[center][h1][color=e6ac00]The Seft Trust[/color][/h1]
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[u][b]Ruling Body:[/b] [/u]
[i]Trustee of the House of Seft, Hadrian Petreus Seft[/i]

[u][b]Home System:[/b][/u] 
[i]Akamar[/i]

[u][b]Primary Resource:[/b][/u]
[i]Industrial and manufacturing capacity.[/i] 

[b][u]Armed Forces[/u][/b]
[i](Leave this blank until the main IC thread is up with details about the technology available k thx.) kay[/i]

[b][u]Imperial Assessment[/u][/b]
[i]It is impossible to be certain of just how long ago the Empire first added Akamar to its borders, but records suggest that the star system first became notable a millennium past.  Those records mention Akamar only in passing, referring to it as a burgeoning waypoint trading system that had been the victim of a Xeno raid.  In the past thousand years it has progressed far beyond that early assessment.  No longer ‘burgeoning’ but fully developed and ever expanding, Akamar is undoubtedly the largest center of manufacturing in its sector of space.

While the system may reside in a sector of space under the purview of one of our esteemed governors, it is under the [i]de facto[/i] control of The Seft Trust.  This is because the system lacks any notable planetoids beyond a smattering of rocky debris around the star that has, for whatever reason, never coalesced into a proper body.  Every major settlement in the Akamar system is a space station, and without fail, from O’Neill Cylinder to mining rig, every man made structure in the system belongs to the Seft Trust.  The wealth and influence this has permitted the family exceeds what would be tolerable save for the fact that they have been steadfast supporters of the throne throughout their long history.  Moreover, removing the Trust would undoubtedly cause catastrophic damage to the valuable anchorages and shipyards in the system.

The Seft Trust, much as the name suggests, is organized as a trust.  Some long forgotten scion of the family set up a trust that, regrettably, was arranged in such a way as to make the family hereditary nobility in all but name.  The designated Trustee is always the first child of the last Trustee, and the whole of the family is set up as an indefinite beneficiary.  While they engage in the kind of hedonistic degeneracy one would expect, it should be said the Seft family is very near to a non-actor politically.  Certainly they have considerable influence, but rarely is that influence used to do more than ensure the seemingly endless flow of resources that feed the Akamar systems foundries and manufactories.

That being said, the Trust should not be underestimated.  Like any hereditary system the Trust is at the whim of whoever inherits it, and the day may come when a sitting Trustee breaks tradition.  Luckily the sheer scale of the infighting present in the Seft family would make removing a Trustee easier than it otherwise would be if the family made any attempt to present a united front.  Still, in managing the Trust manipulation should be favoured over force.  Akamar has the facilities to construct whole fleets given time, and while the IA benefits from this now if insurrectionists were able to gain the Trusts favour the throne could be faced with a well-armed rebellion.

For now though, the Seft family is indulgent, quarrelsome, and above all loyal.  So long as an Emperor watches over them history suggests they will remain so.
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