Copper Republic Lore

Overview

If you have seen my Copper Republic contraptions, and for some reason you want to know more about its lore or relations with other factions, you are in the right place.To join @Pinha’s universe (which the Copper Republic exists in) check out this guide made by him.

⚙ Basic Info ⚙

The Copper Republic, also called the Mangalorian Republic, is an advanced civilization that is stated on a planet called Mangalore, that orbits around the Aquila Boreas system. The system is a part of the so called “Cluster”, a set of four star systems (one being Aquila Boreas).
The civilization is made by Mangalorians. They have a presidential democracy. The current president is Anderson v’ Vall.
The main resource on Mangalore is mostly copper, which is not that ideal for space-traveling vessels, so how are they able to build them? Because they don’t use copper in the first place. They use an advanced alloy called Mandarine Alloy. How did they create it? Before its creation, they used normal titanium. With the titanium, they built space vessels able to transport asteroids to mining depots to deconstruct them, yielding many useful minerals like even more titanium, gold, and many relatively unknown substances like the so called “Rotenite”. With some of these minerals they created Mandarine Alloy.

⚙ History ⚙

In standard year 3107 (today is standard year 3121) the war between Barland and the Incursion ended. It resulted in Barland becoming the most powerful nation on Mangalore. In 3108 the Mangalore Merging Project (MMP) was created. It made nearly all nations on Mangalore to merge, creating the Copper Republic. The governments decided this was a very good decision as they considered merging all civilization’s nations into one was crucial for further expansion.

As of this change, the Copper Republic started rapidly expanding. It invested particularity in research and development of technologies. Many new where discovered, granting possibilities for the Copper Republic to expand even further. There was also focus on developing the military. Some kind of resistance against their rapid expansion was expected, so it would be handy to have a desant military force. No resistance has arisen though.

The third of May 3120, Anderson v’ Vall was elected for president. He still is currently Copper Republic’s president and this is not likely to change for a long time, as thanks to his decisions life on Mangalore has gotten much better. Many think that having a single leader that rules over the whole civilization is foolish and may create chaos. In this case, the Copper Republic’s president serves only a representative purpose. Vall however has a much higher impact on the decisions of the Republic due to his military experience and that the Republic can highly rely on him.

⚙ Planet ⚙

Mangalore is a planet 6.364km in radius and with about 9.79m/s² of gravitational acceleration. It has a toxic atmosphere, preventing invaders from… invading. The average temperature on Mangalore is 40°C (100.4°F), which gives the planet a hot climate.

It also has a natural satellite called Niver. It is a lifeless and barren wasteland. It has a atmosphere however, which is composed mainly out of sulphur. It is a very good source of a metal named Desh. Normally prehistoric plants die and they get burrowed. Then they decompose and get compressed, becoming coal. Desh is: “a light and flexible metal. Its surface is very reminiscent of coal.” It most probably was some kind of weird plant at some point.

This all leads to a conclusion that Niver was a archipelago thriving with plant life and other organisms, but then an unknown catastrophe struck, leaving the moon as the wasteland we all know today.

⚙ Inhabitants ⚙

Mangalorians are intelligent humanoid species that live in the Copper Republic. Their scale-like skin has a saturated orange-brown color. Their hair is mostly black or very dark brown, but also blond is far from uncommon. They are very resistant to gasses other species count as poisonous.

Clothing
Because of the hot climate on Mangalore, Mangalorians wear jackets, T-Shirts, jeans and sometimes shorts. They are also known for wearing masks all the time. This is because for two reasons. One: even native species that evolved on Mangalore are not fully immune to its toxic atmosphere; it is very easy for Mangalorians to get infected when not wearing a mask. Two: because of pollution that exists in large cities and settlements.

Settlements
Studies have shown over 75% land on Mangalore is a settlement. Large cities are very common. The largest ones are built in the Rocklands, more specifically- Rock Basins. They are large, flat areas surrounded by hills and mountains. This grants a natural protection for cities, as no known ground-based vechicle would be able to climb these formations. Cities that happen to not be situated in one of these basins use not only a thick but simple brick wall, but also Reaction Fields. Reaction Fields are large areas which upon activation emit extrimely high heats, which literally evaporates any object that happens to be on one of these.

Currency
The Copper Republic has its own currency.

⚙B (Gear Brand)- most common form of currency in the Copper Republic.
Estimated Value: 3 USD

⚙C (Gear Coin)- the second most common form of currency in the Copper Republic.
Estimated Value: 0,03 USD

Most physical money is slowly replaced by currency digitally stored in plastic cards.

⚙ Warfare ⚙

The Copper Republic is a pretty good militarily developed civilization. They utilize top-tech gear that can destroy practically anything. Probably their most favorite weapon are ICBM missiles. They picture them as a staple of their military. No other civilization in the Cluster has so well developed self-propelled munitions. They utilize professionally trained soldiers with advanced equipement. When a war starts all men and women that are between 27 and 48 years old are issued to join the military.

Equipement

One of the most notable Copper Republic’s military feats:

GI-C7 Combat Armour

A full set grants targetting components, simple night-vision and heat-vision, a backpack able to fit ammunition and other combat-essential items, and of course, protection. Many concider the armour to be unnecessary, as it limits the soldiers movement. This statement is false, yes, the armour has its own weight, espesially with a full backpack, but it affects the trooper so barely, that it is practically weightless. Good combat armour is made to be balanced between agility and protection.

Divisions and others
The Copper Republic has many different divisions and military agencies, but the most notable are:

Whiplash Division
The Whiplash Division has elite soldiers that wear dark, badass looking combat armour and utilize advanced equipement. They primarily use the Whiplash Attack tactic, which revolves around a fast and devastating attack. Every soldier has 4 years of specialized military training, and is older than 30.

The Borderlockers
Elite soldiers trained for the most secret operations. They can be used as infiltrators, negotiators, interrogators, inspectors and much more. These units are also used for protecting Copper Republic’s political leaders such as the president or the marshal, their families and homes. They know nearly all languages, including Cutternian, Batonian, Kreaggerian and many more. They are most often older than 30 and have an officer rank. They also wear these badass looking black capes and a GI-C7 helmet-non-combat cap combo.

⚙ Technology, Discoveries and Inventions ⚙

The Copper Republic was the first faction to mine asteroids for resources. They constructed vessels to capture asteroids and bring them to mining stations orbiting nearby asteroid belts.

Dyson Swarm
Plans to build a Dyson Swarm around Aquila Boreas, built out of small satellites that harvest infinite energy are in the works. Every developed civilization is going to receive a part of the Dyson Swarm for personal use. Confirmation for building the Swarm from other factions are still yet to come.

IHSVT
A another instance of advanced Mangalorian tech are their extremely efficient and compact FTL engines. Their full name is Interstellar Hyperlight Superplasma Vacuum Thrusters. They utilize a top-secret substance called superplasma acieved using Rotenite, which reaches otherworldly temperatures. It is theorised that these can melt spacetime itself. They are also very compact, can go as small as 75cm by 75cm in size. IHSVTs are used in nearly all Mangalorian vessels.

MagNet
MagNet is a complex network of satelites that orbit Mangalore. It is mainly used for commercial use, like television. But it also can be used for military operations. MagNet is able to find anything, and launch an ICBM at it. It also monitors the whole planet. MagNet is able to locate enemy bases, vehicles, armies, and even singular targets.

MagNet is also capable of self defence. Every single satelite is equipped with a Plasmatic Beam Cannon, which makes it able to destroy enemy ships that get to close (too close being over 1000km).

Terrance and Danny
Assisting MagNet are Terrance and Danny, two sentient AIs used to inspect messages sent through MagNet to other planets. Terrance is able to check if a message contains top-secret data that cannot be sent to other planets. This is made to prevent spies from sending important data to other civilizations. A problem arises if data is encoded, making Terrance ineffective. This is where Danny comes in. He is able to decode literally anything, no matter its complexity. After decoding he then sends the message back to Terrance, who checks the decoded message if any suspicious data is included. Both AIs act insanely quickly and are able to inspect millions if not billions of messages at a time. For more information check the Privacy and Defense section.

Mallitite
Copper Republic’s RnD has recently discovered a new liquid substance; Mallitite. It is extremely hazardous and corrosive. Injecting it into a living organism will result in it being instantly killed and literally melted. Even its gasses are extremely lethal. It was also discovered that Mallitite is extremely effective against Hive’s mutations. They simply evaporate in contact with Mallitie, making it a very useful weapon against the Hive. Its major downside of Mallitite is its complex production and high cost.

Standard Time Counting System
Standard Years where invented by the Copper Republic and are used all over the Cluster. One standard year is exactly 365 days. Today is SY (Standard Year) 3121.

⚙ Wardenios ⚙

A giant, massive object was discovered orbiting around Luvunov (Vela Alcyoneus’s main star) around the habitable zone. At closer glance it seemed like a large gas giant, with multiple moons orbiting around them. The gas giant was named Wardenios and has 24 different moons, five of them able to support life. Wardenios officially Copper Republic’s property. The Copper Republic claims the ownership of Wardenios and all of its moons. The Copper Republic heavily co-operates with Wardenios’s inhabitants and will protect them. Any attempt of taking over the celestial body or its moons will result in a war.

List of Wardenios and its moons:

Wardenios
A large, blue-brown gas giant. Its atmosphere is made out of around 40% hydrogen, 20% oxygen, 10% nitrogen, 10% chlorine and 18% Xenon Gas. The rest 2% are many other gasses. As a fact, a human is technically able to breathe on it, excluding the enormous atmospheric pressure and powerful winds, and of course the hydrogen that may catch on fire.

Studies have shown that the gas giant has… an ocean, and in fact, a surface. After passing the extremely dense clouds, you can see a giant body of liquid covering the entire planet, with massive floating island-like boulders (these do not count as a surface). The composition of the ocean is unknown, nor the composition of the surface. Scans report that the ocean may be made out of ammonia-rich liquid water, and the underwater surface may be rich in substances like uranium, gold, platinum and titanium.

List of the main moons of Wardenios:

Alpha
It is Wardenio’s largest moon. It is also in fact habitable. It has a surface covered in dense foliage, and it also has large seas. Its temperature ranges from 29°C (84.2°F) to 36°C (96.8°F). Its mass is 98% of Mangalore’s mass.

Alpha is home to the Alphalians, offensively called Peamen. They are humanoid, they have light-green skin and elf-like ears, making them similar to stereotypical goblins. They are vegetarian, that means they only eat vegetables, fruits and plants. Due to their chloroplast-rich skin, they are also capable of photosynthesis, although it is not enough to keep them sustained. Alphalians have early space age technology, making them able to fly to all Wardenios’s moons, which they in fact did.

Beta
Wardenio’s second largest moon. Its whole surface is covered in a giant body of water. The largest land masses on Beta are only 2km x 2km. They are also very rare. Average temperature: 31°C (87.8°F).

Home to the Betalians. They are humanoid mammals that adapted to breathe in water and on land. They have an aerodynamic head and flipper-like feet, making them able to quickly swim in water. They are able to build large oil rig-like structures, and they can construct houses, fabrics, military bases and other buildings on them.

Gamma
Fourth largest moon of Wardenios. It is a rocky and volcanic wasteland; ironically actual intelligent life was able to appear on it. Average temperature: 48°C (118.4°F). Its surface is composed not only of ash, but also iron, coal, platinum and plutonium.

Home to the Gammalians. They are humanoid beetles that wear power armor. As bizarre is it is, they are a pretty advanced race, being able to produce the strongest and most advanced of weaponry.

Delta
A geostationary moon, which means that always only one side of the moon is facing Wardenios (similarily to Terra and Luna). It is a swampy moon with lots of meadows and wetlands.

Deltalians live on it. The Copper Republic is yet to establish any positive contact with the Deltalians. All attempts of landing on Delta were terminated by supposedly GtA (Ground to Air) missiles and all ships sent by the Copper Republic had to evacuate. The munitions didn’t react to any aerial infrared countermeasures, which means the missiles work on a different principal when it comes to targeting enemies. One ship with two pilots and one security guard was shot down, and all connection with it was lost. The ship has yet to be recovered and its crew was probably killed by Deltalians. Because of this we still can’t identify what they are.

Omega
The third largest moon of Wardenios. It has no atmosphere and has a red, rocky surface. So that means it cannot support life, right? False. Probes sent to Omega have successfully discovered that there are colossal underground cave systems with oxygen and nitrogen, which means they are probably habitable, though it is unknown if it has any intelligent life. The red tint of the planet’s surface is the result of high amounts of rusty iron that the surface is composed of.

List of unhabitable moons of Wardenios:

Epsilon
-A moon with multiple lava pools and lava seas, no atmosphere. Mainly composed out of basalt, granite and aluminium.
Zeta
-Icy and cold. Has a ring made out of ice cubes. No atmosphere. It is a great source of ice and water.
Eta
-Refered to as a giant lump of titanium and tin.
Theta
-A rocky and crater-full planet. Mainly composed out of copper.
Iota
-A pretty large moon with a thin atmosphere made out of sulphur. It has tonnes of Ion and Tritium.
Kappa
-A large ball of uranium. Has a dense atmosphere made out of hydrogen, about 135km high.
Lambda
-One explorer made a joke that this remote rock is the exact definition of “nowhere”.
Mu
-Just Mu. It is questioned wheter or not it is an actual moon, or is it just a large asteroid. Has two even smaller celestial bodies orbiting around it, being Nu and Xi.
Nu
-Orbits around Mu. Made out of coal and diamonds.
Xi
-A very wierd and unknown moon, it is boiling hot and is extremely radioactive. It is advised to orbit it at a minimal of 10km above its surface, or even not orbit it at all, as sometimes it may spit out large volumes of magma at a range of 20km.
Omicron
-Has a corrosive suface. Has many ponds of acid.
Pi
-Nothing special, an asteroid.
Rho
-Also nothing special, an asteroid.
Sigma
-Asteroid.
Tau
-Asteroid.
Upsilon
-Large asteroid.
Phi
-Almost a moon, but still an asteroid.
Chi
-A very large asteroid, has an extremely thin atmosphere made out of oxygen.
Psi
-Orbits around Chi, an asteroid.

⚙ Laws ⚙

All Copper Republic’s inhabitants must obey the laws below. They are treated very seriously by the government and if they are not obeyed, the criminals will be sentenced to jail or sometimes even worse.

Basic Laws: no stealing, no murdering, no sexual relations with minors nor animals, no incest. Punishment won’t be executed if killing someone was an act of self-defense. No sexual relations with external species.

Artificial lifeforms are not allowed to enter the Copper Republic, unless escorted by soldiers. Exceptions to this rule can be given to factions that have very good relations with the Copper Republic.

All civilians are allowed to enter the military, with the requirement being 5 years of professional training. If one has a high enough rank, one can choose a specialization they are willing to have, such as pyrotechnics.

All civilians have to attend to a school to get a certificate if they want to use a gun. One cannot have mental issues or hostile behavior to allow usage of a firearm. There are set rules for what weapons civilians can carry. The caliber cannot be higher than 9mm and cannot be automatic.

An industry can be created only with the permission of the military. All actions taken by an industry have to be allowed by the military before they are executed. Outsiders from other planets are not allowed to create an industry. If one is found it will be quickly taken down, resulting the owner being closed in jail.

⚙ Privacy and Defense ⚙

There are many threats in the Cluster, and the Copper Republic knows that. To avoid potential invaders or spies, the planet is in permanent lockdown. Civilians are able to leave and enter the planet only with permission from the military. MagNet greatly helps with that. If it detects an object that managed to escape the atmosphere of Mangalore, it will fire a Ground-to-Orbit missile at it that is nearly unavoidable.

The same goes for entering the Copper Republic. MagNet is also able to detect objects that enter Mangalore’s SoI (Sphere of Influence). If the object does not have permission to enter Mangalore, a Ground-to-Orbit missile will be launched at it, most likely destroying it.

All connections and messages that come from Mangalore are monitored by Terrance, an extremely complex, advanced and sentient AI that analyzes all the data sent. If it identifies top-secret information, it will know exactly when, where and by who it was sent. The military will be instantly informed of this, and will send CRIC (Copper Republic Investigation of Crime) units at the location. No matter the importance of the information the sender will be closed in jail for a very long time, sometimes permanently. If the crime is severe enough the sender will even be sentenced to death and executed. What about sending data not directly through MagNet, but personal satellites? That won’t work either, as MagNet captures all signals sent from Mangalore, they don’t have to be sent directly.

If a spy if found however, before any act of violence or judgement, the spy will be offered to act as a double agent, sending fake data to the civilization they work for. This makes the Copper Republic able to manipulate the enemy in many ways. The Copper Republic will identify the civilization the spy worked for through interrogation and if fails, in other means. The spies’ civilization will have a war declared against them.

Copper Republic’s government tries its best to make the Copper Republic a free nation, however the Cluster does not accept this kind of kind of civilization and special actions have to be taken to ensure safety for the Copper Republic.

⚙ Relations ⚙

The Copper Republic currently stays pretty neutral with other factions. None sees interest in fighting a extrimely powerful civilization able to launch ICBM missiles from anywhere at any time.

• Cutternians: negative
• Baton Empire: negative
• The Hive: because of Mangalore`s toxic atmosphere, The Hive can`t develop well.
• Metal Army: neutral
• Architect Legions: their presence on Mangalore is so minimal it is concidered non-existant.
• Artificial Union: conflict
• The Frost Army: neutral
• Sentinel Reigment: signed a non-aggression pact.
• Kreaggeria: neutral
• Purifier Inquisition: neutral
• Dark Legion: neutral
• Metal Legion: neutral
• Laser Army: neutral
• Bricktenian Revolution: neutral
• Gleem Military: neutral
• Heric Legion: neutral
• Tratan Empire: neutral
• Regenesian Army: neutral
• The Elite Race: neutral

Statuses (best to worse from top to bottom)

Allies: they had signed some sort of pact or document that makes two or more factions unite to co-operate with eachother.

Non-Agression: signed a document about not declaring war nor attacking eachother or sabotaging. This pact may be broken by the other faction, gaining a bad reputation amongst the Copper Republic, which automatically gives them the negative status.

Positive: altrough both didn’t sign a non-agession document nor didn’t form an alliance, they have good relations with eachother.

Neutral: these factions didn’t have anything to do with the Copper Republic. All new factions will get the neutral status.

Negative: this status is given to factions that had participated in a conflict against the Copper Republic. These are blocked from entering Mangalore’s SoI and inter-civilizational trades.

Wary: factions that are suspect of actions that are against the Copper Republic have this status given to them. They are also blocked from entering Mangalore’s SoI and if they do, will be attacked without warning.

Conflict: when a faction actively participates in a conflict against the Copper Republic, they aquire this status. They are unallowed to be nearby Copper Republic’s territories. The Republic may carry an offence against the faction.

⚙ Major Industries ⚙

The major companies, agencies and other industries in the Copper Republic are:

AVAR Corporation
Year of creation: SY 3108
Simply called AVAR, it is the largest company, they produce nearly all appliances used by the Copper Republic. It was founded in standard year 3108 by Josh v’ Cannel.

Gunpowder Inc.
Year of creation: SY 3103
Produces all firearms used by the Copper Republic, and not only. It is known for pioneering in many firearm designing technologies.

Magnodyne
Year of creation: SY 3118
A private space agency that is responsible for creating MagNet, which was later bought by CRISP.

CRISP
Year of creation: SY 3108
CRISP means Copper Republic Interstellar Space Program. This company is owned by the Copper Republic itself and is used for doing anything space related.

CRIC
Year of creation: SY 3108
(Copper Republic Investigation of Crime) is an agency used by the Copper Republic to enforce law and deal with criminals that are on a much larger level, being too dangerous for regular police. This includes mafias, criminal industries and criminals like spies that originate from other civilizations.

⚙ Known Names ⚙

Here are the most notable people that live in the Copper Republic.

Anderson v’ Vall
Age: 39 SY
Year of Birth: 3082 SY

Born in a small town Torlin, he is Copper Republic’s president. He does not serve only a representative purpose, but due to his military skill and knowledge he is able to have influence and control over factors that most other presidents cannot have. He is highly respected among the Cluster and is an instance of a competent and good leader.

Martin v’ Claystone
Age: 55 SY
Year of Birth: 3066 SY

Born in Copper Republic’s capital Bar. He is Copper Republic’s marshal, which commands the military and the space navy. He is extrimely skilled in warfare and tactics, similarily to Charles Bauer or Tezal Satin. He has a quite controversial opinion about Copper Republic’s current politics. In his opinion the Copper Republic does not fit well in this kind of place, which is the Cluster. A free nation like this just isn’t able to sustain itself and survive for a longer period. He thinks a great example of a great formula for a civilization are the Cutternians, their government being a stratocracy. The best idea would be a major reform of the Copper Republic, converting it into a stratocracy.

⚙ Colonies ⚙

Paragon Lund
The colony is found somewhere on Inia, its specific location is unavaiable. It acts like a depot for transport vessels and military use. The land is 10km * 10km, and was purchased for 7.000.000 platinum coins (10.500.000 USD) from the Baton Empire.

Vela Alcyoneus
A colony was estabilished on a giant space station (even larger than Black Sail). It orbits around Wardenios, a large gas giant.

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• Impact Cannon (deals near to no damage but has very high knockback),
• Implosion Cannon (instead of the projectile pushing the target away, it will drag it to itself),
• More blaster weapons,
• Ion Thruster,
• Minimissile (a missile as big as a firework that explodes with the force of a grenade).