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Heliostatic Coalition

Other Names: HC, True SolFed Related Lore: Lore:Space, Lore:Sol Languages: Sol CommonAnd when contact was established, the Admiral waved at the screen and said, "Mi parolas la lingvon de la Homines!" - I speak the language of Mankind. A simplified mix of Esperanto and Modern Latin, and the only recognized official language of the Sol Federation. This peculiar constructed language became popular during SolFed's earliest days, and was almost entirely overtaken by other popular tongues - it became widespread through heavy-handed political maneuvering with the help of corporate bureaucrats and other undesirables. Nowadays, it's a near-universal tongue and a must-know for any sentient being that plans to leap forward into space. Contributors: Template:Contributor/Stalkeros, OwegnoOwegno., Template:Contributor/JPDelta, Template:Contributor/goldenfreddycl

Heliostatic Coalition

The Heliostatic Coalition is an interplanetary organization centered on assisting its member states in surviving the harsh perils of surviving in our universe and thriving within the regions of space that they occupy. Physically occupied regions quite far from the Orion arm, their territory is closer to the Nova Sector then it is Sol Federation territory. The members of this coalition are representatives of various cultures and communities, both human and alien, but all brought together under the banner of unity as dreamt of in the earliest days of the Sol Federation.

History

In the decades following the arrival of the Mothic peoples and hot off the boom of cries for UnificationismA movement to abandon or minimize existing human nations and unite under a single banner. Ironically, the movement itself was highly disjoint, with coteries pushing for mutually exclusive omni-governments, ranging from a single unitary state to a broad federation. across the Sol sector, an explosion of new settlement groups set to the stars in search of new lands and new opportunities. These movements, however bold and wonderful, were shortsighted. Expeditionary ships sent from the Sol sector landed, expecting secondary ships containing proper colonists. However, for one reason or another, this second wave never came, or when the second wave did arrive, these second waves were not what these fledgling colonies needed to achieve the modern sophistication of their Sol sector counterparts. All together, contact with Sol is lost, and soon, the colonists would realize they were alone.

What followed for each colony varied. From planet to planet, system to system, the struggles varied. But every colony struggled greatly. With only enough supplies to establish the groundwork for a greater colony, many settlers were forced to begin long-term survival efforts. Food was scarce, as farmers were forced to compete with unpredictable environmental conditions and a vast array of pathogens decimating their crops. Many colonists had brought advanced equipment. However, few of these colonists would know how to maintain this equipment, much less make new ones, with the industrial precision that made these tools so effective. It was enough to give the colonists a head start, but effectively, the colonists were reduced to pre-industrial methods.

Colonies would form around the landed colony ships. These colony ships, acting as community centers, emergency shelters, or fortresses, depending on the needs of the time, would slowly fall into disrepair as the knowledge and equipment needed to maintain them faded and failed. Hope, however, was not lost. The people of these colonies were not crushed under the weight of their circumstances but instead raised by their dreams of Unificationism and accelerated by limited post-industrial knowledge. Over time, slowly through blood, sweat, and tears, sources of coal and then oil were located. Post-industrial factories were established, communities sometimes led by noble families descended from captains of these great colony ships were formed, other communities formed councils and miniature democracies, and a niche within the inhospitable environment was carved inch by inch.

Finally, many years later, limited space travel is redeveloped, and the people of these colonies begin to spread to their neighboring planets, then even neighboring solar bodies. Contact between colonies is made and dreams of Unificationism are reignited. Still, out of contact with their counterparts in Sol, these colonies band together out of a need for survival. Together, they form the Heliostatic Coalition, bolstering each other to survive and establish stable, thriving communities among their united territories.

Their foundation was well established, and they began to expand further and further till, finally, the coalition began to encounter spacers from the Sol Federation 200 years after having lost contact. Initially, the idea of reconnecting with their lost kin brought jubilation. However, as information about their distant cousins trickled back, the celebration turned to disappointment. The Sol Federation had become more divided than ever, and so it was with great sadness that when a Sol Federation envoy extended an offer for the Heliostatic Coalition to rejoin the Sol Federation as a member state, the coalition declined.

This begins the period of tension between the two states that has boiled for approximately a hundred and fifty years. While this period is most compared to a cold war, this is not a time with out cooperation. The most prominent example was material support sent to SolFed during the Rimward War prior to their direct involvement. During the last few years of the conflict, the Heliostatic Coalition properly declared war on the Void Imperium, assisting SolFed forces in liberating some of the Rimward Frontier. This recent cooperation has served to ease tension between the two sides, with some hoping for a form of detente, and possibly a full blown alliance to resist future Voidgrown aggression.

Pre-Foundation Era (Late 22nd – Early 23rd Century)

• 2215–2250: Following the First Great Interstellar Migration, dozens of colony ships sponsored by Eastern European and Central Asian blocs depart Sol. Many are lost due to navigation errors, mechanical failure, or sabotage.
• 2250–2300: Surviving colonies establish footholds on marginal worlds. Contact with Sol is lost during the political upheavals of the early Sol Federation. These “Lost Colonies” enter a period of technological regression, clinging to fragmented knowledge and makeshift industry.
• 2300–2350: A “Dark Age” ensues. Colonies fracture into isolated enclaves, some ruled by hereditary captain-dynasties, others by communal councils. Trade is limited to sub-light speeds; conflict over resources is common.
• 2350–2400: Slow re-emergence of inter-system travel via refurbished STL vessels. First contact between surviving colonies rekindles dreams of unity. The Kiev Concordat (2398) forms between three systems, laying the groundwork for the Coalition.

Foundation & Expansion (2400–2500)

• 2405: The Heliostatic Compact is signed by twelve systems, formally establishing the Coalition. Capital is established on Vistula, the first colonized planet renowned for its rainy climate.
• 2410–2450: Rapid industrial and military consolidation. The Department of Development is created to uplift struggling members.
• 2470–2480: Coalition observers witness the [[Lore:Tiziro-Terran War from afar. Debates rage over intervention; in the end, neutrality is maintained, but military readiness is increased.
• 2490: First official contact with SolFed envoys. The Coalition declines membership, citing ideological divergenceSolFed got shitty. and SolFed's internal decay.

Modern Era (2500–Present)

• 2545–2559: The Rimward War. The Coalition initially provides material support to SolFed, then enters the war directly in 2550. Coalition troops prove highly effective in grinding, attritional campaigns.
• 2559–Present: A tense detenteThe easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries. As seen in the common phrase, "A tense detente with SolFed." with SolFed. The Coalition focuses on internal development, border security against Void Imperium remnants, and integrating newer members.

Culture

The coalition members are a varied number of states, all with a wide variety of backgrounds that are difficult to pin down to one specific culture. However, a large number of their citizens are human, and a large number of these humans trace their roots back to the eastern half of Europe. It would belittle other ethnic groups to point to just one and claim them as the source, with citizens finding ancestry in Slavic, Celtic, Tatar, and even Macedonian roots. While some communities still observe religious traditions from their native homes, many have also combined their ways with those of their neighbors. Others still have to move past these cultural traditions, abandoning them outright or making new ones. With the integration of new species into the fold, further expansion of their cultural practices occurred.

Many historians draw thematic parallels between the coalition’s method, approaches, and historic Sol Federation policy. Prior to the First Great Migration, well before large-scale expansion and integration took hold, the coalition methods and styles of approaching issues were similar to the ‘old’ Sol Federation before large-scale expansion and integration of many new member states began. As mentioned previously, UnificationA movement to abandon or minimize existing human nations and unite under a single banner. Ironically, the movement itself was highly disjoint, with coteries pushing for mutually exclusive omni-governments, ranging from a single unitary state to a broad federation. is still a hot topic or, in the minds of the average citizens, a uniting goal. While many still long to reconnect with their distant cousins in the Sol Federation, there is a deep sense of betrayal. The people of the coalition had to fight tooth and nail to maintain what they had but stayed true to their values, while the people of the Sol Federation seem to have abandoned them.

Government

The Heliostatic Coalition’s legislation matters are handled by the Chamber of Legislation located in the capital. This governmental body comprises elected representatives of each member state whose population or industrial advancement and population sustainment have reached a specified capacity outlined in the Chamber of Legislation’s member charter. These officials are designated by their respective populations. Most hold local elections. Each member is assigned one vote within the Greater Chamber of Legislation. Once a year, a guide of the Chamber of Legislation is elected by his or her peers through a vote of greater than sixty percent. This person is stripped of their position of representative and is hereby solely the guide of the Chamber of Legislation. In their stead, a new representative will be elected shortly to fill their vacated seat.

The Greater Chamber of Legislation will vote on all legislative matters, enact changes to the Charter of Law, order military actions, and allocate funds to projects or efforts, among other responsibilities and powers.

Those who have joined the Coalition within the last two to five years or whose population and society have not developed to the degree for them to meet the capacity outlined in the Chamber of Legislation’s member charter are assigned to the Lower Chamber of Legislation. Those members who have recently joined are in an evaluation period, where their communities are having a census conducted by the Department of Development’s census officers. They will determine what the community needs to continue developing and what areas it does not need assistance in, and make recommendations to the Greater Chamber of Legislation as to whether to immediately elevate the evaluated member to the Greater Chamber of Legislation or to keep them in the Lower Chamber of Legislation.

Those members who the Greater Chamber of Legislation determines to have failed to meet the guidelines of the charter will be assisted by the Department of Development and are under legislative contract to make all necessary and possible efforts to further their colony's development to meet charter guidelines. If the member meets these guidelines, the Greater Chamber of Legislation will elect to elevate that member to the Greater Chamber of Legislation.

Failure to do so is rare as the Department of Development is given a wide array of resources to assist. But if they do fail to meet the Department’s expectations within the allotted time frame, the member will be placed up for review by the Greater Chamber of Legislation, who will elect a ‘Big Brother’ member to assume assistance and authority to continue development efforts until such time as the lesser member reaches the expected guidelines. This outcome is rare and considered a last resort. While in the past abuse has been seen, the Greater Chamber of Legislation has been quick to reign in such abuses as it goes directly against the mission of the Heliostatic Coalition and the culture of the Coalition.

The Lower Chamber of Legislation is led by a guide elected from the Greater Chamber of Legislation. Together, these members of the lower chamber can pool their opinions into the cost of one vote as part of the Greater Chamber of Legislation.

Astrography

The Heliostatic Coalition’s territory is located in the Orion Arm, trailing many light years behind the Sol Federation's nearest colony. They are significantly closer to the Nova Sector than they are to the Sol Sector. They, however, are much closer to Void Imperium territory and frequently have disputes with Imperium forces over this.

Stratified Member States

The Coalition is divided into three tiers based on development, political influence, and security.

Core-worlds

The heart of the Coalition —Nanotoft Words auto-corrects to this character, and it is not a psychosomatic artifact of an article written by a subsapient Synthetic learning algorithm. highly developed, politically dominant, and heavily fortified.

Vistula

Type: Terraformed Continental World, Orbiting Zvirdnya"[or however that star they're orbiting was called I forgot]" - SolFed Bureau of People's top astrographer
Population: ~50 billion
Description: The capital world and political center. Heavily urbanized, with vast arcologies and administrative complexes. Home to the Chamber of Legislation and the Central Command of the Coalition Armed Forces. Life here is orderly, prosperous, and intensely bureaucratic. Political maneuvering among Coreworld elites is common, often stalling reform.
Notable Trait: The Vistulan Administrative Caste — hereditary bureaucrats who dominate the Coalition's civil service.

Mid-worlds

The "backbone" of the Coalition — self-sufficient, diverse, and bearing the bulk of its industrial and cultural output.

Krasnyy Poyas

Type: Industrialized Asteroid Belt (same system as Vistula)
Population: ~900 million (distributed across habitats)
Description: The Coalition's primary shipbuilding and manufacturing hub. A patchwork of corporate holdings, state-run yards, and worker cooperatives. Known for its strong unions and occasional labor disputes. Life is hard but dignified; tradition blends with innovation.
Notable Trait: The Belt-Singers — a cultural movement that uses industrial soundscapes as musical and spiritual expression.

Rim-worlds

Frontier territories — dangerous, underdeveloped, but rich in resources and opportunity.

Ganymede-6

(Recently acquired system; uses standard stellar body designation)
Type: Ice World with Subsurface Oceans
Population: ~120 million
Description: A harsh mining and research colony. The surface is frozen; the population lives in pressurized habitats beneath the ice sheet, harvesting rare minerals, including the subsurface plasma ocean, and studying unique cryo-flora. Law enforcement is minimal; corporate security and local militias handle most disputes.
Notable Trait: Purple Snow — vast amounts of plasma in the planet's atmosphere condensed into a solid form, caused by human intervention; and subsequent plasma geysers. Layered atop the thick ice crust.

Foreign Relations

For the most part, the Heliostatic Coalition retains an amicable relationship with its neighbors and has been able to stay that way since becoming a major player on the galactic stage. While trade with the two governments is permitted, travel between them is heavily monitored, and some Coalition goods are outlawed in Sol Federation territory. This is primarily a conflict of influence, with recent years seeing certain young Coalition members, specifically those frustrated with the procedures of the Chamber of Legislation, abandoning the Coalition in favor of membership with the Federation.

Sol Federation

Most military interactions end in a standstill with no exchange of weapons, and at worst, are sites of chest beating and length measuring. The exception to this was an encounter shortly following the official announcement of the Coalition's refusal to join the Federation. A Federation military transport shuttle entered the Coalition’s territory for three days and had to be forcefully asked to withdraw, with Sol Federation military commanders citing the Coalition’s actions as reasonable and appropriate.

The most recent action to note is, of course the joint operation between Sol Federation and Heliostatic Coalition military forces to engage at the time rapidly growing threat of the Void Imperium. The coordinated military forces were enough to expel Void Imperium vessels or destroy them. Since then, all sides have returned to their original boundaries waiting for the next move.

Creating Your HC Citizen

The Heliostatic Coalition is more than "Space Russians." It is a tapestry of survivalist cultures, ideological rigor, and layered identity. Use the following prompts to build a character with depth.

《 Core-world Native 》
You grew up in the heart of the Coalition. Perhaps the Commonwealth of Zvirdnyn Dominions, perhaps directly on Vistula herself.
Standard-Issue Questions
Heritage: Did your family serve in the Administration, Military, or Corporate Sector? Did they not?
Lessers: How do you view Midworlders and Rimworlders? Kin, inferiors, partners?
Loyalty: Are you a loyalist, loyal to the idea of a unified monolithic populace; a reformist, striving for utmost individualism; or quietly disillusioned?
Speech: Do you carry the polished accent of Vistula, or force a rougher dialect to seem more "authentic"?

《 Mid-world Worker 》
You come from the industrial or agricultural backbone of the Coalition.
Social Bonding - Small Talk
How you contribute: What trade did you learn? Are you a machinist, farmer, medic, or artist?
Your community: Is your community tight-knit or fractured by class divides?
Resentment: Have you ever participated in a strike or protest? What was the outcome?
Do you know your place? Do you take pride in "keeping the lights on," or do you resent Coreworld privilege?

《 Rim-world Survivor 》
You were born on the edge of civilization, where the Coalition's reach is thin.
Survival Checklist
Threat: What dangers shaped your childhood — pirates, harsh climate, corporate exploitation?
Relief: Do you see the Coalition as a protector, an occupier, or a distant bureaucracy?
Do the needful: What skills did you learn to stay alive? Hunting, salvage, hacking, diplomacy?
Escape? Do you dream of moving coreward, or do you cherish the freedom of the frontier?

《 Integrated Alien 》
You or your ancestors were incorporated into the Coalition — willingly or otherwise.
Survival Checklist
You are your people, now and forevermore. Which species are you? How did your people come to join the Coalition?
Have you abandoned your people, now and forevermore? Are you fully assimilated, or do you maintain distinct traditions?
Have you found a new people, now and forevermore? Do you face acceptance from human counterparts?
Are you useful, now and forevermore? Do you serve in a specialized role (e.g., Teshari scouts, Tajaran engineers)?

《 Veteran of the Rimward War 》
You fought alongside -or against- SolFed forces.
Debriefing
Glory: Were you proud to serve, or do you despise the idea of 'sanitised, sterile' warfare?
Camradare: How do you view SolFed soldiers now? With respect, bitterness, or indifference?
Casualty: Do you bear physical or psychological scars from the war?
Politick: Do you support closer ties with SolFed, or deeper isolation?

Footer: Guide to Playing an HC Citizen

DO:

• Embrace the Coalition's quasi-collectivist ethos — your character likely prioritizes group survival over individual glory, even if only as a subconscious idea.
• Reflect the stratified society in your speech, manners, and worldview. Core-world citizens would likely be well-spoken; rim-worlders use
• Draw inspiration from Eastern European, Asian, South American, Siberian and cultures — but blend them with space-age pragmatism.
• Consider how your homeworld shaped your skills, prejudices, and dreams.

DON'T:

• Reduce the Coalition to a Soviet, Russian, or other modern world stereotype. It is a multi-species, multi-ideological, multi-polity entity, divided by a five hundred year old and several light years wide gap. One planet could be a republic; orbiting megastation a corporation-ran meritocracy-or-something.
• Ignore the tension between Core-world efficiency and Rim-world resilience.
• Overlook the Coalition's internal politics — corruption, idealism, and reform are all in play.
• Forget that your character may have never seen a human from SolFed until arriving in the Nova Sector.

Remember: The Heliostatic Coalition is a society forged in isolation and struggle. Its people are proud, pragmatic, and deeply layered. Whether you are a bureaucrat from Vistula, a miner from Ganymede-6, or any sapient species integrated into the Coalition, your story is part of a larger tapestry of survival and solidarity.

Work in Progress: Footer subject to change at a moment's notice. Do not take a red link's presence, struck-through or otherwise, as confirmation (or denial) of their canonicity.

Nova Sector Lore
	Common Species	Humans, Tiziran, Unathi, Moths, Ethereals, Azulae, Slime Hybrids, Teshari, Synthetic Humanoids (and assorted robots), Pod Persons, Hemophages, Xenomorphic Hybrid,
	Other Species	Genemodders (Felinids, Ice Walkers, Dwarf), Ashwalkers, Snailpersons, Ordoht (Formerly Skrell), Plasmamen, Flypeople, Vox (Primalis et al), Tajaran, Vulpkanin, Rouges (Abductorkin), Miscellaneous Species, Dullahans, Employee Golems, Changelings
	Nanotrasen	Nanotrasen, Central Command, Emergency Response Corps
	External Groups	The Syndicate (Gorlex, Tiger Cooperative, DS-2, Syndicate Manifestos), The Spider Clan, Interdyne Pharmaceutics, Cargo, The Void Imperium, Heliostatic Coalition (HCAFHeliostatic Coalition Armed Forces, CZDCommonwealth of Zvirdnyn Dominions, KMIFKemppainen-Morozov Industrial Fabrication),
	Nova	The Nova Sector, IndecipheresLavaland, volcanic mining place., FreyjaIcebox and Snowglobe station frozen moon., BoletusSerenity Mushroomoon.
	Concepts	Bluespace, Plasma, Faster Than Light Travel, Resonance ("Souls"), Death
	SolFed	SolFed, Sol in 2565, The SolFed Armed Forces