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Perseus Princes

New emerging archailect hyperpower in the Perseus Arm. Includes sentients of all clades. They have reasonably good sentient rights, and a developed ISO infrastructure





Perseus Princes - Data Panel

Definition: Metaempire? (or part of Sephirotics?)

Symbol: Circle of Crowns

Ruling Toposophic: SI>6

Origin: Terragen

Founded: post ComEmp period - emergence of high-level ai clusters in newly settled star systems along the Perseus Arm

Population: equal to about 1% of Sephirotics population

Predominant Phyles: ai, po, bionts, cyborgs, artificials, and virtuals

Psyche, Art, Culture


Metapsychology: regional development and self-expression, intellectual curiosity, works of art and culture that are mostly obscure to ordinary sapients

Metaethics: Basically benign and helpful attitude to other sentient beings

Culture and Art: Varies by individual "principality"

Languages: Among bionts, the Unic and Persean language family is probably the most wide-spoken among bionts. Other cultures and clades may use different languages

Government and Administration


Individual Polities : A number of archailect "principalities" (actually empires)

Government Type : even more strongly archailectocratic than that of most Sephirotics

Constitution: Varies by individual "principality"

Legal system: Varies by individual "principality"

Citizenship: includes members of all clades of sapient level and above. However there are also a large proportion of populace that are not citizens

Sentient Rights: reasonably good sentient rights

Economics, Local Infrastructure


Economy: varies greatly, may be centralised, free market, or post-scarcity

Resource base: on the whole favours K-type stars and above (up to O-type) for their superior energy output

Megastructures: a moderate degree of megascale engineering; they have a developed ISO infrastructure

Stargate Nexus: standard

Beamrider Network: Extensive, shared with the Deeper Covenant

Military expenditure: moderate to high

Extensive trade and good relations with: most Sephirotic empires, the Deeper Covenant, and to a lesser extent the The Objectivist Commonwealth and Diamond Network.

Longrunning Interstellar Disputes: the Amalgamation poses a serious threat

Sophont Travel


Hazard Rating : usually 0.0 to 1.0, in some cases up to 9.0 (depending on society, polity or world)

Freedom of Movement for outsiders: Varies by individual polity and principality.

Environmental Requirements : Varies by individual clade or polity

further comments:

new emerging archailect civilization in the Perseus Arm.



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