Dostoyevsky
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Dostoyevsky
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History
Grand Plans Shelved
When Russia claimed the planet that would become New Ukraine by moving the Alexander Nevsky to the Chimera System in 2149, it by default claimed the planet's two moons. Tolstoy was initially thought to be rich in useful mineral deposits, and it seemed useful to have bases in-system from which to conduct terraforming, so construction of two Kursk-class factory ships commenced in the Mars shipyards in 2150.
The short run of Kursk-class ships were designed to achieve planetfall and be rebuilt as factories for the construction of habitats on planetary bodies deemed unsuitable for terraforming. Consisted of a factory module and a crew module, the crew module woudl detach and guide the factory to the moon's surface via radio control. A series of setbacks in the construction of the complex factory segments of the ships, combined with the urgent need for ships for the First Extrasolar Fleet meant that substantial delays were felt by the program, with the ship bound for Dostoyevsky being shelved until after the Battle of New Ukraine in 2152 had won the planet for the USSR. With a base built on Tolstoy, the Russian fleet saw no reason to continue the Kursk program.
The Dostoyevsky Committee
However, in 2193 the USSR was approached by a conglomerate of independently wealthy citizens from several terrestrial nations wanting to separate themselves from the poisonous political environment on Earth. Calling themselves the "Dostoyevsky COmmmitteeTalks with the USSR resulted in a contract that that meant that if they agreed to fully fund the final stages of the Dostoyevsky Kursk ship,they could take posession of the moon. Provided they operated no military spacecraft and the government remained friendly to the USSR (read: remained socialist), they coudl count on inviolability guaranteed by the Russian First Extrasolar Fleet. The Dostoyevsky Comittee agreed and by 2210 the first payments were made toward the ship's completion. In its orbital drydock where it had been mothballed in 2149, it was christened the Fyodor.
However, the Russian shipbuilding program that was still feeding their extrasolar forces meant that the mars shipyards, where the Fyodor woudl be completed, coudl still not continue. It was not until the late 2210s, when the program wound down and the gargantuan fleet was large enough to be split into two smaller fleets, that construction of the Fyodor could recommence. It ledt Mars orbit in 2119 for its first sub-Krasnikov test flights, and the Committee began negotiations for a civilian jump to Chimera.
Politics
Predominantly a liberal socialist model with a ruling board of 13people (officially called The Circle, it is also called The Coven by it's critics) picked from the various industry academic sectors that must face re-election every 5 years.
The Circle's Elected Positions:
Speaker of The Circle Chief Magistrate Chief Surgeon Chief Economic Officer Chief Agriculture Officer Chief Industrial Officer Chief Information Officer Chief Education Officer
Geography
Military
There is a general militia and 2 years military service is mandatory for everyone (unless physically exempted by the Chief Surgeon of the Circle).
The Circle has it's own law enforcement organisation headed by the Chief Magistrate of the Circle. The Magistrates are a combination of police and lawyer. Empowered to enforce the law, they also oversee the justice process through to acquittal/punishment.
Economy
Demographics
Culture
Due to it's location and it's neutral status with regards to the major powers, Dostoyevsky has has become the popular place for the various powers' espionnage experts to gather to trade information.
The culture is largely forgiving of anything not directly ruled against in the charter which serves as both constitution and code of laws. This is not to say that it is a lawless or easy going planet.
