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Global Coalition / Orbital

Global Coalition / Orbital (GCOA), a power of the fractured century.

AbbreviationGCOA

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AlsoGlobal Coalition, GCOA, Global Collective Operations Authority, Global Coalition Orbital Assembly

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History 7 dated records

approach 2059, orbit 2060UNSO Traveler Returns to Earth Orbit CL-006
The UNSO Traveler — launched 2024, carrying 20 children and 6 Mentors — re-enters Earth orbit after 36 years. Aboard: 600 inhabitants, 200 years of sovereign governance, and a Cold Fusion reactor every faction on Earth wants.
2061GCOA Station Achieves Crewed Status
The Global Coalition Orbital Assembly achieves permanent crewed status — the first neutral geopolitical space of the post-Upheaval era.
2080Lunar Industrial Complex Operational
The Lunar Industrial Complex reaches full operational capacity — permanent human presence on the Moon.
2086The GCOA Becomes Operational and Contested
The Global Collective Operations Authority becomes operational and is immediately contested: every faction supports its mandate and opposes the governance structure that limits its own access. Its orbital platforms are the most significant non-Lumicite military infrastructure ever built.
2089GCOA Orbital Platform Built
The station the High Ground sandbox is set aboard was built in 2089. Pre-Upheaval hull plating, dated to at least 2030, sits in a section on no construction schematic.
2098The GCOA Seizure CL-015
The Sons of the Serpent seize the GCOA orbital station. The Royal Phantom Corps and Aurora Rangers mount the joint rescue named Operation Celestial Aegis; Blackwood and Gallagher fight side by side; the Prophet is captured.
2104Destruction of the Lunar Industrial Complex CL-016
The Sons of the Serpent destroy the Lunar Industrial Complex, the GCOA's helium-3 facility on the Sea of Tranquility, to prove they could reach that far. Helium-3 production goes to zero for at least fifteen years.

Who is here

People

Andi

person · character

OVER THE WALL. GCOA Falcon-stock pilot shot down defending Sierra Cortez, takes command of stranded marines.

Archivist Pelletier

person · character · as of 2060

GCOA field archivist. Eleven years building a supplemental record running parallel to the official archive. Contains materials that would alter the history of three GCOA decisions. Waiting for conditions that have not simultaneously been met in eleven years.

Cartographer

person · character · as of 2060

GCOA intelligence analyst, nineteen years building the world archive. Has been selectively redacting tactical coordinates from the public-facing access layer for six years. Internal archive complete. External layer is his editorial judgment.

Covenant

person · character · as of 2060

Traveler crew member, nine years into tour of duty, applying for surface transfer. Has been in irregular text communication with an unknown surface contact through a side-channel in the ship's relay for eleven months.

Director Fenwick

person · poi

ARCHITECT · High Ground / orbit. Authorized the Menagerie sealing, then reclassified it out of the incident-tracking system that would have escalated it.

Connections 12

affiliated with: Andi; Archivist Pelletier; Cartographer; Covenant; Director Fenwick

took part in: Destruction of the Lunar Industrial Complex; GCOA Orbital Platform Built; GCOA Station Achieves Crewed Status; Lunar Industrial Complex Operational; The GCOA Becomes Operational and Contested; The GCOA Seizure; UNSO Traveler Returns to Earth Orbit

Sources

world/world.yaml · factions.gcoa
world/continuity/CL-004-faction-roster.md
TC2066 Constellation Map.html · node f_gcoa
OT Print Edition Collection/TC_SettingGuide_Print_Edition/chapters/CH13_FourEras.md · The Orbital Era: the Global Collective Operations Authority

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