Interregnum

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Adulthood tests in the First Empire (and some subsequent societies) are neurological tests that determined the brain's ability to deal with adult issues & concepts - consequences for actions, mortality, the general constellation that falls under the heading of "maturity." The tests are age-independent. In many cases, especially among the Idara, chronological children received drugs and training to prepare them for their adulthood early.

After passing adulthood tests, newly-recognized adults could be fitted for neurological interfaces that enabled add-ons for enhanced memory, mental organization, etc.

Welcome to the Imperial Adulthood Qualifying Exams. These tests will determine your brain’s physical ability to deal with the constellation of adult concepts and issues that fall under the general heading of “maturity.” The tests will examine the electrical and chemical activity of your brain under certain conditions.

As the tests proceed, you will be presented with various virtreal scenarios so that the responses of your brain and nervous system can be determined. It is common to experience emotional and physiological changes during these scenarios. Do not be alarmed.
For your own safety and for testing accuracy, your body will be naturally immobilized during the tests. This is accomplished by the use of neural inhibitors that cause a temporary loss of muscle tone. This exact process occurs naturally whenever you are asleep and dreaming, and is called sleep paralysis. There is no cause for alarm. If you find that you cannot move at the end of a test session, just relax and the sensation will pass momentarily. An attendant is available and ready to assist you.

The tests usually take 3-5 hours. When your tests are complete, your results will be scored independently by at least three separate clusters of AIs. Results are usually available within 30 minutes.

Once you pass your adulthood tests, you will immediately be qualified for adult privileges and responsibilities in our society, including (but not limited to) rights to:

• Vote in all elections
• Sign and be party to legal contracts (including marriage)
• Make legal and medical decisions for yourself
• Participate in the workforce
• Apply for license to procreate and raise children
• Serve in the Imperial Navy or Marines
• Participate in maturity-restricted activities and access maturity-restricted content
• Possess and use maturity-restricted mind-altering substances
• Fully participate in the legal system
• Qualify for licenses to operate maturity-restricted equipment (including piloting)
• Further privileges and responsibilities are listed in the appendix.

You may also receive a “qualified pass,” which will allow you some but not all of the rights and responsibilities of adulthood. In that case, your status will be fully explained to you by a qualified advisor.

Do not be discouraged if your score is “fail” or “qualified pass.” Your have the right to re-take your tests after a period of 100 days. Subsequently, you have the right to re-take the tests every 100 days, up to three times in each calendar year.

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

A street in the city Dnast on Ermina.

A street in the city Dnast on Ermina.

A street in the city Dnast on Ermina.

A seaside street in the city Dnast on Ermina.

A street in the city Dnast on Ermina.

A famous hill on Ermina.

A street in the city Dnast on Ermina.