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Fonoss Collective


Physiology
Fonoss people, calling themselves "Fonai", have pale skin and hair color can vary between red, brown, pale-blue, pale-green, and white. Average height is about 2.4 meters. Each Fonai has 2 hearts and 2 completely separated lungs (if one is punctured, the other can still operate). Although their appearance seems like human, Fonai skin is composed of harden chitin layer above thin fat layer (which helps Fonai resist harsh heat and UV generated from Fonoss suns). Fonai optical receptors can detect human visible light to UV wavelength. Female Fonai has pheromone gland, which uses to dominate male (which is stronger gender).

Governing system
Fonoss Collective is consisted of 3 star systems; Fonoss, Kon, and Panit. Fonoss is a capital system. In each system, there are dozens massive space colonies. 3 planets in Fonoss system are populated; Mattia, Pron, Kaius. Mattia is capital planet in which Collective Council is located. In Kon and Panit, there is only one colonized planet each. Collective Council is a governing organization, composed with Royal class from all colonies (one female and one male from each). An elected High-matriarch is a supreme leader of the Council, chosen from Council candidates each 5 standard Fonoss years.

Culture
Fonai culture is class social system. There are 4 Fonai standard classes, Royal, Overseer, Ordinary, and Worker with addition of 2 special classes, which are Warrior and Priestess. Standard class is determined by birthright. A child always takes class the same as a mother, no matter what father's class is. Special classes are much more different. Members of these classes are chosen from candidates of any standard class through Joining Ritual of each special class.

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Classes

Royal: They're the most prestigious class in the Collective. Their main function is to oversee the well being of Collective people. Royal Fonais from each colony tend to wear Colony insignia at shirt collar. Their garments are highly decorated with jewels and medals as indication of superiority. Royal class numbers is about 4% of entire population.

Overseer: These people are like hands and fingers of Royal class. Their purpose is to help communicate between Royal class and the lower classes. Furthermore, Overseer tends to be good trader and negotiator; hence, most of them have become diplomats, merchants, and spokesperson. Overseer population is approximately 10% of entire Collective.

Ordinary: The middle-class Fonais are like a backbone of public services. These people vocations can be varied; engineer, physician, lawyer, entertainer, and much more. Ordinary is widely known to create the best artist of all classes. About 30% of Fonais are Ordinary.

Worker: The main workforce of Fonoss Collective is drawn from the Worker. They are labor of the whole. Without them, Collective accomplishments can be count as zero. Without them, no marvel could have been done. They're the most populated class in the Collective. These people are a symbol of hard work and diligent. Worker class population is 35% of all.

Warrior: The sole purpose of this class, without doubt, is to protect and defend the Collective people from any harm, both from without and within. They're recruited from toughest and strongest of all Fonais. Ranking hierarchy in Warrior class can only be promoted through capability. Candidates from other classes are chosen to join this class through Joining Ritual, which can be conducted only by order of the Grand Mistress. Warrior Joining Ritual, or "Zaela'chuk", is a challenge that tests individual candidate to the core of personality. This class is also a good chance for highly capable lowborn people to present themselves to a greater purpose. Once joined, each warrior will have to perform duties to gain honor and glory so that they could be promoted. They're bound to the code of honor in which they live as if it is something of an internal organ itself. Mothers in warrior class are symbol of fortune and will be given more privilege. However, the code of honor state that one mother can have only one child who has not reached the Age of Ascension (17 years old). This restriction has to be used to retain integrity of Warrior class because mother cannot perform complete duties with a child. Any child who is given birth by a mother in warrior class will be marked from their beginning day as warrior, and will be trained for war through the rest of lifespan. Warrior class consists of 20% of Fonoss Collective population.

Priestess: Fonais worship the Great Mother, a feminine deity. Priestess is a class that devotes life to the service of the Great Mother. Through Priestess Joining Ritual, "Ayala", devoted believers are called to perform a sacred task. A few who could fully devoted their life to the task and the Great Mother will be allowed to join the rank of Priestess. After joining the class, each member will no longer have privilege of giving love and life to anyone else but the Great Mother. Therefore, increment of Priestess population can only be done through Ayala. Only 1% can be the Priestess.

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Military
Fonoss Collective military presence is protect and contain peace of the Collective. The military branches are entirely based on Warrior class. There are 3 main categories of Fonoss military forces, Navy, Army, and Law Enforcer. Navy is responsible for all interstellar armed forces. Army is a branch that controls all ground-based military. Law Enforcer is like a police force, which has a huge duty of containing peace in colonies during time of peace. Fonoss military operates on basis of cooperation, but operating separately on each system. With the Grand Mistress as supreme commander of the entire military presence, she commands entire forces from Capital planet, Mattia. Each system military has a Head Mistress to assume leadership. In Fonoss system, the Grand Mistress herself is the Head Mistress.

Military Technology
Fonoss weapon technology is constructed on the knowledge of photon energy. This direct energy weapon can cause massive amount of damage to mass, but has limited damage to energy shield.

Photon Beam
The less complicated weapon system is photon beam weapon. To direct a large amount of energy through air or space, the photon beam weapon uses weak warp field to contain energy from leaking to outside environment, thus keeping the power of weapon at full capacity. The photon emitter will generate high amount of energy and direct it toward target with warp field repulse. This weapon can fire continuously if there is still power source to feed the weapon. The firepower is good, but accuracy is not so high. Another drawback of photon beam is that it requires large warp field generator, so it can only be equipped on large installation such as space colonies, starships, or planetary defense cannons.

Photon pulse
Although photon pulse weapon is more complicated, it's more widely use than photon beam due to its portable size. This weapon creates small amount of energy, turning it into a phase state, and then propelled it through warp field disruption that creates repulse effect. This disruption to natural warp space will create a movement of energy and send photon energy to target. This technology is widely used as ground force weapon. This weapon, due to lack of effective range, is not known to be used on starships.

Photon dispenser
This weapon is equivalent of explosive weapons used by another race. It's a device that will generate high amount of photon energy when armed. The smallest of this weapon is used as grenade for infantry while the largest is used on starship as bombardment warhead.

Void Shield
This is a defensive technology. Void Shield is a barrier of disruptive warp field. It can neutralize direct photon weapons with ease since it disrupts warp repulse effect. Furthermore, this disruptive warp field tends to trigger the arming mechanism of photon dispenser. Therefore, it has been a good defensive technology for Fonoss weapon system. Power is required to keep the Shield running each time it has been disrupted with direct energy photon weapon. This defense system cannot deflect any object with kinetic properties.

Polar Shield
Polar Shield is a solution for lack of deflective capability of Void Shield. Polar Shield is a strong shifting warp polarize field that can create repulse effect in warp space to object in normal space. How good this Shield can deflect depends on how large the object is. The volume and mass of object are prime factors on which how much power is required to create repulse effect. This system is only used on space related objects to deflect space particles.

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Name, family name, title, and calling of Fonai
Since Fonoss Collective is class-based society, Fonai name and title of each individual has to indicate status in social hierarchy. Title, which is class indicator, has to come first when calling a Fonai formally with exception for Royal class calling lower classes.

These are Fonai titles,
Royal: Connoi
Overseer: Ziron
Ordinary: Pomak
Worker: Joch
Warrior: Vakk
Priestess: Sho

Fonai family name comes before personal name if address formally. However, Fonais always use personal name or nickname whenever they're in informal circumstances. So calling order for a Fonai would be like this, <Title><Family name><Name>.

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Warship classes

Battlecruiser
Fonai Battlecruisers are the strongest ship class ever designed. Approximately 3-4 kilometers in length, their purpose is to hold the line. With extended armor layer, Battlecruisers could withstand more damage than any other classes of Fonai starships. They also carried a lot of weapons and some of them are armed with Hellstorm cannon, a gigantic photon beam cannon with diameter of 80 meters that can destroy an unshielded target twice the size of the cruiser instantly.

Explorator Cruiser
This type of starship was created for speed and firepower. They doesn't have thick armor, but their speed is great despise their size. The purpose of these ships, at first, is to explore dangerous space. However, as time passed, exploration has become less supported activity. Thus, the purpose of Explorator Cruisers is maneuvering battleships.

Destroyer
Destroyers are designed for line-battling, so they're not fast. Although the purpose is much like Battlecruisers, Destroyers are preferred to be use in close ship-to-ship battle.

Frigate
These agile vessels are commonly used to support fighters and bombers in surgical strikes. They're maneuverable and tough.

Gunship
These are core supporter for surgical strikes. Gunship can be equipped with various tools; such as anti-fighter weapons, ship system demolisher, communication jammer, boarding system, and so much more.

Bomber
Bombers are fast and equipped with precise anti-capital ship weapons. It is widely used to cripple capital ships. These small vessels can also be used in atmospheric condition.

Fighter
They're the most maneuverable vessels in Foani Fleet. Most of them are armed with anti-fighter weapons. They have roles in both defense and offense.