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This exists for rambling musings of Zack and are not canon.

The Sprawl

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Largest city of Adnezian immigrants on Ganymede, and seat of power for the Corporate Congress, the governing body of Lyketis, the western continent of Ganymede.

Most of The Sprawl's inhabitants are desperately poor, living in poorly self-built housing if they have any shelter at all.

People

Unsettled

The majority of the citizens of the Sprawl, often called the Unsettled, are incredibly poor and very few live in anything more than can be described as a shack. They largely live by farming in small self-contained plots of land. Due to the infertile nature of the land of Ganymede, however, these plots are crafted using the biological waste of its inhabitants. There are frequent cases of the theft of honey wagons (vehicles that transport biological waste, only in use in the Golden Loft) as the vehicles leave the Loft for disposal. The vehicles themselves are valuable and the waste within is often much better fertilizer than can be found within the slums.

Settled

The lucky section of the poorer castes are referred to as the Settled. Closer to the city, this population has employment with one of the corporations that reside in the city. The income for the Settled vary, as some are paid only in food and may live in company provided houses. Others, however, are paid in actual currency and have the luxury of overseeing their own housing.

Honey Flies

Honey Flies are the local name for the wealthy class that inherited their position from the companies they work for, generally owned by their families. The use of the name is limited to the poorer classes of the city and references the flies surrounding honey wagons.

Economy

The main economy of the Sprawl comes from the import and exports enabled by the Spaceports. Mines distant from the city bring in many raw goods that are then converted into products which are exported to Adnez. Much of the goods for everyday living for much of the citizens such as food are imported as payment

Government

The local government for the sprawl and the surrounding areas is the Corporate Congress. Comprised of financially successful organizations in the sprawl, they decide the creation and enforcement of laws.

Geography

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*ABC*
*DEF*
*GHI*
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• * - Slums
• E - The Spaceports
• D - The Village
• F - Industry District
• G - Technopolis - Business Headquarters and Congress Halls
• H - Government Center
• I - The Golden Loft

The Spaceports

The focal point of the city, the center of town is where air and space going ships land for import, export, and passenger drop off. The area is bustling with activity from cargo vehicles.

The Village

A subsection of the Spaceports which is the area where hostels and communal living areas are used as temporary residence for passengers between legs of their journeys. There are no permanent residents of The Village, but can be called home by those left behind, the homeless, and street urchins who prey on those using the lodging.

Industry District

Making up the largest part of permanent buildings in The Sprawl, the Industry District is where all the manufacturing and warehouse buildings are, all conveniently located near the docks.

• Design Note S1

Government Center

Government Center is the location of the main Congress buildings. One building stands as the keystone, a large auditorium where the members conduct their votes.

Technopolis

The Technopolis is the location of the business headquarters and public halls for the largest of industry leaders in the Sprawl. Due to the expensive nature of the land, being near the docks and government buildings, only the most successful organizations are able to exist in this area. Crime in this area is low as local law enforcement is stifling and anyone not appearing to belong is treated harshly while they are escorted out of the area.

The Golden Loft

Note: This is way more clever than it needs to be. Lofting is a term used in drafting aerodynamic shapes Also.. you know, a loft.

This isolated and walled in section of the city sets it apart from the otherwise busy and desperate city. It's population is limited almost exclusively to the upper echelon of the Congress's member companies and companies that have a potential future bid for membership.

Corporate Congress

The Corporate Congress is the governing body of the sovereign state and continent of Lyketis.

It's membership includes the top 9 trade associations and corporations that are incorporated within the Sprawl.

These top nine members are referred to as the Presiding Nine.

Presiding Nine

To qualify as the nine the organization must submit their books to the Registry, one assembly and function performed by the Congress, assigned to one of its member bodies.

The metric used to determine its topness is its total profit over the last three years. This time consideration is to stop unsustainable business practices that attempt to unnaturally raise its profits for one year to edge out one of the current Nine. If a new organization's books qualify it as one of the nine both the new company and the the edged-out company go into a probationary role for a year where they both get voting rights during this period of arbitration. At the end of the year whichever has the least profit is ruled out and is ineligible for entry for five years.

Voting

To Submit a Bill/Motion for vote, it must be proposed to the leaders of the Nine and must receive a majority vote (one per Nine). If this passes it goes to a general vote.

• Design Note #V1

Any organization in the Nine gets individual votes determined by its number of employees. In order to prevent abuse, employees must be paid a minimum amount and to have voting rights the employee must also have been employed for at least two years. This prevents artificial inflation of employee numbers for voting purposes.

This Employee-Count and Profit Requirement present a sort of checks-and-balances. Since it would be possible to inflate the employee count to get more voting potential, the minimum-wage would hurt the organization's profitability, which would endanger its eligibility.

• Design Note #V2

This drive to increase employee numbers also reduces the drive for automation or Force-use for production, since having one Force user do the work of 10 people hurts their ability to influence the Congress.

Members

Member organizations change from time to time, but current members include the following. Some organizations are trade unions or guilds which came are holdovers from Adnez, but due to the requirements they function as federated conglomerates with autonomous companies within. Many have names antiquated from Adnez and since had focus changes while maintaining its previous name. Any trade conglomerate is designed by the honorific *Structural Civic Federation*.

1. Coldlands Weaponry
2. Takuro Motors
3. Structural Civic Federation of Founders (metalworkers)
4. Structural Civic Federation of Engineers (engineers and technological education)
5. Structural Civic Federation of Clothmakers (cloth material collection, creation and production)
6. Mogyro Loupe (Moogle founded jewelry and gold products)
7. Silvershire Cutlers (knife, blades, and utensils)
8. Structural Civic Federation of Security (public and private law enforcement and security)
9. Structural Civic Federation of Transportation (spaceport docks and import actuary)