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The Commonwealth - Commonwealth - 04-11-2013

The Commonwealth

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Short bio:

The Commonwealth is an organization formed by zoners which have decided that it is more profitable for one’s economical prosperity to form an association with others of its kind, all following similar interests and sharing economical and logistical might.

The Commonwealth is a zoner conglomeration which finds its roots among the Freeport of Tau-37, the same place where the Commonwealth is planning most of its ideas and plans.
Having found itself at the doorsteps of three influencial parties: The Outcasts, Gallia and the IMG, this zoner group is bestowed with a lot of opportunities which would allow it’s economical power to grow and prosper. As such, it is in the Commonwealth’s plans to take opportunity from the influence of these parties by conducting treaties and trade agreements.
Despite being at the hub of great conflict potential, the Commonwealth is currently doing its best in order to keep the true zoner way of life. That is: Economy and Diplomacy above all, Violence below anything.
That being said, this group is adept at seizing opportunity. Persuasion and Diplomacy being key talents among its members who all follow their interests under a common banner. Violence and War are greatly frowned, as the group has no capability of equalizing the military might of the parties it would most likely face in a theatre of war, moreover, The Commonwealth always deemed war and violence as a disadvantage in pursuing its interests.

Timeline of the Commonwealth's History:

  • 803 A.S - Carol d'Autoine, merchant and businessman initiates a family trade business
  • 806 A.S - Friends and other businessmen are keen on Carol's idea and express a desire to join this association. A Gaul Trade League(Association) was born
  • 807 A.S - The Trade Association increases in its numbers and economical wealth
  • 815 A.S - Robert Carol d'Autoine, Carol's nephew, joins the Trade League
  • 817 A.S - A parth is cleared through the Orkney minefield, this allows the League to taste the business and commodities from Sirius
  • 818 A.S - With Carol d'Autoine's death, Robert now runs the League
  • 819 A.S - Gallia expands its influence in the Taus. This allows the League to try its luck in the Taus, exposing itself to Sirian way of life, especially the Zoner tradition
  • 820 A.S - The Trade League adopts the Zoner way and traditions molding it with their current ideologies. The Commonwealth was founded with Robert d'Autoine as Head Councilor. A number of its past members frowned on this adaptation and left, returning to Gallia. The Commonwealth continued to exist, gathering members from the Sirian societies and building relations with other Zoner communities. For all intents and purposes, it is now a Zoner Association
  • Middle of 820 A.S - At the Zoner Summit, the Commonwealth established a business proposition with the Administrator of Freeport 10, The Administrator alongside the Freeport 10 joined the Commonwealth, still maintaining his authority over the station


Lore:

The Commonwealth was originally a shallow group of close friends and possible family members, all having their roots in either the arts of commerce or the zoner tradition. These individuals have thought that it would be better to assist one another believing that economical prosperity could be achieved more easier through numbers and not individuality.

A fraction of these members where Gauls, which, after the Gallic liberation of the Taus, have moved there seeking opportunity by collaborating with the IMG and exploiting the rich Niobium Fields. This choice however, brought them closer to the zoners and, once they saw zoner politics in administration and economy they have decided to adopt it thinking that this would further their goals.

That being said, the idea of a Commonwealth raised interest among the zoner community which these group of individuals got assimilated in. In time, more members joined the group wishing to adopt this , at first glance, magnificent idea.
However, assimilation in the zoner community among Tau-37 proved to be a hinder in the Commonwealth’s goals. It was later found out, that the relations between the glorious house of Gallia and the general Zoner community became rather tense. Combined with the zoner reputation of pursuing agreements and treatments with all kinds of organizations , from the honest to the infamous, without giving particular attention to their bio made the group to rethink its plans and goals.

A decision was made, that decision allowed the Commonwealth to make itself known to the public announcing everyone about the potential it may have. Still assimilated in the zoner community, the Commonwealth is bound to follow the TRUE zoner traditions.

Moreover, the association is looking to untie itself from the same reputation the zoner community adopted over time, looking to increase its relations with Gallia. A goal which is seen both as economical and patriotic as Gallia boasts a number of trading hubs and an overall good economic value and moreover, a number of Commonwealth members are of Gaul origins and some of them, are not keen on the idea of completely separating themselves from the nation which gave them birth.

This conglomeration decided to settle on the Freeport of Tau-37, from where it can administrate its branches and follow its goals. However, the Commonwealth lays no military claim to the system as their goal is the pursue of influence and power through economical and scientifically might. Any military claims is considered to bring a stain among their reputation and relations with other parties and would be the catalyst of armed conflicts, conflicts which the Commonwealth wishes to avoid at all cost as they consider it useless sacrifice of human life and a drawback in its administration.


Overtime, the Commonwealth took its politics of association and common assistance between its members to a slightly radical level resulting in a somewhat closed society where its members seek prosperity, power and influence with little to no regard for the “Outsiders” ,similar to Masonic societies on sol. In conclusion, The Commonwealth gives little to no importance to certain moralities. It pursues the path of accomplishing its own interests and ensuring its own survivability through persuasion and diplomacy sharing little to no compassion to the situation outside their association.


Because of their specialization on economy, diplomacy and research, the Commonwealth has no interest in competing in military might with other parties, contrary to other zoner groups’ ideology. Because of this, the Commonwealth developed a shipline with an affinity for research, transport and reconnaissance ships. In the Commonwealth’s ideology, the development of Nephilim fleets or other Capital Vessel Fleets is deemed as a flawed tactic which uselessly wastes resources on pursuing the development of military might, a transgression to the true Zoner Tradition and the Commonwealth’s ideology and thus, the use of Nephilims and other costly and enormous “leviathans” have been completely scrapped. If the need of self the defence ever rises, the Commonwealth would rely on its diplomatic abilities to convince other parties to wage war for their cause or to simply seek a snake hole which would lead them out of the conflict. Should their skills ever betray them, the Commonwealth would use its financial resources to develop a mercenary branch which would protect its interests.
The Commonwealth is witness to the struggles of Sirius, maladies, crisis, armed conflicts, the nomad threat, all of this has influenced the Commonwealth into developing a research branch.

To develop it, the Commonwealth managed to hire and fund a number of scientists, though as this branch is recent, it still requires development, something which the group will certainly look into.

As knowledge concerning the nomads were passed down from zoner to zoner, combined with the close distance to Omicron Alpha and the increased presence of Nomads in the Taus, the Commonwealth came to know about them as well, thought their knowledge is not as rich as the Zoner Communities in the Omicrons. Still, the Commonwealth recognizes the nomad threat as well as the potential of Nomad Adapted Technology. While it understands the fact that the Nomads have the power to destroy humanity, the Commonwealth doesn’t actively support resistance against them as according to their ideology, they are allowing other parties to deal with them. Still, this conglomeration will take use of any opportunity to acquire any data or research chances concerning the nomads in order to further their goals.

Though that is not the only purpose of the Research Division. It also occupies with the study of alien micro organisms and the development of new resources that would aid their cause.


In conclusion, the Commonwealth has developed itself to become a conglomeration of zoners all struggling to achieve influence and power through diplomacy under one single banner while dragging its roots from the Zoner tradition and Gaul mercantilism and ultimately developing its own ideology and tradition.

After establishing contact for a series of times with the other zoner communities, the Commonwealth learned of the Confederation of Freeports. Being part of this Confederation would give the Commonwealth a backbone as well as influence in dealing with other parties especially zoner associations and such, after careful deliberation it has been decided that it will be in Commonwealth's interests to join the Confederation.

A petition was made and it was sent to the Confederation, this same petition was reinitialized at the First Zoner Summit which took place in Baffin.

At the same Zoner Summit, the Commonwealth struck a deal with the Administrator of Freeport 10, this deal would allow the Commonwealth to base itself from the Freeport 10 and the Administrator would join the association.


Goals:

As time, evolution and adaptation to the conflicts and situations of Sirius, have ultimately led the Commonwealth to pursue a variety of goals:

  • Improve Relations with Gallia
  • Conduct Research on Nomad Entities
  • Develop its influence by assessing key diplomatic treaties and agreements
  • Gain access to as many tradehubs as possible
  • Research new innovations for the benefit of humanity which would ultimately be shared at a great price for the sake of its own interest
  • Develop its Research Branch



Ranking System:

In order to secure an efficient administration of the Commonwealth, a hierarchical system had to be implemented. The current hierarchical system has been divided into two branches, the Commerce and the Research Branch each having a Head, an administrator which secures the efficiency and well being of its respective branch. The overall leadership and administration of the Commonwealth is organized by the council which is divided into the Head of Council, which practically is the first in command and the person which has the last word in any operation or action concerning the Commonwealth, and the Council Members which are actually the Heads of the respective Branches.
Following after, there are the normal members of the brances and the initiates, newcomers inside the society of the Commonwealth.


Name Conventions:

Tag: CW|
Snubs: Firstname.Lastname
Capital ships, transports, mining/research vessels and anyother vessel which isn’t a snub: Shipname
ID and IFF: Zoner



Diplomacy:

Because it’s not a war mongering society or party, the Commonwealth organizes it’s diplomacy with the help of relations and diplomatic treaties and agreements with other parties.
Since it’s relatively recent founding, the Commonwealth didn’t had the opportunity of forming any significant treaties.

Zones of Interest:

The zones of interest represent the zones or systems in which the Commonwealth extends most of its influence

  • Primary Zones of Interest
  • Taus
  • Bordering Systems


As the Commonwealth bases itself from the freeport of Tau-37 it is logically that one of its main interests would be the Taus and the bordering systems

  • Secondary Zones of Interest
  • Omicrons
  • Omegas


Mostly because of the fact that the Nomad presence is very abundant there and that they wish to study it. Though, as it is a secondary zone of interest, it is more likely for the Commonwealth to form agreements with the parties there rather than forming an active presence

The Omegas are also viewed as a secondary zoner of interest due to the presence of other zoner parties as well as the IMG and an abundance of Silver. All these three factors make the Omegas a profitable business venture

RE: The Commonwealth - Commonwealth - 04-11-2013

Just a little ooRP explanation:

If any of you wonder, which would be quite expectable since there are quite a number of new zoner factions rising, what the Commonwealth seeks to bring new is mostly it's nature and RP type.

We are not the normal type of zoners, those simply seeking profit or claiming to be good and fighting against the nomad threat. You could call us "evil" or... if you want to compare us... you could say we are a pacifistic BHG Core.

A good example would be this: If the entire Sirius would be subject to a disastrous pandemic or viral infection and the Commonwealth will be the only group who'll have a cure, we'll keep it to ourselves until like 75% of the Sirian population is wiped out and even then, we will only sell it to the highest bidder.
If building our trade enterprises or factories or other types of things that would further our goals would mean the destruction of schools, hospitals and such, we would still do it with no remorse ( Still according to Zoner ways and diplomacy and how we should behave inRP of course)

Moreover, we base ourselves in the upper Taus (Tau-37 to be precise) and we seek to make diplomatic relations and RP with the parties there (Gallia, OC, IMGs, CR and others)

You won't be seeing us spaming Nephilims (I don't say other factions do, but we will have no use for them considering our lore)

And our diplomatic choices and views among certain factions won't coincide with the views of other zoner factions. (This doesn't mean we hate or go at war with other zoners. No, quite the contrary, we will rely on our zoner friends, it's just that our lore would dictate us to have a slightly different opinions on certain parties or ideologies)


If you have any questions, feedback, suggestions, please share them here

RE: The Commonwealth - RedEclipse - 04-11-2013

It's something I'd like to see. More of Tau Zoners. Keep it up, guys.

RE: The Commonwealth - Zen_Mechanics - 04-11-2013

Tau's are rough nower days, I wish you a good luck and perhaps we will do buisness together soon.

RE: The Commonwealth - princeps008 - 04-12-2013

I salute your initiative with the Taus and I hope everything goes well. Indeed with the new avalanche of Zoner 'groups' stepping on each others toes this is a wise placement. Good luck and hope to see you in for some quality RP Wink

RE: The Commonwealth - Commonwealth - 04-12-2013

Thank you all. I appreciate your positive feedbacks. I'm looking forward into making good RP with all of you

RE: The Commonwealth - Commonwealth - 05-04-2013

Added a timeline of the Commonwealth's history, as well as tweaked the ZoI and the Lore, adding new events that in my opinion, are important to the Commonwealth.

PS: Any addition from now on (Including this addition) is going to be done based on our ingame/forum RP and actions
Diplomacy isn't tweaked yet as I am waiting to talk with members of the factions we ran into for exact opinions over this

Any feedback as well as suggestions and anything else will be appreciated.

RE: The Commonwealth - Chenzo- - 05-06-2013

i like it.

RE: The Commonwealth - Eduard - 05-06-2013

Added a faction logo, courtesy to Anomander for making it, hope you like it.

Thank you Anomander for making it.

Also thank you Chenzo for the good rep

RE: The Commonwealth - Jansen - 05-06-2013

Looks really good, I hope it plays out nicely ingame as well!