Skrell Frontier

[Faris]

Type (e.g. Planet, Faction, System): Skrell Frontier

Founding/Settlement Date (if applicable): 2388 CE, reason being that Skrell Frontier is considered all entities belonging to Skrell but is not part of the Federation.

Region of Space: Skrell Frontier

Controlled by (if not a faction): A multitude of independent entities, primarily Skrell.

Other Snapshot information: I just felt this is a topic that should be touched upon more. There's a lot of hints about it detailed in the articles and a lot of it based on conjecture by myself. Mostly personal theory making. I've got a lot of personal work I've written down and I've decided to release a few, this one included. I'm also limiting this to a simple example from my end, while I have seven currently, I'm only detailing one for personal reasons.

Long Description:

The frontier of Sol is well known and large, with the limit of what it can hold being your creativity, though that isn't our topic for now, we're going to touch upon something largely unspoken of.

The Skrell after the formation of the new and current Federation never truly recovered, and are still as if the year 2459 still attempting to unify their race with the many systems and sectors still out there. The tools of diplomacy being the staple of their foreign policy for their unification effort, along with the exploration of the void to find their distant and lost kin, separated by the tragedy committed by the abominable machine.

Example:

The Technocracy of Qumiry

After the end of Glorsh, the Technocracy was born, made up of neighboring star systems on the fringe of the former Federation, with the understanding that only through harnessing technology, to learn from the mistakes of old, and the proper usage of Artificial Intelligence, that their kind can survive. A Skrellian by the name of Qumiry, a leading physicist and renowned author prior to the third incident championed this method of thinking and was elected as the leader of the Technocratic Council.

Upon the death of Qumiry-Siruil Zuriel and in memory of his efforts to unify his kind, the Technocracy of Qumiry was renamed. At this time, the Technocracy has cold relations with its neighbors and especially the Federation due to their strong dependence and usage of Synthetics, along with the fact they have refused all attempts of becoming part of the Federation. Their growth has been very minimal and minuscule since their inception. While they still maintain synthetics, they are treated like slave labour with strict and decisive safe guards, which remain a safe guarded secret. They are also exceptionally guarded towards other species, not permitting entry to anyone that is not a Skrell.

[Loow]

Hello again. This topic is the start of what I hope will be an enlightening dialogue. The frontier is something that I hold very dear to my heart, and I'm sure you must have noticed my efforts to give parts of the picture. I hope this can be a place where necessary questions can be asked and answered. That said, I recently responded to another Sharp lore app in which I explained my thoughts on one or two things which might be relevant here. I'm confident that Abosh will read my responses to both apps, but I hope that he'll look at the other one first. It may provide some helpful context.

I absolutely love that there's an interest in the Skrell systems other than Nralakk. Interestingly enough, I don't receive a lot of request for things like that. It's mostly questions about robots and other dead horses.

Much like in the other topic, Sharp, you hit with some things and miss with others: I love your interest in a frontier, but I sigh at the execution. You've fallen into the "Synthetics" pitfall again! Don't get me wrong, you can talk about them.

But.

The Technocracy of Qumiry

This may be a tad more focused on Synthetics than the title had me hope.

If you had questions about the Skrell Frontier, I'd be over the moon. As it stands, you have suggestions. I have to critique suggestions.

(if applicable): 2388 CE, reason being that Skrell Frontier is considered all entities belonging to Skrell but is not part of the Federation.

First of all, I love the fact that someone's taking an interest in systems other than Nralakk. Really, I do. I love that someone saw the stirrings of the indie arc and felt something. Feelings are usually good.

It's become evident that certain things need to be clarified, and I hope that I can do my best to address them.

Let's share a word or two about the Fed borders.

They're stringent. They're rough. They're patrolled.

People need things like paperwork, permission, and professional leave to well... leave. To settle some place new outside of Federation borders, one needs things like approval, oversight, and vetting.

But I guess that doesn't really matter for the example you've brought up. You mean to say that a place could have been settled, then separated after a certain event took place. That makes sense. In fact, it was the way things happened. Being cut off sort of requires one to act on their own.

However, there was a certain time period in which putting all the lost pieces together was the way the Fed operated. An Era of Reunification, if you will. Such an era would have ended with the Tresja agreement, which I'm sure is mentioned in the news, in which the majority of straggling systems rejoined the Federation. You could even go as far as to say that it never ended due to the fact that not all systems rejoined. But I digress.

I hope the ongoing arcs can answer some of your questions about Skrell systems and maybe satisfy that itch you have for the "largely unspoken of" frontier.

I hope your "personal reasons" for only sharing the ToQ aren't based around a sincere hope that this one ought to be accepted.

Again, I love the fact that you're bringing the "frontier" (Places other than the home system) up. Systems are important.

But.

It seems that you're going the route of utterly independent systems rather than frontier systems.

Let's start talking about the "Technocracy" now. You're a shattered colony which has been suddenly cut off from the outside galaxy. You've been under the heel of a certain type of being. Suddenly, you're no longer under said heel. You proceed to double back to said sort of being quickly, name your government after the guy who suggested it, then make sure to include the phrase "Technocracy" in the nation's title so that nobody forgets. I'd have gone with a few other, admittedly also poor, options. Imagine visiting the "Meritocracy of Germany" or some such. Technocracy is just an interesting choice in government description. Republic is a popular alternative, and it gives the impression that there's some level of voting or democracy at some level. Technocracy doesn't really hint us toward how the place is run. Just where it leans on a few issues.

It's an interesting idea, but it's not something that would be on the "Skrell Frontier."

I'm sure I've said this before, but I hope this can be a good place for discussion, should you want it. I'm often slow with responses, but I respect your willingness to speak up and ask questions as well as stick your neck out by offering ideas.

Let's talk.

[Azande]

Technocracy doesn't really hint us toward how the place is run. Just where it leans on a few issues.

 

Technocracy: the government or control of society or industry by an elite of technical experts.

A dictatorship where technical experts run everything, essentially. Something I could see the Skrell doing.

*This is only sharing the definition of a word, not support of this application or its contents

[Wer6]

I believe some people are claiming the Skrellian Frontier the "Traverse", which I thought was an awesome name which differentiates it from the HUman Frontier quite nicely.

[Loow]

The "Traverse" actually sounds pretty cool, if not somewhat reminiscent of Mass Effect's Attican Traverse (which I'm surprised I still remember).

We already have a thread going. How do people feel about the idea of Skrell having some name for the systems which are actively being built up? ie: a collective name for the Federation's red-tape heavy, oftentimes tax-exempt, budding colonies?

[Owen]

We already have a thread going. How do people feel about the idea of Skrell having some name for the systems which are actively being built up? ie: a collective name for the Federation's red-tape heavy, oftentimes tax-exempt, budding colonies?

 

I like the idea about having a general name for those types of colonies. I also like the idea of the Skrellian Frontier being known as the Traverse, and have talked about it with [mention]Wer6[/mention] in the past. Both things allow for us to create a more obvious separation between the Skrell and Human frontiers, which is always good to have.

[Faris]

Since an independent venture regarding this was made by Loow which is essentially what I hoped to achieve with this application, I'm going to go ahead and lock/archive it.