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Latest revision as of 17:40, 13 August 2024
A hole has been torn into a research vessel, splintered and fractured metal drifting in space. A Parthenos has knocked the tiny vessel into a massive asteroid, breaking the hull enough to let it in. Before its leech-like mouth can enter the ship, it is driven away by a shard of metal being thrust into it from inside; a sharper than sharp hunk of freshly soldered metal pierces its flesh from inside the mouth. The food pantry has been opened and the Karth crew are welding together and sharpening the scrap from inside, making spears to stab at the beast whenever it draws near. Within a few rounds of stabs the beast has been slain and its stomach harvested. Rare metals are found within its body, making up various organs and skeleton-like structures, but far more fill its belly. This is the tale of Karthenon; a nation with ships that can be rebuilt on the fly, hulls that can be patched back together by hand, and a supply of ammunition as vast as the food supply. For them, to go without resources is to go without food, leading them to achieve what can only be described as 'Universal Arming'. All civilians have access to metal enough that they shall never go hungry or be short of arms, for what is the purpose of progress if it does not serve to ease the troubles of life?
History
The first recorded nation of this people was the All Encompassing Fellowship of the Selltic Ring. The Seltic Ring was the early name for their outer ring at the time. The second and third nations ocurred during the first one's end, thousands of years later; tens of generations, spread across 2 rings, forming their own clans and groups; The 2nd was the Bergen Dynasty. It lasted barely 600 years, a straight line of 4 asexually reproduced rulers who died young. It fell at the end of the First Age, the solar flares' effects on their ring was too much for the nation, the change in geography and the deaths of their Steel-Buds wiped them out to the point of annihilation.
The third nation was the one that lasted longest, the Democracy of Karthag. Karthag lasted halfway through the Third Age, but the threat of the Titanium Terrors grew too massive due to their displacement from the environmental effects of the third age. Their section of the inner ring was scrambled too much, their Steel-Buds wiped out, so they ran out of metal very quickly and had to spread out to find more metal, taking centuries to break through the defenses of Karthag. After they fell, the new nation was the current one: Karthenon. A king was established, Marth of the Third Age. He championed military strength, nearly wiping out the Titanium Terrors. The Steel-Buds were able to prosper in this age and spread enough to bring a massive amount of metal back into their system, enough to revitalize the Titanium Terrors' population.
In the fourth age, the Metallophages prospered and spread as well; the attempts to contain them were overzealous, breeding a strong and resistent strain that soon was able to infect Karths and not just Steel-Buds. This led to doctors and medics, researching their own bodies and the Metallophages. Once they reached a level where they had control over the metallophage threat, they transitioned into scientific research, of the wider universe; this led to their realization that there was more to the world, that they had more to see, pushing them to the outer universe. At the start of the 5th age, they were able to predict and observe the solar flares from their intrasystem ships for the first time in their history. When they discovered that planets could be habitated, they began theorizing on normal life, how it would manage to survive in the strange 'atmosphere' that plagued most planets. Upon learning that this life was real, they desperately sought knowledge of these people. All the while they've been planting Steel-Buds and the Metallophages that go with them on every asteroid field they can find in the hopes that even the ones lacking in metal might someday become habitable for their people.
Government
Political System
Every ring is divided into 10 regions. They are each governed by a 'Pillar', a Karth elected by the people from a select group of individuals who graduated the Pillar Academy. Those not picked work beneath a Pillar as public servants. One leader, the geneological line of king Minos, has ruled as Emperor for over 800 years. The Emperor controls the military and all Pillars, at least until Karthenon reached the point of colonizing other rings. Each ring has now an 'Obelisk' at its center, controlling the Pillars and reporting to the Emperor directly. Pillars vote which of them will ascend to the position of Obelisk, but their final vote counts equally to any one of the 10 rings(11 votes for 10 options). In the event of a tie the Emperor makes the decision between the tied parties.
Legal System
Cruel punishment(purposefully inflicting harm/death) has been abolished, and prisons are completely focused on rehabilitation of the individual and preventing the socioeconomic factors that led to their criminal activities.
Military
A series of Parthenos hunting ships that have been repurposed for ship-to-ship combat. They fight primarily through projectile weaponry, unique in this fact as the many(smaller) ships in their military use energy weapons and limited energy shielding, their hull in segment to allow easy repairs on the fly.
Society
Social Structure
All persons are equal through enforcement, Pillars and Obelisks are not given special treatment beyond protection from citizens they ire with their decisions; the Pillars, Obelisks, and Emperor are the most despised and blamed individuals, seeing as any misery allowed to befall the citizens is the direct cause of any action or inaction taken by these individuals.
Culture
Nearly all choose to live within cities and towns, but there are a significant number who choose to live in the wilds, on untamed asteroids.
Religion
There is a religion centered around self-love. Learning how to make life better and easier for future generations is seen as the core goal of their nation's being.
Economics and Trade
A free flowing economy of metal is needed to keep all citizens well fed; there is a great output of energy technologies and metal. Their highly luminescent biology inspired an early scientific focus into light and other energy technology, leading to greater advancements in energy technology. There are no existing trade routes.