O.R.C.A. Orbital Regulation & Customs Authority

O.R.C.A. Orbital Regulation & Customs Authority

Motto: "Order Beyond the Horizon"
Colours: Black and White — symbolising impartiality, authority, and clarity in the void.

Overview

The Orbital Regulation & Customs Authority (O.R.C.A.) is the interstellar agency tasked with maintaining safety, legality, and fair trade across the orbital zones and interplanetary space lanes. O.R.C.A. is both a policing body and a customs regulator, ensuring that every vessel, from humble cargo tug to luxury star liner, adheres to spacefaring law.

From high-orbit checkpoints to deep-space patrol cruisers, O.R.C.A.’s presence is both respected and feared by smugglers, pirates, and tax-dodging merchants. Their black-and-white livery is instantly recognisable, a promise of fairness to law-abiding traders and a warning to those who would flout the rules.

CEO

Name: Admiral Selene Voss
Background: A decorated veteran, Selene Voss rose to prominence during the Titan Piracy Crisis, where she orchestrated the capture of the Bloodwake Syndicate without a single civilian casualty. Known for her sharp mind, unshakable moral compass, and icy composure, Voss runs O.R.C.A. with military precision and corporate efficiency.
Leadership Style: Strategic, uncompromising, and politically adept. Voss is as comfortable negotiating trade laws in a diplomatic summit as she is ordering an armed boarding action in hostile space.

Divisions of O.R.C.A.

1. Space Lane Patrol Division (SLPD)

Role: Primary enforcement wing responsible for maintaining law and order in orbital zones, shipping lanes, and interplanetary traffic corridors.
Duties:

• Intercept and inspect suspicious vessels.
• Escort high-value convoys through piracy-prone sectors.
• Respond to distress calls and enforce no-fly zones.

Special Equipment: Black-and-white “Interceptor” patrol corvettes, equipped with rapid-response docking claws and EMP arrays.

2. Orbital Customs & Trade Division (OCTD)

Role: Customs inspection and tariff enforcement at orbital stations, planetary ports, and free-floating trade hubs.
Duties:

• Cargo inspections and contraband seizures.
• Enforcing import/export quotas and planetary trade agreements.
• Preventing trafficking of prohibited goods, from illegal AI cores to alien biotoxins.

Special Equipment: Mobile cargo scanners, drone-assisted inspection teams, and “Customs Frigates” for on-site evaluations in orbit.

3. Interstellar Investigation Bureau (IIB)

Role: Covert and forensic branch of O.R.C.A., tasked with dismantling organised crime, smuggling rings, and black-market networks operating in deep space.
Duties:

• Undercover infiltration of piracy syndicates.
• Tracking illicit financial flows through off-world banking nodes.
• Cyber-forensics for spaceborne data smuggling.

Special Equipment: Stealth-hull corvettes, encrypted data taps, AI-assisted crime analysis systems.

4. Station Security & Civil Compliance Division (SSCCD)

Role: Ground and station-based enforcement arm, keeping orbital ports, habitats, and civilian stations safe.
Duties:

• Preventing theft, sabotage, and civil unrest in high-population orbital zones.
• Enforcing station regulations and corporate liability laws.
• Assisting local authorities in times of unrest or disaster.

Special Equipment: Armored exosuits with high-visibility white striping, crowd-control drones, and station security hubs.

5. Legal & Policy Directorate (LPD)

Role: The legislative and diplomatic branch, ensuring O.R.C.A.’s enforcement aligns with interstellar law and trade treaties.
Duties:

• Drafting and revising orbital safety regulations.
• Representing O.R.C.A. at the United Stellar Council.
• Handling extradition treaties, prosecution cases, and appeals.

Special Equipment: Data archives, diplomatic couriers, secure comms links.