Major Galactic Powers
Galactic CouncilThe Galactic Council is the organization of the various nations, races, factions, and empires that exist inside Galactic Empire Space, or whats more commonly referred to as the known and colonized universe by all those who live within it. The Galactic Council is an organization that was created after the first great war between the Galactic Empires in the hopes of preventing such travesties from every happening again. Needless to say they have failed nigh of three times thus far, but even with those failures they've prevented more wars than one can count nor than one could remember. They are the primary peace keeping force in Galactic Space, but they rarely act as so, stepping in only when wars threaten to engulf massive swathes of space.
The Union of Mankind is the sole empire of the Human race, and one of the mighty galactic empires that rules a large part of the known universe. The UM has a vast area of control from the inner colonies to small strongholds on the outer rim where the quarantine zone was once in effect. Despite the vast amount of planets under its control the UM is the most corrupt of the Galactic Empires, its people are forced into near unending labor to fuel the great warmachine that the UM has become, its noble heirarchy grow fat on the spoils of war, and hundreds die daily as they attempt to expand even further beyond their current holdings.
Its fleets are vast (all except for the 5th which was nearly destroyed in the crusade to 'liberate' the quarantine zone from the hold of the Swarm along with the Dreadnought of the 5th which is currently MIA as its destruction was never verified) and constantly evolving but they are far from the strongest of nations, the sole thing keeping the other Empires from descending on the rotten corpse of the UM are the five capitalships, five great dreadnoughts capable of wiping out entire fleets of smaller ships by themselves.
The UM declares itself as a democracy, and rules its great nation from the new human homeworld New Sol where the Navy Officer Training Academy (AKA N.O.T.A), and UM High Command station resides. The ruling group of the UM consists of a single representative from every planet under its control, the High Admiral of the UM Navy, seven of the UM land forces Generals, and a representative from all their affiliated mining colonies, waystations, etc. Most of those officials of course being hand picked by the UM in accordance to those who support them most.
The Halamar Consortium is a small collection of seven inhabited solar systems playing host to eighteen inhabited worlds, four of which being mighty forge worlds playing host to some of the known universe's greatest shipyards. The Consortium's population is made up of greyish skinned aliens that fit closely to the ancient tells of goblins mankind has known for many hundreds of years. The Halamar are a kinder people, seeking peace with all but the most warmongering of nations, they are also an empire built around constant technical advancement and industrial strength mostly due to its already weak technology compared to other empires.
Its greatest pride are the great Sentinel Outposts that guard its systems, planets, and outlying colonies. Brisitling with enough weapons to make even a dreadnought hesitant to engage it, they are the main focus of the Consortium in a hope to protect themselves from their warmongering neighbors the Empire of Bataria.
The Empire of Bataria is home primairly to the Batarian race, a race of humanoid three-eyed aliens who have came from planets with a noticably higher gravity when compared to other races homeworlds. As such while the Batarians on average are around the same size as humans their bones are far denser due to the unique conditions their race evolved in. The Empire of Bataria is a nation ruled by a Monarch and his Council of Ten, altogether the Empire of Bataria is a paranoid nation that looks down upon and shuns outsiders. They have constantly been at war with the Galgar Federation.
The Empire of Bataria is ruled by the Retican Royal Family, a noble blood line that forged the original Batarian homeworld into a single force and led them to the stars many many years ago. They have nearly absolute power within the Empire, determining taxes, conscription rates, production quotas, laws, and the like that puts its citizens under their complete grasp. The ruling member of the Retican Royal Family is called the Rak, which translates to Emperor in common tongue, they have complete power and can only be opposed (legally) by the majority of the Royal Family.
The Empire's navy has a heavy focus on drone carriers, and quick ship hunter frigates that lend themselves to the hit and run tactics the faction prefers to use in engagements. The Empire plays host to three dreadnoughts of their own, massive ships armed to the teeth with weapons and with holds filled with hundreds of drone fighters.
The Empire's ground forces are fairly spare compared to the legions of under trained soldiers the UM uses, or the ranks of highly trained volunteer forces the Galgar Federation uses. The Batarian does have a standard section of their army devoted to rank and file infantry and such, but a good deal of their forces are special ops and droid divisions. The Empire buts a great deal of its trust in automated soldiers and fighters because it eliminates the element of loyalty, the robots have to be loyal to them but their citizens and soldiers don't.
The Empire is built on a strict hierarchical structure, the ranks are set for people from birth and there is nearly nothing one can do to change that. At the lowest rung are the Laborers, they do all the heavy work for the Empire like mining, processing ores, chopping lumber, constructing firearms for use in the army, and the like. Above the Laborers are the Overseers, a caste whose purpose is to ensure that the laborers under their command fulfill their quotas, and follow the wall, they are somehwat pampered and are given command of small groups of Batarian military and droids to ensure their laws are followed. Above the Overseers are the Tradesmen, these are people with special talents or skills in fields that Laborers can't fulfill, scientists, geologists, and the like are considered Tradesmen and they are well looked after and pampered so long as they support the Empire. Above them is the Martial Caste, those in the Martial Caste are members of the Batarians military (there are further tiers within based on the persons rank within the Batarian military). Above the Martial caste are the Merchants, the pampered small group who act as traders, merchants, peddlers, and smugglers for the Empire. Then above them all are the Nobles (this caste also contains tiers within it based on the Houses prominece and power with the Rekitan Royal Family being at the top obviously).
Minor Galactic Powers
Caligan SystemstateThe Caligan Systemstate is a collection of solar systems home the Calig race and is a massive powerhouse in trading world as the government plays a direct hand in supporting, and protecting the merchant groups that are housed within it. The Caligan Systemstate is also where the first full battle of the First Galactic War was fought when UM and Batarian forces clashed against each other due to false intel (believed to have been fed to both sides by agents of the Nulgar Red Wolf). Though the events of the First Galactic War crippled the Caligan Systemstate at first, the forced war economy allowed them to prosper and thrive as it turned its focus to arming itself, and in turn to arming its neighboring systemstates as well (to great profit of course).
Since then the Caligan Systemstate has only grown in power, and its armaments are becoming widely used throughout Galactic Space and the Outer Rim by both the public and private law enforcement agencies due to their cheapness and reliability. They are also somewhat less known for their rather prestigious academies and research facilities based on the twin moons of Varaxis Minor and Varaxis Major that are among the most advanced weapon research, development, and testing facility in Galactic Space.
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