Integer Iota Relay
The Integer Iota Relay, usually shortened to I I Relay, is a waypoint station between the outer Pentarch space and Extralegal Space, though officially being in the latter. It rest in the L5 lagrange point of the gas giant Zebreka. The station follows the so-called 00Agglomerate Style of station construction. The original station was composed of 10 large habitation modules welded together, but it has since been further developed with the addition and integration of any ship, scrap, or asteroid the residents could get their hands on. The core original station is either no longer visible, or completely disassembled and reused among the rest of the station.
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History
The Integer Iota Relay's original purpose was to be a launching station from Outer Pentarchate members to outer stellar system planets, and there were plans to integrate an accelerator coil into the station. The station then declared its independence from the Pentarchate altogether, possibly leading to the development of Extralegal Space, though some records show secretive habitats were built in Extralegal Space before this that only came to light after the Relay's success.
People of the Relay
Government
Being an Extralegal province, Integer Iota Relay is governed loosely by a set of laws laid down by its founders in years past. Modernly, the original legal document has been mostly supplanted and edited by a generally democratic process with no centralized ruling body.
Interaction with Pentarchate Nations
Sanctuary Law and Refugees
The Sanctuary Law is one of the few nearly unanimously passed laws presented to the sanctuary. It allowed many people looking to escape the eugenicist ideals of the Iridium Throne an assisted escape route from Thahan Station leading to a rather sizable drop in population, and setting off a exodus of large portions of populations to Extralegal Space and outside the influence of the Pentarchate. Some theorize this drop in workforce may have caused some amount of unrest in those remaining in the Pentarchate and exacerbating the issues of the Pentarchate Succession Crisis.
Military
Integer Iota Relay's military relies almost exclusively on small fast ships and guerrilla tactics. Most of the military force is left floating in space among actual scrap placed strategically to ambush would be attackers.
