[quote=Module SF-0 Crash on Volturnus] Colonizers: Unsettled; presently claimed by the government of Truane's Star, the explorers of the Zebulon star route. [/quote]<br />Interesting note: it says the government of the Truane's Star system not Pale which certainly suggests Pale dominates and controls New Pale (something I consider significant) Also it explicitly says that the government is responsible for exploring the route (something that might be significant).<br />Modules SF-1 &2 also explicitly state that the government is the employer and sponser of the mission to Volturnus. <br /><br />[quote=Dragon #98 Volturnus Connection] Seccitte Zebulon misjumped and discovered the system. <br /><br />Upon return to Pale, Seccitte decided to sell the strogational information he and his crew acquired while charting their way back. He sold the location of the system to the government of Pale, which promptly paid Zebulon by giving him a private island (where he lived very comfortably -under the government's watchful eye, so he could not resell the information elsewhere). [/quote] <br />A couple problems with this a freighter captian would sell this info and move on the idea that the government would act in this way is odd kill him perhaps to silence him but violate his civil liberties with a luxuary island? Not buying that. But if Zebulon chose to retire to a luxary island that'd be differnt IMO. <br /><br />Clearly the above statement is ignorant of statements in KHs rules concerning both directions of the route being mapped to sell the information. This is actually explainable- Seccitte had other information on Volturnus that caused the government to overlook the fact that he didn't have both directions of the route mapped. That he shared a secret that caused them to want to claim the system right off. Also I remember seeing somewhere ( and haven't found it yet) that Pale sent an unmanned probe to Zebulon which would be the mapping of the route there. <br /><br />i would change the violation of Seccitte's civil liberties by the Pale government to his choice to retire and that he got more money then is normal for selling the route ie there was a secret involved: the alloys the pirates were mining most likely.<br /><br />[quote=Zebulon's Guide] PF61: The Zebulon system is dicovered by Professor Alorne Zebulon, the Frontier's most noted scientist, explorer, and educator. The planet Volturnus is settled almost immediately. Anker is discovered but not settled until 57 PF. [/quote]<br />Well not much to say but that this is just too contradictory to try to reconcile. I would advocate for grabbing the name Alorne as the founder of the University of Zebulon. In the tradition of the Jedion canon I would then state the much like Triad was founded as a place for cultural and scientific exchange between the dralasites, vrusk and humans that the U of Z was about exchange between the Frontier and Rim and that it has grown steadily in importance. That is if you accept the Zebs material. <br /><br />[quote=Zebs timeline] FY 105 An altered mechanon assassinates the Governor of Zebulon. [/quote]<br />This is a smoking gun canonical statement, providing you dont discount Zebs altogether. I interpret it as that the UPF being greatly concerned about <br /><br />A. individual members amassing an empire and having multiple seats on the COW which would destablize the COW and UPF. Terledrom is explicitly stated to controll one colony and I treat this as a grandfathered in case but that no one else may do this in the UPF. Later the COW would tackle a similar situation by adressing the sudden development of mega corp controlled planets which would result in the existing megacorp planets being "grand fahtered in" but no more after the passage of the rellevant law.<br /><br />B. the exisitence of so many primitive species and one small but advanced species on Volturnus demanded special treatment of the situation and thus the UPF claimed Volturnus as a territory and appointed a governor (I also now consider Jamison to be the first governor BTW but not the one that was assassinated)<br /><br />C. Later the eorna egg ship can be located and now there is some friction over the control of the system. With the UPF maintaining a governor and responsibility for the primitives- something the eorna originally agreed to but now with the resurgence of the eorna species the control of Zebulon is a muddy mess. with the eorna licensing much of the activity off Votlurnus (colonization of Anker for a university) but the UPF not actually letting go of their control of Volturnus.
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