Seeding daughter colonies and weaving a single, operator-controlled interstellar civilisation
The requirement cards on this page govern. A new colony is not a second command chart. Oversight is at light delay. FPL-v1 is an upgrade path.
Inter-Planetary Link Ship • Guildford, Surrey, UK
To define the functional requirements for the seamless, chronological integration of every new colony into the growing interstellar network, with the first stable portal link (IPLS-FPL-v1) as the non-negotiable binding infrastructure that prevents remote-mission stressors and enables multi-century expansion.
Once the primary portal link is stable and the first hollowed asteroid base is operational, the colony shall begin construction of its own colony-seeding ships (3.1.17) using local ISRU and on-site manufacturing (3.1.13). Each daughter colony shall repeat the full arrival sequence, including immediate establishment of its own IPLS-FPL-v1 link.
The portal mesh shall grow organically: each new colony becomes a new routing node. Continuous frontier monitoring (Frontier Annex 4.5) shall trigger TSP-v1 upgrades across the entire network without disrupting operations or crew consent.
Requirement: Every new colony shall be integrated into the growing interstellar network immediately upon establishment of the first stable IPLS-FPL-v1 portal link, following the same universal modular platform and chronological sequence used in Sol. On arrival the ship joins the 3.1.19 network under IPLS-3.1.17-005. FPL-v1 and PIS-v1 are upgrade paths. FPL-v1 has no defining card. What counts as a stable link is unset under IPLS-4.2-005. What integration into the network requires is unset. Command follows the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. A new colony is not a second command chart. Oversight is at light delay. Activation of a portal waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. The sequence follows IPLS-4.2-009. Which Sol cards bind the restarted sequence is unset. Hand-over follows IPLS-4.2-010. The priority scheme that Tier-1 belongs to is unset. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. The IPLS-3.1-014 hold applies to other actions. T is unset. Paths per link are unset. The pass criteria for the network integration simulation and the hand-over readiness audit are unset.
Rationale: Creates a single, coherent, operator-controlled interstellar civilisation without fragmentation or isolation.
Open Questions: None at v0.7
Requirement: The first stable IPLS-FPL-v1 portal link shall become the permanent backbone for each colony, expandable to a redundant mesh topology as population and traffic grow. FPL-v1 and PIS-v1 are upgrade paths. FPL-v1 has no defining card. Entanglement is not a link. Oversight is at light delay. The baseline link follows IPLS-3.1.17-005. The population and traffic at which a colony's link becomes a mesh are unset. The mesh topology and routing are unset. The 4.4 cards are not yet repaired. Paths per link are unset. Dependence on PGEDS-v1 follows IPLS-3.1.6.1-001. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. The IPLS-3.1-014 hold applies to other actions. T is unset. Activation of a portal waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. The pass criterion for the mesh scalability simulation is unset.
Rationale: Eliminates remote-mission stressors and enables instantaneous governance, trade, and reinforcement across light-years.
Requirement: Once the primary portal link is stable and the first hollowed base is operational, each colony shall begin construction of its own colony-seeding ships using local ISRU. Construction of colony-seeding ships follows IPLS-3.1-015. Seeding waits for operator consent under IPLS-3.1.4-006. Each replication cycle waits for operator consent. Command follows the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. A new colony is not a second command chart. What counts as a stable link is unset under IPLS-4.2-005. Whether seeding waits for a portal link is unset under IPLS-4.2-007. What counts as operational is unset under IPLS-4.2-010. Self-sufficiency is undefined under IPLS-3.1-015. Whether first occupation of a daughter colony is crew arrival under IPLS-3.1.4-012 is unset. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019. N per production function is unset under IPLS-3.1.13-001. The pass criterion for the construction and launch simulation is unset.
Rationale: Turns every successful colony into an autonomous seeding hub, enabling exponential interstellar expansion.
Requirement: Standardised PIS-v1 cargo protocols and portal nodes at major logistics hubs shall enable instantaneous high-value trade and personnel transfer across the growing network. Trade by portal follows IPLS-3.1.18-004. FPL-v1 and PIS-v1 are upgrade paths. Relay is at light delay. Activation of a portal waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. Whether transfer of a person through a portal is crew launch under IPLS-5.1-002 is unset. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019. Who approves contract terms and settlements is unset. Cargo attaches by UMP-CARGO-001. Which hubs carry portal nodes is unset. The node list is unset. The minimum route count between nodes is unset. The route for critical spares during portal downtime is unset. The pass criterion for portal-enabled cargo transfer testing is unset.
Rationale: Creates a true interstellar economy with minimal transit latency.
Requirement: Each colony shall maintain a continuous frontier-monitoring link to detect ≥2× performance or safety improvements, automatically triggering TSP-v1 evaluation across the network. The source monitored and the path that carries it are unset. Entanglement is not a link. Relay is at light delay. The 4.5 cards are not yet repaired. The metric, baseline, and measurement basis for the 2× threshold are unset. A trigger can start evaluation and cannot grant supersession. Supersession waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. Review follows IPLS-5.1-007. Whether review can block supersession is unset. Whether one consent covers supersession at more than one colony is unset. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined under IPLS-3.1-016. Whether IPLS-5.1-006 legacy-support mode applies is unset. Version changes follow IPLS-3.1.19-002. The pass criterion for the frontier monitoring simulation is unset.
Rationale: Ensures the entire civilisation evolves in lockstep with frontier technologies without disruption.
Requirement: Each colony shall retain full local operator command authority at all times; portal use and network decisions remain under explicit local consent, never autonomous. Command follows the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. A new colony is not a second command chart. Hand-over does not move command of irreversible acts off the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. What hand-over transfers is unset under IPLS-4.2-010. Irreversible acts follow IPLS-5.1-002. Reversible and life-preserving actions act inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope and are logged and reported to the operator. Activation of a portal waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. An ASI is never an operator. Rights follow IPLS-5.1-003 and do not include operator authority. Whether representatives' consent is also required is unset. Overrides follow IPLS-3.1.4-007 and confer no operator authority. Who holds the local veto, and what it can stop, are unset. The holder follows the IPLS-5.1-002 succession. A seized credential is not consent. The interface follows UMP-OPERATOR-001, which does not define it. Oversight is at light delay. On loss of link, life-preserving action continues inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. Other governance actions hold under IPLS-3.1-014. T is unset. Whether a link whose delay exceeds T counts as loss of link is unset under IPLS-4.1-006. The pass criterion for the local versus network authority simulation is unset.
Rationale: Prevents centralised control while maintaining a unified civilisation.
Requirement: Real-time Sol-network connectivity via FPL-v1 shall be integrated with Recreation, Entertainment, Psychological & Social Systems (3.1.9) and Digital-Life Habitats (3.1.22) to eliminate isolation stressors permanently. FPL-v1 and PIS-v1 are upgrade paths. Relay is at light delay. Entanglement is not a link. The criterion for reduced isolation stress and the pass criterion for the psychological impact simulation are unset. Data rate and availability per external path are unset. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. The IPLS-3.1-014 hold applies to other actions. T is unset. Psychological support during loss of link is unset. The interface between the link and the 3.1.9 and 3.1.22 systems is unset. Access to psychological data is unset under IPLS-3.1.22-004.
Rationale: Maintains cultural continuity and mental health for crews across light-years and centuries.
Requirement: The interstellar network shall be designed for continuous organic growth with graceful degradation, field-repairable nodes, and pre-engineered TSP-v1 pathways. Graceful degradation and field repair follow UMP-DURABILITY-001. Degradation order and the output floor are unset. Whether a network node is a UMP core module is unset. Whether a network node is life-critical is unset. Life-critical systems remain at the 500-year figure in IPLS-3.1-016. Each step of growth that is seeding, replication, or portal activation waits for operator consent under IPLS-3.1.4-006 and IPLS-5.1-002. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined under IPLS-3.1-016. Supersession waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. Backward compatibility follows IPLS-3.1.19-002. Mesh topology follows IPLS-4.3-002. Paths per link are unset. The pass criterion for the long-term network growth simulation is unset.
Rationale: Ensures the network remains robust and evolvable across centuries and thousands of light-years.
Requirement: Each new colony shall repeat the full arrival sequence and immediately become a new routing node in the portal mesh, enabling further daughter-colony seeding waves from the new node. The arrival sequence follows IPLS-4.2-001. Whether first occupation of a daughter colony is crew arrival under IPLS-3.1.4-012 is unset. Hand-over follows IPLS-4.2-010. Command follows the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. A new colony is not a second command chart. Seeding waits for operator consent under IPLS-3.1.4-006. Each replication cycle waits for operator consent. Whether a seeding wave is one seeding or several is unset. On arrival the ship joins the 3.1.19 network under IPLS-3.1.17-005. Activation of a portal waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. What a routing node does, and the routing protocol, are unset. The node list is unset. PIS-v1 is an upgrade path. The pass criteria for the network growth simulation and daughter-colony integration testing are unset.
Rationale: Creates organic, exponential growth of the interstellar network while maintaining full operator control and interoperability.
Requirement: The interstellar network shall be designed for continuous organic growth with graceful degradation, field-repairable nodes, and pre-engineered TSP-v1 pathways for future technology supersession without disruption. Growth, degradation, and field repair follow IPLS-4.3-008. What counts as disruption is unset. The interoperability test set and pass criterion are unset under IPLS-3.1.19-001. Supersession waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. Whether IPLS-5.1-006 legacy-support mode applies is unset. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined under IPLS-3.1-016. Version changes follow IPLS-3.1.19-002. The pass criteria for the long-term network evolution simulation and TSP-v1 retrofit validation are unset.
Rationale: Ensures the network remains robust, interoperable, and evolvable across centuries and thousands of light-years.