Liberty Republic

House Liberty
Republic of Liberty
Capital	Planet Manhattan, New York System
Official languages	English
Government Constitutional Federal Republic - Leader   President James Powell
Founded	1 A.S.
Controlled space	Core Systems New York California Texas Colorado Alaska Ontario Virginia Other Territory Pennsylvania New Hampshire Alberta Kansas Occupied systems Cortez (contested with Gallia) Magellan (contested with Gallia) Hudson (alongside Rheinland) Bering (contested with Pirates) Galileo (alongside Kusari) Kepler (alongside Kusari)
Affiliated organisations	Liberty Navy Liberty Security Force Liberty Police Incorporated

Liberty or the Republic of Liberty is the title of one of the four original houses in Sirius. Liberty occupies the central systems of the core worlds, giving it the position of the commercial hotspot of Sirius - a position which the house knows how to exploit. The Liberty Navy is known for frequently patrolling independent systems connected to it's sovereign territory.

History

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Main article: History of Liberty

Escape from Sol

In the tumult of the Exodus, The Liberty launched before the other great sleeper ships. Colonists whisper, even today, that the launch date may have been intentionally moved forward against the explicit wishes of the Great Planners. Early launch would have guaranteed the Liberty free access to the worlds of the Sirius Sector before the other sleeper ships arrived, but all proof of such a betrayal of trust was lost along with Earth. Even if the Liberty did launch early, there is little that can be done about it now...but there remains a lingering feeling of resentment among the other houses: a vague feeling that, somehow, Liberty does not entirely deserve the position of superiority it enjoys eight centuries later.

Arrival in Sirius

When the Liberty first arrived in the Sirius Sector they found an area rich in resources but lacking in habitable planets. With a hundred systems at their fingertips, they settled on those near the center of Sirius where the highest number of main sequence stars and Earth-like planets existed and a fair number of resources could be easily obtained. Eventually they made planet-fall on Manhattan, in the system they christened New York. They began the difficult task of rebuilding civilization two full years before any other sleeper ship arrived.The physical sleeper ship itself was stripped down to allow for rapid building, but has since been refurbished and proudly flaunts Liberty's logo over Manhattan's main landing dock for all travelers to be reminded of just how far Liberty has come.

Controlled and contested space

The Liberty government considers fourteen systems as part of it's republic: New York, Texas, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Alberta, Virginia, New Hampshire and Alaska; Virginia and Alaska however are off-limits to everyone but a small number of highly trained Navy members and other government officials. Out of these ten systems, only five have habitable worlds: New York, Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and California.

Additionally, due to the war with Rheinland, Liberty currently have occupational control (to an extent) of both the Bering and Hudson independent systems.

Economy

Liberty is a very capitalistic colony, cherishing free trade above all else. Its location at the center of Sirius has made it extremely rich off of inter-colonial trade, and Liberty's military forces have the protection of free commerce as their primary mission objective.

Liberty Exports

A list of most important export products and trading objects of Liberty; this includes Cortez, Puerto Rico, Vespucci and Hudson:

Food and other agracultural or watercultural products of Liberty:

• Tea, Cortez
• Food Rations, California
• Liberty Ale, New York
• Leather, Vespucci
• Synth Gel, New York
• FloraGro, California
• Sunbucks Coffee and Donuts, NY

Resources

• Water. for example in California
• Platinum, Ontario
• Platinum Ore, (ore) Alberta
• Silver Ore, Vespucci
• Boron, NY
• Helium, (minable) Pennsylvania
• Neon, Pennsylvania
• Copper Ore, (ore) Kansas
• Toxic Waste, Texas & Ontario
• Scrap Metal, (minable) New York
• Premium Scrap, (ore) Texas

Industrial Products

• Bio-Neural Processors, Alberta
• Counterfeit Software, Alberta & Kepler
• Jump Gate and Trade Lane Parts, Colorado
• Luxury Consumer Goods, California
• Consumer Goods, New York
• Basic Alloy, Pennsylvania
• Light Arms, New York
• Black Market Light Arms, (illegal) New York
• Nanocapacitors , Texas
• Manifolds, Puerto Rico
• Pharmaceuticals, Colorado
• Military Vehicles (Liberty), Ontario
• Mining Machinery, Ontario
• Industrial Materials, New York
• Superconductors, Colorado
• Xenobiotic Filters, Hudson

Human Resources & Tourism

• VIPs, Cortez
• Travelers, Colorado
• Crew, New York
• Prisoners (Liberty), Alberta
• Socialites, New York
• Slaves, (illegal) New York
• Sightseers, California
• Marines, New York
• Homesteaders, Texas
• Passengers (Liberty), Cortez
• Vacationers, Texas & Colorado
• Scientists, California

Crime and dissent

Liberty has made its share of enemies. Free-market capitalism produces an exploited class as a by-product, and the Xenos, Lane Hackers, and Liberty Rogues are all the remnants of Liberty's wanton lust for profit. While Manhattan has become a cornucopia of wealth, systems like Colorado and Texas, that fuel Liberty's industry, are manned by slave labor convicts, most of which maintain that they were only imprisoned to fuel Liberty's economy.

Liberty Starships

Fighters & Bombers

Liberator
Ligth Figther / Interceptor

Guardian
Basic Very Heavy Figther

Upholder
Heavy Bomber

Avenger
Elite Very Heavy Figther

Prison Liner

Prison Liner
Prison Transport Ship

Warships

Defiant
Anti-Fighter Platform

Recon Cruiser Prototype
Long Range Reconship

Archer
Anti-Capital Platform

Interdictor
Heavy Attack Battlecruiser

Aquillion
Heavy Carrier

Overlord
Battleship; Flagship

Commercial & Liberty Civilian

Rhino
Freighter

Grizzly
Shuttle

Taurus
Armored Freighter

Dorado
Ferry

Mammoth
Transport

Bison
Heavy Transport

Mastodon
Super Transport

Enterprise
Luxury Liner

Diplomacy

Faction	Relationship
Kingdom of Bretonia	Allied
Crayter Republic	Friendly
Empire of Kusari	Neutral
Federal Republic of Rheinland	Neutral
The Order	Unfriendly
The Coalition	At War
Outcasts	At War
Imperio del Corsario	At War
Commonwealth of Liberty	At War
The Wild	At War
Nomads	At War
Kingdom of Gallia	At War

See also

• Liberty Navy
• Liberty Security Force
• Liberty Police Incorporated
• Laws of the Liberty Republic
• History of Liberty
• Timeline of Liberty history
• Groups and factions in Liberty
• Sirius Sector