The Council

The Council is a collective of representatives from each of the member races that constitute the Council's body. It was formed by the Allied Races in the aftermath of the Great Galactic Conflict of 22 BCF. As of now, the current year being GS-376, the member races of the Council are as follows: The Aderyn, the Geos, the Hermaduri, the Ja'Mekk, the Mentalos, and the Tagasta. Candidate races currently appealing to be members of the Council are the Qi'Saan and the Viktari.

The Council has, in the years since its formation, become much more than a peacekeeping organisation, serving the sole purpose of ensuring space-faring races may engage in civil discussion rather than bloody conflict. Ever since the passing of the Powers Act in GS-247, the Council has grown to nearly replace the once-sovereign governments of the individual races. When once the member races had near complete autonomy, provided they did not take aggressive action against their fellow members of the Council, now nearly every decision regarding economic, martial, and social matters must be submitted to and processed by the Council, before it advises on the said matter - often being more of a command than a suggestion. Nevertheless, this has proved both beneficial and harmful in a variety of cases, though most skew the newfound rule of the Council as strictly authoritarian and overbearing.

The Council meets twice yearly, once at the beginning of each year, and once halfway through the year. Each meeting is held at the capital planet of the host race, which is decided by a set rotation, which goes Geos->Mentalos->Ja'Mekk->Tagasta->Aderyn. The first meeting of the Council was held on Imperos by His Eminence, Emperor Aaron I, and subsequent meetings have been held by leaders of member races on their respective homeworlds.

While official Council meetings are scheduled twice a year, emergency meetings may be called for when the need arises, like in the Awakening Crisis that arose as a result of the Qui'Tharr Incident. These, however, are rare.

On average, not much occurs during meetings of the Council. Delegates from their respective races come forward to report on the economic, military, and social status of their race, and put forward plans for the coming half year as drafted by their governments, which is usually ratified by the Council unless something is seriously off. On occasion, some delegate will report problems with pirates or propose a new trade route, which garners some more interest, but otherwise Council meetings are mere dull procedure.