Society in Anno Magna
Perhaps unintentionally, a "Neo-Aristocracy", as it is criticized, has formed, where Earth-based families and organizations dominate the politics of the Earth Federation, and more often than not, space-born citizens from outside the Earth Sphere (that is, beyond the Moon) are without self-rule;
members of the inner federation, the Earth Sphere, have the most say in government, with the people of the Asteroid Belt being the most neglected.
The Earth Federation has the inhabited Solar System cut into 4 (really 5) sectors:
The Earth Sphere - Earth, the 5 Lagrangian Points, and it's Lunar facilities
The Venusian Sector - the three orbital colonies around Venus
The Martian Sector - the crater-cities on Mars
The Belt Territories - the many mining colonies on Asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter; not given Sector status
The Jovian Sector - the 3 ocean worlds of Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, and the desert moon, Io.
The Martian and Venusian Sectors have what is called "Colony A" status, given more representation in government.
The Jovian Sector and the Belt Territories have what is called "Colony B" status, which is close to no proper representation.
Thus, many critical theorists have mapped society as a pecking order:
The Earthborn Elite
Earth Sphere Citizens (Orbital Colonists)
"Spacenoids"
Despite this, Martian and Venusian populations remain indifferent with the Earth Federation, and the 9 Billion or so who live in the Orbital Colony Clusters around Earth actively support it.
Recent History
Around 3/4 a century ago, a scientific thinker and erstwhile psychiatrist, Albrecht Loum, spread what was originally called "Ere-ism", a belief that (1) the Earth is sacred, (2) Humans must leave it, and (3) that Humans must protect it.
However, as it spread, it became known as "Loumism", and was most popular among the discontent radicals among the Jovian and Asteroid Belt populations; and thus, after half a century, the pacifistic Albrecht Loum's idealistic teachings were turned into a radical justification for terrorists to end the Earth Federation.
The new Loumism also absorbed it's sister belief, the Newtype Theory:
Declared as false by the Earth Federation, and claimed by space-born radicals as the heralds of the next step of human evolution,
"Newtypes" are humans who have shown potentials for slightly higher capacities of human conscientiousness, believed to be caused by generations of life in space colonies.
While the "differences" are not very readily apparent, these supposed Newtype humans have quicker reaction times and some have shown to be able to take higher levels of stress.
Growing like a snowball by now, Loumism radicals gathered on the Jovian moon, Io, a now-defunct desert planet once precious for its rare materials.
In AM 271, the Earth Sphere's Orbital Government Complex and Residence of the Prime Minister, the Galileo Colony, was destroyed in a terrorist attack, annihilating a third of the current government officials from Earth at the time, including Prime Minister Roger Cardenas.
Almost simultaneously, the Jupiter Fleet, the Earth Federation's Jovian garrison force, was almost entirely annihilated in large scale surprise attacks on Earth Federation bases in the Jovian Sphere.
After the attacks, Io broadcast it's declaration of independence & war against the Earth Federation, as well as most significantly declaring the infant granddaughter of Albrecht Loum, Ana Sazabi, a civilian of Mithra 5 in the Asteroid Belt, their Sovereign Princess.
Ana and her widower father, Janus Sazabi, were soon procured by Io.
What became known as the Ionian War lasted just under 15 years; within the first five years, The Loum Republic (Io), occupied its sibling moons, and then fought off several insufficient Earth Federation counterattacks for around eight years.
Finally, the Earth Federation surmounted a proper attack on The Jupiter Sphere in early AM 285, launching both the Martian and Lunar Fleets from Mithra 5, and into battle.
In a series of battles that lasted almost seven months, called the Battle of Lutz, the Earth Federation fleets gained footing by taking control of Europa, success being attributed to the lack of staying power by the Ionians (who relied on older fighter models, and not as many battleships).
By 286, the Republic of Loom was becoming desperate in its defense of Io;
The Earth Federation government, unsympathetic due to the Ionians' terrorist attacks and becoming weary of the casualties of the war, called for Prime Minister Emry Namur to launch several nuclear attacks on Io from Ganymede and Callisto.
On April 26th, AM 286, nine nuclear missiles hit Io's sphere, six from Ganymede, three from Callisto.
The Ionian armed forces had retreated onto their homeworld, expecting a planetary invasion; as such, Io's resistance was crippled, and on May 13th AM 286, the Republic of Loum surrendered.
Earth Federation forces landed on Io, taking control, arresting government officials and those they believed connected to the terrorist attacks.
Janus Sazabi was executed on July 6, AM 288, for conspiracy to commit mass murder; the young "Princess Ana of Loum" however, is believed to be smuggled off Io by Loumist Remnants.
The date is now AM 296, and spacenoid colonies have become further estranged with the Earth Federation government and it's increased denial of their right to self-rule. Loumism begins to spread across the Jovian worlds, and Ionian Remnants continue their guerrilla attacks every now and then, while international military organizations and policing forces attempt to root out them out. |
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Originally Posted by Bastard Feudalism
