Psohx̂ract Union

The Psohx̂ract Union is an interstellar state located in the rimward side of the 3rd grand division of The Galaxy. It is a member state of the Imperium of Galactic States, under which it governs five sovereign systems and 30 registered resource outposts. There are five Psohx̂ract representatives in the Senate but it is not an imperial elector. The Psohx̂ract is a Keiñuan majority state. Its population of 150 billion predominantly lives in space, inhabiting tens of thousands of relatively small artificial habitats often situated in large clusters around important celestial bodies, with terrestrial planets being home to only a minority of the population.

The emblem of the Psohx̂ract Union is a grey two tone piece. The circles and the curve symbolise Keiñei and its 6 natural satellites, the homeworld of the keiñuan species, stylised into the profile of a sublight seed ship with a large frontal whipple shield and propellant globes. The two largest circles are minimalistic depictions of a slitted biological eye and a rounded artificial eye, symbolising keiñuan symbiosis with AI and cybernetic technology that allowed the species to diverge and spread across even the harshest of celestial bodies, enabling their survival.

Founding
The Psohx̂ract Union was created as part of a long compromise between disparate elements of early Keiñuan interstellar civilisation concerning imperial membership. When official contact with the galactic entity was established in 23811, the consensus of the majority of Keiñuan political entities had been to remain independent. However, the offer of shared technology, defence and infrastructure had convinced a large fraction of the population, and for many centuries there had been campaigns calling for the species to join in order to integrate with galactic society and progress their development. Several small governments consisting of several habitats attempted to join the imperium at various points, although were usually refused due to being too small or not fully controlling their system. After 6 centuries and the continued dispersion of Keiñuan civilisation, the groundwork for what would become the Psohx̂ract began with several systems with a high population of individuals sympathetic to the imperium positing the idea of applying as a single political union. There was notable resistance due to the inclusion of Řaqani in this plan, as many Keiñu were concerned with the idea of their home system being ruled by an alien power, with violence against the union being threatened by several other states.

In order to reduce tensions, representatives from all political entities that could attend were convened to produce an agreement that would hope to satisfy demands and prevent conflict. The convention was inconclusive and considered a failure, as many remained adamant Řaqani should remain independent due to its historic significance despite the majority of the population of the system being supportive or neutral towards imperial membership. A second and third convention with similar goals also failed to achieve a desired compromise. Eventually, direct and sustained political protest from citizens of Řaqani was what allowed the Psohx̂ract to exist, with the opposition was worn down by civilian pressures to allow the system to determine its own future and increasing apathy. Nonetheless several conditions concerning the system were set in place, including the promise that Keiñei would be completely evacuated and designated a monument, that keiñuan societies established via currently operational seed ships would be guaranteed free choice to join the imperium if desired, and that a grace period of free movement would allow all those who did not wish to be in the new imperial member state to move elsewhere if they so desired.

In imperial archive year 24584 the Psohx̂ract union was officially accepted into the imperium as an official member state, becoming the first keiñuan political entity to do so.

Crisis during the Nth interregnum
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Řaqani
Capital, aka home sweet home. Yellow dwarf.

Naulis' Star
Yellow Dwarf.

X̂algaya
Red dwarf.

Köaka
Red dwarf.

Pphyñoria
A stable main sequence and neutron star binary. Fun exotic physics.

Spacecraft
Psohx̂ract built spacecraft typically use inertialess field effect drives for sublight propulsion which are highly efficient and powerful. Civilian ships attempting interstellar travel with such drives can achieve accelerations in the range of several hundred standard gravities, whilst military ships are typically expected to achieve accelerations exceeding a thousand standard gravities during manoeuvres. In order to deal with the forces exerted on the ships during use of the drive, a short-range field effect is produced which serves to actively support the complete structure of the ship. Cargo and motile crew can also be supported with gravitational counter-generators around occupied areas which negate the acceleration and prevent sudden changes in apparent gravity. Despite this it is often common practice for crew to be suspended in acceleration gel or disassembled before high accelerations, both to save power and prevent injury or death in case of a malfunction. This risk is especially high with military ships, where a single projectile could disable such delicate infrastructure. Thus for this reason as well as the additional tactical advantages, crew are almost always transferred into a virtual environment instead.

Ship Weaponry
Relativistic particle beams

Relativistic mass driver

ships
missile ships

warbirds

heavy lancers