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| Union of Soviet Socialist Planets |
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| General |
| Informal Names: USSP, Soviet Union |
| Capital: Nova Cygni |
| Demographic |
| Ethnohoron: {{{Ethno_Burial}}} |
| Languages: Neo-Russkyia, Galactic Common |
| Population: ~32.6 billion citizens |
| Policy |
| Form of Government: Soviet Democracy |
| Head of the Government: Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium, Stukov Vedenin |
| Head of State: |
| Currency: {{{Currency}}} |
Summary
The Union of Soviet Socialist Planets (Also known as the USSP or Space Russia) is a minor human government-in-exile. It exists beyond the range of SolGov’s considerable reach, residing on several dozen of space stations, planets, and colonies in the fringes of the known galaxy. Despite their early setbacks, the USSP holds control of several outlying colonies outside the Trans-Solar Federation's sphere of influence, relying on the remote nature of many of their systems for protection against TSF raids or military actions.
Having begun as a series of disjointed planets, stations and planetoids that were colonized, overtaxed and overregulated, the first of the USSP's members eventually rebelled, collecting together into a series of rogue fleets during actions. While many stations and lives were lost, enough people revolted in armed civilian and stolen military craft to create a solid enough front that the destabilized Solar Federation was not able to penetrate. A large assembly was brought together with the Chair as the elected head of the assembly, and when a peaceless truce was signed, life slowly returned to a new normal.
Numerous USSP Citizens blame the Trans-Solar Federation both for the destruction of several stations, such as KC13, and for driving them out of the Cygni system. The USSP is presently recognized by the Trans-Solar Federation as a terrorist organization, though this hasn't stopped various organizations and corporations such as Nanotrasen from conducting occasional trade deals with them.
“I'm a patriot first, communist second. Nothing will change that.” - Stukov Vedenin, first official Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSP and veteran of the Cygni Rebellion.
A Brief History
The beginnings of the USSP were born in the Cygni system around a century ago. Cygni II, often simply referred to as 'Cygni', was the only habitable and colonized world of a system. A rocky and mountainous planet renowned for its massive fjords and equally massive ore deposits, it at first was used as a SolGov mining colony before it slowly grew into an industrial powerhouse. With its relative distance from Sol, it was the main industrial hub worlds in its sector, focused on production of raw materials for neighbor systems. Due to the high quantity of antique Russian heritage brought to the colony from various colonist families, a new language born from a bastard mix of Gutter, Sol Common, and old Russian grew on Cygni II, nowadays known as Neo-Russkiya.
Father of the Revolution
Malfoy Ames was born in 2403, a bit more than fifty years after the colony's creation. A citizen of Cygni II and considered a patriot and opportunist since his youth, Ames shared the desires of the people he was chosen to lead, and he promised them that he would do everything in his newfound power to improve their living conditions. However, Ames was also well-connected to the several independent groups of the sector. Several other colonies and their governors in the proximity of Cygni had similar goals and motives, yet none had the charisma that Ames seemed to have. He started illegally funding and arming several local independence and rebel groups through embezzled federal funds. By holding patriotic speeches condemning how the TSF treats its colonies, he earned himself a positive local reputation and was idolized by the people that he leads. This pushed Malfoy Ames to establish the Cygni Popular Socialist Party alongside the help of personal acquaintances, planning to be elected to the position of sector governor.
The local federal oversight committee had become much more aware of the traction Malfoy's party was gathering as local elections were nearly a month away. Local media chains owned by TSF-loyal entities began showing increasing bias against the Cygni Popular Socialist Party, causing outcries on social media networks. This endeavour by the TSF ended up being fruitless, as the popular support for Malfoy Ames grew more and more every passing day. Worried that a socialist entity could disrupt trade and cause conflict in the region, the oversight committee allowed the arrest of Malfoy Ames only a few days before elections were due to happen under pretence of forged legal documents. This bold, evident lie became the spark needed to light up the revolution's flames. Major system-wide protests happened over the arrest, causing the local Trans-Solar Federation forces to deploy riot control troops. This would soon be followed by what would be called...
The Cygni Rebellion
Only a few days after the early festivities of the new year and the re-election of the previous sector governor, the Naval Station Oahu tasked with overseeing the security of the system and housing the oversight committee of the sector, had become the target of the Cygni populace's revolution. Turncoats and Revolutionaries took over the station by force and took hostage TSF loyalists. All those who were loyal to the Trans-Solar Federation alongside anyone else unwilling to cooperate was promptly executed, the hostile takeover ending up with what is approximated to be 5,310 military casualties by the USSP's records, 21 of those being high-ranking TSF officials. This led to what would then called the Cygni Rebellion and the Oahu Massacre by SolGov media, followed quickly by an official declaration of independence from the Trans-Solar Federation by Malfoy Ames himself. Merely hours later, other planets in the proximity of the Cygni system did likewise. Together, they proclaimed the founding of the Union of Soviet Socialist Planets at 09:00 Galactic General time on May 24th, 2443.
The TSF considered this a declaration of war. It took less than a day for the Trans-Solar Federation to form up an attack fleet, invading the newly-created Union's system with an armada of 105 vessels. Arriving in the Cygni system, the flotilla met head-first with the defences of the USSP rebels: Naval Station Oahu, 15 USSP-flagged TSF corvettes, and about 150 converted civilian ships, asteroid miners, starliners and freighters with the TSF flag covered by red paint. A declaration was put out by the Solar Navy; The people of Cygni Prime would stand down immediately, or be killed in the ensuing nuclear bombardment. None of the rebel vessels stood down, the resulting battle lasting roughly 10 hours. After the fighting ended, a mere 20 Federation vessels remained functional, and all of the Union vessels had either fled or were destroyed.
A planetary assault was attempted by the TSF, yet their marines were severely outnumbered by the rebel forces. Out of the five thousand deployed marines, 500 were captured and the rest either deserted or were killed. This was the first and the largest of Federation planetary landings. Several other minor subsequent landings were attempted by the Federation forces, yet none of them were a success.
The Federation, under pressure from many protests against the war in their home systems, did not want to send more Marines to die in the meat grinder that was the Cygni rebellion. While the USSP had much, much more losses in both lives and ships than the TSF's powerful naval forces, they decided to sue for a ceasefire, which subsequently turned into a peace treaty. The Trans-Solar Federation would recognize the independence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Planets under the condition that all captured Federation marines, living or dead, were safely returned to the Federation. As the space in the orbit of Cygni II was turned into salvage fields, the Trans-Solar Federation fleet returned to its shipyards, weakened by one of the first major successful revolutions in the TSF. The USSP won a pyrrhic victory against the TSF's powerful naval forces and was allowed to be left alone in relative peace. Nova Cygni eventually evolved into the capital system of modern-day USSP, compromised of many of the same politicians that took up lead of Malfoy Ames' socialist mantle.
Culture and Society
Civilian Technologies
Due to the constant risk of SolGov conducting a raid on USSP territory, most systems are populated by civilian ships and multiple space stations. Distanced from the major resource hotspots that the Trans-Solar Federation owns, the USSP has limited resources to work with when it comes to infrastructure. Many of these stations, ships and colonies are built with what most call "alternative methods" that differ with what most SolGov and Nanotrasen stations base themselves on. The fancy Singularity, Tesla or Supermatter engines typically found aboard terran stations are instead replaced with expansive solar arrays, oftentimes taking more space than the station itself. In the few bigger USSP stations, these solar panels are typically accompanied with impressive batteries and turbines in the rare cases that the solar panels aren't providing enough. Recent breakthroughs in Soviet tech have produced the 'Uran-Sila Engines', comparable to Nanotrasen's Supermatter engines, instead built out with uranium cores in arrays. The use of 'clean' energies that require little constant exploitation of resources is something the USSP prides itself on.
With the inability to maintain or manufacture cheap gravity generators, the Soviet State elaborated a new system. All state-issued jackboots contain an iron lining underneath their soles which, combined with magnetized platings underneath station floors, allows USSP stations to have crew-wide magboots in effect. This allows for easier movements inside their stations with very little upkeep, at the cost of nearly everything either floating or being pinned to the walls. These alternative methods ensures that there are less cut corners and substandard construction materials which, early in the formation of the USSP, often resulted in high-upkeep costs or the stations' subsequent destruction.
Governmental Structure
Political Structure
The primary governmental structure of the USSP is based upon the blueprint laid down by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, going so far as to appropriate the USSR’s flag, anthem, and language.
The primary governmental agency within the USSP is named the Soviet Presidum. Its most numerous member type is the Soviet of the Union, elected on the basis of population with one delegate for every 300,000 people in the USSP, and the Soviet of Nationalities, which has 32 delegates per installation, planet, or colony. The effective ruler of the USSP is known as the Chairman of the Presidium. The current Chairman is the ex-Vice Governor of Cygni Prime, a human named Stukov Vedenin.
Military Structure
The USSP’s Military force is best described by the adage “Quantity over Quality.” USSP fleets are often composed of repurposed yet effective vessels such asteroid miners, starliners, freighters, or other such civilian ships. While ramshackle in appearance, the USSP Navy has proven itself an effective fighting force by virtue of sheer weight of numbers and blistering speed.
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| An USSP 'Camarad' outfit |
Most ships in the USSP Navy are specialized for extreme close quarters combat (under a kilometer between vessels), where the outdated cannon and boarding parties become much more viable options, creating the need for USSP vessels to close the distance quickly between themselves and their targets. USSP Navy Captains are given significant leeway in customizing their engagement style and hull configurations, with some preferring the “wall of lead” approach, while others strip down to a bare minimum of firepower so as to maximize the engine’s power-to-weight ratio.
The USSP Army is outfitted in much the same way, formed primarily through conscription and volunteers. There is a standardized uniform for Army forces, weighted more towards utility than appearance. The Army requires volunteers and conscripts to provide their own firearms, with only elite units being issued locally-produced AK-814 rifle variants. Personal laser-based weaponry are typically reserved for the highest-ranking personnel in the military, their production being too limited and expensive for widespread use. This has led to a hit-and-run, asymmetrical style of warfare by the Army, making veterans of the USSP forces desirable for numerous organizations, most notably the Syndicate.
What truly makes Soviet soldiers unique in the eyes of many is their training in guerilla warfare. Having learned with the Cygni Rebellion that Soviet forces are not able to brute force their way through conflicts, the USSP developed 'Revolutionariat' agents tasked with infiltrating stations to cause revolts, overthrow the current leadership and, in the mettle, allow for the USSP to seize control of their targets with much less effort.
Foreign Relations
The USSP is considered by and large to be a politically neutral entity by most planetary governments and corporations due to having a focus on self-sufficiency. Despite their rocky relationship and their grievances with the Trans-Solar Federation, the USSP does seek to reconcile with the central human government in hopes of cooperating, to no avail. One of the few exceptions to this neutrality is the USSP's ongoing military actions against what they believe to be fascist government entities, often conducting disruption campaigns on any and all companies known to be cooperating with the Elysium Republic or the Prospero Order. On the other side of the coin, the USSP has had occasional trade deals with the Syndicate, often times sharing manpower, skills and resources to further mutual goals. This goes as far as to arm the Syndicate with 'Revolutionariat' agents. This puts the USSP at odds with Nanotrasen which finds itself quite often victim of the Syndicate's activities, but this doesn't stop the odd deals here and there between the two entities.
While the USSP was not the first to discover the Synthetic Union's homeworld, New Canaan, the proximity of the Synthetic Union's sphere of influence with the USSP's own systems naturally inclined the two bodies to interact much more closely with each other. Showing support to the Positronic cause, the USSP offered their support to the growing synthetic state. The two unions consider the political relationship they share with each other to be cordial, willing to protect each other. While the Synthetic Union has refused the USSP's offer to integrate into one singular union, the [TODO]
After contact with the Synthetic Union was met with success, the USSP was informed about the existence of a moth-like species in proximity of their worlds, calling them ‘Tkachi’, Neo-Russkiya for ‘weavers’
Demographics
When it comes to other lifeforms, the USSP is one of the few human government states to be fully open and accepting of non-human immigration. This has led to a surprisingly reduced percentage of human lives inside the USSP's frontiers. Approximatively 63% of the USSP is compromised by humans, the remaining 37% being entirely alien species. Of these species, the majority are vulpkanins composing 18% of the USSP's total populace. While many bond over their mutual lack of intact homeworlds, Vulpkanins typically immigrate into the USSP due to [TODO]. Enjoying integration and equality with fellow organics, IPCs form 14% of the USSP's populace, all of which share the same rights as the citizens of the USSP. The remaining 5% of non-humans inside the USSP's colonies are not specified, little species forming any other majority.
| Species | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Human | 63.3 % |
| Vulpkanin | 17.6 % |
| IPC | 14.1 % |
| Other | 5.0 % |
Notable Planets/Stations
Nova Cygni, Capital Planet - Cygni Prime a large tundra planet and the birthplace of the Union and the main hub of all the affairs of the state, several large megacities can be found here housing over 20 billion citizens. While factories are present on Cygni Prime, it is not the Union's main industrial planet. Many historical sites pertaining to the Cygni Rebellion are present here and thus a healthy number of about 2 billion tourists come to Cygni Prime every year.
Planeta Stukova, Industry World - A dry, desert planet with the largest industrial base of the Union, a large departure from Cygni Prime when it comes to environment. One of the first planets that joined the Union right after the proclamation of its founding. Modern day's Stukov Prime is however a shining beacon of industry, with most of its old factories demolished and replaced with factories that fit the modern standard. Sadly it is also one of the most polluted planets in the Union's territory due to the heavy industrialization. Most of the Union's IPC population lives and works on this planet, not too affected by the planet's condition.
Kommunisticheskaya Contrapor XIV, Space Station - also known as the KC14 is the largest out of the 14 space stations owned and operated by the Union. While it started as Naval Infantry outpost it was converted into a trading station and it is currently the hub of all trade in the territories of the USSP while still retaining it original purpose of being a military outpost. Its predecessor, KC13, once shared the same role before an asteroid impact brought it out of orbit and damaged it beyond repair. The design between both space stations are similar, using multiple twin sets of rings attached to a central pillar. It is part of a lineage of modular space stations that date before the USSP's creation.
Herars, Union Planet, an interesting case, a small planet originally colonised by the Vulpkanin during their Exodus then incorporated into the Union with a high degree of autonomy. Herars is the entertainment capital of the Union, with many casinos, zoos, and many other present on the planet. Naturally, the majority of the Vulpkanin population live on this planet.