Protectorate of Alba

The Protectorate of Alba was an important interstellar polity that arose during the Long Night in Alba Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector. The Protectorate was based around White (Alpha Crucis 3001).

In 198 the worlds of the Alba Protectorate joined the Imperium as client states, although it would be many decades before they achieved full membership.

Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Originally settled from Terra, the Alban Protectorate has always been a stable but loose alliance. In fact, "alliance" describes too strongly the underlying nature of the Protectorate; a better term would be pact or even family of worlds.

A little more than one thousand extended families of Terran origin settled the world today named White (Alpha Crucis 3001), along with surrounding systems. Their colonies had mutual origins on Terra, and maintained these ties over the interstellar distances between worlds surrounding White. The protectorate also included some systems in the Old Expanses, and even more in Spica (Alpha Virginis) sector.

Originally outside the bounds of the Terran Confederation, the Protectorate later found itself within the confines of the Rule of Man. It was the fall of the latter that really led to the Protectorate as a formal arrangement, protecting the families from the encroaching Long Night all around.

The Protectorate has at no time been an interstellar government, but its capacity for mutual defense certainly qualified it as an independent state. In fact, the view on these worlds has long been, "that government which governs best, governs least." The citizens viewed the Protectorate as in one of two states (or modes) at any time: active or inactive.

There have been only two times in history in which the Protectorate has been active: the Long Night, and from the Collapse until the New Era.

During the period in which the Protectorate was part of Solomani Confederation territory, the Albans were given member-state status. With their inherent attitudes, they never played a significant role in Confederation politics. In fact, a number of worlds, as is the case elsewhere in the Confederation, are not formally members either. All of this is permitted by the Charter for Confederation of the Free Solomani States‎, though these worlds scoff at being called Solomani.

Later Histiory/Legacy

Nobody to date has been able to understand how the Protectorate worlds survived Virus intact. It is confirmable that they have done their share in combating Vampire Fleets.

World Listing

The following systems and worlds were associated with this political entity:

34 of 34 World articles in Protectorate of Alba

Antairtic  •  Arwen  •  Brego  •  Calimite  •  Cirion  •  Crown Heights  •  Degas  •  Deserte  •  Elk Grove  •  Feldon (Sp 0107)  •  Gambda  •  Gardon  •  Glassend  •  Grimaldi (Sp 0109)  •  Knobel  •  Macburr  •  Mansania  •  Markham  •  Meridian (Sp 0102)  •  Moonshan  •  Naav  •  Nadir (Sp 0204)  •  Patrel (AC 2911)  •  Rapier  •  Ribble  •  Skyserpentine  •  Snarf  •  Stad  •  Sumax  •  Villbert  •  White  •  Yekon  •  Zenux  •  Zilon (AC 3004)  •  

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