Utari:
There are no guards in the Nexus building, in fact, visible security seems nonexistent, a strange thought in what should be one of the most secure structures in the system. There wasn't even a visible body scanner as they entered.
There are also no regular uniforms. The coordinators all wear whatever they want, and there's a great deal of variety just among the few people hurrying through the two story lobby to get to a meeting or wherever it is they're headed. The coordinators aids are interesting to see because some of the coordinators have uniforms for their specific aids. For instance, if Utari were to use the Origin localnet to identify one of the outfits of a passing secretary, he would discover that the matte black uniform marks the secretary as an aid to Traffic Control Coordinator Argus Mosakani, and the outfit is a stripped down version of the uniforms worn by the traffic control and customs officers that patrol local space in Origin alongside the more heavily armed capsuleer defense forces.
"The other four branches are the Digital Council, the Scientific Conclave, the Judicial Convention, and the Sentient Equilibrium. All the branches provide checks on the other branches, so no one branch gains too much power. The Digital council is a cellular democracy based partly on Gallentean democratic models and partly on tribal models, and they make the majority of the laws and legislation in place across Origin. The board of coordinators on the other hand handles most of the day to day operations in running the system. The Board isn't technically a democratic institution, so Origin isn't exactly a democracy, I'm just not entirely sold on the functionality of a pure democracy in practice. It takes a 90% majority vote to get anything done on the Board, and all our members are mindlinked into a network so we can argue with each other all the time." She chuckles at that, crossing the wide atrium towards a bank of escalators going up to the balcony that wraps around the ground floor atrium.
She points out people as they go along. "Thats Constance Rue, the Resurrection Coordinator." She points to a dark skinned and dark haired Intaki women with intensely green eyes and a dress of swirling greyscale patterns.
"And that's Indigo City Station Coordinator Althas Ananzine." She pointed to a late middle aged Gallente man with a receding grey hairline and long loose fitting robes in flamboyantly bright reds, oranges, and greens.
They near the top of the escalator and head across the wider second floor atrium for the elevator bank. "That's Emilia Kane, the Coordinator for Satyria, the largest city on Arboria." She points to a small Caldari woman of indeterminate age, with white hair, grey eyes, and a severely cut business suit.
Aria
As Che mentioned, there are many more people barefoot, undressed, or even outright naked, then one might expect from a similarly sized city. The dominant Gallentean liberal values are incredibly apparent, though the initial population mix resulted in a different result as compared to the Federation. There are more Matari then any other population group, so their culture is laid over the Gallentean morals in a fascinating way. Tribal leathers are popular clothing, as well as the more out there matari outfits that reveal large areas of the skin where tattoos have been placed. Even heading out into the Second District there is little sign of poverty, and there don't appear to be any beggers. There are however, various people standing at clipboards with datapads trying to convince people to chip in to help finance their various scientific, cultural, or economic schemes.
"Hey there!" A black haired man in a suit jacket and jeans says as Aria walks down the block towards him. He waves enthusiastically, gesturing to his datapad as he calls out "Do you have a moment to help support astronomy and space exploration?"
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