The New England Federation

by on November 30, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Great Families of the New England Federation left no stone unturned in their fight to drive the Shang out of our part of the galaxy. They devoted the industrial output of entire colony star systems to The War Effort, and the Shang responded by bringing general planetary orbital bombardments to every world they could reach. They even penetrated the defenses of the New New York trinary star system and initiated Winter Protocols on a majority of the most densely industrialized worlds in the New England Federation. Rikers Planet was one of the few worlds in that system to survive unscathed. This was not due to any heavy orbital defenses, but to the utter ruthlessness of the defenders. Never underestimate the tactics a hive of scum and villainy will devote to saving their home. The Shang did so, and they paid the price for their arrogance.

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The New England Federation

by on November 29, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Great Families pushed through numerous wartime emergency measures to streamline their economy and push their population towards greater productivity. In just one change, the social credit earned by helping build the new Victory Ships or volunteering to fight could be passed on to family. They even sent recruiters to Rikers Planet in the New New York system to look for those willing to improve their social credit by serving against the alien threat. It may have been a hive of scum and villainy, but the Great Families would go to any effort to protect their way of life. They even volunteered many of their best and brightest, in grand public ceremonies of course. These and other measures made the New England Federation’s contribution to The War Effort the single greatest economic and manufacturing drive in the history of Earthborn humanity.

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The New England Federation

by on November 28, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The New England Federation recalled their entire exploration fleet for refitting after New Washington. They systematically recalled every ship in their boneyards to rebuild them and send them back out as well. They devoted every measure of their vast manufacturing capabilities to the goal of driving the Shang back. If the Shang would not respect the position of the Great Families, the Great Families would not accept their presence on our side of the galaxy. Admiral Aneerin said “The galaxy is not vast enough for their combined egos to coexist.” He was right. The Federation mass-produced cutting edge warship designs from starfighters to battleships to fleet carriers, and helped develop new designs to throw them at our alien foes as well. The Federation devoted decades of effort to that singular goal. To drive the Shang out of our space, no matter the cost.

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The New England Federation

by on November 27, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Great Families first waged The War like any other war they had waged in their long histories. Wars of conquest and defeat were temporary, while business was forever. It was business through another avenue, with military victories and losses factored into the final deals that would make the better classes of people on each side money no matter what. The realization that the Shang had no intention of making a deal with the better class of Americans was a shock. They would grind the Great Families down with the same heal they used on everyone else. They did not accept that the Great Families were better than others. That was something the Great Families could not abide. Win or lose, profit or loss, they demanded respect. It offended them when the Shang refused to give it. That is the true reason the Great Families put all their support behind The War. The Shang offended them.

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The New England Federation

by on November 26, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Great Families of New England had long considered themselves the princes of the universe. They commanded the fortunes of man, used war and peace to expand their wealth, and looted the fortunes of nations on their time table. They were actually fundamental partners in negotiating the Lunar Treaties that restricted warfare inside the orbit of Luna. And the numerous similar agreements made over other major colony worlds. It did no good to destroy what you fought for control of after all. They saw the Shang as just another opponent in the great game all great powers played. Then the Shang destroyed New Washington and killed far too many members of the Great Families for them to forget. It forced them to reassess how they saw the Shang, and how the Shang saw them. And that reassessment drove the Great Families to change the very nature of their involvement in The War.

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