
leave the Thoran Government took over the company with force capturing all
Cartel members and sent them to Corona to be tried. They drove the Coronacian citizens of the
there world whether they were linked to the Cartel or not. A law was established
by the government of Thoran that stated that no member of Coronac could enter
Thoran.
After this
Thoran which was a planet against armies changed her views and began to build
an army that became the largest in the system only second to the army of the
Planetary council. They told the Council
that the army and the space fleet was built to protect the shipments of Crystal
salt from smugglers. The council did not
question this since the demand for Crystal Salt is great throughout the
universe.
Following
Thorans success at keeping the Cartel out other planets began passing laws that
did not allow people of this planet or that planet in, but each planet had one
common law the Cartel was not allowed on to the planet.
This caused
the overruling law of the planetary council that started the civil war against
the council.
The Cartel
immediately took advantage and moved in on weaker planets establishing the
Cartel dictatorship.
The Cartel
moved in on all the Outlier worlds. The
Outlier worlds had the law but did not set up the proper defenses to keep the
Cartel out. Figuring they would concentrate on the inner sanctum alone for a
few years. Within a year the Cartel
controlled over half the system. Thoran,
Corona, Apollo and Sagits were the only planets not under Cartel rule.
The Inner Worlds
formed a new alliance and started to infiltrate spies in to the Cartel to find
out, if there was some way to stop the Cartels Expansion. The operation was called Carvert. The objective of the operation was to get in
find out as much key information and to make the appropriate arrests. The goal to charge the Cartel of treason of
the Planetary System.
The only
problem was that since little was known about the Cartel politics, membership
rules, policies and beliefs it was a hard task to infiltrate the Cartel. The spies kept getting caught and executed,
because Cartel beliefs were drilled in the minds of the Children of Coronac
from the day they were born. This made
it hard impossible because the main entry qualification for the Cartel is to
recipt the Cartel Motto " The mightier we are the more control we
have. The more we get under our reign
soon we will be Kings and Queens of the Galaxy.
The way to do this is through death to our enemies. Which is only gained
by trusting in our Cartel Brotherhood because the Brotherhood of the Cartel is
the only ally, everyone else is an enemy, and must be taken over, and if the
refuse, destroyed because Cartel dominance is the only way to live." The spies kept getting caught and killed
because of the Motto and the right of Succession. The right of Succession was a clause in the
Cartel code that stated that all members can prove that there parents were
Cartel members or that any ancestor or relative is or was involved in the Cartel
or that the family has always voted for the Cartel from the day of the forming
(the Cartels beginning in 3007 on Coronac).
A few managed to get in but were executed when they were found of
sending information of the planet about the Cartel. Therefore no valuable information was ever
received.
The Cartel on
the other hand had great success in infiltrating
the Alliance
to find out what was going on, and even found out the names of spies on Coronac
and because of this ordered there execution.
They even let in some members of the Alliance and then planned
accidental deaths for them.
The planets
that were under Cartel control formed rebel groups. The groups started to plot against the Cartel
in old abandoned shipping Building Yards near Omarka. From these meetings they formed the Outlier
Federation. The Federation was formed
because as it seemed to them the Inner Sanctum did not care about the Outer
Worlds and all laws favoured the Inner Sanctum.
The one thing
they needed to do was rally the support of the people since the Cartel monitored
or controlled all the key Communication sytems of the Outer Worlds. Therefore they had to resort to the old
fashioned method of word of mouth. The
Cartel knew nothing of it until it became street bound. The Cartel overseer of the Outer Worlds didn't
want any of his men or leaders to order executions on the ralliers. He ordered this because he did not want any
Martyrs to be formed. The Cartel rep on
Omarka went against the order and ordered his men to execute the rallier as he
was speaking in the Capital City of Dorval.
The Omarka rallier subsequently became a Martyr as feared(Sal-Soronat
was the rallier).
The Cartel
believed that the ralliers were having no effect, on the masses, because in a
poll that was taken on all planets after the Assassination of Sal-Soronat. The poll showed that 95% of the people were
in favour of Cartel rule. However the
Cartel did not know the native languages of the worlds nor did they try to
learn. Since the rallies were held in
the native languages the people were told in all cases until the proper time
pledge allegiance to the Cartel always.
The ralliers
plan worked because when the time came the Cartel did not expect the shocking
blow of the massive underground armies that had formed. They knocked out Cartel Military stations and
took back key communication sites on all planets. The main shock to the Cartel was the strength
of the believed to be anti-army planet of Selestra. The Selestran army managed to take back their
capital city and kick the Cartel of the Planet.
Even though
the Cartel had a small force on Selestra it was the best asset of the Outer
Worlds because it was the center planet.
The Selestra
people had always had a massive army but do to government laws on the
planet. Which stated "that the army
is a secret to other worlds and is to only be used if negotiations are obvious
to fail".
The Cartel
government from Selestra returned to Coronac to tell the Cartel leader of the
uprisings in the Outer Worlds. Upon
arriving on Coronac the leaders of the Cartel Selestra division were executed.
The planet
Selestra became the safe haven and center for the Outlier Federation. News of the Cartels growing losses and the
Outer Federations growing wins reached the Inner Sanctum. They sent reinforcements and supplies to help
the Outer Worlds. The key clause
established by the Inter-Galactic Council when setting up Planetary Councils
said was a must finally worked in the Corontha System. The clause read as follows " All planets
in a self fulfilling system are to help each other against a common enemy and
even one planet falls out of line all other planets are to rally against the
oppressor".
The Cartel was
finally driven off the planets and from information gained from captured Cartel
Soldiers and leaders the Cartel was slowly torn apart. The Planetary Council put ships in orbit
around Coronac to monitor the planet and to aid in rounding up Cartel leaders
and supporters. The leaders and
supporters were taken before a Tribune of members from each planet.
The Cartel was
disbanded after several years of Trials and years of imprisonment for the
people of Coronac.
Also as a
result of the Civil Wars. The Inner Sanctum and Outlier Federation agreed the
two bodies would remain as key governing facilities, and that two members and
the Overseer and a Senate elected by the people would represent the planets on
Coronat.
Within each
body each planet would have One Hundred elected officials representing their
planet and who would report to the ambassador for the Planetary Council. All laws for the system had to be passed by
the Senate with a 75% majority.
Ten years
after the revolution Coronac was granted amnesty and the right to have their
own representatives in the Inner Sanctum.
