Civilian Starship Operations

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 1 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Economics, Starships, Trade, Void PiratesLeave a comment

The Patrol and system defense ships may get all the fame and flashy news coverage, but the real work is done by civilian concerns. Shipping is a civilian trade, without which interstellar commerce would grind to a halt. Resource extraction and survey work are dominated by civilian interests as well. … Read More ►

Alliance Cyberpunk

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 30 August, 202429 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Cyberpunk, Void Pirates, World DesignLeave a comment

Since we’re doing cyberpunk this month in the General Gaming section, it seems appropriate to touch on cyberpunk and the Alliance. Short version: the Alliance isn’t really a cyberpunk world. Slightly longer version: the Alliance isn’t really a cyberpunk world, but there are places that come close. Within the Alliance… Read More ►

Void Pirate Overview

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 16 August, 202429 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Villains, Void Pirates, World DesignLeave a comment

About a fifty years after the landing at Tau Ceti II, the first new ship was launched. Others followed in short order. Within ten years, at least three of them had gone missing and became the first Void Pirate ships. At first their activity was limited to occasional raids on… Read More ►

Political Organization of the Alliance

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 19 July, 202423 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Alliance, Background, Culture, Economics, Government, History, Law, Starports, Starships, Technology, Thabbo, Transportation, Void PiratesLeave a comment

The Alliance of Independent Worlds is – shockingly – an alliance of largely independent solar systems. It exists mainly to facilitate trade and law enforcement that has a widespread effect. Among other things, they run the Patrol (in theory) to keep it neutral and dedicated to the Alliance as a… Read More ►