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- Orion–Cygnus Alliance
- Interstellar Federal Union of States
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That depends on how much power you want with the central government. If you want an affiliation of planetary governments but whose power is retained primarily within the several worlds, then a confederation could work. I've had a similar idea where the central government has delegated very strict and specific powers, with the rest falling to member worlds to police and resolve.Used in Star Trek Online.
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Reading over the Wikipedia definition of "Confederation", I don't think names with that word are a good choice unless we're deliberately trying to synchronize with Renegades. Wikipedia describes confederations as a relatively weak form of government compared to federal governments.
- Orion–Cygnus Alliance
- Interstellar Federal Union of States
Regardless, I like the first one, as it orients around specific planetary bodies. I would consider finding something that the member worlds have in common and use that for the namesake of the alliance, league, union, republic, etc.
Gorn Confederation
The United Planets Federation!
The United Worlds Federation
The United Federation of Worlds
Instead of the word Federation you could use: Alliance, Coalition, Confederacy, Partnership, or Association
The United Worlds Federation
The United Federation of Worlds
Instead of the word Federation you could use: Alliance, Coalition, Confederacy, Partnership, or Association
I've added those last two to my spreadsheet containing different two-word name combinations. The column headers are now the following:
- Alliance
- Amalgamation
- Association
- Coalition
- Commonwealth
- Confederation
- Consortium
- League
- Partnership
- Republic
- Union
- Astral
- Celestial
- Cosmic / Intercosmic
- Galactic
Intergalactic(which I don't want to use, see earlier in the thread)- Planetary / Interplanetary
- Sidereal / Intersidereal
- Space
- Star
- Stellar / Interstellar
- Systems
- Intersidereal Association
- Intersidereal Consortium
- Intersidereal Partnership
- Sidereal Consortium
- Sidereal Partnership
Federalism already restricts the central government to specific powers. The distinction is that in a confederation, most of the power is in the hands of the member states. Also, there basically isn't a modern confederation with a strong, centrally controlled military (like what you see with Starfleet). A "Confederation" could basically function as a federal government for story purposes, though, depending on what rights the central authority reserves for itself.
So, I'm not automatically against the word "confederation", especially since Renegades is already using it. I just find the term mildly problematic.
That would make more sense for an NGO or corporation. Not sure I can think of a real world instance for a , save perhaps the United Soviet Socialist Republics. For instance, the European Union isn't named that way. That said, it does provide more naming flexibility. For something like the Federation, what would that common principle be that is so specific we could incorporate it into a name?
It doesn't just have to be a common principle but a common place or geography, the place were they signed a treaty, or first encountered each other, etc.
For instance, the Spartan led alliance in the Greek City States was called the "Peloponnesian League" and a later alliance was the "Arcadian League" based upon local geography. Which, interestingly enough, goes back to one of the proposals of "Orion-Cygnus Alliance" which would be based upon local geography of the galaxy.
Let me throw another wrinkle into the mix: Ship prefixes!
Renegade is using CSS, no doubt standing for "Confederation Star Ship". So Galactic Alliance Starship would be...um... Anyway, here are some others:
- Galactic Coalition Starship (GCS)
- Interstellar Coalition Starship (ICS)
- Alliance of Worlds Starship (AWS)
To be blunt, you don't need to use the "It's "Confederation Star Ship" so it's CSS" prefix at all. Just use whatever prefix you want, and come up with something in-universe to you to justify it.
The "largely powerless central organizing body of a affiliation of completely sovereign powers.
Or the "LPCOBACSP."
So your new nation/state could be called the Pluto Republic, even through Pluto has little more than a a research outpost on it's surface, and the seat of government is located elsewhere
Or the "LPCOBACSP."
Like the Camp David Accords, which had nothing to do with the region around Camp David.
So your new nation/state could be called the Pluto Republic, even through Pluto has little more than a a research outpost on it's surface, and the seat of government is located elsewhere
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Star Concordance
Remember that in real world examples, the ship prefix doesn't neccessarily have the nation name in it, eg UK = HMS Ark Royal.
Stumbled upon this and thought of this thread
Alliance Interceptor Vessel (AIV)
Galactic Alliance Patrol (GAP)
Alliance Cruiser Fusion Core (ACFC)
Galactic Alliance-Mars Division (GA-MD)
You don't always need spaceship in the title. The nomenclature can be based upon ship class or function, unit affiliation or a shorthand military term.
Alliance Interceptor Vessel (AIV)
Galactic Alliance Patrol (GAP)
Alliance Cruiser Fusion Core (ACFC)
Galactic Alliance-Mars Division (GA-MD)
Probably need to know what to call your military, then. That's a topic for another post, though.
"Mind the GAP! We don't want to fall into the GAP in the middle of our smuggling operation."
Well, "need" was a bit of hyperbole. It would be more accurate to say that knowing the name of your military gives you more options when creating a ship prefix.
I think it was called the USS Concordance, but I can't find my copy of the Starfleet Technical Manual at the moment to confirm.
