Rutians

Rutians operate as a local ethnopolitical community that functions both as a civilian population and an organized local authority. They receive medical supplies (including Federation instruments removed from local dispensaries), sustain civilian casualties in the conflict, and field guards or security personnel who detain suspects and enforce communal order. Narratively they occupy the opposing political side to agents like Finn and stand apart from official Federation alliances, serving as victims, civic defenders, and a focal point for contested legitimacy.