Interstellar Alliance

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The Interstellar Alliance (ISA for short) sometimes its simply called the Consortium by its people. This organisation was formed in late 2261 by the Centauri, Narn, Minbari, and League governments. The Earth Alliance joined as a charter member shortly after the Earth Civil War.

The ISA would take all of the known galaxy well into the future.

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[edit] History

The ISA was formed as a political and economic alliance but not a military alliance formed in late 2261 following the fall of Earth during the first Earth Civil War. This was a joint venture proposed by the Centauri and the Narn and endorsed by the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, placing Sheridan and Delenn as the leaders of the ISA. As a condition of admittance into the ISA, Earth was forced to grant Mars independence.

The military neutrality of the ISA was challenged in mid-2262 when Alliance shipping lanes fell under attack. The ISA was forced to deploy the rangers commanding White Stars as a military force to defend members, and resulted in the ISA-Centauri war.

The headquarters of the Alliance was located on Babylon 5 in 2262, before it was permanently moved to the city of Tuzenor on the Minbari homeworld.

In 2362, the Alliance was still firmly in control, though many scholars have questions as to how much Sheridan and Delenn truly shaped the ISA. Several panelists on a news program that posed these questions were shocked to see an aged Delenn appear to interrupt the program to defend her husband.

By 2762 the universe had changed: the ISA was fracturing at it's source. Daniel attempted to use holograms of John Sheridan, Michael Garibaldi, Franklin, and Delenn to forcibly lend credence to his side's isolationist policy. The holograms were a credible simulcum of their now-deceased counterparts, but Daniel reprogrammed each one to generate propaganda to distort their pasts by depicting them in acts that any of the actual members of the Army of Light would have found despicable. But Daniel had made the holograms too real. The Garibaldi construct thought and behaved much like the genuine article. The construct hacked the computer, letting the opposing side know of his plans. Fighting broke out.

The result was a devastated and scorched Earth following the Earth Civil War of 2762. Civilization crashed and slowly reformed, with its inhabitants reliving (at one point) a medieval society. The Rangers lived amongst their Earth brothers, discreetly reteaching and guiding humanity back to modern technology. By 3262 this process was still underway (The Deconstruction of Falling Stars).

[edit] Government

  • Executive
    • President
    • Cabinet (Vice President, Ranger One, Director of Covert Intelligence, etc.)
  • Advisory Board
  • Member Representatives
    • Consisting of ambassadors from all other races.

[edit] Members

[edit] Conditions of Membership

  • The rights of colony worlds must be respected. As such, if the majority of a colony's population wishes for independence they must be freed.
  • All governments joining the ISA must sign the Declaration of Principles before full membership is granted.

[edit] Agencies & Departments

ISA Advisory Board - A board of the founding member races of the ISA.

Rangers - The Anla'shok are the de facto "police force" of the ISA.

Office of Covert Intelligence - OCI is responsible for collecting information and intelligence from the member races of the ISA and the Anla'shok.

ISA Space Fleet - The fleet of the ISA is relatively small, roughly about 5,000 vessels, making it far too small to be considered a true military. Some notable ships are:

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