Notable Unathi Colonies

Unathi

U. Sapiens / Sinta'Unathi

Home System: Uueoa-Esa

Homeworld: Moghes

Language(s): Sinta'Unathi

Political Entitie(s): Izweski Nation / Izweski Hegemony

Overview

There are over a dozen small colonies within the Hegemony, and more are being added every month. Most of them are small and unassuming, but a few have risen to the top as the most influential or noteworthy.

Mercantalism: All Goods Flow To Moghes

Colonies are forbidden from selling their wares to any planet or business other than the Capital. Only specially chartered guilds who are granted exclusive rights may barter with the Orion Spur directly.

The Unathi economic system is mercantilist in nature. Access to ports are restricted to specific guilds given a royal charter, which is a bill of exclusivity over shares of trade to protect them from competition . It is best thought of as being given a lease by the Izweski to handle a specific amount of interstellar trade coming to and from the Hegemony. All goods flow from the colonies to Moghes, which are then sold to the wider galaxy after the Izweski take a cut.

Hephaestus Industries has the most generous charter to operate on Ouerea and brings its goods directly to the galactic market directly. Other mega-corporations have their efforts throttled and frustrated. NanoTrasen retains recruitment offices in the star system but very little else.

Ouerean Confederation

Ouerea was originally settled in 2438 and was intended to be the Hegemony's first planetary colony. The growing discontentment on the planet Ouerea, the first colony settled by the Hegemony, erupted into a large-scale grassroots movement after the rocky re-integration back into the Hegemony. Clans across Ouerea came together under the banner of the Confederation of Ouerea. This revolutionary movement was unsuccessfully suppressed by the alarmed aristocracy, and it became unstoppable. Despite the objections from the Overlord of Ouerea, who went as far as to assassinate rebel negotiators, they were granted limited self-rule by Not'zar Izweski. Angry with this, the Overlord Yiztek tried and failed to assassinate the Lord-Regent, and was summarily deposed and his entire clan made Guwans.

A map of Ouerea, with cities and major locations labelled.

The 'Ouerean Model' Government

Ouerea operates differently from the regular feudal model with the additional of Elder-Chiefs and Clan-Mothers. For the purpose of social ranking, they are usually given the same esteem as noblemen.

Elder-Chiefs are originally male Chiefs appointed to the Grand Council by a Clan-Mother already on the Grand Council. The title is not hereditary. Elder-Chiefs serve for life on the Grand Council but can retire or be removed by a Clan-Mother. Typically they are elder, wise, and Th'akh.

Clan-Mother is a heriditary title that passed down a Clan matrilineally. They are usually esteemed elders of the most prestigious Ouerean Clans Clan-Mothers are responsible for overseeing the behavior and actons of Elder-Chiefs. Removing Elder-Chiefs is left to their Clan-Mother, and can be done only if she believes a Chief is not acting for the benefit of the people. They are typically elder, wise, and Th'akh.

Many humans and Skrell still reside on Ouerea, and there are periodically human or even Skrell Mayors and Chiefs.

More information on the politics and history of Ouerea can be found here.

Gwim’zala

A moon world in the Youthstone star system, it was originally a large headquarters for raiders and pirates. In May of 2459 a joint operation between the Empire of Dominia and the Hegemony destroyed the pirate headquarters before the two allies turned on one another in a short, vicious war. The fighting itself was a draw but the Hegemony gained the system while Dominia gained its loot. The liberated world of C-19B was renamed Gwim'zala and was opened to settlement by enterprising Sinta'Unathi. It's Overlord is the elderly Zutazki Gwim'zala of which the planet gets its name.

The planet is sparsely populated with 12,500 Unathi. Most colonists are hardy frontiersmen who are living in a wild, untamed world. Outside the Overlord and his family within the sole city of Oyutazi the planet is notably absent of a landed nobility, as the young colony has still not been partitioned.

The entire system the colony is in faces intense and repeated attacks by marauding pirates and raiders, and there are nearly twice weekly skirmishes between them and the Izweski Navy. It is an open secret that the Empire of Dominia is offering large rewards to marauders that attack the system, but there is no firm proof that would allow the Hegemony to honorably retaliate. Because of this, many Unathi within the navy find that battle in Youthstone can be where they prove themselves in battle.