Overview of the Ceres Regency

         Formed from the ashes of the United Nations Space Command, the Ceres Regency was a major force in shaping the cosmo-political landscape of the late 2070s and early 2080s.  This Regency was comprised of the former USNC personnel at Ceres after the Earth Federal Republic routed the UNSC forces from the Earth sphere during the 2075-2076 period.
         The Ceres Regency was initially comprised of only the planetoids of Ceres, Pallas, Hermes, Apollo, and Hidalgo.  However, their actual influence spread throughout the Solar System.  After the 1st Interplanetary War was over, their allies included numerous mining colonies within the asteroid belt, the Romanus government of Mars, and the Venusian government.
         The Regency was the final stage in the first phase of the plan of the UNSC conspirators against their own government and securing the alien ruins of the inner sphere of the Sol System.
        This plan of creating a cosmic country on Ceres was begun nearly ten years prior to the outbreak of the 1st Interplanetary War during the 2060s.  This task would have been daunting had it not been for the discovery of the objects in the asteroid belt and the sheer power that had garnered from them.  The objects provided the conspirators with the means to achieve their ends.  They carefully plotted every move they needed to make the Ceres Regency a reality. 
         During the late 2060s and early 2070s, the UNSC personnel who were loyal to this cause constructed a huge space fleet at Hygiea under the direction of that planetoid's commander.  The Regency built these craft using technological designs and the science of the alien craft from Alpha Centauri that Zhukov's UNSC team of explorers had discovered.  In addition to the fleet of warships, the conspirators also had a vast army of battlerobots and spacefighters built to arm their new armada.
         This entire fleet was built without the knowledge of the UN Solar Empire Supreme Soviet Council or the lady-chairman of the Solar Empire.  The conspirators had not only erected a fleet for their plans, but also cloned an augmented army that had been stored in an Atlas class ship known as the Golden Goose.
         The Regency conspirators originally intended to raise and train this army at the UNSC bases under their control on the moons of Jupiter.  However, this portion of their plan did not come to fruition as the Soviet Elite uncovered their deception before they could take possession of the Golden Goose.
         Instead, events forced them to accelerate their timetable and create the Ceres Regency ahead of schedule.  In 2077, the UNSC invasion forces surrendered Ceres to the Earth Federal Republic.  In turn, the EFR negotiated home rule for Ceres in exchange for military aide against the EFSM and USR forces.
         The Ceres Regency forged an alliance with the EFR during the last years of the 1st Interplanetary War and did in fact assist them in trying to take control of the outer sphere of planets within the Sol System.  An unexpected interloper who decimated much of the Ceres armada at the Battle of Vesta thwarted this effort.  The appearance of this new threat shook the resolve of the Regency and forced them to withdraw their spacenavy back into the inner sphere.
         The events at the Battle of the Vesta Atlas gap caused the Regency to alter the course of the next phase of their plan and wait until the dust of the 1st Interplanetary War had settled for a few years before enacting it.  This meant that the interim government of the Ceres Regency would have to wait until their minions could regain their strength and reorganize a new spacenavy.
         The population of Ceres was comprised of 80% former UNSC personnel and 20% other. The others within the Ceres Regency were refugees from all over the Sol System (mostly former UN and EFSM defectors) who chose to join the Regency rather than give their allegiance to the EFR.
         The government structure that the followers of the Regency conspiracy set up was essentially a Roman-style Republic with elements of Chinese imperialism added.  This meant that Ceres had a senate, and a head of state (the regent), as well as a council of judges (who wore the traditional Roman fasces symbol).  There was also a praetorian guard, which consisted of the Ceres Special Forces armed with Prodono battlesuits and exoskeletons.