Gamemaster Third Orbital Zone: Terra (IF) - Revision history

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	'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.		'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.

	'''Earthforce Research Directorate''' (ERD) oversees system-scale scientific research and exploration. Founded under the Chamber of Commerce during the early Golden Age, it originally focused on engineering, navigation, and industrial science. After the '''Lunar Habitat Inquiry of 2203''' exposed the risks of neglecting the human sciences in offworld settlements, the Directorate was transferred to the '''Commons'''. Today the ERD coordinates major scientific programs across the Solar System. See [[Earthforce Research Directorate (IF\|Earthforce Research Directorate]].		'''Earthforce Research Directorate''' (ERD) oversees system-scale scientific research and exploration. Founded under the Chamber of Commerce during the early Golden Age, it originally focused on engineering, navigation, and industrial science. After the '''Lunar Habitat Inquiry of 2203''' exposed the risks of neglecting the human sciences in offworld settlements, the Directorate was transferred to the '''Commons'''. Today the ERD coordinates major scientific programs across the Solar System. See [[Earthforce Research Directorate (IF)\|Earthforce Research Directorate]].

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	* [[Earthforce Navy (IF)\|Earthforce Navy]]		* [[Earthforce Navy (IF)\|Earthforce Navy]]
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Starfox: /* Commons */

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Commons

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	'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.		'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.

			'''Earthforce Research Directorate''' (ERD) oversees system-scale scientific research and exploration. Founded under the Chamber of Commerce during the early Golden Age, it originally focused on engineering, navigation, and industrial science. After the '''Lunar Habitat Inquiry of 2203''' exposed the risks of neglecting the human sciences in offworld settlements, the Directorate was transferred to the '''Commons'''. Today the ERD coordinates major scientific programs across the Solar System. See [[Earthforce Research Directorate (IF\|Earthforce Research Directorate]].

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Starfox: /* Chamber of Commerce */

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Chamber of Commerce

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	<span style="color: brown;">'''Structural Incentive — The Resource Glut'''</span>		<span style="color: brown;">'''Structural Incentive — The Resource Glut'''</span>

	<span style="color: brown;">Asteroid mining in cislunar space is so efficient that the Chamber’s resource baskets can grow faster than the Lunar Credit can prudently expand. The danger is not scarcity but excess. As reserves accumulate, political pressure mounts to issue additional credit against them, risking inflation, loss of discipline, and erosion of confidence in the Lunar Credit as a hard instrument~~.</span>financial ones: reconstruction, rescue, and emergency spending drew down reserves and stabilized issuance~~.</span>		<span style="color: brown;">Asteroid mining in cislunar space is so efficient that the Chamber’s resource baskets can grow faster than the Lunar Credit can prudently expand. The danger is not scarcity but excess. As reserves accumulate, political pressure mounts to issue additional credit against them, risking inflation, loss of discipline, and erosion of confidence in the Lunar Credit as a hard instrument.</span>

	<span style="color: brown;">The Bank therefore requires capital sinks. Megaprojects serve this function. They absorb vast quantities of raw materials, convert liquid reserves into illiquid infrastructure, and slow credit expansion without overt taxation. Dedalus was such a sink. Its failure was catastrophic in human terms but deflationary in		<span style="color: brown;">The Bank therefore requires capital sinks. Megaprojects serve this function. They absorb vast quantities of raw materials, convert liquid reserves into illiquid infrastructure, and slow credit expansion without overt taxation. Dedalus was such a sink. Its failure was catastrophic in human terms but deflationary in

Starfox: /* Kessler Space */

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Kessler Space

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	=== Kessler Space ===		=== Kessler Space ===
	All of this was solar powered, huge shades that reduced the temperature of Earth and also generated huge amounts of power. This all came falling down in in In Icarus's Fall. The orbital environment around Earth and the Moon was choked with debris and derelict satellites, creating a dangerous ~~“Kepler~~ syndrome” that complicates navigation and transit.		All of this was solar powered, huge shades that reduced the temperature of Earth and also generated huge amounts of power. This all came falling down in in In Icarus's Fall. The orbital environment around Earth and the Moon was choked with debris and derelict satellites, creating a dangerous “kessler syndrome” that complicates navigation and transit.
	Most tiny objects have burned up by now, making previously inaccessible areas merely dangerous — still far from safe. But low earth orbit is still dangerous. Abandoned habitats and the ruins of solar architecture this means salvage is a thriving business.		Most tiny objects have burned up by now, making previously inaccessible areas merely dangerous — still far from safe. But low earth orbit is still dangerous. Abandoned habitats and the ruins of solar architecture this means salvage is a thriving business.

Starfox: /* Cislunar Space */

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Cislunar Space

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	== ~~Cislunar Space~~ ==		== Cisluna==
	Cislunar space is humanity’s oldest ~~frontier~~ and ~~still its~~ busiest. Generations of rebuilding after the Fall have turned it into a layered, working landscape — crowded, but stable, prosperous, and confident in its own routines.		Cislunar space or Cisluna in everyday speech, is humanity’s oldest and busiest frontier. Generations of rebuilding after the Fall have turned it into a layered, working landscape — crowded, but stable, prosperous, and confident in its own routines.
	Cislunar space is a cluttered, hazardous frontier shaped by centuries of expansion, conflict, and the aftermath of Icarus Fall. In the early expansion period, cislunar space was a place of proxy conflict and bitter competition that over time developed its own identity and finally independence. By no means a unified state, it was dominated by lunar mining conglomerates that worked together to create Eartforce in 2086. This started a period of growth that resulted in the Golden Age 2102-2310.		Cislunar space is a cluttered, hazardous frontier shaped by centuries of expansion, conflict, and the aftermath of Icarus Fall. In the early expansion period, cislunar space was a place of proxy conflict and bitter competition that over time developed its own identity and finally independence. By no means a unified state, it was dominated by lunar mining conglomerates that worked together to create Eartforce in 2086. This started a period of growth that resulted in the Golden Age 2102-2310.
	Cislunar space became the dominant power in the solar system; dozens, then hundreds of habitats led the way in colonization of the rest of the system, while also helping Earth's ecological — but not political — recovery.		Cislunar space became the dominant power in the solar system; dozens, then hundreds of habitats led the way in colonization of the rest of the system, while also helping Earth's ecological — but not political — recovery.

Starfox: /* Switzerland, Bern, and Earthforce */

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Switzerland, Bern, and Earthforce

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	==== Switzerland, Bern, and Earthforce ====		==== Switzerland, Bern, and Earthforce ====
	Earthforce was founded in 2068, on an Earth far removed from today’s peace.		Earthforce was founded in 2068, on an Earth far removed from today’s peace.
	Registered for neutrality, it chose Bern in Switzerland — a neutral ground financed by cislunar interests. As Earthforce grew into the most powerful interplanetary authority, Switzerland remained neutral largely to protect it — a condition few Swiss ~~objected~~ to.		Registered for neutrality, it chose Bern in Switzerland — a neutral ground financed by cislunar interests. As Earthforce grew into the most powerful interplanetary authority, Switzerland remained neutral largely to protect it — a condition few Swiss object to.

	Earthforce maintains an office in Bern, but its true capital is the vast [[Bern Orbital (FI)\|Bern Orbital]] at ~~Earth–Moon~~ L1, legally a part of the city of Bern but many times its size and population. There, Earthforce governs at full scale — equal parts parliament, port, and power.		Earthforce maintains an office in Bern, but its true capital is the vast [[Bern Orbital (FI)\|Bern Orbital]] at Earth — Moon [[Icarus_Fall_Dictionary_(IF)#Lagrange_Points\|L1]], legally a part of the city of Bern but many times its size and population. There, Earthforce governs at full scale — equal parts parliament, port, and power.

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Starfox: /* Middle East & North Africa */

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Middle East & North Africa

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	==== Middle East & North Africa ====		==== Middle East & North Africa ====
	Once scorched and shattered, the region is again habitable.		Once scorched and shattered, the region is again habitable.
	The “meltdown” — the 22nd-century nuclear exchange — destroyed the great cities and left minorities and rural enclaves to rebuild. The survivors formed a mosaic of tribes, sects, and enclaves loosely united under a cultural 'Dar al-Islam'.		The “meltdown” — the 22nd-century nuclear exchange — destroyed the great cities and left minorities and rural enclaves to rebuild. The survivors formed a mosaic of tribes, sects, and enclaves loosely united under a cultural 'Dar al-Islam' (Land of Peace).
	Israel, having moved underground before the meltdown, survived mostly intact and shared its technologies for subterranean living, giving a new legitimacy as neighboring communities copied their methods~~. Underground settlements remain symbols of safety and continuity~~.		Israel, having moved underground before the meltdown to survive the heat, survived mostly intact and shared its technologies for subterranean living and seawater purification, giving a new legitimacy as neighboring communities copied their methods.
	With ecological restoration a priority during the Golden Age, the temperature is now lower and the land greener than it has been in a thousand years.		With ecological restoration a priority during the Golden Age, the temperature is now lower and the land greener than it has been in a thousand years, but underground settlements remain symbols of safety and continuity.

	==== Archipelago Compacts ====		==== Archipelago Compacts ====

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Sinosphere

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	==== Sinosphere ====		==== Sinosphere ====
	China has withdrawn to its Han heartlands, while Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Taiwan stand independent.		China has withdrawn to its Han heartlands, while Wu, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Taiwan stand independent.
	Yet Sinitic culture, language norms, and script still link the region from Korea to Vietnam.		Yet Sinitic culture, language norms, and script still link the region from Korea to Vietnam.
	Political power has waned, but cultural influence has never been greater.		Political power has waned, but cultural influence has never been greater.
	Mandarin functions widely as a second language and reference standard~~, even where it is not the primary tongue~~.		Where it is not the primary tongue Mandarin functions widely as a second language and reference standard.
	People of this region have always been concentrated in cultivated belts with untamed land in between; the settled zones are smaller now, and the hinterlands more untamed than ever.		People of this region have always been concentrated in cultivated belts with untamed land in between; the settled zones are smaller now, and the hinterlands more untamed than ever.

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	'''Mass flows''' — Earth imports phosphorus from the Belt and steel from Luna and exports culture: art, entertainment, software, and biotech. Biological samples and animals are shipped outward to seed ecosystems and nature preserves across human space.		'''Mass flows''' — Earth imports phosphorus from the Belt and steel from Luna and exports culture: art, entertainment, software, and biotech. Biological samples and animals are shipped outward to seed ecosystems and nature preserves across human space.

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	=== Polity Map ===		=== Polity Map ===
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	Earthforce maintains an office in Bern, but its true capital is the vast [[Bern Orbital (FI)\|Bern Orbital]] at Earth–Moon L1, legally a part of the city of Bern but many times its size and population. There, Earthforce governs at full scale — equal parts parliament, port, and power.		Earthforce maintains an office in Bern, but its true capital is the vast [[Bern Orbital (FI)\|Bern Orbital]] at Earth–Moon L1, legally a part of the city of Bern but many times its size and population. There, Earthforce governs at full scale — equal parts parliament, port, and power.

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	== Earthforce ==		== Earthforce ==
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	'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.		'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.

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	=== Senate ===		=== Senate ===
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	<span style="color: brown;">'''Carbon Bounty War''' — Competing capture firms game measurements; a whistleblower vanishes between port arbitration and an ACA court. </span> </noinclude>		<span style="color: brown;">'''Carbon Bounty War''' — Competing capture firms game measurements; a whistleblower vanishes between port arbitration and an ACA court. </span> </noinclude>

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	=== Bern Orbital ===		=== Bern Orbital ===
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	* [[Bern Orbital (FI)\|Bern Orbital]]		* [[Bern Orbital (FI)\|Bern Orbital]]

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	== Cislunar Space ==		== Cislunar Space ==
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	Hovering in the background is Earthforce, in cislunar space mainly identified as the Chamber of Commerce, the banker, broker, and owner of vast resources. Shares are based on adding to these stores, creating a voluntary system of taxation that concentrates a lot of power in cislunar space.		Hovering in the background is Earthforce, in cislunar space mainly identified as the Chamber of Commerce, the banker, broker, and owner of vast resources. Shares are based on adding to these stores, creating a voluntary system of taxation that concentrates a lot of power in cislunar space.

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	=== Cislunar Habitats ===		=== Cislunar Habitats ===
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	35 km radius × 1,000 km length.		35 km radius × 1,000 km length.
	Cislunar space used to be full of wharves that built everything from shuttles to interplanetary colony ships. Gradually most ship-building moved to the Belt or to Mercury, closer to the raw materials. Cislunar wharves had to consolidate, the result is Concordat Wharves, surrounded by a web of spines and construction robots. The old corporations still exist inside the concordat, making it its own worst competitor. In the post-Fall world business has been booming, making the habitat rich but creating many independent competitors. The station features showrooms by the various firms, along with proud models from their own history. In the zero-g axis the old Clark Station, the first cislunar habitat, now rotates in the open air as a memorial of humanity's first foray into space.		Cislunar space used to be full of wharves that built everything from shuttles to interplanetary colony ships. Gradually most ship-building moved to the Belt or to Mercury, closer to the raw materials. Cislunar wharves had to consolidate, the result is Concordat Wharves, surrounded by a web of spines and construction robots. The old corporations still exist inside the concordat, making it its own worst competitor. In the post-Fall world business has been booming, making the habitat rich but creating many independent competitors. The station features showrooms by the various firms, along with proud models from their own history. In the zero-g axis the old Clark Station, the first cislunar habitat, now rotates in the open air as a memorial of humanity's first foray into space.

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	== Luna ==		== Luna ==
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	Dozens of shorter and less secure 15 km rails remain in operation for bulk cargo to lunar orbit. These feed short-haul trade and local industry.		Dozens of shorter and less secure 15 km rails remain in operation for bulk cargo to lunar orbit. These feed short-haul trade and local industry.

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	=== Example Habitats ===		=== Example Habitats ===
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	Mare Laboris thrives on industrial pragmatism: quick contracts, hard labor, and little patience for politics. Its shuttles and mining vehicles double as lifeboats, making every crew self-reliant and hard to intimidate.		Mare Laboris thrives on industrial pragmatism: quick contracts, hard labor, and little patience for politics. Its shuttles and mining vehicles double as lifeboats, making every crew self-reliant and hard to intimidate.

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	== Near Earth Asteroids ==		== Near Earth Asteroids ==
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	Khepri’s people insist they are building a world, not just mining one. The words carved over the lock gates read: “We dig to build the sky.”		Khepri’s people insist they are building a world, not just mining one. The words carved over the lock gates read: “We dig to build the sky.”

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	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.		'''Earthforce Medical Service''' (EMS) monitors system-wide health risks—epidemics, radiation exposure, vaccination programs, and long-duration habitation standards. Smaller than planetary health authorities, it serves as a clearinghouse for data and issues advisories most polities voluntarily adopt. It also oversees genetic engineering and human enhancement, traditionally a restraining force; regulations were relaxed during the Fall.

	'''Earthforce Research Directorate''' (ERD) oversees system-scale scientific research and exploration. Founded under the Chamber of Commerce during the early Golden Age, it originally focused on engineering, navigation, and industrial science. After the '''Lunar Habitat Inquiry of 2203''' exposed the risks of neglecting the human sciences in offworld settlements, the Directorate was transferred to the '''Commons'''. Today the ERD coordinates major scientific programs across the Solar System. See [[Earthforce Research Directorate (IF\|Earthforce Research Directorate]].		'''Earthforce Research Directorate''' (ERD) oversees system-scale scientific research and exploration. Founded under the Chamber of Commerce during the early Golden Age, it originally focused on engineering, navigation, and industrial science. After the '''Lunar Habitat Inquiry of 2203''' exposed the risks of neglecting the human sciences in offworld settlements, the Directorate was transferred to the '''Commons'''. Today the ERD coordinates major scientific programs across the Solar System. See [[Earthforce Research Directorate (IF)\|Earthforce Research Directorate]].

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