The Xedla are controlled by their queens aside from that, there is a strict segregation between worker, warriors and queens. They will be born in one role and live that role until they die. There is no way for a queen to become a worker or a warrior. The hive queens are the ones at the top, below are the normal queens which control their respective colony (note: as in ant colony, not necessarily space colony).

The Xedla technology is based on the usage of high energy, high temperature plasma.

The plasma reactor is a combination of multiple plasma and energy generators combined into one construction. It generates both energy and plasma, based on it's size and the number of generators involved. It uses gaseous substances to create plasma and energy through fusion.

The Xedla do currently not possess any FTL drive! However their sublight engines use high energy plasma, which is provided through the reactor. The engines do not allow traveling faster than light, however they allow relative fast sublight travel, while remaining only dependend on their reactor. Even though they may not possess a valid FTL drive, the idea behind the hyperspace exists, it may only be a matter of time before the first working hyperdrive is created on Ichnaea.

They have knowledge of simple gravity generators, these generators can be deployed in anti-grav vehicles or to generate a gravity field for a ship. They can create either limited zero gravity zones or their normal gravity. Their capacity to create zero gravity and let things hover is limited to the size of a weapon platform. While it's possible to create anti-grav platforms they do require additional plasma reactors as the efficiency of the gravity generators is quite bad. As for creating their normal gravity from less gravity, it is actually much easier than to let things hover. The generators do not need to counter balance the existing gravity, but instead simply output a constant amount of force. They may not be limited like the anti-grav version, however they still need large amounts of energy due to inefficiency.

Plasma is also used for weapons, from claws (powerarmor/suit) and coated in plasma to cut through steel, over plasma guns, rifles and cannons to capital weaponry. Each weapon makes use of plasma to 'burn' through the target. While claws, guns and rifles have their own small reactor integrated, cannons and capital weaponry need a seperate reactor system. Anti-grav plattforms have seperate reactors to field the larger cannons, as for capital weaponry those are only available for vessels and special buildings.

The Xedla do not possess any sort of traditional energy shield. Therefore the Xedla construct buildings and vessels to be resistant against heat, cold and kinetic energy, since they can't depend on any kind of shielding. Their vessels usually have a heavy armor to withstand the impact of asteroids and other space trash. They use titanium as base for their powerarmors/suits, which are completely air tight and contain their own small plasma reactor. Each suit has multiple small plasma engines which allow them to jump a several meters on normal gravitation or maneuver in zero gravity.

Their knowledge of robots is non existent, as their drones are better than any robots.

While being strong on ground they still developed several anti-grav plattforms with heavy weaponry to boost their strength even further. However lacking presence in the air and in space they created fighter and bomber, later on they constructed Freighters and other bigger ships to travel from planet to planet. Hangar bays in ships and on planets usually tend to contain different types of fighters, bombers, gunships and boarding ships.

The Hive Fleet contains currently a single large Hive Ship (short: Hive/Hives), spanning several hundred meters and Several 220+ m Cruisers.

Hives are both shipyards and and Battleships in one. They tend to be enourmous in size and several smaller vessels like cruisers may be docked to it. They contain several large hangar bays, offering space to hundreds of small fighters, to defend themselves, while still possessing several batteries of heavy, medium and light plasma weapons, capable of large destruction. They have at least one Queen, but most of the time several Queens, on board and are command vessels. Normally boarding a Hive is quite a bad idea, since they usually have Xedlas in colony strength on board. While extremly strong and hard to kill, they are in fact very slow making it an easy job to outrun them. While it's possible to use Cruisers and freighters for colonization purposes, Hives are much more efficient, as they can carry way larger quantities of both material and Xedlas.

The difference between a normal Hive and a Super Hive class is the size and the fitted equipment.

Cruisers are usually boarded by a small colony and a Queen, or Commander, while able to operate alone most Cruisers are either escorts for a Hive or themselves escorted by several Destroyers. A Cruiser contains two to four medium sized hangar bays with limited space. They are armed with a large quantity of plasma weapons from small anti-fighter turrets to capital weaponry. Cruisers are already much faster than hives, but still slower than their smaller counterparts. Normal cruisers usually have multiple boarding mechanisms, which use plasma coated drills to open up their target, so that the target can be boarded. The same mechanism is used in boarding ships and on other boarding capable vessels.

Carriers are Cruiser class ships which trade some speed and a large number of guns against several larger hangar bays. Their design is nearly the same as cruisers, which makes them difficult to distinguish from normal cruiser.

Frigates/Destroyers are large gunboads and escort ships, they are only boarded by worker and warriors and are rarely found alone, far away from Xedla space or fleets. They do not possess any fighter or bomber bays but are instead armed with as much plasma weapons as their size and reactors allow. They tend to have a large firepower, however as their weapons need additional reactors, their armour tends to be weaker compared to other Xedla ships. They are currently apart from fighters and bombers the fastest ships in the arsenal of the Xedla. They contain a single boarding mechanism to let dozens of Xedla board their victim at the same time.

Needless to say, that every Xedla vessel contains a considerable contingent of Xedlas.

There are no fixed numbers for colonies, instead a colony can range from a few dozens to several millions or more. However a colony has usually between one and five queens.

The Queens are the heart of the Xedla society. They are the swarm intellect, without the queens there is no way to reproduce and the drones would wait for another queen or commander to command them. Each Queen is able to sense if another Queen is in the same system. Commander units can replace a Queens presence for smaller groups of up to several hundred. This is to ensure that no Queen needs to enter the frontlines to command their soldiers.

Traits: (Max traits: 7)

Reproductive: +7 Reproduction rate. (6 RP)
Tough: +4 Health stat. (2 RP)

Swarm intellect (4 RP)?
Biological: enables need for food, enables need for water, enables basic and advanced research and tech trees. (+0 RP)
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RP: 12

Stats:
str: 4
int: 3
dip: 2
rep: 3 (+7) = 11
hea: 2 (+4) = 6
wor: 6
mor: 0
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RP: 20
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RP: 32

Around 20,000 years ago an anomaly of space sucked in an ant Queen and a few dozen worker. They were thrown onto the surface of Ichnaea a planet several times larger than Earth and with a higher gravity. They founded the first colony on this new planet, while trying to avoid all the new and old dangers. After reproducing for several generations, mutations were formed. Every new generation would be larger in size and more intelligent than their predecessors.

After only 50 years they developed into their current size and intelligence level. They had founded several colonies and conquered quite some area. However their development could not be that perfect for much longer. They soon encountered large alien lifeforms, much like Earth dinosaurs, which started to hunt the Xedla. It was only several centuries later that the Xedla developed far enough that they were no longer in danger of losing colonies against those predators. They kept on developing into a continental power and later on they conquered the other continents and made them their own, while exterminating all threats to the colonies and Queens.

1,500 years ago the Xedla controlled every landmass on Ichnaea and reached the technology level of the cold war period. They still had no way to launch any vehicle into space, this would only be possible 1,000 years later.

Currently the Xedla claim their whole system and possess control over the 3rd planet, Ichnaea.

The Ryana are ruled by their High Council (HC) with their emperor or empress as the chairman. The chairman has the right to decide urgent matters alone or with a few advisors, however important matters which can be delayed for some time will be brought before the High Council. Laws for example are decided by the High Council, while battle formations are decided by the chairman and the respective generals. Underneath the Hight Council are the clans. Each Clan has a respectable amount of influence and power in the society, however each of them has to bow before the High Council. The High Council is located in the capital Capreae.

The Clans are the powerhouses, that rule large areas of the Ryana space. This can be anything from one small village to a continent with large amounts of people. Later on they might even be given control over whole planets or systems. But not every Clan is directly under the High Council, some Clans serve under bigger Clans, which can be confusing for someone, who has not lived in this society for a long time. This hierarchy can actually go down several layers, and this is only on one planet. The most powerful Clans have direkt control over parts of the military. The Alatheia Clan, the Zhithru Clan and the Ruknad Clan each have their own division and each of them controls and several atmospheric craft. The Clans are usually found in their respective territory, however there are also clans which do not possess any territory.

The Obsidian Order is the part of the government and military, which operates in the shadows. They possess authority to demand support from any faction and in any number. They could for example demand control of all forces from several clans, if they need to. There are cases in which the Order obliterated big clans because they posed a threat to the Order and the High Council. Neither the strength nor the location of the Order are known. Only a few members of the High Council and very few Clan leaders know about the location. However speaking about it is punishable with death of the offender and his whole family. Most of the field agents of the Order are Tarena, while they use Edta in many cases the Tarena are still prefered for some operations.

The Ryana have a large amounts of smaller atmospheric vessels, counting from small fighter planes to 20 m large atmospheric corvettes and large atmospheric freighters.

The Navy contains 1 heavy Cruiser, the Aedinia, the last remnant of the great solar war, but since she receives upgrades, she is equipted with the most advanced Ryana technology. Her dimensions are as followed, length 271 m (~889.108 feet), Height 47 m (154.199 feet), and Width 96 m (314.961 feet). Most of the old fleet was scraped to assist the rebuilding of the society and cities.





The Guard is the ground force, they use everything from blades for the close quarter combat to rifles. They consists of Edta and Tarena soldiers and some Ryana as strategists. They use both tanks and walker for heavy firesupport. The Guard is structured into the normal Legions, the basic soldiers, and the High Guard Legions, containing only veteran soldiers and specialists. Currently there are ten Guard and three High Guard divisions on standby. The rest of the personal is splitted as guards or in training on different bases, however the 13 divisions can be deployed within one day. The Guard is structured as follows:

Infantery:

• 1 Legion = 5 Battlegroups (1,000,000 and 100,000 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Battlegroup = 5 Division (200,000 and 20,000 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Division = 4 Regiments (40,000 and 4,000 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Regiment = 5 Brigades (10,000 and 1,000 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Brigade = 8 Battalion (2,000 and 200 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Battalion = 5 Companies (500 and 50 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Companie = 4 Platoons (100 and 10 Tanks/Walker)
• 1 Platoon = 5 Squads (25)
• 1 Squad = 5 Soldiers

The Obsidian Order is the intelligence and black ops faction of the millitary. They are shrouded in mistery, not much is known about them, except that they posses authority to seize anything to complete their missions. The Obsidian Order is also considered the secret police of the Hight Council and only the High Council can deploy them.

The Ryana are able to greate powerful an small energy sources. While small and powerfull, they only have a large but limited amount of power before running dry. They contain enough energy to last a long time, however once depleted they cannot be recharged. The construction of those sources costs mainly power on creation, however crystals are used to store and enhance the energy. Crystals can be created through compressing large amounts of glass and interpenetrate the glass with conductive materials, while complicated the result are the valuable crystals used in nearly all of Ryana technology. The higher the conductivity of the materials, the larger the enhancement factor and the capacity.



The fusion reactor generates energy through the usage of hydrogen, they are used to support the main energy modules and to produce the needed energy to create them.

The Ryana possess a hyperdrive, which let's them travel faster than light at a high efficency. Their sublight engines have an enourmous potential, however to use the whole potential enourmous amounts of energy are needed. Since it is way too expensive and inconvenient to use the maximal speed of 0.987c to travel, they only use it in emergencies.

The main capital weaponry are a supplement of drones which have an intelligent enemy-detection-system. They travel at high velocity and can do basic evasion, while tracking their target. The drones are powered by a cheap much less potent energy source as the above mentioned modules. Therefore they do posses a limit of effective range and destructive power. Drones can be recalled, if the all valid targets escape. Needless to say that detonated drones cannot be recalled. However the cheap version of the energy modules used in this drones may be recharged, as long as energy is still remaining in the drone. A depleted drone does not pose any threat, as the detonation can only occur if there is power left to trigger it.



Energy pulses are also used for weapons, from guns, rifles and cannons, to capital weaponry. They use projectiles out of pure energy to hit the target and cause destruction. The projectiles have a higher penetrations as beam weapons using the same amount of power. This comes from the compression of energy into small projectiles. Melee weapons have an activation button, to activate energy pulses around the blades or whatever form the weapon is. The pulses causes touching matter to melt or at least heat up considerably, this effect is used to cut through many materials like iron and steel for example.

The Ryana possess an energy shield, which scales with the supplemented energy. Having the potential to shortly boost it's power, the energy drawn will increase at an alarming rate. While normally sturdy it might be necessary to sacrifice one or more energy modules to buy enough time to make the jump to hyperspace.

While possessing the ability to create biological weapons, the Ryana refuse to use it after the desaster in the last great solar war.

The control of most of the Ryana technology is only possible with their genetic code and their brain waves. This was introduced due to the incidend with the 8th planet. Most of their technology uses their brainwaves as control, or in other words thoughts. This is possible with a special interface, that scans the brainwaves of the user and uses these as input, just like pressing a key on a keyboard or moving the mouse. Many actions can be combined to be used with a single thought, much like an macro which calls multiple functions. This is mostly possible due to their high intellect and not something any normal human could do, with the current interface. This process enables Ryana ships to be operated by a very small crew.

The Ryana have knowledge of inefficient gravity generators, while able to simulate their normal gravity (1.34G), they tend to use quite the amount of energy and always have their own dedicated fusion reactor.

They possess large knowledge of both robotics and genetics, used to create both Edta and Tarena.

They are currently developing a transpotation technology to transport matter from a ship in orbit to the planet below. However there are several problems that need to be solved as neither is the location right (most matter materializes inside walls or the ground or high in the sky), nor is it guaranteed that the matter reappears. Currently 95% of the transportet matter does not reappear, making the technology extremely dangerous, unreliable and expensive as it uses large amounts of energy.

The Ryana are reserved, analytical and a bit xenophobic. They tend to observe first, while not hesitating to shoot at any threat.

The elderly are very respected and generally the higher standing people. The Clans play a very big role in the society and culture of the Ryana. People without clans are usually treated as the lowest people without any power or influence. The strongest clans are currently the Alatheia, the Zhithru and the Ruknad. The current Empress and nearly half of the High Council belong to the Alatheia Clan. The Clans rule over certain territories or supply whole regiments for the legions or workers for the factories. There is an uncountable number of Clans in the society of the Ryana, which changes every moment as Clans are dissolved and created. The Clans are clashing in the shadows for power and influence, while the world looks unified and peaceful at the moment. The Ryana learned that they must unite against external threats, however in absents of such a threat, why not expand ones influence and power?

They value honesty, loyalty, knowledge and the truth, even though they fight themselfs in the open and in the shadows. They will use any means necessary to remove threats to their race. They don't have any gods, however they have a guardian beast and their ancestors and their elders to honor and respect.

The guardian beast is the Silverbird, a large bird which can grow to become 100+ m large. The Silverbird hunted the natural predators, that hunted the Ryana. The Ryana were much like baits to be used to lure the guardian beasts prey. The Silverbirds protected some groups of Ryana since it's troublesome to find new bait. Therefore it can be said that the Silverbirds did possess some intelligence. Once there were millions of these majestic creatures that roamed Appuleia, but those numbers dwindled down through the development of the Ryana and therefore reducing number of the predators. Nowadays there are only several thousands of those birds on the whole planet. Now in turn they are protected by the Ryana. Large areas are not to be developed to leave the predators and therefore the Silverbirds some territory to live.

The feathers of Silverbirds are seen as lucky charms and many Ryana want to possess one. However it is punishable by death to even hurt those birds, much less to kill one for it's feathers. A black market was founded by some Clans who possessed the control over a region with Silverbirds. They would search for fallen feathers and dead birds, while they buried the birds they would harvest some of it's feathers to sell.

But not only did those Silverbirds defend the Ryana from their natural predators, they even fought against the invading other lifeform. The other lifeform wanted to eradicate every native species and replace them with their own ecology. While at first at a disadvantage against the masses of the other lifeform and their strange usage of insects as weapons, the Ryana could come back through the help of the birds. The Silverbirds hunted both the flying insects and their ground counterparts. Many birds and Ryana died in that long war, however they managed to survive and some Silverbirds developed the tendency to live in some Clans. That proved to be a problem of itself as the predators of the Ryana were naturally not to find there and the Ryana needed to supply them to those birds living in the Clans.

Even though the Silverbirds play such a big role and even live with the Ryana, they are not part of their society. They are free to leave the Clans whenever they want and do not possess the same level of intellect as humans or Ryana.

The capital of Appuleia is Capreae, also know as the Silver City. It is the biggest city on Appuleia, before the war it had a population of nearly 200 million people. It is also home to three Silverbirds which roam through the sky of the city. The High Coucil is located at the city center in the tallest tower, the Silvertower. The Silvertower is not only the meeting place of the High Council, it is also the residence of the Silverbirds. In the lower levels of the building is a permanent contingent of the high guard at any given time, while the city as whole is always protected in force as it is the pillar of their society. The Silver City can be said to be the heart and soul of Appuleia.

The Silver City is build in the middle of an inland sea. It may be an inland sea, but it is comperatively shallow with an average depth of 300 m. The sea was named the Silver Sea and is much larger than Capreae. The City itself is supplied by both sea and air.



The Ryana economy is based on bartering, there is a currency, however it is only to reduce the mass they need to carry. There is no form of interest for any value, which stabilized the economy.

Traits: (Max traits: 7)

Tough: +4 Health stat. (2 RP)
Intelligent: +6 Intelligence (7 RP)
Industrial: +4 Work (4 RP)
Biological: enables need for food, enables need for water, enables basic and advanced research and tech trees. (+0 RP)
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RP: 13

Stats:
str: 1
int: 8 (+6) = 15
dip: 3
rep: 3
hea: -2 (+4) = 2
wor: 2 (+4) = 6
mor: 4
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RP: 19
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RP: 32

~700 000 years ago - The Ryana formed their first Clans. The average lifespan was about 300 years since they had several natural predators against them.
~675 000 years ago - The first civilizations are founded. The average lifespan increased to 450 years.
~650 000 years ago - The Ryana progressed into the middle ages. At this time the average Ryana could life for 900 years.
~640 000 years ago - The Ryana reached the modern era and set foot on their moon. The average Ryana would now live for 5,000 years.
~639 500 years ago - The first Edta are build to support mining and construction.
~14 500 years ago - The Ryana discovered another lifeform on the 8th planet in their system.
~9 000 years ago - The other lifeform developed into a interplanetary power with the help of the Ryana. They shared their technology and pushed the lifeform into space, in hope of getting a good trading partner.
~8 000 years ago - The other lifeform attacked the Ryana and started an invasion of Appuleia.
~8 000 years ago - Genetic manipulation is started to create more resilient Ryana.
~7 970 years ago - Genetic manipulation is used to create special forces, the first Tarena are created.
~7 800 years ago - The Ryana managed to drive back the other lifeform from Appuleia. The Edta are also used as war machines.
~7 600 years ago - The war rages throughout the solar system.
~3 000 years ago - The other lifeform was confined to the 8th planet, but is still trying to escape the planet and to destroy the Ryana.
~2 600 years ago - The Ryana, with no other way to end the war, used biological armaments to complete wipe out every life on the 8th planet. The biological weapon was way more powerful than the Ryana thought infecting several million Ryana after the usage. The death rate of the infected was 100%, with medical knowledge limited to treating physical wounds, like battle wounds.
~2 590 years ago - The outbreak was stoped and the Ryana could start to rebuild their society. The deathtoll of this outbreak was nearly 70% of their society. Complete destruction of all remaining biological weapons is decided and the knowledge is locked away.
~1 000 years ago - The Ryana finally rebuild their society, with the help of the Edta.
current - The Ryana control Appuleia, the 8th planet is still a watched dead crater landscape and used as a testing ground for weaponry and other dangerous inventions.

8th Planet lifeform: Large insects of around 2-3 m size for their normal worker. Larger 30-50 m insects are used as cavalry or tanks. In close combat they used corrosive poison, which could melt through steel. They bred in caves around 50 m below the surface.

Traits: (Max traits: 7)

Strong: +3 Strength (4 RP)
Tough: +4 Health stat. (2 RP)
Robotic: +6 intelligence stat, +3 strength stat, +6 work stat, removes need for food, removes need for water, enables need for energy, enables Robotic-Intelligence government, enables robotic research and technology trees, removes loyalty requirement. (16 RP)
Industrial: +4 Work (4 RP)
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RP: 26

Stats:
str: 1 (+6) = 7
int: 0 (+6) = 6
dip: 0
rep: 0 (Needs to be build, consumes metallic resources to produce, no natural reproduction rate)
hea: 3 (+4) = 7
wor: 2 (+10) = 12
mor: 0
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RP: 6
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RP: 32

Traits: (Max traits: 7)

Tough: +4 Health stat. (2 RP)
Biological: enables need for food, enables need for water, enables basic and advanced research and tech trees. (+0 RP)
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RP: 4

Stats:
str: 7
int: 3
dip: 3
rep: 1 (Slow reproduction represents the need for augmentations, some may be born however most are created from Ryana babies)
hea: 6 (+4) = 10
wor: 1
mor: 7
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RP: 28
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RP: 32

The Tithys Empire is ruled their Godemperor or Godempress as the absolute ruler. The ruler usually has a High Council consisting of ministers, generals and admirals. Underneath them are the clans. Each Clan has a respectable amount of influence and power in the society, however each of them has to bow before the High Council and the ruler.

The Clans are the powerhouses, that rule large areas of the Tithys Empire. The most powerful Clans have direkt control over parts of the military. The Tithys Clan, the Alatheia Clan, the Zhithru Clan and the Ruknad Clan are called the supreme clans and are the most influencual groups in the Tithys Empire. The Clans are usually found in their respective territory, however there are also clans which do not possess any territory and move around as nomads or mercenaries.

The ruling clan is as the name would suggest the Tithys clan. However they lost their direct control over the Empire due to incompetence, corruption and arrogance. The most influentual and strongest clan is currently the Alatheia clan. The Alatheia clan leader is currently preparing to revolt against the Tithys clan.

Most of the the nation is still pre-industrial, while many of the bigger cities have started their industrial revolution. While the supreme clans are pushing the revolution in secret the Tithys clan actively supresses it.

Note: Actual sizes of military units may differ from the defined values.

Army

• 1 Legion = 5 Regiments (10,000)
• 1 Regiment = 4 Brigades (2,000)
• 1 Brigade = 5 Battalion (500)
• 1 Battalion = 5 Companies (100)
• 1 Companie = 20 Soldiers

Navy

• 1 Grand Fleet = 4 Fleet (2,000)
• 1 Fleet = 4 Task forces (500)
• 1 Task Force = 5 Flotillas (125)
• 1 Flotilla = 5 Squadrons (25)
• 1 Squadron = 5 Ships

The Tithys Empire was founded around 400 years ago by the Tithys clan. The clan overpowered several other clans in the vicinity. The Tithys could take the supremacy above the other clans, after many bloody struggles with the supreme clans. Thus the Tithys Empire was founded. The empire slowly annexed the neighbouring clans and founded colonies to expand it's border. 143 years ago the Empire reached it's peak, at this point it stoped it's expansion and instead consulidated it's power to survive internal struggles and babarian raids.

The Tithys clan is slowly loosing it's power and influence, the incompetent, corrupt and arrogant rulers try to stand above the things and delegate the tasks to the High Council. The, on the paper, absolute power of the ruler has been extremely weakened in the last few generations. The supreme clans that actually rule the Empire in the name of the ruler have been amassing power. The strongest faction is the Alatheia clan, with it's complete control over the military and strong relationships with other clans.

The Empire is controlled by their emperor and believes that it's people should rule above everything in the world.

Note: Actual sizes of military units may differ from the defined values.

Army

• 1 Army Group = 5 Armies (1,000,000)
• 1 Army = 4 Division (200,000)
• 1 Division = 5 Regiments (50,000)
• 1 Regiment = 4 Brigades (10,000)
• 1 Brigade = 5 Battalion (2,500)
• 1 Battalion = 5 Companies (500)
• 1 Companie = 10 Platoons (100)
• 1 Platoon = 10 Soldiers

Navy

• 1 Armada = 5 Grand Fleets (6,000)
• 1 Grand Fleet = 4 Fleet (1,200)
• 1 Fleet = 4 Task forces (300)
• 1 Task Force = 5 Flotillas (75)
• 1 Flotilla = 5 Squadrons (15)
• 1 Squadron = 3 Airships, with several smaller vessels

The Empire is the oldest empire on the planet, legends say that it was once in control over a third of the planet. Nobody knows why it shrank back to it's current size, however both in technological and in power the empire is by far the best.

To be added

It was arovnd the year XX BC, emperor Avgvstvs has been rvling for VII years, when svddenly the commvnication to several cities and even legiones were lost. People all over the Roman Empire vanished. Some people who watched the stars saw several new stars in the sky which seem to move across the sky at a fast pace. The missing people were actvally taken by extraterrestrials, and stored in their ships, before transporting them the long way back to their worlds.


The romans were kept vnconsciovs for nearly the whole jovrney. They were avgmented to withstand mvch higher gravity and to resist known deseases, their whole resilence was vpped by several levels. Their mvscle strvctvre was strengthened and their bones got denser. Telepathic abilities were added as a psychic gene. The new vpgraded version of the romans was then cloned from arovnd half a million to IV million vnits. Lastly they received basic knowledge abovt tools and territories of the aliens. After awakening they fovnd themself in bodies they covld hardly recognize, they were mvch bvlkier becavse of all those new mvscles. They also noticed strange knowledge abovt many things inclvding a langvage they did not know previovsly, when say first heard said langvage, explaining to them that they wovld be working slaves for their new masters.


After arriving at their destination, a large tropical world, covered in dense jvngle, they were transported to the svrface. Split in mvltiple grovps they were to create farming space and to cvltivate the land for the masters. vpon arriving they fovnd ovt that they were not the only species to be enslaved. There were bear like creatvres as well as insects, birds and even creatvres with a resemblence of fish. Some romans were lvcky to have kind masters, which wovld treat them more like worker than slaves. Allowing them edvcation and basic rights. However most were not treated better than normal slaves.

In the next centvries they wovld spread to many colonies and discover that their masters, with all their technology, were vnable to repair a defect cavsed by the modification of their master race. They wovld be avgmented in many ways, resembling gods, however they became vnfertile. Their nvmbers were redvced by X percent every generation. To ensvre they still receive enovgh resovrces to fvel their society they had become dependend on slave races.

Realizing their incoming demise as a species some looked at the romans as their svccessors. Teaching them even more abovt their vast knowledge. However those who felt that way were a minority and killed once their view was exposed. The romans prepared in secret weapons in many storages across the whole dominion of their masters.


XI centvries after their arrival the romans rebelled against the masters and the loyal slaves. They were svpported by the few remaining members of the svccessor faction as well as an insect like slave race. Svrprised and weakened several planets fell in qvick svccession. Bvt it wasn't easy to tople svch an advanced race. They started to wipe ovt whole planets with bio weapons, tvrning them into dead wastelands. The once mighty dominion of the masters was dwindling in an ever faster pace.

After a centvry of civil war the dominion shrank from arovnd CLX planets to XXV, of which XX were controlled by the romans and only V nearly desolated worlds remaining in the fold. The masters were already wiped ovt execpt the few svrvivors of the svccessor faction. The remaining worlds were held by loyal slaves, which believe that the masters will retvrn to restore their rvle.

It wovld still take the romans another VII decades to finally overwhelm the last resistance. Thovgh victoriovs the romans were weakened by the war. The vltimate resvlt was even thovgh the svccessor faction wanted to teach the romans all the knowledge, many secrets were lost in the flame of war. Only abovt X percent of the knowledge remaint, keeping the romans in a state of early space-faring for many centvries while they tried to rebvild the war torn planets vnder their control. The last members of the master race lived peacefvlly and respected in the new roman nation vntil they slowly vanished a few centvries later.

The new roman nation wovld be named Imperivm Romanvm Phoenix as it was born ovt of the ashes of the past.


The rebvilding took vntil the late third millenia, where the romans finally started to terraform some of the lost worlds, projects that wovld take centvries if not millenias to complete.

~ 2,375,000,000,000 pop:
-> 545,000,000,000 Hvmanvm
-> 1,830,000,000,000 Cthand'xi

The capital of Appvleia is Roma Nova, also know as the Phoenix City. It is the biggest city on Appvleia it has a popvlation of nearly 200 million people. The High Covncil is located at the city center in the tallest tower, the Phoenix Tower. In the lower levels of the bvilding is a permanent contingent of the Praetoriani at any given time, while the city as whole is always protected in force, as it is the pillar of their society. The Phoenix City can be said to be the heart and sovl of Appvleia and the Imperivm Romanvm Phoenix.

Roma Nova is bvild in the middle of an inland sea. It may be an inland sea, bvt it is comperatively shallow with an average depth of C m. The sea was named the Phoenix Sea and is mvch larger than Roma Nova. The City itself is svpplied by both sea and air.

The cvltvre is reserved and analytical. They tend to observe first, while not hesitating to shoot at any threat. Ovtsiders will find it hard to get to the core of their cvltvre.

The elderly are very respected and generally the higher standing people. The families play a very big role in the society and cvltvre of the IRP. People withovt families are vsvally treated as the lowest people withovt any power or inflvence. The strongest families are cvrrently the Alateia, the Ferreolia and the Catvlla. The cvrrent Empress and nearly half of the High Covncil belong to the Alateia family. The families rvle over certain territories or svpply whole legiones for the imperivm or workers for the factories. There is an vncovntable nvmber of families in the society of the IRP, which changes every moment as families are dissolved, exterminated or created. The families are clashing in the shadows for power and inflvence, while the imperivm looks vnified and peacefvl at the moment. The IRP learned that they mvst vnite against external threats, however in absents of svch a threat, why not expand ones inflvence and power?

They valve honesty, loyalty, knowledge and the trvth, even thovgh they fight themselfs in the open and in the shadows. They will vse any means necessary to remove threats to their race. They abolished their old Roman belief system and don't have any gods anymore, however they have their ancestors and their elders to honor and respect.

The romans learned to respect and valve the Cthand'xi throvgh their svpport in the rebellion. The Cthand'xi are the respected jvnior partner of the imperivm. They enjoy the same rights as the romans, and have the same dvties.

The most important planets are all located in Systema Solaris Magna, however other important places are Systema Solaris Parva, Systema Tempestvs and Systema Avrelianvm.

The 'Systema Solaris Tempestas' is located on the edge of the galaxy and is svrrovnded by several singvlarities. Those singvlarities are the reason for the name Tempestas, since they block nearly all rovtes into the system. Traversing this area on most rovtes is hazardovs at best.

In recent years the Imperivm fovnd a single stable and safe rovte, as well as three less hazardovs rovtes, with only one third of the ships beeing destroyed while traversing those rovtes.

The whole technology of the IRP is focvsed arovnd their ability to generate large amovnts of energy.

Energy
The IRP is able to create a powerfvl small energy modvles. While small and powerfvll, they contain only a limited amovnt of power before rvnning dry. They contain enovgh energy to power even larger strvctvres, however once depleted they need to be recharged or exchanged. The constrvction of those energy sovrces can be qvite costly, depending on the qvality. Energy modvles for drones and smaller weapons are qvite cheap, while modvles that power large starships or whole cities are expensive. These modvles do not generate energy, they merely store it like an advanced battery. Therefore they are vsed to power vp the ovtpvt or where smaller modvles are needed compared to the larger fvsion reactors.

The fvsion reactor generates large amovnts of energy throvgh the vsage of hydrogen, they are vsed as the main powerline, svpported by the energy modvles. They can be fovnd in every spaceship, tank, walker, fighter, gvnship and cities.

Drives
The IRP possess three ways to travel in space:
The non-evclidean-drive (NED), which tears space open and compresses the actval distance to the target location. While traveling throvgh that 'space' they enter a dimension called the compressed space. A larger compression (less space between two points left) means more energy needed.

Their svblight engines have an enovrmovs potential, needed to leave their homeworld, however to vse the whole potential enovrmovs amovnts of energy are needed.

The creation of temporary artificial wormholes. Those wormholes directly link two points in space. These Wormholes allow whole fleets to move throvgh the same doorway withovt needing to vse additional power. However only large capital vessels (Battleships, Carrier and larger) posses enovgh power to generate them, they are still limited by the gravity well and take qvite some time to calcvlate. It can be said that those wormholes are a larger version of the normal NED.

Weapons (Arma)
The IRP vses two main weaponry:
The first weaponry is a svpplement of drones which have an intelligent enemy-detection-system. They travel at high velocity and can do basic evasion, while tracking their target. The drones are powered by a cheap mvch less potent energy sovrce as the above mentioned modvles. Therefore they do posses a limit of effective range and destrvctive power. Drones can be recalled, if all valid targets escape and they still have enovgh energy left. A depleted drone does not pose any threat, as the detonation can only occvr if there is power left to trigger it. Drones are vsed in every military branch and even the basic Contvbernia can vse single drone weapons against heavy targets.

High energy pvlses are also vsed for weapons, from gvns, rifles and cannons, to capital weaponry. They vse projectiles ovt of pvre energy to hit the target and cavse destrvction. The projectiles have a higher penetrations as beam weapons vsing the same amovnt of power. This comes from the compression of energy into small projectiles. Melee weapons have an activation bvtton, to activate energy pvlses arovnd the blades or whatever form the weapon is. The pvlses cavses tovching matter to melt or at least heat vp considerably, this effect is vsed to cvt throvgh many materials like iron and steel for example.

Shields (Scvtvm/Scvta)
The IRP possess an energy shield, which power scales with the svpplemented energy. While having the potential to shortly boost it's shielding potential, the energy drawn will increase at an alarming rate. Smaller scale shields exists for soldiers and smaller vehicles, however those are only capable to protect the vser from a few tanks shots before beeing depleted.

Body Armor
The body armor of the average soldier contains a small shield generator, as well as normal armor plates made from adamantivm. Larger versions of the body armor, mostly vsed to breach defensive lines, sacrifice some mobility for better protection and a stable shovlder movnted heavy weapon (a drone lavncher or mvlti-pvlse weapon). This eqvipment is not light which makes avgmentation of the soldiers necessary.

Stealth tech
They have fovnd a way to redvce the ships signitvre for long range sensors. Roman ships appear mvch smaller and fewer in nvmber on long range sensors. While they were able to redvce the signals of their ships, they were vnable to let them become invisible.

Vtility
The control of most of the IRP technology is only possible with their genetic code and their psychic wavelength. This was introdvced to bare the Rat Simia from vsing their technology against them. Most of their technology vses their psychic wavelength as control. This is possible with a special interface, that scans the brainwaves of the vser and vses these as inpvt, jvst like pressing a key on a keyboard or moving the movse. Many actions can be combined to be vsed with a single thovght, mvch like a macro which calls mvltiple fvnctions. This process enables IRP ships to be operated by a very small crew.

The IRP have knowledge of inefficient gravity generators, while able to simvlate their normal gravity (XV G), they tend to vse qvite the amovnt of energy and always have their own dedicated fvsion reactor.

They possess vast knowledge in genetics, as well as good knowledge abovt robotics, latter from their extensive vse in their factories.

IRP commvnication vses the same principle as their drives. Compressing the space to the receiver the messages don't need to travel as far, reaching the receiver fast and withovt loss of qvality.

They are cvrrently developing a transpotation technology to transport matter from a ship in orbit to the planet below. However there are several problems that need to be solved as neither is the location right (matter materializes inside walls or the grovnd or high in the sky), nor is it gvaranteed that the matter reappears. Cvrrently ~45% of the transportet matter does not reappear, making the technology extremely dangerovs, vnreliable and expensive as it vses large amovnts of energy.

The military is well desciplined and favors qvality above qvantity. Most vnits are expensive bvt powerfvl, leaving pirate grovps destroyed by fewer and smaller Roman ships.

The IRP has a large amovnt of smaller atmospheric vessels, covnting from small fighter planes to large atmospheric corvettes and freighters.