History VideoGame / CrisisOfTheConfederation

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* TheKingdom: The Star Kingdom of Avalon presents itself as a retro-futuristic version of Camelot, right down to having several system names clearly inspired by names in the Arthurian ballads. The neo-feudalists who have taken it over even rather whimsically claim that their PuppetKing is a clone of Myth/KingArthur himself.

** The Star Kingdom of Avalon is inspired, in-universe and out, by the tales of Myth/KingArthur. It also invokes the Star Kingdom[[spoiler:/Empire]] of Manticore from the HonorHarrington books in its backstory.

* ElectiveMonarchy: Unlike with vanilla CK2, an elective monarchy in this game is a sign that the monarchy hasn't firmly established its succession rules, and is instead under the control of a junta.

* ClonesArePeopleToo: While clones do tend to inherit the same congenital traits as the original, it's not a guarantee, and their personality is still suspect to the foibles of the education system.

* BilingualBonus: As explained by WordOfGod [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/crisis-of-the-confederation-crusader-kings-in-space.803651/page-88#post-19871257 here]], many factions have names that are {{Meaningful Name}}s in languages other than English. Most of them are fairly mundane, but one that stands out in particular is Tarka, derived from the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarka_sastra tarka sastra]]'' Indian school of dialectics that emphasizes logic and reason - an appropriate choice for a faction of TotalitarianUtilitarian {{Cyborg}}s.

** Any government with the Corporate power-base[[note]]Most government types in ''Crisis'' are defined by what power-base the character holding it has (which decides what type of world is preferred) and what source of legitimacy it derives authority from (which decides what succession laws are available)[[/note]] has elements of this, as the definition of it is that the government's power-base lies in control over the private sector and massive wealth. In Corporate Republics, that expresses itself in the nominally democratic, elective political process being dominated by massive mega-corps that has the means to advance their candidates and lobby for their goals, which on the level of individual system can mean effective monopolization of it by a single corporation.

** Any government with the Corporate power-base[[note]]Most government types in ''Crisis'' are defined by what power-base the character holding it has (which decides what type of world is preferred) and what source of authority it derives authority from (which decides what succession laws are available)[[/note]] has elements of this, as the definition of it is that the government's power-base lies in control over the private sector and massive wealth. In Corporate Republics, that expresses itself in the nominally democratic, elective political process being dominated by massive mega-corps that has the means to advance their candidates and lobby for their goals, which on the level of individual system can mean effective monopolization of it by a single corporation.

** The Machine Cult are a direct rip-off of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Adeptus Mechanicus]]. They don't control Mars at the start, though.

** The Spiritual Cyberneticists are basically the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Adeptus Mechanicus]] in all but name.

* InterfaithSmoothie: Sort-of-averted at gamestart. Most real-world religions have adopted a sort of unified belief in making a pilgrimage to Earth, to the point that everyone who professes to adhere to Earth religions (and feels strongly enough about it to make it an important part of their world-view) is identified as a Pilgrim. Sect Adoptionists, meanwhile, are those religious movements that reject the Pilgrimage and believe that each world has its own spirit and god. And finally, if a Pilgrim adherent is pious enough and gains control of Earth, they can create a unified Terran Orthodox Church.

* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Nearly all religious ideologies (except of course the Machine Cult) oppose "Desecration of the Holy Human Form," which means cloning and cybernetics. In terms of what is actually possible to do in-game, cybernetic transhumanism can go pretty far (the two ends are becoming a full-conversion cyborg complete with immortality to age and immunity to disease, or the Hiver event that can make you a guiding element of a human cybernetic flawed hivemind), while the poor Bio-Directionists have to content themselves with cloning and nothing more.

** The Spiritual Cyberneticists are basically the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Adeptus Mechanicus]] in all but name.

** The Star Kingdom of Avalon is inspired, in-universe and out, by the tales of Myth/KingArthur.

** The Terran Confederation controls a minor outpost on the fringe known as the [[Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes Iserlohn Fortress]]. Indeed, the situation the Confederation faces is more or less similar to that leading to the rise of the Galactic Empire under the Goldembaums.

* TheKingdom: The Star Kingdom of Avalon presents itself as a retro-futuristic version of Camelot, right down to having several system names clearly inspired by names in the Arthurian ballads. The neo-feudalists who established it even rather whimsically claim that their PuppetKing is a clone of Myth/KingArthur himself.

** The Terran Confederation controls a minor outpost on the fringe known as the [[Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes Iserlohn Fortress]].

''Crisis of the Confederation'' is a total conversion GameMod being developed for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings II'', altering the setting from the medieval world of centuries past to a futuristic setting in interstellar space. The most recent version of the mod (v0.12) is available through either the Steam Workshop or [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/crisis-of-the-confederation/downloads the ModDB project page]], and the developers can be contacted on [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/crisis-of-the-confederation-crusader-kings-in-space.803651/ the mod's thread]] on the Paradox Interactive forums.