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The Shadow Federation |
| The Shadow Federation - Data Panel
 Definition: Hider Association/Superpolity Symbol: none standard, although two white circles on black, the larger circle enclosing the smaller (left), is sometimes used Origin: mostly Terragen, but some Xenosophonts are believed to be involved Founded: not known, but was already established by the first federation period Population: not known Psyche, Art, Culture Metapsychology: Isolationist, paranoid, secretive Metaethics: Varies by individual member polity / clade Culture and Art: Varies by individual member polity / clade Languages: Varies by individual member polity / clade Government and Administration Individual Polities : a large number of unrelated polities, clades, and other small factions that share nothing beyond mutual distrust and dislike for the rest of terragen civilization. Government Type : Varies by individual member polity / clade Constitution: Varies by individual member polity / clade Legal system: Varies by individual member polity / clade Sentient Rights: Varies by individual member polity / clade , but generally very poor towards outsiders Economics, Local Infrastructure Economy: Varies Megastructures: usually not known, although possibly among some brown dwarfs Stargate Nexus: none Beamrider Network: none Known Net: limited, heavily encrypted Military expenditure: not known, possibly fairly high Trading Partners: some with the Deeper Covenant Longrunning Interstellar Disputes: repeated but mostly minor raids and incursions on all other metaempires Sophont Travel Hazard Rating : 5.0 to 9.9 Freedom of Movement for outsiders: highly restricted Environmental Requirements : varies according to clade |
Very little is known about the Shadow Federation. Even the name is a
tag applied to them by others. It is basically a loose alliance - less
a federation than a confederation, if that - of any number of
outside cultures, such as the Space
People, the Haloists, the Backgrounders, certain radical
and highly modified neochimp
and other provolve elements (those who did not join the actual Federation),
deep space adapted vecs, and other clades. At the time of the Shadow
Federation's origin they were united by fear and hatred and paranoia of
the inner
solar system, the ruling AIs of Solsys, baseline normals, or other
aspects of the developing First Federation. They chose instead to
live in the blacknesses of the outer Oort Clouds, using stealth
technology to avoid detection. Time moves slowly for these groups; they
might spend decades carefully negotiating brief trades, and
occasionally
launching guerrilla attacks, striking at some threateningly obvious
base,
then cloaking and disappearing before the authorities arrive. Little is
known of the subsequent development and spread of this association.
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Related Pages
Backgrounders - secretive cryocyborg clade Drifts - Type of Backgrounder habitat or worldship designed to slowly travel across interstellar space Haloers - inhabitants of icy halo objects Hider Symbiotes - A technique by certain Hider clades to allow them to remain on life-bearing worlds, sometimes even in the very heart of their sophont community, and yet also to remain undetected Hotpoint - Illumination source used by some types of Backgrounder and Haloist habitats Refugium Federation - isolationist empire in deep interstellar space |
