For Critique and Revision.
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NATION: THE BROTHERHOOD OF DIVINE ASCENSION
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GOVERNMENT TYPE: TECHNO-THEOCRACY

The brotherhood governs its many followers through a divine leader – a figurehead for their society. The figurehead – known as the Prophet – is then surrounded by a council of ascension. The council of ascension is made up of high ranking brothers of ascension and leaders of different sects or chapters. These influential people of the brotherhood are rarely all together at any one time. If the council and the figurehead convene it would never be complete – certain areas of the brotherhood are more perilous than most and require a firm guiding hand.
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DEMOGRAPHICS ACROSS BROTHERHOOD TERRITORY:

-HUMANITY 40%

-KADKIR 30%

(DESCRIPTION WIP)

-MERAN’HANAI 20 %

(DESCRIPTION WIP)

-OTHER 10%
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CHARACTERS: (WIP)
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LEADERSHIP: 

Halley Cross: A shrewd tactician, a charismatic leader, a brutal militant. Halley possess many titles, some from comrades, some from her enemies – a common one from her ignorant oppossition is [i]“fanatical bitch”[/i]. However, such names are not a concern for the current Prophet of Ascension. She is decisive and idealistic... (WIP)
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HISTORY:

The brotherhood’s roots are deep. The idea of ascension rose out of the frozen wastelands of a world the first humans settlers called Skadi. Skadi was home to the Kadkir, a race of aliens that no longer remember what they once were after they modified their bodies to survive Skadi’s harsh weather.

The Kadkir were not native Skadi, they too were refugees. After their scientists detected a large celestial body on a collision course with their homeworld, they promptly evacuated their world at a last desperate attempt to escape oblivion. However, the Kadkir were out of luck, only the young are unmodified, the last organic connection they have with their past. The humans learned of their culture, their way of surviving the harshness of Skadi. Eventually, the humans learned of an ancient alien civilization beneath the ice, their technology and bodies completely preserved. This is how the Kadkir learned to survive. The bodies discovered underneath the ice weren’t too well preserved, however, the technology that were discovered along with the bodies seemed to have been designed to enhance biological functions – even transcend them.

It was at this point, the first pact was formed – the brotherhood was born out of this pact. Once an agreement to survive Skadi, now a quest to transcend material being and become equals – become one. The ideology came from who was believed to be the first prophet of ascension – Hal Stephan. He was the first to preach the methods of ascension, the first to preach equality to all beings, and the right to choose between ascension and biological servitude. Technology and Biology were two different worlds to Stephan. His teachings say that technology, while the purest form of ascension, was not the path for everyone, there were some who would need to be the face of ascension, the biological bridge between the two worlds – the servants of ascension.

Many of his teachings have been reinterpreted and reiterated many times, but it has built a solid framework to allow for choice. It has also been the framework of the brotherhood to see dictatorship and despotism as tools for the powerful to exploit the weak. As such, rebellions have been the tools of the Brotherhood for a long time, inciting rebellion in the disenfranchised, the weak and fragile, and the many slaves to bring their oppressors down to their knees.

Skadi became the symbol of the Brotherhood’s roots. If the brotherhood could rise above the limitations of the flesh, so too can the people rise up against their oppressors, their “Skadi”. The influence of the Brotherhood’s exploits has gained them favor in the fringes and high respect from those of the working class, with some successful revolutionists pledging their territory and gratitude from the secondary worlds. The ideology is well known among the well-traveled parts of the fringes, and many militant patrols along with Brotherhood aid being supplied have further allowed the Brotherhood to be seen as benevolent to those of their client states.
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ECONOMY:

The Brotherhood supply mercenaries, Xeno-based technology, body modification, food and medicine, and of course weapons. The Brotherhood was never meant to be a militant organization, nor was it meant to be a nation. However, the expansive growth of the Brotherhood some two hundred years after its founding prompted changes to its economic policy – more mouths to feed means more monetary resources needed to be obtained to sustain a large population. The Brotherhood already invested in pharmaceutical and medical technologies as a product of their body-modifying past – however, food was still a major concern before the midsector rebellions that ultimately pledged their allegiance to the brotherhood. As such, the Brotherhood had to sell what they had researched in order to attain some food for those who did not wish to ascend. The Brotherhood’s doors were open to all.

It wasn’t until after the Brotherhood aided several rebellions that PMC’s would become more common place within the Brotherhood’s militant ranks. PMC’s were considered to be among the elite of the Brotherhood’s militant core, as such, they were given better weapons and armor than most and if they were augmented, they would be upgraded given their elite status. It was soon discovered that elite units of the Brotherhood could be used as a way of attaining monetary funds – send the best to finish odd jobs and return with funds for the Brotherhood. As a reward, these PMC’s would be allowed to keep 40% of all their earnings. It wasn’t long till the Brotherhood was recognized as one of the few places open to mercenaries to work legally. There were rules in place to prevent clashing with other governments and organizations, however, it was generally considered okay if one was not caught in the act.
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MILITARY:
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DIVISIONS:
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