Stellar Pilot and Navigator Union
Terran flight Kit circa 2700
The Stellar Pilot and Navigator Union (SPNU) was the largest pilot union in the Republic, representing more than 60 billion pilots and navigators from 33 Terran and Colonial starlines. SPNU was founded on 22 June 2431 and is a member of the Colonial Labour Congress. Known intergalactically as T.R.-SPNU, SPNU is also a member of the Intra Galactic Stellar Pilot and Navigator Union IGSPNU.
Leadership
SPNU’s four executive officers were elected by the union's Board of Directors and served four-year terms.
President
President was required to be an active commercial starship captain.
President's Administrative Team
Vice President of Administration
Merger Representative
Vice President of Finance
Captain of the RSS Tavola. He is credited with saving the lives of 27 crew members on April 21st, 2702, when, after a collision with the RSS Tripoli, he closed a blocked bulkhead hatch, severing his right leg.
Captained the Migrant Starliner RSS An Cho and, in 2685, disregarding explicit orders from parent company Northern Spacelines, he deviated from his logged course to assist with the evacuation of Galcout-4, saving over a million refugees. His actions resulted in multiple lawsuits against the company by passengers whose cruise vacations were disrupted.
Captained the RSS Saito. He coordinated with the Terran Republic to provide supply convoys and humanitarian relief to threatened starsystems in Northern Terra during the first years of the Naplian Invasion.
Distan Starlines
Stellar Endeavor
Envoy Spacelines
ExpressSpace
Space Express
First Stellar
Stellar Frontier Cargo Lines
Haliver Package Xpress
Terran Starlines by Republic Pilots Association
Star Sovereign by Sovereign Worlds Pilots Association
Southwest Starlines by Southwest Starlines Pilot Association
Reittian Space-Airlines by Reittian Pilots Association
Executive Administrator
Executive Council Representative
Master Executive Council
Strike Committee Leader
Security Coordinator
Strategic Planning Chairman
Negotiating Committee Representative
Unsecured Creditors Committee Representative
First Vice President
First Vice President
First Vice President's Administrative Team
Interstellar Safety Coordinator
Interstellar Safety Coordinator
Safety, Security, and Pilot Assistance Program Representative
Organizing Committee Representative
Pilots Association Representative
Vice President of Administration
Admin Vice President's Administrative Team
Strike Oversight Board Representative
Negotiator Representative
Organizer Representative
Merger Representative Vice President of Finance
Finance Vice President's Administrative Team
Professional Standards Board Representative
Professional Standards Board Representative
Training Board Representative
Legislative Affairs Board Representative
Finance Review Committee Board Representative
Terran Republic Hearing Board Representative
Terran Colonial Hearing Board Representative
Terran Colonial Hearing Board Representative
Archives
The Carver T. Haas Library was home to over 50,000 collections of archival material documenting the history of the Stellar Pilot and Navigator Union. To access the collections, applicants had to contact SPNU content coordinator at the Library New Olathe-5.
Notable Presidents
Dianne M. Creek (2911 – 2914) Cargo Freighter Captain of the RSS Tiberia.
Run down by Denic Raiders on May 5th, 2914. The ship was lost to a boarding party after a hatch to hatch gunfight. All hands lost.
Duval I. Rist (2799 – 2806) Serjaum Tanker Captain.
Captained the Union of Planets UPSS Flyer. Destroyed a Naplian dreadnought on November 1, 2812, by a ripwave ramming maneuver, destroying both vessels. All hands lost.
Jason I. Vater (2707 – 2710) Chemical Tarsport Captain.
Captain of the RSS Tavola. He is credited with saving the lives of 27 crew members on April 21st, 2702, when, after a collision with the RSS Tripoli, he closed a blocked bulkhead hatch, severing his right leg.
K. Richard Duff (2691 – 2698) Metals Refinery Ship Captain.
Captained the Distan Colonies ship DCS Raggia. He operated a clandestine serjaum mining operation targeting low yield asteroid fields that were located in Naplian-occupied Terran starsystems. The serjaum fields were unknown to the invaders because the mineral levels were minimal and undetectable via standard survey methods.
Hal B. Babbitt (2683 – 2690) Migrant Ship Captain.
Captained the Migrant Starliner RSS An Cho and, in 2685, disregarding explicit orders from parent company Northern Spacelines, he deviated from his logged course to assist with the evacuation of Galcout-4, saving over a million refugees. His actions resulted in multiple lawsuits against the company by passengers whose cruise vacations were disrupted.
Joseph K. O’Hennley (2671 – 2682) Deep Space Freitghter Captain.
Captained the RSS Saito. He coordinated with the Terran Republic to provide supply convoys and humanitarian relief to threatened starsystems in Northern Terra during the first years of the Naplian Invasion.
Cho I. Seko (2662 – 2670) Starstream Liner Captain.
A Lost Worlds colonist. He captained the starstreamer LWSS Harmony Bay, which struck an asteroid in the Keosket Starsystem on December 22nd, 2573. No survivors.
Lom O. Seko (2552 – 2562) Deep Space Tug Captain.
Captained the tug, DSS Gennera, servicing the Distan Colony mining squadrons that were forced out of the Icemark asteroid fields by a Terran Republic task force at the beginning in the Second Distan Colony Rebellion.
Daria M. Behlen (2431 – 2452) Commercial Survey Starship Captain.
Credited with the first contact with the Laterad aliens.
Bargaining Units Represented By SPNU
Star Outland
Stellar Transat
Star Transport Interstellar
Outland Colonial Spacelines
LW Starlines
Distan Southeast Spacelines
Northern Spacelines
Clear Space
Terran North
Commutspace
Stellar Compass freight lines
Stellar Endeavor
Envoy Spacelines
ExpressSpace
Space Express
First Stellar
Stellar Frontier Cargo Lines
Haliver Package Xpress
Planet Air
Kazima Space
Sprocket Spaceways
Ravenna Space Flight Ltd.
Hemisphere Space Group
Piedmont Starlines
Pusil Airlines
Spirit Space Freight lines
Solar System Starlines
Trans Stellar Passenger Lines
United SpaceFreight
Violin Space
Messiah Starfreight
West Systems Cargo Lines
WestRocket
Notable spacelines whose pilots are not part of SPNU and have their own pilots union
Terran Starlines by Republic Pilots Association
Star Sovereign by Sovereign Worlds Pilots Association
Southwest Starlines by Southwest Starlines Pilot Association
Reittian Space-Airlines by Reittian Pilots Association
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