Aquilon's Reach

Aquilon's Reach is composed of only one or two large cities, several port towns scattered across the globe and many small undersea colonies. Depending on size, each town will be presided over by a ranking Knight, if it's a smaller population, and an appropriate political staff. Larger towns, however, are presided over by Barons, or even Counts. The whole of Aquilon itself is presided over by the reigning Duke or Duchess, who receives reports and gives general or specific orders to be carried out across The Reach.

Aquilonian surface cities tend to be built along the lines of many Northern European settlements. Underwater colonies tend to be built into sturdy cliff sides, with massive trade districts behind huge thirty meter tall triple-paned walls of glass giving a view of the exterior seas and their submarine docking facilities.

The average Aquilonian is a very progressive individual, with a solid education and a livable wage.

Aquilon's schools tend to focus primarily on cutting edge technology and sociology, but their contemporary theory is almost as solid as their Xanadian rivals. Aquilon has excellent working relationships with New Chanian medical and Narehlian business schools, however, unlike Xanadu, they tend to have poor working relationships with the Walk of Man, and so natural sciences are difficult areas of study for them.

Aquilonians are progressive almost to a fault, and are often viewed as nut jobs by other factions of the world, especially Xanadians and folk from the Walk of Man. Equal rights isn't just an idea to them, but something which is deeply ingrained into their society, along with a strong sense of adventure and exploration and the importance of family. Their lack of tolerance for what they perceive as the more stunted morals of their fellows often lands them in trouble. They're often quick to leap to the defense of repressed minorities, which has frequently netted them a reputation as troublemakers and rabble-rousers.

Aquilon is as amicable with other factions as they can be. Xanadians are generally quite vocal in their belief that all Aquilonians are crazy, and that they are like children playing at politics with all the moral depth of a cat, while people from the Walk of Man generally regard them as eccentric, and often limit their contact with them. However, Aquilon has strong relationships with The Port of Narehl and New Chania, having similar cultural aims to both.

At the very end of the 20th century, people on Earth began developing new technologies such as internet, better embedded systems, etc. During the beginning of the 21st century everything was computerized and it went so far as to the point where everything was more or less a computer. Even the toilet was voice activated and furniture in your house had small wheels and could be moved by voice control. As it is well known, such advancements in technology came at a price. People more or less stopped depending on each other. They stopped going out and meeting each other in the flesh. They became colder towards one another and cared only for themselves, which was also one of the reasons why things went so very wrong later on.

It is therefore not surprising that Trapper Town (Walk of Man) on New Horizon shuns technologies of every kind. Not wanting to repeat the mistakes of their past, the people of Trapper Town and the Walk of Man only use technology when needed, and nothing more. They are simple folk, lacking sophistication, and they are slow to accept new ideas and new concepts. Aquilon's Reach is the opposite, which causes a lot of conflicts between the two. Trapper Town hates that Aquilonians are trying to contaminate the world with new technologies and they believe that they are the proof that people can live without it and be better off at that.

Aquilon's Reach and Xanadu are well known competitors. They each have a different sort of technological path, they argue over which is best, and they clash on ideology and social values as well. Both of them develop state-of-the-art weapons, which are sold all over the world, and both want to be known as the world's prime weapons manufacturer. Aquilon favors high energy technology for its weapons, and more sophisticated technologies, like energy shielding, where as Xanadu focuses on slug based weaponry and solid state armoring. When one of them manages to develop something new and groundbreaking, the other often tries to steal it.

Xanadians are very conservative. They believe that hard work always equals success so people who aren't successful are just lazy. Aquilonians are extremely liberal individuals. They believe that many people work hard but may not be successful for a variety of reasons such as racism or classism. They believe that the government can help solve these inequalities.

Aquilonians see Xanadians as outmoded, socially repressed lunatics led by doddering old men. Xanadians see Aquilonians as lunatics without morals or scruples, pushing pie in the sky technology and eroding their social values. Xanadu also dislikes Promethean Cyborgs and Medeans. They discriminate against them in a manner not unlike racism, which more often than not becomes the main reason for conflicts.

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