Lore I: The Phoenix Republic
Lore II: Republic Politics
Lore III: Corporate Politics
Lore IV: Military Structure
Lore V: Other Civilizations of Sol
Lore VI: The Europa Conflict
Lore V: The Terran Civil War
Timeline of Events[www.dropbox.com]
Phoenix Classification System
The Solar Library[solarlibrary.wordpress.com]
The Solar Armory

Left:
The Official Symbol of Phoenix Fleet Systems. This variant is often used on banners, flags, and in other more formal settings

Right:
Stylized Variant of the Phoenix Fleet Systems Logo, used in all advertising and branding of ships.

There are two further variants of the Sylized Logo: The white PFS logo is used to represent the Atmospherics Division of the corporation - which covers trans-atmospheric craft, atmosphere-dedicated craft, and planetary logistics. The bronze PFS logo represents the Ground Division of the corporation - which deals in all surface bound vehicles, including hovertanks, and also manages the development of planetary installations

Phoenix Fleet Systems is the largest of the Phoenix mega-corporations, and deals primarily in defense technologies.

Logo of Cygnet Design Industries. Technically the oldest of the corporations, CDI traces its roots all the way back to pre-ESC USA, and is a well rounded corporation with its foot in both mining and military technologies. It is the only Phoenix corporation to have its Headquarters outside of the Saturn system (based on Ganymede).



Logo of Hyperion Liberation Force. This controversial corporation traces its roots back to Mars, where it was behind the development of the highly advanced Point Defense technology that partly sparked off the First Colonial Rebellion. It has had a long history of delving into AI research and human augmentation, and exists somewhat outside of Phoenix society as a result. However, its augmented members are highly prized by the military for their super-human capabilities, and the RIA takes a keen interest in their superior mental processing.

Logo of Tristavian Shipyard Inc. The corporation started as the first (and only) corporation to ever transcend the borders of Earth, Mars, and Phoenix, though it was later forced by the former two to retreat into Phoenix space, where it resides as one of the most significant players to this day. The corporation has always maintained a good reputation inside and outside Phoenix, and has its feet in every market from military, to civilian, to research, to mining.

Logo of XER (Experiment Engineering and Research). The corporation has always been a very secretive one, and very protective of their research. For this reason and their small size, the corporation failed to turn a profit over the years, and began to stagnate. After they went dark during the Europa Conflict and were subsequently found, the controversial "field test" of stealth technology stirred up negative opinions and sealed their fate. In 2110, they were bought out into a joint ownership under TVSI and PFS, who have generally allowed it to stay autonomous.

Logo of the industrial giant, KUS shipyards. Aside from CDI, whose rivalry with KUS has been backed by PFS, KUS is the largest and most successful producer of raw materials within the Republic, and nearly outdoes all its competitors in other civilizations as well. It is at the forefront of Phoenix trade with these civilizations, being the primary supplier of courier ships, and its pacifist tendencies have made it the ideal corporation for representing Phoenix during trade deals.




The Phoenix Army deals with all things Planetary - from planetside military installations, to ground units, to atmospheric craft. The Army specializes in blitzkrieg tactics, using gunships and hovertanks to quickly overwhelm an infantry, and precision strikes from highly trained drop infantry are ideal for taking out key objectives.

The Navy is the primary fighting force of the Phoenix Republic, and deals with any void-dedicated craft as well as trans-atmospheric ones. They also train Void Marines for boarding tactics, though these are rarely utilized, and the corp is very small. Naval tactics rely primarily on an artillery style doctrine - keeping the enemy at extreme range and bombarding them with mssiles.



The Border Guard of Phoenix patrols Phoenix owned space and Phoenix trade routes, policing and protecting against smugglers and pirates. They specialize in boarding tactics, with ships made specifically to tackle blockade runners and send over highly trained Guard units to inspect or impound them.








Official Flag of the Phoenix Republic. The Phoenix was chosen because it represented the civilization's rise from the ashes of the first Martian Rebellion against earth. The six points of the star represent the six major corporations that make up Phoenix society.






The Symbol of the Internal Security Service, which policed the six corporations and protected from espionage. It was eventually disbanded in 2110, due to infiltration from CEU - Ramirez spies, and the RIA's Internal Affairs took over the role.





Logo of the Republic Intelligence Agency, a shadowy organization that has been known to manipulate politics both outside and inside the Republic, all in the name of the Republic's prosperity and safety.




A Breakdown of Republic Politics:

















Examples of Phoenix Uniforms:
Left to Right: Director Vitian, former head of the ISS, Minister Tacitus - head of Republic intelligece, Director Cassia - head of PFS corporate security forces







(left) Phoenix Protector Armor - the standard issue armor for basic infantry. It is fully sealed and includes a limited life support, field survival gear, a las-rifle recharge pack, and attachment points for jetpack, communication, or other modules.

(below) Phoenix pilot armor. The suit is one of the most advanced armors used by Phoenix, fully sealed and capable of preserving a pilot's life in the vacuum of space for up to 72 hour. It features and integrated HUD in the helmet, a sun visor, a distress beacon, and the most advanced personal life support suite.


(left)Senate Guards are a ceremonial branch of elite troops from the Border Guard, who are tasked with escorting the most important members of the Republic. Their armour is designed mostly for close quarters and kinetic impacts, though it also can disperse heat from laser blasts somewhat significantly. Their weapon, a ceremonial staff, is not to be underestimated - as it features the ability to fire an electrolaser blast and disable targets hundreds of meters away.





(right) Republic Tanker armour is one of the lightest personal armours, due to the expectation that the pilot will only ever be exposing the top half of his body, if that. Like other armours, it is fully sealed against vacuums, for operating vehicles on moons or within poisonous atmospheres. It also features a fully integrated HUD in the helmet, and the ability to directly interface with vehicles using voice commands and facial gestures, if necessary.

Seal of the Foy Republic, now known as the Foy Empire. The Empire was part of early terran expeditions to the Kuiper belt, but was later abandoned as the ESC concentrated its resources on the war with Mars and later conflicts. Foy has held a symbiotic relationship with ASY up until recent years, when the forced conscription of ASY scientists caused a split in their civilization.



Atheris Shipyards - now the Atheris Independent Republic. Originally developing alongside Foy as their scientific and military R&D community, they eventually split off and founded AIR. They were the first to look into Jump technology, though their prototype was preceeded by the CEU's own by just a few short months.



Amphion Mining Corporation is analogous to KUS within CEU space, and provides the Belt with one of its most premier mining industries. It has transcended many boundaries, and trades not only within the Belt, but with Phoenix, Earth, Uranus, and Mars.



The Eridani Union started off as a multi-national Economic Union, but it eventually became nationalized under the ESC and headed Terra's colonization of the Jovian system. Eventually, however, they declared their independence from Earth, and today they are aligned with the CEU and trade with the Belt, though they seek primarily to advance their Jovian colonies, and expand their hold on the Trojan asteroids.



The Ceresian Economic Union is the primary ruling power within the Belt, and one of Sol's most powerful civilizations. It profits off of the massive amounts of trade within and through the belt, maintaining trade routes through the belt between the Inner and Outer system. It is made up of five ruling houses: Ramirez, Tokugawa, York, Magoro, and Volkhov.



Hyperion Systems is the premier manufacturer of warships for the CEU, and has had a longstanding rivalry with PFS in the Phoenix Republic. Their ships are some of the fastest in Sol - using advanced Anti-matter engines to close with enemies and rip them apart with particle accelerators and other aggressive, short range weaponry.


InfernoTech is a weapons manufacturer owned by house York of the CEU. They provide some mining ships, but primarily provide security for York forces, especially in the wake of the inner turmoil caused by Ramirez and Tokugawa.






AdAstra Industries is another corporation owned by House York, though their original inception came under House Tokugawa. They specialize in high performance strike craft.




The Earth Security Council was formed in 2040 as a direct outcome of the so-called World War 3, which saw various crises plaguing every major nation of Terra. As a reformation of the UN, they took over military assets from major nations, and ended the crisis. Over time, they eroded more and more independence until they fully solidified their hold as a one world, socialist government of Earth in 2070. They eventually crumbled internally in 2108, as an outcome of the Terran Civil War.

Originally started as a revolution among the ESC military calling for a heavy handed approach to colonial dissent, Horus political leaders were eventually executed by the ESC, sparking off the Terran Civil War when the power gap was filled by ESC military officers. At the end of the war, the ruling council was overthrown by Admiral Anselm, a veteran of all three Martian Wars, who set himself up as its new dictator. The Empire resides on the fortress world of Luna, rebuilding for a reclamation of Terra.


The Earth Defense Pact is a defensive agreement among many nations of Earth, formed in 2109 to guard against the continuing threat of Horus. While the nations of Earth do not wish to ever unify under a one world government again, they also realize that Horus is a bigger threat than anyone else, and that it must be defended against.


The Venus Advancement Corporation was started under the ESC during its venture into Venusian colonization. Since that time, it has always held a corporacratic government over the planet, presiding over the mining and development of the floating cities of the moon. It seceded from the ESC in 2108, shortly before the fall of the government.


The Uranian Confederation was founded by Chinese colonists, who were forced to settle on the moons of Uranus when their planned-interstellar ship malfunctioned. They have maintained staunch neutrality over the years, refusing to be involved in any of the ongoing politics and conflicts. However, this has not deterred them from trade of military resources, and their WMI corporation has become a well respected arms dealer among Sol.





WMI Is the UCon's premier weapons manufacturer, and has traded heavily with both Phoenix and the CEU, including times when they were at war with one another. They are best known for their missile technologies and guidance systems.



Ariel Aerospace Manufacturing is the U-Con's premier ship manufacturer, and has been the primary supplier of ships to the U-Con's defense Navy. Their ships heavily utilize WMI's missile technologies, and are often the first to benefit from the corporation's most recent developments, giving them a continual technological edge over many other navies in Sol.


The Martian Confederacy was founded in 2108, during the fall of the ESC. The government is a testament to many decades of endurance under ESC rule, and a final victory after three wars for independence from Terra. As a result of Mars' long history of exploitation under the ESC, they are extremely independent and even somewhat isolationist, and have devoted much of their resources to building an elite fighting force to protect the red planet against any future oppression.

A map of Sol's civilizations:



"Pamphlet" Images by Maxyall:




Concept Image of a city on Titan (edited version of a Dust 514 wallpaper)




Foy Empire



Atheris Independent Republic



Phoenix Republic