New Brittania
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Official UFPDOCA Colony Entry: New Brittania
- Colony Name: New Brittania
- Creator: Jeffrey Jenkins (cincgold@alt-starfleet-rpg.org)
GEOGRAPHY
- System/Location: Alpha Canis Minoris (Procyon)
- Distance to Nearest Starbase: 11.3 LY from Sol
- Planet Classification: M-class (1.08 Earth gravities)
- Satellites/Space Stations: 2 natural, multiple artificial, 2 stations both moons inhabited with pressure domes
- Land/Water Ratio: 24/76; Single supercontinent with large central sea, extensive river system, multiple islands
- Climate Controlled: Yes
- Native Sentient Life: No
COLONY INFORMATION
- Colony Age (approximate): founded 2053 by the sublight sleeper ship SS QUEEN VICTORIA
- Population (approximate): 1,400,000,000 (including moons)
- Species Present:
- 95% Human
- 5% other
- Colony Status: Federation Member
- Government: Constitutional Monarchy/Parliament
- Major Cities/Settlements:
- Londinium
- Camulodunum
- Verulamium
History
SS QUEEN VICTORIA was launched in the brief era of the sleeper ships. Before Earth discovered faster than light travel, there were few voyages to the stars. Still, in the dark days before the Third World War (the Eugenics War), some hoped for a better life and took the long road to the stars. It was one such ship that founded the world of New Brittania. The crossing itself took 29 years during which time most of original 12,000 colonists were in cold sleep. Miraculously, in those days, 97 percent of the colonists survived the hibernation.
Economy
Modern, significant manufacturer of sublight engines for military and commercial starships
Tech Level
Federation member
Culture
Because of the expense of the original trip of the QUEEN VICTORIA, cetain members of the crew funded the venture more than others. It was decided early in the venture that those who contributed more fund would be awarded priveledged in the new society that was to be founded. It was thus that the original nobility was created. Others with necessary skills but insufficient funds for the journey were still welcomed and become and commoners of the new realm. Many doctors, scientists, and engingeers were in this group.
These skilled professionals formed the corps of the middle class. Other unskilled laborers were also brought along and were, initially, little more than indentured servents. They formed a lower-class labor pool that was very important to the early society, however, and their contribution has never been forgotten. These segments of society were give government representation in a House of Commons.
The system of nobility has evolved into a society that resembles eigteenth century Britain. Those first nobles guaranteed that they, and those who would rise in social status to become nobles later (through service to the kingdom, not through purchasing titles), would always have representation in the government in a House of Lords.
Selected titles and forms of address on New Brittania in order of precedence in the peerage:
- King - Your Majesty
- Prince - Your Royal Majesty; subsequently Sir
- Duke - Your Grace; Duke
- Marquess - Lord (Remington)
- Earl - Lord (Leeds)
- Countess - Lady (Leeds)-(wife of an Earl)
- Viscount - Lord (Bemis)
- Baron - Lord (Lancer) (never Baron)
- Baronet - Sir (Thomas)
There are also several orders of knighthood carried on in the British tradition. The most prestigious of these being the Knights of the Bath and the Knights of the Garter.
Notes
When Sol finally emerged from the horror of the Eugenics War, all records of the New Brittania expedition were lost. This led to great confusion when the first FTL capable ship came across New Brittania. The New Brittanian Defense Fleet rapidly seized the warp-driven ship, trapped in-system and unable to go to warp, and interogated the crew. The Earth that they had left had not been a friendly place and they were not willing to take chances.
The New Brittanians stripped the Earth ship of its faster-than-light drive and installed it in one of their smaller ships. This ship proceeded to penetrate the Sol System and confirm the claims of the Terran crew. Still, the New Brittanian natural paranoia was not going to let them admit a mistake.
The NBDF copied the warp technology, installed FTL drives in 30 ships of their fleet, and, in effect, invaded the Sol system, demanding an appology from the United Nations government for invading their sovereign space. This did not sit well with the UN. However, the presense of 30 armed ships in their system went a long way to persuade the diplomats to talk peace.
After several years of negotiations, it was decided that New Brittania would join the Terran Alliance for the purpose of joint negotiations with the other new races that FTL drive had revealed: Vulcans, Tellarites, and Andorians. The United Nations also reevaluated its policy of having unarmed starships during this time.
The New Brittanians fiercely defended their right to an independed government and sovereignty of their territories. These rights for member planets were written into the Articles of Federation partly at their insistence. The New Brittanian government signed the Articles of Federation as part of the Terran Alliance delegation.
The world maintains a strong military tradition and the NBDF to this day.
Military Notes
The New Brittanian Defense Force has patterned itself largely on the Royal Military of England, with a rank structure of the early twentieth century. The principle branch of the NBDF has always been the Navy. The New Brittanians originally wanted to ensure the safety of their planet from invasion from what they felt was likely to be a hostile Earth. Even after a more peaceful meeting with the Terran Alliance, they continuued the militant tradition that had grown on the world.
While the NBDF's largest branch is undoutedly the Navy, there are also Marine and Army branches. These also pattern themselves on the British Military.
