[Forum Game] Master of the Galaxy: Into the Darkness

With so many parties on the planet of Ratugon, and with so many ideologies flourishing on Ratugon, most times, one party does not have a majority in the Assembly. In most democracies, parties work independent of each other, and usually the majority boils down to two major parties, not in the Assembly.

In the Assembly, coalitions are vital for a party's success. While the people elect the chancellor, the biggest coalitions choose the ministers. So a Socialist Chancellor may have Imperial Ministers helping him. This produces a kind of cooperation between the parties, for odds are if you want to become Chancellor, you might have to work with other parties and not your own. These are the Coalitions that exist in the Ratugon Assembly:

I. The Constitutional-Imperial Coalition (Constitutional Alliance + Imperial Party (Majority)): This is the largest coalition in the Assembly, and it creates the majority needed in the Assembly. Formed a short while ago between the Imperials and CA, both parties share one thing in common, they head the word of the Queen before anything else. While the Imperials have the smallest party, they have offered a lot to be part of this Coalition. The CA owns 8 of the 10 ministries, with the Imperials occupying the other 2.

II. The Socialist-Communist Bloc (Socialist Party + Workers' and Laborers' Party (Opposition)): This party should be obvious, both want rights for workers. The Socialists and Communists needed support since Nathaniel Krumen was assassinated by the fascists. They have teamed up, the extreme and the mdoerate, to gain power in the Assembly. This Bloc is as old as the Communist Party.

III. The Rest (Nationalists' Party and Independents.): The Nationalists do not believe in the idea of coalitions, so they tend to stay neutral when asked to join either the government or opposition. Most Independents (Though they are few and in-between) also join the Nationalist in supporting this neutrality.

Note: This is the official Unison page for Project Super.

Project Super​

Project Super is a new research project conducted by major medical and cybernetic companies in order to improve the lives of the people. Using the chip implant within the brain as a base, Project Super will attempt to improve the time needed to heal broken bones and other maladies. Eventually, Project Super will be able to restore function to paralyzed body parts and do so much more.

With so much opportunity in this project, many of the companies who signed on are eager to work on it and are even paying for it themselves. That's right, what could be considered the greatest development for the people of Cygni, paid by private corporations themselves! If you're pinching yourself, don't worry, this isn't a dream. So, if anyone else you know has any doubts about this project, tell them about this page. Any doubts will be cleared.

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1)The Network continues its work on the medical nanites, this time by modifying them for other unknown uses, some say they working in weaponizing against organics (1/ 3 Modular Nanites)
2)The Network Restart its work on the Holographic Projections lost last year quickly working (1/ 2 Holographic Tech)
3)The colonization of the unnamed system is completed during the year. (Planet colonized)
4)The network begins investigations into the great Rift during the year. (½ +1 tech)

1)The UCG continue its costly uplifting process to bring up to date its protectorate (1/ 3 uplifting)
2)A compilation is done on military forces to improve the UCG own ones, but the general reject such notion of need foreign help to improve.
3)The Colonization of uduzanfa is finished during the year and renamed to Josharian (Josharian colonized)
4)An enormous order of 1003 ships is put into the orbital shipyards of the UCG, as the military decry they were left small and insignificant by previous government. (+3CS, +30 CA, +17 BB)(33BBs+100BCnext turn)(+10BC, +180 HCin 2 turns)(+30 HC, + 200LC, +200 frigates in 3 turns)(+200 frigates in 4 turns)


1)The BRC signs an arms deal with the Taligori which is very profitable.
2)The investment company continue to receive funding to help their projects in Ratugan.
3)The Planet Cracker project continues in the BRC for this will be their best investment or so say the board (level 4 planet cracker tech ½)
4)The terms and conditions of the Repayment to the bank are changed to technologies and land can be use to pay debt if an agreement is reached between debtor and the bank.


1)Event update
2)What free and unused land is on the home system is cleared and sold to companies for mining and exploitation, by the end of it the government owned little land on the system as most have been given away for mostly free as no company would buy them at their actual prices when they could just go to the the colonies were land was cheap and resources abundant. (minor econ Growth)(+5 Trillion)
3)Project Lance is completed over the year , what would the government do with the results was to be seen.
4)The kronesian Government continues its vast subsidies and loans to companies to expand and rebuild after the crash in hopes to make the economy grow. (minor econ growth increase)
1)The Xin Li Empire goes into a massive construction of transport. (+1 CS, +3 CA, +300 transports)
2)The Xin li invest into new engines designed for farther travel (½ +1 engine)
3)Event update
4)The Xin Li explore Rosenausus and find out its a Asteroid system.(rosenausus asteroid system)


1)Lavish funding is given in at attempt for an unified field theory creation, but nothing is achieved at the end of the year by the many partners on the government enterprise
2)Another unnamed system is explored and yet again another Garden world is found. By now people call the reign of Counsul Yoori, the time of abundance. Immediately the system is settled as who doesn't love paradises? (unnamed system colonized, garden world)
3)The FIS receive increasing funding making it likely one if not the best funded government agency, with ample funds and low supervision, in what shady business they are involve is the favorite talk of conspirationist.
4)The Government begins a program of supporting High-Tech firms growth, research and development which pays off nicely, making the Republic one of the bigger producer of high end products in the galaxy. (+moderate econ growth to joseon)



1)The hrothman send a strong protest to the Baekdu over the trial.
2)The Hrothman, begin a rebuilding of their forces. (+30 CA, +20 BB)(+40BC, +50 HC, +50LC next turn)(+20 LC in 2 turns)
3)The exploration of the alien ruins continue, the explorers finding out a what is believed to be government facility after blowing the remaining doors of. In the ruins of it they find a mechanized unit that is taken back and reproduced (Light Mechs obtained.)
4)The hroth send a diplomatic envoy to the Kronesian empire, establishing and embassy and getting to know them better, improving relations.



1)The Euterian continue building ships. (+8 CA, +12 BBm +20 BC, +30 HC, +80 LC, +120 frigates, +40 HI)
2)Project Pax, finalize over the year, even though the finished product is not as was hoped for, its still as evil as its costly.
3)The Military finally is able to finish the new methods of warfare (+1 mil lvl)
4)attempts to reduce interest on the loans go nowhere especially when the creditors are threatened by their own government or went the BRC bank walk out of talks and said that if ever again threatened they would return the “empire” to the savage state the likes of them deserved and use their people as payment, meanwhile reminding them they haven't collapsed or forced to raise taxes thanks to them.


1) The construction of Herakos frigates goes off pretty effectively, with a completion of 510 this cycle, with another 490 well on there way (+400 LC)(+400 LC next turn)(200 C in two turns )
2) The colonization of the Asteroids, which the Herakos have named Aikateron after their Great and Powerful Khanos, goes rather smoothly, leading to the completion of colonization by the end of the cycle (Aikateron is colonized)
3) The Herakos Fleet began research into new Plasma Weaponry. The research seemed to go very smoothly, with weapons tests being scheduled for the end of the cycle. The new weapons were installed in one of the largest ships in the Herakos fleet. Unfortunately, the new Plasma Weapons proved to require far more energy than the Herakos test ship could provide, leading to a massive explosion that engulfed several of the capital ships of the fleet. With that colossal disaster, leading to the scraping of the Plasma program. (-5BB, -10HC)
4)With growing instability and conflict throughout the galaxy,the Herakos Fleet decided it needed to change in order to be able to keep up with the navies of Kronesia or the IDU. Such reforms focused on the creation of a formalized hierarchy, and command structure. Such reforms received much opposition to the new program by the trationitional forces, but the will of the Khanos is the will of the Khanos, and so the reforms went forward. (+1 military level)


1) The Krestosy Empire, expend a big amount into some secret project, unknown to anyone what it is.
2) The creation of 15 new shipyards went smoothly, and by the end of the cycle, the Krestosy had expanded fleet production capabilities. (+15 shipyards)
3) Krestosy research into orbital bombardment continued. Sadly Krestosy scientist failed to come up with an effective targeting system, causing the program to be halted. (Low failure, no advance)
4) Colonization of the desert planet named Perseus I proved to be very successful, and by the end of the cycle General-Governor Ricimer Rufus had taken up his post. (Desert planet colonized)


1) The creation of 40 Taligori Battleships goes successfully, with 20 completed by the end of the cycle, and 20 predicted to be finished come next cycle. (+20 BB)(+20 next turn)

2) The war on Rerdat intensifies as the Taligori ship in 20 more infantry regiments, along with 3 more light mech units. The reinforcements quickly rendezvous with the Taligori troops trapped in the city. The arrival of fresh Taligori cause the Rerdat forces to lift the siege, and fall back. The Taligori army, learning its lesson, instead pre sewing, instead surround the area of the jungle the Rerdat are believed to be hiding in and proceeded to torch the jungle. Attempts by remaining Rerdat forces to save their burning comrades fail, although they are able to destroy 2 of the light mech reinforcements, and manage to take the city that the main Taligori body vacated, eliminating the garrison of 5 regiments there. Unfortunately for the Rerdat, the burning of the jungle destroys the vast majority of their troops, along with all their bases. Upon the Taligori return to the city, the remaining Rerdat surrender, and by the end of the cycle, Rerdat is fully under Taligori control. (resistance crushed and officially surrendered and ended, planet accept Taligori as rulers)( -5 Infantry, -2 Light Mech)

3) With the war on Rerdat being unpopular, the Aestrix decides to invest considerable resources in the colonization of a new world. Initially the colonization goes well, but after a half cycle, contact with the colony suddenly ceases. Drones sent to the world find the colony in ruins, and the only signs of life are hyena-like beings prowling its streets. (-100 million people, Rumors say Hyena like beings cited on the system, by drones.


1) The Voogoonam build up an additional 10 shipyards over the course of the year to be able to better supply their fleets.
2) They decide to research into new technological developments over the course of the year, they are however unsure how to progress and as such no result are able to be shown.
3)An unknown system is explored over the course of the year and a oceanic system is found.
4) A large order for the increasement of the fleet is placed, over the course of the year the first carriers are constructed with the remaining parts of the order expected next year.



1) The Cygni Republic finishes the construction for the fortress in the Urarbi system. A lot of money is spent and some start to wonder if its a good idea to spend so much money at a single fortress.
2) The entire republic fleet is moved the to system of Brennemaus over the course of the year, out of fear of the bees they set up defensive positions. Many spectate that the reason behind the movement is the safety of the Urarbi system.
3) Further research is made into a project only code named as “SUPER” Data analyzation begins early in the year, however after around six months a young scientist made a copy of the research. Unknown to the government the scientist was a member of the radical group under the name of “Fireants”. When the news hit, it became a massive scandal, within days there were large riots against the government to abandon this project. It continued for a large time before dying down.
4) The Republic establishes connections within the other members of the Galactic Federation. It doesn't take long before it becomes successful and they are able to begin influencing the rest of the federation. Trade is also seen as an increase over the course of the year, with parts of the population in the other federation policies questioning if its wise to allow so much influence to the Cygni.



1) The colonization of the Larxeus system begins over the year, as they settle down it seems to be going well and peaceful, but after a few months people slowly start to disappear. After another month the first signs begin to appear, a small local population was present and had kidnapped the members of the colony. Shock turned to horror when they found the remains of the colonists, having been eaten alive by the locals. The local guards quickly started to fire on any local that was seen and curfew was ordered as well as safety zones to prevent any further accidents until a solution was found.

2) And order is placed for 40 Heavy Mechs to be constructed for the Kingdom over the course of the year, at the end it leaves many with questions as to why the heavy build up is taking place, some even begin to fear of an upcoming war.

3)Event Update



1) The Arkoshia continues the research into the refractive technology and by the end of the year it stands completed.
2) The military spends most of the year training anti-pirate maneuvers to be able to combat any they should met. At the end of the year their training clearly shows and they experience much improved.
3) The system south of Ursa IV is explored, it is a garden system which is then quickly colonized. When it is found out that it is a garden world, it is quickly colonized and put to use.
4 The Ursa economy is expanded over the year, despite a lot of effort and time put into it, the results are lackluster and as such only a low increase of the economy can be seen.

1) The Commonwealth decides to once again continue its research into Hull technology and overcome the issues of previous years, yet when they continue the research it once again goes awry. The designs which are being used are faulty at best and useless at worst, as such the year is instead spend on remaking the designs and as such no progress is made.
2) The government begins spreading news of the war almost being over and that the nation no longer has to worry, as such it helps put many people at ease over the year. While there are some who doubt the government in their words, it is still able to cause an overall relaxation.
3) A new ships is designed over the year, the goal is to increase the rate of which colonization can happen, both having a higher travel speed as well as better designed for colonial affairs. It brings great expectations of the final result as hopes are high in the Kingdom.
4) The system of Zexehob is colonized during the year, it was a system that was explored years ago but first now caught the attention of the higher officials. The colonization happens without problems and it is expected to be completed early next year.

1)The Adrallan continue to build ships (+2CS,+14CA, +18 BB,+40 BC,+70HC,+110 frigates (from queue)(+40HC, +100LC next turn)
2)The OIS continue its massive budget that do something, even though no one knows what.
3)Events update
4)The Adrallan begins to use the experience won on the war to create a new war policy. (½ +1 mil lvl)

The Elections of An. 30​

Four years ago, Baekdu politics had been broken wide open in the An. 26 elections and were essentially up for grabs. Consul Kim Yoori and her Baekdu Republican Socialist League had won that battle in dramatic fashion. As the most popular leader in Baekdu history, rivaling Lee Hyori herself, the An. 30 elections were the Consul’s to lose. Barely a single poll predicted that Consul Kim would not be returned to office, with papers such as the reliably socialist Times of Neo Seoul and the North Star of Lyon going as far as predicting a BRSL supermajority. As election day drew nearer, it seemed nothing could stand in Yoori’s way.

That proved to be an overly optimistic assumption. Consul Kim may have been incredibly popular among the people at large, but some of her greatest enemies were within her own party, the most powerful of whom was President Hwang Yaewon. Hwang was initially chosen as the BRSL’s presidential candidate to balance the ultra-pacifist Kim; her career in the FIS and relatively supportive attitude towards the armed forces would prevent many who would decry the Socialists as a reckless party from making such accusations. She was a relatively quiet President, as had been most occupants of the office, but in the last few months of Yoori’s administration she began to more openly criticize the Consul’s strict pacifism. She led the charge in the primaries against Yoori’s renomination; while the Yooriite “Stalwarts” would not be defeated, the tensions the Yaewonite “Half-Breeds” [1] had laid bare in the party somewhat tarnished the Socialists’ air of invincibility. Hwang and her supporters fought long and hard on the convention floor, but could not stop an enthusiastic convention from securing Kim’s nomination in the second round and nominating relatively unknown Yooriite Kim Bora for President in the first round. The ex-president left the convention visibly sulking, but Baekdu had not yet heard the last of the Half-Breeds.

The extreme left was far less optimistic. Once again left without partners, funding and role models, the Syndicalist Party went into the An. 30 campaign season with little hope of returning to government. Their chief problem was that Yoori had stolen most of their thunder on the economic front, and their other issues - IDU skepticism, pro-militarism, and so forth - were not resonating with the current Baekdu political scene, where one either was Yoori or wanted to be her. The only advantage they had left was Kim Jongnam, the savvy Syndicalist political operator and prennial presidential candidate who was turning the Syndicalist Party into an increasingly one-man show. Despite his advisors urging him to tone down his militarist rhetoric, Kim chose to double-down, hoping to acquire more power by appealing to leftist elements of the Army. How well this would work would remain to be seen.

The Radical Union was similarly preoccupied with preventing its own demise, this time working to stay out of the shadow of their National Liberal coalition partners. Despite their name, they were the main force representing the center-left, containing both social liberals and social democrats. The two wings were occasionally at each other’s throats, but managed at the very least to stay together, mainly out of mutual fear of being absorbed by the NLP in the case of the former and the BRSL in the case of the latter. The party was most notable in An. 30 for its choice of candidates. Hahm Jeemin, Consul Son Danbi’s foreign minister, and Park Alexandre, a former Radical presidential candidate, were locked in a dead heat for thirty-five ballots when a delegate half-jokingly nominated Valenta Petr [2], the ex-President of the Republic of Pollux, as a compromise candidate [3]. Several delegates audibly laughed at the first mention of the proposal, but Valenta’s stalwart defense of liberalism and expansion of the Republic and his masterful oratory began to win the Convention over. A deal promising Hahm the position of Foreign Minister as first priority in any Radical government sealed Valenta’s candidacy, and the convention turned its attention to the Presidency. The Radicals considered simply backing the National Liberal candidate, but decided running a candidate was crucial to the party’s survival, even if they couldn’t win. There was a great deal of disagreement about who should be picked, when it was suggested that ex-Consul Son would make a fine Presidential candidate. Popular, though not as popular as Yoori, and the most experienced politician in Baekdu, she was perhaps the best hope of the Radicals. Thus, after three ballots, Son Danbi was nominated for the Presidency by the Radical Union. She was not even present at the convention at the time, instead taking a vacation in Gyeonju, but when she heard of her nomination, she decided to accept and returned to Baekdu for the campaign season.

The National Liberals, despite being the only party that would likely be able to compete with the BRSL, had a fairly sedate convention. The NLP convention was about three weeks after the others, and so it was decided to support Son Danbi’s run for the Presidency instead of their own candidate. Despite Consul Son’s social democrat status clashing with the increasingly openly free-market NLP, her socially liberal bona fides were not in question, and in exchange the National Liberals got some assurances that the Radicals would cooperate with some of their economic programs in government. With that settled, the party quickly rallied behind their ex-presidential candidate Kim Taeyeon, a former pop singer who changed careers and had a successful career in the Federal Assembly, for Consul despite a challenge from the Westphalian nuclear energy tycoon Vonderhuf Wilhelm.

On the right, two developments had the potential to once again create change in the political scene. After the Great Cataclysm, when the Xin Li Emperor issued a proclamation for “noble Baekdu,” of which there were none so long after the Great Treaty [4], to “stand fast” and support monarchism, he was essentially laughed off by most of the population. The discovery of the Xin Li did, however, reinvigorate the Baekdu Imperial Party, who were seriously considering dissolving themselves into the Nationalist. This was very temporary, as the first words out of the Emperor’s mouth alienated many of their new supporters once again. In response, the Imperial Party dropped explicit monarchism from its platform and renamed itself the Traditionalist Party. A few hardcore monarchists left, but the party drew up a new platform playing off the issues Imperials did have success with: free-market economics, Xin Li interests and isolationism.

The Nationalist Party gave out its last dying gasps in the final months of An. 29. The few Delegates that were left were split between ultra-militarists and isolationist centrists who were too statist for the National Liberals and too moderate for the Imperials or AINF. The latter, upon the organization of the Traditionalist Party, rebelled and joined it. Their ideas would help moderate the Traditionalists further and have the potential to help them out of the depths of total irrelevance. The rest, increasingly angry and bitter, did not formally dissolve the party but decided that they ought to stand with their most similar counterparts.

The new Traditionalist Party, renamed the Populist Party after the influx of the last of the Nationalists, was a new kind of political force in Baekdu: a truly conservative party. Ever since the Revolution, conservatism per se was never truly stable as an ideology. From the start of the Republic, the political spectrum was at various times split between Democrats and Centralists [5], socialists and expansionists [6], Nationalists and Radicals, republicans and reactionaries. There was simply not very much to be conservative about, what with the Republic bringing about a new era in Baekdu history. The term “military-conservative” was used to describe Yi Kyunghun’s style of paternalistic, military-friendly policy, but an actual democratic conservative movement simply did not exist for a very long time. That changed with the advent of the Populist Party. They combined isolationism and anti-militarism with free market economics, IDU skepticism, and increasingly confederalism to evoke the pre-corporate era. The Populists were not expected to become a party of government any time soon, but they were the first truly popular and democratic conservative movement, separate from the army and the radical right. They thus had, at the very least, the potential to be the first relevant and truly right-wing party in Baekdu.

Finally, the National Front [7] began to organize its ideas more completely. Though the party leader, “Jidoja” Park Nogeun, was a noted Baekdu supremacist, some of the greatest contributions to the party’s political thought came from minorities and immigrants. Mercian Sorel Antoine hit upon the idea of the Jidoja exercising his authority through tightly controlled labor unions and various bodies based on occupation, based variously on the authoritarian corproatism of the last fifty years of the corpocracy, the Adrallan system of “pillars,” and (though the National Front would be loath to admit it) Kim Jongnam’s authoritarian syndicalism. “Sorelism” was thus adopted as the party’s official ideology. While officially, all NF party members existed only to serve the Jidoja, the party needed other candidates as well. The man who “selflessly volunteered” to lead the party in the Assembly elections and serve as its candidate for Consul was one Tymun Jonas, a Ratugonian immigrant who was involved in a similar party on his homeworld and was enthusiastically trying to bring fascism to Baekdu. The National Front was a box of contradictions at the best of times, so one should not be totally surprised.

And so it was that the people of Baekdu went to the polls in An. 30 to decide their government.

Presidential Elections, An. 30

Kim Jongnam, Syndicalist Party, 2%
Kim Bora, Baekdu Republican Socialist League, 42%
Son Danbi, Radical Union of the Republic, 51%
Hu Xi, Populist Party, 4%
Park Nogeun, Anti-Imperialist National Front, 1%

Son Danbi is thus duly elected as Sixth President of the Republic with 51% of the vote.

Federal Assembly, An. 30

From left to right:

Syndicalist Party: 51 seats
Baekdu Republican Socialist League: 483 seats
Radical Union of the Republic: 141 seats
National Liberal Party: 159 seats
Populist Party: 60 seats
National Front: 6 seats​

Ex-Consul Son's victory in the Presidential election - in the first round, no less, when no President had won a first-round victory since Lee Hyori - was somewhat of a surprise at first, but she had several factors going for her. Despite having a more controversial record than Yoori, she was far more well-known and well-liked than her Socialist opponent, who was a political unknown with few particularly discernible policies other than being pacifist and loyal to Consul Kim. She also had the support of the National Liberals, who tended to do well in the Presidential elections due to the Syndicalists, Socialist and Radicals all somewhat sharing a voter base and splitting each other's votes. Considering the situation in the Legislature, the position of President was about to become far more important than it had ever been before.

As for the Assembly, the parties in the An. 30 elections knew that Yoori could not be stopped, and they were right. The Baekdu Republican Socialist League took an outright majority of the Assembly and could theoretically govern alone or with the Syndicalists for a more secure majority. Consul Kim's efforts to form a government, however, ran into trouble from the one source that could stand up to the BRSL: itself. Hwang Yaewon led a grouping of Half-Breed Delegates in ferocious opposition to a BRSL-only majority government, demanding the War Ministry for themselves and a coalition with either the Radicals or Syndicalists. The Stalwarts balked at the notion of being held hostage by their own party and threatened the Half-Breeds with expulsion, no support in future elections, and so forth, but the Parliament had already been elected and the Half-Breed caucus numbered thirty-four Delegates - leaving the Stalwarts one seat short of a majority on their own. A brutal political brawl ensued that left the Republic with an uncertain government for two-and-a-half months. With no end in sight, President Son intervened to appoint the government herself. Backroom negotiations with the Yooriites resulted them in accepting some concessions in the policy of pacifism, lifting the moratoriums on military research (which even many Yooriites considered too radical, but was considered by the Consul as one of her greatest achievements) and, far more controversially, constructing new ships. Yoori was gravely concerned, but President Son reminded her that the power to sign any declaration of war ultimately was in her hands, and nothing was forcing her to do so in such a situation. Consul Kim accepted, but warned the President that she would not sign a declaration of war if one was presented to her. With the Radicals holding the Foreign and War Ministries (the Radicals actually being less pro-military than most of the Half-Breeds) and Stalwarts in the remaining ministries, Consul Kim was sworn in for her second administration in a less euphoric mood than her first, but still with great hope for continued peace and prosperity.

The Second Kim Administration

President: Son Danbi (RU)
Consul: Kim Yoori (BRSL)
Foreign Minister: Hahm Jeemin (RU)
War Minister: Valenta Petr (RU)
Industry & Technology Minister: Kwon Eunbin (BRSL)
Security Minister: Jo Jongil (BRSL)
Interior Minister: Park Chaerin (BRSL)
Finance Minister: Baek Jaeyeon (BRSL) [8]

Consul Kim giving her victory speech after the formation of the An. 30 government​

[1] So named because they were derogitorily called “half-breeds” of socialists and militarists, as opposed to the Yooriites’ “stalwart” support of the Consul.

[2] Though Mercians had long since adopted the Baekdu custom of putting surname first, the various ethnic groups in Bohemia, Moravia, Westphalia and Brandenburg generally put personal name first. Many Polluxites and Atropians changed their names to the Baekdu style, but others did not, making for a great deal of confusion. The National Liberals and Populists have proposed simply mandating the name registries to be surname first.

[3] Both President Valenta and President Kraus of the old Helmitian provisional republics were strong orators who could speak Baekdugol even before the Treaty of Asadal. Each remained active in post-Treaty politics, though their political views were very different.

[4] During the pre-corporate era, a Baekdu holding a Xin Li imperial title wasn’t unheard of; even one of the Mayors of Neo Seoul held and used the title “Count of Incheon,” and they largely coexisted with republican city governance. The corpocracy, however, abolished the nobility, and most of the old titles fell into disuse. They remain abolished under the Republic, though obviously for different reasons.

[5] In the early days of the Republic, the Democrats were the name of the faction that supported a strong constitution and military removal from civilian governance; the Centralists wanted the opposite. Lee Hyori’s support of the former quickly silenced the debate for the duration of her Presidency and is considered one of the main reasons why the Republic did not collapse into dictatorship when it had every chance to do so in the early years. As Lee Hyori said, “The people will have democracy, and if you wish to fight them over it, you will have to go through me.”

[6] Socialism is in large part considered inherently pacifist in Baekdu, especially after Yoori’s administration. It is a separate concept from statist economics - the Nationalists were at times highly statist, but certainly not socialist.

[7] The National Front would quietly drop the Anti-Imperialist from its name in An. 28, for no particular reason other than it was considered unwieldly.

[8] A new position created relatively recently, surprisingly enough; financial matters were formerly handled by the Interior Minister. Consul Kim created the Finance Ministry early in An. 26, partly to relieve the overtaxed and inefficient Interior Ministry and partly as a concession to the Syndicalists to join the coalition.

To the Comonwealth

It is with great sadness that I report the untimely death of my cousin, your High Ruler Fyn Ortynum III. Despite his valiant attempts to bring our greatness to the rest of the universe, by expanding our colonies and joining a coalition of like minded rulers, he could not prevent the inevitable fate of all. As is customary he has been placed in the Tomb of Emperors in the Hava Jungle. Having died without any heirs the task of ruling has fallen to me Olan Ortynum. It is with great hope that I and the house of representatives can work respectfully with one another, and that the people accept me as a benevolent ruler. Do not think of this as an end of an era, but the beginning of a new one.

--High Ruler Olan Ortynum IX

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(Regretfully I must quit the game. I have personal matters that must be dealt with and will not be back on the forum for a long time. Anyone in queue can take my polity, or it can be made into NPC, I will leave that up the GM alexander)

Pstha ranKyo Hompf laid back in his Couchomobile (tm) as it floated, smiling to himself in his own smug way. Mars slowly walked up to his boss, unsure of what to expect from the alien. "Sir, you required my services?" Mars asked, about to turn his shoulder if Hompf tried to punch him in the jugular again. Pstha instead rose to greet him, and by rose one meant simply rose the back of his Couchomobile (tm) until his various facial appendages faced Mars. Happily letting some gas out of one of his ... holes, Hompf smiled widely at Mars.

"Ah, Mars! My trusty companion, my loyal servant, my faithful messenger, it has been too long since we had last seen each other." Homf brought his tentacles up for an embrace, which Mars more than a little begrudgingly gave. Mars rolled his eyes internally, knowing his boss was tripping off Tuo-va'i again, also known in more human tongues as mint. Hompf floated excitedly to his virtoboard and began explaining things to Mars.

"See, now you see, the Euterians are in our debt, and not just a little. Some 40 trillion dollars and change has been pumped into their shithole of a polity. The Emperor has blown enough money on some useless and fanciful war that...." At this Hompf began giggling like when he was back in his own pond pool, "well it was incredibly fruitful war for us, loss leader and all that rock. Now, seeing that they owe us some money and are rapidly approaching 100% debt to GDP, we need to have a little chat with the Emperor. He needs to see how things are done, and how capitalism truly works in the big wide worlds of the Uni Galaxy. We need to send a message to this man, to show that even the largest in life needs to pay his debts." At this Hompf began giggling manically before passing out suddenly with a squish.

Mars was uncertain what to do as his boss napped on the floor, but knew that whatever he did had to be correct. With a fairly apathetic shrug he turned and walked to Hompf's personal brainputer and began typing in commands. He better get a raise for this nonsense.

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A message from the Bevoo'i Robotics Company​

Attention [Citizens] of the [Euterian Empire].

We, [the Bevoo'i Robotics Corporation], has the following [request] to [present].

We are [requesting] the presence of [the Euterian Emperor] for [pleasantries and business talks] regarding the [Bevoo'i Galactic Bank and Loan Service] and [payments] in regards to [their loans]. We are [hopeful] that all [talks] will be [fruitful and friendly].

Computer, what is the status on the Queen?

|Her Majesty is doing well, a bit shocked and bruised, but she is healthy|

What the hell happened out there? Why was she attacked?

|I feel as if the enemies of the Empire and Oligarchy may be behind it sir.|

We cannot know for certain if they are, but if they are, then this hostile action against our Queen will be an act of war against the Ratugon state!

The Golden One formally condemns this assassination attempt on a reigning monarch

A New Heir?​

In Ratugon today, the people are relieved after Queen Zoey Butsan was caught in an attack while at a gala in Kronesia. The Queen returned unharmed, but something is different about the Queen. It has been almost two years since she and Lukas Kyut married, and with the fascist coup and the attempt on the Queen's life, their story has been nothing but political. Now they get some social and alone time together.

Today the couple made an announcement that the Queen was Pregnant! She is about 3 months along now, but already speculation has arisen on who the next in line to the kingdom will be. The couple has refused to comment on the baby's gender or if there are twins, all we know is that Ratugon's next heir is coming soon!

Though the game ends, the legacy of Masters of Galaxy: A Space Opera will continue to echo through time!

[video=youtube;69uMAYGMHhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69uMAYGMHhU[/video]

RIP, I never got to establish Pax Herakia

January 5^th, 2080
The Presidential Residence, Capital District, Striefen
00:03

Volkov looked at his journal he had in his hand. Nine years ago, he found that journal in the files of the Special Xenonaut Project. Starting with that ominous message at the end of the first meeting with Commander Cross, he met the same person who wrote that journal. His sister, Jaime, assumed to be dead 25 years ago during the alien invasion. Instead, she was saved by the aliens and ended up with the Fire Ants. She told him about how the chips were part of the plan for Project Super, a program to create supersoldiers fueled by cybernetic technology. Volkov ignored her, but it turned out to be true. The Board of Directors sounded like a sham. It turned out that she was right. Ten years have made Peter realize that the Republic of Cygni was run by a group of greedy, corrupt puppet masters.

Better late than never, he supposed. A few months before, he declined a third term for the presidency and gave it to his opponent, Phillip Teagan. Now, he was going to do what he feels is necessary for the people of Cygni. Peter went out of the door from his room. A guard noticed him.

"Mr. President, what are you doing up so late?"

"Just couldn't sleep. No need to worry. I'm going to get a drink."

"I'm going to have to accompany you."

"Why?"

"Haven't you heard? They're trying to crack down on infillllll ..."

The guard collapsed. Behind the now downed guard was Cypher, the silver humanoid who was helping him escape.

"Here," Cypher said. Cypher handed Peter the tazer he was carrying.

"Shall we go?"

"Yes."

Peter and Cypher headed to the library. By pushing a certain brick, you were able to take one of the secret entrances into the ancient tunnels beneath the residence. Anybody without a map to the tunnels would be stuck in a maze, but Volkov had a map and knew where they were going. After ten minutes through the tunnels, they finally reached their rendezvous point, where someone would pick them up.

"Allright, Mr. President," said the driver of the vehicle. "We have a very tight schedule to Derhad."

"I prefer it if you would just call me Peter," he responded. "I'm not exactly proud of being a puppet and a fool."

"Damn right you were, with their grubby hands shoved all the way up your ass."

"You were never that subtle, Jaime."

"I never was, and I never intend to be. I'm just glad that you finally decided to do something about this goddamned Empire of Sin."

"Yeah."

As Peter looked up at the stars, he thought about what will happen. It was only a matter of time before the preparations are ready for Cygni to make the first, decisive move that will turn the balance of power on its head. Once it does, it will be difficult for this new juggernaut to be stopped.

((This was truely a great game, and thank you, alex, for making it possible.

On the note of ending songs, I feel this is pretty appropriate:
[video=youtube;vgQpwWNzzrc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgQpwWNzzrc[/video]))

A have to say with all that grand democratic alliance stuff my absolute monarchy with a human rights situation that would make north korea squeamish was feeling a little nervous