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Thyrzul · (This post was last modified: 07-04-2017, 07:36 AM by Thyrzul.)

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Type: Infocard
Bug: Several infocards still referencing Berry
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The writeup of the recent Gallic Brigand faction included references to Berry, which made me suspect there might be incorrect infocards left behind, from which they wrote the writeup. This prompted me searching through infocards via FLInfocardIE, and confirmed my suspicions. Here is a full list of infocards found still referencing Berry even though the system has been retconned:

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ALLIES:
Unione Corse, The Maquis

ENEMIES:
Gallic Royal Navy, Gallic Royal Police, Gallic corporations

The Gallic Brigands, otherwise known as the Free Brigands of Gallia, is a loosely affiliated union of experienced criminals and other antisocial elements that first appeared in criminal chronicles circa 290 AGS. Most of the Brigands initially came from miserable urban centers located on economically struggling planets like Amiens and Berry where they had underpaid jobs or no job at all. Others were space construction workers, former police officers, convicts, or simply criminals who wished to try their luck in space. While many new people still join the Brigands nowadays, the bulk of the faction's current members are brought up Brigands from their childhood in the families living within numerous asteroid bases that belong to the Brigands, and on Planet Marne. It is unknown how many people in Gallia consider themselves part of the Gallic Brigands, but estimates show that the number could be as high as 300,000 or more.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the huge member count, the Brigands rarely act as an organized force. Rather, each community, or each base, of Brigands has its own leadership and agenda. The Elder Summit, the supposed highest ruling body of the Brigands, is rarely convened and is hardly ever attended by each and every station leader. Yet, all Brigands have a number of common traits: they consider themselves to be free people living without the restraints of Royal law and conservative morals, and most of their income originates from smuggling and piracy. The Brigands currently control a major part of the black market of Gallia, despite the efforts of Unione Corse to change the situation. Their activities in space are usually related to smuggling, escorting ships that pay for protection through pirate-controlled areas, and outright piracy against civilian ships and convoys. The Brigands promote themselves with romantic notions of middle-aged highway bandits who rob the rich and give to the poor, but they customarily do the opposite, preferring to rob smaller companies and freelancing shippers, since large corporations mostly have capable escorts and pay the Police for protection. Many Brigands also receive money from corrupt Police pilots who wish to blackmail certain civilian ships and pay the Brigands to choose their targets with discretion.

The Second Gallic War showed that the Brigands are a military force to be reckoned with. In huge numbers, the Brigands assisted the Council and the Maquis in some of the crucial operations of the war, notably the battles in the Dauphine system in 726-727 AGS. While they usually served as support and rearguard units and did not actively engage the Navy if they were not engaged themselves, their presence alone changed the course of a number of battles. Elder Summits were assembled three times during the war, once on Marne, once at Salbris, and the last time in 732 AGS at Frejus. At those meetings, Brigands chose to support the Council actively, for the war within the Gallic Border Worlds provided extensive economic opportunities and a decline of Police attention. The Brigands also agreed that expanding into Sirius should be a high priority on the faction's agenda. Many Brigands escaped from Languedoc along with the Council in 733 AGS, and established a base of operations in the Roussillon system.

Brigands have no base that serves as their headquarters, and the Elder Council assembles in various locations. Among the leaders of the Brigands, those originating from Marne, Frejus and Boulogne are currently considered the most influental.

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DIAMETER: 12,418 km
MASS: 5.95 x 10e24 kg
TERRAIN: Terrestrial
TEMPERATURE: -66°C to 68°C
ESCAPE VELOCITY: 11.28 km/sec

New Paris was the first planet colonized by the Gallic Sleeper Ship's arrival in 84 A.S. (0 A.G.S.). Biologically, the world is similar to Earth of the Carboniferous period (late Paleozoa). It has vast forests in equatorial and moderate regions but only a few large animal species capable of breathing atmospheric oxygen. Oxygen concentration on New Paris is similar to human-inhabited Earth, being about 24 percent (unlike true Carboniferous on Earth when the concentration was almost twice as high). This did not allow large insect species to develop, leaving more room for smaller amphibious tetrapods and predecessors of birds. Colder continental areas were scarcely inhabited and had no large flora. Oceanic wildlife is extremely rich with a wide variety of species, most of them not bearing any similarity with any known Earth animals. The planet's climate was more or less similar to Earth, with temperatures as high as 60°C in equatorial regions, and frequently dropping below -60°C in polar regions.

New Paris has undergone several periods of development, starting with isolated colonies that had highly reproductive populations. Very soon afterwards, large cities emerged from those settlements, and food demand forced them to exploit huge amounts of land to plant crops and raise animals brought from Earth. In many areas, indigenous wildlife was fully replaced with domesticated animals and plants originating from Earth, and accompanying species. Rapid industrial growth resulted in severe pollution that still affects certain areas of the planet, but was mostly cleared out in subsequent centuries. In about 200 A.G.S., the population of the planet was nearing 5 million, and huge urbanization centers emerged in moderate climate areas near convenient harbors. Those centers were named after old Paris districts, and three of them (Ile du Palais, Saint-Germain and Saint-Denis) have their own orbital docking rings.

The population grew steadily and reached 1 billion by 600 A.G.S. . Millions of people relocated off-world, with massive relocation campaigns taking place to populate worlds with huge resource deposits and industrial capacity, like Amiens (Provence), Bourges (Berry) and later Marne (Champagne). Apart from the relocation programs, many people left New Paris to find cheaper places to live and "new beginnings" for themselves, since New Paris gradually became the most expensive place to live in all of Gallia, except for resort planets, and Marseille in particular. Remote worlds with less comfortable climate provided (and still provide) far lower land and property costs. Ecology issues forced the removal of heavy industry away from New Paris to space stations in Ile-de-France and beyond. The few remaining old-style factories now serve as museums where citizens can observe impressive industrial landmarks similar to those seen on XXII century Earth. Currently, the planet with its 16.3 billion population is considered to be one of the most comfortable places to live in all of Gallia. The planet also never lost its status as the capital of the House of Gallia. Offices of the Royal Government and Royal Chancery, as well as the High Courts and the Parliament, are located within the largest urban centers of New Paris. The monarch with his or her court usually inhabits one of the numerous summer or winter Royal residences.

Additionally there is a list of rumors also referencing Berry, though at the moment i cannot confirm, nor deny, whether these are still in play or not:

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