![[PU-NE] Unificationist Territories of Vastitas Borealis](https://cdn2.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/project/1180852331_480x360.png)
Upon the news of the time reset, Caribbean settlers on Mars were distraught: they mourned for days on end in longing for their world which they would never see again, and languished in the paranoia that they would never again venture the face of the universe and were to remain isolated to one pocket in perpetuity. But, by some incredible stroke of luck, the reset happened to take place as the best scientists in the Caribbean were stationed on Mars to develop the Library of Human Thought (which is to be discontinued until further notice), preserving some of the greatest minds of this generation. This society, dominated by paranoia and depression, would lend itself towards technocracy as these scientists, being knowledgable on the Martian landscape, were trusted by the population with several matters that would typically fall in the scope of elected officials. The provisional government would do all possible to enforce the Prime Directive out of fear of how many lives would be lost if they turned away from it. However, a few settlers disagreed. These were die-hard Unificationists who swear by its moral code almost religiously. They criticised the government for not upholding their ideology’s principles (in their view) by letting itself be prone to technocracy, as they believed that a state’s ultimate mandate for authority came from the consultations with its people. Among them, a nationalistic belief spread, preaching that wherever & whenever this new Caribbean lies, its people deserve to know Unificationism’s policies and their futuristic technology. They detested the Prime Directive, which they perceived as oppressive and restrictive of their ambitions to ‘assist the new Caribbean in attaining its rightful place in the Sun’ After weeks of conflict with the government, this sect (among them scientists) abandoned negotiations and organised a mission to claim the last lawless part of Mars, a desolate parcel up in the far north, from where they could conduct their operations. Proclaiming the Republic of Vastitas Borealis and converting their modular ship into a headquarters, they immediately began to research methods to send items out of the Lunar Continuum without destroying space-time. Their work schedule would be riddled with trauma and desolation, though with the loss of their home-world, they gained a purpose, a grand goal which drove their work forward: the mighty return of Unificationism to the shoals of the Caribbean.
Pixabay - the snowstorm sound Music: Winter - Vivaldi @Marica_games for the Mars map
