Galactic Concordat

The Galactic Concordat is a Type IIIa Galactic Power (Federative Republic) bordering the Tri-Empire to the west, the Crimson Armada to the south, the Void-Fang Corporation to the southeast, and the USSP to the east. It has by-far the largest population numbering at over 2.6 trillion citizens, and grows further with each passing decade.

A Free Republic is born
In the year 510 B.C.W, shortly before what would be called "The First Reaver Crusades", Hertalli Bacara would take territory that was once oppressed by Reyuis Crimson and his forces, and give it an interesting choice, Join his Armada or Form a Democratic Power that would seek to empower it's people. This would ultimately lead to the Eracustas Convention, in which several delegates from hundreds of systems met to discuss the idea in further detail. The Convention would end in an almost unanimous vote to become an Armada-Backed Independent Republic.

In the months following this convention, a central government was set up, with Eracustas being it's capital. Grand Admiral Hertalli and the Armada as a whole would help the newly christened "Galactic Concordat" build war-ships, infrastructure, agricultural worlds for food and even massive ship-yards to build and maintain a fleet. This would culminate a very strong and fervent alliance between the two stellar nations, meaning if either were attacked the other would almost immediately rush to the aid of one another. In the following years the Concordian Navy grew in strength rapidly, due in part to the Concordat using a naval doctrine similar to that of the Armada.

The rapid success of the fledging Republic was astounding, and the credit of it's accomplishments was given mostly to Hertalli, who denied helping as much as he actually did. This would further improve his public image, making most citizens of the Concordat loyal to him.

Despite these success's, the Reaver Tribe's were encroaching further and further into Concordat territory and eventually the Galactic Power grew tired of this. Very soon it would step in to assist the Crimson Armada in it's "Reaver Crusades".

The Reconstruction
The Reaver Crusades would be very difficult for the Free Republic, as The Reavers would attack the colonies of the Concordat brutally. Economically this had a very adverse effect on the stellar nation as infrastructure would be decimated as the Reavers used their scorched earth tactics. The massive death and destruction would only stop after the Crimson Armada used nuclear devices on what most considered the Reaver home-world. After the Armada brutally ended the First Crusade, The Concordat would be left to fix it's damaged Ship-Yards and Burned Agricultural Worlds.

After nearly 10 years of reconstruction efforts headed by the Concordian Head of Industry, the Concordat would recover economically. However in the time it took for the Concordat to do this, The 2nd Reaver Crusades were about to start, however this time the Concordat was ready to take on the tide of the Reaver Hordes.

In 172 B.C.W, The Chancellor sent nearly 12,500 war-ships into the territory of the now weakened Reavers. This Fleet would cause devastation upon the Reaver Tribes already damaged infrastructure and colonies, leading to the Reavers being all but driven out of Concordat space.

When the 2nd Crusades ended, the Chancellor continued his efforts to boost Concordian Industry, and for the most part he would see great success.

Constructing "Westbrook's Line"
With the end of the 2nd Reaver Crusades, and the Reconstruction finished, The Concordat would look to it's less than friendly neighbors of the 3 Faction Coalition. It was decided by the various strategists of the Concordant, that a "line" of fortifications be built near the border of the Toron Empire near the modern day Eastern USSP Border.

These fortifications consisted of planetary bases, orbital defense platforms, Massive orbital stations, stationary defense fleets and even Void-Space Dampeners. The man behind the plan, and the one who advocated for it so heavily was none other than General Nigel Westbrook, head of the Armadian Revolutionary Guard. Using his immense talents in engineering, he designed the various fortifications used in the defensive line, making it near impossible for an enemy to attempt to attack the line directly.

The validity of Westbrook's line was put to the test when a fleet of no less than 60 Reaver Ships attempted to get pass the line and attack civilian targets near the area, However for nearly 10 hours of constant suicidal attacks the Reavers were unable to even damage any of the fortifications. This cemented the infamous reputation of Westbrook's line.

It may have been the construction of Westbrook's line that saved the Concordat in the Galactic Civil War, when the Toron Empire attempted the very same thing as the Reavers only to lose nearly 70 ships attempting to breech the line.

Tensions with the Three Faction Coalition
In the year 4 B.C.W the tensions between the Coalition, Armada and Concordat were becoming more and more evident. The members of the Concordat Senate knew a war was coming, so preparation began, and the mass mobilization of troops and fleets started quickly. 4 Years later this would come to fruition when on 1 B.C.W, the first skirmish between the Armada and the Toron Empire occurred.

The Concordat sent an official diplomatic protest to the Toron Empire, who had fired the first shots at an unsuspecting Armadian Fleet.

Standing with the Armada
Though the Concordat hat not yet fought in a large scale conflict, and had hoped to stay peaceful for eternity the hopes of the Concordat as a whole were dashed quickly. Soon after the Armada was attacked by the Toron Empire, a large fleet was soon detected heading towards the territory of the Concordat. The Fleet was found out to be from The Arien Ascension, the zealous empire. This of course made the senators in the Concordat panic as they hastily voted for an official warning to be sent to the hostile Coalition Forces. This warning would pass through the senate unopposed, and promptly it was sent to the hostile factions. This warning was worded as the following:

"We In the Free Republic of the Northern Galaxy value our freedom, liberty and pursuit of a joyous and happy life. We do not want any part in the war between you and the Stellar State of the Crimson Armada, however if such force is used against our Republic or Citizens, we will retaliate."

The warning served only to infuriate the Arien Ascension, who ordered their ships to attack any Concordat held space, ships or even civilians. When news reached the capitol, the Senate voted to formally declare war upon the Arien Ascension and Toron Empire, neglecting to declare war upon the Void-Space Corporation. In the following months of the declaration, the Toron Empire would attempt to break through Westbrook's line, only to be stopped upon attacking the fortification with their ships.

For the majority of the war the Concordat chose simply to defend their territory and send the Armada help in the way of war material and volunteer fighters. They would rarely seek to launch offensives as the mostly peaceful senate wanted to limit casualties on both sides as much as possible.

When the Phoenix Accords were signed, the Chancellor of the Concordat signed his name on it, formally joining both the Concordat and Armada into a close military alliance, aka SATO.

The Joining of S.A.T.O
Not long after the bloodiest conflict of the Galaxy's history thus far had occurred, the Solar Alliance Treaty Organization sought to bring peace through the Galaxy through a shared defense pact and alliance. When Grand Admiral Bacara decided to found such an organization, the first Galactic power he asked to join was the Armada's close ally, the Concordat.

The Concordat joined three months after the formation of SATO, when they did this showed the Galaxy that a strong inter-faction alliance was possible, and now a reality, and over time the various power would seek to join this alliance, encouraging a strong military alliance.

The only major power that shunned from Joining SATO, was the mortal enemy of the Concordat, The Union of Socialist Soviet Planets. The Union viewed SATO as nothing more than a political scheme created by the Armada to control the Galaxy, even though SATO technically limited the involvement of Armadian forces throughout the Galaxy. The Concordat however, grew to be a major force in SATO, as they supplied mostly all of the resources needed to run SATO's ever growing fleet.

The Election of Kelly Laux
Not long after the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Concordat grew tired of war as a whole. Though the Republic was well armed and ready for conflict, they wanted a Chancellor who would only use war as a last option, so when George Archturus and Kelly Laux ran against one another, the Pro-War Archturus lost the popular vote by around 20%. Though the election was won only by a small amount, she still managed to win the final election.

When Kelly got into office, she brought in several sweeping economic reforms that would lead to the Republic's economy being boosted for some time. Overtime due to her efforts to make the economy of the Republic better, Kelly became increasingly popular, even winning her re-election with 83% of people voting for her 2nd term. However soon Kelly would be tested as a leader, as soon the raging fire of the Huang Di would seek to destroy the Northern Star of the Galaxy.

A Push towards further Industrialization
The time period leading up to the Huang Di War was best described as a chaotic mess, political instability and civil unrest. This was due in part to the constant threat of the USSP and their large Fleet of Warships, and constant threat of retaliation in case of an attack from them. The population of the Concordat at this point was staunchly anti-war, unlike their Neighbors from the Crimson Armada and Tri-Empire. This caused a relatively abysmal war material production in the Concordat, that would seem to plague the Relatively de-centralized government.

Eventually the Concordat’s Parliament decided that something needed to be done to bring their nation out of the political instability, loss of production and general unrest. Some were even calling for the new Chancellor to take control to bring the Concordat out of it’s current hardships. This would call for a general election, in which the pro-peace, pro-industrialist Kelly Laux would be elected. Her admininistration would see massive factories, public works and arms production sky-rocket, in an attempt to prepare for a defensive war against the USSP, however the Galactic Concordat would soon face a much great enemy, one that would make even the great Communist Power shake in fear.

The Huang Di War
Very soon the Galaxy would know a great pestilence, not one of disease or of some terrible sickness, but a terrible evil that lay dormant in the stars for a millennia. A great dragon would spread it’s wings over the trillions who live their peaceful lives in their homes. Very soon man, woman and even child would bear arms to stop this great evil, the Huang Di.

In the year 231 ACW, the Concordat would receive odd reports from their sister empire and close ally, The Crimson Armada. Strange Pitch Black vessels would raid an Armadian Convoy, destroying several civilian ships and even a single Armadian Warship, the Silver Dawn under command of Captain and Later Rear-Admiral Nick Arleth.

This would alarm the Concordat, who would quickly mobilize several of their quick response fleets to guard and maintain their borders. Along with this Kelly Laux would order security to be tightened at the Eastern Border, or more specifically Westbrooks line. However, in the short term this would not be enough to stem the tide of what was to come.

Within a mere year the Fleets of Commodore Suvan, the overall head of the Concordats Armed Forces, would come to blow with several Father ships of the Huang Di, winning some battles and losing others. However, the overall performance of the Concordat and it’s neighbor to the east, the USSP would be poor. The Huang Di would see itself nearly push the Union Navy nearly out of it’s territory, holding merely 12% of it’s original territories. However, the Concordian and Armadian Navies would see the Huang Di pushed out of the Unions territory, temporary improving relations between the Communist East and The Concordat to the North.

Within the 10 year conflict, the Huang Di would never breach Westbrooks line, however after the war it would be severely damaged, along with a majority of the Concordat’s navy and infrastructure. It would take no less than nearly a decade or so of public works projects and finical assistance from the Armada to repair the Concordats battered republic.

Government and Politics
The Galactic Concordat, as classified by the Thynicken Scale of Sapient Civilizations, a Type IIIa Galactic Power. The Concordat is one of only 2 Powers in the Galaxy that has a true and corruption free democracy, where every 8 years a Chancellor is voted for by the people, and get to serve 3 terms. Currently the Concordat is being led by Chancellor Kelly Laux who is in charge of the "People's Party", a very liberal and progressive political branch.

Foreign Relations
The Concordat retains very good relations with ever Galactic Power except for the USSP. Though attempts have been made at establishing good relations with the hostile Communist Power, all attempts have ended in the Union either blocking the transmissions or out right threatening war against the Concordat.

Armed Forces and Navy
The Concordat uses magnetic railguns and plasma-pulsor weapons. Unlike most nations in the galaxy, the Concordat powers their ships using the Magnetic Fields of planetary bodies. Essentially, the core of their ships are similar to a grandfather clock, utilising an artificial mass to generate power using magnetic and gravitational forces. Concordat ships can travel a decent distance before needing to “recharge” in a planet’s gravity well. The Mag-Cores of Concordat vessels are generally very poorly understood, but they work rather effectively. The only downside with Mag-Cores is that they will fall through the ship if damaged in any way. Therefore, their ships have to have powerful shielding and hull plating.

Concordat ships also use a unique type of Magnetic Coil Cannon, which can range from tiny turrets to massive fixed barrels stretching the entire length of a vessel.

Despite the oddity of the Concordian Fleet, it has been successful in fending off attacks from the Toron Empire in the Galactic Civil War, This is partly due to the defensive and static nature of the way they wage war, prefering to defend "Westbrook's Line" instead of the Blitzkrieg Tactics used by the Armada, or the Swarm Tactics used by the Tri-Empire.