Clear Sky Confederacy [CSKYC] - Organizations

History

We did not come together because of a cause. We came together because out here, you either find people you can count on or you die alone. Some of us came from the sharp end of conflict—mercenaries, contract gunfighters and pilots who learned early that nobody is coming to save you once the shooting starts. Others came from work that breaks people slowly rather than fast: mining shifts that never end, salvage runs in dead zones and long-haul freight where one bad jump means nobody comes home. The rest carved their path the hard way, living by risk and consequence—raiding when we had to, taking ships when it paid and settling disputes on our own terms, outside anyone’s law.

Call it outlaw. Call it independent. Call it whatever you want. Survival does not care about labels.

We crossed paths through work, some paid clean, some paid dirty, some not at all. When the dust cleared, those still standing were the ones who understood the same simple truth: freedom is not given. You hold it, or someone takes it from you.

So, we’re building something meant to last. Not a company. Not a syndicate. A Confederacy. A way of working and living that answers to no outside chain of command. No corporate leash. No political mouthpieces. No masks, no soft code. Straight words, straight work, clean loyalty.

We do not chase flags or leaders and we do not run from consequences. We chase clear skies—open space, free reign and the right to make our own calls. No law above us. No job beneath us. Just spacers who would rather stand together than die alone. We call no system home. We take contracts for credits or for reasons of our own. We adapt to any fight and we leave on our terms.

The sky is open to those cut from the same metal. If you value freedom over safety, truth over posturing and loyalty over convenience, then you already understand what we are.

This is the Clear Sky Confederacy.

Manifesto

We are not a company, a cult or a cause. We are a confederacy of spacers who choose freedom over control, action over excuses and truth over pleasing lies. Power systems, corporations and self-appointed authorities try to shape people into tools. Out here we reject that design. Every spacer has the right to speak, to fight, to build and to live without asking permission. We do not censor thought or language and we do not bend to trends or politics. We keep what is real and we cut what is weak.

We work. We adapt. We endure. We do not break.

Articles of the Confederacy

I. Freedom is worth risk. Safety without freedom is another kind of prison.
II. Speech is free or it is nothing. No lies, no forced language, no soft censorship.
III. Loyalty is earned. Trust is built. Both are paid for in action, not words.
IV. Work is honest when you face the consequences. No excuses, no victimhood.
V. Strength is not cruelty. Mercy is not weakness. Balance is survival.
VI. We do not submit to rulers, factions, sponsors or chains of any kind.
VII. We protect our own. If you stand with us, you are not left behind.
VIII. Conflict is part of the void. We do not fear it. We shape it.
IX. Truth matters. Hype, ego and false virtue do not.
X. A spacer dies once. Cowards die every day.

Clear skies, free or dead.

Charter

Purpose
Keep free people free. Work together. Survive.

Structure
We have no formal ranks. We have a voice people listen to in operations and unofficial leads for practical roles: hauling, mining, salvage, security, comms. Respect is earned by skill and loyalty. Authority is situational and temporary.

Decision Making
Operational calls are made by the on-scene lead. Outside operations, the Confederacy favors consensus and practical solutions. If lives are at stake, follow the lead and live to argue later.

Rules of Engagement
Violence is measured and purposeful. Sometimes we hunt for sport, sometimes we hunt for pay, and sometimes we fight because someone pushed where they should not have. In high-risk zones like Pyro, or when comms are down in Stanton, shoot-first authority falls to the crew lead or the individual directly threatened in the moment. De-escalate when it benefits us. End it when it does not.

Speech and Conduct
Speak plain. No censorship. No forced language. No fragile egos. If you have a problem, handle it face-to-face. Drama is weakness and weakness spreads.

Work Code
We take work that pays and work that matters. Legal, illegal, gray—each job is judged on risk, reward and consequence. We do not apologize for survival.

Loyalty and Reciprocity
You cover the crew. The crew covers you. Betrayal is exile. Favors and debts are part of the trade.

Conflict Resolution
Handle disputes privately first and fast. Do not drag the Confederacy into petty problems. If a problem threatens the group, senior voices will settle it and the decision stands.

Operational Discipline
Keep ops tight. Maintain your gear. Don’t waste lives. Do your job so the person next to you makes it home.

Alliances
We are independent. Temporary alliances are allowed. No deals that put chains around our necks.

Punishment
Cross the Confederacy and you are out. Some lines cannot be uncrossed.

Closing
This is not a family and it is not a democracy. It is a crew of free people who choose to stand with others who refuse to kneel. We are not here to be saved or ruled or tamed. We are here to carve out space where freedom still has meaning. If you want safety, find a nation. If you want comfort, find a station. If you want to live by your own hand among people who do the same, you know where to find us.

Clear Sky Confederacy / CSKYC

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