GALNET - 29 JUN 3307 - Four Federal Systems Declare Independence

[Amata Lirein]

GALNET - 29 JUN 3307 - Four Federal Systems Declare Independence

The Azaladshu Free faction, which controls four systems, has seceded from the Federation in protest against civilian surveillance.

The unexpected declaration followed the election of new leadership for Azaladshu Free, which currently controls the Azaladshu, LFT 824, LHS 277 and LTT 3919 systems.

Mayor Constanza Noguera announced:

“The Federation has become corrupt, authoritarian and untrustworthy. In particular, the public surveillance laws to spy on innocent people cannot be tolerated. From now on, we will govern our systems as independent sovereign nations.”

Political observers believe that several other Federal factions are also planning to declare independence. All are within Shadow President Felicia Winters’s sphere of influence, although she has publicly renounced any support of these actions.

Congress has stated that secession is illegal under the Federal Accord, and ordered Azaladshu Free to revert to normal membership status. The Federal Navy and other military organisations have been placed on alert.

President Hudson has reacted strongly, stating that “This degree of organised criminal behaviour only proves that the Proactive Detection Bureau is needed to maintain order.”

Shadow President Winters countered by claiming “Removing our citizens’ right to privacy is the cause of this rebellion, not the solution.”

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[Amata Lirein]

Hmm... where did I read that before? Oh right, with the system of Achenar, which wanted to be independent from the Federation as well...

You just watch, the Fednecks will sent in an expeditionary force again, just like they did when Achenar declined to join the corrupt Federation.

 

[HRDiagram]

Sweet news!

As someone who supported Hudson during the data CG vs Winters, I see that the efforts are now paying back!
Dismantle the Federation from the inside, thanks to the massive support by Independents, Alliance and Empire!

 

[Vardaugas]

"The Proactive Detection Bureau failed to reveal the planned secession of four whole systems. This is proof we absolutely need it so we can not detect any criminal activity in the future."
And as we all suspected, detecting large scale crime was never the goal or target of the PDB.

 

[VR Jay Le Chardon]

Hmm... where did I read that before? Oh right, with the system of Achenar, which wanted to be independent from the Federation as well...

You just watch, the Fednecks will sent in an expeditionary force again, just like they did when Achenar declined to join the corrupt Federation.

This could be the start of a bigger movement. Odds on that this will result in CG's, which sadly will likely be steamrollered :-( If these to go CG's they should be an uphill battle for the federal invaders, guided by extremely uneven tier requirements to represent the home advantage and partasin spirit the defenders will have working to their advantage. Narative wise Sirius, the Alliance, and the Empire could vow to support the fledgling independent systems defence forces, and the difference in tier requirements would be accounted for as representing the contributions the superpowers are making to the defense of those systems.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Congress has stated that secession is illegal under the Federal Accord, and ordered Azaladshu Free to revert to normal membership status. The Federal Navy and other military organisations have been placed on alert.

This is one of those things where the BGS and the narrative don't quite fit together - or, at least, an explanation of how it works is needed.

All four of those systems could - through Election or War - be taken over by an Independent faction, and so cease to be Federal systems. The Federation has lost over a third of its size in the last six years through this process (and after Lugh, has perhaps learned its lesson of the limits of sending in the Navy to prevent it)

So presumably it's the faction seceding rather than the systems which is the problem - which then starts to raise questions about exactly what factions are, how that interacts with the superpowers, and how that interacts with the citizenship of the population of the systems.

(Mostly questions Frontier have managed to dodge so far, but this storyline requires some sort of understanding of it)

 

[Danieros]

This is one of those things where the BGS and the narrative don't quite fit together - or, at least, an explanation of how it works is needed.

All four of those systems could - through Election or War - be taken over by an Independent faction, and so cease to be Federal systems. The Federation has lost over a third of its size in the last six years through this process (and after Lugh, has perhaps learned its lesson of the limits of sending in the Navy to prevent it)

So presumably it's the faction seceding rather than the systems which is the problem - which then starts to raise questions about exactly what factions are, how that interacts with the superpowers, and how that interacts with the citizenship of the population of the systems.

(Mostly questions Frontier have managed to dodge so far, but this storyline requires some sort of understanding of it)

While the headline mentions four systems, the essence is really that one federal faction has declared itself independent. "Four systems" make for better clickbait - and galnet is journalism. After the BGS tick the faction "Azaladshu Free" will likely change from Federation aligned to Independent, and because it controls those four systems, the same will happen for those systems on the galmap, since the system allegiance is the same as the faction that controls the system.

If a faction pushes for system control through normal BGS - the conflict zone ships that show up are titled "federal navy" ships and it will even feature capital ships if appropriate, so I do think they're taking action in that case.

Anyway, good job folks that pushed Hudson's state of surveillance! Now the federation explodes from within. There is no way lore-Winters would accept such a thing from lore-Hudson.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

While the headline mentions four systems, the essence is really that one federal faction has declared itself independent. "Four systems" make for better clickbait - and galnet is journalism. After the BGS tick the faction "Azaladshu Free" will likely change from Federation aligned to Independent, and because it controls those four systems, the same will happen for those systems on the galmap, since the system allegiance is the same as the faction that controls the system.

In terms of BGS mechanisms, certainly, all will be represented in-game just fine.

It's more the lore question of what, exactly, Azaladshu Free is and what it means for it to change superpower allegiance both for the systems it controls and the citizens of those systems (or do systems have citizens? maybe factions have citizens?)

 

[Vardaugas]

Another observation here is that Fdev have the technology to switch the superpower allegiance of a minor faction. Which is something that never happened before, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[VR Jay Le Chardon]

The Federation has lost over a third of its size in the last six years

Yeah, a certain imperial renegade might have "helped" that process....

 

[Fishy]

Another observation here is that Fdev have the technology to switch the superpower allegiance of a minor faction. Which is something that never happened before, correct me if I'm wrong.

FD don't. Azaladshu Free do. And they should be reported for hacking the BGS.

 

[Fishy]

Yeah, a certain imperial renegade might have "helped" that process....

Imperial? The systems around Sol should be called the Hutton Truckers cluster.

 

[Sensei Jacksama]

It's odd that the marlinists now have their own independent nation and now it looks like the federation has had multiple attempts to also splinter off as well. First Jupiter Rochester and now this faction.

I dont know what any of this means; but its certainly an interesting parallel.

 

[VR Jay Le Chardon]

Imperial? The systems around Sol should be called the Hutton Truckers cluster.

My enemies enemy.... Besides, there's nothing better than to drink Lavian Brandy out of a Hutton mug after ousting a Fedneck corprocacy

 

[Danieros]

Another observation here is that Fdev have the technology to switch the superpower allegiance of a minor faction. Which is something that never happened before, correct me if I'm wrong.

Yup, now we have seen them do it all. Change faction names, change government types, change allegiance, inserting them into new systems and even changing the home system. Only manually by Frontier, though.

 

[Erei]

Hmm... where did I read that before? Oh right, with the system of Achenar, which wanted to be independent from the Federation as well...

You just watch, the Fednecks will sent in an expeditionary force again, just like they did when Achenar declined to join the corrupt Federation.

cough Marlinist cough


Anyway. I didn't see that coming. I support their independence. The feds are probably going to try to stop them, but feds are gonna be feds.

 

[VR Jay Le Chardon]

cough Marlinist cough


Anyway. I didn't see that coming. I support their independence. The feds are probably going to try to stop them, but feds are gonna be feds.

Had the Marlinist Republic of Achenar NOT been militarised into the Empire of Achenar by Henson Duval, we'd most likely have been steamrollered by the federal taskforce sent to make us capitulate in 2324, and became yet another federal colony. So Marlinists can cry in their cornflakes about the lost ideals, but were it not for henson they'd be uneducated fednecks, not better educated but malcontent imperials.

 

[Erei]

Had the Marlinist Republic of Achenar NOT been militarised into the Empire of Achenar by Henson Duval, we'd most likely have been steamrollered by the federal taskforce sent to make us capitulate in 2324, and became yet another federal colony. So Marlinists can cry in their cornflakes about the lost ideals, but were it not for henson they'd be uneducated fednecks, not better educated but malcontent imperials.

I can't see into parallel universe myself, sorry

Just thought it was worth mentioning the Empire also have unhappy people who decided to leave recently. And some who also like to blow half a million people, but they are not very nice.

 

[Gorrister]

Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod!!!

We like to declare independence as well!!!

We are in HIP 51652.

Please release us from the Feds!

 

[William J Smith]

Imperial? The systems around Sol should be called the Hutton Truckers cluster.

I think the earth defence fleet controls more around sol than the truckers.....

Still cant think why the Thargoids have not turned up in force and said "Die now and curse in vain".... maybe their friends in the Alliance would care to comment...

Bill