Republic of Latium

This is an unofficial player group. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Zoners.

Republic of Latium
Origin	Latium
Affiliation	Zoner
Alignment	Independent
Recruitment	Click to join
Profile
Date of founding	819 A.S.
Founder(s)	Khassym
Current leader(s)	Khassym
Base of operations	unknown
Identification
Primary ID	Freelancer ID
IFF	Zoner
Tag(s)	[RoL]
Primary role
Founding a new Republic of Latium
Secondary role
Find a new prosperity in sirius
Table of contents

Introduction

Latins are refugees who fled from their home, Latium, after a devastating war against the faction of the Huns. They wandered for the universe, looking for a new home, when they finished in the system called omicron Iota. There, they were attacked by Nomads and split into groups to increase their possibility of survival. One of their convoys went in Omicron Delta through a jumphole. It was almost completely damaged and the enemy ships were reaching it, when a group of Zoner convoys, seeing it in trouble, brought Latins to safety. In gratitude, Latins decided to allied with Zoners and to respect their rules and covenants. They also try to recover the refugees dispersed in Omicron for founding the new Republic of Latium.

History

Our ancestors and the War of Solar

Our ancestors were a coalition of Nova Roma, a sect in Italy, who expressed itself through the Latin culture. The sect was dreaming of a new social order founded on the values ​​of what that was once the Roman Republic in Italy. This sense of renewal is expressed at its peak with the Allieance-Coalitation war. In that period the Italian state was corrupt and decadent, and was attacked by pro-reformist groups and popular revolts, always repressed with the use of the army. Every current reform expressed their ideas in secret meetings with some people and other groups in churcs with the support of the clerics. So were born ties between the organizations, and the Nova Roma took over the leadership of these founding the Circle of the Reformers. At the news of the destruction of the Italian fleet by the Coalition, the population fell into panic and social order seemed on the verge of collapse. It was at this point, with the terror of the imminent end of the earth, that the sect, to the leadership of the Circle of Reformers and with the consent of a small part of the population, made a radical choice. With his influence, they built some ships with which they would traveled in the universe to found a new colony. Two years later, the Alliance attacked the Coalition and the Sect take advantage of the confusion to send its ships into space.

The foundation of Latium vetus

After many years, these ships went to a new system, where the Circle of Reformers, under the leadership of the Nova Roma, founded the first colony, called Lavinium in honor of Aeneas, the main character of Aeneid to which they felt very close. After the first colony, there were other grounds, which were given Latin names of ancient cities, so the system took on the name of Latium. Also the Nova Roma found the first Republic of Latium and assumed control of the colonies, proclaiming the birth of Latium vetus, the territory occupied by them. Ignorance and indifference of the people never allowed the spread of Latin as a language, as the Sect had wanted. In reality, this language continued to belong only to clubs of reformers. The Sect seek to dissolve thes clubs to avoid the risk of an alliance between them against the excessive power which it had obtained. But Holding the power with the illusion of a Republic founded on the will of the people, they did not notice the birth of a new club, the Imperium Society, who secretly sought the leadership of Latium Vetum. While the colonies grew, others were founded and new trade routes were established. Life in the colonies was pacific and stable social order. The sect controlled the Republic through the favor of the people and the temporany leader, a member who had the task of controlling the operations of the Republic.

The meeting with the Huns and our collapse

The following years, however, were marked by the meeting with a faction of pirates who refused any kind of diplomacy and attacked the settlements more external. We given them the nickname of Huns. The Imperium Society saw the collaboration with the Huns a opportunity 'to directly attack the Nova Roma and take command of Latium Vetus. So they organized a conspiracy against the Republic. They helped the Huns to place their ships in strategic locations, away from watchful eye of the colonies to attack the Latin fleets by surprise. In return the Imperium Society would gain control of the colonies. The 814AS pirates attacked the Latin fleets and colonies. Before long, the the Republic collapsed and the Imperium Society conquered with force the Latium Vetus. Thus began the persecution of the Nova Roma members and these with the part of Latin population still loyal to them tried to escape with some transports in search of a new home.

The attack of the Nomads and the new beginning

Traveling through the universe, after 5 years, the convoys reached Sirius. There were 20 ships, all transports. They were finished in the system called omicron Iota and there, they were attacked by the Nomads. Since they were totally helpless, they split into groups to increase their possibility of survival but only a group went in Omicron Delta through a jumphole. The convoy was almost completely damaged and the enemy ships were reaching them, when a group of Zoner convoys, seeing them in trouble, hit Nomads with a massive attack and brought them to safety. In gratitude, they decided to became allied with Zoners and to respect their rules and covenants. They also decided to start in Sirius the foundations to give a new prosperity to their faction. Their new temporany leader Khassym tooks the task of finding the remaining members lost in omicrons and found the new Repubblic of Latium.

Goals

Our primaly roule is founding a new Republic of Latium. To meet this roule, we need to comply six goals:

1. Find our missing comrades in omicrons.

2. Exploring Sirius to see our new home and establish relationships with factions who live here. We will start to exploring Omicrons and Omega systems and establish relationships with Zoner factions and groups.

3. Accumulate wealth with commercial traffics.

4. Provide consumer goods and capital goods to our people living in Freeports.

5. Because we lost all our technology, we need to access to a new one. We'll try get it with our diplomacy.

6. To secure our people by nomads, destroy their ships in omicrons.

Diplomacy

Because we are new in the political scene, our diplomacy may change. Now we are allied with Zoners, so we will try to be friendly with all their allies.

Faction	Relationship
Zoners	Allied
Everyone else	Neutral
Nomads	At War
Wilde	At War

Ranking structure of the old republic.

The old republic was led by the triumvirate, formed by three members representing the will of every section assigned to them. The sections were seperated into three departments:

Military, Commerce, Diplomacy and Development.

Every member who representing the departmets was choosen by the members of his department with a votation.

The departments was formed by three categories:

Latin army, which fight for our safety.

Senate, which work as diplomats for the development of the faction.

Corporation of Merchants, which commerce and export/import products.

Ranks of every departments

Latin army

Auxiliary

Legionary

Centurion

Pilus Prior

Praefectus

Legatus

The senate

Scribe

Scholar

Censor

Aedile

Questor

Consul

Corporation of Merchants

Clerk

Apprentice

Mercator

Publican

Magister

Special ranks

Praetorian, soldiers with special authority and skills deployed as a personal guard or special task force for legion activities

Seniority Equivalent: Centurion

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Legionary

Primus Pilus, the most senior of all the Pilus Prior. Commands the army if there is no Tribune, Preafectus or Legatus present. The peak rank for anyone not looking to enter high command and an extremely well-respected station.

Seniority Equivalent: Pilus Prior

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Pilus Prior

Tribune, a rank in both the political and military structure, giving authority to both. Generally young officers appointed by the Senate to serve as officers in the army. The senior tribune of any army is technically the 2nd in command after the Legatus. In battle however the Praefectus would normally command due to greater military experience.

Seniority Equivalen: Aedile

Prerequisite Rank or Status:Senate Appointment

Equites, wealthy and of high standing, the equites not only trade and administer their fortunes, but also serve a military role utilizing heavy transports and liners to serve as military suppliers, battle escorts and when needed a specialty strike force.

Seniority Equivalent:Pilus Prior

Prerequisite Rank or Status: Legionary or Mercator

Lead Consul, Faction Leader

Seniority Equivalent: Elected