The @Novel Industrial Directorate (abbreviated: NID) represents the ultimate evolution of the Endless Unity's materialist principles, forged in the fires of neglect and war into a fanatical, uncompromising technocracy. Where the @Mandate of Light embraces divine revelation and the @Sagetton Contingency clings to ideological tradition, the @Novel Industrial Directorate worships at the altar of perpetual technological revolution. For them, progress is not a means to an end, but the ultimate end itself—an unassailable dogma that supersedes all moral, cultural, and individual considerations. This is not the pragmatic survivalism of a scarred state, but the fervent belief that every aspect of existence, from the human soul to the mechanisms of governance, is a system to be optimized, a problem to be solved, and a technology to be mastered. Their society is an engine dedicated to this single purpose, where any concept that cannot be quantified, optimized, or weaponized is deemed heretical, and the only sin is stagnation.
The NID'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.
The NID 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.
Military
The @Novel Industrial Directorate's military force is called 'the Vigilant Guard'. True to the old Unity's heritage, this force is divided into two specialized branches: the Exoplanetary Vigil, which enforces the Directorate's will on countless worlds through brutal, grinding ground campaigns, and the Void Vigil, which maintains its stranglehold on orbital space and the vital shipping lanes connecting its industrial empire. This clear division reflects the Directorate's utilitarian philosophy, applying precisely the right kind of force to secure both the terrestrial and celestial components of its power.
First Administrator @Norlin Akimiov is the founding architect, and de-facto leader of the NID.
The NID 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.