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User:Shoum

2014-03-11T18:18:23Z

Shoum: update

I am.

My current [[:User:Shoum/WIP|work in progress]].

== Contributions ==
=== [[:Category:Characters|Characters]] ===
A lot. Seriously, a lot. Most had been new contributions, i.e. page creations, and I filled them with a fact-rich skeleton: Character box, appearance, character, costume & abilities, references.

=== Other ===

Projects [[Project Janus|Janus]], [[Project Eden|Eden]] and [[Project Icarus|Icarus]], though each needs some reworking.

=== Categories ===
As in, I didn't put them everywhere but rather added a short description and super- and sub-categories. Some I created completely, though.
* [[:Category:Deceased]]
* [[:Category:Magical Girl]]
* [[:Category:Trusted NC]]
* [[:Category:Cult of Hope]]
* [[:Category:Organization]]
* [[:Category:MSY]]
== Plans ==

=== Meta ===

* <strike>References/Citations</strike>
** <nowiki><ref>Referencetext</ref> adds a reference note, which will place the Referencetext where you put </references></nowiki>
** <nowiki>You can name a reference, if you want to reuse it, by writing <ref name="NAME">Referencetext</ref>. The next instance you need to use Referencetext you simply put <ref name="NAME"></ref> instead of the regular reference</nowiki>
* Uploading various character pics

=== Articles ===

Following articles need to be created:

* [[Faster-Than-Light]], integrating both hyperspace and blink
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
* [[TacComp]], both versions in one article
* [[Emergency Defense Committee]]

Distinctions

2014-03-08T23:02:34Z

Shoum: /* Distinctions and Explanations */

'''Distinctions''', '''Medals''', '''Orders''' and '''Honours''' are means for governments, governmental entities and [[Governance]] to distinguish, acknowledge and reward persons for their contributions.

== Distinctions and Explanations ==

* '''Akemi Homura Medal''' – for Successful Resolution of a Seemingly Hopeless Situation
* '''Chitose Yuma Medal''' – for Combat Leadership Exceeding Expectations of Age and Training Level
* '''Defender’s Star, First Class''' – for Performance Greatly Exceeding the Expectations of AI Battle Analysts
* '''Directorate Citation''' – for Contributing to an Exceptional Degree to the Wellbeing of Humanity (distributed widely in light of [[New Athens]])
* '''Oppenheimer Award''' - for Management of a Scientific Facility Exceeding Upper-end Performance Estimates
* '''Nobel Prize''' - for Works with the Greatest Benefit for Mankind (in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace)<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Award_process Wikipedia:Nobel Prize]</ref>
* '''Turing Award''' – for Contributions of a Technical Nature Made to the Computing Community<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award Wikipedia:Turing Award]</ref>

== List of people ==

{| class="wikitable sortable zebra"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Person
! Distinction
! Affiliated Event / Reason
|-
| align="left" | [[Shirou Asaka]]
| align="center" | '''Akemi Homura Medal'''
| align="right" | for saving an as of yet unnamed colony<ref>{{ch|10}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Shizuki Ryouko]]
| align="center" | '''Akemi Homura Medal'''
| align="right" | forced decloaking and disposal or Cephalopod Fleet during Battle for Kepler-27<ref>{{ch|30}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | Shizuki Ryouko
| align="center" | '''Chitose Yuma Medal'''
| align="right" | leadership during the raid on [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace]]<ref>{{ch|22}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Tomoe Mami]]
| align="center" | '''Defender’s Star, First Class'''
| align="right" | her role in Saharan Raid
|-
| align="left" | Tomoe Mami
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens<ref name="ch6">{{ch|6}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Akemi Homura]]
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens, (presumed) posthumous<ref name="ch6"/>
|-
| align="left" | [[Sakura Kyouko]]
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens<ref name="ch6"/>
|-
| align="left" | [[Joanne Valentin]]
| align="center" | '''Oppenheimer Award'''
| align="right" | Presumably running the Prometheus Research Institute<ref>{{ch|13}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Vladimir Volokhov]]
| align="center" | '''Turing Award'''
| align="right" | development and codification of the eponymous Volokhov criterion and analysis<ref>{{ch|8}}</ref>

|}

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Governance]]

Distinctions

2014-03-08T23:01:08Z

Shoum: created + expanded

'''Distinctions''', '''Medals''', '''Orders''' and '''Honours''' are means for governments, governmental entities and [[Governance]] to distinguish, acknowledge and reward persons for their contributions.

== Distinctions and Explanations ==

* '''Akemi Homura Medal''' – for Successful Resolution of a Seemingly Hopeless Situation
* '''Chitose Yuma Medal''' – for Combat Leadership Exceeding Expectations of Age and Training Level
* '''Defender’s Star, First Class''' – for Performance Greatly Exceeding the Expectations of AI Battle Analysts
* '''Directorate Citation''' – for Contributing to an Exceptional Degree to the Wellbeing of Humanity (distributed widely in light of [[New Athens]])
* '''Oppenheimer Award''' - for Management of a Scientific Facility Exceeding Upper-end Performance Estimates
* '''Nobel Prize''' - for Works with the Greatest Benefit for Mankind (in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace)<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Award_process|Wikipedia:Nobel Prize]</ref>
* '''Turing Award''' – for Contributions of a Technical Nature Made to the Computing Community<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award|Wikipedia:Turing Award]</ref>

== List of people ==

{| class="wikitable sortable zebra"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Person
! Distinction
! Affiliated Event / Reason
|-
| align="left" | [[Shirou Asaka]]
| align="center" | '''Akemi Homura Medal'''
| align="right" | for saving an as of yet unnamed colony<ref>{{ch|10}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Shizuki Ryouko]]
| align="center" | '''Akemi Homura Medal'''
| align="right" | forced decloaking and disposal or Cephalopod Fleet during Battle for Kepler-27<ref>{{ch|30}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | Shizuki Ryouko
| align="center" | '''Chitose Yuma Medal'''
| align="right" | leadership during the raid on [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace]]<ref>{{ch|22}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Tomoe Mami]]
| align="center" | '''Defender’s Star, First Class'''
| align="right" | her role in Saharan Raid
|-
| align="left" | Tomoe Mami
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens<ref name="ch6">{{ch|6}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Akemi Homura]]
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens, (presumed) posthumous<ref name="ch6"/>
|-
| align="left" | [[Sakura Kyouko]]
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens<ref name="ch6"/>
|-
| align="left" | [[Joanne Valentin]]
| align="center" | '''Oppenheimer Award'''
| align="right" | Presumably running the Prometheus Research Institute<ref>{{ch|13}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Vladimir Volokhov]]
| align="center" | '''Turing Award'''
| align="right" | development and codification of the eponymous Volokhov criterion and analysis<ref>{{ch|8}}</ref>

|}

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Governance]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2014-03-08T22:26:39Z

Shoum:

'''Distinctions''', '''Medals''', '''Orders''' and '''Honours''' are means for governments, governmental entities and [[Governance]] to distinguish, acknowledge and reward persons for their contributions.

== Distinctions and Explanations ==

* '''Akemi Homura Medal''' – for Successful Resolution of a Seemingly Hopeless Situation
* '''Chitose Yuma Medal''' – for Combat Leadership Exceeding Expectations of Age and Training Level
* '''Defender’s Star, First Class''' – for Performance Greatly Exceeding the Expectations of AI Battle Analysts
* '''Directorate Citation''' – for Contributing to an Exceptional Degree to the Wellbeing of Humanity (distributed widely in light of [[New Athens]])

== List of people ==

{| class="wikitable sortable zebra"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Person
! Distinction
! Affiliated Event / Reason
|-
| align="left" | [[Shirou Asaka]]
| align="center" | '''Akemi Homura Medal'''
| align="right" | for saving an as of yet unnamed colony<ref>{{ch|10}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Shizuki Ryouko]]
| align="center" | '''Akemi Homura Medal'''
| align="right" | forced decloaking and disposal or Cephalopod Fleet during Battle for Kepler-27<ref>{{ch|30}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | Shizuki Ryouko
| align="center" | '''Chitose Yuma Medal'''
| align="right" | leadership during the raid on [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace]]<ref>{{ch|22}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Tomoe Mami]]
| align="center" | '''Defender’s Star, First Class'''
| align="right" | her role in Saharan Raid
|-
| align="left" | Tomoe Mami
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens<ref name="ch6">{{ch|6}}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Akemi Homura]]
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens, (presumed) posthumous<ref name="ch6"/>
|-
| align="left" | [[Sakura Kyouko]]
| align="center" | '''Directorate Citation'''
| align="right" | participation and leadership during New Athens<ref name="ch6"/>

|}

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Governance]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2014-03-08T22:20:00Z

Shoum: Added more info; presumedly done.

User:Shoum/WIP

2014-03-06T13:51:33Z

Shoum: /* List of people */ expanded, references

User:Shoum/WIP

2014-03-06T13:37:22Z

Shoum: changed to distinctions 1st draft

Governance

2013-12-17T21:23:15Z

Shoum: created

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy. Formally divided into two branches, Governance proper is situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government uses [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the [[United Front]] were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fuelled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself as and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent. <ref name="Ch8">{{Ch|8}}</ref>

: '''Level One'''

:* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
:* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

: '''Level Two'''

:* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
:* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most military AIs
:* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
:* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

: '''Level Three'''

:* called by ''Governance''
:* every citizen is mobilized
:* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
:* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, etcetera
:* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

: '''Level One'''

:* called by >90% vote of all citizens
:* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
:* orders non-compulsory
:* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human civilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T21:20:39Z

Shoum: /* Pre-Unification War */

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T21:14:27Z

Shoum: small rewording

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy. Formally divided into two branches, Governance proper is situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the [[United Front]] were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fuelled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself as and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent. <ref name="Ch8">{{Ch|8}}</ref>

: '''Level One'''

:* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
:* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

: '''Level Two'''

:* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
:* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most military AIs
:* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
:* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

: '''Level Three'''

:* called by ''Governance''
:* every citizen is mobilized
:* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
:* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, etcetera
:* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

: '''Level One'''

:* called by >90% vote of all citizens
:* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
:* orders non-compulsory
:* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human civilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T21:12:08Z

Shoum:

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy.

Governance is formally divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the [[United Front]] were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fuelled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself as and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent. <ref name="Ch8">{{Ch|8}}</ref>

: '''Level One'''

:* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
:* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

: '''Level Two'''

:* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
:* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most military AIs
:* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
:* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

: '''Level Three'''

:* called by ''Governance''
:* every citizen is mobilized
:* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
:* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, etcetera
:* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

: '''Level One'''

:* called by >90% vote of all citizens
:* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
:* orders non-compulsory
:* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human civilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T21:03:17Z

Shoum: /* Emergency Modes */

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy.

Governance is formally divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the United Front were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fueled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself as and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent. <ref name="Ch8">{{Ch|8}}</ref>

: '''Level One'''

:* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
:* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

: '''Level Two'''

:* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
:* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most military AIs
:* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
:* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

: '''Level Three'''

:* called by ''Governance''
:* every citizen is mobilized
:* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
:* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, etcetera
:* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

: '''Level One'''

:* called by >90% vote of all citizens
:* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
:* orders non-compulsory
:* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human civilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T21:02:40Z

Shoum: /* Emergency Modes */ added reference

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy.

Governance is formally divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the United Front were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fueled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself as and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent. <ref name="Ch8">{{Ch|8}}</ref>

: '''Level One'''

:* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
:* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

: '''Level Two'''

:* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
:* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most militar AIs
:* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
:* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

: '''Level Three'''

:* called by ''Governance''
:* every citizen is mobilized
:* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
:* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, et cetera
:* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

: '''Level One'''

:* called by >90% vote of all citizens
:* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
:* orders non-compulsory
:* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human cvilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T20:59:53Z

Shoum: /* Emergency Modes */ layout

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy.

Governance is formally divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the United Front were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fueled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent.

: '''Level One'''

:* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
:* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

: '''Level Two'''

:* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
:* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most militar AIs
:* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
:* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

: '''Level Three'''

:* called by ''Governance''
:* every citizen is mobilized
:* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
:* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, et cetera
:* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

: '''Level One'''

:* called by >90% vote of all citizens
:* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
:* orders non-compulsory
:* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human cvilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-17T20:56:20Z

Shoum: /* Governance Proper */ Directorate

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy.

Governance is formally divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the United Front were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fueled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

==== Representatives ====

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests, opinions and beliefs of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress cascades to ever higher levels, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative.

==== Committees ====

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

==== Directorate ====

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]]. Its constituents are at least the following Representatives:
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Manufacturing and Distribution
* Health and Happiness
* Colonial Affairs and Colonization
* Law and Order
* Artificial Intelligence
* Public Opinion

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent.

==== Level One ====

* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

==== Level Two ====

* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most militar AIs
* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

==== Level Three ====

* called by ''Governance''
* every citizen is mobilized
* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, et cetera
* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

==== Level Four ====

* called by >90% vote of all citizens
* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
* orders non-compulsory
* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human cvilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

Honours

2013-12-17T20:48:22Z

Shoum: /* References */ typo

A brief overview over orders of merit and honours bestowed upon various people.

== Military ==

* Defender's Star, First Class for "Performance greatly exceeding the expectations of AI battle analysts" <ref name="Ch6">{{Ch|6}}</ref>
** [[Tomoe Mami]]

== Governance ==

* Directorate Citation for "Contributing to an exceptional degree to the wellbeing of Humanity"<ref name="Ch6">{{Ch|6}}</ref>
** Many recipients by participating in the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]]

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Military]]

Honours

2013-12-17T20:47:41Z

Shoum: Created

Category:Artificial Intelligence

2013-12-15T00:51:14Z

Shoum: created!

Artificial Intelligences and terms associated with them.

Volokhov Criterion

2013-12-15T00:36:54Z

Shoum: Note to self: Don't drink and edit. And yet I do. No-one said I was spectacularly reasonable or decent when clothed in the veils of wine and vodka

After [[Vladimir Volokhov]] and [[Laplace]] made the mathematical break-through of providing proof and falsifiability of encoding human morals and—to a certain degree—sensibilities in an artificial intelligence, the '''Volokhov criterion''' was used as a kind of measurement to what degree an artificial intelligence or (starkly) augmentented human was congruent with human sensibilities of morale and ethics. If the criterion wasn't met in humans, they were to be more heavily reintegrated into into their bodies, whereas [[Artificial Intelligence]]s were subjected to reprogramming (not unlike retirement reprogramming, but compulsory) to adhere to the mortal and human but still sensible morals.

[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-10T09:55:44Z

Shoum: added Governance proper

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It arose from the [[EDC]] and can be defined as an [[AI]]-mediated, human-interpretable abstracted democracy.

Governance is formally divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the United Front were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fueled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

When first contact was made by the [[Cephalopods]] attacking [[Aurora]], Governance entered Emergency Mode Level One, with each and every Representative participating to some degree to solve this problem, and only after the [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] did Governance re-emerge from Emergency Mode to somewhat normal operations.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

Governance addresses the problems of an advanced need for governmental oversight, decrease in political engagement and desire for an, above all, efficient government by approximating the results an Utilitarian AI Technocracy would achieve with a distinctly and radically different internal approach.

At the core of its functionality lies the concept of Representatives. This artificial construct is set to incorporate the interests of certain sets of the human and AI population and argue for these interests as best as possible. While formed at a relatively basic level, Representatives can and do easily merge into super-Representatives, sometimes via advisory AI, to form a more general view and interest. This progress repeats, forming bigger and more generalized but still topical super-Representatives up the Directorate-level. A characteristic of all but the lowest-level and highest-level Representatives is being part of a super-Representative or one themselves.

The actual governing, assigning resources and decision making takes place in committees, made up of the various and relevant Representatives. Some committees are permanent, like the Central Economic Committee, are permanent while others are formed on the fly as the need and necessity arises and dissolved once the issue has been addressed and resolved. The formation of committees is incumbent upon special supervisory Committees, as is the assignment of Representatives. Specialist advisory AIs oversee these assignments and may offer insights in which Representative to assign, given the marginal utility of and impact on the Representatives constituents to the problem at hand.

Committee meetings are held in an virtual reality environment under as accelerated time as computational reasonable, with each Representative usually being both part of and actually simultaneously sitting in on multiple committees at the same time. This allows committees to decide fast without sacrificing due diligence to discuss and argue their points, a feature paid for by using about a third of the computational power of Earth.

The highest institution is the Directorate, wielding sovereign power only limited by a few Core Rights. It furthermore appoints, retires or creates Representatives under the advisement of [[MAR]].

=== Human integration ===

The need for meetings in accelerated time, incorruptibility and integration into super-, sub- and Representatives would have proven a challenge in the time before the Unification Wars, but neurological enhancements of various kinds (Permanent Awareness Module, partial neural backups, cortical implants) have made that problem less significant. With the help of dedicated advisory AIs, more mundane and secondary tasks are taken care of while the more cognitive parts of the consciousness attend VR meetings.

A danger in this progress lies in the perceived loss of ''humanity'' as a philosophical quality. Humans interlaced in committees are not as attendant of their physical, or virtual, surroundings as basely enhanced humans are and bleed over can happen.<ref name="ch14">{{ch|14}}</ref> To address this danger every human-based Representative has to be checked regularly if they still meet the [[Volokhov Criterion]] while disconnected from the network. If they do not fulfil the Criterion, they are to be gradually reintegrated into their bodies until they do.

=== Emergency Modes ===

Many of the possible ways to achieve peak efficiency in Governance are left unexplored because they either run counter the ideology and ideal Governance sees itself and are progressively counter-human on a moral scale. If the need arises, though, those concerns loose weight over the continued survival of both humankind and Governance. This ''loss'' is expressed in Emergency Modes. Speculation, but only scant evidence, points to Cephalopod society being organized into a permanent Level Three equivalent.

==== Level One ====

* full Emergency session of all Governance Representatives
* every Representative must allocate at least some computational time for this

==== Level Two ====

* Called by majority vote of Level One Session
* all members of the Directorate merge into one super-Representative ''Governance'', thus containing every human and AI representative, advisory AI and most militar AIs
* this super-Representative would in effect be the supreme sovereign, and Governance be the AI technocracy it so far only imitated
* possible scenario for Level Two: imminent invasion of Earth

==== Level Three ====

* called by ''Governance''
* every citizen is mobilized
* direct two-way interfaces between each citizen's brain and nearest computing network for transmission and relay of (non-compulsory) orders
* Core Rights are suspended, ''Governance''/stylized ''Humanity'' may make use of its recovered powers of execution, summary imprisonment, et cetera
* possible scenario for Level Three: actual invasion and imminent loss of Earth

==== Level Four ====

* called by >90% vote of all citizens
* permanent activation of civilian Emergency Safety Packages, with subsequent effective mechanization of all human interaction
* orders non-compulsory
* possible scenario for Level Four: imminent destruction of human cvilization

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

Frederick Ewald

2013-12-10T08:30:15Z

Shoum:

{{Characterbox
|name= Frederick Ewald
|gender= m
|age=
|occupation= Political Scientist
|special= Critic of [[Governance]]
|CO= General Staff
}}

Frederick Ewald was a renowned political scientist and one of the earliest critics of [[Governance]].

==Carreer==

Being active at the formation of Governance in the first half the 23rd century, Ewald criticised the difficulty in describing and understanding the amalgam of structures that form Governance. While it may be true that any of its composites can be understood by a human or an AI, the entity arising in the combination of its component parts makes Governance as inscrutable as a "Lovecraftian Alien God". He thus coined the term ''Cthulhu Problem'' as a shorthand.

==References==

* {{ch|8}}

[[Category:Civilian]]

Frederick Ewald

2013-12-10T08:29:27Z

Shoum: created

{{Characterbox
|name= Frederick Ewald
|gender= m
|occupation= Political Scientist
|special= Critic of [[Governance]]
|CO= General Staff
}}

Frederick Ewald was a renowned political scientist and one of the earliest critics of [[Governance]].

==Carreer==

Being active at the formation of Governance in the first half the 23rd century, Ewald criticised the difficulty in describing and understanding the amalgam of structures that form Governance. While it may be true that any of its composites can be understood by a human or an AI, the entity arising in the combination of its component parts makes Governance as inscrutable as a "Lovecraftian Alien God". He thus coined the term ''Cthulhu Problem'' as a shorthand.

==References==

* {{ch|8}}

[[Category:Civilian]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-09T22:57:48Z

Shoum: added history, smaller bits

Governance is the governing entity of humankind in general and Earth in particular. It can formally be divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

=== Pre-Unification War ===
In the time before Unification with the emergence of functional AI some of the states employed an Utilitarian AI Technocracy. This form of government employs [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligences]] as experts in various fields to set rules and place individuals in positions of power in an effort to maximize happiness or reduce suffering, respectively.

The goals and ideologies of the states of the [[Freedom Alliance]] were not necessarily in accord with the general well-being but rather aimed for the pleasure and ensuring of the status quo of the ruling elite. Before Volokhov set the outlines and confirmability of a human morality in artificial intelligences, previous individuals did not need to follow a moral core or adhere to one.

=== Unification War ===

When the UN and its General Assembly was dissolved around 2160 and the [[United Front General Assembly]] formed, one could reasonable say it was the beginning of the first steps to the actual Governance. It self-described as a successor to the United Nations and received its actual power by a mixture of the actual charter, interventions as well as military conquests over time.

Under the leadership of the Executive Council the states of the United Front were militarily harmonized and gradually formed into a coherent force in the advent of an expected conflict, with harmonization efforts extending beyond the military as well.

When the conflicts grew harder, longer and finally nuclear the Executive Council was reorganized into the Emergency Defence Committee, an organization much more reminiscent of a government than a council, fielding various secretaries for instance. Collapses of the component states of the UF forced the EDC to intervene on its own soil, so to speak, and take over even more governmental aspects, with the war effort making hitherto unthinkable measures not only thinkable, but necessary.

By 2200 only few component states of the UF still had some power of their own, and the distinction between UF and EDC was in most cases on paper only. Those independent states had no choice but to cede their remaining power to the EDC, especially since the EDC made a persuasive argument that future peace being only ensured under its own, direct rule. Thus the UF General Assembly was made obsolete by essentially a military junta, neither elected nor open.

=== Unification War aftermath ===

Up to and after defeating the last holdouts of the FA the EDC started implementing decrees keeping itself in power, but also organizing a global reconstruction effort, partly fueled by the very armies it wielded. Furthermore scientist in the employ of the EDC developed the structures and projects ensuring humankind's survival by setting a new government in malleable stone, and by 2240 the EDC was ready to dissolve.

The new government was meant to be provably aligned with the populations interests (thanks to Volokhov-friendly AI's), amorphous and unassailable by incorporating the population into the governing body, '''Governance'''.

== Structure ==

=== Governance Proper ===

=== Colonial Governance ===

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

==== Governance sponsored colonies ====

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

==== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ====

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 1] (history)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 2] (Colonial Governance)
* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/68536325770/organization-post-2-governance-part-3-ideology Incubator Archives: Organization post 2, Governance post 3] (ideology)

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-09T16:31:07Z

Shoum: /* References */ added category

Governance is the aptly named governing entity of humanity in general and Earth (Sol respectively) in particular. It can formally be divided into two branches, Governance proper situated on and around Earth, and Colonial Governance, consisting of the governments off-Earth and on the colonies.

== History ==

== Governance Proper ==

== Colonial Governance ==

Even before Governance and the success of [[Project Janus]] various groups on Earth set out to travel to nearby planets at sub-light speeds. Colonies were established, cultural drift occurred, but once reconnection was ensured Governance enforced Fundamental Rights every henceforth Governance-sponsored or private colonization effort had to subscribe to.

This, as well as the general diverging nature of natural developments, lead to a mixture of free trade zones, fiscal unions and other economic structures surrounding among the colonies. These are influenced and in a roundabout way governed or influenced by Governance proper and it wielding Earth's economy. The more open aspects Earth deals with these structures is as an arbitrator and mediator in struggles among the colonies.

=== Governance sponsored colonies ===

With the population the preselected colonization AI-human council arrives. The members are formally part of the bureaucracy of the Governance proper, but the leeway granted to colonies does not make this as rigid as it seems to be. Elections and referendums held by the locals are usually adhered to and council members are instated or removed by the local legal code, with Governance proper in most cases merely rubber-stamping the decisions.

The council manages the colony and establishes a legal code, often enough bigger than the legal code of Earth due to the lesser control of the government. 
In time, with the colony's economic growth and increase in population, it's council will run into difficulty managing the colony efficiently and a proper colonial government will be instated, based on the structure of Governance proper. It is at this stage a super-Representative of the colony will partake in Governance proper, part of relevant (sub-)committees, with weighted relevance in relation to the colony's participation.

Gradually, the colony will grow and be able to allocate more resources to its own growth, and those more effectively. The internal structure will develop and more Representative necessary and instated, thus making the colony more and more alike in functioning to Governance proper.

A proposed final merger of Governance proper and a colonial subsidiary requires a constant, reasonably instant and reliable connection between the governing bodies on an informational as well as physical level. This requires a significant amount resources as well as technological progress, both of which currently preclude a merger, even with [[Nova Terra]]. Even if there was no such limitation at the time, instability due to the [[Contact War]] as well as sociocultural differences between Earth and Nova Terra have both sides doubt the wisdom of the merger.

=== Non-Governance sponsored colonies ===

Without the material and resource support provided by Colonial Governance, these colonies are in some ways both more free and restricted to develop on their own. While the adherence to the Fundamental Rights is mandatory, most other aspects of its affairs are left to the colonies themselves, unless they impinge upon other colonies.

If a non-Governance sponsored colony gains substantial success, inspections by Governance: Public Order and Governance: Military Affairs are to be expected. It will intervene to establish or evolve a more Governance-congruent government and develop the colony more along the Governance-sponsored track. While it has no reservations to enforce such a change, even against dissent and discontent, Governance still prefers a gradual and agreeable transition.

If the divide to Governance runs rampant, though, Colonial Governance has no qualms to put a bigger focus on the rampant colony to preclude a possibly devastating development. There are a cases when an intervention was necessary, albeit always in measure and relation to the offence. The griever the offence, the harsher and more secret the intervention, with the exception of violation of Fundamental Rights, an offence that cannot be answered with anything but a coercive military intervention.

== References ==
<references />

* [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/65841896457/organization-post-2-governance-part-2 Organization post 2, Governance post 2]

[[Category:Governance|Governance Work in Progress]]

User:Shoum/WIP

2013-12-09T16:25:55Z

Shoum: Colonial Governance

User:Shoum

2013-12-09T14:47:18Z

Shoum: added Work in Progress

I am.

Currently working on: [[:User:Shoum/WIP|Governance]]

== Contributions ==
=== [[:Category:Characters|Characters]] ===
A lot. Seriously, a lot. Most had been new contributions, i.e. page creations, and I filled them with a fact-rich skeleton: Character box, appearance, character, costume & abilities, references.

=== Other ===

Projects [[Project Janus|Janus]], [[Project Eden|Eden]] and [[Project Icarus|Icarus]], though each needs some reworking.

=== Categories ===
As in, I didn't put them everywhere but rather added a short description and super- and sub-categories. Some I created completely, though.
* [[:Category:Deceased]]
* [[:Category:Magical Girl]]
* [[:Category:Trusted NC]]
* [[:Category:Cult of Hope]]
* [[:Category:Organization]]
* [[:Category:MSY]]
== Plans ==

=== Meta ===

* <strike>References/Citations</strike>
* Uploading various character pics

=== Articles ===

Following articles need to be created:

* [[Faster-Than-Light]], integrating both hyperspace and blink
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
* [[TacComp]], both versions in one article
* [[Governance]]
* [[Emergency Defense Committee]]

User talk:Shoum

2013-12-09T13:18:37Z

Shoum: figuring out references

==Citations==
I've installed Cite.php, which supposedly provides Wikipedia-style citations.<ref>Like this one.</ref> [[User:Archivist|Archivist]] ([[User talk:Archivist|talk]]) 20:55, 23 August 2013 (PDT)

<references />
: Thank you! --[[User:Shoum|Shoum]] ([[User talk:Shoum|talk]]) 00:40, 24 August 2013 (PDT)
==Absences==
Back after current absence. --[[User:Shoum|Shoum]] ([[User talk:Shoum|talk]]) 03:20, 8 November 2013 (PST)
==Tests==
===References===
I know multiple references in a text can be made to a single footnote. I'm trying to figure it out or write it down, respectively.<ref>I am a reference, yay!</ref> 
Okay. Now I know moving the '''<nowiki><references /></nowiki>''' tag will reset the numbering. The tag has to be there to convert the '''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>''' tag into actual references and must come after them at some point. If there are multiple <nowiki><references /></nowiki> tags, the numbering resets after each instance.
For testing purposes, I'll add another reference.<ref name="Daddy">Why did you eat my fries?</ref>. This one I slightly changed to '''<nowiki><ref name="Daddy"></nowiki>'''. If I refer to it a second time<ref name="Daddy">I bought them, and they were mine.</ref>, the first entry to the reference, i.e. enclosed by the opening and closing tags, supersedes what following references with the same name may contain. Furthermore, '''<nowiki><ref name="Daddy"/></nowiki>'''<ref name="Daddy"/> makes the whole affair a self-closing tag.
<references />

To the Stars

2013-11-08T11:46:28Z

Shoum: /* Volume V: Dark Energy */ Dark Energy somewhat explained

To the Stars is the story by Hieronym and focus of this very wiki.

It tells the story of [[Shizuki Ryouko]], one of our protagonist, as she becomes a [[Magical Girl]] and deals with the world, the invading aliens, love and the fallout of her wish.

To quote the author:
{{Quote box
|title = Synopsis
|quote = After centuries of turmoil, a Utopian AI/human government has seized control of Earth, heralding a new age of post-scarcity and space colonization. An unexpected encounter with a hostile, technologically superior alien race has broken the peace, forcing magical girls to come out of hiding to save human civilization.

In the midst of it all, Shizuki Ryouko, an ordinary girl, looks to the sky, wondering at her place in the universe.
|source = —Hieronym
}}

If you want to avoid spoilers, be advised: This wiki as well as this entry will be kept somewhat up to date, so events and twists in the story in parts you have not yet read may be present without any warning. You have been warned.
== Synposises ==

=== Volume I: Quantum Entanglement ===
The main characters [[Ryouko]], [[Kyouko]] and [[Mami]] are introduced, the world is established.
==== {{ch|1|A Wish}} ====
[[Ryouko]] wakes up to some kibble her family has about an [[Alloc]] cut. Her [[Kuroi Abe|grandfather]] want to join the military and leave [[Earth]]. In school Ryouko meets up with childhood friends [[Ruiko]] and [[Chiaki]] as well as her recent friend [[Simona]]. Ryouko thinks about and looked up information on Magical Girls.

After making a random appearance near Ryouko's school, [[Mami]] meets up with [[Kyouko]] at the [[Church]]. They discuss a worrisome [[Grief Cube Discrepancy|discrepancy in grief cube handling]] discovered in a recent audit. Mami promises to look into it.

Ryouko gets asked out for a movie and flabbergastedly agrees, bemusing her friends. She remembers her [[Ryouko's Grandmother|grandmother]] leaving Earth and trying to explain her reasons. On the way home, Ryouko leaves her friends behind, only Simona joining her for a talk, both opening up to each other. Simone is about to confess, when they're both attacked by [[demon]]s. They manage to flee with some difficulty, Ryouko helped by her [[Emergency Mode]]. Not able to keep avoiding the attacks, Ryouko is given the choice to sacrifice herself to give Simona a decent chance of survival, only to be saved in the nick of time by Mami. The latter was traversing [[Mitakihara]] with [[Kyubey]] when they sensed the [[miasma]] and moved to engage.

After Mami neutralized the immediate threat and evacuated the two, she talks to them and takes note of Ryouko's behaviour. Kyubey reappears and offers her a wish.
: ''I wish I could leave Earth, and explore this world. I want to go where no one else has gone before and find my place in this universe.''

Kyouko appears, wishing Ryouko well.

Just before her wish, Ryouko saw a single woman walking far outside the miasma, leaving the premises.

==== {{ch|2|Fantasma}} ====

After Simona disagrees with Ryouko on her recent contracting, Mami takes Simona back to her home, Kyouko remaining with Ryouko. She inducts her newest protégée into the world of [[Magical Girl]]s, taking note of her teleporting range, and leads them to battle the original group of demons that attacked Ryouko, assisting the by now arrived rapid response team (consisting of [[Maki]], [[Patricia]] and [[Asaka]]). 
The battle lust Ryouko exhibits worries Kyouko somewhat. Despite the expected rookie mistakes, Ryouko shows aptitude for unconventional power application.

Mami meanwhile talks to Simona and advises her on how to deal with the soon-to-be departure of her love interest. She then leaves to spend the rest of her vacation to watch ''[[Akemi (movie)|Akemi]]''.

In the aftermath of the demon fight Patricia finds a small number of supersaturated [[grief cube]]s close to where Ryouko and Simona had originally been sitting, rising suspicions in Kyouko. She and Ryouko then head for the latter's home.

==== {{ch|3|Mami Watches a Movie, Part One}} ====

Mami goes to watch the movie ''[[Akemi (movie)|Akemi]]'' in disguise. In the lounge she is about to ask a random person (later identified to be [[Joanne Valentin]]) to join her for a shared viewing, when her alias persona is being randomly invited by [[Nodame Riko]] to join her and her friends for a shared viewing.

The movie, for which [[Mami]], [[Kyouko]] and [[Yuma]] had been interviewed, begins with an the infant [[Akemi]] being left at the steps of a nunnery. Sick from a young age, Akemi is shown praying, being treated without success and over time leaving her faith behind. The last treatment shows success and Akemi is of age to be discharged, disillusioned.

It then shows how [[Kyubey]]'s opinion on the unaware Akemi and her potential as well as what Kyouko and Mami think of her so far.

Meanwhile Akemi is wandering in the funk of a depression, wailing at the world, when [[demon]]s show up and attack her. She has a vision giving her hope. Just as the vision passed, Mami and Kyouko are seen violently dispatching the demons. They explain the magical girl system to her and Akemi makes her wish ''to protect this world which God has abandoned, and defend it against everything that threatens it''. Mami notes that, even though Akemi's wish had been kept secret all these years, the movie writers had unbeknownst to them been essentially right.

Mami cringes at the necessary propaganda and false information in the movie in regards to the magical girls. Akemi's power, an auro reducing soul gem corruption is revealed. [[Miki Sayaka]] enters the plot, but her significance especially in regards to Kyouko is downplayed, if mentioned at all. Sayaka's death induces another vision for Akemi, this time returning her memories of former loops, signifying a change of character in her, as well as handing her the [[Ribbon]].

Yuma is introduced next, joining the three reluctantly as the last surviving member of the [[Southern Group]]. She is the first to be [[Befriending|befriended]], if shown in a somewhat tamer version.

Ten years later, under the auspice of the [[Mitakihara Four]] representatives of various magical girl groups around Mitakihara meet to discuss an alliance. Akemi argues for the financial benefits. They unanimously agree and sign the founding of what evolves into the [[MSY]].

Timeskipping to the Attack on [[Aurora]] and the very beginning of the [[Contact War]], the MSY is in an emergency session. Concluding with a speech by Akemi, the Mahou Shoujou Youkai votes to shed the veils of secrecy and make a stand on the next world to be attacked: [[New Athens]].

==== {{ch|4|Mami Watches a Movie, Part Two}} ====

==== {{ch|5|Family}} ====

==== {{ch|6|Military}} ====

==== {{ch|7|Southern Group}} ====

==== {{ch|8|Church and State}} ====

==== {{ch|9|Echoes}} ====

==== {{ch|10|Brigadier}} ====

==== {{ch|11|Remains of a Life}} ====

==== {{ch|12|Demon Hunter}} ====

==== {{ch|13|Differences of Knowledge}} ====

==== {{ch|14|Bloodlines}} ====

==== {{ch|15|Samsara}} ====

==== {{ch|16|Light of the Sky}} ====

=== {{ch|17|Interlude I: Underworld Dreams}} ===
The story of Japanese police inspector [[Kugimiya Ito]] dealing with the case of a missing girl and coming to term with his long lost teenage love

=== Volume II: Inflationary Expansion<ref>Future volume titles: [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/55779437700/future-interlude-title-change Incubator Archives: Future Interlude Change]</ref> ===

==== {{ch|18|To the Ground}} ====

==== {{ch|19|To the Sky}} ====

==== {{ch|20|Relativity}} ====

==== {{ch|21|Discontinuity}} ====

==== {{ch|22|Shifting Winds}} ====

==== {{ch|23|Lost Love}} ====

==== {{ch|24|Historian}} ====

==== {{ch|25|Piercing the Sky}} ====

==== {{ch|26|Blood and Ichor}} ====

=== Interlude II: Madeleines ===
: ''The name is probably a reference to In Search of Lost Time, a famous French novel noted for its length and its theme of involuntary memory.''

=== Volume III: Ontological Paradox ===
An Ontological Paradox is a seemingly conflicting line of events in the likes of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_paradox Grandfather paradox]—travelling back in time to kill your own grandfather—but the ontological paradox is rather the inverse: information from the future causes events that at a later point necessitate to or inadvertently sends information back in time.

=== Interlude III: Manifest Destiny ===
: ''Pure speculation: A tale about the expansive phase of the [[MSY]], when it reached beyond the island nation of Japan and maybe how it dealt with rivalling organizations.''

=== Volume IV: Einstein-Rosen Bridge ===
: ''An Einstein-Rosen Bridge is a'' currently hypothetically proposed ''way of connecting two spacetime coordinates.''

=== Interlude IV: Ubermensch ===
: ''Übermensch is the term philosopher Nietzsche used to describe the goal humanity set for itself. In these circumstances it may refer to clinical immortality, genetic engineering and implants used in the course of history.''

=== Volume V: Dark Energy ===
Dark Energy is undetectable energy the current understanding of physics requires to exist for the great theories to work; there is hitherto no evidence for its existence and it is thus merely hypothetical, if somewhat accepted by scientific consensus.

=== Interlude V: Destroyer of Worlds ===

=== Volume VI: Singularity ===

== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Under Construction]]

To the Stars

2013-11-08T11:41:19Z

Shoum: /* Volume III: Ontological Paradox */ Ontological Paradox briefly explained

To the Stars is the story by Hieronym and focus of this very wiki.

It tells the story of [[Shizuki Ryouko]], one of our protagonist, as she becomes a [[Magical Girl]] and deals with the world, the invading aliens, love and the fallout of her wish.

To quote the author:
{{Quote box
|title = Synopsis
|quote = After centuries of turmoil, a Utopian AI/human government has seized control of Earth, heralding a new age of post-scarcity and space colonization. An unexpected encounter with a hostile, technologically superior alien race has broken the peace, forcing magical girls to come out of hiding to save human civilization.

In the midst of it all, Shizuki Ryouko, an ordinary girl, looks to the sky, wondering at her place in the universe.
|source = —Hieronym
}}

If you want to avoid spoilers, be advised: This wiki as well as this entry will be kept somewhat up to date, so events and twists in the story in parts you have not yet read may be present without any warning. You have been warned.
== Synposises ==

=== Volume I: Quantum Entanglement ===
The main characters [[Ryouko]], [[Kyouko]] and [[Mami]] are introduced, the world is established.
==== {{ch|1|A Wish}} ====
[[Ryouko]] wakes up to some kibble her family has about an [[Alloc]] cut. Her [[Kuroi Abe|grandfather]] want to join the military and leave [[Earth]]. In school Ryouko meets up with childhood friends [[Ruiko]] and [[Chiaki]] as well as her recent friend [[Simona]]. Ryouko thinks about and looked up information on Magical Girls.

After making a random appearance near Ryouko's school, [[Mami]] meets up with [[Kyouko]] at the [[Church]]. They discuss a worrisome [[Grief Cube Discrepancy|discrepancy in grief cube handling]] discovered in a recent audit. Mami promises to look into it.

Ryouko gets asked out for a movie and flabbergastedly agrees, bemusing her friends. She remembers her [[Ryouko's Grandmother|grandmother]] leaving Earth and trying to explain her reasons. On the way home, Ryouko leaves her friends behind, only Simona joining her for a talk, both opening up to each other. Simone is about to confess, when they're both attacked by [[demon]]s. They manage to flee with some difficulty, Ryouko helped by her [[Emergency Mode]]. Not able to keep avoiding the attacks, Ryouko is given the choice to sacrifice herself to give Simona a decent chance of survival, only to be saved in the nick of time by Mami. The latter was traversing [[Mitakihara]] with [[Kyubey]] when they sensed the [[miasma]] and moved to engage.

After Mami neutralized the immediate threat and evacuated the two, she talks to them and takes note of Ryouko's behaviour. Kyubey reappears and offers her a wish.
: ''I wish I could leave Earth, and explore this world. I want to go where no one else has gone before and find my place in this universe.''

Kyouko appears, wishing Ryouko well.

Just before her wish, Ryouko saw a single woman walking far outside the miasma, leaving the premises.

==== {{ch|2|Fantasma}} ====

After Simona disagrees with Ryouko on her recent contracting, Mami takes Simona back to her home, Kyouko remaining with Ryouko. She inducts her newest protégée into the world of [[Magical Girl]]s, taking note of her teleporting range, and leads them to battle the original group of demons that attacked Ryouko, assisting the by now arrived rapid response team (consisting of [[Maki]], [[Patricia]] and [[Asaka]]). 
The battle lust Ryouko exhibits worries Kyouko somewhat. Despite the expected rookie mistakes, Ryouko shows aptitude for unconventional power application.

Mami meanwhile talks to Simona and advises her on how to deal with the soon-to-be departure of her love interest. She then leaves to spend the rest of her vacation to watch ''[[Akemi (movie)|Akemi]]''.

In the aftermath of the demon fight Patricia finds a small number of supersaturated [[grief cube]]s close to where Ryouko and Simona had originally been sitting, rising suspicions in Kyouko. She and Ryouko then head for the latter's home.

==== {{ch|3|Mami Watches a Movie, Part One}} ====

Mami goes to watch the movie ''[[Akemi (movie)|Akemi]]'' in disguise. In the lounge she is about to ask a random person (later identified to be [[Joanne Valentin]]) to join her for a shared viewing, when her alias persona is being randomly invited by [[Nodame Riko]] to join her and her friends for a shared viewing.

The movie, for which [[Mami]], [[Kyouko]] and [[Yuma]] had been interviewed, begins with an the infant [[Akemi]] being left at the steps of a nunnery. Sick from a young age, Akemi is shown praying, being treated without success and over time leaving her faith behind. The last treatment shows success and Akemi is of age to be discharged, disillusioned.

It then shows how [[Kyubey]]'s opinion on the unaware Akemi and her potential as well as what Kyouko and Mami think of her so far.

Meanwhile Akemi is wandering in the funk of a depression, wailing at the world, when [[demon]]s show up and attack her. She has a vision giving her hope. Just as the vision passed, Mami and Kyouko are seen violently dispatching the demons. They explain the magical girl system to her and Akemi makes her wish ''to protect this world which God has abandoned, and defend it against everything that threatens it''. Mami notes that, even though Akemi's wish had been kept secret all these years, the movie writers had unbeknownst to them been essentially right.

Mami cringes at the necessary propaganda and false information in the movie in regards to the magical girls. Akemi's power, an auro reducing soul gem corruption is revealed. [[Miki Sayaka]] enters the plot, but her significance especially in regards to Kyouko is downplayed, if mentioned at all. Sayaka's death induces another vision for Akemi, this time returning her memories of former loops, signifying a change of character in her, as well as handing her the [[Ribbon]].

Yuma is introduced next, joining the three reluctantly as the last surviving member of the [[Southern Group]]. She is the first to be [[Befriending|befriended]], if shown in a somewhat tamer version.

Ten years later, under the auspice of the [[Mitakihara Four]] representatives of various magical girl groups around Mitakihara meet to discuss an alliance. Akemi argues for the financial benefits. They unanimously agree and sign the founding of what evolves into the [[MSY]].

Timeskipping to the Attack on [[Aurora]] and the very beginning of the [[Contact War]], the MSY is in an emergency session. Concluding with a speech by Akemi, the Mahou Shoujou Youkai votes to shed the veils of secrecy and make a stand on the next world to be attacked: [[New Athens]].

==== {{ch|4|Mami Watches a Movie, Part Two}} ====

==== {{ch|5|Family}} ====

==== {{ch|6|Military}} ====

==== {{ch|7|Southern Group}} ====

==== {{ch|8|Church and State}} ====

==== {{ch|9|Echoes}} ====

==== {{ch|10|Brigadier}} ====

==== {{ch|11|Remains of a Life}} ====

==== {{ch|12|Demon Hunter}} ====

==== {{ch|13|Differences of Knowledge}} ====

==== {{ch|14|Bloodlines}} ====

==== {{ch|15|Samsara}} ====

==== {{ch|16|Light of the Sky}} ====

=== {{ch|17|Interlude I: Underworld Dreams}} ===
The story of Japanese police inspector [[Kugimiya Ito]] dealing with the case of a missing girl and coming to term with his long lost teenage love

=== Volume II: Inflationary Expansion<ref>Future volume titles: [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/55779437700/future-interlude-title-change Incubator Archives: Future Interlude Change]</ref> ===

==== {{ch|18|To the Ground}} ====

==== {{ch|19|To the Sky}} ====

==== {{ch|20|Relativity}} ====

==== {{ch|21|Discontinuity}} ====

==== {{ch|22|Shifting Winds}} ====

==== {{ch|23|Lost Love}} ====

==== {{ch|24|Historian}} ====

==== {{ch|25|Piercing the Sky}} ====

==== {{ch|26|Blood and Ichor}} ====

=== Interlude II: Madeleines ===
: ''The name is probably a reference to In Search of Lost Time, a famous French novel noted for its length and its theme of involuntary memory.''

=== Volume III: Ontological Paradox ===
An Ontological Paradox is a seemingly conflicting line of events in the likes of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_paradox Grandfather paradox]—travelling back in time to kill your own grandfather—but the ontological paradox is rather the inverse: information from the future causes events that at a later point necessitate to or inadvertently sends information back in time.

=== Interlude III: Manifest Destiny ===
: ''Pure speculation: A tale about the expansive phase of the [[MSY]], when it reached beyond the island nation of Japan and maybe how it dealt with rivalling organizations.''

=== Volume IV: Einstein-Rosen Bridge ===
: ''An Einstein-Rosen Bridge is a'' currently hypothetically proposed ''way of connecting two spacetime coordinates.''

=== Interlude IV: Ubermensch ===
: ''Übermensch is the term philosopher Nietzsche used to describe the goal humanity set for itself. In these circumstances it may refer to clinical immortality, genetic engineering and implants used in the course of history.''

=== Volume V: Dark Energy ===

=== Interlude V: Destroyer of Worlds ===

=== Volume VI: Singularity ===

== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Under Construction]]

User talk:Shoum

2013-11-08T11:20:50Z

Shoum:

General Staff

2013-11-08T11:19:09Z

Shoum: Added category

The General Staff is the highest level of military organization in the human [[Armed Forces]], analogous to the General Staffs of many militaries today, or the US Combined Chiefs of Staff. It is the body containing all the most senior military officers, and is responsible for the direction of the war effort. Unusually for a body of such importance, it is composed entirely of humans, though it is advised be several important advisory AIs.

The General Staff usually operates by unanimous consent, but disagreements may be resolved by a majority vote of the Staff. The General Staff answers directly to [[Governance#Military Affairs|''Governance: Military Affairs'']], and thereby to Governance itself, but Governance generally tries to avoid interfering in its affairs.

The current Chair of the General Staff is Field Marshal [[Roland Erwynmark]]. By tradition it is composed of around 20 members. Besides Erwynmark, the confirmed members that have been mentioned are:

*Field Marshal [[Sualem]]
*Field Marshal [[Tsvangirai]]
*Field Marshal [[Porto]]
*General [[de Chatillon]]
*General [[Alexander]]
*Fleet Admiral [[Karishma Anand]]
*Fleet Admiral [[Chang]]
*Fleet Admiral [[Miller]]
*Fleet Admiral [[Feodorovich]]

Note that while other senior officers have been mentioned, they have not been explicitly said to be part of the General Staff.

[[category:Military]]
[[category:General Staff]]

Cephalopod

2013-09-28T11:33:55Z

Shoum: expanded /* Biology */, typos

'''Cephalopods''' (short '''Cephs''' or derogatory '''squids''') are a sentient species of somewhat humanoid-lovecraftian body and embroiled in a brutal war with Humanity. Not much is known about them.

The first contact was a genocidal display of devastation wrecked on the Human colony [[Aurora]].

== Biology ==

Despite the nick name Cephalopods only have superficial and structural similarity to squids in the layout of their hand analogues.

They however share some structural and physiological similarities to Terran octopuses, though this is a case of convergent evolution. Cephs are bilateral-symmetrical with three pairs of limbs, the latter pair being used like Human legs for erect locomotion. The skin with its (presumably) collagen-analogue is of the same rubbery texture as of the common octopus, though it is covered in microscopic scales preventing dessication. The head looks alike to octopuses as well, including tentacles for feeding. The eyes are not protrusions from the brain like the vertebrate eye, but invaginations of the skin and (probably) lack a cornea, focussing achieved by muscular control over the lens (like a camera). It is covered by a membrane. The visible part of the eyes shows a substantial amount of sclera, which combined with the pupils allows an observer to judge which way a Cephalopod is looking.<ref>{{ch|26}}</ref>

The nervous system is partially decentralised, explaining the resistance and continued activity beyond the total obliteration or removal of the head. Furthermore the important nerve clusters are protected by calcium shells, an adaptation that likely evolved on the species' path to sentience.

A presumed adaptation to land-dwelling life is the emergence of an internal skeleton very unlike Terran octopuses, though the latter ''do'' have their gladius as vestiges of their mollusc ancestry. In how far this supports the purported muscular hydrostat is unknown.

Though Cephalopods evolved to have ear holes and audio reception, they do not seem to have a vocal apparatus. Their lungs function akin to birds; they are faveolar, pushing air through parabronchi. This allows for a higher O2-intake in the blood.
They work by inhaling air through the trachea into a first set of air sacs, then exhaling from this first set to the lungs with the parabronchi. From there the second inhalation sucks the air from the lungs to a second set of air sacs, and a second exhalation expels this air back out of the trachea.

The hind/lower limbs are used for erect locomotion with a sturdier adaptations of their endoskeleton and limb structure, losing the prehensility in the process. The four upper limbs retained this feature and additionally feature a second set of smaller tentacles at their ends, analogous to a human hand.

Their blood is copper-green<ref>{{ch|3}}</ref>, suggesting a hemocyanin-analog to be the protein responsible for oxygen transport. Since the O2-affinity of copper-based metalloproteins is roughly a fourth of that of haemoglobin, the evolution of faveolar lungs may have been in compensation for the low affinity of their hemocyanin.

=== Implants ===

Most processing nodes are decentralized, speculatively based on the Cephalopods own biological blueprint. They have presumable similar functionality as their human equivalent, providing ant-aging, communication, life support, augmentation and, quite vexingly and without analogue, self-destruction. They're technologically superior, and likely not just by virtue of using and consisting of more biological advancements.

== Society ==

Currently it is speculated the Cephalopod Society to be fully organised in the military with a two-way communication into the computational grid, allowing for relay of information and reception of orders.<ref>{{ch|8}}</ref>

== Warfare ==

Cephalopods have the upper hand in everything in regards to warfare; they field faster ships, better guns and are generally technologically superior. The main factor they have not yet overrun Humanity is not entirely clear, but the integrated role of [[Magical Girl]]s in the Human military seems to be one of the more deciding factors.

That's the only reason Cephs are able to field lighter and faster and still better armoured ships wielding better weapons than Humans and still be defeated by mages, especially if employed ''the'' advantage the Cephs were not yet able to out-compete technologically – stealth and detection. Since [[Magi Cæli]] deal devastating damage in close range, the prevalent doctrine of the Cephs is field [[carrier]]s in the back supplying [[fighter]]s and [[bomber]]s for the frontlines of the battle. In battles of sufficient size the carriers are joined by one or more [[Blink Bombardment Cannon|siege-range blink cannon]]s. In any case, a nearly overwhelming complement of drones of various purposes usually join the fray. In the event of significant heavy capital ship losses the Cephalopods prefer to withdraw.<ref>{{ch|13}}</ref>

Early in the war the Cephs established outposts surrounding the totality of Human space, encapsulating it.<ref>{{ch|6}}</ref>

By now the Cephalopods are aware of the danger mages pose to their troops and equipped their field personnel with shrapnelling self-destructs<ref>{{ch|20}}</ref> as well as deploying snipers aiming for [[Soul Gem]]s<ref>{{ch|9}}</ref>, and in cases detonating heavy ordinances in close proximity to their installations if they detect anything slightly indicating a Human [[MagOps]] insertion.<ref>{{ch|18}}</ref>

=== Ships<ref>{{ch|13}}</ref> ===

* (Heavy) [[Carrier]]
** Field [[Fighter]]s and [[Bomber]]s
** Rapid repair facilities
* [[Blink Bombardment Cannon]]
** teleports heavy ordinance into the middle of human fleets
** aim experiences a short phase-in period
* [[Bomber]]
** Heavy fire platform
** Not FTL capapble
* [[Interceptor]]
** Defense against [[MC]]
** Cover for bombers
* [[Battlecruiser]]
** Heavy fire support
** Planetary bombardment, WMD deployment
** Often sacrificial pawn to delay Human fleet
* [[Cruiser]]
** Heavy anti-personnel platform
** Deploys hard radiation bombs and EMP pulses
* Frigate
** Light anti-personnel and patrol platform
** Deploys "shrapnel" flak and minefields
* Strategic Vessels
** Operate independent of fleets
** Goal: Terror, Raiding, break supply lines
** FTL and Blink capable
== References ==

<references />

[[Category:Cephalopods]]

HSS Ludwig van Beethoven

2013-09-23T09:20:14Z

Shoum: created

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The '''HSS Ludwig van Beethoven''' was a human ship participating in the [[Battle of Kepler-37]]. It was confirmed lost in the first assault initiated by the human fleet. Presumable a back-up of the [[artificial intelligence]] will be activated at a later point, given sufficient resources.

[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]]
[[Category:Ship]]

Main Page

2013-09-22T21:39:57Z

Shoum: /* Where to Start */ added more red

A place to dump canon info about [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7406866/1/To-the-Stars To The Stars].

Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

==Where to Start==
At the very least, we need to import [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/ everything from the Tumblr posts] here!

If you feel like it, here is a table containing quite a lot of characters and terms, most unique to ''To The Stars''. And do not let the lots of blue (indicating the entry exists, unlike the not existing red ones) links fool you, many of those entries mostly consists of a the barest info placed into backbone structure that can still be filled with more information and description.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="6" | Main Characters
|-
| [[Shizuki Ryouko]] || [[Simona del Mago]] || [[Nakihara Asami]] || [[Tomoe Mami]] || [[Sakura Kyouko]] || [[Chitose Yuma]]
|-
! colspan="6" | Secondary Characters
|-
| [[Ruiko]] || [[Chiaki]] || [[Patricia von Rohr]] || [[Shirou Asaka]] || [[Meiqing]] || [[Ngo Thi An]]
|-
| [[Kuroi Nakase]] || [[Shizuki Kuma]] || [[Kuroi Abe]] || [[Ryouko's Grandmother]] || [[Shizuki Koto]] || [[Kugimiya Hiro]]
|-
| [[Kugimiya Ito]] || [[Nakanishi Aiko]] || [[Kuroi Nana]] || [[Kuroi Kana]] || [[Shizuki Sayaka]] || [[Shizuki Hitomi]]
|-
| [[Atsuko Arisu]] || [[Clarisse van Rossum]] || [[Tanaka Yui]] || [[Akemi Homura]] || [[Kaname Madoka]] || [[Kyubey]]
|-
| [[Erwynmark]] || [[Sualem]] || [[Tsvangirai]] || [[de Chatillon]] || [[Alexander]] || [[Karishma Anand]]
|-
| [[Chang]] || [[Miller]] || [[Feodorovich]] || [[Okamura Yuu]] || [[Eirin]] the Elusive || [[Susana Miller]]
|-
| [[Mikuni Oriko]] || [[Kure Kirika]] || [[Hinata Aina]] || [[Miroko Mikuru]] || [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace]] || Captain [[Makuza]]
|-
| [[Miki Sayaka]] || [[Kishida Maki]] || [[Risa Flores]] || [[Alice]] || [[Karina Schei]] || [[Shen Xiao Long]]
|-
| [[Marianne Francois]] || [[Hyori]] || [[Sarah Kaisan]] || [[Nakajima Emiri]] || [[Takukatsu Yuka]] || [[Shiraishi Akari]]
|-
| [[Julian Bradshaw]] || [[Vladimir Volokhov]] || [[Joanne Valentin]] || [[Kamijou Kyousuke]] || [[Laplace]] || [[Adriana Calderas]]
|-
| [[Hosna Schaefer]] || Marshal [[Porto]] || [[MAR]] || [[MAISL]] || [[Ishihara Tomoya]] || [[Nodame Riko]]
|-
| [[Chito Hiroko]] || [[Amelia Giovanni]] || [[HSS Raven|Raven, the Stealth ship]] || [[HSS Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau]] || [[HSS Horatio Nelson]] || [[Mohammad Berriman]]
|-
| [[Juliet Francois]] || [[Gracia Perez]] || [[Mina Guyure]] || [[Eva Guderian]] || [[Nadya Antipova]] || [[Annabelle Smith]]
|-
| [[Zheng Ying Zhi]] || [[Selécine Kabila]] || Admiral [[Gul]] || || ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Misc
|-
| ''[[Mahou Shoujo Youkai]]'' || [[Armed Forces]] || [[TacComp]] || [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] || [[General Staff]] || [[Religion]]
|-
| [[TacComp]] || [[Black Heart]] || [[Soul Guard]] || [[Soul Gem]] || [[Cult of Hope]] || [[Southern Group]]
|-
| [[Governance]] || [[Mitakihara City]] || [[Samsara]] || [[Acheron]] || [[Wish]] || [[Euphratic Sector]]
|-
| [[Nile Sector]] || [[Cephalopod]]s || [[Matriarchy]] || [[Prometheus Research Institute]] || [[Shizuki Matriarchy]] || [[Kuroi Matriarchy]]
|-
| [[United Front]] || [[Freedom Alliance]] || [[Demon]] || [[Befriending]] || [[Reformat]] || [[Gemini]]
|-
| [[HSS Arminius]] || [[FTL]] || [[Project Janus]] || [[Project Eden]] || [[FTL Battle]] || [[Charon]]
|-
| [[HSS Jeanne d'Arc]] || [[Wormhole Stabilizer]] || [[Project Icarus]] || [[HSS Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov]] || [[Akemi (movie)]] || [[Nomenclator]]
|-
| [[Seven Muses Technologies]] || [[Epsilon Eridani]] || [[New Athens]] || [[Emergency Defense Committee]] || [[Maximal Command Mode]] || [[Orpheus]]
|-
| [[Eviscerator]] || [[HSS Manfred von Richthofen]] || [[HSS Ludwig van Beethoven]] || [[HSS Qiu Ying]] || [[HSS Eugène Delacroix]] || [[HSS Haile Selassie]]
|-
| [[HSS Robert Hackworth]] || || || || ||
|}

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Squid

2013-08-27T11:39:25Z

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#redirect [[Cephalopod]]

Cephalopod

2013-08-27T11:38:35Z

Shoum: added nickname

Ceph

2013-08-27T11:37:27Z

Shoum: created

#redirect [[Cephalopod]]

Ngo Thi An

2013-08-27T11:37:00Z

Shoum: created

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'''Ngo Thi An''' is a magical girl in the same training cohort as [[Shizuki Ryouko]], [[Meiqing]] and [[Nakihara Asami]]. Like her cohort mates she was en route to [[Acheron]] when the transport ship [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace|HSS Laplace]] came under heavy attack by deep-raiding [[Ceph]] fighters.

In her free time she plays with some of her cohort mates VR games.

== Costume & Abilities ==

She can generate an orange barrier that curses with tendrils of light.

== References ==

* {{ch|19}}
* {{ch|20}}

[[Category:Magical Girl]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:MSY]]

Cephalopod

2013-08-27T05:58:49Z

Shoum: created

'''Cephalopods''' are a sentient species of somewhat humanoid-lovecraftian body and embroiled in a brutal war with Humanity. Not much is known about them.

The first contact was a genocidal display of devastation wrecked on the Human colony [[Aurora]].

== Biology ==

Biologically speaking, Cephs have four prehensile upper limbs<ref>{{ch|3}}</ref> and copper-green blood, suggesting a hemocyanin-analog to be the protein responsible for oxygen transport.

== Society ==

Currently its speculated the Cephalopod Society to be organised fully into the military force with a two-way communication into the computational grid, allowing for relay of information and reception of orders.<ref>{{ch|8}}</ref>

== Warfare ==

Cephalopods have the upper hand in everything in regards to warfare; they have faster ships, better guns and generally technologically superior. The main factor they have not yet overrun Humanity is not entirely clear, but the integrated role of [[magical girl]]s in the Human military seems to be one of the more deciding factors.

That's the only reason Cephs are able to field lighter and faster and still better armoured ships wielding better weapons than Humans and still be defeated by mages, especially if employed ''the'' advantage the Cephs were not yet able to outcompete technologically – stealth and detection. Since [[Magi Cæli]] deal devastating damage in close range, the prevalent doctrine of the Cephs is field [[carrier]]s in the back supplying [[fighter]]s and [[bomber]]s for the frontlines of the battle. In battles of sufficient size the carriers are joined by one or more [[Blink Bombardment Cannon|siege-range blink cannon]]s. In any case, a nearly oerwhelming complement of drones of various purposes usually join the fray. In the event of significant heavy capital ship losses the Cephalopods prefer to withdraw.<ref>{{ch|13}}</ref>

Early in the war the Cephs established outposts surrounding the total of Human space, encapsulating it.<ref>{{ch|6}}</ref>

By now the Cephalopods are aware of the danger mages pose to their troops and equipped their field personnel with shrapnelling self-destructs<ref>{{ch|20}}</ref> as well as deploying snipers aiming for [[soul gem]]s<ref>{{ch|9}}</ref>, and in cases detonating heavy ordinances in close proximity to their installations if they detect anything slightly indicating a Human [[MagOps]] insertion.<ref>{{ch|18}}</ref>

=== Ships<ref>{{ch|13}}</ref> ===

* (Heavy) [[Carrier]]
** Field [[Fighter]]s and [[Bomber]]s
** Rapid repair facilities
* [[Blink Bombardment Cannon]]
** teleports heavy ordinance into the middle of human fleets
** aim experiences a short phase-in period
* [[Bomber]]
** Heavy fire platform
** Not FTL capapble
* [[Interceptor]]
** Defense against [[MC]]
** Cover for bombers
* [[Battlecruiser]]
** Heavy fire support
** Planetary bombardment, WMD deployment
** Often sacrificial pawn to delay Human fleet
* [[Cruiser]]
** Heavy anti-personnel platform
** Deploys hard radiation bombs and EMP pulses
* Frigate
** Light anti-personnel and patrol platform
** Deploys "shrapnel" flak and minefields
* Strategic Vessels
** Operate independent of fleets
** Goal: Terror, Raiding, break supply lines
** FTL and Blink capable
== References ==

<references />

[[Category:Cephalopods]]

HSS Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

2013-08-26T19:58:52Z

Shoum: created

{{Characterbox
|image=
|gender=
|age=
|occupation= [[Battlecruiser]]
|special= Flagship of [[Tomoe Mami]]
}}

The '''HSS Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov''' is the [[Battlecruiser]] serving as flagship to [[Tomoe Mami]].

== AI ==

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov looks like an older man with receding hair, clad in an archaic uniform, probably modelling after his namesake, who had a big role in leading the Soviet Army during the 2nd world war through eastern Europe and then conquering Berlin itself.

He affects a Russian accent. Even though his body is a Battlecruiser, he is not beyond playful banter when the situation allows for it. He seems to take some fun from the interactions of his crew.

Interestingly enough, his projected person does not convey the gravitas and power his VR avatar does, easily intimidating [[Clarisse]].<ref>{{ch|22|Chapter 22: Shifting Winds}}</ref>

== Physical properties ==

As a Battlecruiser 'Georgy' is the backbone of any fleet, serving as flagship and mobile command post with his SHERMAN providing powerful backup.

=== Fitments ===

* Reinforced passenger compartment (includes emergency space suits; assumed)
* Forcefield generator (assumed)
* Cargo bay (assumed)
* Internal service drones (assumed)
* FTL engine
* Infirmary (assumed)
* Fast/Short Travel Tubes
* Recreational Centres (VR, Holotheatres, others)<ref>{{ch|24|Chapter 24: Historian}}</ref>

=== Weaponry ===

* SHERMAN main cannon
* Gun platforms (FTL-capable; assumed)
* Attack & defence drones (assumed)
* Smart dust (ECM; assumed)

=== Personnel ===

* Captain [[Emilio Rodriguez]]
* assorted personnel required to run a ship of this size, with backups of everything and everyone
* nominally [[Shizuki Ryouko]] serves as a lower-tier staff officer during her covert sabotage mission

== References ==

<references />

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Artifical Intelligence]]
[[Category:Ship]]
[[Category:Battlecruiser]]

Main Page

2013-08-26T19:49:40Z

Shoum: /* Where to Start */ Jean, Jean, Jean…

A place to dump canon info about [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7406866/1/To-the-Stars To The Stars].

Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

==Where to Start==
At the very least, we need to import [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/ everything from the Tumblr posts] here!
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="6" | Main Characters
|-
| [[Shizuki Ryouko]] || [[Simona del Mago]] || [[Nakihara Asami]] || [[Tomoe Mami]] || [[Sakura Kyouko]] || [[Chitose Yuma]]
|-
! colspan="6" | Secondary Characters
|-
| [[Ruiko]] || [[Chiaki]] || [[Patricia von Rohr]] || [[Shirou Asaka]] || [[Meiqing]] || [[Ngo Thi An]]
|-
| [[Kuroi Nakase]] || [[Shizuki Kuma]] || [[Kuroi Abe]] || [[Ryouko's Grandmother]] || [[Shizuki Koto]] || [[Kugimiya Hiro]]
|-
| [[Kugimiya Ito]] || [[Nakanishi Aiko]] || [[Kuroi Nana]] || [[Kuroi Kana]] || [[Shizuki Sayaka]] || [[Shizuki Hitomi]]
|-
| [[Atsuko Arisu]] || [[Clarisse van Rossum]] || [[Tanaka Yui]] || [[Akemi Homura]] || [[Kaname Madoka]] || [[Kyubey]]
|-
| [[Erwynmark]] || [[Sualem]] || [[Tsvangirai]] || [[de Chatillon]] || [[Alexander]] || [[Karishma Anand]]
|-
| [[Chang]] || [[Miller]] || [[Feodorovich]] || [[Okamura Yuu]] || [[Eirin]] the Elusive || [[Susana Miller]]
|-
| [[Mikuni Oriko]] || [[Kure Kirika]] || [[Hinata Aina]] || [[Miroko Mikuru]] || [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace]] || Captain [[Makuza]]
|-
| [[Miki Sayaka]] || [[Kishida Maki]] || [[Risa Flores]] || [[Alice]] || [[Karina Schei]] || [[Shen Xiao Long]]
|-
| [[Marianne Francois]] || [[Hyori]] || [[Sarah Kaisan]] || [[Nakajima Emiri]] || [[Takukatsu Yuka]] || [[Shiraishi Akari]]
|-
| [[Julian Bradshaw]] || [[Vladimir Volokhov]] || [[Joanne Valentin]] || [[Kamijou Kyousuke]] || [[Laplace]] || [[Adriana Calderas]]
|-
| [[Hosna Schaefer]] || Marshal [[Porto]] || [[MAR]] || [[MAISL]] || [[Ishihara Tomoya]] || [[Nodame Riko]]
|-
| [[Chito Hiroko]] || [[Amelia Giovanni]] || || [[HSS Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau]] || [[HSS Horatio Nelson]] ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Misc
|-
| ''[[Mahou Shoujo Youkai]]'' || [[Armed Forces]] || [[TacComp]] || [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] || [[General Staff]]
|-
| [[TacComp]] || [[Black Heart]] || [[Soul Guard]] || [[Soul Gem]] || [[Cult of Hope]] || [[Southern Group]]
|-
| [[Governance]] || [[Mitakihara City]] || [[Samsara]] || [[Acheron]] || [[Wish]] || [[Euphratic Sector]]
|-
| [[Nile Sector]] || [[Cephalopod]]s || [[Matriarchy]] || [[Prometheus Research Institute]] || [[Shizuki Matriarchy]] || [[Kuroi Matriarchy]]
|-
| [[United Front]] || [[Freedom Alliance]] || [[Demon]] || [[Befriending]] || [[Reformat]] || [[Gemini]]
|-
| [[HSS Arminius]] || [[FTL]] || [[Project Janus]] || [[Project Eden]] || [[FTL Battle]] || [[Charon]]
|-
| [[HSS Jeanne d'Arc]] || [[Wormhole Stabilizer]] || [[Project Icarus]] || [[HSS Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov]] || [[Akemi (movie)]] || [[Nomenclator]]
|-
| [[Seven Muses Technologies]] || [[Epsilon Eridani]] || [[New Athens]] || [[Emergency Defense Committee]] || ||
|}

(Red link means page isn't created yet.)

==Other Points of Interest==
* [[Timeline]]
* [[Mysteries]]

If none of the above stimulates your interest, you can fill in the pages at the top of [[Special:WantedPages|this page]], try to finish the pages on [[:Category:Under Construction|this list]], or think of uses for the pages [[Special:LonelyPages|here]].

Pictures can be uploaded [[Special:Upload|here]], or if you're not on this page, go to the left sidebar, look for "Tools", and click "Upload file" underneath. (Thumbnails should work now, but drop [[User:Archivist]] a line if they don't.)

== Getting started ==
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* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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Main Page

2013-08-26T19:02:08Z

Shoum: /* Where to Start */ red

A place to dump canon info about [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7406866/1/To-the-Stars To The Stars].

Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

==Where to Start==
At the very least, we need to import [http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/ everything from the Tumblr posts] here!
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="6" | Main Characters
|-
| [[Shizuki Ryouko]] || [[Simona del Mago]] || [[Nakihara Asami]] || [[Tomoe Mami]] || [[Sakura Kyouko]] || [[Chitose Yuma]]
|-
! colspan="6" | Secondary Characters
|-
| [[Ruiko]] || [[Chiaki]] || [[Patricia von Rohr]] || [[Shirou Asaka]] || [[Meiqing]] || [[Ngo Thi An]]
|-
| [[Kuroi Nakase]] || [[Shizuki Kuma]] || [[Kuroi Abe]] || [[Ryouko's Grandmother]] || [[Shizuki Koto]] || [[Kugimiya Hiro]]
|-
| [[Kugimiya Ito]] || [[Nakanishi Aiko]] || [[Kuroi Nana]] || [[Kuroi Kana]] || [[Shizuki Sayaka]] || [[Shizuki Hitomi]]
|-
| [[Atsuko Arisu]] || [[Clarisse van Rossum]] || [[Tanaka Yui]] || [[Akemi Homura]] || [[Kaname Madoka]] || [[Kyubey]]
|-
| [[Erwynmark]] || [[Sualem]] || [[Tsvangirai]] || [[de Chatillon]] || [[Alexander]] || [[Karishma Anand]]
|-
| [[Chang]] || [[Miller]] || [[Feodorovich]] || [[Okamura Yuu]] || [[Eirin]] the Elusive || [[Susana Miller]]
|-
| [[Mikuni Oriko]] || [[Kure Kirika]] || [[Hinata Aina]] || [[Miroko Mikuru]] || [[HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace]] || Captain [[Makuza]]
|-
| [[Miki Sayaka]] || [[Kishida Maki]] || [[Risa Flores]] || [[Alice]] || [[Karina Schei]] || [[Shen Xiao Long]]
|-
| [[Marianne Francois]] || [[Hyori]] || [[Sarah Kaisan]] || [[Nakajima Emiri]] || [[Takukatsu Yuka]] || [[Shiraishi Akari]]
|-
| [[Julian Bradshaw]] || [[Vladimir Volokhov]] || [[Joanne Valentin]] || [[Kamijou Kyousuke]] || [[Laplace]] || [[Adriana Calderas]]
|-
| [[Hosna Schaefer]] || Marshal [[Porto]] || [[MAR]] || [[MAISL]] || [[Ishihara Tomoya]] || [[Nodame Riko]]
|-
| [[Chito Hiroko]] || [[Amelia Giovanni]] || [[Machina]] || || ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Misc
|-
| ''[[Mahou Shoujo Youkai]]'' || [[Armed Forces]] || [[TacComp]] || [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani]] || [[General Staff]]
|-
| [[TacComp]] || [[Black Heart]] || [[Soul Guard]] || [[Soul Gem]] || [[Cult of Hope]] || [[Southern Group]]
|-
| [[Governance]] || [[Mitakihara City]] || [[Samsara]] || [[Acheron]] || [[Wish]] || [[Euphratic Sector]]
|-
| [[Nile Sector]] || [[Cephalopod]]s || [[Prometheus Research Institute]] || [[Matriarchy]] || [[Shizuki Matriarchy]] || [[Kuroi Matriarchy]]
|-
| [[United Front]] || [[Freedom Alliance]] || [[Demon]] || [[Befriending]] || [[Reformat]] || [[Gemini]]
|-
| [[HSS Arminius]] || [[FTL]] || [[Project Janus]] || [[Project Eden]] || [[FTL Battle]] || [[Charon]]
|-
| [[HSS Jeanne d'Arc]] || [[HSS Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov]] || [[Project Icarus]] || [[Wormhole Stabilizer]] || [[Akemi (movie)]] || [[Nomenclator]]
|-
| [[Seven Muses Technologies]] || [[Epsilon Eridani]] || [[New Athens]] || [[Emergency Defense Committee]] || ||
|}

(Red link means page isn't created yet.)

==Other Points of Interest==
* [[Timeline]]
* [[Mysteries]]

If none of the above stimulates your interest, you can fill in the pages at the top of [[Special:WantedPages|this page]], try to finish the pages on [[:Category:Under Construction|this list]], or think of uses for the pages [[Special:LonelyPages|here]].

Pictures can be uploaded [[Special:Upload|here]], or if you're not on this page, go to the left sidebar, look for "Tools", and click "Upload file" underneath. (Thumbnails should work now, but drop [[User:Archivist]] a line if they don't.)

== Getting started ==
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Chito Hiroko

2013-08-26T19:01:26Z

Shoum: created

'''Chito Hiroko''' was the persona [[Tomoe Mami]] used to watch [[Akemi (movie)|Akemi]] unimpeded. Chito is however a real person and was unaware of the (sanctioned) use of her personal data.

[[Category:Civilian]]

Hosna Schaefer

2013-08-26T18:50:34Z

Shoum: created

{{Characterbox
|gender= f
|age= ??
|occupation= [[Magical Girl]] (Rank: 2nd Lieutenant)
|special= Wingmate of [[Nakihara Asami]]
|weapon=
|class=
|CO=
|mentor=
}}

'''Hosna Schaefer''' is a magical girl and current wingmate of [[Nakihara Asami|Asami]]. She is straightforward and cares for Asami enough to be worried by her spells of zoning out when the latter thinks of [[Shizuki Ryouko|Ryouko]].

== References ==

* {{ch|24}}

[[Category:Magical Girl]]
[[Category:Military]]

Porto

2013-08-26T17:55:47Z

Shoum: forgot to preview first v_v

{{Characterbox
|name= Porto
|gender= m
|age= ~300
|occupation= Member of the [[General Staff]]
|special= Member of former [[EDC]]
|CO= General Staff
}}

'''Marshal Porto''' is a Member of the [[General Staff]] and thus among the select few influencing the course of the [[military]] in the [[Contact War]].<ref>Somewhere in the [http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/to-the-stars-puella-magi-madoka-magica.252302/ SB-Thread I can't be bothered to look for now]</ref>

Aside from that he also played a role in the [[Emergency Defense Committee]] that ended the [[Unification War]] and laid the groundwork for [[Governance]].<ref>[http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post Governance]</ref>

He is incidentally among the oldest non-[[MG]] humans alive, seeing [[Project Eden]] come to fruition still in his lifetime and thus gaining clinical immortality.<ref>[http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/59376550226/when-was-clinical-immortality-achieved-im-wondering Incubator Archives: When was clinical immortality achieved?]</ref>

== References ==

<references />

[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:General Staff]]
[[Category:Emergency Defense Committee]]

Porto

2013-08-26T17:54:52Z

Shoum: created

{{Characterbox
|name= Porto
|gender= m
|age= ~300
|occupation= Member of the [[General Staff]]
|special= Member of former [[EDC]]
|CO= General Staff
}}

'''Marshal Porto''' is a Member of the [[General Staff]] and thus among the select few influencing the course of the [[military]] in the [[Contact War]].<ref>Somewhere in the [http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/to-the-stars-puella-magi-madoka-magica.252302/ SB-Thread I can't be bothered to look for now]

Aside from that he also played a role in the [[Emergency Defense Committee]] that ended the [[Unification War]] and laid the groundwork for [[Governance]].<ref>[http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/52697240857/organization-post-2-governance-part-1 Incubator Archives: Organization post Governance]</ref>

He is incidentally among the oldest non-[[MG]] humans alive, seeing [[Project Eden]] come to fruition still in his lifetime and thus gaining clinical immortality.<ref>[http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/59376550226/when-was-clinical-immortality-achieved-im-wondering Incubator Archives: When was clinical immortality achieved?]

== References ==

<references />

[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:General Staff]]
[[Category:Emergency Defense Committee]]

User:Shoum

2013-08-26T17:21:01Z

Shoum: /* Articles */

I am.

== Contributions ==
=== [[:Category:Characters|Characters]] ===
A lot. Seriously, a lot. Most had been new contributions, i.e. page creations, and I filled them with a fact-rich skeleton: Character box, appearance, character, costume & abilities, references.

=== Other ===

Projects [[Project Janus|Janus]], [[Project Eden|Eden]] and [[Project Icarus|Icarus]], though each needs some reworking.

=== Categories ===
As in, I didn't put them everywhere but rather added a short description and super- and sub-categories. Some I created completely, though.
* [[:Category:Deceased]]
* [[:Category:Magical Girl]]
* [[:Category:Trusted NC]]
* [[:Category:Cult of Hope]]
* [[:Category:Organization]]
* [[:Category:MSY]]
== Plans ==

=== Meta ===

* <strike>References/Citations</strike>
* Uploading various character pics

=== Articles ===

Following articles need to be created:

* [[Faster-Than-Light]], integrating both hyperspace and blink
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
* [[TacComp]], both versions in one article
* [[Governance]]
* [[Emergency Defense Committee]]

Amelia Giovanni

2013-08-26T17:20:01Z

Shoum: character box edited

{{Characterbox
|gender= f
|age= >30
|occupation= [[Magical Girl]]
|class= Telepath (speculated)
|special= Refugee of [[Atlas]]
}}

'''Amelia Giovanni''' is a [[magical girl]] that survived the [[Cephalopod]]'s attack on the colony of [[Atlas]] and the first real source of intel the [[MSY]] had.

== References ==

* {{ch|3}}

[[Category:Magical Girl]]
[[Category:MSYl]]

Amelia Giovanni

2013-08-26T17:18:21Z

Shoum: created

{{Characterbox
|gender= f
|occupation= [[Magical Girl]]
|class= Telepath (speculated)
|special= Refugee of [[Atlas]]
}}

'''Amelia Giovanni''' is a [[magical girl]] that survived the [[Cephalopod]]'s attack on the colony of [[Atlas]] and the first real source of intel the [[MSY]] had.

== References ==

* {{ch|3}}

[[Category:Magical Girl]]
[[Category:MSYl]]

Project Icarus

2013-08-26T16:59:21Z

Shoum: expanded

'''Project Icarus''' was a large scale scientific project issued by the [[EDC]] employing thousands of scientists with a single goal: To develop and issue fleets of satellites orbiting the sun and harvesting solar energy, making energy essentially not just cheap, but free.

They succeeded. Since the energy needs of most colonies are not on the scale as those of [[Earth]], though, only the larger other core worlds started launching their own satellites. <ref>[http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/post/59376778614/how-far-along-are-the-settled-systems-in-their-own Incubator Archives: Icarus in other settles systems]</ref>

== References ==

::{{ch|15}}
<references />

[[Category:Governance]]