Diaspora -- Fairhaven

Fairhaven T-2 E3 R1

The legends of Fairhaven speak of a time in the ancient past when Lord sent his two angels out to people the two worlds. Now, depending on who's telling the story, it was Orphamiel who rebelled against god and sought dominion over all of Fairhaven or it was Sabrael who was the traitor. In any event, the followers of each angel marched out into the sky to do battle and after a long and terrible war, the right side one and the other side was left utterly devastated and defeated.

It's been a long, slow climb out of the darkness and even now Fairhaven relies on coal and natural gas for most of it's energy needs. The sophisticated and cosmopolitan members of the larger cities are fully aware of the distorted history their religions are based on and pay it only minor lip service, but the mass of people still follow the church. Everyone still believes their side was in the right.

When St. Eigen brought his sky ships into the world, the rich and powerful shielded him from the more literal-minded members of the Clergy until a number of mutually beneficial agreements could be worked out. Eigen ships freely move through the system extracting the rich resources of the system, the aristocracy of Freehaven get lots of high-tech toys to play with and the Church gains powerful "signs and portents" to hold over the masses. The system was far from perfect, but Fairhaven was in no position to bargain and the offer was really quite generous.

Now that the slipstreams have reconfigured and Confederation ships from Apex (via Bellweather) have been appearing in the skies, the facade has been cracking and crumbling at a faster pace. Some see this as a chance for Freehaven to free itself from Eigen control, others see it as the chance to free the people from the crushing boot of the aristocracy or the Church or both. A select few see this as an opportunity to finally put an end to the heretics who started the war that drove them all to this pitiful condition.

Aspects:

• The war is not yet over between us
  
• Church and State are only united against the people
  
• "Angels" travel between the worlds [Angels being a biological creature that moves through interplanetary space. Think space-borne algae -- occasionally they "bloom" in the upper atmosphere of the habitable worlds causing an impressive lightshow]
  

later
Tom

Diaspora -- Fairhaven

Fairhaven T-2 E3 R1

The legends of Fairhaven speak of a time in the ancient past when Lord sent his two angels out to people the two worlds. Now, depending on who's telling the story, it was Orphamiel who rebelled against god and sought dominion over all of Fairhaven or it was Sabrael who was the traitor. In any event, the followers of each angel marched out into the sky to do battle and after a long and terrible war, the right side one and the other side was left utterly devastated and defeated.

It's been a long, slow climb out of the darkness and even now Fairhaven relies on coal and natural gas for most of it's energy needs. The sophisticated and cosmopolitan members of the larger cities are fully aware of the distorted history their religions are based on and pay it only minor lip service, but the mass of people still follow the church. Everyone still believes their side was in the right.

When St. Eigen brought his sky ships into the world, the rich and powerful shielded him from the more literal-minded members of the Clergy until a number of mutually beneficial agreements could be worked out. Eigen ships freely move through the system extracting the rich resources of the system, the aristocracy of Freehaven get lots of high-tech toys to play with and the Church gains powerful "signs and portents" to hold over the masses. The system was far from perfect, but Fairhaven was in no position to bargain and the offer was really quite generous.

Now that the slipstreams have reconfigured and Confederation ships from Apex (via Bellweather) have been appearing in the skies, the facade has been cracking and crumbling at a faster pace. Some see this as a chance for Freehaven to free itself from Eigen control, others see it as the chance to free the people from the crushing boot of the aristocracy or the Church or both. A select few see this as an opportunity to finally put an end to the heretics who started the war that drove them all to this pitiful condition.

Aspects:

• The war is not yet over between us
  
• Church and State are only united against the people
  
• "Angels" travel between the worlds [Angels being a biological creature that moves through interplanetary space. Think space-borne algae -- occasionally they "bloom" in the upper atmosphere of the habitable worlds causing an impressive lightshow]
  

later
Tom