These days, there is only one central government
in the ‘Verse. Leastways, that’s what the Alliance
wants you to believe.
It’s hard work to rule over
a whole star system of bazillions of people and
hundreds of worlds, especially when so many of
those worlds are so very far away from the Core.
Some in the Alliance might be starting to wonder
if maybe they bit off more protein than they can
chew by trying to extend their control over the
outer planets. Some might be thinking they made
a mistake. If they do, they’re keeping mighty quiet
about it. These days, the Alliance is all about keeping
things quiet.
There are local governments on the Border
and Rim planets. Cities have mayors. Planets have
governors. Moons have magistrates. All these answer
to the Alliance. At least, that’s the way it’s supposed
to work. Local officials on the outer worlds tend to
wield heaps more power then their counterparts on
the Core, just because no one’s close enough by to
tell them they can’t.
The Independent Faction is gone, but that isn’t
to say there are no more Independents. Some are
still fighting the war, though now they do it more
by being an annoyance than a major threat. But
over the last few years, some of these folk have left
off fighting guerrilla actions and are now fighting
on the political front. Be right interesting to see
what happens when someone from the inside starts
prying open secret doors.
Then of course, there are the corporations.
Large corporations control powerful lobbies that
have considerable influence inside the government.
Favors are traded and eyes stay blind and the wheels
of commerce and politics keep turning. We’re going
take a brief look at all this, just so you know where
you stand.
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