Novel Industrial Directorate
The Novel Industrial Directorate
The @Novel Industrial Directorate represents the logical, if ruthless, conclusion of the Endless Unity's utilitarian principles, stripped of all ideological pretense. Where the @Mandate of Light embraced faith and the @Sagetton Contingency clings to tradition and ideological purity, the Directorate embodies a stark philosophy of pragmatic survival. It is a state that has elevated systemic control and industrial output to the level of a secular religion, justifying its autocratic rule as the necessary cost for stability in a galaxy shattered by dogma and war.
The Genesis of an Autocracy: From Provisional Government to Permanent Control
The Directorate's origins lie in the neglected and war-scarred @Eclismund Metachor, the Unity's final, frantic push for expansion that subsequently languished under @Altaran occupation. This experience of being an abandoned asset, then exploited by the enemy, forged a deep-seated belief in self-reliance. When the Great Schism shattered central authority, @Eclismund 's administrative cadres did not descend into chaos; they seamlessly reconstituted themselves. Their declaration of "temporary autonomy" was a masterstroke of bureaucratic maneuvering, arguing that continued, centralized management was essential for the region's survival. This temporary measure quickly became permanent, evolving into the @Novel Industrial Directorate —an autocracy that views democratic debate and individual dissent as fatal inefficiencies in a perpetual struggle for existence.
A Society of Calculated Efficiency: Governance and Culture
The Directorate is a state wholly dedicated to the machine of its own perpetuation. Its governance is a rigid, top-down hierarchy where technical competence is valued, but absolute loyalty to the system is paramount. The old Visionary-Materialist focus on progress has been narrowed into a relentless drive for industrial output and resource consolidation. Society is meticulously engineered, with citizens assigned roles based on systemic needs. Personal freedoms are sublimated to the collective good, which is explicitly defined as the stability and growth of the state itself. Dissent is not merely suppressed; it is treated as a form of sabotage, a willful impairment of the machinery of survival. The culture is one of grim duty, where satisfaction is derived from fulfilling one's function, and the greatest virtue is unimpeachable reliability.
Relations with Other Powers
The Directorate views the galaxy's ideological wars with cold contempt, engaging with other powers solely through a lens of pragmatic cost-benefit analysis.
The @Sagetton Contingency & @Ioth Contingency : Seen as dangerous dogmatists, albeit powerful ones and with a semi-legitimate claim to being the Endless Unity's main successor. The Directorate engages in necessary trade and temporary, wary cease-fires, viewing their war with the Mandate as a wasteful conflict of faiths. They are strategic competitors, not existential enemies.
The @Mandate of Light : Considered a galactic lunatic, its theocracy viewed as the ultimate irrationality. Conflict with the Mandate is unavoidable, as its zealotry threatens the stable, controlled environment the Directorate requires to function.
The @Coalition of Free Ragonia : Dismissed as an inefficient, emotionally-driven entity. The Coalition's lack of centralized control and focus on ethnonationalism makes it weak and unpredictable, a nuisance to be managed or exploited, not a peer to be respected.
The @Altaran Diaspora: A persistent internal and external security concern. While the @Altarisian Freehold holds no official claims, Directorate space is littered with the remnants of their civilization. Native @Altaran populations and irredentist movements represent a constant drain on security resources and a threat to the Directorate's narrative of total control.