Life in the Federation is always fast paced; there is always somewhere to
go and something to do. Techoren's seem driven by a compulsive urge to
excel, to succeed and to be the best. The Federation is truly a place of
equal opportunity, for there a person can succeed regardless of gender,
color or starting economical status, and everyone knows it. It is for these
reasons that they have such a competitive society.
There are two paths to success within the Federation, the first is the
corporation, the second is the military, and those who can often take both.
Business is everywhere, from the street corner shop to the multi global
corporations; they offer literally millions of employment positions, both
legal and illegal in nature. Everyone wants to climb the corporate ladder in
someway or another. While some businessmen compete and vie with each other
over bigger and better positions, other less scrupulous individuals earn a
living by seeing to the success and failures of others through specific
“interventions”, they themselves constantly strive to catch the eye of
larger and wealthier clients.
Yet it is the military that receives the greatest admiration, for the
Techoren is a society of war. Hundreds of fleets wage battle across the
stars, culling rebellions, guarding merchant lines, defending territory
borders, crushing alien incursions and ensuring the safety of Techoren and
other alien species within the worlds of Federation space. It is these wars
that feed and drive the economy and force the Techoren to excel so greatly,
yet all of their achievements would be for naught if not for the brave
soldiers who constantly wage these battles. Without them the Federation
would fall beneath the hordes of its enemies, and so the greatest of
soldiers becomes the stuff of legends. In fact so great is the admiration
and respect gained that it is now virtually impossible to join the Senate or
obtain a high ranking government position without having first served in the
military with notable distinction.