The Galactic Council

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THE GALACTIC COUNCIL -Formation -(E'lauri, Eridani, Loa, Qimara, Terrans, Udai, Freespace Terrans and Ayama, Umbrien)

Councilors are known as Galactic Citizens, Councilors are chosen from every peaceful society for professional accomplishments in any field. There are no set elections or term limits for a Councilorship. A Councilor is only elected if they are deigned to deserve Galactic recognition and remain in office until death or dishonor.

The Galactic Council has several committees run by active Councilors that draft together measures to be voted on by the general assembly, including committees on Peacekeeping, Science and Engineering, Economics, and Public Health. Each committee drafts proposals based on consensus and as such, only rarely comes to a solid proposal for the General Assembly to vote upon. Due to the level of rigor in creating proposals, the General Assembly very often approves them, though they could not be considered a mere rubber stamp, and many proposals are forced to go through multiple revisions before final approval. Due to the highly varied nature of the skill-sets of those involved in the council, abstentions are a regular occurrence as many councilors don't feel qualified to vote on proposals outside the scope of their ability.

There is no set number of Councilors, but they are still very rare (about 500 in all) considering that to become one requires improving society on an interstellar scale. This prerequisite has garnered some criticism from the less wealthy and more isolated societies because of their limited ability to effect the galactic theater. Also some societies view the Galactic Council as an outside sovereign power in it's own right, such as the Imperium, and thus do not allow their citizens to accept Councilorships for security reasons. As such these underrepresented societies are given the status of official observers, able to sit and speak in the General Assembly but unable to sit on a committee or cast a vote.

Jurisdictions: Jump Gates Peacekeeping Force/ Fleet Committees- Peacekeeping, Health, Science, Engineering, Economics, Judicial, Communications. Seneschals- Arbiters and Agents of the Council. Appointed by the Council. Vassals- Servants and assistants of the Councilors who go out and see to their personal interests. They do not have any judicial power, or as much influence as Seneschals, but certain vassals are formidable in their abilities. Council Commandant- leads the councils peacekeeping fleet, answers to the council. Can be overriden by the council. Power is checked by the council and by member worlds who can recall the allegiance of their forces should any commandant attempt a coup or other unlawful hostility. Communications Committee- Organizes and regulates subspace communications sent through jumpgates, and attempts to secure all transmissions from tampering and subspace hacking.