Categorisation of Peacekeeper Planet Types

Purpose

As the Peacekeeper Territories extend, the need for an efficiant categorisation system became apparent. The aim of the categorisation is to effectively communicate the level and benefits of a planet without going into vast amounts of detail.
These categorisations are used primarily for communications about new potential planets and non-habitable planets, but they are also used for existing planets as part of the internal Alliance communications, known as PA Standard Commands.
Categorisations of planets are revisited every five years to ensure that these reference numbers are up to date with the current purposes and state of the planet.

Categories

A planet's categorisation depends upon multiple factors, but is always has the same layout.

Populated Planets	Initial	Technological Level	Purpose	-	Societal Advancements	Intelligence
Unpopulated Planets	Initial	Technological Level	Purpose	-	Resource Level	Value

There are some exceptions and deviations from this, for example, when a planet sits within more than one purpose type. Those variations and deviations will be explained further in the relevant sections.
The rest of this section will use three different planets as examples of different categorisations. These will be added to throughout the article to show how the code is built. These planets will be:

P'Ache Prime

Laurels

P'Ache Alter

Initials

The first part of the planets categorisation is the first letter of its name. If the name is more than one word, then the first letter of each word is included. If a planet is unnamed because it has just been discovered, it may take the first letter of the solar system in which the planet is based - the name of which will be set by The Alliance prior to investigation.

PP

L

PA

Technological Level

The technological levels of a planet are the first number which appears on the

Tier	Number	Tech Level
Tier 1	1	Technologically Advanced
Tier 2	2	Pre-Intergalactic Manned Space Flight
Tier 3	3	Pre-Intersolar Sytem Manned Space Flight
Tier 4	4	Pre-Space Flight
Tier 5	5	Pre-Flight
Tier 6	6	Non-Habitable

PP1

L3

PA6

Purpose

The purpose of the planet is identified as the next two to three digits in the categorisation. These are separated from the technological level with a full stop (.) to make it clear how many purposes are associated with the planet.
If a planet serves multiple purposes, then the first number is the primary purpose of the planet, and the second is secondary and so on. There are never more than 3 numbers in this section.

Type	Number	Meaning
Residential	1	The primary purpose is to act as a residence and base for people.
Recreational	2	It may have some residential, but the primary purpose is to act as a destination for vacations and tourists.
Resource	3	This planet has a substantial valuable resource which is used by The Alliance
Factory	4	This planet's primary purpose is the construction of goods and/or services for The Alliance.
Other	5	This is for a planet who's purpose has not yet been clearly classified.

PP1.1

L3.13

PA6.4

Residential & Recreational Planets

Planets which have any residential or recreational purposes listed in their classifications have two further indicators, which are broken down into societal advancements and the standard intelligence. These are broken up from the previous numbers with a hyphen (-).

Societal Advancement

The first number is always related to the societal advancement. As with the other sections, the lower the number the more preferable in the eyes of The Alliance.

Type	Number	Meaning
Unified	1	The people of this planet are unified under a single ruler or group of rulers, or are happy to be represented by a single person or persons, with no recent history of intraplanetary violence (in the last 200 years).
Individualism	2	The people of this planet believe in individualism, and there are therefore not multiple rulers or groups of rulers to deal with. However, they are not considered unified.
Continents	3	There are as many or fewer rulers or groups of rulers as their are continents on the planet.
Countries	4	This planet's is broken down into countries and kingdoms with different cultures, ideas and governing systems.
Tribal	5	The people of this planet live in tribes, which is different from Countries because they have no clear diplomacy between groups or it may mean that no serious thought has gone into the best way of governing.
No Hierarchy	6	This is an everyone for themselves situtation. This is different from Individualism usually because of the level of technology of the group. It is usally people fighting for power and control over small amounts of land, property or resource.

PP1.1-1

L3.13-5

PA6.4-

Intelligence

The second number is based on the relative intelligence of the native people on the planet. It's worth remembering that these levels are based on the opinon of The Alliance.

Type	Number	Meaning
High	1	No beliefs in gods, spirits or the supernatural. An understanding that there is nothing that can't be explained, it just hasn't been explained yet.
Medium	2	Written and oral langauge, as well as a grasp of science.
Low	3	Grasp of verbal, auditory or similar language, but nothing more than pictoral written language.
None	4	There are no native sapient species on this planet.

PP1.1-11

L3.13-52

PA6.4-

Factory & Resource Planets

Planets which have any factory or resource purposes listed in their classifications have two further indicators, which are broken down into resource level and relative value. These are broken up from the previous numbers with a hyphen (-).
For planets which have both a residential or recreational purpose and a factory or resource purpose have a full stop (.) between the first two numbers and the second two numbers. Residential or recreational purposes are always listed first, if applicable.

Resource Levels

The first of these pair of numbers relates to the relative level of resource available on the planet.

Type	Number	Meaning
High	1	This planet has more than ample useful resource or resources to last the next millenia. It is highly likely that the resource or resources in question are renewable in some way.
Medium	2	This planet has a solid resource or resources which will likely last between 500 and 1,000 years.
Low	3	This planet doesn't have a high level of resource and it is likely to run out within 500 years.
None	4	There are no resources on this planet, making it a factory planet.

PP1.1-11

L3.13-52.1

PA6.4-4

Value

The final number on the categorisation is to do with the value of the planet. This is chosen in relation to other planets within The Alliance. Value is judged based on the cost to The Alliance of the resources and infrastructure on the planet were lost.

Type	Number	Meaning
High	1	In the top 20% of most valuable planets to The Alliance, or in line with planets which are in the top 20%.
Medium	2	In the top 20% - 50% of the most valuable planets to The Alliance, or in line with planets within that bracket.
Low	3	In the bottom 50% of the planets within The Alliance sorted by value, or in line with planets within that bracket.
None	4	The loss of this planet would be of no consequence to The Alliance.

PP1.1-11

L3.13-52.11

PA6.4-42

Categorisations

Below is a list of all of the planets, with their current categorisation.

P'Ache Solar System

Planet	Categorisation
P'Ache Prime	PP1.1-11
P'Ache Major	PM1.1-11
P'Ache Minor	PM1.12-11
P'Ache Micro	PM1.13-11.21
P'Ache Alter	PA6.4-42
P'Ache Shift	PS6.4-41
P'Ache Forge	PF6.4-42

Primary Territories

Planet	Categorisation
Asor	A2.13-22.33
Eluryh	E3.123-32.12
Iberes	I3.13-43.12
Merrikantilo	M2.13-62.23
Retsevli	R3.123-32.33
Tribor	T2.13-53.22

Aspiration System

Planet	Categorisation
Affinity	A2.13-23.22
Loyalty	L3.123-12.22
Harmony	H4.13-32.23
Solidarity	S3.13-62.21
Unity	U3.13-31.22

Victalis System

Planet	Categorisation
Victor	V5.13-52.11
Laurels	L3.13-52.11
Celebrate	C5.13-31.22
Succeed	S2.31-42.22
Triumph	T2.123-23.21

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Related Articles

Organisations	Peacekeeper Command, Peacekeeper Diplomacy, Peacekeeper Efficiency, Peacekeeper Integrity, P'Ache Prime Media Outlets, Peacekeeper Academy
Timelines	Peacekeeper Expansion
Culture	PA Standard Commands, Peace Treaty Process, Peace Treaty Template, Opening Gambit - Peace Treaty Tactic
Locations	Peacekeeper Territories, P'Ache Solar System, The Primary Territories, The Aspiration System, The Victalis System

Sections

Purpose
Categories

• Initials
• Technological Level
• Purposes
• Societal Advancement
• Intelligence
• Resource Levels
• Value

Categorisations