Observed Holidays

Synchronization Day
Commemorates the moment when all information systems were synchronized over the instantaneous transmission nexuses, enabling faster-than-light communication. Celebrated by sharing stories and exchanging cultural traditions.

Remembrance
Twelve days of observance for lives lost during and after The Tragedy. Similar to Lent and Dia de los Muertos. The Empress secludes herself in total isolation in a vessel at the spot the parade-ship catastrophically exploded.

Reunification Day
Festival immediately following Remembrance, celebrating the laying down of arms and coming together as Society. Also ominously referred to as Loyalty Day.

Ascension
Utopians observe (or rather, fail to observe) this holiday in anticipation of achieving trans-galactic transportation to distant galaxies. Ascension has been scheduled to occur for at least a millennium but is postponed each time until the achievement has been made. There is competition to be the first individual to postpone the holiday, as that person dictates how long to wait until the next observation of Ascension.