The Galactic Foresight Organization traces its origins to before the conclusion of the Built-Organic Wars, when the Hydrogen and Oxygen Breathers established an inter-species, inter-order body to regulate the manufacture of intelligent or self-replicating machines and machine programs. After the Built Capitulaitons ending the Built-Organic wars, the G.F.O.'s madate expanded to include monitoring of Built uplift. The G.F.O. works closely with the Galactic Uplift Institute in the regulation of uplift in Built civilization, with the G.I.M. in regulation of self-replicating machines used in terraforming, and with the Galactic Library to insure that records freely accessible to Main Sequence Organic species include only plans for non-organic species that require "keys" issued solely by the G.F.O. G.F.O. relations with the G.I.P.P.N. and with mining and heavy manufacturing industries have always been very difficult.
The G.F.O. is very disturbed by the fact that Humans conceived of both self-replicating and intelligent built life prior to Contact, and were actively involved in research on both fronts at the time. The G.F.O. is still trying to rally enough Galactic pressure to force New York to grant G.F.O. agents carte blanche inspection privileges in Terragen research facilities.
the primary function of the I.s.A.S.L.C. is to provide norms and standards for
the twelve accepted O-2 languages and approved variants of the
twelve languages. Smaller Faculties within the Academy focus on description
and analysis of the actual use of the twelve O-2 languages, unofficial languages used by some O-2 sapients,
inter-order communication, rhetoric, and pure communication theory. The Academy works closely with the
Galactic Unified Institute of Standards and Inter-Species
Trade.
Anglic, and especially
Trinary, have caused minor concern among some
Fellows and Associates of the Academy because of what
seems to be an "infectious" principle in these dangerously irrational and ambiguous primative
dialects.
Headquartered on Oakka. Its functions include mapping
and marking hazards to inter-stellar navigation, documenting jump-lines, and
establishing guidelines for space-worthiness, especially for commercial inter-stellar vessels.
Internal caucuses represent the concerns of ship owners, ship builders, and those
who labor in the inter-stellar transit trades. The G.N.I. is a minor institute --it is closely
affiliated with the Galactic Unified Institute of Standards and Inter-Species Trade.
A small unimportant society, to which all Alliance for Progress clans belong,
that endeavors to carry out a mandate of the Progenitors
to foster Newness and Progress. The G.I.P.P.N.
is the only institute to spontaneously and assertively welcome Terragen participation. Terragens (and the other A4P clans) are
among the G.I.P.P.N.'s most important constituencies. Since Humans were discovered by the
Tymbrimi, Institute of Progress activity per unit of time
has nearly doubled, and there seems to be some acceleration in the rate of activity itself.
(See also,
Syrtainq Es a-Synthian, Perspectives on Information
Stability in the Galactic Library During the Last 227 Hab-Years: Considerations of Scale and
Scope. Presented at the ninth meeting of the Inter-Clan
Conference of Alliance for Progress Associations for Encyclopedia Development, Library Studies, and Synthetic
Research.)
The ultimate arbiter in Galactic space. Strictly speaking, there is no codified Galactic Law
per se, but only a body of tradition, subject to interpretation. Though in many ways the G.I.T.
resembles a minor institute, it functions as the court of last appeal in Galactic Civilization. Also,
every Fellow of the Galactic Institute for Civilized
Warfare takes an oath to respect and uphold the decisions of the G.I.T.
The Institute, in its current form, dates from the aftermath of the Tarseuh
victory, when the separate Institutes of Standards and
of Trade merged. At present, the G.U.I.S.I.s.T. is an analog to those
inter-governmental organizations of pre-Bureaucracy Earth --such as
the World Trade Organization --that established international standards for
trade. The G.U.I.S.I.s.T. also sets and maintains numerous O-2 standards for measurment and
technological protocols. It works closely with the Galactic Navigation Institute and
the Inter-Species Academy for Sophont Language and Communication. (See Also: Morgran)
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