Department of Colonization
Secretary of the Colonies - Brandon K. Bob of Venusian Plains, Venus [Sol]
Headquarters - Martian Dover Chambers, New Eden, Mars [Sol]
2349 Fiscal Budget - 203.2 Trillion
2349 Revenue - 157.4 Trillion
2349 Personnel - 43,245,667
Racial Breakdown - 65% Human, 25% Artificial Life, 10% Other
Agencies within Department - Colonial Authority, Terraform Bureau, Planetary Survey Agency.
Mission Statement - "The Department of Colonization, or the Colonial Authority as its more commonly known, will set forth to discover, survey, terraform and establish colonies on worlds in U.S. space and other air spaces as authorized by the SECCOL or President. The Colonial Authority will also help maintain strong relations between the inner and outer colonies. The Colonial Authority will also oversee the harvesting of resources from worlds deemed uninhabitable by the SECCOL. The Colonial Authority will have the final say on most matters of government on colonized worlds which have not met the requirements for statehood within the United Systems of Earth."
Headquarters - Martian Dover Chambers, New Eden, Mars [Sol]
2349 Fiscal Budget - 203.2 Trillion
2349 Revenue - 157.4 Trillion
2349 Personnel - 43,245,667
Racial Breakdown - 65% Human, 25% Artificial Life, 10% Other
Agencies within Department - Colonial Authority, Terraform Bureau, Planetary Survey Agency.
Mission Statement - "The Department of Colonization, or the Colonial Authority as its more commonly known, will set forth to discover, survey, terraform and establish colonies on worlds in U.S. space and other air spaces as authorized by the SECCOL or President. The Colonial Authority will also help maintain strong relations between the inner and outer colonies. The Colonial Authority will also oversee the harvesting of resources from worlds deemed uninhabitable by the SECCOL. The Colonial Authority will have the final say on most matters of government on colonized worlds which have not met the requirements for statehood within the United Systems of Earth."
"We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny [to take root among the stars] gives us of ourselves as a purposeful, growing species. We need to become the adult species that the Destiny can help us become! If we're to be anything other than smooth dinosaurs who evolve, specialize and die, we need the stars.... When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness."
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents, 1998
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents, 1998