Senate of Orenburg

The Senate of Orenburg oversees the running of the densely populated Orenburg. This includes the maintenance of the city's most important infrastructure, such as its greenhouse district and water pumping stations. It also handles the regulation of the Vesta Belt, The government is headed by an elected president, who acts as the head of military and the engineering corps in charge of the terraformers that keep the city safe. Therefore, technical expertise is as valued as political acumen in Orenburg. The Senate was formed soon after the silence fell over the sector; Every other settlement on Orenburg, their livelihoods tied to powerful pretech, soon fell victim to Kamchatka's harsh sandstorms. Orenburg was different only in that it used outdated terraforming technology that did not employ advanced psitech. Engineers scrambled to keep the massive machines running while Chatkin refugees flocked to the only remaining settlement on the planet. The Senate came to be as a means of maintaining the peace and necessities of Orenburg life.