Icaran Setting

The Icaran Setting is the setting created by Kaido, in which the Chronicles of Vaahn story series takes place. It focuses primarily on the colony of Icara, but also incorporates events on other worlds, such as the Kyyreni Homeworld of Urokon.

The setting makes several changes to the punishment system described by Lurking Dragon, which the author justifies by placing Icara as one of, if not the most distant Human colony in the Federation. Though the time period is not defined, it likely takes place at the same time as, or later than the Kayla stories. It was created primarily because Kaido considered the system as Lurking Dragon described it excessive, and in some cased downright perverted, and thus the changes exist to remove the elements that, in the author's opinion, should never have been allowed to begin with.

Despite the name, the modifications apply to all Federation worlds within the setting, Earth included.

Changes to the Rejuve system
Parenting

First and foremost, "unlicenced" parents are completely removed from the Penitatas system; the Federation considers it a criminal act as the parent of a Penitatas, or indeed any Child, without a proper parenting licence. Typically, families of Soft Timers are those seeking to earn their parenting licence (they are considered 'provisional parents' by law), whilst Hard Timers are given exclusively to dedicated Penny Parents.

The second alteration is the removal of "Spanko" parents. The official Correction's Council policy is that "parents who take excessive and inappropriate satisfaction in punishing their children are far more likely to abuse their position than those who do not, and our judicial system cannot tolerate such potential abuse." Likewise, it is illegal to perform sexual acts on a Rejuve without their consent (and a LOT of paperwork granting them 'right to consent', none of which may be filled out by a Penitatas). The requirement of a Parenting Licence has effectively removed all undesirable candidates thus far.

Special Days

Because of their often excessive nature, Special Punishment Days are all but removed from this setting. The modified Special Days are given below:

Christmas

In the Icaran Setting, Christmas has been modified based on the Saturnalia holiday created by Loki_Darksong. Christmas is a time when the Penny's actions over the year are judged by their parents and the Corrections Council. Those who are considered "Naughty" are punished in a manner similar to the 'normal' Rejuve Christmas, whilst those who are considered "Nice" are given a proper, enjoyable holiday.

A "Nice" Christmas typically runs from Christmas itself until New Years Day. During this week, the Penny is granted special treatment, typically dealt with as if they were a Voluntaras (or Soft Timer should Voluntaras be considered 'too nice'). The practical application of this as far as most Pennys are concerned is a lack of Christmas spankings (truly something to be celebrated!), but it also means a week of being able to stay up late, more freedom to do things they might not normally get to do and to generally unwind without constant fear of punishment.

This "Naughty and Nice Christmas" was put in place after much debate. Advocates for the system stated that Penitatas are much more likely to reform if they are given tangible rewards for doing so during their sentance, rather than at the end of it. Those against it stated that by removing one of the most feared aspects of the Penitatas sentance criminals would be given an easy ride, and would "play nice" during the year without truly reforming. However, with trails from other planets showing that positive reinforcement produced significantly faster reform rates, the anti-Nice lobbyists fell silent and the alterations were instated immediately.

Birthdays

Birthdays are considered a Special Punishment Day only for the most serious offenders - "normal" Hard Timers are given a proper, happy birthday with no spankings of any kind (unless the Penny misbehaves of course). Very Hard Timers receive birthday spankings, the number and severity of which depend on their age, most of which take place during a special "punishment party".

Confederation In General
The First Principle The First Principle is a universal right to all individuals - Penitatas included. This is due to the "Dissonance Ammendment", a policy instigated after a Penitatas knowing allowed a Kindern to die for fear of being punished should he intervene. Typically, a Penitatas who is cleared of charges due to the First Principle has their sentance reduced, "so as to encourage them to do what is RIGHT, not what is LEGAL, when lives are in danger."