Historical

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The Species

Wolf

Advantages

Wolf
Wolves have ST +1, HT+1, and DX -1. They have the racial advantages, Acute Hearing(1), Night Vision, Sharp Teeth (Do cutting damage based on ST. see p.B140) and Claws (Add +2 to any punch attack), as well as Fur (1 DR and temperature tolerance to cold(1) ).

Culture

Young wolves were historically punished in part by having a their hair cut, as long hair has always been a mark of pride. the amount that was cut varied from a part of a single lock for minor offenses, to an inch all over for moderate offenses , to a complete shaving of all fur to a length equal to their fur, for truly extreme offenses. All but the last of these has gone out of style, and there is no longer as much pressure to keep ones hair as long as possible. (It is still considered humiliating to have a buzz cut.)

Politics

The Centralis Government is basically set up with two parts, the military *Which is not called military, but Exploration/Defense* and the Commercial.* They actually get along quite well, because they work hand in hand. Taxes that pay for the government are taken off of things bought only. Keeps their people happy that they make enough to live on and have choices in what they pay to the government. The security in the city is good and mostly non-corrupt due to the nature of Wolves. They do their thing, respect others and expect others to respect them and their things. *Wouldn't work on Earth, but it works for them, because they have an entirely different culture and way of doing things that works for them.* Of course, that still doesn't mean that ALL of them are exactly the same way, just that most of them follow the same guidelines for right and wrong.

The Council consists of 9 members, Four from the Commercial sect, four from the Defense, and one who acts as a tie breaker/final decision maker. Currently, .. it's the old Alpha Akaelae. *That may sound biased, but he chews out the defense side quite soundly at times and has his own opinions.* Being much older gives him a good look at all things. *And he ADMIRES Darius*

Defense members are not elected, but are very aware of their public support and what the public can do to them in terms of their support. *A lot of the money to run defense comes from anonymous donation so that there's no special interests, so they have to keep their approval high if they want to keep their jobs. They're selected by their abilities and experience. This is actually not an area I went into detail on, because I don't like politics. [:)] It's hard to promote those who start at the top, but let's just say saving your homeland counts very highly in your favor. Alpha, Sheana, Celina and Darius are on the Defense council and they balance each other very well. Before them, the Defense Council depended mainly on the instructors at The Academy on Avistary where they trained mainly those to protect the planet in case of planetary attack and to explore.

As long as they continue working FOR the people, they remain on the council, but the Four Commercial members can vote out a Defense member if they all want him/her off, of course, at the cost of their own support if the people happen to like him/her. Same goes for the Defense. They can vote off one of the Commercial members if they want to or think he/she's doing something they should be. *They have to prove it as well.. guess it'd be something like an impeachment.*

Commercial members ARE elected by the people every six years and also by anonymous donations.
How are they selected? Maybe by, say, rank-weighted elections/promotions from within only the defense community as opposed to the franchise at large?

Darius, as the head of Mars Academy, reports to the Council on Cyantia, the Wolf Council of which they are actually part of. He doesn't have to really 'answer' to anyone for his actions unless he does something completely out of bounds, which only treason falls into that category. He still can get chewed out for doing something stupid *and you'll see him do a lot dumber things than going to Earth.* Not everyone runs things the same way as Earth, and their way works. *The Fox are by far the more militaristic sect. They do things a lot like what would be perceived as normal.*

Technology

Wolves are the most highly advanced of the Immigrant Cyantians, mainly due to the fact that they engage in the most technological trade and research with other more advanced creatures. Most of their technology is oriented around making their lives better and defense. Their cities are powered by Fission/Fusion energy. Each home/facility is outfitted with a fully functional matter conversion reactor, capable of performing fusion/fission on common household waste. (Editor note, assigning this system is fully efficient and shielded, the output of these generators would typically be pure lead. Fission is exothermic for all elements above lead on the charts, and fusion is exothermic for all elements below it.) Just toss in the daily trash and you have enough power to do whatever you need to in the home. Very clean and efficient, plus prevents citywide blackouts when each home is set up in this way.
Technologically, Wolves are far more advanced than humans in terms of medicine, and medical technology, though they lag behind the Fox in terms of genetic experimentation, mainly because Wolf medical ethics and legal codes forbid the sort of experimentation that goes on in Fox medical labs. One area in which they remain on a level with humans is in regards to dealing with Viral infections.

Naturalized

Wolf