Part of the technology series of articles.
Commonwealth Federal Systems are classified infrastructure networks that serve secret and important purposes across the Commonwealth’s 83 republics. The existence of some are common knowledge obscured by deliberate ambiguity, while others are highly secret and known only to senior members of the Commonwealth government, military or intelligence services. They comprise defence, communications, resource management and surveillance systems that integrate into unified networks.
The federal systems are an expression of Commonwealth paranoia and intelligence competence, and mostly focus on data collection and analysis. They also serve a secondary role in economic espionage which can be used surrepticiously as leverage in international trade. In total and networked together, the federal systems mean that that the Commonwealth has an unparalleled level of awareness of activity in the Atlantic and Caribbean oceans, which suits its aims as an entrepôt and as a nuclear power that desires control over its oceanic regions.
Most systems originated between 1985 and 2040 as the country began to exert greater control and awareness over the high seas of the Atlantic. Each federal system was established under a project code, and today remain known primarily by their numeric codenames.
Commonwealth Federal Systems
- Atlantic Hydrographic System
- Atlantic Neutrino Surveillance System
- Atlantic Viral Surveillance System
- Atmospheric Surveillance System
- Deep Space Surveillance Constellation
- Federal Fundamental Computing System
- Federal Quantum Timing System
- Fundamental Defence Communications System
- National Monopole Surveillance System
- National Shelter Network
- Seismic Intelligence System
- Strategic Materials Reserve