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Jovian LeagueLocation:: The moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Government:: Military Authoritarian
History:: The Jovian league draws its roots from early colonization efforts of old earth. As colonies began to spring up through the moons, earth began calling for resources to sustain itself. At first the Jovians were more than happy as they were just a colony of their home world, earth. As time went on an they became more and more abused, a sort of national pride kicked in and they began a bid for independence. Families of the miners of Jupiter and Saturn began leaving earth which bolstered numbers and the ships they brought seemed to bolster the Jovians resolve. The taxation of heavy metals and gasses began towards earth did not help the situation on earth.
When the Solar war began, the CCZ arrived in large numbers to take over the resource rich moons and machinery that at the time, has been untouched by the war. They were somewhat well received as the Jovians felt like they had some security. The GIU would tear that security down in a heart beat as they arrived in force, causing fighting right in the Jovians living room. As the two fought it out, various colonies were occupied by marines from both sides until the third earth faction arrived. An NAU fleet arrived and for a while, they fought it out but as they began to tire, the Jovians made a move on the occupied colonies, from within. It was luck that the colonies weren't bombed from orbit as they began liberating the worlds, the fleets started receiving word of earths fall and that their war was over and a cease fire was created. The Jovians were now in the middle of a culture war as the earth forces began merging peacefully in to the colonies they once occupied militarily.
At first it was harsh and people didn't trust one another but after two hundred years, the old wounds had healed as the old generations died out. There would still be some finger pointing to this day and the occasional extremist would raise their voice but one thing would always arrive to snuff it out, the Jovian military. Made up of all factions, the military grew into a juggernaut with a sole purpose of not allowing another solar war to ravage the only home these men and women have. Numerous rulers have come and gone but none have ever been allowed to lead without the backing of the military. Some colony leaders have lasted mere days before vanishing or being publicly executed to be sure people to understand how serious they are about their mission, to protect the Jovian League
Culture: Various cultures have taken root in the nation that are traced directly to the old super nations of earth. One dominant belief is shared through them though, the defense of the league itself. There is no one religion that shapes any ideology or any one figurehead that is revered as a grand leader of old. There is an criminal culture that has formed in the bowels of the nation that has formed everything from black market weapons dealers to mere gangs that fight for food.
Military: The Jovian league has put a lot of effort in to space combat as they feel any attack on another world would take considerable ground technology on its own to win a war. This technology is only as good as the soldiers using them so only the strongest people who would be less prone to having 'sea legs' are chosen to be actual navy soldiers so the focus was the ability to attack enemies from above and mop up with highly trained marines. The Jovian ground military is large but is thinly spread and is mostly law enforcement or support units. There are no tracked behemoth tanks but rather hover attack vehicles mounting various types of weapons.
The soldiers of the League are experts in close combat due to most colonies being small and cramped. The downside to this cramped environment is that all armor is light and slender. Bulky armor wont fit in many of the long hallways of some colonies. Usually light metal plates cover the vital areas while fiber armor covers the rest.
The Jovians have a variety of weapons at their disposal. Most weaponry is imported or cheap civilian contractors. There are a number of Jovian military produced weapons but many are too bulky or long for the standard battlefield that the League marines would fight. One successful weapon though, the JL mkII assault rifle is a very mobile sub machine gun more or less but it has a very good range for its class and is very lightweight, something necessary for defending the colonies.
The armored vehicles of the JL are typically light weight but packing decent firepower. They range from wheeled rovers to larger hovertanks but all derive their roots from exploration and utility vehicles.
The navy is where the true might of the League lays. The warships are not usually hulking machines but rather smaller sized, faster and highly maneuverable ships. This has been necessary due to the asteroid rich areas that they patrol. Hulking monster warships have problems navigating the dense asteroids. The Leagues warships also do not have an artificial gravity, rather they save the space and energy for weapons and other systems. The crew can wear magnetic shoes or glide through the hallways which all have hand rails for that purpose.
League scout frigates on patrol
the league focuses on mobility but still has to keep up a true warship in terms of armor. This had led to ships with heavily sloped armor to offset the lack of ultra heavy armor.
Destroyer
Length; 220m
Armaments; Multiple kinetic weapons and lasers. two heavy rail two-gun turrets and ion arrays
Heavy Cruiser
Length; 730m
Armaments; Multiple kinetic weapons and lasers, five heavy rail two-gun turrets, two heavy rail three-gun turrets. four ion arrays
Technology: Jovians make a lot of money on trading gaseous products and heavy metals mined from the many asteroids of their home. This has created a society with alot of automation and robotics are almost as common as people. From giant mechanical arms with a laser cutter to massive hovering mining craft, the Jovians are always pushing industrial technology.
The nations military, for the longest time, was a collection of ships from the belligerents of the Solar war. These ships were all examined and over a long time, new ships were developed that use the best of all attributes of those vessels. Most ships use heavy kinetic weaponry and with no shortage of ammunition, they pack many of them. The armor on these ships are usually very thick and is supported by heavy magnetic shielding to deal with constant threat of micro meteorites and the very strong magnetic field of Jupiter. These heavy weapons are only a support role to the ships primary armaments, ion array cutting beams.
The cutting beams themselves are the culmination of mining technology turned to combat weaponry. The former mining tool was the laser which gave the Jovians an easy method of mining asteroids but the energy required to cut some of the dense rock was difficult to maintain. With better generators, these lasers became more popular and eventually had phased out most physical mining tools. The Ion cutting beam was created to split large asteroids in to pieces and be towed to specific ships that would grind up the pieces with ease. The Ion cutters were so impressive that the Navy adopted them and weaponized them. The navy still uses lasers on their ships but the primary weapon is the ion array cutting beam.
Ground weaponry is far more archaic. Usually they are purchased weapons but the marines use Jovian produced weaponry but for the most part, its not any better than the purchased weapons. Sometimes even worse.
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GanymedeSubject:: Planet
Location:: Jupiter
Geography:: Old craters now filled with green fields with settlements dotting the surface. both small and large canyons stretch for miles with cities built into the more shallow and wider ones.
Atmosphere:: Only two seasons, Fall and Winter due to the lower natural temperatures of the world.
Fauna: Imported and genetically modified earth plant life
Other:: Orbiting the planet is a decent number of orbital facilities ranging from orbital habitats and long range sensor satellites to massive shipyards both military and civilian.
Name:: New Galileo
Subject:: Capitol City
Location:: Along the technical equator of Ganymede.
Population:: 220,000 est
Culture:: The heart of the Jovian League is a mix of most cultures that exist in the League itself with many earth influences as well. Much of the culture can be seen in its building styles that vary from race to race. The city itself is very calm and reserved as the police patrol it heavily. This place is one of the few Idyllic places in the League.
Other:Being the Capitol of the Jovian League and named after the man who first discovered the planet, the city is an impressive display of craftsmanship. Large pillars line streets with ornate crafted lamps. Huge sky scrapers and massive arrays of mass transit systems define this city as one of the biggest in the League. The city is built in a circular pattern with an underground city that supports it. Huge underground power stations fuel the busy world above it. The Capitol building itself is underground for protection.
/////Name: Damian Changri
////Subject: Character
///Location: New Galileo
//Appearance:
/Biography: This man is the current civilian president of the Jovian League. He was a long time senator before rising to the station by a very slim margin. He has been president for seven years and has really been a passive, reactive individual. The military has seen increased autonomy in regards to government control or compliance. Some has began wondering if he has ties to certain crime families but no evidence has been presented.
other: He was in the military for five years before being injured on a ship. He currently has to use a cane to get around.
/////Name: Randall Montgomery
////Subject: Character
///Location: New Galileo
//Appearance:
/Biography: Randall is a newer player in the government as he was only elected as a senator three years ago and has rose to stardom as the one who brings the criminals down. With the military at his back due to having extensive family history, his actions are for the most part, unchallenged. His Requisition legislation and other attached laws have been instrumental in taking back many private refining stations that were operated under the table. These stations have since been turned into government facilities and have cut the revenue to many crime families. He has become an icon and has just recently announced his intent to take the civilian presidency.
Other: Having the military's respect has been his sword and shield and he wields them efficiently. Covert operations that would otherwise not be sanctioned by any government has been carried out without a second thought to achieve Randall's goals. Many higher ranking crime lords have fallen prey to these operations but its never reported, they just disappear.
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TethysSubject:: Planet
Location:: Saturn
Geography:: Numerous plains flanked by light mountains. Craters and chasms are sporadic throughout the surface.
Atmosphere:: Comfortable open atmosphere, year round fall season. rain is common.
Fauna:: Imported and genetically adapted earth plant life.
Other: The Capitol of the Saturn area in the Jovian League. The world is full of open colonies and its underground facilities aren't even half as big as the ones on Ganymede. The reason for this is that the world had many domed colonies at the point of Terra-forming. The world has few, but heavily populated large cities that are partially underground. The buildings are close together and have massive enclosed foot bridges from building to building. Mag lev trains move throughout the city on a very complex rail system that has become more and more crowded as the cities slowly expand. Few settlements exist outside the major cities but usually have less than two hundred colonists, making these settlements nothing more than a footnote.
Name:: Karstown
Subject:: Capitol City
Location:: Tethys
Culture:: Karstown is a heavily populated city but the majority is Ethnic NAU descendants.
Other: The Karstown settlement was established shortly after the solar war ended and the League was in its infancy. The NAU portion of the fleet spearheaded forming a more NAU affiliated colony and at the time the man the colony was named for, Randy Karson, was one of the proponents of a more unified nation. His desire to tear down those barriers was so strong that he ordered families to be spread throughout the league to every world to promote unity so that the original ideology that formed the nation in the first place, to never be conquered or destroyed, would require no interior racial hatred. To this day, the planet is still more ethnic NAU than any other race.
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Metis/////Subject: Planet
////Location: Jupiter
///Geography: A irregularly shaped planetary sitting very low in Jupiter orbit.
//Atmosphere: Non existent.
/Fauna: [only if the world is valid for alien life]
Other: Metis is the biggest gas collection colony in the Jovian league. Huge solar panels power enormous, for lack of better terms, vacuums that pull various gasses from the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. It has many orbiting refineries and works with other nearby moons for storage and preparation for transporting. The moon itself is so important to the Jovian League that an entire fleet has been assigned to the area.
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Europa/////Subject: Planet
////Location: Saturn
///Geography: The surface is a very smooth layer of ice, massive cracks that run for miles due to the plate tectonic activity far below.
//Atmosphere: The atmosphere of Europa is breathable air but the winds are very sharp and cold. There are open colonies but most still prefer domed ones. The colonies are built like the oil platforms of earth, giant legs that stretch far under water or just float on the waters surface.
/Fauna: Small eel-like fish, giant clusters of what looks like coral but floats freely in the water. Large schools of smaller creatures call these super structures their home with some being an almost half mile across.
Other: The colony has many orbital facilitates and a few military shipyards. The surface started out as a research colony to search for life. When life was found, researchers flocked by the thousands to see the new life. This new life is quite old now with the only real scientific endeavors taking place is young school children doing science reports.
