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The Yaot Federation are one of the four new races that appear in Homeworld Mobile. They're initially hostile to the Hiigarans and the Tanoch. They come from their homeworld Yaotl
History[]
The Yaot have a 3000-year old history which makes them younger compared to the Tanoch. They are also far more socially progressive than the Tanoch, allowing women mobility in society and allowing education to be widespread
The Yaot have fought a centuries-long war with the Tanoch Empire over a set of Progenitor relics known as the Five Pillars.
Leadership in the Federation[]
The Federation is lead by a council of elders, each being the oldest member hailing from one of the great families and houses from across the Federation. Though most of the year they command the Federation in an open forum, two or three times in the Yaot calendar they meet to discuss key issues. Now that war has begin with the Tanoch Empire, they have been meeting more frequently.
Most members of the council are older than sixty years of age, with some reaching beyond a hundred years. This is putting the council increasingly out of touch with the younger generations, who they are commanding to fight their wars. Attempts are being made by younger power holders and commanders to find some representative in the council, but each effort is met with deaf ears, creating growing resentment which threatens to boil over.
As recently as ten years ago, some of the elders have dropped out of legislative sessions or are hardly seen, though their name remains on the rolls. The families from which they hail are deflecting questions, and legislation was passed recently to protect their privacy. This only adds to the growing resentment in the Federation over the direction of current leadership.
Society of the Federation[]
Compared to their enemies, the Tanoch Empire, society in the Yaot Federation is free and open. Aside from a cultural respect given to elders for their wisdom and experience, there are greater freedoms to be found in the Federation in terms of self-expression and cultural mobility. More than half the current Yaot population claims to be less religious than the preceding generation, and the Yaot are quick to adopt or explore different cultures' expressions within their own art and performances. Lately, Hiigaran artwork has been embraced as a fad by the younger generations.
Now that a new war is escalating with the Tanoch, many in the Federation are questioning why this war is even happening and whether diplomatic efforts could prevail instead. The council’s absolute decrees on banning travel to the Tanoch Empire, or conducting any negotiations outside of official channels, has agitated young leaders into believing the Elders may not have their best interests. There is a growing dissident movement among the Yaot that, for now, is being checked by the Council’s elite protective forces. But this only serves to fuel growing dissent.
Government and culture[]
The federation is a union of a hundred and eighty or so "old families", which are ruled by a council of firstborn elders form each family. No member is younger than sixty, making the council of late increasingly out of touch with the needs of the people. Already social unrest form the young is building over resentment of fighting a religious war that is increasingly unpopular
The Yaot Federation is a gerontocracy, ruled by the eldest and wisest among their people.
Technology[]
Weapons-wise, they're known to have fighters with Pulsar weaponry and long-ranged torpedoes.
The Conjunctions[]
Within the Yaot Federation’s particular denomination of Makerism is a special reverence for astral conjunctions and planetary alignments. Even as far back as the Yaot’s pre-spaceflight days, there was a respect and reverence when planets lined up in the sky of their home world, and legends speak of signs and portents to great events. The Yaot have an extensive, cyclical calendar of these occurrences, each corresponding to a change in fate.
The observance of conjunctions continues into the present. Local systems observe and celebrate the alignments of planets with opulent festivals. In the past hundred years a particular sect of Yaot Makerism, The Red Eye, has begun observing particular stellar conjunctions in faraway systems. Chosen for their unique system composition and other factors known only to those who practice, the Yaot have been conducting pilgrimages to these faraway systems in order to observe the alignment with their own eyes.
Though The Red Eye is considered a heretical branch by some conservative sects of Yaot makerism, it is becoming increasingly popular among the Elders for reasons unclear. Criticism of the Red Eye has been downplayed or outright censored by the council, raising further questions about the true nature of this denomination of Yaot worship.
Gallery[]
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