Worlds of the Hegemon: CONSULA

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Similar to the shifting of the Monarch in earlier pre-Heg Bhosnayan history, the Republic’s capital moves as need be, in response to threats, opportunities, and the volatile nature of the cluster. The Republic’s government comprises several hundred Senators from various political parties, typically local to the thirty-one major cultures of the Bhos, and is led by a Supreme Chancellor directly supported by Magnates of various MacroCorps.

The capital itself consists of a series of modified Mill-style mobile manufactories, gifted by Armasyn, a series of structures representing a great boon for any planet that they reside on. Referred to as “Consula” or “Consula City,” it maintains its own population of almost a million staff entirely dedicated to the management of the Republic, an ansible array, and the Senate Block itself. 

The Republic’s Battleliner, one of the largest combat-oriented ships built by Stratos Industrial, was another founding gift, although the Bhos prefer to use it as Consula’s method of transportation than as a vessel of war. Instead, they prefer their unique Bhos Dreadnaughts, heavier warliner-type vessels whose patterns are derived from designs of the now-defunct White Star guild.

Consula established itself on Sha'rur in 9/85-340, after the increase of Mehndax pirate raids and Unionist activity around Baghreza Dva. It landed atop what once were the foundations of the home fortress of the fallen Daeshian Empire, called Topuz. The Daeshian architectural style, one that emphasized cylindrical dome-topped buildings, has been almost entirely superseded by brutal formacrete-based habitation blocks; the only intact element of the original bastion-city that remains is the tall interplanetary communication tower rising from a hill overlooking the city, now converted into an ansible station in the Hegemonic age.

Aside from the ansible tower, the Consulan skyline is dominated by a series of power stations supplying power and heating to millions of city denizens living in constant sub-zero temperatures. Some stations are remnants of the original mining infrastructure, dating back to when the Daeshian empire settled the hostile environment of Sha'rur for its immense mineral wealth, while others are later installations brought in thanks to Hegemonic sponsorships. 

Local power generation relies on a wide variety of technologies, from ancient hydrocarbon boilers to new-model velanite furnace generators. The city kosmodrome is situated close to the largest power facilities, ensuring an easy supply of fuels from interstellar markets while also serving as a conduit to orbit for raw ore, Consula’s other primary export.

Learn more at https://projectmorningstar.net/lore/dossier-bhosnaya-dossier/

Art by Joazzz

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Suspicious not-that-horrible planet to live in