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CORE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS

CORE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS

Institutional Authority Beyond the Assembly

CORE Government Systems (often shortened to CORE Systems) is the umbrella faction representing all non-legislative, non-CSA civic institutions operating within The Core.

They do not make laws.
They do not design systems.
They execute, enforce, interpret, and stabilize.

If the Assembly decides what should happen, and the CSA decides how systems behave, CORE Systems decides how reality is managed in the meantime.


ROLE IN THE CITY

CORE Systems exists to keep Commonwealth City functional under stress.

They handle:

  • Civic enforcement

  • Emergency coordination

  • Inter-agency compliance

  • Judicial processing

  • Regulatory execution

  • Public order logistics

They are the City’s middle layer of power—too visible to be neutral, too procedural to be charismatic.


WHAT CORE SYSTEMS CONTROLS

CORE Systems includes (but is not limited to):

  • Civic Enforcement Bureaus
    Non-militarized public order, investigations, warrants, and compliance actions

  • Procedural Courts & Legal Operations
    Case processing, systemic harm rulings, jurisdiction arbitration

  • Public Oversight & Compliance Offices
    Audits, ethics reviews, regulatory enforcement

  • Emergency Response Coordination
    Disaster response, infrastructure failure triage, district lockdown authority

  • Inter-District Mediation Offices
    Jurisdictional conflict resolution, escalation containment

These bodies are separate agencies—but politically unified.


INTERNAL CHARACTER

CORE Systems is:

  • Rule-bound

  • Cautious

  • Risk-averse

  • Politically sensitive

  • Quietly authoritarian when pressured

They prefer containment over confrontation, procedure over force, and delay over error.

They escalate only when forced—and when they do, it’s serious.


PUBLIC PERCEPTION

  • Seen as necessary but frustrating

  • Accused of overreach and paralysis in equal measure

  • Blamed when things go wrong

  • Ignored when things work

CORE Systems does not inspire loyalty.
It inspires compliance.


RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FACTIONS

  • Assembly Secretariat:
    Officially subordinate, practically independent in execution

  • Civic Systems Authority (CSA):
    Tense partnership — CORE enforces decisions CSA designs but cannot always explain

  • District Factions:
    Viewed as outsiders unless invited or forced in

  • The Public:
    Tolerated, resented, relied upon


HOW CORE SYSTEMS USES POWER

CORE Systems rarely acts dramatically.

They:

  • Issue notices

  • Freeze processes

  • Reinterpret regulations

  • Reassign jurisdiction

  • Declare temporary authority

  • “Clarify” legal ambiguity

When force is used, it is documented, justified, and archived.


GM USE GUIDANCE

Use CORE Government Systems when you need:

  • A government response that isn’t ideological

  • Enforcement without villainy

  • Authority without personality

  • Escalation that feels systemic, not personal

CORE Systems is not evil.
CORE Systems is not good.

CORE Systems is what happens when a city refuses to collapse.


FINAL NOTE

The CSA makes the systems run.
The Assembly makes the laws.

CORE Government Systems makes sure the City survives the gap between them.