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History of the Great Betrayal.
The Empire of the Vinci - means Conquer, or Conqueror - founded the Empire to govern the growing races. Their first idea, and the reason for their naming, was to take over every race that was star-borne, and watch them closely, However, For whatever reason -some say Divine Intervention and others say that the empire just grew to large- the Vinci stopped advancing, removed themselves from every civilization, and remained in their own sector for a very long time. eventually, however, one of the more courageous races entered their sector, and even landed on the capital planet. They where greeted warmly, and invited up to the palace, where the Emperor threw a feast, and the Emperor's oldest managed to seduce every one of the diplomats, much to the Emperor's amusement. The word spread that the Vinci had turned into.....space hippies.

Over time, the Capital, and indeed the entire sector, became a sort of resort, a worldly attraction that offered rest and relaxation for everyone the came. Nobody quite understood why they had changed so radically, but it was something they all enjoyed. Until one day, when a man arrived on the planet with many valets.. All smiles and waves, he was greeted with the friendliness that everyone else was, and when the day was over, he was gifted a lavish room to sleep in. However, deep into the night, everyone's sleep was violently disturbed by numerous explosions. Control Towers, barracks and Dry Docks all went up in flames, crippling the Vinci's ability to co-ordinate their now-lax forces. Massive dreadnaughts appeared in the sky, and blew apart the Vinici fleet, while Shock Troopers where dropped onto the planet surface, and engaged the ground forces. The Exodus - then named simply The Guard - held off the assault while the people gathered in Evacuation shuttles, designed heavily around shielding and structural integrity, rather than battle-readiness. However, some of the attacking troopers got past the lines and massacred the remaining people, designating Dreadnaught strikes to destroy the Evac shuttles. Eventually the shuttles managed to escape the assault, with only one in ten of The Guard remaining, and three in ten of every citizen laying dead. The Emperor did not know why such an attack had suddenly come down, but he knew he would not let it happen again. Peace was over-rated. Peace, was a lie.

(There you go)