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|full_title = United Kingdom of Bretonia
 
|full_title = United Kingdom of Bretonia
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|image_flag = Flag-bretoniavector.gif
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|image_flag = BretoniaFlagPS2.png
 
|capital_base = [[Planet New London]]
 
|capital_base = [[Planet New London]]
 
|capital_system = [[New London|New London System]]
 
|capital_system = [[New London|New London System]]
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|languages = [[English]]
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|languages = English (british)
 
|government_type = Constitutional monarchy
 
|government_type = Constitutional monarchy
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|government_leader = Queen [[Carina I]]
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|government_leader = [[Queen Carina|Queen Carina I]]
 
|founding_date = 19
 
|founding_date = 19
 
|controlled_space =
 
|controlled_space =
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* [[New London]]
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'''Core Systems'''
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* [[New London]] -- Capital System
 
* [[Cambridge]]
 
* [[Cambridge]]
 
* [[Manchester]]
 
* [[Manchester]]
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* [[Leeds]]
 
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* [[Edinburgh]]
 
 
* [[Newcastle]]
 
* [[Newcastle]]
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'''Secondery Territory'''
 
* [[Dublin]]
 
* [[Dublin]]
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* [[Dundee]]
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* [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Orkney]]
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* [[Omega-49]]
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* [[Londonderry]]
 
 
* [[Poole]]
 
* [[Poole]]
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* [[Salisbury]]
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'''Occupied systems'''
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* [[Inverness]]
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* [[Cortez]] ''contested with [[Gallia]]
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* [[Chester]]
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* [[Magellan]] ''contested with [[Gallia]]
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'''Gallic Occupied systems'''
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* [[Leeds]]
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* [[Edinburgh]]
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|organisations =
 
|organisations =
 
* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
* [[Bretonia Police Authority]]
 
* [[Bretonia Police Authority]]
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* [[Bretonian Intelligence Service]]
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* [[Bretonian Privateers]]
 
}}
 
}}
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'''Bretonia''', or the '''United Kingdom of Bretonia''' is the title of one of the four original houses in [[Sirius]]. It's territory extends across many systems on the western side of the [[Barrier]], with various claims to systems bordering the [[Walker Nebula]] as well as ones deep within the [[Barrier]] itself. It is a constitutional monarchy with the monarch (King or Queen) representing the state while the parliament presides over the government. Bretonian sovereign territories border the systems of [[Omega-3]], [[Magellan]], [[Cortez]] and [[Tau-31]]. The [[Bretonia Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] are currently engaged in a war with the [[Kusari Empire]] over the ownership of the [[Tau-31]] system. Patrols are also frequent in the system of [[Omega-3]].
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'''Bretonia''', or the '''Kingdom of Bretonia''' is the title of one of the four original houses in [[Sirius]]. It's territory extends across many systems on the western side of [[The Barrier]], with various claims to systems bordering the [[Walker Nebula]] as well as ones deep within [[The Barrier]] itself. It is a constitutional monarchy with the monarch (King or Queen) representing the state while the parliament presides over the government. Bretonian sovereign territories border the systems of [[Omega-3]], [[Magellan]], [[Cortez]] and [[Tau-31]]. The [[Bretonia Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] were involved in a [[Tau War|long standing conflict]] with the [[Kusari Empire]] in the Tau systems, before being faced with an invasion by forces of the [[Gallic Royal Navy]]. The war has since ended, however it has left lasting effects upon Bretonia with the loss of Planet Leeds. Bretonia now seeks to recover to the best of its ability and prevent further damage by maintaining strong relations with those friendly, and containing those not.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
''Main article: [[History of Bretonia]]''
 
''Main article: [[History of Bretonia]]''
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The Bretonia was one of the last sleeper ships to arrive in the Sirius Sector, almost twenty years after the Liberty, Kusari, and Rheinland had made planetfall on what became their respective homeworlds. In the chaos of the Exodus, the starboard engine array of the Bretonia was destroyed, requiring her to limp the rest of the way to Sirius.
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By the time the Bretonia arrived, most of the resource rich areas of the sector had already been claimed by the passengers of the Rheinland and the Kusari, while the Liberty had settled the lush planets at the sector core. The passengers of the Bretonia were forced to select a less than ideal site near the Barrier, a giant belt of ice that spans the entire western half of the Sirius Sector. Here they established the colony of New London, on one of the few habitable planets in the area. Isolated by the Barrier from the other houses and years behind, Bretonia began an accelerated program of rebuilding their industrial civilization.
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Historically quiet in terms of crime, Bretonia is the home of two narrowly focused terrorist groups, the Mollys and the Gaians. Common criminals were quite rare until the recent arrival of Corsairs and Outcasts within the colony, which has severely tested the capabilities and resources of the Police Authority and Armed Forces.
  
 
==Controlled and contested space==
 
==Controlled and contested space==
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The Kingdom of Bretonia is made up of seven star systems ([[New London]], [[Cambridge]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Newcastle]], [[Dublin]]), although officially stated by the government it includes six more: [[Inverness]], [[Chester]], [[Dundee]], [[Poole]], [[Salisbury]] and [[Tau-31]]. Out of those systems, three include habitable planets: [[New London]], [[Cambridge]] and [[Leeds]].
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The Kingdom of Bretonia is made up of eight star systems ([[New London]], [[Cambridge]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Newcastle]], [[Dublin]] and [[Poole]]), with significant presense in Omega-3 and Tau-31.
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==Claimed Border Worlds==
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The Kingdom of Bretonia claims large parts of the [[Taus]] ([[Tau-23]], [[Orkney]], [[Tau-31]]) and [[Omega-3]], out of which two include small populated Planets: [[Planet Harris|Harris]] and [[Planet Sprague|Sprague]].
  
 
===Territorial claims===
 
===Territorial claims===
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The Queen of Bretonia has laid claim to the system of [[Tau-23]] since 812 A.S. placing Bretonia in a state of conflict with the [[Kusari Empire]]. Tau-23 is currently under near total control of Kusari, with [[Planet Harris|planet Harris]] being the last pocket of resistance.
 
  
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Bretonian Armed Forces are also frequently on patrol in the [[Omega-3]] system, bound by agreement with Rheinland to protect the vulnerable and heavily attacked trade lanes there.
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Bretonia also laid claim to [[Tau-23]], the [[BMM]] attempting to conduct mining operations there, in competition with the [[IMG]] and much to the consternation of the [[Outcasts]].
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Bretonian Armed Forces are also frequently on patrol in [[Omega-3]] and [[Omega-49|Omega-48]], bound by an agreement with [[Rheinland]] to protect the vulnerable and heavily attacked trade lanes there.  
  
 
==Government and politics==
 
==Government and politics==
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Bretonia is ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Carina at its head and the Parliament as its elected governing body.
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==Economy==
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The primary sources of employment in Bretonia are mining ([[BMM]]), shipbuilding (BMM and [[Bowex]]), heavy industry (primarily BMM and other industrial giants operating in [[Leeds]]), commercial shipping (dominated by [[Gateway Shipping|Gateway]] and Bowex), the vast government bureaucracy, tourism (particularly [[Orbital Spa & Cruise|OSC]] in [[Edinburgh]]), scientific research (centred around the [[Planet Cambridge|Cambridge Research Institute]] and [[Sunderland Research Station]]) and terraforming ([[Planetform, Inc.]]).
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===Bretonia Exports===
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A list of most important export products and trading objects of Bretonia; this includes [[Omega-3]] and the [[BAF]] side of [[Planet Leeds]]:
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====Food and other agracultural or watercultural products of Bretonia:====
  
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* [[Elixirs]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Food Rations (Bretonia)]], [[Cambridge]]
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* [[Gin]], [[New London]]
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* [[Luxury Food]], [[Cambridge]]
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* [[Whiskey]], [[Dublin]]
  
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==Economy==
 
  
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====Resources====
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* [[Beryllium]], [[Cambridge]]
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* [[Cobalt]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Fluorine]], [[Poole]]
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* [[Hydrocarbons]], [[Newcastle]] & [[Manchester]]
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* [[Gold]], [[Dublin]]
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* [[Gold Ore]], [[Dublin]]
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* [[Lanthanum]], [[Leeds]]
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* [[Titanium]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Water]]
  
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==Foreign relations==
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====Industrial Products====
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* [[Consumer Goods]] (Bretonia), [[New London]]
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* [[Drill Bits]], [[Poole]]
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* [[Lasers]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Med-Stasis Bands]], [[Cambridge]]
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* [[MOX]], (fuel) [[Manchester]]
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* [[Industrial Materials]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Polymers]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Robotics]], [[Omega-3]]
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* [[Super Alloy]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Terraforming Gases]], [[Omega-3]]
  
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====Human Resources & Tourism====
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* [[Crew]]
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* [[Casualties]], [[Leeds]]
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* [[Diplomats]], [[New London]]
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* [[Marines]], [[New London]]
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* [[Passengers (Bretonia)]], [[Manchester]]
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* [[Prisoners (Generic)]], [[Newcastle]]
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* [[Refugees]], [[Leeds]]
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* [[Scientists]], [[Cambridge]]
  
 
==Crime and dissent==
 
==Crime and dissent==
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Bretonia has but two unlawful factions:
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Bretonia has two local major unlawful factions, both committed to different ideological goals but still unfriendly toward each other due to varying alliances.
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* [[Mollys]] are a separatist group committed to freeing the [[Dublin|Dublin system]] from Bretonian rule through attacks on civilian, commercial, and military targets.
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* [[Mollys]] are a separatist group committed to freeing the [[Dublin|Dublin system]] from Bretonian rule by attempting to force the parliament to pull out BAF forces from the system through attacks on civilian, commercial, and military targets.
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* [[Gaians]] are a terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming. They mainly operate in Edinburgh, in Bretonia space and the nearby Border Worlds, but some rumours speak of detected Gaians in [[Corsair]] space.
  
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* [[Gaians]] are a terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming. They mainly operate in Edinburgh, in Bretonia space and the nearby Border Worlds, but some rumors tell about detected Gaians in [[Corsair]] space.
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Aside from these two factions, the [[Corsairs]] are a frequent sight in south and north Bretonia respectively, with the former especially wreaking havoc on trade and civilian traffic due to the thinning of BAF forces in [[Cambridge]] out of necessity of defending [[Leeds]] against foreign invasion. [[Lane Hackers]] are also a frequent sight in the [[Manchester]] system, spilling over from their central system of [[Magellan]]. Earlyier there were also more [[Maltese]] raiding in Bretonia, but the two Tau-Wars created an alliance between them, that is strong enough to stop most of the [[Maltese]] pirating behavior in Bretonia.
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The Bretonian government generally takes a somewhat liberal stance towards their unlawful groups, and in particular Bretonian courts rarely prosecute captured Gaian terrorists.
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==Bretonian Starships==
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===Fighters===
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{{Ship List|[[Hussar]]|Ligth Figther|Cavalier-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Paladin]]|Heavy Figther|Paladin-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Templar]]|Very Heavy Figther|Crusader-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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===Bombers===
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{{Ship List|[[Challenger]]|Bomber|Challenger-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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===Warships===
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Gunboat|Churchill]]|Anti-fighter Platform|BretGunboat-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Destroyer|Crecy]]|Main Attack Cruiser|BretDestroyer-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Battlecruiser|Fortitude]]|Battle Cruiser|BretBC-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Carrier|Invincible]]|Heavy Carrier|Invincible-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Bretonia Battleship|Dunkirk]]|Battleship; Flagship|BretBS-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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===Commercial===
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{{Ship List|[[Clydesdale]]|Heavy Freighter|Clydesdale-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Firefly]]|Civilian Transport|Firefly-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Percheron]]|Heavy Transport|Percheron-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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{{Ship List|[[Shire Transport]]|Heavily Armed Transport|Shire-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Shetland Train]]|Heavy Transport|Shetland-s.png}}
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{{Ship List|[[Palace]]|Luxury Liner|RoyalLiner-s.png}}<br clear=both>
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==Diplomacy==
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{{Faction Diplomacy/begin}}{{FD | [[Republic of Liberty]]| +0.9}}{{FD | [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]| +0.7}}
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{{FD | [[Kusari Empire]]|+0.4}}{{FD | [[Federal Republic of Rheinland]]| +0.3}}{{FD | [[Crayter Republic]]| +0.3}}
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{{FD | [[Independent Miners Guild]]| +0.1}}
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{{FD | [[Junkers]]| +0.0}}
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{{FD | [[Bundschuh]]| +0.0}}
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{{FD | [[Zoners|Zoners]]| +0.0}}
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{{FD | [[The Core]]|+0.0}}
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{{FD | [[The Order]]| -0.5}}
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{{FD | [[Gaians]]| -0.8}}
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{{FD | [[Lane Hackers]]| -0.7}}
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{{FD | [[Mollys]]| -0.8}}
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{{FD | [[Corsairs]]| -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[The Coalition]]| -0.9}}
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{{FD | [[Kingdom of Gallia]]| -1}}
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{{Faction Diplomacy/end}}
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
 
* [[History of Bretonia]]
 
* [[History of Bretonia]]
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* [[Timeline of Bretonian history]]
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* [[Timeline of Bretonia history]]
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* [[NPC Factions#Bretonia|Groups and factions in Bretonia]]
 
 
* [[Sirius Sector]]
 
* [[Sirius Sector]]
  
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{{House_Listing}}
 
  
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{{House Listing}}
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[[Category: Nations]]
 
[[Category: Bretonia]]
 
[[Category: Bretonia]]
 
[[Category: Houses]]
 
[[Category: Houses]]

Latest revision as of 07:23, 24 April 2022

House Bretonia
United Kingdom of Bretonia
BretoniaFlagPS2.png
Capital Planet New London,
New London System
Official languages English (british)
Government Constitutional monarchy
- Leader   Queen Carina I
Founded 19 A.S.
Controlled space

Core Systems

Secondery Territory

Occupied systems

Gallic Occupied systems

Affiliated organisations

Bretonia, or the Kingdom of Bretonia is the title of one of the four original houses in Sirius. It's territory extends across many systems on the western side of The Barrier, with various claims to systems bordering the Walker Nebula as well as ones deep within The Barrier itself. It is a constitutional monarchy with the monarch (King or Queen) representing the state while the parliament presides over the government. Bretonian sovereign territories border the systems of Omega-3, Magellan, Cortez and Tau-31. The Armed Forces were involved in a long standing conflict with the Kusari Empire in the Tau systems, before being faced with an invasion by forces of the Gallic Royal Navy. The war has since ended, however it has left lasting effects upon Bretonia with the loss of Planet Leeds. Bretonia now seeks to recover to the best of its ability and prevent further damage by maintaining strong relations with those friendly, and containing those not.

History

Main article: History of Bretonia

The Bretonia was one of the last sleeper ships to arrive in the Sirius Sector, almost twenty years after the Liberty, Kusari, and Rheinland had made planetfall on what became their respective homeworlds. In the chaos of the Exodus, the starboard engine array of the Bretonia was destroyed, requiring her to limp the rest of the way to Sirius.

By the time the Bretonia arrived, most of the resource rich areas of the sector had already been claimed by the passengers of the Rheinland and the Kusari, while the Liberty had settled the lush planets at the sector core. The passengers of the Bretonia were forced to select a less than ideal site near the Barrier, a giant belt of ice that spans the entire western half of the Sirius Sector. Here they established the colony of New London, on one of the few habitable planets in the area. Isolated by the Barrier from the other houses and years behind, Bretonia began an accelerated program of rebuilding their industrial civilization.

Historically quiet in terms of crime, Bretonia is the home of two narrowly focused terrorist groups, the Mollys and the Gaians. Common criminals were quite rare until the recent arrival of Corsairs and Outcasts within the colony, which has severely tested the capabilities and resources of the Police Authority and Armed Forces.

Controlled and contested space

The Kingdom of Bretonia is made up of eight star systems (New London, Cambridge, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Dublin and Poole), with significant presense in Omega-3 and Tau-31.

Claimed Border Worlds

The Kingdom of Bretonia claims large parts of the Taus (Tau-23, Orkney, Tau-31) and Omega-3, out of which two include small populated Planets: Harris and Sprague.

Territorial claims

Bretonia also laid claim to Tau-23, the BMM attempting to conduct mining operations there, in competition with the IMG and much to the consternation of the Outcasts.

Bretonian Armed Forces are also frequently on patrol in Omega-3 and Omega-48, bound by an agreement with Rheinland to protect the vulnerable and heavily attacked trade lanes there.

Government and politics

Bretonia is ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Carina at its head and the Parliament as its elected governing body.

Economy

The primary sources of employment in Bretonia are mining (BMM), shipbuilding (BMM and Bowex), heavy industry (primarily BMM and other industrial giants operating in Leeds), commercial shipping (dominated by Gateway and Bowex), the vast government bureaucracy, tourism (particularly OSC in Edinburgh), scientific research (centred around the Cambridge Research Institute and Sunderland Research Station) and terraforming (Planetform, Inc.).

Bretonia Exports

A list of most important export products and trading objects of Bretonia; this includes Omega-3 and the BAF side of Planet Leeds:

Food and other agracultural or watercultural products of Bretonia:


Resources

Industrial Products

Human Resources & Tourism

Crime and dissent

Bretonia has two local major unlawful factions, both committed to different ideological goals but still unfriendly toward each other due to varying alliances.

  • Mollys are a separatist group committed to freeing the Dublin system from Bretonian rule by attempting to force the parliament to pull out BAF forces from the system through attacks on civilian, commercial, and military targets.
  • Gaians are a terrorist faction opposed to any alteration to the natural environment of a planet, specifically those brought about through terraforming. They mainly operate in Edinburgh, in Bretonia space and the nearby Border Worlds, but some rumours speak of detected Gaians in Corsair space.

Aside from these two factions, the Corsairs are a frequent sight in south and north Bretonia respectively, with the former especially wreaking havoc on trade and civilian traffic due to the thinning of BAF forces in Cambridge out of necessity of defending Leeds against foreign invasion. Lane Hackers are also a frequent sight in the Manchester system, spilling over from their central system of Magellan. Earlyier there were also more Maltese raiding in Bretonia, but the two Tau-Wars created an alliance between them, that is strong enough to stop most of the Maltese pirating behavior in Bretonia.

The Bretonian government generally takes a somewhat liberal stance towards their unlawful groups, and in particular Bretonian courts rarely prosecute captured Gaian terrorists.

Bretonian Starships

Fighters

Br fighter.png
Hussar
Ligth Figther
Dsy dragoon.png
Paladin
Heavy Figther
Br elite.png
Templar
Very Heavy Figther


Bombers

Challenger.png


Warships

Br gunship.png
Churchill
Anti-fighter Platform
Br destroyer.png
Crecy
Main Attack Cruiser
BretBC-s.png
Fortitude
Battle Cruiser


Invincible-s.png
Invincible
Heavy Carrier
Br battleship.png
Dunkirk
Battleship; Flagship


Commercial

Br freighter.png
Clydesdale
Heavy Freighter
Firefly.png
Firefly
Civilian Transport
Percheron.png
Percheron
Heavy Transport


Bret ctrans.png
Shire Transport
Heavily Armed Transport
Bretsupertransport.png
Shetland Train
Heavy Transport
Brliner.png
Palace
Luxury Liner



Diplomacy

Faction Relationship
Republic of Liberty
Allied
Bounty Hunters Guild
Friendly
Kusari Empire
Friendly
Federal Republic of Rheinland
Neutral
Crayter Republic
Neutral
Independent Miners Guild
Neutral


Junkers
Neutral
Bundschuh
Neutral
Zoners
Neutral
The Core
Neutral
The Order
Unfriendly
Gaians
Hostile
Lane Hackers
Hostile
Mollys
Hostile
Corsairs
At War
The Coalition
At War
Kingdom of Gallia
At War


See also


The Colonies
Flag-liberty.png Liberty  •  Flag-bretonia.png Bretonia  •  Flag-kusari.png Kusari  •  Flag-rheinland.png Rheinland  •  Flag-gallia.png Gallia  •  Flag-outcasts.png Outcasts  •  Flag-corsairs.png Corsairs
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