Ragnarök Union
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| Ragnarök Union | |
|---|---|
| State Profile | |
| Founding Year | July 3084[1] |
| Controlled system(s): | 3[2] |
| Government | |
| Head of State | Jarl[3] |
| Military | |
The Ragnarök Union is a small state in the Barrens region of the Periphery.
History[edit]
The retreat of the Clans from the Barrens region posed an existential threat to the marginal worlds that would form the Ragnarök Union. Fortunately, old ties from the era where the Union's three worlds, Götterdämmerung, Botany Bay and Last Chance had been part of the Greater Valkyrate came to the rescue. A wily concierge who'd managed to maintain her position since before the clan invasion, Hu Xiao Lin, formed a union of the three worlds in order to pool resources and achieve subsistence.[2] The Union was considered a Falcon client state.[3]
In 3136 the Union, now ruled by Jarl Hu Dong, had most of it's military harvested by Khan Malvina Hazen in order to replace the losses the Falcons had suffered during their Rending. The Union was rendered almost defenseless and began suffering frequent raids by bandits hailing from Von Strang's World and the Chainelane Isles. After the Falcon Occupation Zone collapsed into the Hinterlands House Hu dispatched representatives to various mercenary hiring halls, desperately seeking new defenders.[3]
Military[edit]
By 3095 the Union was operating a Cluster of tanks received from Clan Jade Falcon and a sizable infantry militia. However, negotiations for access to the Falcon's military academy on Somerset had yet to bear fruit. Hiring mercenaries to make up for their underdeveloped military was difficult for the Union due to the proximity to several Clans who were unlikely to respond favorably. The Union's main defensive asset was the harshness of their worlds, which forced them to live in dense, easily fortified urban settlements.[2]
Economy[edit]
The Union's worlds are cold and generally considered marginal colonies, but Clan technologies have allowed them to exploit resources deep beneath their icy surfaces. The Union depends on trade links with Lackhove and Erewhon to source the advanced technologies it requires. While these worlds were under the control of the Jade Falcons, this leverage allowed them to treat the Union as a colony without having to pay the price of occupying it.[2]