THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

5. Hyperial
4.2. Tell me a little bit more about Canis9502.
Canis9502 is the most recent of additions to our galaxy, discovered in the year
102. You can read about the discovery here (provide link to
http://www.jossh.com/jgeng/ArticleReader?p=sector/archive&n=canis_followup1.
html). In Canis9502, there is wreckage of what is believed to be another
Amananth station.
5.1. Where are the Hyperials? Why don´t we ever sees them? Are they part
of the TRI?
After the Hyperial war with the Quantar, the Hyperials retreated from space.
Although shuttle runs do occur between their home planet and their base.
Hyperials stick to their tradition. Hyperial is wary of the influence of TRI on their
society, therefore there are no "native" Hyperial pilots in TRI. Hyperials who work
on the station are friendly enough, if you pay them. The rumors of Hyperial
trafficking in Quantar body parts has yet to be proven.
5.2. How long ago was the "faith wars" with Hyperial? If Hyperial does not
have jump capable pilots, how did they fight?
The war took place approximately 15 of our years ago. At the time, the Hyperials
had a number of pilots. It was not until after the war that they retreated to their
own home space.
5.3. Were there 1 or 2 GVB Wars?
There were two. The first war was fought before the Great Collapse but has
retained powerful historical meaning. The second GVB War was fought after the
establishment of TRI and ended with the humbling of Hyperial and the
destruction of its fleet. The first war can be thought of like the Crusades of
Europe against Islam, the second war is like the Gulf War of 1990.
5.4. What kind of government does Hyperial have? Who is in charge?
The year after the end of the first "faith war", Hyperial adopted a democratic
constitution. The present constitution dates from the end of the second GVB
wars, the Federal Republic of Hyperial being formally established six months
later. The country is a parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature.
Executive authority lies with the Federal Government, led by the Federal
President (at present, Dr. Kelvin Rauder). Each of the states has its own
legislature with power to pass laws on all matters not expressly reserved for the
competence of the Federal Government. However, the power of local
government executives, who are selected by higher officials, and the narrow
parameters of action set by the central government strictly circumscribe the
effectiveness of citizen participation. Local governments have little independence
in initiating policies; as a rule, local policy is derived from authorizing legislation
or a ministerial order at the national level.
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