Vi'Ix
| Super Fortress Vi'Ix Vi'Ix | |||
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| Motto: Reach for the stars | |||
| Anthem: Space Oddity | |||
| 250px|Location of Vi'Ix|frameless | |||
| Map versions | N/A | ||
| Capital | Kawada | ||
| Largest city | Star City | ||
| Official language(s) | English | ||
| Official religion(s) | Atheist | ||
| Demonym | Viixian | ||
| - Adjective | Viixian | ||
| Government | Oligarchy | ||
| - Commander | Hiroshi Tong | ||
| - Commander | None | ||
| - Legislature | Council | ||
| Establishment | 2751 ASC | ||
| Area | 58 mi² | ||
| Population | 2 million | ||
| Active population | 1 | ||
| Currency | Cy | ||
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| Mains electricity | |||
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| National website | None | ||
| National forum | Forum | ||
| National animal | Space Dragon | ||
| National food | Ice Cream | ||
| National drink | Asteroid Pop | ||
| National tree | Starflower | ||
| Abbreviation | VIX | ||
Vi'Ix, officially the Free State of Vi'Ix, and Super Fortress Vi'Ix, is an independent self-sustained space station orbiting Micras.
Etymology
The name Vi'Ix stems from the numeric designation of 69, which was the original name for the space mission when it was first constructed. Built by Universal Aerospace (as of 2019 Natopia) the station was the sixty-ninth mission to be launched by their space program. It became the only successful station to be launched and ultimately the last. The number however stuck and was picked up by the crew. Residents of the station still sometimes refer to themselves as "Sixtyniners".
History
Vi'Ix was founded in 2751 ASC (Feb 16, 2007) when it officially achieved orbit around Micras. The space station's first module, now the heart of the Core, was built and launched by Universal Aerospace, the space program operated by the Technocracy of Universalis. The Universal space program was one of the most ambitious and earliest programs developed on Micras. The small technocracy had always been dedicated to the advancement of science and space exploration was no exception. The first components were launched from the spaceport of Tiberion in 2746, located in what is now the Skerry Isles. Mission 69 was the sixty-ninth operation undertaken by the space agency, with Colonel Taki Kawada given command of the station. By 2751 the station was operational with a small permanent crew of 24; the establishment of a permanent crew marks the official founding date of Vi'Ix. Over the next several years more modules and components were added to the station and the crew grew to around a hundred individuals. By 2800 Universalis began to collapse and be absorbed by Natopia. Then by 2850 the station was negotiating its own treaties with the Natopian Space Agency, having grown by leaps and bounds.
But political catastrophes on Micras put space exploration on hold by the turn of the millennium. As the year 3000 rolled around, communications between Vi'Ix and Micras had stopped completely. Fearing the worst and seeking to ensure its own safety, the station maintained a strict rule of no communication with the planet. Instead they began to develop small space tugs that could harvest resources from Micras' moon of Tarsica and from the asteroid field.
Government and politics
As a space station established by military and scientific personnel, Vi'Ix operates as an oligarchy under the direction of dual monarchs, even though they do not designate themselves as such. This balance between science and military came about as the station was left to its own devices following the collapse of Universalis' space program. In order to appease both the military and scientific personnel, the commanders of each section agreed to a power-sharing government.
Foreign relations and military
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Culture
Economy
Vi'Ix uses a digital credit system that is completely electronic. Currency is known as Cy (short for cyber) and is stored in a central database maintained by the state. Each individual citizen is assigned a state-issued credit card that is coded to that specific person and that person alone. When a transaction is made, two cards can be connected (linked) together to transfer funds from one account to the other. The user has the option to select credit, wherein credit is issued from the holder's lender, or debit, which draws directly from their cash account. Electronic credit fraud and identity theft present the biggest challenges to use of the cy.
