Unionhouse Veylan
“Trust is not a gamble, it's an investment.”
The Chit and the Carbon Standard
Unionhouse Veylan stands as one of the oldest and most pivotal Great Houses in the Pan-Solar Consortium, its influence rooted in the economic bedrock of humanity's post-collapse recovery. The House's rise began in Year 42, when founder Faul Veylan introduced the Carbon Credit Chit—a currency pegged to the usage of public Fabricators that transformed monoatomic carbon into the material of the age. As Fabricators became ubiquitous, Faul's innovation brought financial consistency to a fractured world. Priced to align with the $300 baseline cost of monthly human needs, Chits became a direct extension of survival economics. This innovation did more than create a stable currency; it redefined wealth as utility, and Veylan was entrusted with the very mechanics of civilization. Their trustworthiness was not merely a virtue, but a keystone of the new economy.
Old Money, New Integrity
Unlike some Great Houses who wield swords or command fleets, Unionhouse Veylan wages its wars with trust, numbers, and contracts. Their holdings on Ceres and across orbital banks are the financial nervous system of the Pan-Solar Consortium. Every chit, every transaction, every planetary banking offset finds its way into the ledgers of Veylan, whose recordkeeping is legendary. The House built itself around a cultural algorithm that prizes intelligence and acumen, but above all—honesty. Not the sanctimonious honesty of paladins, but the pragmatic integrity of those who know that trust is the most profitable commodity. To that end, Unionhouse Veylan keeps itself aloof from politics and refuses to sully its reputation with direct acts of dishonor. Yet, while the House has remained above reproach on the surface, its quiet partnership with Celestial Securities hints at deeper strategic calculations. With no interest in building a military force of its own, Veylan relies on CS's private armies to protect its holdings, an alliance that has alarmed other Houses and gigacorporations alike.
The Knife Behind the Ledger
Despite their reputation for neutrality and trust, Unionhouse Veylan is not defenseless. The Unionhouse Veylan Investigation Services (UVIS) serve as the House's hidden hand. This elite force engages in espionage, blackmail, theft, and selective assassination—clandestine operations aimed not at conquest but at the preservation of financial stability and control. UVIS operates surgically, preventing conflicts from escalating into costly wars, often before anyone realizes a conflict had even begun. Veylan prefers to preserve stability rather than gamble on open power struggles, and they use UVIS to cut away rot before it spreads. The House's enemies rarely see their fall coming until it's already too late. While such actions are distasteful to some of the older Houses, none can deny the results: Unionhouse Veylan remains untouchable, not because it cannot be attacked, but because it has already bought the battlefield and hidden the pieces.
Trust in Our Ledgers
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