No. Card Intra System 'Star' Cultures I The Magician 'Kosmi' II The High Priestess 'Astros' III The Empress 'Taikos' IV The Emperor 'Kalifs' V The Heirophant 'Commoners' VI The Lovers 'Euros' VII The Chariot 'Southers' VIII Justice 'Hermians' IX The Hermit 'Trogs' X Wheel of Fortune 'Ellers' XI Strength 'NEOs'  XII The Hanged Man 'Belters' XIII Death 'Areans' XIV Temperance 'Deepers'  XV The Devil 'Galileans' XVI The Tower 'Achillians' XVII The Star 'Ringers' XVIII The Moon 'Chironites' XIX The Sun 'Sprites' XX Judgement 'Fringers' XXI The World 'Halites' O The FOOL

of Intra System Cultures

The following suggestions are crafted around a generic but TerroCentric 'Future History' which may be customised to suit the nature of the D/M's campaign.

The first 'seven in space' are the historical remnants of ancient Terrestrial powers (Nation States) predating the Deluge, Eco-Collapse and Second Diaspora. Whilst the Multi-National Corporations dominated the Recovery, space based assets remained firmly within the grip of the various National and Supra-National Space Programs. In this way the Nation State survived the Global Collectivisation under the Federation and TerraCorp [TC].
(I.e. The same old Military Industrial Complex garlanded with the political figleaf of the Federated United Nations [FUN] and a singular Global MegaCorporation.)
These seven 'space nations' supported the initial orbital stations; built their prestigious Lunar Bases; founded the first NEOColonies and the various Martian Enclaves... before self sufficiency and rebellion redrew the cultural borders on a System wide basis.

Although proudly flying a single flag the first 'seven in space' were largely supra-national and multi-national organisations; drawing talent and skills from all over an increasingly untenable world. Once in orbit, the harsh realities of the new frontier combined with the underlying cultural ethos to produce seven distinct Space 'Tribes'; with an internal identity largely drawn from the 'national character' of the parent space program.

Seven in Space
I/ 'Kosmi' aka the 'The Space Soviet'. Russia, the CIS and former Communist/ Socialist States.
[Russian is their principle language.]
(Opposed everywhere by their traditional enemies: the Oligs of TerraCorp.)

II/ 'Astros' aka "United Space Alliance" - individuals tracing their roots back to the North American League, the Confederacy of Southern States, Texas Free State and other former Republics of the Former United States. [Ameringlish with a heavy dose of NASAese.]
(Indies of TerraCorp.)

III/ 'Taikos' China and its allies including contributions from other SEAC  nations including Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
[Mandarin w. Cantonese, Japanese and other borrowed terms]
(Zaibs of TerraCorp.)

IV/ 'Kalifs' aka "The Cosmic Caliphate" [Pan Arabian-Islamic Nation] a broad coalition of Islamic States primarily funded by OPEC.
[Arabic]
(Zions of TerraCorp.)

V/ 'Commoners' aka 'The Solar Commonwealth' comprising Canada, Australia, India and other ex-colonies and dependancies of the United Kingdom but naturally excluding the UK itself.
[Standard English]
(Brits of TerraCorp.)

VI/ 'Euros' aka "The Alliance " [United States of European Democracies] a broad collective of European powers. Principally France, Germany,... but including nationals from Russia, Ukraine and other CIS nationals.
[Standard English. Except that the Frence speak French; the Germans: German; the Italians: Italian; and so on!]
(Brits of TerraCorp.)

VII/ 'Southers' aka "Space Coalition of Emerging Nations and Third-worlders" an alliance of South American and African States riding on the tail end of the Second Diaspora. Largely a creation of the fledgling TerraCorp when it realised it was losing the system whilst saving the planet! However, like the other six, the Southers soon found their independance from terrestrial ties.
[Spanish with Portuguese and special loan words.]
(Northers in general, especially Astros and Brits)

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'Feds' aka 'Dirtsiders', 'Terries' and other derogatory terms. Normally a tool of the D/M as a generic black helmet, Players will require a good rational and a determined desire to stir up the other AA's. Nominally an Enforcer Officer, TerraCorp Corporate 'Suit' or middle ranking FUN political apparatchik. And, by extension, any citizen of the Federated United Nations. All Feds, especially Enforcers, are looked on with distain by the System States Alliance.

Whilst the Corporate Citizen toiled under the benevolent tyranny of TerraCorp and its political lap dog: the Federated United Nations - borne out of desperation and the old United Nations -  the real power resided under the orbital and nuclear hammer blow of Federation Orbital Enforcement [FOE]. All too soon the military tail was wagging the civilian dog with the Federation as its political face and TerraCorp a mere service provider!
Elsewhere the colonisation of the Home System continued... inevitably leading to the System States Alliance [SSA] born out of the Lunar Rebellions and Federation attempts to annex the NEO Co-ops. Growing in numbers and strength by the secession of the Martian Enclaves and especially after the Belter/Company War. The Alliance saw its zenith in the form of the "System Commonwealth" and its slow decline in the form of the "Solaric Empire" whose trade wars with the various Interstellar Combines led to its eventual demise.

System States Alliance
VIII/ 'Hermians' Colonies on Mercury and various Habitats in Cis-Cytherian (Venusian) Space, principally the Sunsider Asteroids and the Venus Equilaterals. All InSys 'Deep Space Communication Lasers' (System Defence Laser Cannons) are nominally Hermian Territory but are naturally commanded by a broad spectrum of Alliance forces.

IX/ 'Trogs' plus other derogatory epithets: 'Moonies' 'Loonies' 'Lunatics' all of which are perfectly acceptable terms, providing they come from a fellow Trog. Preferred are 'Lunarian' (Sov), 'Selenian' (Astro), ... other Lunar Colonials turned Permanent Revolutionaries have their own preferred terms. Even after all these centuries, Trogs tend to preserve their ancient terrestrial heritage. After all no-one else is! Trogs were the first to get out from under the yoke of the Federation and make sure that everyone else is constantly reminded of the fact.

(Ellers and Trogs are notorious for their differences! Especially for siding with the FOE during the Rebellion - as if they had any choice!)

X/ 'Ellers' aka 'Orbitals' Principally the Earth-Moon Lagrangian Clusters but also some of the Earth Orbital Habitats and those in the Earth-Sun Lagrangian Points. Ellers are regarded as 'effete snobs who came late to the party' and then only after the Cybernetic Communion was finally driven back down The Well.

XI/ 'NEOs' aka 'Colonials' [Apollo, Amor, Aten Streams also includes certain long period comets - a constant bone of contention with the Deepers.] NEOSpace remains the industrial heartland of the Home System owing to solar flux and proximity to the mass market of Luna. NEOs are probably the most open hearted and culturally diverse member of the Alliance.

XII/ 'Belters' aka 'Rockhounds', 'Grubbers',...  still  prospect and mine the various main belts and clusters, just like the old days. In truth the valuable CHON materials ran out ages ago and the Home System has access to enough Nickel, Iron, Platinum and other metals for the next MegaYear. But old habits and even older Prospectors die hard. Belter Citadels are still the best place to be in case of Interstellar Invasion and rumours of highly effective 'Independant Defensive Sytems' are probably conservative underestimates. Belters were the first StL pioneers and have the cachet of Interstellar Society. Belter shipyards build the best *Craft in the Home System.

XIII/ 'Areans' aka 'Clavers' [Mars, Phobos and Habitats in Mars Orbit including M3, M4 and M5 points.] Living on past glories when Mars was the watering hole of the Home System. Their ground based industries never could compete with the NEOs even after the grounding of the Olympus Beanstalk. Areans are deeply conservative and dedicated to their mutually antagonistic projects of proving "life on mars" and "terraforming". Preservers and 'Formers being the two principle political (and some would say religious) ...parties!

XIV/  'Eccentrics' aka 'Deepers', 'Spacers',... a SpaceHab or Belter Citadel with a Deep Space orbit, out of plane of the Home System but not part of the 'Outer System Alliance' (u.i.) despite a common Belter heritage and a broadly identical environment.

Outer System Alliance
Occupying the various moons of the Gas Giants plus the Kuiper-Edgeworth Belt Objects and on tthrough the Oort Cloud and the fringes of Interstellar Space.
'Outies' are sub-divided by distance into various cultures associated with that planet's system of moons or with the major IceBall in the locale. 'Outies' rely on Fusion and more advanced power sources for their Technic Civilisation (More so than the Inner System, with its abundant solar power.)

XV/ 'Galileans' [Jupiter] The major settlements on the outer moons: Leda to Sinope, safely outside the radiation belts and, in shielded habitats, on the inner moons (with the obligatory mining colony on Io!) Callistans 'Stoners'; Ganymedians 'Medes'; Europans 'Euros'. After selling Jupiter to the 'Polar Adepts' (Hydrogen Breathers), Galilleans maintain the monopoly on FtL Phase Drive Technologies to this day.

XVI/ 'Achillians' [Leading Trojans] 'Greeks'; and 'Aeneans' {Trailing Trojans}'Trojans'. The asteroids themselves are named indiscriminately! With depleted resources and a failing internal economy these desperate people have turned to diplomacy and commerce raiding to make ends meet.

XVII/ 'Ringers' [Saturn] 'Chronics' Saturn was the natural choice for poets, painters, holo-sculptors and other artists in less traditional media. With an abundant supply of Deuterium and the best views in the Solar System most Ringers are quietly insufferable to tourists and other transients alike..

XVIII/ 'Chironites' [Trans Saturnian but Cis Uranian Objects] a select territory largely in the same position as the Trojans and Greeks.

XIX/ 'Sprites' [Uranus] 'Mirandans', 'Arialites', 'Umbrielites', ... a small collective of city states but proud of their accomplishments at making a marginal living so far away from the inner system without turning to piracy! Or selling out to the ETs!

XX/ 'Fringers' [Neptune and the Kuiper Belt] Major settlements on Triton and the larger TNOs (including Pluto and Charon and Nix and Hydra and Sedna and Xena and...)

XXI/ 'Halites', 'Drifters', 'Floaters' [Oort Halo]