FSV Antipodean Patch
The FSV Antipodean's logo represents the values of the Commonwealth and the Fleet Syndicate in particular.
The purple ring represents the whole of the Ekumen in twilight - the unknown reaches that the Antipodean aims to explore. Within the ring, a prayer that all beings be liberated from suffering represents the larger aim of the Fleet Syndicate to ease suffering and act compassionately. Steel and gold stand for the technology and material resources of the Commonwealth.
The Ashoka Chrakra at the heart of the patch is an ancient design of special significance to the Fleet Syndicate, which traces its ideological lineage to the 21st Century syndicalist para-nation of India, particularly its military syndicate: an especially ethical organization by the standards of asymmetric historical epochs. The design once adorned the flag of pre-syndicalist India, and before that, was the symbol of the Emperor Ashoka - in legend, a living pinnacle of warrior virtue. These associations make the Asjoka Chakra the core symbol of the Fleet Syndicate, though members who prefer a less historical (or less militant) approach also see it as a sign of peaceful expansion, as the wheel's spokes radiate in the ten directions.
The Antipodean was named by its current captain, Mikhail Stensky, with the assent of the crew. It will be renamed if a future crew wishes, though tradition holds that this should only be done to ward off bad luck or rid the ship of the stain of serious misconduct. The base Commonwealth Intertectonic Recognition Code (CIRC, F for Fleet) of 999 was selected by the Technate collective that built it - another tradition. In this case, the number signifies a "trinity of a trinity of trinities." Any three to five digit number is permitted, as long as it's unique. The version number (1) will only change if a future vessel claims the Antipodean's number after the original has been decommissioned.
The purple ring represents the whole of the Ekumen in twilight - the unknown reaches that the Antipodean aims to explore. Within the ring, a prayer that all beings be liberated from suffering represents the larger aim of the Fleet Syndicate to ease suffering and act compassionately. Steel and gold stand for the technology and material resources of the Commonwealth.
The Ashoka Chrakra at the heart of the patch is an ancient design of special significance to the Fleet Syndicate, which traces its ideological lineage to the 21st Century syndicalist para-nation of India, particularly its military syndicate: an especially ethical organization by the standards of asymmetric historical epochs. The design once adorned the flag of pre-syndicalist India, and before that, was the symbol of the Emperor Ashoka - in legend, a living pinnacle of warrior virtue. These associations make the Asjoka Chakra the core symbol of the Fleet Syndicate, though members who prefer a less historical (or less militant) approach also see it as a sign of peaceful expansion, as the wheel's spokes radiate in the ten directions.
The Antipodean was named by its current captain, Mikhail Stensky, with the assent of the crew. It will be renamed if a future crew wishes, though tradition holds that this should only be done to ward off bad luck or rid the ship of the stain of serious misconduct. The base Commonwealth Intertectonic Recognition Code (CIRC, F for Fleet) of 999 was selected by the Technate collective that built it - another tradition. In this case, the number signifies a "trinity of a trinity of trinities." Any three to five digit number is permitted, as long as it's unique. The version number (1) will only change if a future vessel claims the Antipodean's number after the original has been decommissioned.