Cultural traditions section

Cultural traditions section

After the UNI design doctrine was adopted it was decided to add cultural elements to make the ships distinctive Union.


 * All space vessels that are big enough to be called ship (Navy) will receive the prefix USS (United Stars ship or in more recent years Union Space Ship)
 * All ships must carry and display the Union Flag
 * All command seats have a purple strip of leather and the golden letters SPQR ( SpQR-Leather Strip )
 * The is a small bulb with Ult water in the bulk head next to the Main air lock (Ult Water Bulb)
 * Every ship carries a strip of papyrus with the ships name written in ancient saran hieroglyphs behind a piece of transparent metal over the door to the bridge.
 * Every mess hall has a traditional old fashioned Sugar Water dispenser.
 * The Bridge must  have a brass bell
 * There must be a physical  log book and a pen
 * A physical shelf with real paper books (Captain's treasure )

Other little bits have been added. Some simply developed and others were added by Assembly decision. The first Pertharian captain added Gurtha, to his ship. A golden statue measuring 7 cm in a small alcove in the bridge wall next to the door and now all ships have one.

A few grains of Ashes from Narl Gatu are tossed into the melted metal used for the ships armor, done by Assembly decision after a Nul proposal.

All these and a few more such symbolic cultural tokens have a deep rooted menaning and make the ship a physical representation of Union Authority.