Judicial Order

Synopsis

Judicial Order
Origin	L.I.D.F. / C.P.P
Alignment	Lawful
Profile
Date of founding	122 AS A.S.
Founder(s)	Unknown
Current leader(s)	Supreme Judge Logan
Base of operations	unknown
Identification
IFF	Freelancer IFF
Tag(s)	Cadet/Judge
Primary role
To bring order back to a chaotic universe
Secondary role
To rebuild Tanhouser Gate and the great library of human history it once held

The Judges or the Judicial Order as it is called by it's members, is either a relatively new organization or an exceptionally old one depending on ones view of the history books. While the current incarnation is only around 16 years old, the core pilots have traces dating back to the first days of contact between the original four great houses.

History

Pre-Judge Era

Liberty Interplanetary Defense Force (122 A.S. to 230 A.S.)

The earliest traces of the Judges can be dated back to 122 A.S. in what was slowly becoming the Liberty Republic. Originally a local planetary police force formed to deal with problems in orbit of planets and later to oversee the security of the Valhalla Research operations, the organization would slowly develop into the underlining, if only temporary, military arm of Liberty.

By 155 A.S. this military (Now officially named the Liberty Interplanetary Defense Force or L.I.D.F.) while officially was tasked with protecting the steadily increasing supply of pilots now moving between the worlds in their star systems, unofficially they were tasked with the protection of the recently implemented "Jump Innovative" being developed by the now renamed, Ageira Technologies.

Over the next 60 years, with the development of the first fully functional jumpgate, and the rapidly expanding contact between the four houses, the L.I.D.F. would begin to see an influx of memebers as the mandate was slowly changed from being a military arm for the house of Liberty, to a multi-house defense force. Their job was now to oversee the successful construction of jumpgates throughout the four houses. By 230 A.S. with the creation of the Liberty Navy, the L.I.D.F. would go from a government controlled military, to now a private defense contractor being funded directly through several corporations as well as the four house governments all wanting to see jumpgates built throughout their systems. No longer directly controlled by any one government they were now tasked with the protection of all ships working on jumpgate construction. Seeing themselves as the direct promoters of human progress, they renamed themselves the Civilian Progress Protectorate (C.P.P.).

The first Judge Era (590 A.S.- 720 A.S.)

(The following information comes from only recently rebuilt records and is not entirely intact as a result. )

Over the next century, the Judges would become a highly trained, yet very limited organization operating exclusively out of their hidden base. They maintained a high level of research and had access throughout the academic world of all the houses but no longer the military or political power they once held. The organization enacted a limited recruitment policy of only accepting the best pilots or smartest scientists they could find. They brought people to the library and labs to study if they deemed the student as worthy and kept ears open throughout Sirus for any new developments.

While it is unknown exactly when ( believed to be sometime between 695 A.S. and 710 A.S.) certain artifacts had been uncovered and brought in by Judicial cadets operating out of Rhineland space. Extensive study showed the artifacts to belong to a unknown alien race ( believed to be Daam K'Vosh) which the organization had not seen since it's original work with Valhalla Research.

Whether or not this technology was of value or not is unknown (the surviving records only have given the name "Project Leviathan" with almost no reference to what it was) but sometime in 720 A.S. , the Judges were attacked by a massive military force (No information has survived indicating who it was) which resulted in the destruction of both the great starbase, and most of the Judges. While there were some survivors and several important data archives were rescued, this would effectively end the organization with very few knowing what happened.

By this point, the organization had become so withdrawn from the other houses, their destruction was not even really noticed, and their name became something more of a legend then a history account.

The second Judge Era (803 A.S. to present day)

In the aftermath of the first Nomad war the Sirius cluster had become Balkanized worse than it ever had before. Instead of one great power fighting the Nomad incursion, or even the four great houses standing together, now there were dozens of tiny states fighting each other, the Nomads, the four houses, and anything and everyone. The economy sank as inter-space transports and traders were routinely attacked, captured or destroyed by tiny powers seeking to increase their resources. Only strongly escorted convoys could get through, robbing military resources needed for Cluster defense. Wars erupted between the great houses showing no end in sight as their fleets battle year after year, and the people die. Many leaders of the major and minor powers would not risk cooperate and potential losing face. Even those wishing for peace could dare not seek it to prevent appearing weak or vulnerable to attack.

It was evident that something was needed to be done.

While now operating in secret, the remaining members of the Judges (Mostly comprised of the great grand children of the survivors) began to reassemble themselves into a small organization based out of Liberty. Using money coming from private financers (some being corporations) and the remaining records from the original library, they struck out to find their lost heritage in hopes that perhaps, they could bring back some of the peace their ancestors once saw.

By 809 A.S. they had succeeded in their goal and located the remnants of Tanhouser gate, left untouched from the battle almost 90 years ago. Over the next decade, using the surviving information from the base, and the connections they have maintained throughout Sirus, they have rebuilt themselves into a small yet cohesive military force with influence spanning both corporate and military assets.

With Bertonia in near ruins, Liberty and Rhineland locked in a war with no end in site, Kusari locked in a desperate struggle to hold its power base, piracy running at its highest level in Sirian history and now a new house called Gallia with it's massive fleet making a play to conquer all in their path. The Judges are now given the near impossible task of trying to restore even a small amount of order in a galaxy on the verge of collapse.

=Judicial Mission Statement

Primary Goals

To bring order back to a chaotic universe

To stem the tide of piracy against the civilian population

To rebuild Tanhouser Gate and the great library of human history it once held

To reunite the original four house in peace as our predecessors had seen

Secondary Goal

Determine what Project Leviathan was and if it can be of any value