Council of Factions

The legally acknowledged factions in the Horizon gather in the Council of Factions on Coriolis. The purpose of the Council is, according to its by-laws, to “prevent and resolve conflict, and to develop the Horizon”.

Structure

Each faction has one vote, as has the Governor of Coriolis. The Emissary from Xene has an observer status and cannot vote.
Members of the Council:

• Kemal Dargosian - Coriolis Governor, formally independent
• Terminos Lete - Ahlam's Temple
• Mandragor Ho - The Draconites
• Jesibel Niales - The Free League
• Wasimah Umm - The Church of the Icons
• Tiera Yriedes - The Consortium
• Harnek Mara - The Bulletin (The Consortium)
• Desaron Kai - The Colonial Agency (The Consortium)
• Morwan Pasa - The Foundation (The Consortium)
• Suhaima Taslim - The Legion
• Sister Almas - The Order of the Pariah
• Johar Quassar - The Zenithian Hegemony
• The Emissary - Xene, observer

After a vote in the Council, the outcome is made public, but not how the individual factions voted. It is usually pretty easy to deduce this anyway from listening to the factions’ council members’ statements before and after the vote, but not always. The example of the vote on whether the Emissary should be granted observer status or not illustrates this: at least seven of the thirteen votes were needed for the motion to pass, but afterwards, eight factions spoke out in disappointment over the results. The Council usually presents a unified front however, with a smiling Governor who speaks of peace and understanding on the Bulletin shows.
The Council can leave a decision to the Popular Assembly, but if they do, they have to follow the voice of the Assembly. This means that the Assembly is a tool mainly used to threaten or manipulate other factions on a specific issue, but a few insignificant matters are passed along to the Assembly each cycle so they won’t feel left out.

Public Agenda

"To prevent and resolve conflict, and to develop the Horizon"

History

After the founding of Coriolis Station, the Consortium began sending expeditions all across the Horizon. Trades routes began to reopen. Coriolis station became a place where the Firstcome groups, long isolated from each other, could meet, and interact with the newcomers, the Zenithians. Powerful groups that had up until now lacked both the incentive and the resources to communicate off-world now suddenly had both. Soon, the courts of Dabaran traded as much with the theocrats of Sadaal as they did with each other, all thanks to the Consortium, and convoys from Mira, packed with supplies from their rich home world, became a regular sight in both these systems. With travel suddenly accessible again, the traditional pilgrimages resurged, and holy sites such as Lotus on Dabaran , the Icon City on Mira, and the Dome of the Icons on Coriolis were soon flooded with believers from every system. The Monolith, home of the Quassars, quickly joined the flow of commerce through its dominance over the booming economy on primitive Kua. Goods from the surface of the planet were transported up to Coriolis and unloaded for distribution on the Net – the spindly skeleton of the Zenith, orbiting Kua as a sister satellite to the space station.
With the opening of the Horizon, other factions, less locally and more ideologically based, re-entered the stage. From their remote headquarters, possessing strange knowledge and mythical technology to back up their ideological strength, many factions and cults sent representatives to Coriolis. With few exceptions, they all bought seats on the station's political council to try and influence the fragile, reborn Horizon to their factions' benefit. This became the foundation of the Council of Factions. The recent arrival of the Emissaries has brought the stability of the Council into question, and only time will tell how many of the faction members will continue to place their trust in its ability to keep the peace.

Type

Political, Confederation

Capital

Coriolis (Space Station)

Alternative Names

The Council

Subsidiary Organizations

• Firstcome Factions
• Zenithian Factions