The Intergalactic Alliance
Statistics and facts Note; all in accordance to last known count (some 150 years ago)
:: Governemental Type :: Confederated State
:: Judicial System :: Judge and Jury
:: Economical System :: Free trade between all partners
:: Worlds Colonized :: 90458
:: Worlds under ownership :: 118952
:: Artificial Worlds under ownership:: 9
:: Ringworlds under ownership:: 3
:: Dyson Spheres under ownership :: 1
:: Planetoid Mining operations :: 10597
:: Asteroid Mining operations :: 2,589 x 10^5 (Estimated number)
:: Gas Giants owned :: 5369
:: Uninhabitable worlds :: 894 (750 under terraformation)
:: Population :: 1,858,458,936,485,000 Individuals, synthetic and organic alike.
:: Percentage of Tier 0 potential :: 58%
:: National Treasury net-worth :: 1, 853 Decillion Alliance Drubloons
:: Military net-worth :: 185 Decillion Alliance Drubloons
:: Capital :: Dyson Installation #1 Embrace
:: Currency :: Alliance Drubloon
:: Last National Leader :: Arch-Councilor Cedalia Shratunio-Venneth
:: National Anthem :: Paragon Hymne
:: Intergalactic Navarchial Service Anthem :: Diem Ex Dei
:: Battle Theme :: Spiritus Elektros
:: International Relationships :: None.
:: International Contacts :: Numerous, mostly first contact situations.
Historical Archive
A calendar of important events:
Spoiler!
In accordance with the Arcturian Cold War Calendar
0 - (1287 A.D) The Galactic Conflict ensues in the milky way galaxy.
128 - The Vilushan Empire and the Ruustirii Alliance halt their quarrels.
131 - 30% of the conflict has ended; Interstellar Alliance is founded.
135 - 50% of the conflict has ended; Interstellar Alliance new-baptised to Galactic Alliance
159 - End of the Galactic conflict. 89% of stellar empires in the Milky Way Galaxy has aligned itself with the Galactic Alliance.
By this point in time, the Galactic Alliance is so vast and powerful that it is the first ruling governement on a galactic scale known to exist. It's population runs in the trillions, and income per capita was never as high as it is at this point.
End of the Arcturian Cold War calendar, now in accordance with the Alliance Standard Calendar
0 - See Arcturian Calendar Year 131
28 - See Arcturian Calendar Year 159
50 - Azael Henebrach and Tse'Huchan Temanezori succeed in first field testing of MK XII hyperdrive, commencing an era of intergalactic travel with a single push in the button.
59 - The ANS Sukalsky, the first intergalactic starship, starts it's three month journey to M33.
60 - The ANS Sukalsky reaches M33 and attempts communication with a sensor outpost it spots after another day of travel. First contact with the Za'Zerenn is made, and the Sukalsky commences negotiations.
65 - After several years of prosperous relationships with the Galactic Alliance, which is now expanding into the M33 galaxy, the Za'Zerenn become a fully fledged member. The Galactic Alliance is new-baptized into the Intergalactic Alliance.
70 - The Intergalactic Alliance is met warily by the M33 races, and several small conflicts against 'the extragalactic intuder' commence. Deu to it's fragile position in M33 the Alliance is defeated, and leaves, not seizing contact with the Za'Zerenn, though.
198 - Several advances in hyperdrive technology have made it possible for the Alliance to shorten intergalactic travel to a convenient two weeks. Contact with the Za'Zerenn is reestablished, and the Alliance tries again in M33.
200 - The IA's old adversaries attempt to drive back the IA once more, only to meet with a powerful expeditionary force. The political situation in M33 is more viable now, and the IA gains several new members, even during the conflict.
221 - A solid base has been established in M33. Several other expeditions are sent to 15 surrounding galaxies, some returning positive, some kicked back out, some never to come back. In the end, five aditionnal Galaxies are entered, and over the course of years, more and more factions join the Alliance.
-------Start of the Aeon of Joining.------
1850 - Alliance Arch-Councillor Setes Kravilus is murdered by unknown terrorists. "War on terror" commences.
1856 - War on terror ends with the imprisonment of all known leaders of terrorist cells. Casualty rate among civilians was abysmally high, resulting in the Aeon of Rebellion.
------Start of the Aeon of Rebellion.------
1869 - Rebellous factions overthrow the Alliance Council and establish a new order. Start of the Aeon of Prejudice.
-------Start of the Aeon of Prejudice.------
1898 - Several Alliance loyalists rebel against the New Order, and the Alliance Civil War ensues.
2356 - End of the Alliance Civil War. Old Rule is reestablished and the Constitution is rewritten to prevent identical scenarios.
------Start of the Aeon of Stabilization.------
2985 - First contact is made with the Confederacy, a governemental body rivaling the Alliance in military power.
3000 - Confederacy attacks outer colonies on Foundation Day. Alliance retaliates, but is quickly put in the defensive.
------Start of the IA-CUS war.-------
3852 - IA-CUS war revolves into a stalemate. The Confederacy retreats, and is never heard of again. Rumours about a plague destabilizing the Confederacy reach the Alliance, but are never investigated.
-----Start of the Second Aeon of Stabilization.-----
This era last for another three-thousand years. The following history of the Alliance is written in the MRA thread.
0 - (1287 A.D) The Galactic Conflict ensues in the milky way galaxy.
128 - The Vilushan Empire and the Ruustirii Alliance halt their quarrels.
131 - 30% of the conflict has ended; Interstellar Alliance is founded.
135 - 50% of the conflict has ended; Interstellar Alliance new-baptised to Galactic Alliance
159 - End of the Galactic conflict. 89% of stellar empires in the Milky Way Galaxy has aligned itself with the Galactic Alliance.
By this point in time, the Galactic Alliance is so vast and powerful that it is the first ruling governement on a galactic scale known to exist. It's population runs in the trillions, and income per capita was never as high as it is at this point.
End of the Arcturian Cold War calendar, now in accordance with the Alliance Standard Calendar
0 - See Arcturian Calendar Year 131
28 - See Arcturian Calendar Year 159
50 - Azael Henebrach and Tse'Huchan Temanezori succeed in first field testing of MK XII hyperdrive, commencing an era of intergalactic travel with a single push in the button.
59 - The ANS Sukalsky, the first intergalactic starship, starts it's three month journey to M33.
60 - The ANS Sukalsky reaches M33 and attempts communication with a sensor outpost it spots after another day of travel. First contact with the Za'Zerenn is made, and the Sukalsky commences negotiations.
65 - After several years of prosperous relationships with the Galactic Alliance, which is now expanding into the M33 galaxy, the Za'Zerenn become a fully fledged member. The Galactic Alliance is new-baptized into the Intergalactic Alliance.
70 - The Intergalactic Alliance is met warily by the M33 races, and several small conflicts against 'the extragalactic intuder' commence. Deu to it's fragile position in M33 the Alliance is defeated, and leaves, not seizing contact with the Za'Zerenn, though.
198 - Several advances in hyperdrive technology have made it possible for the Alliance to shorten intergalactic travel to a convenient two weeks. Contact with the Za'Zerenn is reestablished, and the Alliance tries again in M33.
200 - The IA's old adversaries attempt to drive back the IA once more, only to meet with a powerful expeditionary force. The political situation in M33 is more viable now, and the IA gains several new members, even during the conflict.
221 - A solid base has been established in M33. Several other expeditions are sent to 15 surrounding galaxies, some returning positive, some kicked back out, some never to come back. In the end, five aditionnal Galaxies are entered, and over the course of years, more and more factions join the Alliance.
-------Start of the Aeon of Joining.------
1850 - Alliance Arch-Councillor Setes Kravilus is murdered by unknown terrorists. "War on terror" commences.
1856 - War on terror ends with the imprisonment of all known leaders of terrorist cells. Casualty rate among civilians was abysmally high, resulting in the Aeon of Rebellion.
------Start of the Aeon of Rebellion.------
1869 - Rebellous factions overthrow the Alliance Council and establish a new order. Start of the Aeon of Prejudice.
-------Start of the Aeon of Prejudice.------
1898 - Several Alliance loyalists rebel against the New Order, and the Alliance Civil War ensues.
2356 - End of the Alliance Civil War. Old Rule is reestablished and the Constitution is rewritten to prevent identical scenarios.
------Start of the Aeon of Stabilization.------
2985 - First contact is made with the Confederacy, a governemental body rivaling the Alliance in military power.
3000 - Confederacy attacks outer colonies on Foundation Day. Alliance retaliates, but is quickly put in the defensive.
------Start of the IA-CUS war.-------
3852 - IA-CUS war revolves into a stalemate. The Confederacy retreats, and is never heard of again. Rumours about a plague destabilizing the Confederacy reach the Alliance, but are never investigated.
-----Start of the Second Aeon of Stabilization.-----
This era last for another three-thousand years. The following history of the Alliance is written in the MRA thread.
Spoiler!
It was the 145th year of the 2nd age of the Empire of the Haladmiri, called Vilushans in the Common Language, that spreaded outwards from the great world of Vil Usha, and it was in this year that all friendship between empires and kingdoms and alliances in the Galaxy was lost. War ensued and armies and fleets roamed between the stars, in search of vengeance or salvation. The Haladmiri, the Ruust, the Elechmi, all were swallowed in the darkness of war, even the proud and great Arcturi, who dwelled amongst the stars. And many battles took place between the stars and on the worlds of the Greater and Lesser races, and on and around the Arcturian Star Fortresses. At the time of writing, the most learned of us were still incapable of explaining exactly why this insanity captured the galaxy. Only whispers could be heard of a great Darkness, far away, where the eyes and machines of the races in the known universe could not reach.
It was in the 112th year of this war, as by the Arcturian Cold War Calendar, as they called it, that the forces of the Haladmiri were led by an aging and worn Emperor and Warlord, Marmen Vil Ush, under whose reign the famed Empire of the Haladmiri had become almost forgotten, except by the sea-dwelling people of Ruust, who regarded him as a scourge and a danger, for he had concentrated his Empire's might on that single foe. And the Alliance of the Tribes of Ruust had in turn concentrated itself on it's attacker, and they became forgotten by the rest of the warring races in their vigorous and bloody entanglement.
In that year, the old Emperor Marmen passed away, an honourless death amidst the halls of the once great Fortress of Vil Varon, far away from his homeworld that had become a lesser place in his eyes, for Vil Varon was the closest to Ruustirii space. Marmen Vil Ush had no heirs, and so the effort of war was passed to the hands of Saren Vil Ush, his sister's son, who would later be known as the Peacekeeper and a Founding Father. Saren Vil Ush had been raised by his mother and a few of her trusted friends, who had taught him of the world how it used to be, before the Great Conflict encompassed all the Known Universe. And Saren, by heritage a dreamer and a visionary, had looked down upon his Emperor Uncle with doubt in his mind and heart. When Marmen passed away, Saren became Emperor of the Haladmiri, and was forced by tradition to keep his forebearer's plans in honor. So Saren kept supervising the completion of Marmen's last insanity; Idmil's Hammer, a weapon of such great power that it was capable of engulfing entire worlds in it's horror. Marmen planned to use it against the Ruust homerworld of Ruustiria, a plan which appaled Saren himself, but he had no choice but to keep upon it's completion and using it, or he would be cast down from the throne and secretly replaced by the warmongering Lords who had counselled Marmen into this insane plan.
But what none in the Haladmiri Empire knew, for Marmen had kept his spies on a short leash to attend to the construction of Idmil's Hammer, that at the same time the Ruust had heard of it, and had stolen some of the plans and powerful technologies that powered it, and they forged their own weapon; the Apocalyptum, a challenger to the might of Idmil and the Empire of the Haladmiri. They constructed it with great secrecy, and without the spies of Marmen on their backs, they completed it along with it's counterpart. Untill Saren came to power. Not as deluded as his uncle, he dispatched spies into the realm of the Tribes, and what they discovered in the underwater shipyards of Ab Ballor shook the very foundation of their resolve. The Haladmiri Empire was beaten already, for Saren knew that the Ruust would hide their weapon before Idmil's Hammer could reach their world and destroy it.
What follow's is based upon tales told by Saren Vil Ush himself, more than one thousand years ago, but it is said that the night before his uncles's Endgame plan was to come to a start, he was visited by a man of unknown origin, even more mysterious than the Arcturians could possibly get. Voices now speak of his origin as Cirhain, or Predecessor, the oldest of all races that had left the Known Universe in seek of peace and a home amongst younger stars, where they could flourish. And it is said that that night they talked a very long time, from the moment the sun had set over the cities of Vil Usha and rose again over it's mountains and Riverlands. They talked about the war, and the End of All Things, and, some say, about how to prevent it. What is certain is that after this night, Saren Vil Ush gathered as much of his trusted Captains around him, placed them and a selected crew upon as many ships as possible, for the fleet of Vil Amun had been diverted to the Homeworld to escort Idmil's Hammer, and it was vast and proud. And he took that fleet along with the Hammer to Ruustiria before the sun on Vil Usha had set again, and he hoped before the Ruust had heard of his departure with their weapon. He hurried as best he could, and some of his ships were lost as their engines failed and dropped out of Hyperspace, never to be seen again. But when he arrived at Ruustiria, he knew that his plan had worked. For the Apocalyptum was present, along with a great force of the crude Ruust warships. And he spoke to the Ruust, and they were surprised, for they had neaver heard the voices of the Haladmiri except in anger, mockery or fear of death. And he said to them, his voice in peace and desperation;
To the proud people of the Tribes and the Seas of Ruustiria I express my wish in this Hour of all hours, that they grant me and my people the honour of laying down their arms alongside those of us, sit around the same table and speak the same words of peace and reason, so that both our people may flourish instead of wither, for the Hammer that was brought by us and the Sword that was forged by you will bring no victory, yet only darkness, as their trumpets sound an era of death, night and darkness. Of my intentions, I bring you proof. Watch Idmil's Hammer, forged by the greatest minds in our proud Empire, as it does all that it was made for!
And with a bright flash, and a wave of power that made both mighty fleets shake and shudder, Idmil's Hammer collapsed in on itself and some Ruust on their homeworld thought they were doomed, for certain, since nothing but the might of Idmil could produce a star that bright in the sky. But the power of Idmil's Hammer had been broken by it's wielder, the flash only a spasm of it's death.
The two fleets sat in orbit around the world of Ruustiria, and for several long minutes nothing happened. A Ruust Commander later exclaimed;
Idmil's power was broken by it's bearer, and the heart of many of rejoiced, for we knew that this bright light meant that the destruction we were going to endure and cause had vanished. The men aboard the Apocalyptum refused to answer the call of their Commanders, for they believed that now the time had come to catch the Vilushans in their foolishness, for they no longer had a weapon here powerful enough to ward off the might of the stolen weapon. They rebelled, and many of the warmongering ones were killed in this desperate hour, and as soon as news of the event reached the surface, the same happened there. The Tribesleaders, who had led us into war, were now the enemy, and the Vilushans, whose Emperor had given us a chance for life, became a beacon of hope in which our new leaders installed their trust. For no single one of us dared to question his intention after he had destroyed his most powerful weapon in the face of his foes.
And the Ruust and the Haladmiri cast down their weapons alongside each other's, and sat around the same table and spoke the same words of peace, old fueds not forgotten, but laid aside in the face of mutual destruction. And in the year 128 of the war, 16 years after Saren the Wise had been given reign on the throne of Vil Usha, and 10 after the destruction fo Idmil's Hammer, an Alliance was forged between the Empire of the Haladmiri, or Vilusha, and the Ruust. And when the warring empires, some in their final hour, some still prepared for the worst, heard news of this Alliance, they were surprised to see the Forgotten People break their veil of mystery, and tread outwards, stronger and more glorious than ever. And many were inspired, and came to the Great Alliance for protection, or for peace, or to offer their assistance in a cause better worth fighting for.
And it was thus that Saren Vil Ush the Peacekeeper, and Harrob the Great of Ruustiria, and Mirion Sul of the Arcturians became the Founding Fathers of the Galactic Alliance, and their legacies and tales were carried into the Known Universe and beyond for thousands of years. Some say that untill their deaths, a mysterious man gave them council, only seen in the night, and disappearing as soon as the sun rose where they were, and that he was of the Cirhain, the race long lost that now go by the name of Predecessors.
This is the tale of how the Intergalactic Alliance was founded, long ago in the Age of War. It was written in the Aeon of Joining, when it began in 1289, by an Arcturian named Amon Ithmul, one of the last of his race. His work is based on many sources, and seen as accurate, except for the parts where he speaks of the Predecessor influence, as this has never been proven.~quoted from Mullick's translation of Amon Ithmul's Great Narratives.
It was in the 112th year of this war, as by the Arcturian Cold War Calendar, as they called it, that the forces of the Haladmiri were led by an aging and worn Emperor and Warlord, Marmen Vil Ush, under whose reign the famed Empire of the Haladmiri had become almost forgotten, except by the sea-dwelling people of Ruust, who regarded him as a scourge and a danger, for he had concentrated his Empire's might on that single foe. And the Alliance of the Tribes of Ruust had in turn concentrated itself on it's attacker, and they became forgotten by the rest of the warring races in their vigorous and bloody entanglement.
In that year, the old Emperor Marmen passed away, an honourless death amidst the halls of the once great Fortress of Vil Varon, far away from his homeworld that had become a lesser place in his eyes, for Vil Varon was the closest to Ruustirii space. Marmen Vil Ush had no heirs, and so the effort of war was passed to the hands of Saren Vil Ush, his sister's son, who would later be known as the Peacekeeper and a Founding Father. Saren Vil Ush had been raised by his mother and a few of her trusted friends, who had taught him of the world how it used to be, before the Great Conflict encompassed all the Known Universe. And Saren, by heritage a dreamer and a visionary, had looked down upon his Emperor Uncle with doubt in his mind and heart. When Marmen passed away, Saren became Emperor of the Haladmiri, and was forced by tradition to keep his forebearer's plans in honor. So Saren kept supervising the completion of Marmen's last insanity; Idmil's Hammer, a weapon of such great power that it was capable of engulfing entire worlds in it's horror. Marmen planned to use it against the Ruust homerworld of Ruustiria, a plan which appaled Saren himself, but he had no choice but to keep upon it's completion and using it, or he would be cast down from the throne and secretly replaced by the warmongering Lords who had counselled Marmen into this insane plan.
But what none in the Haladmiri Empire knew, for Marmen had kept his spies on a short leash to attend to the construction of Idmil's Hammer, that at the same time the Ruust had heard of it, and had stolen some of the plans and powerful technologies that powered it, and they forged their own weapon; the Apocalyptum, a challenger to the might of Idmil and the Empire of the Haladmiri. They constructed it with great secrecy, and without the spies of Marmen on their backs, they completed it along with it's counterpart. Untill Saren came to power. Not as deluded as his uncle, he dispatched spies into the realm of the Tribes, and what they discovered in the underwater shipyards of Ab Ballor shook the very foundation of their resolve. The Haladmiri Empire was beaten already, for Saren knew that the Ruust would hide their weapon before Idmil's Hammer could reach their world and destroy it.
What follow's is based upon tales told by Saren Vil Ush himself, more than one thousand years ago, but it is said that the night before his uncles's Endgame plan was to come to a start, he was visited by a man of unknown origin, even more mysterious than the Arcturians could possibly get. Voices now speak of his origin as Cirhain, or Predecessor, the oldest of all races that had left the Known Universe in seek of peace and a home amongst younger stars, where they could flourish. And it is said that that night they talked a very long time, from the moment the sun had set over the cities of Vil Usha and rose again over it's mountains and Riverlands. They talked about the war, and the End of All Things, and, some say, about how to prevent it. What is certain is that after this night, Saren Vil Ush gathered as much of his trusted Captains around him, placed them and a selected crew upon as many ships as possible, for the fleet of Vil Amun had been diverted to the Homeworld to escort Idmil's Hammer, and it was vast and proud. And he took that fleet along with the Hammer to Ruustiria before the sun on Vil Usha had set again, and he hoped before the Ruust had heard of his departure with their weapon. He hurried as best he could, and some of his ships were lost as their engines failed and dropped out of Hyperspace, never to be seen again. But when he arrived at Ruustiria, he knew that his plan had worked. For the Apocalyptum was present, along with a great force of the crude Ruust warships. And he spoke to the Ruust, and they were surprised, for they had neaver heard the voices of the Haladmiri except in anger, mockery or fear of death. And he said to them, his voice in peace and desperation;
To the proud people of the Tribes and the Seas of Ruustiria I express my wish in this Hour of all hours, that they grant me and my people the honour of laying down their arms alongside those of us, sit around the same table and speak the same words of peace and reason, so that both our people may flourish instead of wither, for the Hammer that was brought by us and the Sword that was forged by you will bring no victory, yet only darkness, as their trumpets sound an era of death, night and darkness. Of my intentions, I bring you proof. Watch Idmil's Hammer, forged by the greatest minds in our proud Empire, as it does all that it was made for!
And with a bright flash, and a wave of power that made both mighty fleets shake and shudder, Idmil's Hammer collapsed in on itself and some Ruust on their homeworld thought they were doomed, for certain, since nothing but the might of Idmil could produce a star that bright in the sky. But the power of Idmil's Hammer had been broken by it's wielder, the flash only a spasm of it's death.
The two fleets sat in orbit around the world of Ruustiria, and for several long minutes nothing happened. A Ruust Commander later exclaimed;
Idmil's power was broken by it's bearer, and the heart of many of rejoiced, for we knew that this bright light meant that the destruction we were going to endure and cause had vanished. The men aboard the Apocalyptum refused to answer the call of their Commanders, for they believed that now the time had come to catch the Vilushans in their foolishness, for they no longer had a weapon here powerful enough to ward off the might of the stolen weapon. They rebelled, and many of the warmongering ones were killed in this desperate hour, and as soon as news of the event reached the surface, the same happened there. The Tribesleaders, who had led us into war, were now the enemy, and the Vilushans, whose Emperor had given us a chance for life, became a beacon of hope in which our new leaders installed their trust. For no single one of us dared to question his intention after he had destroyed his most powerful weapon in the face of his foes.
And the Ruust and the Haladmiri cast down their weapons alongside each other's, and sat around the same table and spoke the same words of peace, old fueds not forgotten, but laid aside in the face of mutual destruction. And in the year 128 of the war, 16 years after Saren the Wise had been given reign on the throne of Vil Usha, and 10 after the destruction fo Idmil's Hammer, an Alliance was forged between the Empire of the Haladmiri, or Vilusha, and the Ruust. And when the warring empires, some in their final hour, some still prepared for the worst, heard news of this Alliance, they were surprised to see the Forgotten People break their veil of mystery, and tread outwards, stronger and more glorious than ever. And many were inspired, and came to the Great Alliance for protection, or for peace, or to offer their assistance in a cause better worth fighting for.
And it was thus that Saren Vil Ush the Peacekeeper, and Harrob the Great of Ruustiria, and Mirion Sul of the Arcturians became the Founding Fathers of the Galactic Alliance, and their legacies and tales were carried into the Known Universe and beyond for thousands of years. Some say that untill their deaths, a mysterious man gave them council, only seen in the night, and disappearing as soon as the sun rose where they were, and that he was of the Cirhain, the race long lost that now go by the name of Predecessors.
This is the tale of how the Intergalactic Alliance was founded, long ago in the Age of War. It was written in the Aeon of Joining, when it began in 1289, by an Arcturian named Amon Ithmul, one of the last of his race. His work is based on many sources, and seen as accurate, except for the parts where he speaks of the Predecessor influence, as this has never been proven.~quoted from Mullick's translation of Amon Ithmul's Great Narratives.