Science Directorate of the Velvet Rose
The Directorate, the Velvet Rose, SDVR
Overview
The Science Directorate of the Velvet Rose is the farthest spinwards rimwards nation in A1-0. The Velvet Rose is in the Serniani Nebula, an area treacherous to travel through by real and interdimensional faster than light, on par with a badlands. Leaving the Nebula and ending their isolation, the Serniani are ready to face other nations in the sector.
Government
The Velvet Rose is divided into three branches of government
- Rose Senate (Legislative)
- Arbitration Committee of the Directorate (Judicial)
- Office of the Director-General (Executive)
The Velvet Rose is subdivided into Prefectures, each prefecture is led by prefects, appointed by the planets, stations, and military posts (For planets and stations, they’d vote, for military installations, it’d be the highest ranked officer). Prefects appoint a Senior Prefect to represent them in the Rose Senate.
Culture
Serniani are very matriarchal, and sometimes look down on other species with masculine traits. They are extreme materialists, going to great lengths to acquire foreign technology and reverse engineer it.
Religion
Serniani are agnostic, although some follow minor religions.
History
Serniani History dates back 20,000 years, on their homeworld of Aleksoria. After around 2500 years, Serniani achieved faster than light, activating the first Gate Relay Node between the Aleksoria System and the Irivani System. This process sped up exponentially, the first out of Nebula Transit occurred in 13000 BBT, encountering the first non Serniani life, the Valseni. In 7500 BBT, the Nexus was discovered.
Economy
The Velvet Rose operates a mixed economy command leaning economy, with a large ship building industry, weapons contractors, and a large science base. That being said, private businesses do exist, and some are very successful, but are heavily regulated to prevent monopolies.
Trade
Serniani trade with Calerost, and maintain trade associations with their protectorates, usually free trade agreements, visa-free travel
Military
The Velvet Rose’s military forces (Called the Velvet Rose Defense Forces, sometimes the Directorate Defense Forces) are separated into two major forces, four uniformed services, two civilian units, two reserve forces, and three non military commissioned corps. These are;
Naval Defense Force (NDF)
–Velvet Marine Corps (VMC)
Ground Defense Force (GDF)
–Littoral Patrol Corps (LPC)
Civilian Service
–Civilian Auxiliary
–Merchant Marine
Reserves
–System Defense Forces (Ground & Navy)
Non Military Commissioned Corps
–Health Corps
–Space Weather Administration
–Commissioned Diplomatic Corps
Conflicts
Valseni War (link not Available, soon)
FTL
SkipSpace - Traditional IFTL (needs elaboration later)
Nexus - A dimension of computer data, with so-called ‘Nexus Lines’ creating conditions for train-like FTL.
Gate Relay Node - Gate travel through the Nebula