The Solar Republic

The Solar Republic, also simply referred to as The Republic, is one of the two main successor states of The Society, founded by the Sons of Ares after The Rising seized control of Luna following the death of Sovereign Octavia au Lune. It is humanity's first attempt at demokratic government in over seven hundred years, and is responsible for about 10 billion people across the inner solar system.

Background[]

The Solar Republic was formed in late 743 or early 744 PCE in the aftermath of Virginia au Augustus ascending as Sovereign after The Fall of Luna. The government apparatuses of The Society on Luna, Earth, and Mars were restructured in order to give greater freedom and political power to lower Colors, weaken the grip that Gold held on military power, and dismantle the Society's hierarchy.

Dominion[]

The territory of the Solar Republic is centered around Earth, Mars, their respective moons, and the Asteroid Belt. The government of the Republic was headquartered on Luna in the city of Hyperion for most of its history until 754 PCE, when the Sovereign Augustus was forced to evacuate to Mars in the aftermath of the Day of Red Doves. From 743 to 753 PCE, the Republic gradually secured control of Ceres, along with Eros and other asteroids in the inner belt as they battled the forces of the Society Remnant for control of The Core.

In 751 PCE, the Republic attempted to expand into the innermost planets and briefly secured dominion over Mercury following an Iron Rain in July 753. However, the Republic gradually lost its hold on the planet after a series of battles between November 753 and February 754 that ultimately resulted in the Society Remnant retaking the planet after The Long Night in February 754.

Population[]

The Solar Republic has a total population of around 10 billion souls divided across Luna, Mars, Earth, and the Belt.^{^[1]^[2]}

In 753 PCE, Luna has a total population of about 3 billion.^{^[3]} The population of Coppers in the Republic is ten times that of Silvers.^{^[4]}

Government[]

The Republic attempts to govern fairly by having senators of all Colors participate in the Senate. Order is kept through using the Wardens. The Republic is led by a democratically elected Sovereign with 4-year long terms of service. The Senate is represented by ten senators of each color having a total of 140 senators, all of whom wear white togas as the uniform of their office.

In 753 PCE the Senate is divided between two political parties, the Optimates, led by Daxo au Telemanus, and the Vox Populi, founded by Dancer O'Faran. The Copper and Obsidian senators form their own independent voting blocs. In the first decade after the Republic's founding, political affiliation was primarily based on color tribalism, but shifted between 753 and 754 to planetary nationalism.^{^[5]}

The highest court in the Republic judicial system operates from the Moonhall, located on the grounds of the Citadel in Hyperion.^{^[6]^[7]}

Republic Intelligence Bureau[]

The Republic government gathers and analyzes intelligence on events and people within its domain and beyond via the Republic Intelligence Bureau, also referred to as the Starhall Intelligence Bureau or Starhall,^{^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]} presumably after its primary headquarters.^{^[12]}

Military[]

Army[]

There are at least twenty-four legions within the Republic army, many of which are grouped together as part of the Republic Expeditionary Force, commonly known as the Free Legions, which contains most of the Republic's main offensive forces. There are around 10 million soldiers in the Free Legions, consisting primarily of Martians, while Lunese and Terrans more commonly serve in the defense forces.^{^[5]} Divisions of the Republic army include:

The 2^nd Legion, known as the Terran Blacksmiths, under the command of Imperator Cadus Harnassus
The 4^th Legion, one of the legions which fought in the Rat War.
The 7^th Legion, known as the Pegasus Legion, under the personal command of ArchImperator Darrow O'Lykos.
The 8^th Legion, fought to liberate Earth
The 15^th Legion, known as the Helldiver Legion, the Republic's first armored cavalry division.
The 17^th Legion
The 23^rd Legion
The 24^th Legion, an armored cavalry division.^{^[13]}
The Rat legion, known to wear rat skulls around there necks. is one of the legions that compose the Free Legions.
Haemanthus Legion
Hawk Legion

Navy[]

After the founding of the Republic, the ships of the Red Armada and the Rising's Gold allies were reorganized into the Solar Republic Navy (abbreviated SRN), which was then divided into several major subdivisions.

Numbered fleets of the Solar Republic Navy include:

1^st fleet - Commanded by Imperator Orion xe Aquarii (743-754 PCE)
- Ships of the 1^st Fleet include:
  - Spirit of Lykos
  - Hope of Tinos
  - Echo of Ragnar
2^nd fleet - Under the personal command of ArchImperator O'Lykos
- Ships of the 2^nd Fleet include:
  - Morning Star
  - Echo of Ares
4^th Fleet - serves as the defensive fleet for Mars, Phobos, and Deimos.

There are presumably at least three other fleets of the Solar Republic Navy whose numbers have yet to be confirmed:

The defensive fleet for Luna, consisting of at least three hundred warships commanded by Imperator Zan.^{^[14]^[15]}
The defensive fleet for Earth, destroyed in March 754 by the combined forces of The Rim and the Society Remnant.^{^[16]}
At least one defensive fleet for the Asteroid Belt.

The defensive fleets for Luna and Earth make up the Home Guard, which protects the political center of the Republic against invasion from the Society Remnant.

The 4^th Fleet and the defensive fleet(s) for the Asteroid Belt make up the Ecliptic Guard, responsible for defending Mars from invasion and guarding against incursions in the Belt by the Society Remnant or Rim Dominion.

The White Fleet, the naval force of the Free Legions, consists of the First and Second fleets,^{^[17]} as well as detachments of the Home Guard and the 4^th Fleet that were reassigned by ArchImperator O'Lykos during the Siege of Mercury.^{^[17]^[18]} There are at least four hundred starships in the White Fleet, with the ships from the Home Guard accounting for approximately fifty percent.^{^[19]}

Ships of the Solar Republic Navy whose fleet affiliation is unknown include:

Dejah Thoris - the personal flagship of Sovereign Virginia au Augustus.
Persephone's Howl
Shout of Mykos
Dancer of Faran
Cry of Thebes
Evening Tide
Pandemonium
Reynard

Ships of the Solar Republic Navy are constructed and repaired at the Julii-Sun Dockyards on Phobos.^{^[20]^[21]}

Skyhall[]

Skyhall appears to be the headquarters of the Solar Republic armed forces, and is responsible for providing logistical support to its legions and navy. It controls the launch codes to the Republic's nuclear arsenal,^{^[6]} finances research and development into new military technology,^{^[22]} and maintains census records of captured prisoners of war.^{^[23]^[24]} Skyhall has its own dedicated force of military officers and ship captains.^{^[21]}

Military Honors[]

Two military awards are known have be given to Republic military veterans as a commendation for their service.

A platinum rat pendant awarded to veterans of the Rat Legion.
A white fist pendant awarded to soldiers who fought in the liberation of Earth.

Economy[]

Education[]

Children are taught in mixed-color groups from a young age.^{^[25]}

Beginning in 749 PCE, military pilots undergo training at the Darkstar Conservatory, a training academy founded on Mars by Orion xe Aquarii. The sigil of the school is a blue trident piercing a cracking golden planet on a field of black. The school building is a perfect black sphere, and was constructed south of Agea to train the next generations of ripWing aces, destroyer captains, and torchShip daredevils.^{^[26]}

Culture[]

Religion[]

As in the Society, there are no official religions in the Solar Republic. However, the religious practices of individual colors are more openly practiced, such as the Obsidians' worship of the Norse gods and Reds' belief in The Vale and The Old Man who shepherds the the souls of the departed to it from the living world. With the abolition of The Society's hierarchy within its domain, belief in The Old Man and the Vale has spread to other colors.^[27]

Many citizens of the Republic also deify key figures of The Rising, such as Darrow O'Lykos and Ragnar Volarus, while others deify Octavia au Lune's lost heir Lysander.^{^[28]}

Language[]

Entertainment[]

Organizations[]

Notes and References[]

↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 11
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 68
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 07
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 20
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Dark Age, Chapter 20
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Dark Age, Chapter 53
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 54
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 10
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 27
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 47
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 26
↑ Since Dark Age indicates that Moonhall, Sunhall, and Skyhall are all physical locations on Luna, the same is likely true for Starhall
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 30
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 19
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 19 refers to one hundred ships as "less than a third of Luna's fleet."
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 92
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Iron Gold, Chapter 10
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 18
↑ Dark Age consistently established that roughly half of the Republic fleet was recalled back to Luna. In chapter 18, Virginia references the Senate recalling "the Home Guard elements of the White Fleet", referred to the destroyed half of the White Fleet as "two hundred of your ships of war destroyed," and mentions forty-five Blue captains of the Echo of Ares' battlegroup, implying that the battle group consisted of forty-four other warships.
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 18
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 Dark Age, Chapter 91
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 62
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 61
↑ Dark Age, Chapter 79
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 02
↑ Light Bringer, Chapter 14
↑ Dark Age features a Violet telling Virginia that he prays to the Old Man in the Vale for Darrow and for her.
↑ Iron Gold, Chapter 02

[1] Iron Gold, Chapter 11

[2] Dark Age, Chapter 68

[3] Iron Gold, Chapter 07

[4] Dark Age, Chapter 20

[:0-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Dark Age, Chapter 20

[:4-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Dark Age, Chapter 53

[7] Dark Age, Chapter 54

[:1-8] Iron Gold, Chapter 10

[9] Iron Gold, Chapter 27

[10] Iron Gold, Chapter 47

[11] Dark Age, Chapter 26

[12] Since Dark Age indicates that Moonhall, Sunhall, and Skyhall are all physical locations on Luna, the same is likely true for Starhall

[13] Iron Gold, Chapter 30

[14] Dark Age, Chapter 19

[15] Dark Age, Chapter 19 refers to one hundred ships as "less than a third of Luna's fleet."

[16] Dark Age, Chapter 92

[:12-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Iron Gold, Chapter 10

[:22-18] Dark Age, Chapter 18

[19] Dark Age consistently established that roughly half of the Republic fleet was recalled back to Luna. In chapter 18, Virginia references the Senate recalling "the Home Guard elements of the White Fleet", referred to the destroyed half of the White Fleet as "two hundred of your ships of war destroyed," and mentions forty-five Blue captains of the Echo of Ares' battlegroup, implying that the battle group consisted of forty-four other warships.

[:2-20] Dark Age, Chapter 18

[:3-21] 21.0 ^21.1 Dark Age, Chapter 91

[22] Dark Age, Chapter 62

[23] Dark Age, Chapter 61

[24] Dark Age, Chapter 79

[25] Iron Gold, Chapter 02

[26] Light Bringer, Chapter 14

[27] Dark Age features a Violet telling Virginia that he prays to the Old Man in the Vale for Darrow and for her.

[28] Iron Gold, Chapter 02

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