Laian Unity

Laian Names
Two to three syllable names with a punchy cadence.

Laian Exploratory Office
The Laian Exploratory Office holds responsibility for interstellar-capable starships, both line and auxiliary. It has a someone hands-off approach to managing their starships, enacting what they call the Charter License system, where they license a Charter that takes on responsibility for the starship itself. All ships are run less as the quasi-military structure familiar to Starfleet, and rather more like a civilian place of business, where all employees are members of the Charter. However, all valid orders can only come from the government agencies of the Laian Unity.

Laian Cosmological Office
This office is responsible for colonies, orbitals, and in-system craft. In addition to this role, they also carry much of the responsibility for facilitating foreign affairs for the Laian Unity government. Their structure is a little more regimented than the Exploratory Office, including possessing a dedicated corps of facility staff who are used on Outposts, Stations, and Waystations. In-system craft are required to hold an LCO license, meet their regulations, and report for national service if required.

Shipyards are managed by the Cosmological office as well. However, the operation of shipyards is left to a series of charter organisations who specialise in these technical tasks. It was decided early on in the Laio's early expansion that they would not allow the Exploratory Office to carry a closed loop of cradle-to-grave ship lifecycles, and taking away control of the Shiypards was viewed as a key element of this. As a result, the LEO lodges a license request with the Unity government, and the Unity government passes a build order to the LCO in order to construct a ship.

Known Emergency Assets

 * Laian Interstellar Engineering
 * Laio Foreign Office
 * Congressional Envoy
 * LEO Press Office
 * Laian Spacers' Union
 * Exploratory Runabouts