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PHUNC IV

An Unaccustomed Earth

Solar System Security Council

Presented by Center for Global Studies 1

Hello everyone! My name is Robert Liu and I am

excited to be your crisis director for Solar System Security

Council 2540. I am a Junior majoring in Biology and Asian

studies with minors in Japanese and Astrobiology. I enjoy PC

gaming, watching anime and spending way too much time on

Reddit. I was born in Boston, MA but my parents were

originally from southern China.

Penn State International Affairs and Debate

Association (PSIADA) has been a big part of my college

career ever since I arrived at Penn state three years ago. This

will be my second time being crisis director for a committee

and my fourth time overall on a Model UN committee.

With this committee I hope to take the traditional UN style

debate and apply it on a grand scale. You will contend with

millions of soldiers and millions upon millions of open space.

The mechanics for the committee’s universe were thoroughly

discussed between me and my staff and we hope that we created a system that is nuanced yet

simple enough to understand.

Sincerely,

Robert Liu

Letter from the Crisis Director


Hello, my name is Henry Wolfe and I will be

your chair for SSSC. I am currently a junior majoring

in international relations with a focus in international

political economy. As such, I very much enjoy

working with delegates in model UN to see how their

reaction compare to those of the theories that I have

learned in my classes!

Despite that, I am not exclusively focused on

my studies, and enjoy playing grand strategy video-

games. This will be my third committee I have

participated in, and the second time I have chaired a

committee. I can be more than lenient regarding the

rules of parliamentary procedure under circumstances,

but I do hope to maintain an orderly and fun

atmosphere for debate.

As for the topic, I am very much a fan on interplanetary diplomacy (from a variety of

games) and hope that it will provide you with a new enjoyable experience of model UN.

Sincerely,

Henry Wolfe

Letter from the Chair


The purpose of this committee is to take the complex international relations issues and

project them into a future where the dynamics play out on the planetary level. Delegates should

focus on the abstract issues that typically play out on the international stage. Each delegate position

is designed to have unique interests and abilities, much like the unique characteristics of the nations

of the world.

Introduction

“The cosmic sea of stars and worlds unknown was always there; it was only waiting for some

willing and able sailors.” – Commander Zhengzi He, Leader of United Nations New Worlds

Initiative in address to UN general assembly, June 6th 2084

Manifest destiny, once used to describe the god given right of settlers to colonize the

American west, now is the doctrine of all of humanity. The few centuries since the first Apollo

programs has seen the human race progress from being a young child just learning to swim, to a

full-fledged sailor.

The year is 2540; humanity has colonized the entirety of the solar system. From the ice

fields of Enceladus to the far reaches of Pluto, the solar system is firmly in the grasp of mankind.

2540 also marks the end of a decade long conflict between the governments of Mars and Earth.

The Mars-Earth Conflict saw the devastation of large parts of earth and the deaths of hundreds of

millions of people. The various civilizations and governing bodies in the solar system sought to

prevent another conflict on the scale of the MEC and founded the Solar System Security Council.

A parallel to the former United Nations Security Council, the SSSC exists to settle disputes

and mediate conflicts and work for the good of humanity. The first few months of the SSSC were

marked with relative calm and tranquility until a group of mining settlements in the asteroid belt

declared independence from their Mars overseers and declared allegiance to earth. The Mars-Earth

Conflict threatens to once again flood the solar system in blood and tears. This is the first real test

of the SSSC but is sure not to be its last. As the whole of humanity watches with bated breath, the

members of the SSSC convene on a starship orbiting Jupiter. Whether they succeed or fail will

determine if they can be beacons of human cooperation or if they descend into pointless rhetoric

and empty gestures, much like their UN counterparts did many years ago.

Timeline 2016-2540

21st Century: The Beginnings of Cooperation

2016- Donald Trump wins presidency. The GOP is dissolved into many smaller parties. The

democratic party loses many members to the green party.

2020- War erupts between the People’s Republic of China and Vietnam over disputes in the South

China Sea. The US does not intervene. The PRC wins handily in 5 months and takes control

of Vietnam’s artificial islands.

Committee Vision and Learning Outcomes

Background


2033- War between the United States and China breaks out. Russia and North Korea take China’s

side as does many small African nations. NATO mobilizes millions of troops and World

War III looms in the horizon.

2034- A small civil war topples China’s head of government and the new government negotiates

for peace with the US.

2035- Warming of relations following the averted war prompts the UN to establish a permanent

Space Authority with the founding members of the US, China, Russia, Japan, the EU and

Brazil.

2042- The Water War breaks out in the middle east. Several middle eastern nations seeking to

provide water to their people’s start using military force to control natural wells.

Intervention by an international coalition of scientists and engineers was able to halt

conflict and bring potable water to over a half billion people.

2043- Hailed as heroes for stopping the Water War in its tracks, the group of scientists responsible

for the intervention found the Scientia Humanis Coalition. This organization is a rival to

the UN Space Authority and begins plans to colonize Mars.

2047- After more than a decade of planning, the first permanent Lunar base is established with a

population of 250.

2050- A new form of radiation sheeting is invented, paving the way for future extraterrestrial

colonies.

2067- First fusion engine is created by physicists of the SHC. Within a year, it has given out the

schematics freely to each major space program.

2080- Lunar base population grows to 3,000. UN orders a provisional government be established

to oversee the base.

2092- The SHC successfully establishes a permanent colony on Mars with a starting population of

100. The UN Space Authority is alarmed but does nothing.

2098- SpaceX successfully colonizes Io. Several asteroid mines start popping up throughout the

asteroid belt.

2100- The turn of the century marks a gradual shedding of national identities prompted by

globalization, improved travel and communication technology and friendly relations

worldwide.

22nd Century: Manifest Destiny

2105- Cut off from traditional colonization ventures by the UN Space Authority and the Scientia

Humanis Coalition, an aging NASA goes for broke and begins plans to colonize Miranda

and Titania, the two largest moons of Uranus.

2115- Miranda is colonized by NASA

2124- Titania is colonized by NASA

2125- The UN begins preparations for the creation of the UEF. Gaian Standard is formulated by

UN linguists and is inserted into classroom curriculums around the world.

2150- All members of the UN adopt a singular currency: the Gaian Credit.

2154- Various mining establishments and colonies in the asteroid belt unite to form the Union of

Mining Colonies of the Asteroid Belt.

2165- Having grown to a population of 300,000, the Republic of Mars formally declares itself an

independent planet. The UN, busy with pre-UEF preparations, is powerless to intervene.

2170- Europa is colonized by the UEF

2172- The Asimov Protocol is signed and ratified by the UEF and all other existing colonies except

for Mars.


2175- After half a century of preparation, the formation of the United Earth Federation is

announced. Important people around the globe hail this moment as the first step to

greatness for the people of Earth.

2180- The UEF defense fleet is created in anticipation for space conflict. Toa heavy industries and

Kunato Developments collaborate to construct the world’s first space battleship.

Christened the Pride of Earth, this warship becomes the first member of the UEF Defense

Fleet.

2190- UMCAB declares itself a state and declares independence from the Ionian government. It

adopts a socialist government and draws inspiration from Karl Marx and the “communist”

governments of centuries past.

2200- Lunar colony grows to over 2 million inhabitants, colonial buildings dot the lunar landscape.

Humans born on the moon have reduced skeletal density and must undergo extensive

weight training before visiting Earth.

23rd Century: Expansion of Realms

2205- Triton is colonized by the UEF.

2210- Titan is colonized by independent businessmen from Io.

2215- Massive floating cities are constructed on Earth as sea levels continue rising.

2230- The UEF Defense Fleet’s 3rd battlegroup goes MIA while on a hunt for purported bandits

preying on shipping lines.

2235- The Empire of Ganymede is established by First Empress Anya Kilek the admiral of the

missing 3rd battlegroup,

2240- Callisto is colonized by a group of doctors and scientists from the Republic of Mars. These

scientists used private funds for colonization, exempting them from rule by the RoM.

2243-The Coalition of Minor Iovian Satellites is formed from a diverse group of mining towns

colonies.

2250- Communication from Triton mysteriously stops. The UEF assembly votes against

investigating, preoccupied with Earth’s own population crisis.

2280- Human population in the solar system reaches 20 billion. Improved food and water systems

help sustain large populations.

24th Century: A Pause in the Action

2310- Terraforming efforts on Titan finish, leaving the Titanean atmosphere breathable for humans.

2330- Terraforming efforts on Europa finish.

2350- The midpoint of the 24th century. Overall, the 2300’s are a slow news day in comparison to

the previous centuries. Colonies expand, technology advances, life goes on.

25th Century: The Next Step

2410- Kunato-Toa Corporation unveils the Mk-17 Tsugumori plasma-fusion engine. Travel times

around the solar system are cut in half.

2415- A UEF outpost is created on Pluto.

2430- The Titan Civil war breaks out.

2435- Abandoned by the Titan Government, the other moons of Saturn form the Saturnian

Federation

2450- The Republic of Mars contracts the Plutan Edge Republic to serve as a staging point for

extrasolar exploration.

2455- Eris is colonized by people from the PER.

2475- Eris gains independence.

26th Century: Uncertain Future


2515 - An economic recession hits Earth, causing the UEF to begin to find newer ways to fund a

bloated bureaucracy created by years with lack of conflict. The UEF then implemented an

exit tax on all money leaving lunar banks (which had been tax-free havens up until this

point) as well as all resources mined from the moon. These had been the moon’s two largest

economic cornerstones since it’s foundation. The independence movements now begin to

gain a lot of backing and the moon secretly asks for Mars to support their independence

movement.

2515- Growing tensions with the UEF spark independence movements amongst the youth of the

Lunar Colonial Authority. By June of 2515, the independence faction wins control of the

LCA government. The UEF is not pleased.

2529- The Lunar Colonial Authority declares independence from the UEF. Not willing to lose a -

major manufacturing and resource center, the UEF declares war on the LCA

2530- The Republic of Mars, itself having a long history of animosity with the UEF, enters the

conflict on the lunar side and the LCA war of independence quickly transforms into the

Mars-Earth War.

2530- After four centuries of peace, the UEF’s military only consists of a meager self-defense

force. UEF leadership diverts most of its funding to create an army to crush the rebellion.

30 million soldiers are immediately drafted and sent to the moon.

2530 - The moon is immediately occupied by the UEF.

2531 - All armed resistance on the moon is squashed.

2531 - Mars, sensing weakness in the Earth’s defenses, unveils its Grand Army, which had been

under construction for the past twenty years. Mars, with their relatively small population,

created the army using cloning technology it had been developing for decades. The Grand

Army launches a massive invasion of Earth, sparking a solar system wide conflict.

2531- Earth manages to hold on through the initial onslaught and rallies its 16 billion strong

population to fight off the Martian invaders.

2535- Various other colonies start entering the war on either side. Casualties reach 50 million

2535- The midpoint of the war. Many other colonies have been dragged into the war and loss of

life numbers in the tens of millions. The conflict drags on.

2540- As the casualty count reaches 660 million, the war arrives at a stalemate and a hasty truce

is constructed. The treaty of Olympus Mons is signed shortly after.

Status of Science in 2540

524 years have passed since 2016 and human scientific achievement managed to advance

greatly during this time period. Space travel is now affordable for the average middle income

family and most households have a private space faring vehicle. Spaceships now travel much faster

than they did in the 21st century and trips from Earth to Mars take hours when they used to take

months.

With the help of regenerative medicine, people can slow the aging process and drag out a

lifespan to almost 200 years. Medical procedures now alter humans after they reach adulthood and

slow their aging by half. A twenty-year old will be in their twenties for twenty years!

Military technology has understandably progressed the fastest. Looming capital ships kilometers

long populate the skies. Infantry soldiers are equipped with hand-held railguns, laser projectors

and plasma weaponry. Powerful fusion reactors allow a strike force of 100,000 men to travel from

the Earth to Mars in a matter of hours.


Computers have been miniaturized to the point that they can be implanted in people’s eyes

and add a heads up display to their everyday lives. Some people go further and replace limbs

organs and even parts of their brain with cybernetic enhancements. Artificial intelligence also has

advanced to the point that many aspects of government are run by AI. Androids also walk amongst

their human creators and the ethical debate of the century is the morality of whether AIs have

rights.

Crisis

Crisis will play the part of all outside bodies and powers. You will generally communicate

with crisis through notes sent back and forth. However, you may request an attaché when the need

arises to meet with outside the room as well as asking them to come into the room. In these cases,

a crisis staffer will represent the requested party.

Crisis is there to provide a dynamic and unpredictable experience for delegates. Do not

fight Crisis; use it to your advantage and work with it. Crisis will allow you to act within your

portfolio powers as you please. This means you have freedom to be creative and effective. When

communicating with crisis, use detailed yet simple notes. An example of a note to move troops

would look like this:

Front Inside

Crisis will respond clearly to your request. If they

deny it, you’ll be told “you don’t have enough supplies to

move these soldiers” or whatever other reason it is that

you cannot do so. Perhaps your soldiers, on their way to

Pittsburgh, encounter an enemy force in State College. In

that case, you will receive a note that looks like the one

below. Here it is important to remember that your troops

never made it to Pittsburgh, they are trapped. They

require reinforcements to move on to Pittsburgh. Crisis

will provide periodic individual updates on your financial

and military situations as well as newsworthy alerts.

Committee Structure

Please move 1,000

soldiers from

Philadelphia to

Pittsburgh.

To: Crisis

From: Name of your

position

Your troops encountered X

number of enemy soldiers.

You lost 600 soldiers in

the battle. You now have

400 soldiers camped in

State College. They are

unable to continue to

Pittsburgh


While these notes are simple, they also include all the information Crisis will need. Crisis

cannot move soldiers unless it knows where they are coming from and where they are going. This

same process works for all things you do be they economic, humanitarian, political, etc. Value

detail and quality over quantity. Your effectiveness in Crisis is determined by your ability to use

it to your advantage and play to your own strengths.

Economics

Each faction will have a GDP with Solar Credits (SC) as the unit of currency. Each faction

will also start with a lump sum of SC and the GDP will be added to it at the end of each session.

For example, the UEF starts with 10,000,000 SC. It’s GDP is 2,000,000 SC. Every session the

UEF treasury will increase by 2,000,000 SC if nothing is purchased. Deficit spending is not

allowed; colonies cannot spend money they do not possess. Purchases can also not be made on

credit. If the UEF has 0 SC but will have 2,000,000 SC at the beginning of the next session, it still

cannot purchase anything in the current session.

All economic ventures such as resource mining or trade will give returns in the form of SC.

These returns can be reoccurring or in a lump sum. For example a mining venture could return

2,000 SC per session or 10,000 in one go. Reoccurring returns will be added to the GDP payment

that happens at the end of each session. Lump sum payments will be added immediately to the

faction’s treasury.

Political, cultural and diplomatic events can have an effect on a faction’s GDP. For

example, increased tourism can boost a faction’s GDP while protests and rioting can reduce it.

Delegates should keep in mind the effect that committee and crisis actions can have on their

economies. They are not only the representative of their faction but also its leader. Each delegate

can pass policy in their own colonies through crisis notes.

Combat

Combat will largely be carried out behind the scenes using crisis notes. Combat can occur

whenever a delegate sends in a note ordering their military to perform an aggressive action or can

occur inadvertently if two armies meet by chance. Each battle’s outcome will be decided by an

algorithm that takes into account the numbers, technology and type of units each side fields.

Casualties will also be calculated by this algorithm.

Battles will be divided into two categories: land battles and space battles. Land battles

occur in a terrestrial environment and involve infantry and armor support. Space battles occur in

space and involve two fleets of spaceships duking it out. The emphasis in this committee will be

on space combat.

Land troops need to be transported by capital ships to their destination in order for combat

to happen. Each capital ship can transport 50,000 soldiers

It should be noted that engaging in combat is not absolutely necessary in this committee and there

are ways to do well without ever commanding a soldier. However, to be an effective well rounded

delegate, you should have a rudimentary understanding of space combat as outlined by this

delegate guide.


Recruiting Units

This committee begins after the conclusion of a large interstellar war and as such each

faction has a relatively large standing army that has yet to demobilize. If a delegate wishes to

recruit more soldiers, flash training protocols allow them to have a new batch of soldiers within

one committee session (a month). Capital ship construction is expensive but takes less time due to

advances in robotics and modular construction. Values for recruitment and maintenance will be

determined at the start of the committee by the staff.

Recruiting soldiers causes economic detriment because it diverts the workforce towards

the military. For every 2% of the population that a delegate recruits, their session income will be

reduced by 3%. For example, a 100-man colony has 4 soldiers. They would normally rake in $100

a session but this is reduced by 6% so instead they only earn $94 in that committee session. Keep

in mind that as soon as the order is made to start training new soldiers the penalty will be applied

for the delegates end-of-session income.

Combat Tactics and Strategy

At the time of this committee, mainstream space combat revolves around large capital ships

shooting at each other with large ship cannons. Land combat revolves around large masses of

infantry fighting it out with each other. Delegates are welcome and encouraged to attempt to invent

new tactics or units or technology by writing notes to crisis. The effectiveness of each invention

or tactic is up to the discretion of the crisis staff.

UEF Representative: President Tiberius Shimada

The original homeland of the human race. Mankind’s various nations and ethnicities

officially dissolved all national borders and formed a united world government in 2175. Over the

years, mandarin Chinese, English and Spanish merged into the UEF’s official language: Gaian

Standard. The first decades of the UEF’s incumbency were marred by the continued effects of

anthropogenic climate change. Sea levels rose worldwide and the UEF’s best scientists and

engineers constructed massive floating super cities that dotted the world’s oceans. Faced with

declining population growth rates and mass emigration the UEF passed a series of controversial

fertility laws rewarding citizens for having many children. Population skyrocketed and by the year

Delegate Positions


2530, the earth’s population stabilized at a comfortable 16 billion. After a devastating conflict with

Mars in which multiple nuclear weapons hit the surface of earth, the UEF looks to reassert its

position of supremacy in the solar system.

LCA Representative: Governor Jace Aetherion

A permanent lunar base was first established in 2047 and started off as a small mining

colony that transported its goods back to Earth. Over time, more and more people immigrated to

the moon, escaping the harsh climate of earth. For almost 500 years the lunar colony was a faithful

manufacturing and population center for the United Earth Federation. However, growing cultural

rifts and economic conflicts forced the Lunar Colonial Authority to attempt a break in ties with the

UEF. With the help of the Republic of Mars, the LCA officially declared independence. What

started as a war to reclaim the moon erupted into the Mars-Earth conflict, the bloodiest war the

solar system ever saw. Now in the wake of the war, the LCA is given a seat at the Solar System

Defense Council, much to the chagrin of the UEF.

RoM Representative: Chancellor Janna Felkor

Martian technology is unparalleled within human civilization. The ROM boasts the solar

system’s best education system, best scientists and engineers, and the most relaxed scientific ethics

laws. Mars has a smaller population than the UEF but is still considered one of the major power

players in the solar system. Most of Mars’s people are fed with advanced aeroponic systems but a

sizable amount of food must still be imported from Earth. After assisting the LCA declare

independence from the UEF, Mars was embroiled in a decade long interplanetary conflict. In this

war advanced Martian technology met head to head with superior UEF numbers and hundreds of


millions of lives were lost. Now the RoM occupies a wary seat in the SSSC and looks to use its

superior technology to gain resources and territory in the solar system.

CoI Representative: Chairman Avida Fiscus

The third largest moon of Jupiter, Io was colonized in a private venture by the company

SpaceX. Centuries of terraforming has transformed Io from being the driest object in the solar

system into colony of relative power and importance. Io’s government has stayed true to its

capitalistic roots and boasts the best economy of the solar system. Whilst not possessing the best

stores of natural resources, one can be sure that Ionian managers and businessmen have their hands

in almost every mining venture in the solar system. Io sits at this council as an uninterested party;

the ways of war have been long forgotten to them and they only seek to expand their coffers.

EoG Representative: Emperor Tullius III

In contrast with its fiscal minded neighbors, Ganymedeans are a warlike bunch. First

colonized by a rogue admiral of the UEF defense fleet, Ganymede can be best compared to the

ancient greek city- state of Sparta. Men and women alike are trained in combat from their primary

school years until they graduate university. In the past, the ruler of Ganymede was not decided by

birthright or election, but by combat. Thus Emperors of Ganymede had very short life expectancies

upon ascending the throne and the colony was kept weak by never-ending civil wars. In the year

2530, the civil wars were brought to an end when Ganymede was pulled out of neutrality into the

Mars-Earth conflict. The defense fleet of the UEF was caught by surprise by the tiny Iovian moon

and had scores of ships destroyed. Now united and with a democratic system of succession, the


EoG sits hungrily in its seat at the SSSC, looking to expand its territory and conquer all of Jupiter.

Boasting the best strategic minds and the toughest soldiers, Ganymede strikes fear into the hearts

of its solar neighbors.

CC Representative: Chairman Denma Florentia

The second largest moon of Jupiter, Callisto was first colonized in the mid 2200’s by

scientists from Mars. The culture of Callistonians is most like Mars, but has since diverged.

Callistonian science made the most headway in research on healing and its doctors soon became

the best in the solar system. The people of Callisto are among the most cosmopolitan. Callistonian

doctors and researchers travel the solar system spreading their techniques and teaching their

counterparts. In the Mars-Earth conflict, Callisto sent its best doctors and medical staff to both

sides of the war. Now possessing a seat on the SSSC, Callisto seeks to mediate conflict to the best

of its ability.

RoE Representative: Prime Minister Ander Gilmion

The most earthlike moon of Jupiter, Europa was one of the many moons colonized during

the “Manifest Destiny” Century of the 2100’s. Terraforming has brought a sustainable climate to

Europa and a sizable population. Europa is an average colony not excelling in any one field but

like their neighbor Callisto, desires peace in the solar system. Unlike other colonies founded by

the UEF, Europa peacefully negotiated its own independence and left the UEF on amicable terms.

Europans are liked and trusted by all people in the solar system since they never come off as

ambitious or treacherous. While the most powerful council members are surely Mars and Earth,


Europa is the spiritual leader of the committee and can be trusted to have a level head and a fair

view.

CoMIS Representative: Chairman Philea Capricorn

Many of the mining colonies established within the Iovian gravity well in the waning years

of the 22nd century were strictly commercial ventures. But due to the extended time of travel from

the homeworld to Jupiter and the relative isolation of each mining rig, miners and engineers built

their own societies, started their own families and started gaining autonomy from their planet-side

overseers. Eventually most of the mining corporations moved their entire business operation to

Jupiter and the scattered colonies agreed on a coalition government to represent them on the solar

stage. Many advanced colonies depend on the CMIS for resources to sustain their economies and

in turn the miners’ livelihoods depend on stability. They are particularly distrustful of Io, whose

businessmen have tried repeatedly to establish a stake in the CMIS. The representative for the

CMIS is relatively new to politics, coming from a mining background, but wishes to find new

customers for Iovian ore.


TR Representative: President Takaya Sukiyu

Boasting an environment even more earthlike than Europa, Titan required the least amount

of terraforming before becoming habitable. Titan suffers from a corrupt and unsustainable

government, the most recent in a long line of successive governments. Its people live in an

oppressive society and only work for the good of the state. Even though it had no stake in the

Mars-Earth conflict, Titan is invited to the SSSC as one of the largest colonies in the solar system.

Now made aware that many of its abandoned outposts and satellite colonies have formed a

coalition government, Titan seeks to reestablish dominance in the Saturnian gravity well and

expand its power in the realm of the solar system.

SF Representative: Dana Thendor

The Saturnian federation represents all the moons of Saturn except for Titan. Most of the

moons in the SF started out as research or military outposts for the Titan Republic. However, in

the turmoil of the Titan civil war, many of these outposts were abandoned by the Titan government

and grew to be colonies themselves. These colonies eventually established contact with each other

and formed the SF. Now that Titan is aware of a system of colonies right next to them, Saturnian

sovereignty is threatened by Titan rulers who seek to reestablish occupation of the many moons of

Saturn.


Kingdom of Triton Representative: King Lucretius II

As one gets farther and farther from the sun, the culture of the colonies began to get more

distinct from that of their originators on earth. Triton is the only moon worth mentioning in the

Neptunian gravity well, comprising 99.5% of the orbital mass around Neptune. Triton was first

colonized in 2205 but contact with the rest of the solar system was lost during a civil war in 2250.

Finally, in 2540, Triton reestablished contact with the rest of the solar system and is invited to the

SSSC. Speaking a modified version of an archaic form of Gaian standard and possessing a culture

akin to that of earth in medieval times, Triton makes for a weird, but seemingly harmless member

of the SSSC. Nobody knows what their intentions may be.

MT Representative: Her Holiness Caelia IV

Uranus’s two largest moons were colonized within a decade of each other by NASA in pre-

UEF times. As a result, the colonial population speaks not Gaian standard, but a descendant of

American English. The population gradually became disillusioned as their home country lost much

influence with the creation of the UEF. The colony now stands as a relic of American dominance.

The population of MT are among the last adherents of Christianity and evolved a government that

is heavily theological. Now given a seat in the SSSC, Miranda-Titania seeks to revitalize its archaic

religion in the solar system and will do everything in God’s name.


UMCAB Representative: Primier Mikaela Lin

The UMCAB is unique in the SSSC for the fact that is it not really a colony. The union

started as a worker’s guild and eventually grew wealthy and powerful enough to wrest control of

the mining centers from their Ionian overseers and field its own military. Although the union has

the smallest population amongst the delegates of the SSSC, it holds control of many travel stops

and outposts vital to commerce between the four innermost and the four outermost planets. The

union did participate in the Mars Earth conflict on the side of Earth and thus is viewed with great

distrust by Mars even leading up to the council date. The Union’s goals are unclear apart from

siding with the UEF on most major issues. However, any government wanting easy passage

through the belt needs to curry favor with the UMCAB.

PER Representative: President Jhun Mildori

Originally only an outpost for the UEF military. Pluto is a lonely “planet” on the edge of

the solar system. Over time a small colony grew but Pluto remained one of the most miserable

places to spend one’s life in the solar system. In 2450, Pluto was contracted by the government of

Mars to serve as a staging point for extrasolar exploration. In a matter of years, the population of

Pluto was thriving. Engineers, doctors, scientists and all walks of life made their way to Pluto to

participate in exploring the galaxy. The bustling atmosphere was halted by the eruption of the Mars


Earth conflict but shortly after the peace treaty was signed, the citizens of Pluto were clamoring

for a restart to the exploration projects. The PER representative sits on the SSSC for one major

reason, to advocate for the exploration and documentation of areas outside the solar system.

SoE Representative: Director Vitara Drentil

The first planetary body colonized by the Pluto exploratory initiatives was the dwarf planet

Eris. Colonized in 2455, Eris, with the blessings of Pluto, became an independent government in

2475. Eris is not remarkable by any means, but its recent colonization serves as a model for

expanding humanities reach outside of the solar system. Eris is first and foremost a scientific

outpost with many antennas, telescopes and scientists monitoring its night sky. Eris comes to the

SSSC with a similar goal to Pluto, to convince the rest of the solar system governments to fund

extrasolar exploration.

For the purpose of this committee, we feel that everything that you need to know is in the

delegate guide. Any other research that you do will be beneficial to your idea of the culture,

lifestyle, technology, customs, and time period that you are working in. We also recommend

looking at Wikipedia for basic background knowledge as it works well as a stepping point for

further understanding.

1. "Solar System Facts: A Guide to Things Orbiting Our Sun." Space.com. Accessed

September 02, 2016. http://www.space.com/56-our-solar-system-facts-formation-and-

discovery.html.

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Effectiveness in Crisis Frequency of communication.

Appropriate use of portfolio powers.

Impact of portfolio actions on crisis.

Coherence and quality of communication.

Effectiveness in Committee Initiative in proposing solutions.

Quality of proposed solutions.

Contribution to directives.

Direction of committee.

Creativity Originality of ideas.

Ability to adapt actions to evolving crises.

Ability to manipulate existing powers beyond

their initial capacity.

Diplomacy Eloquence of speech.

Influence amongst other delegates.

Leadership during moderated caucuses.

Ability to negotiate and collaborate with

fellow delegates.

Professionalism and consideration.

Awards Criteria

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