Magistracy of Canopus

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Magistracy of Canopus
Crest of the Magistracy of Canopus
Faction Profile
Time period:	2530 - present
Classification:	Periphery State
Controlled systems:	42
Capital world:	Canopus IV
Ruler title:	Magestrix
Military:	Magistracy Armed Forces
Secret Service:	Magistracy Intelligence Ministry

The Magistracy of Canopus is an interstellar nation located in the Periphery. The Magistracy is a matriarchal society led by a Magestrix of the Centrella family. The capital is in the city of Crimson on Canopus.

History

Military

The Magistracy Armed Forces (MAF) are designed mostly around the idea of maneuvering to defeat an enemy. Considered light but swift, they make up for their lack of individual firepower by training to act as cohesive units.

The Magistracy Naval Reserve

The Magistracy Naval Reserve is based around the Magestrix destroyer, missile-armed Leopards, fighter-carrying Unions, and the small Sabre AeroSpace Fighter. The massive Thunderbird OmniFighters are used to pin and destroy enemy ships while the Sabres harass the enemy flanks.

The Magistracy Land Forces

The ground forces are composed mostly of medium BattleMechs, primarily the swift Shadow Hawk OmniMech, supported by the equally swift Rommel OmniTank. Lighter designs are primarily used for scouting of harassing, while the heavier Marauders are the hammers of the Magistracy military. The rare Marauder IIs in the Magistracy military, purchased from the Taurian Concordat, are only brought into action rarely, but have stopped more than one Marik or Liao raid in their tracks.

Major Military Formations

Economy

Since before the formation of the Star League, the Magistracy of Canopus has based itself primarily around two basic principles. The first was the refusal to submit to orders of the Inner Sphere, only violated by the Star League subjugation of the Periphery, and the second was the pursuit of pleasure. Inclusive of, but not limited to, the sexual fantasies that many think of when they hear the term pleasure, the Canopian pursuit of pleasure is more a pursuit of happiness, fun, and joy in all its forms, for a price. The higher the price, the higher the happiness gained.

Manufacturing Centers

The Magistracy suffers from the loss of many key industrial centers in the last two centuries. In particular, the ability to produce BattleMechs and 'Mech replacement parts is virtually nonexistent in the Magistracy. At present, only two BattleMech production facilities remain intact in Canopian space. Located on Canopus IV and Duncanshire, these two centers have a very low annual output (less than 60 machines per year), and produce mostly Locusts, Wasps and Stingers. The only medium-sized Battle- Mechs produced within the Magistracy are Shadow Hawks, but usually no more than ten per year. Production for armor, AeroSpace Fighters, and motorized vehicles run roughly 30 each per year.

Major Defense Industries^[1]

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Science

A byproduct of the pleasure circuses, the Canopian understanding of the human, and numerous semi-human genetically engineered species, was unmatched in most of the Human Sphere by that time. Only the Clans when they came boasted a greater understanding, thanks to their advanced science, but the Magistracy has happily incorporated Clan technology and knowledge into their medical establishment in the last half century, making it the recognized authority on all matters of medical treatment. The NAIS and other organizations continue to challenge them though, and this competition has forced all who wish to flourish in that field to continually experiment in new fields. The NAIS’s discovery of a cure for the Brisbane Virus, and Free Worlds League age-freezing techniques were blows to the Canopian establishment, but they have fired back with improvements on those and other medical advancements that have continued to improve the lot of humans in the Human Sphere.

Rulers

Name	Reign	Descent
Centrella Magestrix 2530 - 2584
Kossandra	2530 - ****
****	** - **	Daughter of Kossandra
Floral	**** - 2550	Granddaughter of Kossandra
Coranna	2550 - 2569
Crystalla	2569 - 2584
Rulers 2584 - 2604
General Ian Marik	2584 - 2588
Military Governor Melissa Humphreys	2588 - 2604
Centrella Magestrix 2604 - present
Rinalla	2604 - 2612	Daughter of Crystalla
Carla	2612 - 2654	Daughter of Rinalla
Celine	2654 - 2656	Daughter of Carla
Gorraine	2656 - 2680	Sister of Celine
Acting Magestrix Kim	2680 - 2683	Granddaughter of Gorraine
Kim	2683 - 2712
Jehan	2712 - 2738	Daughter of Kim
Acting Magestrix Vanura	2738 - ****	Daughter of Jehan
Vanura	**** - 2760
Janina	2760 - ****	Daughter of ****, Magestrix during the Amaris Crisis
****	** - **
Rwannah	** - **	Daughter of ****, Magestrix during the 1st Succession War
****	** - **
Michaela	** - **	Daughter of ****, Magestrix 2840
****	** - **
Tamara	**** - 3012
Kyalla	3012 - 3040	Daughter of Tamara
Emma	3040 - ****	Daughter of Kyalla
Naomi	3073 - ****	Daughter of Emma & Nicolas Ramilia, wife of Sun-Tzu Liao
Ilsa	** - **	Daughter of Naomi and Sun-Tzu Liao