CCP has left unanswered a lot of questions regarding the Intaki people and the Intaki Assembly. This leads to a lot of confusion within the role-playing community. I, for one, am tired of so many RP ideas grinding to a halt because no one knows a history that should be common knowledge to anyone. I've decided that enough is enough and I'm not going to sit around and be a part of the RP community that gripes but doesn't do anything about the problem.
Some people will reject this. I accept that. But from this point forward (unless cannon proves otherwise) these are the facts as Saxon knows them.
http://freeintaki.freeforums.org/from-whence-we-came-t1031.htmlThe relevant “player driven content” is as follows. :
The first contact between the Gallente deep space exploration vessel ‘Sojourner’ and the people of Intaki was a surprising experience for all those involved. The crew of the Sojourner had recently finished their survey of several temperate planets including Ostingele VII and Vey II. These planets were full of biological life, but devoid of any civilization. Because they picked up no communication signals (radio or otherwise) they assumed the same would be true of Intaki V.
The survey team landed, by chance, in an unpopulated area and set about collecting samples of native flora and fauna. On the second morning of their expedition, the explorers were startled to emerge from their landing craft to find a delegation of leaders from the nearest village waiting for them.
Having no firm protocol for dealing with indigenous cultures, the captain of the Sojourner hammered out an impromptu peace accord between the village leaders and his crew, allowing them to complete their survey mission and leave the planet. Although their planet was in a pre-industrial state, the Intaki proved to be shrewd negotiators and did not allow the Gallente to leave without first sharing some of the secrets of their technology. In particular, the Intaki bargained for communication technology. The Gallente were happy to share what to them was fairly rudimentary technology, launching several satellites and seeding basic communication equipment around the planet.
The effect on the Intaki people was immediate as it confirmed legends that people existed in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Compared to the knowledge that they were not alone in the universe, this might have appeared to be a small wonder, but it was one of the great mysteries of the Intaki whose planet’s equatorial climates had divided its people for millennia.
The revelation did lead to some turmoil as many hundreds of generations apart had created differences in the societies of the northern and southern Intaki. However, because their separation remained intact, physical confrontation was impossible and the diplomatic nature common to both populations of the Intaki prevailed. By the time a full contingent of Gallente diplomatic representatives returned to Intaki five years later, the Intaki people had prepared and united under a single government to represent them in dealings with the Gallente.
Anxious to have the Intaki planet as deep space base, the Gallente offered the Intaki people much in the way of technology and training. Within five years of second-contact, native Intaki were serving on board Gallente space vessels. The first Intaki-born captain was given command of a Gallente ship 25 years after that. Seventy-five years after first contact, the Intaki government purchased its own vessels and began exploring neighboring systems.
In 22889 (in the old calendar) the first Intaki colony, located on Vey II was chartered. Over the next 100 years more than 50 Intaki colonies were created in a dozen different stellar regions. While the majority of these colonies eventually chose to become autonomous of the Intaki planetary government, the colonies located in the Placid Region remained loyal.
In addition to the first colony on Vey II, Intaki expansion also included traditional colonies on the temperate planets of Frarie VI, Frarie VII, Harroule IV, Brarel II and Ostingele VII as well as domed underwater colonies on Annancale VII and Agoze V. The Intaki planetary government also staked a claim on the Eugales System, which lacked an inhabitable planet but contained rich ice fields.
In accordance with Intaki traditions of self-reliance, the colonies in the Placid Region were left to handle their own affairs for matters that dealt with their individual planetary operations and, as a result, various forms of government took shape on them. These ranged from the anarcho-syndicalist commune of Brarel II to the monarchy of Frarie VII. Regardless of their planetary government, each colony was allowed to send representatives to serve as part of what grew out of the original Intaki unified planetary government.
This larger governmental structure was designed to handle issues related to outer space or those that affected the colonies uniformly (such as on-going relations with the ever-expanding Gallente empire). Each colony was allowed two representatives in the Rajya Sabha and a number of representatives in the Lok Sabha proportional to their populations. These legislative bodies then elected from their own membership a Council of Ministers and Prime Minister to serve as an executive body. The various ministries included such areas as trade, defense, health, astral mining and tourism.
The Prime Minister was also responsible for the annual selection of the Council of Judges, a group of 12 colonial representatives who also served as a supreme court for the Intaki colonies. The two legislative houses, along with the Council of Ministers and the Council of Judges were known collectively as the Intaki Assembly.
When the Gallente proposed the creation of the Federation joining the Gallente with the Intaki, Caldari and Mannar, the Assembly debated the matter for a period of 18 months. In the end, the Assembly voted narrowly to join the Federation, surrendering its sovereignty to the Gallente central government. The shrewd negotiators among the Intaki contingent did ensure that certain aspects of autonomy remained intact and the Assembly’s original structure remains today — although it has no authority to act outside the confines of its nine-system territory.
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