Space Empires 101 - Galactic Council

[AMF]

Peace has come to the quadrant. We, the Royal Corporate Commonwealth, have accepted the Dei-Orphious surrender, other antagonists are no more.

We would propose therefore the establishment of a Galactic Council to deal with any political issues that might arise in a democratic federated manner.

We propose that voting rights in this council be based upon the populations of each empire and that we deal with any political issues that might arise by 3/4 vote.

We further propose that the first issue we address, as a Council, is the rights to the Woostoid Woqua system, now largely vacant of inhabitants due to recent hostilities. We, the RCC forsake all claims to this system except we would like to colonize the 6th (VI) planet there.

OOC: so, the quadrant has just gotten over a big war, and there are a lot of players left - this might make an interesting game for playing out post-war politics, with a Galactic COuncil, etc...Just a thought...

Alarik

Ps: we could use this thread for galactic news and council deliberations...

[ June 23, 2004, 03:44: Message edited by: alarikf ]

[General Woundwort]

Reflection, surprise, debate. For the future.

- Ambassador Kosh of the Vorlon Empire

[AMF]

Who would be the security council members under this proposal?

And shouldn't votes be given proportionally to population, at least in the "lower house" and according to afixed number in the security council (or is there an "upper house" in this scheme?)

RCC

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Thermolia agrees in principle with the proposal that has been put forth. And we would like to take this opportunity to claim the 13th and 16th planets in the Wootoid Woquia system. This system is of strategic importance and now a gateway into Thermolian space.

We would like to also add an amendment to the proposal as regards to voting rights. Thermolia proposes the addition of a security council made up of three permanent members, each of whom would have a veto. 2 additional members would be voted in each fifty cycles and serving no more than two consecutive terms. These voted in members would also have a veto. The duty of the Security Council would be to maintain the security of known space. And as a secondary function, it would be the duty of this council to develop a plan for controlling the levels of armament that exist across the galaxy.

All votes would be 1 empire 1 vote, with all maters of security being decided by the Security Council.

[Wardad]

You all seem to be forgetting my contributions. How big would your empires be if I had been on vacation a little longer?

Gentleman, the race is on to colonize planets.
May we embrace true diversity and share more systems together.

[AMF]

We're not forgetting it at all. WE certainly feel that your empire deserves the lion's share of the spoils, no doubt. We just want to make it all a bit more orderly...

RCC

Originally posted by Wardad:
You all seem to be forgetting my contributions. How big would your empires be if I had been on vacation a little longer?

Gentleman, the race is on to colonize planets.
May we embrace true diversity and share more systems together.

[Wardad]

RCC has recieved a large portion of intact Die-O territory. I propose that they refrain from colonizing.

I will restrict my colonization to former Die-O and Electrum systems, including neighboring asteroid systems.

[AMF]

I can agree to refraining from colonizing, that sounds fair. I also ceded two systems to Thermolia this month, to help them rebuild. I don;t think there are actually any empty planets in the core Dei-O systems, but there are a heck of a lot of empty planets in the Woostoid Woqua system. We'll call back my colonizer from going there, we have no problem with that. But this still leaves open the question of how to allocate the WW system planets to others such as Thermolia, Citizen, Rorg, and all the others....

RCC

Originally posted by Wardad:
RCC has recieved a large portion of intact Die-O territory. I propose that they refrain from colonizing.

I will restrict my colonization to former Die-O and Electrum systems, including neighboring asteroid systems.

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by alarikf:
Who would be the security council members under this proposal?

And shouldn't votes be given proportionally to population, at least in the "lower house" and according to afixed number in the security council (or is there an "upper house" in this scheme?)

RCC

I would say that the three surviving superpowers should be the permanent members. Cyber Collective, Royal Corporate Commonwealth, and Citizen Federation would be the three as of right now.

As to votes, each race should be given an equal voice in day to day business. But on maters of security, the superpowers have the biggest stick and therefore the loudest voice.

[AMF]

That's certainly acceptable to us.

Now...is the disposition of the Woostoid Woqua system to be addressed in an orderly fashion, or is it still a "race to colonize"?

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
I would say that the three surviving superpowers should be the permanent members. Cyber Collective, Royal Corporate Commonwealth, and Citizen Federation would be the three as of right now.

As to votes, each race should be given an equal voice in day to day business. But on maters of security, the superpowers have the biggest stick and therefore the loudest voice.

[Ragnarok]

Our empire is in shambles and it will take years to rebuild to the glory we once had. But with the help of our alliance members it can be done. Getting some order to our systems is first task at hand, having all of our colonies spread out like butter on bread is hurting our people. But we shall complete a ship in the months to come that will enable us to restructure our space and get things in order.

Regent Ragnarok
Of the Rorg Empire

[ June 23, 2004, 20:15: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]