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A prophet in his times
From UIT historical records, 43th century period:
There is one person that had a very meaningful but often overlooked impact on the UIT culture, this person was Jeesha Natir, a wandering trader born in 4270.
Jeesha was born and raised on a planet, unlike most of his peers, but had definitely chosen life in space in his 17th year. The first part of his life as a trader was a sucession of small successes that eventually led him to gather a nice sum. Anticipating the potential of food trade between the (then in construction) mining stations of south-east Verasi, he founded a small company dedicated to the shipment of food produced on Roya to feed the workers. But as soon as he commenced operations, the local corporation that was building the stations hired another (bigger) company for all their shipping needs out of personal favor for its CEO, undercutting Jeesha and ruining the company he had poured all his savings into.
This event affected Jeesha's sanity deeply, and overnight he became another person entirely. With what little money left he had, he bought an old tattered but pompous uniform of a long-disbanded militia, complete with fantastic decorations and a fancy cap. He painted his old EC-101 ship in white with golden, nonsensical markings of non-existant ranks.
From then on, he roamed the Verasi system, inspecting the stations and mines, looking after miners and traders that flew around, and checking on the schedules of routine border patrols. With the help of a friend working for the Verasi Times, he managed to get a rather surprising announcement publicized, in which he declared himself Emperor of UIT space and dissolved the Dau Senate.
He started issuing decrees, that facetious journalists would publicize and comment upon, asking the local authorities to take action on various occasions to, for example, repair a docking bay that was forcing travelers to all dock at the same point, causing much delay, or to guard the Edras WH from a then-notorious pirate. Overall, he participated in making the life of the inhabitants fairer. More significantly, he decreed that the big asteroid cluster of the Beta belt around Verasi 2 (sector I-5) be hollowed into a station, a titanesque work that was started exactly 55 years after his death.
Jeesha had modest needs, and usually paid for what little he asked for, with digital certificates signed with his personal key, each unique. Nowadays these rare certificates reach a high price among collectors. In 4307 the Aputik mining station was completed, and the Valent officials invited Jeesha to inaugurate formally the station, which he did, delivering a poignant but slightly confusing speech about the importance of monetary exchanges for promoting tolerance and peace.
In one occasion though, two patrol ships captured his EC-101 because of its non-regementary markings. The act brought up outrage among citizens, who called for the head of the militia to free Jeesha, which he did, apologizing to the self-appointed Emperor. From then on the patrols would hail Natir's ship whenever they crossed the same sector, to which he always politely responded.
He soon became a very notorious local figure, his certificates being accepted as money at face value by local commerces (who would then proudly boast about being "the emperor Jeesha's Choice"), his judgement respected by most. The elders of roya, concerned about the age of his ship, collected funds to buy him a new ship, painted exactly as the original, for his 45th birthday, a gift that brought him to tears of emotion (he promptly gave them honorific titles).
Jeesha Natir collapsed in 4319 without any warning sign, as he was inspecting Kannik Hold. The Security Chief quickly alerted the medics, but it was too late already, and with great sadness they broadcasted Jeesha's obituary on the news channels of all Verasi. Jeesha was incinerated with his uniform and his ashes placed in his ship, placed in slow orbit at Lagrange 5 between Roya and its moon. This day, a long line of over 12000 trade ships followed the funeral cortege.
After various Serco sightings in the system, the ship was moved to the Sarament Museum in Dau, where it still is as of today.
There is one person that had a very meaningful but often overlooked impact on the UIT culture, this person was Jeesha Natir, a wandering trader born in 4270.
Jeesha was born and raised on a planet, unlike most of his peers, but had definitely chosen life in space in his 17th year. The first part of his life as a trader was a sucession of small successes that eventually led him to gather a nice sum. Anticipating the potential of food trade between the (then in construction) mining stations of south-east Verasi, he founded a small company dedicated to the shipment of food produced on Roya to feed the workers. But as soon as he commenced operations, the local corporation that was building the stations hired another (bigger) company for all their shipping needs out of personal favor for its CEO, undercutting Jeesha and ruining the company he had poured all his savings into.
This event affected Jeesha's sanity deeply, and overnight he became another person entirely. With what little money left he had, he bought an old tattered but pompous uniform of a long-disbanded militia, complete with fantastic decorations and a fancy cap. He painted his old EC-101 ship in white with golden, nonsensical markings of non-existant ranks.
From then on, he roamed the Verasi system, inspecting the stations and mines, looking after miners and traders that flew around, and checking on the schedules of routine border patrols. With the help of a friend working for the Verasi Times, he managed to get a rather surprising announcement publicized, in which he declared himself Emperor of UIT space and dissolved the Dau Senate.
He started issuing decrees, that facetious journalists would publicize and comment upon, asking the local authorities to take action on various occasions to, for example, repair a docking bay that was forcing travelers to all dock at the same point, causing much delay, or to guard the Edras WH from a then-notorious pirate. Overall, he participated in making the life of the inhabitants fairer. More significantly, he decreed that the big asteroid cluster of the Beta belt around Verasi 2 (sector I-5) be hollowed into a station, a titanesque work that was started exactly 55 years after his death.
Jeesha had modest needs, and usually paid for what little he asked for, with digital certificates signed with his personal key, each unique. Nowadays these rare certificates reach a high price among collectors. In 4307 the Aputik mining station was completed, and the Valent officials invited Jeesha to inaugurate formally the station, which he did, delivering a poignant but slightly confusing speech about the importance of monetary exchanges for promoting tolerance and peace.
In one occasion though, two patrol ships captured his EC-101 because of its non-regementary markings. The act brought up outrage among citizens, who called for the head of the militia to free Jeesha, which he did, apologizing to the self-appointed Emperor. From then on the patrols would hail Natir's ship whenever they crossed the same sector, to which he always politely responded.
He soon became a very notorious local figure, his certificates being accepted as money at face value by local commerces (who would then proudly boast about being "the emperor Jeesha's Choice"), his judgement respected by most. The elders of roya, concerned about the age of his ship, collected funds to buy him a new ship, painted exactly as the original, for his 45th birthday, a gift that brought him to tears of emotion (he promptly gave them honorific titles).
Jeesha Natir collapsed in 4319 without any warning sign, as he was inspecting Kannik Hold. The Security Chief quickly alerted the medics, but it was too late already, and with great sadness they broadcasted Jeesha's obituary on the news channels of all Verasi. Jeesha was incinerated with his uniform and his ashes placed in his ship, placed in slow orbit at Lagrange 5 between Roya and its moon. This day, a long line of over 12000 trade ships followed the funeral cortege.
After various Serco sightings in the system, the ship was moved to the Sarament Museum in Dau, where it still is as of today.