Dalcour (Tomorrow We Die)

System information
Name	Dalcourster
X:Y Coordinates	-384.59:-100.27
Star names	Klaar
Spectral class	F4V
Recharge time	125 hours
Recharge station(s)	Zenith
Planets	5

Dalcour

Planet information
Name	Dalcour
System position	3rd
Jump point distance	8.50 days
Moons	2 (Kevaros,Geelos)
Day length	48
Surface gravity	1.02
Atmospheric pressure	Standard (Breathable)
Equatorial temperature	48° C (Tropical)
Surface water	77%
Highest native life	Reptile
Population	1,975,000,000
Founded	2181
Socio-Industrial Levels	B-C-C-C-B
HPG (Representative)	B (Precentor Olympia Weir)

History

First settlers

Dalcour was settled in 2181 by two corporations; the Starquarry Industries and the Kolby Corporation. The two corporations had a joint charter from the Terran Alliance which allowed them to settle and mine the Dalcour system for 100 years.

In 2219 the Terran Alliance forces landed on Dalcour and took control of the planet, claiming that the two corporations had abused the charter by also mining Lattimer, the other habitable planet in the system. The Alliance took over the holdings of the Starquarry Industries, and sold them to the Kolby Corporation, which was allowed to continue mining and refining industry on Lattimer. In 2236 when the Outer Reaches Rebellion broke out, people of Dalcour took arms and joined the rebellion. The Terran Alliance troops in Dalcour saw little reason to fight over the planet, and withdrew from the system. For Dalcour, the rebellion was nearly bloodless, and the planet declared independence in 2238 as the Dalcour Alliance.

When the Terran Alliance shut down the trade beyond the demarcation line in 2242, Dalcour lost all remaining direct contacts to Terra. Slowly the industrial power that was the binding force in Dalcour diminished, and in 2265 Dalcour Alliance fell into a civil war. During the next decades Dalcour was divided into more than twenty small factions, and several short wars were waged in Dalcour. In 2291 the various local corporations in Lattimer were united under the name of Kolby Collective. Instead of joining the hostilities, the Collective remained neutral, and started to import weapons and other military equipment, and sold them to anyone - and everyone. A few of the factions on Dalcour tried to attack the Collective, but the other factions quickly retaliated such actions, and Kolby Collective continued to do business. Several alliances were formed in Dalcour, but none of the pacts was able to rise over the others.

After the Great War of 2370 two major powers were rose above the others; in 2371 the Sultanate of Jawaruang was founded, and in 2376 the Cayerlon-Rosselo Union was founded.

Age of War

During the 25th century most of Dalcour was saved from the horrors of war. A few small conflicts were started during the second half of the century, when the two major powers conquered the the few remaining small factions - most of the small factions had already succumbed by trade and political manoeuvring.

The Age of War and the rise of Free Worlds League gave the Dalcourian powers something new to worry about - invaders from the outside. The Sultanate and the Union began negotiations in fear of a foreign power invading the planet. The negotiations went began in 2501, and were halted when the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces invaded in October 21st, 2513. The fragmented Dalcour was an easy target for the experienced Lyran troops, and the last major battle was fought in January 2514. The invasion turned into a five-year long occupation.

In June 2nd, 2519, four regiments from the Duchy of Tamarind made planetfall near the capital of the former Sultanate. A series of bloody battles was fought in the capital region of the Sultanate, which was reduced to ruins. After four months of fighting the Tamarind Defence Forces made the decision to withdraw from the planet, but they didn't withdraw from the system - instead a planetary blockade was installed.

The losses suffered by the Lyran forces inspired the Dalcourians to fight back. With the blockade in place, the Lyrans were dependant on the supplies they could get from the locals (with either money or force), and when the local resistance started to strike against Lyran supply stores and engaged in a bloody terrorist campaign, the Lyran forces had enough. Commander of the Lyran occupation force negotiated cease-fire with the blockading Tamarind forces, and the after paying large ransom to the Tamarind Defence Forces the Lyrans were allowed to leave the planet in 2522.

The Duchy of Tamarind sent a group of relief workers help the victims of war and to assist in rebuilding the ruined cities, but the Dalcourians were not happy to see the Tamarind relief workers. In the eyes of the Dalcourians the Tamarind troops had forced the Lyrans to lay waste to urban areas, the Tamarind troops hadn't demanded a surrender from the Lyrans, and finally the ransom paid by the Lyrans was money and resources stolen from the Dalcourians. After a number of bloody incidents, the Duchy of Tamarind withdrew from Dalcour in 2525.

Star League and the Reunification War

When Ian Cameron made the Pollux Proclamation in 2575, signalling his intent for the Star League to rule over all of humankind, Duchy of Tamarind - now part of the Free Worlds League - got an open mandate from the Parliament to force the unification of it's neighbouring systems. In 2579, the Tamarind forces returned to Dalcour, but instead of ending an occupation it started one.

The Tamarind force was determined not to repeat the mistakes of 2525, and the occupation was planned carefully. The man behind the plan was Colonel Erik Reinhardt, the director of military intelligence department of the Tamarind Defence Forces. The plan was not to spend years pacifying Dalcour, but to install a government that would ally itself with the Duchy of Tamarind.

The plan failed. In 2586 a resistance fighter named Neomi Reger assassinated colonel Reinhardt and several of the key members of Reinhardt's headquarters staff. Neomi Reger was praised all over Dalcour for her action - probably the first person in the history of Dalcour who had a following in every continent. Neomi was killed two years later when trying to re-do her famous act, but she failed to assassinate the new head of the occupation force Colonel Marita Messina.

Colonel Messina had a different plan, and a different method. After twelve years of heavy fighting all over Dalcour, the resistance was crushed - but so was the planet itself. Not a single city was spared in this campaign, and the amount of casualties were staggering. The occupation officially ended in 2606, when the Union and the Sultanate signed the Caudill Island Treaty, which made the two powers part of the Duchy. This time Lattimer was not spared either - the Kolby Collective was disbanded, and Duchy of Tamarind took direct control over the planet.

Star League Science Institute

In 2669 the wounds caused by the Reunification War were mostly healed, and the rebuilding effort had turned the ruined places to beautiful and modern cities. When Dalcour was chosen as a site for the Star League Science Institutes new research site, no one was surprised - the holopics and holovideos from Dalcour showed a face of a modern and civilized world. The SLSI new research center was focused on space travel, and the two-planet system of Dalcour was perfect for such center.

When the SLSI Kearny Center was formally opened in 2699, the guest list was more than impressive - several high ranking nobles and officials all over from Free Worlds League, several respected scientists every member state of the Star League, and also the head of state of the Duchy of Tamarind. The golden years of Dalcour had finally started.

The Fall and First Succession War

When Stefan Amaris launched a coup and started a civil war, everyone in Dalcour was certain that this war would have no effect on the planet. The fall of the Star League was a distant thing - the only casualty was the SLSI Kearny Center, which was taken over by Free Worlds League Academy of Science in 2779 when the SLSI ran out of money to operate.

The real consequences of the fall of the Star League were shown in 2785 by the start of the First Succession War. When Captain-General Kenyon Marik ordered the use of nuclear weapons in the invasion of Bolan in 2785, the Kearny Center began to study and test nuclear weapons. The governments of the Sultanate and the Union objected this, knowing that such a test center would make the planet a potential target for a new invasion - or worse. The objections did not have any effect, and soon the Kearny Center had a several research teams working on all sorts of secret weapon technologies. The Kearny Center was handed to the FWL military in 2791.

The First Succession War ended in 2821, and Dalcour had been spared from the direct effects of war. Even so, Dalcour was not without casualties - the war had devastated the economy of the region, and FWL military had recruited tens of thousands of Dalcourians to fight on the Lyran front, many of which never returned home.

Second Succession War and the Great Cataclysm

When ComStar declared a communications interdiction on Free Worlds League in 2837, the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces struck hard. In 15 June 2838 a Lyran fleet jumped in the Dalcour system, and attacked both Lattimer and Dalcour. After two weeks of fighting the Lyrans had established a space superiority, and began orbital bombardment in a prelude to landing troops to the surface.

In a desperate act the FWL troops at the Kearny Center tried to use a new prototype weapon, presumably a nuclear missile of enormous power. The weapon failed to launch, instead it detonated in the ground at 07:00 on 7th of July, 2838. The power of the explosion has been estimated to be nearly 1000 Mt - the explosion created a crater more than 5 km in diameter, and every building in 100 km radius was destroyed . The entire city of Solitude along its metropolitan area was destroyed, estimated 1,200,000 persons died in an instant. The explosion threw the Lyran forces in panic, and the Lyran fleet commander ordered the fleet to leave the system.

The FWL parliament denied that such a weapon had existed, and blamed the Lyran fleet for using nuclear weapons on a city with hardly any military troops in it. One theory is that the explosion was caused by a Lyran experimental weapon - a theory which the Lyran government naturally denied. The only known facts are that the detonation was more powerful than anything the two states had in their arsenal, and the ground zero was in the center of Solitude City.

The United Dalcour

Even with the Lyran fleet gone, the war for Dalcour was far from over. When the FWLM regular forces left the planet to pursue the Lyrans, the Dalcour Union invaded the Sultanate and the kingdom of Kedghistan. The war raged for the next nearly twenty years.

In 2857 representatives from the Sultanate and the Dalcour Union gathered to discuss a treaty between the two nations.

Third Succession War

The Free Worlds League entered the Third Succession War in 2869 with the invasion of the Isle of Skye. Though the invasion was successful, the Lyran counter attack was also a success. The use of troops from the Duchy of Andurien to garrison the Skye worlds, and their subsequent defeats, turned the Humphreys family against the Mariks, specifically Captain-General Marie Marik. The 3rd War was characterized by a tacit return to the Ares Conventions because technology and factories and even clean water had become too important to destroy.

Anton's Revolt

Janos Marik became the Captain-General on 2 September 2991. At his side during his inaugural address was his brother, Anton Marik. Janos promoted Anton to the rank of general in 2991. In January 3002 he put his brother in charge of the Capellan front.

Anton became increasingly dissatisfied with his brother's tenure and on 22 May 3014 Anton declared himself Captain-General. Anton grossly overestimated his support within the Free Worlds League, however. Not only did Anton garner very little support, Janos surprisingly received military aid from the Principality of Regulus and the Sirian Concordance. Anton's most powerful support came from Liao, in the form of Wolf's Dragoons. Jaime Wolf and Anton had a disagreement about strategy in February 3015. Wolf refused Anton's orders and departed to deal with a Loyalist offensive. As the mercenary DropShip took off, Anton ordered the Dragoons' dependents executed for treason. Upon hearing of this, the Dragoons turned around and marched on New Delos. After a three-day fight, Natasha Kerensky's Black Widow Company killed Anton Marik. Six weeks later, the rebellion was over.

The Concord of Kapteyn

The League signed the Concord of Kapteyn on 13 October 3022, which entered the nation into an alliance with the Capellans and the Draconis Combine in response to the signing of the Federated Commonwealth Alliance Document. The League has gained a number of worlds from both the Lyrans and Capellans.

Government

Fact Sheet
Name	The Federal Republic of Dalcour
Founding year	2864 (As the Republic of Dalcour)
Capital city	Cide Unidas
National Symbol	Silver Owl
Government	Parliamentary republic
Ruler	Premier Assembly Member Melvin Dambrosio
Population	1,875,000,000
Official Languages	English
Religion	none official

The Letters of Government of Dalcour

”Letters” is the constitution of Dalcour, signed by the representatives from the Provinces of Dalcour (regional governments of Penegyar, Lattimer and Cayerlon) in 2864. The Letters were first ratified by the Elected Duke of Tamarind in 2882, and then reaffirmed by each of his successors. The collection of the Letters, their amendments and the various agreements between the Provinces and the Government of Dalcour is called “Book of Government of Dalcour”.

The Letters outline basic and political rights of individuals, divides the powers between the government and the provinces and defines jurisdiction and authority. By ratifying the Letters of Government, the provinces have transferred certain aspects of their sovereign power to the planetary government of Dalcour while maintaining autonomy on most aspects of the government. The Parliament of Dalcour can collect taxes on certain types, hold power over all planetary tolls and regulate interstellar commerce. The Parliament can raise and support military forces, and is obliged to provide planetary defence and can regulate the possession of weapons and military equipment in Dalcour.

The Assemblies

There are three main governing bodies on the federal level, the Assembly of Provinces of Dalcour (legislative), the Great Assembly (executive) and the Council of Judges(judicial).

The Assembly of Provinces has 199 representatives (85 from Cayerlon, 85 from Penegyar, and 29 from Lattimer) who are elected under a system determined by each Province. All members of the Assembly from Penegyar and Lattimer serve for 4 years, but 27 seats for the Cayerlon representatives are hereditary under the Cayerlon law.

The Great Assembly is the nine-member executive group which serves as the head of state. While the entire Assembly is responsible for leading the federal administration, each assembly member heads one of the nine executive departments. The members are elected for a four-year mandate by the Assembly of Provinces, which also exercises oversight over the Council. The Premium of the Dalcour is elected by the Assembly of Provinces from among the nine members: the Premium chairs the government and assumes representative functions. Currently there are only five elected assembly members:

• The Premier Assembly Member Melvin Dambrosio is the Head of the Great Assembly and Master of the Hall, and the acting Head of the Department of Finance.
• Assembly Member Micheline Reger is the Head of the Foreign Affairs Department.
• Assembly Member Arnold Palladino is the Head of the Internal Security Department and the acting Head of the Internal Affairs Department.
• Assembly Member Florence Marchand is the Head of the Defence Department, and the acting Head of the Transport and Communications.
• Assembly Member Arturo Muriel is the Head of the Environment and Energy Department, and the acting head of the Housing Department.

Departments of the Government

Hall of the Assembly
- the staff organisation of the Great Assebly and the federal administration.

Department of Foreign Affairs
- coordinates the foreign policy, provides legal advice on foreign matters and international law, is responsible for diplomatic protocol and ceremonies, and has liaison offices for both the representatives of the Duchy of Tamarind and the Free Worlds League parliament
- Directorate of Political Affairs, Directorate of International Law, Directorate of Foreign Cooperation, Directorate of Protocol and Promotion

Department of Internal Affairs
- responsible for preservation of national heritage and the national archives, public health services above general hospital level, higher education and research coordination and social services
- Office of Culture, Office of Public Archives, Office of Public Health, Office of Education, Office of Statistics and Insurance

Department of Internal Security
- responsible for providing legal advice to the administration, coordination and analysis of internal security matters, all matters relating to foreign nationals
- Office of Justice, Office of Internal Security, Office of Migration, Office of Attorney General

Department of Defence
- coordinates defence policy, provides advice on military and civil protection for the administration, responsible for strategy development, procurement policy and arms control
- Directorate of Defence Coordination, Directorate of Intelligence, Office of Civil Protection

Department of Finance
- responsible for the budget, financial planning and policy, and the treasury, responsible for human resources management for the administration, revenue collection and for monitoring the import, export and transit of goods, collecting customs duties, traffic charges and taxes
- Office of Finance, Office of Tax Administration, Office of Customs Administration, Office of Personnel Management

Department of Housing
- responsible for agricultural policy and safety of food, coordinates area planning between the provinces, manages emergency supplies of essential goods
- Office of Agriculture, Office of Housing, Office of Emergency Planning, Office of Welfare

Department of Environment and Energy
- responsible for matters of the environment, and the provision of energy at the national level
- Office of Environment Planning, Office of Energy Coordination

Department of Transport and Communications
- responsible for the development of the national rail network for the construction, maintenance and operation of the national highway network, regulates civil aviation and radio and holoTV networks, and works as a liaison office for the ComStar representative
- Office of Communication, Office of Transport, Office of Civil Aviation

Military

The Government of Dalcour is obliged to contribute troops to the Tamarind Defense Forces. Two 'mech companies with a forward support battalion are rotated each year to serve in a location assigned by the Tamarind Defense Forces Command. Usually the Dalcour Task Force is assigned a garrison duty on a planet that has a low threat level (the Tamarind Defense Forces assign their regular troops to all hot spots).

The forward support battalion has a technical company (a mech maintenance staff assigned to the two 'mech companies), a support company and a combat support company to provide a recon element and base security.

The 'mech companies that are rotated in the Tamarind Defense Forces service are the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd 'Mech company from the 1st Guard Regiment, the 1st Strike company and the 2nd Storm company from the 3rd Assault Element, and the 11th Protector Company from the 4th Protector Regiment and the 12th Protector Company from the 8th Protector Regiment. The only 'mech company that is not rotated is the 4th Fury company of the 3rd Assault Element, as it is graded only as a training cadre.

One of the 1st Guard Regiment 'mech companies is rotated each year, and the other company rotates from the 3rd Assault Element or from either the 4th or 8th Protector Regiments.

1st Guard Regiment

1st Guard 'Mech COY
2nd Guard 'Mech COY
3rd Guard 'Mech COY

3rd Assault Element

1st Strike COY
2nd Storm COY
4th Fury COY

4th Protector Regiment

11th Protector COY

8th Protector Regiment

12th Protector COY

Provinces

Sultanate of Penegyar

Fact Sheet
Name	The Sultanate of Penegyar
Founding year	2371 (As the Sultanate of Jawaruang)
Capital city	Baliir Kota
National Symbol	Tree surrounded by gold chain
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
Ruler	Sultan Lestari
Population	1,100,000,000
Official Languages	Indonesian, English
Religion	Jalan Semangat

Penegyar, officially the Sultanate of Penegyar, is a sovereign state in northern hemisphere of Dalcour. In Penegyar's constitutional monarchy, the sultan is recognized as the Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces and the Defender of the Faith. The nation's capital city is Baliir Kota.

Penegyar is a country comprising the mainland of the Montagnet continent, the islands of Serang and Kalimantan, and hundreds of smaller islands. It is Dalcour's second largest country by total area. It encompasses 7 kawasans (districts) with over 1,2 billion people, making it Dalcour's most populous country. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Penegyar has vast areas of wilderness that support Dalcour's highest level of biodiversity. The country has abundant natural resources, yet poverty remains widespread.

Penegyar's history has been turbulent since the Great Cataclysm, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism and uprisings, and periods of rapid economic change.

Administrative districts

• Baliir Kota
• Jawaruang
• Kalimantan
• Pacitan
• Riaubaru
• Madura
• Serang

Military

• the Radiant Rifles Regiment
• the Victorious Rifles Regiment
• the Luminous Rifles Regiment
• the Noble Shield of Jawaruang Regiment
• the Impenetrable Shield of Kalimantan Regiment
• the Magnificent Shield of Madura Regiment
• the True Sons of Serang Regiment

Republic of Cayerlon

Fact Sheet
Name	The Republic of Cayerlon
Founding year	2376 (As the Cayerlon-Rosselo Union)
Capital city	Versailles
National Symbol	Red fleur-de-lis on black shield
Government	Parliamentary Republic
Ruler	President Silas Palladino
Population	600,000,000
Official Languages	English, French
Religion	None official

Administrative districts

• Barneveld
• Bonaire
• Cote d'Etoile
• Eindhoven
• Haute Aquitane
• Landsmeer
• Lowbreak
• Lothringen
• Oldcastle
• Neopicardy
• Rossello

Military

• the 1st Mobile Rifle Regiment
• the 3rd Mobile Rifle Regiment
• the Eindhoven Reserve Group
• the Oldcastle Reserve Group
• the Rosselo Reserve Group
• the Landsmeer Air Support Group

Lattimer Collective

Fact Sheet
Name	The Lattimer Trade and Research Collective
Founding year	2291 (As the Kolby Collective)
Capital city	Sheldon Dome
National Symbol	White icosahedron with letter K on each face
Government	Corporate oligarchy
Ruler	Director Julieta Gott
Population	175,000,000
Official Languages	English
Religion	None official

Administrative districts

• Alexandria Dome
• Baynard Station
• Blue Parrot Station
• Kolby Dome
• Lafayette Station
• Paramount Dome
• Sheldon Dome

Military

• LSF Dome Defence Division
• LSF Orbital Defence Division
• LSF Activity Division