[hider=Itium] [center][h1][color=crimson]Republic of Itium[/color][/h1][/center] [center][img]http://puu.sh/v0Kx7/586309b72d.png[/img][/center] [b]Government Type:[/b] [color=crimson]Representative Democracy (Republican)[/color] The Itiumite system of government is a refined system of representative democracy, or republicanism, that is best described as a strong central body subscribed to by semi-autonomous provinces. [b]Leadership:[/b] The leadership of the Republic is split between three branches: At its head, an executive body consisting of a Consul which is generally the figurehead of the government, accompanied by his own retinue and cabinet of advisors. The most powerful branch is the legislative body, which consists of a non-elected upper house, the Senate, and an elected lower house, the Magistrate Assembly. Finally, is the branch that has no central leadership, known as the Courts. Generally each province has a High Court, each of which can rule a piece of legislation unlawful due to it violating the Itium Compact, upon which the legislation is sent before the Consul, who either refutes or passes the piece of legislation based upon his interpretation of the Compact. [b]Offworld Holdings:[/b] Though not particularly new at any rate to space travel, the Itiumites own very little in regards to offworld territory. Infact, their only offworld holdings are their three moons: Uiwei, the largest of the moons and barren of all atmosphere, a mere chunk of orange, rusty rock. Uinov, the “middle” moon of size, with an atmosphere that is extremely toxic to most carbon-based life, and extremely hot as a result of the very same gases which made it uninhabitable. And lastly, Feavis, the smallest moon, purple in color and the closest of all three to Itium, without an atmosphere. Each moon has had no attempts at colonization from the people of Itium, due to aforementioned uninhabitability. Rather, those with no atmosphere have each small outposts that serve to provide scientific data, among other things. [b]Persons of Importance:[/b] [color=crimson]WIP[/color] [b]Species:[/b] [hider=Iti’Okh] [img]http://orig12.deviantart.net/ddc5/f/2010/351/5/7/sangheili_commoners_by_slaskia-d352ddw.jpg[/img] The Iti’Okh (pronounced Ishee’Ock) are digitigrade carbon-based lifeforms that are the primary inhabitants of the world known as Itium. Being carbon-based life, they operate in a similar fashion to others of kind. They generally breathe oxygen, though the natural mix they breathe generally consists of a majority nitrogen with a significant oxygen component, along with another component consisting of a mix of the elements known as the “noble gases”. Said gases are in stronger concentration on Itium than on Terra, which possesses a similar mixture of gases, but the mixture of gases on Itium are less than lethal to any beings that do breathe oxygen. Being omnivores, the Iti’Okh consume both the meat of animals, whether hunted or raised, along with the harvest of fruits and vegetables either gathered or grown. Their physiological traits include that of being rather tall, with males being an average of 6’8-7’4, and females an average of 6’3-6’7. As for weight, males are on average between 290-320 lbs, and females between 230-260 lbs. They possess a binary circulatory system that pumps indigo-colored blood. They have quadruple-hinged jaws, with an upper jaw lined with sharp teeth for tearing meat and fruits/vegetables. Four mandibles are below those, with arrays of sharp teeth which ‘grind’ the meat or fruits/vegetables into a fine consistency of a sort. In the rear of the mouth are more teeth, molars which then make sure the food is properly chewed and grinded down to be safely swallowed. Their eyes lack L cone cells, allowing them to see into the “infrabrown” range, though depriving them of the ability to perceive the color purple, rather it being identified as a darker shade of blue. [/hider] [hider=Iti’Ni] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lbn8fAfSKmM/TdK-Y1QOcxI/AAAAAAAAAN4/Wwtus26gAWc/s1600/ih_brute02c.jpg[/img] The Iti’Ni (pronounced Ishee’Nee) are plantigrade carbon-based lifeforms that are the minority sapient race of Itium. They breathe the same as the Iti’Okh. They are notorious carnivores, evolved from vicious predators that once preyed on the wildlife of Itium. They have red blood, pumped by a closed circulatory system. Males are generally a height of 7’3-8’2 when mature, with females being about the same. The dimorphism between the genders is little, also ensuring average weight for most of the Iti’Ni population to be 340-410 lbs. [/hider] [b]Demography:[/b] [img]http://puu.sh/v3KcQ/343d20da18.jpg[/img] [b]History:[/b] The people of Itium are an old sort. Possibly one of the oldest in Jalaryias, and some of the most sophisticated, some of the most complex. Millennia, even Epochs ago, the races that inhabit Itium had their humble beginnings. Aquatic life was all that dominated the surface of Itium, and land masses were few and far between. Eras came, and eras passed, and the first life took to the water, reptilians that became monstrous beings, or, alternatively, became small beings, mammals that were dwarfed by other life, driven into burrows. The formation of the three moons is often attributed to the rise of the mammalian species of Itium, and scientific evidence points to such. Back long ago, impacts between large celestial bodies were common, but were catastrophic all the same. Two specific events within centuries of eachother formed both the largest and smallest moons of Itium, and single-handedly extinguished those predators that roamed the surface, leaving only those small, burrowing mammals to live. Evolution came at a quicker pace, though none are sure why. Sapience came first to the Iti’Okh, millennia ago. Hunter gatherers, they were experts of pursuing prey, evading predators, and when all else failed, adapting to use their surroundings to survive. However, the need to adapt was not the only threat. The race now known as the Iti’Ni were once great predators, carnivorous beasts that killed and feasted. The Iti’Okh’s sapience, ability to adapt, and to evade saw the Iti’Ni develop the same, becoming sapient beings, albeit more savage than their counterpart. Savagery gave way to technological adaptation. Fire, tools, agriculture, animal husbandry. It all served both populations to advance in leaps and bounds. Communities, towns, cities, and empires rose and fell over decades and centuries. Warring between these bodies on grounds of territory, of resources, of religion, and of culture were common, especially between the two races in general. But, despite the civil setbacks of warfare, the act of such only advances the prowess and technology of both races. About a millennia ago, many of the Iti’Okh had been united under a single banner, a republic, while the Iti’Ni were still barbarians, living in tribes. Though the Iti’Ni were stronger, possessing the force to kill many troops themselves before perishing, they lacked the cunning, the tactics, or the numbers that the Iti’Okh had, and the disunited tribes were conquered over the course of a single century. Technology progressed onwards, but Itium was not without strife. The subjugated Iti’Ni rebelled on many occasions, but each time their rebellion was put down. Now, in modernity, with the space age in full bloom and the people of Itium taking to the stars, the last rebellion was a century ago. And with that last bloody footnote, Itium looks to the future, reaching out after so long being reclusive. [b]Military:[/b] [color=crimson]Exercitus aut. Itium[/color] The Armed Services of Itium are a formidable sort, heavily reminiscent of old military tradition of the Iti’Okh melded with the newest technology and tactics of questionable age. [hider=Viribus Terram aut. Itium] The ground forces of Itium are best described as masters of discipline, men of strict tradition, armed with the latest weaponry available to them. [hider=Organization] Legion: 10,000 men, commanded by a Legatus. Pilae: 5,000 men, commanded by a Pilus. Cohort: 1,000 men, commanded by a Cohortis. Tribuni: 500 men, commanded by a Tribune. Century: 100 men, commanded by a Centurion. Decan: 10 men, commanded by a Decanus. [/hider] [hider=Weaponry] WIP [hider=Type-27 Combustion Rifle] [img]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/f/f4/H2A_Render_CovenantCarbine.png/revision/latest?cb=20160501005224[/img] The Type-27 Combustion rifle is a project directly developed by the Exercitus Itium in response to the evolution and standardized use of armor by not only their own troops, but by other races utilizing armor as well. It works on the principle of a simple tilting-breechblock gas-operated rifle fed from a rotating cylinder affixed just below the rear sight post of the weapon. It fires a cartridge with the measurements of 8x24mm. The cylinder holds ten rounds, and it can be loaded three ways. Firstly, the slowest way, of which it was originally intended without much foresight, by loading each cartridge individually into the cylinder. Second, a rather crude way that troops in the field developed when loading each round individually proved slow and in some cases, fatal. It is to carry an extra cylinder on their person, which is fully loaded. By quickly field stripping the empty cylinder out of their rifle, they could quickly insert the next cylinder and reaffix the pin that held the cylinder assembly in place. Then there is the last way of loading. A ‘speed-loader’ was developed by the Exercitus after noticing such practices and their detriment. This speed loader quickly allows a soldier to remove the cylinder cap, guide all ten rounds into their respective places, and stow the loader. The latter is mainly used, however, in cases of short supply, the former see practice. [/hider] [hider=Type-24 Directed Plasma Pistol] [img]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/2/20/H5G_Render_T54DPlasmaPistol.png/revision/latest?cb=20160406114115[/img] The Type-24 is an older weapon, developed as a field test, which became the sidearm of the Exercitus Itium. It fires, well, quite simply, plasma. It functions on an electrolaser principle. An emitter in the center of the weapon emits a super-hot laser, which ionizes the surrounding atmospheric gasses, inducing a short length of a plasma channel. The channel holds until it impacts its target, the gases violently separating and dissipating. Against lightly armored or unarmored targets, this can leave a good majority of the impact site covered in severe second, third, or even fourth-degree burns. Though, against targets with heavy and thick armor, it is rather ineffective. [/hider] [hider=Type-61 Pushblade] [img]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/halofanon/images/0/04/Curve_Blade.png/revision/latest?cb=20151228120102[/img] The Type-61 is the primary melee weapon of the Exercitus Itium, and is perhaps the oldest piece of weaponry in its arsenal. The likeness of this weapon traces its roots back to the conquest of the Iti’Ni, and is expertly made to thrust, slash, or bash its target. One is issued to all personnel of the Exercitus, combat or noncombat, the highest Legatus to the lowliest Legionairre. [/hider] [hider=Type-32 Combustion Carbine] [img]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/8/85/HaloReach-SpikeRifle-Side.png/revision/latest?cb=20111113223920[/img] The Type-32 is a weapon engineered specifically for use by the Iti’Ni Auxiliary. It operates similarly to the Type-27, in that it is a gas-operated firearm firing a caseless projectile. Notably, it possesses a short barrel, denoting it as a carbine. Another modification, mainly to please the melee-inclined, is the permanently affixed double-bladed bayonet, which is fit to stab and slash the enemy as the user’s heart will most likely desire. [/hider] [hider=Type-1 Personal Protection System] [img]http://halofanforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/haloreach_character_covenant_elite_elite_spec_ops_by_isaac_hannaford.jpg[/img] The Type-1 is the primary armor set for the Excercitus Itium, consisting of a jet black bodyglove undersuit, made of a stab-resistant and shrapnel-resistant fiber material that is generally environmentally sealable when coupled with the proper equipment to do so. Mounted atop that is ballistic plating of varying colors, consisting of extremely light alloys that are nonetheless protective, catching the odd rifle or pistol round, along with most shrapnel. This ballistic plating also has an additional layer above the traditional metal, consisting of a rather thin layer of extremely heat-resistant material, placed an inch above the ballistic plating itself. The theory behind this is that plasma or laser weaponry would strike the thin layer, burning it away and reducing the power of the shot in cases of lasers or straight dissipating the gasses in cases of plasma. An extremely stripped down version of this armor system is available for the Iti’Ni Auxiliary, with the system also forfeiting the bodyglove. [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Auxilia aut. Iti’Ni] [img]https://covenantarmy.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/major21.jpg[/img] The Auxiliary of Iti’Ni are an indentured legion-strength unit of Iti’Ni troops that have either volunteered, been enlisted by slave masters as substitutes for their mandatory service in times of war, or have enlisted by their own free will to pay off debts. Either way, despite being second-class in the civilian world, this segregated unit is anything but. They are the shock troops, the spearhead of the forces, ruthless combatants that pierce enemy defenses when on the offense, or delay and bog down the enemy on the defense. [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Classis aut. Itium] WIP [/hider] [/hider]