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« on: January 20, 2021, 02:12:23 AM »2194 – The Democratic View
While campaigning in all colonies, Philippine Barbier realized that with the increase of liberty limitations and the expansion of the labour camps, a strong Democratic Sentiment was again surfacing within the poorest part of the population. A mixed Pacifist and Industrialist government was entirely possible and the formation of a Democratic Coalition after more than 50 years seemed highly probable. All the Chancellor could have done was to ensure her victory against the main Democratic candidate, Daphne Meijer. Again, the long term strategy of the Democratic Party revealed to be extremely savvy and Daphne, after a few decades of mentoring, was finally a palpable contestant for the lead. At only 38 years old, she would have been on the political stage for a long time with ascending popularity while Philippine was already at the peak and starting to decline. On the Federalist front, the poor management of the inexperienced Tokimasa, too interested in defending the Scientists views, would have costed a high price in terms of preferences. Eventually, after this election, a new leader would have been required to gain more support.
A series of policies were discussed by every candidate. The Barbier advocated for the institution of a national conscription program that would have been used to replenish the Army in the provision of the big update and restructure she was planning. Daphne Meijer, with the goal of ensuring the support of the Industrialist Party, proposed a series of consumer benefits to stimulate production and consumptions. The Tokimasa insisted for the formation of Civilian Academies to separate the Scientific and Humanistic culture from the current Militaristic Education System.
For the first time since its formation, the Senate would have reached its maximum representation level. The constitution, in fact, limited to 2,000 seats the Senate composition regardless of the amount of population. While some people felt less represented by this development, the government had to ensure that all operation could have been run smoothly, and having a capped amount of Senators would have probably been the best way to achieve that. Right before election night, the Government signed its latest motion, ratifying the decrease of the Defcon alert to Level 3, and the Training Level required by the new conscripts to be enlisted to level 4.
On the 1st of January 2194, votes were cast all around the Republic to decide who would have been in charge for the following 4 years. If the Barbier re-election would have not been in dispute, it remained to be seen if the Republican would have been able to assist her in pursuing their political agenda. As soon as first results started to come in, it became immediately clear that not the Meijer nor the Tokimasa would have been able to challenge the Barbier victory which, with the 41.60% if the preferences were confirmed as Chancellor on the same night. However, the Senate election went as feared by the Republicans with a surge in the Pacifists votes that resulted in the party being the second right after the Industrialists. The previous leaders of the Scientists managed to keep the third position but with almost half of the previous election seats.
Chancellor Election 2190
The Senate was then composed by 2,000 seats. 176 went to the Federalists, 509 to the Pacifists, 570 to the Mercantile and Industrialists, 342 to the Scientists, 189 to the Nationalists and 214 to the Militarists. As Chancellor’s prerogative and custom, Philippine started to look for a majority right away in the classic extraordinary session held after election night on the same day. The only “friendly” coalition, would have been the Nationalists. Their agenda would have worked well with the new political address of the Chancellor. The Barbier started in fact a new internal agenda which included the use of xenophobic policies towards the aliens to promote fear through the population along with the use of extreme measures of imprisonment to stop any form of rebellion or malcontent. All these were highly regarded by the Social Nationalist Movement. After the first round of interview, she managed to receive 1420 preferences, more than 2/3 of the Senate.
Satisfied with the result she proposed the new coalition as leader of the government. Before the vote, all opposition leader was asked to speak. With surprise, the first to speak was Shiomi Tokimasa and not Daphne Meijer. Here is the original speech:
“Dear Colleagues, Citizens and Senators of the Republic. Today we are witnessing yet another attempt to eliminate our democratic approach to live and think. In the previous hours, our delegation did support the Chancellor Elected Barbier in respect of our constitution and popular vote. However, we cannot be silenced or pretend to be silenced by a government based on fear and oppression. It came to our attention that the Nationalist agenda and the Chancellor agenda do not represent our ideals and we also believe being toxic for our Republic. It is with regret then that we are hereby withdrawing our support to the coalition in favor of a Democratic turn and leadership.”
For the second time in a row, the Chancellor was betrayed on the finish line. The final count was 1547 seats for the Democrats which would have granted them the control of the Senate and the right to govern.
Possible Coalitions 2190
Even though, the Chancellor obtained for the Democrat to pass the motion on the Conscription. After all, the Barbier did campaign hard on the matter and the clear election win was something not possible to be swept under the rug by the new Majority. However, the list of concessions terminated there. From pretty much day one, the government dismantled the labour camps construction limiting them to the existing production and installations. A good chunk was already built anyway, and many of the Barbier opposers were already been “allocated” to the new structures and that’s why the temporary veto was accepted without too many complaints. The problem was that the government also refurbished all the current research projects to favour something more of democratic importance. Long term projects, such as the revamp of the shipyard operations, which would have increased the saving both in money and time by 20% was halted along with the research on a new Troop Transport Bay module.
However, the need of stronger Army, in light of the latest events, was recognized by the whole Senate and research to keep improving our troops were allowed and approved. The Brother of the Chancellor would have then been allowed to continue his efforts in the ground combat sector. Furthermore, the government liked the idea of the Barbier to extend the Republic domain in the Gliese 433 branch and gate builders were ordered to establish a network through the whole known extent up to LHS 2595, which with its 23.3 LY distance from Sol was also the farther system known to Humans.
MAP HD
As my work on the Government File is completed (I have fixed another couple of bugs and balanced a few parameters) I am interrupting this AAR because it exhausted it's purpose. I will be working on the new I will release on 1.13 and probably play a couple of solo games just to relax. I may write an AAR of the new game so if in a couple of weeks 1.13 will still be not out I will have enough material to release regular updates.
Thanks for reading!
While campaigning in all colonies, Philippine Barbier realized that with the increase of liberty limitations and the expansion of the labour camps, a strong Democratic Sentiment was again surfacing within the poorest part of the population. A mixed Pacifist and Industrialist government was entirely possible and the formation of a Democratic Coalition after more than 50 years seemed highly probable. All the Chancellor could have done was to ensure her victory against the main Democratic candidate, Daphne Meijer. Again, the long term strategy of the Democratic Party revealed to be extremely savvy and Daphne, after a few decades of mentoring, was finally a palpable contestant for the lead. At only 38 years old, she would have been on the political stage for a long time with ascending popularity while Philippine was already at the peak and starting to decline. On the Federalist front, the poor management of the inexperienced Tokimasa, too interested in defending the Scientists views, would have costed a high price in terms of preferences. Eventually, after this election, a new leader would have been required to gain more support.
A series of policies were discussed by every candidate. The Barbier advocated for the institution of a national conscription program that would have been used to replenish the Army in the provision of the big update and restructure she was planning. Daphne Meijer, with the goal of ensuring the support of the Industrialist Party, proposed a series of consumer benefits to stimulate production and consumptions. The Tokimasa insisted for the formation of Civilian Academies to separate the Scientific and Humanistic culture from the current Militaristic Education System.
For the first time since its formation, the Senate would have reached its maximum representation level. The constitution, in fact, limited to 2,000 seats the Senate composition regardless of the amount of population. While some people felt less represented by this development, the government had to ensure that all operation could have been run smoothly, and having a capped amount of Senators would have probably been the best way to achieve that. Right before election night, the Government signed its latest motion, ratifying the decrease of the Defcon alert to Level 3, and the Training Level required by the new conscripts to be enlisted to level 4.
On the 1st of January 2194, votes were cast all around the Republic to decide who would have been in charge for the following 4 years. If the Barbier re-election would have not been in dispute, it remained to be seen if the Republican would have been able to assist her in pursuing their political agenda. As soon as first results started to come in, it became immediately clear that not the Meijer nor the Tokimasa would have been able to challenge the Barbier victory which, with the 41.60% if the preferences were confirmed as Chancellor on the same night. However, the Senate election went as feared by the Republicans with a surge in the Pacifists votes that resulted in the party being the second right after the Industrialists. The previous leaders of the Scientists managed to keep the third position but with almost half of the previous election seats.
Chancellor Election 2190
The Senate was then composed by 2,000 seats. 176 went to the Federalists, 509 to the Pacifists, 570 to the Mercantile and Industrialists, 342 to the Scientists, 189 to the Nationalists and 214 to the Militarists. As Chancellor’s prerogative and custom, Philippine started to look for a majority right away in the classic extraordinary session held after election night on the same day. The only “friendly” coalition, would have been the Nationalists. Their agenda would have worked well with the new political address of the Chancellor. The Barbier started in fact a new internal agenda which included the use of xenophobic policies towards the aliens to promote fear through the population along with the use of extreme measures of imprisonment to stop any form of rebellion or malcontent. All these were highly regarded by the Social Nationalist Movement. After the first round of interview, she managed to receive 1420 preferences, more than 2/3 of the Senate.
Satisfied with the result she proposed the new coalition as leader of the government. Before the vote, all opposition leader was asked to speak. With surprise, the first to speak was Shiomi Tokimasa and not Daphne Meijer. Here is the original speech:
“Dear Colleagues, Citizens and Senators of the Republic. Today we are witnessing yet another attempt to eliminate our democratic approach to live and think. In the previous hours, our delegation did support the Chancellor Elected Barbier in respect of our constitution and popular vote. However, we cannot be silenced or pretend to be silenced by a government based on fear and oppression. It came to our attention that the Nationalist agenda and the Chancellor agenda do not represent our ideals and we also believe being toxic for our Republic. It is with regret then that we are hereby withdrawing our support to the coalition in favor of a Democratic turn and leadership.”
For the second time in a row, the Chancellor was betrayed on the finish line. The final count was 1547 seats for the Democrats which would have granted them the control of the Senate and the right to govern.
Possible Coalitions 2190
Even though, the Chancellor obtained for the Democrat to pass the motion on the Conscription. After all, the Barbier did campaign hard on the matter and the clear election win was something not possible to be swept under the rug by the new Majority. However, the list of concessions terminated there. From pretty much day one, the government dismantled the labour camps construction limiting them to the existing production and installations. A good chunk was already built anyway, and many of the Barbier opposers were already been “allocated” to the new structures and that’s why the temporary veto was accepted without too many complaints. The problem was that the government also refurbished all the current research projects to favour something more of democratic importance. Long term projects, such as the revamp of the shipyard operations, which would have increased the saving both in money and time by 20% was halted along with the research on a new Troop Transport Bay module.
However, the need of stronger Army, in light of the latest events, was recognized by the whole Senate and research to keep improving our troops were allowed and approved. The Brother of the Chancellor would have then been allowed to continue his efforts in the ground combat sector. Furthermore, the government liked the idea of the Barbier to extend the Republic domain in the Gliese 433 branch and gate builders were ordered to establish a network through the whole known extent up to LHS 2595, which with its 23.3 LY distance from Sol was also the farther system known to Humans.
MAP HD
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As my work on the Government File is completed (I have fixed another couple of bugs and balanced a few parameters) I am interrupting this AAR because it exhausted it's purpose. I will be working on the new I will release on 1.13 and probably play a couple of solo games just to relax. I may write an AAR of the new game so if in a couple of weeks 1.13 will still be not out I will have enough material to release regular updates.
Thanks for reading!