Pre-Imperial

Idara (plural, Idara):

List of Idara

The word translates as “tribe,” “division,” or even “team.”

The Idara were originally a mix of geographical and administrative divisions in the Nexus hierarchy. The names of the Idara were derived from the codenames of first-generation administrators (i.e LA.Verne → LaVerne). By the second/third generations, Nexus members were usually sponsored by, or closely affiliated with, the existing Idara. (This affiliation, similar to adoption, was signified by adding the Idara name with the honorific “kwa” i.e. Tadj Kimmitt kwa Ellenndan.)

Originally, the individual Idara had georgraphical or administrative specialties, i.e. Schmidt in Finance, Chlad in international politics, or LaVerne in western Mexamerica. In time, these specialties faded as each Idara broadened its focus. By the late 2060s, as the Idara were becoming more aware of the need to broaden, promising cadets were sought after by particular Idara, and by the early 2100s there was even a system of recruitment and trading similar to present-day professional sports teams.

By the early 2100s, in most of Nexus space, the Idara functioned as de facto governments, usually under the Umoja model -- i.e. ordinary citizens would contract with a given Idara for services and such.

When interstellar colonization began, most Idara colonized planets that became their Seatworlds -- that is, administrative and cultural headquarters.

Titles

The honorific "Sayyid" was used indiscrimately for members of the Idara, i.e Sayyid Firstname Lastname, Sayyid Firstname, or Sayyid Lastname. A Provost or member of the Imperial Council could be referred to as Firstname Sayyid Lastname.

Inheritance of Names

The inheritance of Idara names was rather haphazard, but there were several principles that received at least lip service.

1. The last survivor of an Idara always passed on the Idara name
2. The heir to a territory or position passed on the Idara name, unless a survivor takes precedence
3. The ranking Idara name is passed on, unless an heir or survivor takes precedence
4. Idara names can be passed on to non-adopted Idara only by vote of the Imperial Council

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A clandestine worldwide peacekeeping organization. Primarily based in cyberspace, the Nexus was composed of volunteers from all levels of all societies. In the beginning, their operations were considered illegal, so it became customary for Nexus operatives to take on code names and conceal their identities. This custom persisted into future generations, even as the Nexus itself gained more popularity and public approval.

From its foundation in 2011 until the crisis of 2042, the Nexus was primarily an extra-governmental peacekeeping organization. Its most powerful weapon was the Interdict. The terms of Interdict, in theory, were unyielding: an offending nation could have no commerce or contact with the world community until they were ready to rejoin it. No trade, no tourists, no Net connections in or out. Only the press was allowed to enter. Only refugees were allowed to leave.

In this period, the Nexus did not decide when and where to impose the Interdict; instead, it acted when the United Nations passed a resolution against a particular nation or area -- and the Interdict stayed in effect until the United Nations was satisfied.

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As its symbol, the Nexus adopted Drake's Starburst: a diagram indicating the position of Earth (and the Solar System) relative to a number of bright pulsars. For the Nexus, the Starburst became a symbol of a united Earth (and, later, Mars), regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, or any of the other dividing factors that had almost doomed the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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By 2153, the Nexus was into its fifth and sixth generations. Many Nexus codenames had become hereditary Idara names, and the Nexus itself had the flavor of an informal aristocracy. The six Nexus Worlds formed the nucleus around which the First Terran Empire coalesced.

Between TE 50 and TE 100, consciousness of the Nexus as a separate entity faded, replaced by a consciousness of the Idara. The place of the Nexus as a progressive elite was taken up by the Freethinkers.

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