The Capellan Federation   
By Ken Wang ©2005   
The Capellan Federation is a nation of several colonized worlds centered at their home world in the  Capella Star System. The Capellans are a race of aquatic humanoids. Their world succumbed to global  warming ages ago; as such their home world is 95% water. They have evolved to thrive in their watery  world. The Capellans have develop their science and technology on par with current terran standards;  and have achieved a level of cybernetics to allow them adapt easily on land and in the water.  But, they  are a culture of technicians, traders and businessmen more than scientist and philosophers. However,  they have had some key scientific breakthroughs which they closely guard. Those are: gravitic  manipulation and zero-point energy. Though, still some time from making these breakthroughs practical  for everyone, the Capellans have capitalized on some the knowledge already gained (see weapons  development).     

Their government is a government based on business, commerce and economy. The governing body is  best described as a 4-level pyramid scheme. The 1st level (foundation) is composed of representatives  from all companies, with the number of reps based on the net asset of the company. All the companies  and representatives are organized into guild houses. Each guild house claims a particular sector of the  economy (Banking & Finance, Transportation, Energy, Telecommunications, etc.). Companies under a  minimum level of net assets all fall under the Small Business Guild House (one of the largest guild  house). Within the guild house and forming the 2nd level of the pyramid, is each companies' CEO. The  CEOs act as a higher level governing body. Above this, is the Guild Masters. The Guild Masters are  elected by the CEOs from a representative-approved list of candidate CEOs. The Guild Master of the  House represents that house at the High Council of Guilds (3rd level). From these Guild Masters, the  Capellan Head Guild Master is elected (4th level). The Capellan Head Guild Master acts as the head of  state for the Capellan Federation.     

Starship Designs:  Ever since contact with the terran nations, their main interaction has been to work as subcontractor to  terran projects because of their extensive industrial capabilities. This work as subcontractors has allowed  them to be especially adept at starship special equipment and weapons.  However, they are less adept at  starship propulsion. As a result, their starship designs have been designed around the weapons for the  most part. Their starships are named after predatory animals in their home world oceans. The listing  provided has used the names of their terran analogies.     

Weapons Development:  The Capellans have developed two major weapons technologies. The first is the Singularity Cannon and  the gravitic technology associated with it, and is a closely guarded secret. The Singularity Cannon  generates a controlled singularity and projects this singularity at a target. The spatial distortion  surrounding the singularity allows the singularity to penetrate any shielding or armor; and destroying  hull structure along its path. The second is the AutoFlechette Cannon. The autoflechette cannons are  rapid firing cannon that shoot flechette rounds at the target. The flechettes disperse as they travel towards  the target.