It occurs to me, mostly because it is stymying one of my threads, that one of the issues with writing stuff set on Bothawui (at least stuff connected with Alliance governance and politics) is that we have very little established about what the capitol is like. Back in the day (i.e. the New Republic) we pretty much assumed that the place was much as in the films but that seems unrealistic since Bothawui is not Coruscant and this is not the Republic (Old or New). So I would like to do something about that by doing a little OOC work to establish some parameters to write within. What follows is a jumping off point for discussion.
1. The Alliance Capitol occupies a extra-territorial zone (a la the UN Headquarters in New York) gifted by Treaty to the Alliance.
2. The zone is a large plaza with the Senate Building at its heart. I like the idea of this being created from a derelict area damaged during the Civil War.
3. The Senate Building resembles the Senate Building on Coruscant in that it is circular with a large convocation hall in the centre with floating pods etc (established IC in any case) and looks rather like a mushroom and has all manner of symbolism built into it
4. The Senate Building is different in that it is not as large and it does not have suites of offices behind each pod. Instead, the offices are located in buildings elsewhere on the plaza.
5. The Senate Office buildings are dotted around the plaza, each built in a different style. These also house committee staffs.
6. The Executive and the Judiciary (such as they are) also have their own buildings around the plaza.
7. All these buildings all incorporate social and other facilities (e.g. eateries, gyms, shops) have been or are being constructed to designs selected in open competition from across the Alliance.
The reasoning for this setup would IC be that it signals continuity with the Republic but also a break with the old governments insularity by forcing its leaders out of the Senate into a public space, it also attempts to get around the idea of the Bothans controlling the Alliance by hosting its government. OOC it offers a range of settings in easy reach of one another to facilitate rps and storytelling.
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