Nation Building Interstellar Empires: Galaxy Information

Theatrical Arts
The infamous play A Penal's Bride written by a proletariat Lucjan Pienkowski, shows the large and wide cultural and economic gap between the Proletariat and the higher classes. The play has the lead character, who is a Penal soldier that fought in a Heydrian Great War, attempt to start a resistance cell and liberate themselves from the Imperium and the higher class Boyars. However, the main lead role falls in love with a Boyar's daughter. The play ends with the lead character being drafted into the Black Army and the audience assumes that he was killed because in the epilogue, there is a description that "He went to hell and never came back."

A musical known as "Morderstwo" (meaning murderer in Heydrian) which really riled up the Proletariats and the Penals by having a musical in which the main character's daughter is kidnapped and becomes the ward of a Boyar, while the main character is sentenced to join the Black Army as a penal soldier. Years after, the Boyar believes that the main character is dead, but returns to the capital; a convict. The main character vows to get revenge on the Boyar.

Books and Literature
A very famous piece of writing called "The Black Army" is a non-fictional book on the rise of power and the decline of the middle class, hated by the Proletariat and loved by the Boyars.

Legends and Myth
The most famous myth told by Heydrians was the Tale of Two Brothers, where two brothers set off to colonize the stars, but had then had a disagreement over how to rule and began to split off and form new nations in the stars.

Heydrian Weaponry

STAVKA Type 1

The STAVKA is the basic las rifle of the Empire, they are easy to produce and supply. They are easy to maintain too.

Type: Laser Rifle
In service: 2840-present
Charge: 3 in
Action: Full-auto
Overall length: 37.4 in
Barrel length: 13.2 in
Weight: 4 lb empty; 4.3 lb loaded
Magazine Capacity: 32 shots
Fire rate: 600 rounds per minute
Effective range: 0.9 km

STAVKA Type 2

The STAVKA Type 2 is the sniper rifle version, these are very rare because not many solders in the black army are great shots.
Type: Laser Sniper Rifle
In service: 2841-present
Charge: 6 in
Action: Semi-Auto
Overall length: 39.5 in
Barrel length: 15.2 in
Weight: 5 lb empty; 5.4 lb loaded
Magazine Capacity: 16 shots
Fire rate: 480 rounds per minute
Effective range: 1.6 km

STAVKA Type 3

The pistol variant of the STAVKAs.

Secret Projects

Pride-class Super Carrier

[Speed]
Top speed in Slipspace = 1.0 Lightyears
Top speed out of Slipspace = 0.1 Lightyears

[Armaments]
20 x 100mm Rail cannons [anti-escort/light ship guns]
4 x 500mm Dual Barreled Rail cannons [Orbital Bombardment guns / anti ship guns]
400 Missile salvos [4,000 missiles in storage]
40 Interceptor bays [fits 1,600 interceptors]
40 Bomber bays [fits 1,600 bombers]
450 Anti-Aerospace Aircraft Batteries [50mm Autocannons, 500 rounds in each load, 25 loads]

[Defensive Armaments]
Titanium Armor [19 inches]
MK-V STRATOS Shield Generator [absorbs high velocity projectiles]

[Role Description]
The Pride-class Super carrier is designed to engage larger fleets and engage in orbital support for ground forces

[Total number of class in the Empire]
There is only one

Operation: Wilk

Wilk will be tested, his faith, his resolve, his strength. We will strip him of everything, torment him psychologically. This will make him a stronger commander, no remorse. A true warrior of Zixmir.

War machines

The Boyar is a massive bipedal mechanized behemoth war machine , with an arsenal of weaponry at its disposal. The Boyar is operated by three operators, who are all linked to the war machine's operating system that allows the operators to utilize the war machine much more efficiently than average living tank operators.

SPECS
10 m in height

[Armaments]
2 x 100mm Railcannon
4 x Box Launcher Rockets (8 rockets in each box launcher)
1 x 80mm Anti-Aircraft Autocannon

[Defensive Armaments]
4cm of Titanium armor
MkIII Walkov Shield Generator

[Speed]
250 kmph top speed

Living in the Empire of Heydros

Metro-World Life

Many in the high life of the Metropolitan worlds of the Heydrian Empire enjoy high standards of living. Most citizens live in comfort, and the homeless and those that aren't fortunate enough to be self-sufficient are drafted into the Black Army. Many high class homes and middle class homes are here, although there is a smaller percent of middle class homes compared to the Proletariat housing and the Boyar housing.

Farm-World Life

Many workers on the farms clock in many hours every cycle, producing thousands upon thousands of tons of raw food everyday, these raw foods are then shipped to local factories to be processed into food for the Imperium. Many consider this life style to be tedious, but there is enough support for the workers to live comfortably. Farm Worlds tend to be far less populated, around 1-3 billion inhabitants.

Factoids and random information
Almost all Heydrians can sing at a very exceptional level. It is known that Heydrian soldiers tend to sing a true bass song while marching into the battle lines. Heydrians have been taught how to use their vocals as instruments, rather than having physical instruments. Vocalists are deemed as stronger soldiers mentally.

The Vaycantan culture involves the unity and cooperation between the major races to make life easier and increase the quality of life. Although most of the vassals are self governing they tend to follow the imperiums lead. Although militarily the Vaycantan Technology isnt up to par with most empires their technology to the quality of life is particularly advanced. Commercial holograms, Public transport, medicine, telecommunications, and of course, psiconic research. The Architecture has beauty in mind however each race has their own type and how they want to build and how they want them designed it this makes cities rather unsymmetrical and chaotic adding the best of each of the peoples artistry, vassals are exempt.

In education every citizen is taught that all races whether small, large, strong, or smart they all contribute to the imperium, however vassals under the imperium dont have to follow these teachings. In every city of course, there are large temples containing a shrines to each god, citizens come to these temples to pray regularly to the god they find has most influence on their life. Although not mandatory the imerpium makes sure that it is hammered into their everyday life, through teachings and undertones in broadcasts and TV. If they aren't religious they will covert, and if they wont their youth will. These subliminal messages are enforced through all vassals and trade ports in the effort to convert other empires populous and keeping everyone in line.


The Vaycantan Faith involves five different deities these deities do not have a universal form so most races simply fill that by making them out to be their race so when worshiped a ReiConess would be praying to a ReiConess statue while a human would be praying to a Human statue. Each of these deities are all revered equally as they all provide benefits to the average persons life in belief.

Irus - God Of stability. The bringer of illness and strife. People come to pray to him for Stability in mind and life, he represents the stillness of mind and body, he cures disease to those who pray to him and mental illnesses. Soldiers often pray to him for stability of the mind in the battlefield, Governors for when they are stressed out and leaders for when their mind is overloaded. He is often depicted with a scale in his hand and a neutral face.

Aemis - Goddess of death and fertility. The bringer of the end that everyone fears and the bringer of that which creates life. People come pray to her for a long life and for the certainly that a child is born, She represents obviously life and death. She brings life and takes away life into the peaceful afterlife. Soldiers pray to her to either stay alive or for a peaceful and painless death. Governors and leads pray to her for certainly that their empire, world and livelihood stays alive. She is often depicted with a child in her arms

Zixmir - God of Conflict

Abris - Goddess of Wealth

Ewther - God of light

Weapons of the Vadian Empire
Mark V "Sokoa" Kinetic Bolt Rifle

Specifications:
Type: Closest thing I can think of is man-portable semiautomatic rocket launcher.
In service: -present
Caliber: .75 explosive rocket propelled rounds (yup)
Action: Semi-auto/burst (automatic avaliable in specialized versions)
Overall length: 60cm
Barrel length: 27cm
Weight: 60kg
Magazine Capacity: 30 rounds
Fire rate: 240 rounds per minute
Effective range: 1.5km
Other: Between biometrics and the sheer weight, it is far too heavy for a non Astartes to lift

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The Coven of Oraen are the mortal enemies of the Empire of Heydros, they've been constant guerrilla warfare with the Heydrians since the Heydrians left Heydros to colonize. They utilize many weak xeno forces comprising of natives to the Hydra System and neighboring systems in the Heydrian Empire.

The Coven, as they are usually called by Heydrians, tend to use ballistic weapons and explosives. They hide in the jungles of Oraen. The planet of Oraen is where this resistance group is based out of. Coven leadership is comprised of three "witches" (as they are called by in Heydrian society) who are openly opposed to the Hedrilist religion.

Vasains

The Vasains are the light jungle troops of the Coven. They are quick in the dense swamps and jungles of Oraen. However, they are easily killed since of their lack of equipment. They tend to use older models of STAVKA Type 1s

Tree-Rooters

Tree Rooters are the heavy infantry of the Coven, they tend to size at about 2.5 meters tall, using their raw strength to destroy Heydrian Living Tanks. They are born from the swamp and the jungles, and bound together.

Oraens

The Oraens were the original inhabitants, til the Heydrians came over and decided to declare war on them. They use STAVKAs Type 1s usually. And are the main ground force of the army, along side the Vasains.

Xenosaur Large-One

Xenosaur Large Ones are the main infantry of the Xenosaurs, they charge in with primitive weapons and ancient firearms(created with the use of reverse engineering STAVKA Type 1s) They are often found in swamp worlds and jungles near the Oraen system.

Xenosaur Small-One

Small Ones are the small scouts of the Xenosaur Coven forces. They are quiet and quick through the jungles and swamps of Oraen III. They tend to use javelins and rarely a STAVKA Type 2.

Tlacotl, Coven Leader for the Xenosaurs and Vasains

Tlacotl was the first leader of the Coven. The Xenosaurs and the Oraens had allied quickly when the Heydrian threat had arrived. Tlacotl is an expert in Guerrilla warfare.


The Xenosaurs, are the reptilian race of the Coven, they often charge blindly into the Heydrian lines, absorbing most of the firepower of the Heydrians. They were also native inhabitants of Oraen. At one point, the Xenosaurs were rivals with the Oraens.
They utilize primitive weapons such as axes and bone swords


To this day, the Heydrians and the Coven still fight each other for dominance.

The main black market source of the two large entities that it neighbors Alpha is an amalgamation of pleasures and high crime. The Station itself used to be a large asteroid mining station until Pirates came and raided it. Over time black market dealers used Alpha as a staging and refueling port, over a few years as the station gained notoriety more and more dealers came to it and soon the place was renowned as a place where "you can get anything" it boosts a wavering population of a few billion coming in and away seeking pleasure and rare items. The chairmen of the Enra committee uses this port as a way to sell products that are illegal by imperial decree and UEG rebels use this as a way to make money to fund their campaigns against the UEG, other empires are known to use this station as a way to gain information as well. Alpha today is a den of shady actions with anarchy as its main law only bound by the strong making the rules and everyone just not wanting to die.

Rebel ships and miscellaneous cargo ships are a common sight around the station as well as smaller civilian vessels, rebels are known to guard the station but the crimelords who control the station have established a few defensive turrets missiles and various other technologies. Small skirmishes of opposing factions are extremely common in the dens of this filth filled station.

There are four districts:

The Paradise District - full of clubs drugs and violence the paradise district is where one goes to have a good time, it is dominated by the smell of sex, perfume, and alcohol while the ears are assaulted with various musics of all over the galaxy blaring out their lyrical poisons into the minds of the inhabitants and passerby's. Neon lights and signs never go out dealers have this place as their market.

The Market district - Where brave merchants and shifty buyers go, the Market District is where you go to get whatever you want, almost anything can be found here however whether or not it is affordable is another story. You can request objects of varying rarity and almost certainly someone will go hunting out for it. although the more experienced and successful treasure hunters will be looking out for the highest bidder.

The Shipyard District - More a docking bay to unload and off load cargo rather than a actual shipyard this place is often seen with body bags leaving and with shady figures watching over their cargo and interest. the ears are hammered with inudstrial work with workers crudely making ships or extending shipyard itself.

The Quarter District - The living quarters of the station it is notoriously overcrowded although hunger is number really an issue stabbings and killings are fairly common to people who dont know where to avoid.

Plasma projectors - Plasma projectors are obviously plasma weapons, they fire extremely hot rays of plasma at the enemy at varying intensities and speeds. They are mainly ship mounted weapons that can turn an entire city block into slag and a few meters of dirt below that city block. They dont really have a turret to turn around to point at so they are generally spread throughout the body of the ship, easily hide-able these projectors could be in places one does not expect. they typically have a firing arc of about 60 degrees meaning multiple projects can fire upon a single target. Each plasma projector is made with varying degrees in mind, these are;

High Intensity - Unlike normal projectors these massive things are meant to cut through capital ship armor and then some more, they fire a especially hot liquid form of plasma at a very light velocity. this plasma doesnt simply burn though objects, it seeks out colder objects to melt them. This typically means that the plasma loves dense materials and will generally start to diverge to it. Against shields the plasma simply attempts to blast through it other than that it may look like water hitting an object.

The other plasma projectors typically fire a stream of plasma the low intensity ones in particular are meant to overwhelm enemy shields and blind enemy senors with the sheer amount of them. These plasma projectors also have a dual purpose of anti-fighter and missile fire. The medium intensity are basically the multi-role version of the projectors able to do just about all of its cousins abilities although not as good. They may cut ships better that the low ones but slower than the high ones.

Plasma Cannon(ship mounted) - The ship mounted Plasma cannons are an entire beast on their own compared to its Projector siblings. The average plasma cannon is about the size of a beacon frigate although the one on the frigate is slightly smaller than the ones on a dreadnought and carrier. It fires not only plasma but a chemical compound within that is set to explode once the plasma it is in has made contact, 15 seconds after contact and melting has happened the chemical compound explodes, the more the plasma it is in contact to the larger the explosion meaning if a plasma cannon happens to fire two or more rounds into the same spot the larger the explosion. one of these monstrous explosions is similar to an asteroid 1 kilometer across hitting a planet, the plasma itself is similar to the ones used in high intensity plasma projectors.

Missiles and torpedos - Missiles go boom with a big mess Torpedos go boom with less mess on the outside. Plasma torpedos in particular has two layers, the outer layer is your traditional super hot plasma but the inside is similar to ones used in high intensity plasma projectors. needless to say these torpedos do massive damage and the imperium knows it very well. Non-plasma torpedos attempt to dig in as far as they can and blow up within the hull, although these explosives arent as large as missiles. Missiles on the other hand go boom real good, they explode on impact or on a timer making them excellent against shields and masses of starfighters. Both of these projectiles are extremely long ranged and are dual purpose although they will struggle against well designed armors.

Railguns - These railguns aren't anything particularly special just that the shenra empire has an affinity for them other than missiles. these mass drivers arent as advanced as other empires railguns but they can give quite the beating if fired enough, the projectiles will more than likely either tear through the hull or dent it real good.