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The University League was organized RT-3851 to develop the protocols that would become the Hub Conventions. The League functions as the Charter authority and adjudication body for all Convention signatories.
Originally a Procyon offshoot, Wylenth is an independent colony in the downnorth sector of the Hub, with several offshoot colonies of its own. It operates on the fringes of the UMC and is rumored to be home base for several successful pirate and slaver o
Industry:Literature
An information storage medium, about the size and thickness of a fingernail.
Industry:Literature
The seventy-three allied systems of the "Ras Ophiuchus" nexus, linked by commercial and military treaties and operating under an oligarchy of eighty or so merchant families. They control large sectors of the Upanishyi Belt's mining industry, run several major mercenary corporations.
Industry:Literature
A tavis field configuration that encloses the above-ground half of the lenticular field effect. Jathrin domes are semi-permeable and may be controlled to permit atmospheric exchange and allow photon penetration within the visible spectrum. They may be enhanced by various security modifications. Jathrin domes are the preferred enclosure for habitats on Optimal-2 and some Optimal-3 colonies.
Industry:Literature
The four major religious faith groups of the Hub that base their theology on a common group of scriptural writings believed to originate on Terra Prime. Considerable divergence over canon and interpretation have resulted in very different and sometimes hostile relations between the Panscriptic Faiths.
Industry:Literature
At one time, the predominant faith of the Galanian and Neo-Prime colonial axes. The rigid ethnocultural strictures of Gayesh contributed largely to Phase One of the Hub Wars and provoked several waves of genocide. At the Gaya-Mirdan Council the faith split into a majority, less-militant orthodox version, and a "Reformed" version whose expanded theological interpretations made it one of the most rigidly non-violent major faiths in the Hub.
Industry:Literature
Emerging in the wake of the Hub Wars after the great Gaya-Mirdan Council, the Reformed version of Gayesh is highly philosophical, agnostic, and non-violent in nature.
Industry:Literature
A group of nine stars colonized in the wake of the Hub Wars by the As'rilli ethnocultural populations of Auriga and the Central Axis.
Industry:Literature
A very insular, cohesive ethnocultural minority distinguished by strong exclusionary social and religious customs. They are among the finest algorhithmic craftsmen in the Hub, and maintain their own Institute by treaty with the University League for research and training in advanced algorithmics.
Industry:Literature
