Galactyan Empire (A1-0)

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Celestial Empire Of Galactya

Ouremeis Yhurnoa Qyt Galactya
Flag of the Zelvan Regime, the Horns of Zelvar
Flag
The Horns of Zelvar
Emblem
Overview of the Celestial Empire Of Galactya
Overview of the Celestial Empire Of Galactya
Motto"With the Comet and eachother, all else shall follow!"
Founded9698 BBT
LocationSector A1-0, (600-600,600-100 lys)
CapitalGalactya (Imperial Palace Complex)
Key worlds
  • Galactya
  • Korelapolat
  • Nethul
  • Ulnuibes
  • Kairmios
  • Lunalkirex
  • Gharribuik
Population68 trillion
Head of stateEmpress Karheismas
Emperor Nixhoeils
Head of governmentEmpress Karheismas
Emperor Nixhoeils
Major speciesGalactyans
LanguageGalactyan
Key technologyRingular Gravity Warp Drive
Genesis Energy
HPGM Nanobots
Terraformation Technologies
MilitaryInterstellar:
  • Interstellar Patrol Fleets
  • Surveillance Radars

Interplanetary:

  • Orbital Detector Satellites
  • System Patrol Fleets

Planetary:

  • Orbital Defense Stations
  • Military SpacePorts
  • Orbital Ring Defense System (only on Galactya)
CurrencyGalyl (≾)
"When he saw the Aliens, he was admittedly taken aback- they looked like they had grabbed species from every part of the galaxy and stuffed them in this ship. They didn’t even look like they could come from the same species..."
— Fleet Captain Alteran Anderhold of the Holy Imperium Of Trianar during the first contact with the Celestial Empire Of Galactya.

The Celestial Empire Of Galactya ("Ouremeis Yhurnoa Qyt Galactya") is an ancient spacefaring Empire in Sector A1-0, occupying an area of around 120’000 square light years.The Empire comprises around 32,000 star systems, all of which have been inhabited and terraformed where possible. It borders the Zelvan Regime and the Treecuu Star Empire to the South, the Star Empire Of Calerost to the East and Ferristia to the West. To date, it is the second oldest Star Nation in the Sector, only younger than the Drakari Celestial Imperium. Founded in 9698 BBT after the Global War and the MoonFall, the empire is built on three major principles: Cooperation, which states that all citizens must treat others with kindness and respect; Self-Sufficiency, since even though the Empire will gladly entertain trade relations and alliances with other nations it is still fundamental to be able to maintain themselves independently; and most important of all, Genetic Manipulation. The Celestial Empire Of Galactya maintains a policy of Liberal internationalism, even though most citizens are reluctant to exit the two Great Nebulae. Still, after the end of the Second Era and with the discovery of new (and now mostly allied) Star Nations, population's reluctance to leave the borders is fading, thanks especially to the National Integration Program scheduled and organized by the Ministry Of Foreign Relations.

The Galactyan Empire has a population of about 68 trillion Galactyans, around 1.2 trillion for every subspecies, and all of them enjoy equal rights regardless of gender, sexuality, belief or subspecies. While the number of citizens is fairly high compared to other Star Nations, the only thing maintaining it is the very high life expectancy of a Galactyan, and the decreasing birth rates are becoming a matter of concern for the Government. The Empire is divided into 16 Quadrants, each containing 2000 star systems, that are overseen by a Quadrant Representative. The singular star systems are instead governed by a Governor, which oversees all of the system's aspects and report to their Quadrant Representative. While they can make decisions for their own systems, Governors have to report to their representatives if they wish to make a major decision like starting the colonization of a new colony or starting mining operations. The Empire is a diarchy, in which the power is split between the two Emperors (heterosexuality is not a prerequisite of the Imperial Couple; however, monogamy is), which oversee both common and specialized aspects. The two current Emperors are Empress Karheismas and Emperor Nixhoeils, which were elected in 845 BBT. The Imperial Couple resides in the Imperial Palace, located on Galactya, Capital and Homeworld of the Galactyans.

The Galactyan Economy is mostly fueled by Terraformation, Genetic Manipulation, Extraction of Gaseous Resources, Asteroid Mining and Resource Exports. Important native technologies include Genesis Energy and all related technologies, the HPGM (High Precision Genetic Manipulation) Nanobot, the Ringular Gravity Warp Drive and various other technologies related to Terraformation. The National currency is the Galyl (), and it is used both internally and for International Trade.

Etymology

The word "Galactya", used for the Empire, the species' designation and it's homeworld, derives from an ancient Galactyan word, "Gællektiä", which translates to "Celestial". While the now current word for the adjective celestial is "Ouremeis", "Galactya" has remained detached from it. This lead linguists to speculate that Galactya is only part of a complete name for the Empire, which probably got partially lost during the Genetic Revolution.

History

The PreHistoric Era and the Arrival Of The Comet

Not much is known about the PreHistoric Era, mostly because of the events of the Genetic Revolution. What is known is that it took around 47 million years for the Galactyan species to achieve sentience, and another 3 to advance to the final stages of Primitive Advancement. For most of the planet’s primitive history, the surface was divided in hundreds of nations, who often fought for supremacy or formed alliances between one another. This sort of balance continued until 9712 BBT, with the arrival (through collision) of the Genesis Comet. It took Galactyans 4 years to discover the Comet’ capabilities.

The Global War and the Moonfall

After discovering that the Comet could be used as a weapon of mass destruction, a Global War started and lasted until 9699 BBT, in which all nations on the planet turned on each other in an attempt to get possession of the Comet. The conflict alone caused the deaths of around 382 million of the then 8 billion Galactyans. Likely due to a bomb exploding near the Comet during the war, it was almost fully activated: because of this, the weapon it was had been built into malfunctioned, destroying Galactya’s third and smallest moon, converting it into various gases. The environmental repercussions of the event were enormous, changing the seasons and the planet’s axial tilt. This resulted in the deaths of another 194 million Galactyans. After this though, the various nations on the planet, both because the environmental changes were forcing them to, and because the deaths of more than half a billion people were a clear sign that the war couldn't continue, started collaborating and in little time decided to fuse into a single governing body for the entire planet, called the Empire of Galactya. Initially a republic governed by a senate of elected members, the Empire started colonizing the other planetary bodies in the Crus-Lux system. In 870 years, the established and later completely terraformed colonies on all the major celestial bodies in their system. Also, during this time, the Empire slowly changed, becoming an actual empire, with the power now being held by two Imperial Figures.

Era 1 and the First Interstellar War

A fleet of Galactyan Orbital Bombardment Craft (GOBC) used during The First Interstellar War.

In 8828 BBT, 870 years after the founding of the Empire, Galactyans invented a primitive version of the current Ringular Gravity Warp Drive. This is considered to be the official start of Era 1. Around 30 years after this invention, the first Interstellar Galactyan colony was established on the planet of Gwinthera, one of the planets of the star system Kaleidia. In a span of 1280 years, Galactyans colonized numerous star systems, colonizing planets and slowly terraforming them. Due to their rapid and notable expansion, in 7548 BBT Galactyans made first contact with another spacefaring race, known as the Melaneans. This alien empire, after discovering the great numbers of lush and already terraformed worlds the Galactyans inhabited, decided to wage war against the Galactyan Empire to get control of the resourceful colonies. The conflict that followed, known as the First Interstellar War, caused the deaths of billions of Galactyans and Melaneans and the destruction of two entire planets. The war also resulted in a great "boom" of technological advancement that mainly interested weaponry and defense systems, but that also heavily affected other areas. After the incredible damage suffered by both nations after the war, and the loss of an actual reason to keep fighting on the Melaneans' part, the two species decided to sign a peace treaty, known as the Peace Of the Nebulae, in which they both promised to remain in their own territories and expand in the opposite direction. But, after around 140 years, the instability caused by the heavy losses caused a total failure of the Melanean economy, reducing the population to around 23 billion Meleneans and forcing them to ask the Galactyan Empire for help. Galactyans accepted their request, and allowed them in their colonies. Initially the two populations distanced each other, but thanks to various programs organized by the Empire they soon began to integrate. Due to this newfound unification though, a new problem arose: as interspecies relationships started to become more and more common, their inability to have children became apparent. To solve this, biologists began working on a way to change the DNA of the two species to make them suitable for reproduction. Their plans worked, and now they also had access to a new technology, which they called "Genetic Manipulation".

The Genetic Revolution

Officially starting in 7368 BBT with the discovery of Genetic Manipulation, the Genetic Revolution lasted for 952 years, officially ending in 6416 BBT. During the Revolution, Galactya lost all interest in expanding the Empire's territories, instead completely focusing on developing and testing the limits of Genetic Manipulation and Terraformation. This lead to the invention of an initial version of the HPGM Nanobot, more than 21 of the current Galactyan Subspecies and various terraformation technologies. Welfare was also highly prioritized, and the incredibly excellent life conditions on Galactyan colonies lead to a sharp increase in population numbers, which skyrocketed from 120 billion to 540 billion. Even though expansion was completely halted, a new version of the Ringular Gravity Warp Drive was also invented, together with a more primitive version of antimatter shielding and the Genesis Generator, which remains a core component of bigger Galactyan stations and warships to this day.

Era 2 and the Second Interstellar War

Due to the excessive increase of population, which was temporarily solved by building numerous orbital stations (a tradition which continues to the present day), expansion programs were quickly restarted in 6416 BBT. In 2840 years, thanks to the great amount of progress and accumulated machinery built and put in storage during the Genetic Revolution, Galactyans quickly and efficiently colonized and terraformed a great number of planets and moons, conquering more than 16000 star systems. It was also during this time that, in 5231 BBT, due to the sharp increase of Galactyan colonies and their population, that the Council Of Subspecies was established. During Era 2, the Empire's Population grew even more than during the Genetic Revolution, passing from billions, to trillions. By 4649 BBT, the population had grown to 7.36 trillion and would reach 10 trillion in 4122 BBT.

It was also during Era 2 that thanks to the expansion numerous deserted or lush, but still apparently abandoned planets covered in ruins (of a technological level anywhere from the end stages of primitism to rather advanced) were discovered. They were called Ruined Planets, the most advanced and oldest one of them being RP-019/T. Around 20 of them were (re)discovered during the Era and were all declared Protected Sites, meaning that their surface and eventual orbital structures could not be interfered with.

In 4023 BBT, Galactyans made first contact with another spacefaring species in the Region, known as the U'Lnuib, who were less advanced and their territories smaller than Galactya's. The two Nations initially entertained peaceful relations with each other, but the wave of innovative ideals in the aliens' society brought by the first contact worried the aristocratic U'Lnuibian ruling class; fearing that they might loose their power, they decided to wage war against the Galactyan Empire. This started the Second Interstellar War, which lasted from 3876 BBT to 3794 BBT. The war was quick: the U'Lnuib, having severely underestimated the power of the Galactyan Empire, were completely unprepared, and their worlds could not resist to the Galactyan conquering. While a good part of the alien population supported the war, many opposing factions formed in their Star Nation, advocating for the end of the conflict and for peace with the Galactyan Empire. At the end of the war, these factions were spared, and immediately integrated in the Empire; the rest of the population, instead, suffered a much worse fate. Their bodies were genetically modified en masse, reshaped to only be able to survive in gravity-devoid environments; immediately thereafter, they were enslaved and forced to work in asteroid belts for the Galactyans, mining and collecting resources for colonization and terraforming projects. The U'Lnuibian slaves were then liberated and re-integrated through genetic manipulation in 3408 BBT after an Empire-wide voting.

After this the situation in the Empire remained relatively stable, technology advancing and the Galactyan colonies growing in number, as well as the population. This though, only lasted until 342 BBT.

ExtraRegional Alien Contacts (Era 2 and Era 3)

At the tail end of Era 2, starting from 342 BBT, when thanks to various accidents and coincidences, the Celestial Empire Of Galactya started to make first contacts with the other Star Nations in the Sector.

The following table illustrates the nations Galactya has made contact with, the Era and date (both in the Galactyan and in the BBT System), the location, the initial and current relations with the Galactyan Empire and access to recordings of the event.

Galactyan Date Galactyan Era BBT Date Location Star Nation Initial Relations Current Relations Recorded Transmissions
Star Empire Of Calerost 5786 P.E. 2 342 BBT Korelaim Star System (Korelapolat) Galactya Hostility-Diplomacy Allied Chalerosto-Galactyan First Contact
Drakari Celestial Imperium 5867 P.E. 2 212 BBT Kairelia Star System (Kairmios) Galactya Diplomacy Allied
Ferristia 5902 P.E. 2 156 BBT Ulnuirofons Star System(Ulnuibes) Galactya Diplomacy Allied
Holy Imperium of Trianar 5945 P.E. 2 88 BBT Katan System Trianar (Hemmeraldia) Diplomacy Allied Trianarö-Galactyan First Contact
Union of Emerald 6000 P.E. 3 0 BBT Rhimus Star System (Nethul) Galactya Hostility-Diplomacy Allied Galactya - Union of Emerald first contact
Treecuu Star Empire 6007 P.E. 3 11 ABT Lunarelloim Star System (Lunalkirex) Galactya Hostility-Diplomacy Acknowledgement
Zelvan Regime 6034 P.E. 3 54 BBT Ghajovklib Star System (Gharribuik) Galactya Hostility Hostility

Era 3

Astrography

The Celestial Empire Of Galactya is situated in the middle of the eastern part of sector A1-0, and is delimited by the Two Great Nebulae, respectively the Altay Cygnus and Hercules Borealis Nebula. These two formations are much much denser than regular nebulae, more akin to a rough but still traversable version of the Badlands. In both of them, on opposite ends of the Region, are located two Molecular Clouds, the Heaven's Tower and the Celestial Wall, which produce around 5 new stars every year. This means that Galactyan space is generally much denser than regular Interstellar Space, which leads to actual phenomenons of Interstellar Weather.

This also means that while smaller than some other Regions of the Sector, it has approximately the same number of stars and planetary bodies, thanks to the higher denstity.

Administrative divisions

Politics

Government

The Senate Complex, city of Irveem, Ecteen.

Domestic policies

Foreign relations

Propaganda

Military

Law enforcement and crime

Economy

Financial system

Industry

Income, poverty and wealth

Technology

Space travel

Home appliances

Infrastructure

Demographics

Settled worlds

Species

Synthetic life

Culture

Language

Religion

The Galactyan Empire is a secular state but freedom of religion is granted by the constitution. The Galactyans are irreligious by nature, and the concept of a belief in a higher being and/or existence was completely foreign to them until it was first inroduced to them by the Star Empire Of Calerost.

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