Lore:MECU
 Magellanic Economic Corporate Union |
Other Names: MECU |
PRIORITY: Artificial Bluespace
Mecu, otherwise known as the Magellanic economic corporate union is one of the newer factions to 'invite' itself back into the reach of the Solar Federation, existing in a limbo-state between corporatocracy, and militocracy, with somewhat above average living standards, assuming you get a good contract. As the name implies, their core-worlds are very close to the Magellanic Clouds.
History
Founded 2215 under the name: “Magellanic Corporation for Large Scale Production” by various wealthy business’ and corporate conglomerates, wanting to get away from SolFed's past, they set off during the first great migration, but by either a stroke of luck, or a horrible mistake, their engines failed to restart, leaving them far from being able to make the trip back. In the 'downtime' they suddenly found themselves in, they put all their focus into industrializing, and improving what they had to work with.
Even though the original founders grew old, they also fell into the cycle of 'improving what they had to work with,' leading to them taking any-and-all-means to extend their lives... despite the cost.
Merchant Age
Scientific Age
The Golden Age
The 2320s saw new paradigms in starship design, greatly increasing the range and speed of bluespace travel. Fewer records of this period exist than the First Great Migration, as significantly more interests rapidly surged forth to settle new stars, far more than SolFed could track, let alone police. The lawless expansion thrived in the chaos, breeding numerous disputes and minor conflicts. While SolFed's frantic scrambling managed to prevent overt, direct wars between member states, lesser disputes and subterfuge dominated galactic norms until the late 2460s, as member borders once again grew too large to meaningfully defend, physically or ideologically.
In this period of toothless migration, approximately 2470, outright war breaks out between SolFed and Tizira as Tizirans attack several corewardCloser to the center of the Milky Way, not closer to the center of SolFed. South-east, if space were two-dimensional. SolFed member states. The realities of actual war further inflame SolFed's infighting, sparking new rivalries and irritating existing ones, even with the live conflicts isolated to a small stretch of borders.
Today, SolFed strains and buckles between the rivalries of conflicting Cliques, and the festering cracks and blooming rot are becoming harder to hide. SolFed's long-term viability grows increasingly in doubt, stagnation and self-interest the paints to an increasingly bleak picture.
Internal Workings
Expansion Age
Bluespace Technology
The Love of Diamonds.
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| Common Species | Humans, Tiziran, Unathi, Moths, Ethereals, Azulae, Slime Hybrids, Teshari, Synthetic Humanoids (and assorted robots), Pod Persons |
| Other Species | Genemodders (Felinids, Ice Walkers, Dwarf), Ashwalkers, Hemophages, Snailpersons, Ordoht (Formerly Skrell), Plasmamen, Flypeople, Vox (Primalis et al), Tajaran, Vulpkanin, Xenomorphic Hybrid, Rouges (Abductorkin), Miscellaneous Species |
| Nanotrasen | Nanotrasen, Central Command, Emergency Response Corps |
| External Groups | The Syndicate, Interdyne Pharmaceutics, DS-2, Cargo, The Spider Clan |
| Nova | The Nova Sector, Indecipheres, Freyja |
| Concepts | Bluespace, Plasma, Faster Than Light Travel, Resonance ("Souls"), Death |
| SolFed | SolFed, Earth in 2565, |
