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A Planned colony, Arcadia is Ruled by a Parliamentary Semi-Military Junta which decrees all citizens must have served in the military: both men and women. Marriages are planned according to DNA capability. The colony has a lot of technology; Runners from this world generally steal machinery for mining and building. They do a lot of exploring with drones, so they are a computer-oriented society. Most highly valued trade items, medicines, dried foods, robots to perform labor and build things, weapons. Like Barsoom, they import a lot of small circuitries which they adapt for military use.
ARCADIA HAS A CLIMATE similar to earth with 66% water, seven large continents, only one of which has been occupied by humans. Seasons are roughly Spring, Summer, Fall and winter. Planetary tilt makes it warmer near the equator and colder at the poles. No sentient life has been discovered. Animals and plants are compatible with earth Normals, although some have taken different evolutionary paths. It has a cluster of five moons which orbit the planet together. Planetary year is 465 days. Colonists have extended the months to be 38 days instead of 30 or 31.
LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY is about the same as the earth they left. The have an industrial base. Mining, communication satellites, air sleds, lots of high-tech weapons and tracking devices. They are heavily dependent on the farming industry for food crops.
WARRIOR ETHOS are taught all schoolchildren:
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade behind.
Bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution, the Army, your unit, and other Soldiers. Bearing true faith and allegiance is a matter of believing in and devoting yourself to something or someone. A loyal Soldier is one who supports the leadership and stands up for fellow Soldiers. By wearing the uniform, you are expressing your loyalty. And by doing your share, you show your loyalty to your unit.
Fulfill your obligations. Doing your duty means more than carrying out your assigned tasks. Duty means being able to accomplish tasks as part of a team. The work is a complex combination of missions, tasks, and responsibilities — all in constant motion. Our work entails building one assignment onto another. You fulfill your obligations as a part of your unit every time you resist the temptation to take “shortcuts” that might undermine the integrity of the final product.
Treat people as they should be treated. In the Soldier’s Code, we pledge to “treat others with dignity and respect while expecting others to do the same.” Respect is what allows us to appreciate the best in other people. Respect is trusting that all people have done their jobs and fulfilled their duty. And self-respect is a vital ingredient with the Army value of respect, which results from knowing you have put forth your best effort. There is one team and each of us has something to contribute.
Put the welfare of the Colony, and your subordinates before your own. Selfless service is larger than just one person. In serving your country, you are doing your duty loyally without thought of recognition or gain. The basic building block of selfless service is the commitment of each team member to go a little further, endure a little longer, and look a little closer to see how he or she can add to the effort.
Live up to military values. The Colony’s highest military award is The Medal of Honor. This award goes to Soldiers who make honor a matter of daily living — Soldiers who develop the habit of being honorable and solidify that habit with every value choice they make. Honor is a matter of carrying out, acting, and living the values of respect, duty, loyalty, selfless service, integrity, and personal courage in everything you do.
Do what’s right, legally, and morally. Integrity is a quality you develop by adhering to moral principles. It requires that you do and say nothing that deceives others. As your integrity grows, so does the trust others place in you. The more choices you make based on integrity, the more this highly prized value will affect your relationships with family and friends, and, finally, the fundamental acceptance of yourself.
Face fear, danger, or adversity (physical or moral). Personal courage has long been associated with the military. With physical courage, it is a matter of enduring physical duress and at times risking personal safety. Facing moral fear or adversity may be a long, slow process of continuing forward on the right path, especially if taking those actions is not popular with others. You can build your personal courage by daily standing up for and acting upon the things that you know are honorable.
GUARD VOLES resemble cross between a furry velociraptor and a meerkat. Spends a lot of time sitting upright on its haunches. they have a wedge-shaped head and a wide powerful jaw with long sharp fangs and a Long, bright blue tongue. Their tufted ears lie flat alongside its head. Uses its front legs and paws like arms and hands. Can be very dangerous in packs. Arcadians use them as guard animals. Occasionally, a vole will bond with a human, but this is rare.
GORDA VIPER
Sluggish reptile with an extremely poisonous bite. The poison has an ingredient that absorbs through the skin of most mammals and birds. Orange spotted skin.
CORAL REEFS
Arcadia is home to both salt water and freshwater coral reefs. Polyps of reef-building corals contain microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which exist with the animal in a symbiotic relationship. The coral polyps (animals) provide the algae (plants) a home, and in exchange the algae provide the polyps with food they generate through photosynthesis. Because photosynthesis requires sunlight, most reef-building corals live in clear, shallow waters that are penetrated by sunlight. The algae also give a coral its color; coral polyps are actually transparent, so the color of the algae inside the polyps show through. Coral reefs provide habitat for a large variety of marine life, including various sponges, oysters, clams, crabs, sea stars, sea urchins, and many species of fish. Coral reefs are also linked ecologically to nearby seagrass, mangrove, and mudflat communities. One of the reasons that coral reefs are so highly valued is because they serve as a center of activity for marine life. Hydrocorals, or fire coral, are reef-building hydroids that have a hard calcareous exoskeleton and stinging cells that can cause a burning sensation when touched. Octocorals, or ‘soft’ corals, include sea fans and sea whips, which grow more like fleshy plants and do not form calcium carbonate skeletal structures. Antipatharians, or black corals, are another type of branching ‘soft’ coral.
Some soft corals have zooxanthellae to acquire food and energy, but others, such as black corals, exist without this symbiotic relationship.
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