Fiction:United Persan Descendants

 We have progressed beyond ourselves by discovering ourselves. 

"When it comes to us everything is nonsense. Nothing is what it is, because everything is what it isn't. Contrary wise what it is it isn't, and what it isn't it is. You see?"

- Unkown

The United Persan Descendants are the reformed Vanara Empire after the transformation of the Vanara to the Naiyu Vanara and the rediscovery of their past and their Precursors. They are generally peaceful, but highly militaristic and more then willing to go to war to protect themselves, their interests, and their allies. Staunch to their tradition, but also progressive and constantly seeking to improve. Though not all races in the UPD are descended from the Persacron, those that are not still see themselves as the spiritual successors to their legacy.

History

 * Note - For prehistory see the Vanara Empire page.

Formation
The UPD was formed after the managed to reclaim their homeplanet of  with assistance from their allies and fellow  descendant races. These were the Scelus, lead by Prime Scelus Terra, who had betrayed the Horde during their attack on Vanara Empire Mirus Space, and the twin Zagreal Tarzer and Reiath. Reiath and all the Scelus except Terra were killed by the invasion force, led by Darkling Trotodrake and Darkling Acolyte Kincaido'scr. This force was composed mainly of Wasterlings and Darkling Servants, as well as an ancient noble sub-sect of the Imperium of War, whose focus laid not as much on war itself as on the slaves and other spoils they could gain from it. Under direct orders of the Dark One, assised by a squadron of Zarbanian Imperial Jaegers, and having stuck an uneasy alliance with the Leviathan Hive-Mind and Alpha Cyber Collective, the invasion force hell-bent on perventing the Vanara from retaking their homeworld and claiming powerful Persacron artifacts for themselves. However, a Persacron artifact activated by the Vanara converted the bodies of Reiath and the Scelus into spores, which immediately traveled through Accel Space, infecting every Vanara and converting them all into a new race called Naiyu, the ultimate Perscron descendant species. After retaking Alastor, the newly evolved Naiyu began to reform themselves in light of their transformation and rediscovered origins and history.
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Second War of the Mirusian Coalition
Like the Draekar Dominion, while not fighting against the Xonexi Allies, the UPD did take on the Imperium of War during the course of the war. Reinforcing their claim on the former Tyranny Territories they had gained from the first Mirusian Coalition War against the Xonexi, they proceeded to launch their campaign against the Imperium. Attacking from behind War-Imperial lines, they at first proved to be highly effective thanks not only to improved ships and technology, but also due to their top of line commanders and an effective strategy, providing a significant threat early on against the numerically superior Imerium. However eventually they and the Imperium came to a stalemate due to the arrival of Warmaster Ionius, who was send to deal with the counterattacks. Ionius proved to be sucessfull, though the Persans did tie up a large number of the War-Imperial forces, giving the Mirusian Coalition some breathing room in their battle against the Xonexi. Eventually however the Persan did break the stalemate at the battle of Sagittarius III, partially in thanks to their own FTL Weapons, and gained a useful strategic position at the Imperium border. However the advantage quickly shifted to the Imperium again after their sudden reveal of high-end Drakodominatus Tyranny hyperspacial superweapons that they had recovered in secrecy. The subsequent use of these weapons crippled the fleets of the Mirusians and their allies, and left the Persan wary of further attacks. The Persan decided to hold back until they had more support, which, as furure events would prove all too soon, all of Mirus would come to need to resist the rising Imperium of War.

Trapped between the advancing Imperium and the retaliating Xonexi Allies, and out of resources, the Mirusian allies of the Persan where forced into diplomatic discussions. The French demanded that the the Mirusians give back the territories they had taken from the Allies, though not much could be given back due to the Imperium of War now holding most Mirusian holdings in ex-Tyranny space. The Xonexi gave their support in the coming war against the Imperium, however any territories retaken in ex-Tyranny space would automatically go to the Xonexi themselves regardless of which faction would conquer them. They refused any attempts to mollify the deal, though the French did attempt to apply their ideal of equitable peace to the situation and establish a form of galactic government called the Covenant of Mirus. The Persan were forced to give up their own gains, but only because they had bigger concerns to deal with. They did feel as though the French had insulted their fallen soldiers by taking land from them without the loss of their own and believed they had made another diplomatic blunder. The Persan gave up their holdings, but drastically reinforced their Xonexi border. However, the Persan, at least outwardly, also began to appear more open in order to gain better access to French technologies, making use of actual diplomatic progess between the French and the Waptoria for their own gains.

Aftermath
"Never trust an enemy, even a former one, who isn't suffering the same wounds you are."

Eventually Zuki was privately contacted by the Barda Clett of the Mendel Pact and Gridlock of the Zarbania powers. Meeting in secret the three leaders discussed the Covenant and their own opposition towards it. In secret the three powers formed the Mirusian Triumvirate, an organisation that was dedicated to opposing the Covenant and creating their own form of galactic government. However the three did agree did to work within the Covenant until the Imperium of War was defeated. Later the Persan caught wind of a diplomatic meeting that had happened between the Mendel and the Eldarisian and that them the Mendel had become more open to Eldarisian diplomacy. Concerned the Zuki contacted the Persan ambassador to the Mendel as well as Barda Clett himself and discovered that the meeting had only furthered the Mendel's will to fight. Apologizing for her reaction and citing that she was merely concerned that the Eldarisian would attempt to manipulate the Mendel via diplomacy, Zuki left the matter at that. However the Persan further reinforced their anti-Eldarisian stance and issued a kill order on any Eldarisian citizen found in their territory, even offering a monetary reward to any citizen who brought in an Eldarisian head.

Further conflict came when Persan intelligence discovered that the Eldarisian had form legions of native Mirusians they had captured and brain washed into joining them. The UPD declared these natives traitors and order their soldiers to eradicate any they encountered, issuing a partial extinction order. Also they began to develop a new project refereed to as Clock Work.

Meanwhile, the Imperium had successfully fortified their borders

The Avalôtur Covenant
After the defeat of the Imperium of War the situation in Mirus began to settle down. Everyone except for the Persan who began gearing up for a full throttle war against the rising threat of the Scelus Purification, only to discover a significant lack of support. Their lobbying for the Covenant of Mirus take an aggressive stance against the Scelus was met with lukewarm reception and quietly slipped under the table. The others were simply tired of the endless warfare while the Persan seemed almost disturbingly gleeful at the idea of blasting their arch-nemesis off the map. In the Persan were left unsatisfied and began to show significant lack of interest in the Covenant. However the announcement of the Avalôtur Covenant between the Kicathian Remnant and the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus left the Covenant of Mirus fearful of Imperialistic ambitions from the two. The Mendel were quick to declare their isolation from the two with the UPD not far behind. However the message was half hearted with the Persan merely wishing to concern themselves with the Scelus and not a fellow member of the Mou'Cyran Accords.

United Gigaquadrantic Alliance
While the Persan began secretly prepping themselves for conflict against the Scelus with the help of the Waptoria, Mendel and the Zarbanians, diving deeper into their past then they had ever before they were informed that the New Cyrannian Republic had formed of the, as an alliance meant to prevent further disagreements and infighting between the nations of the Gigaquadrant. The UPD quite willingly joined feeling that if anyone could keep peace it would be the Republic. While not as angry and disagreeable towards the French as the Mendel Pact was, they did notably ask more questions of and show greater resistance to France's decisions during the the French tenure. They also refused to adopted the standards of the Declaration of War citing the Zadkiel conventions as suiting them just fine.

Da Reckoning
"We're fighting idiots, but dangerous idiots... wait was that a pizza they just launched at us? Okay so we're no longer fighting dangerous idiots. No we're fighting dangerous, grade A morons!"

The Scelus Purification's Assault
"We thought the Horde was bad, the Horde was nothing. First they come in the dead of night, slipping past your sight and into the flesh of those around you. Next thing you know you can trust no one. Friend, enemy, sibling, parent, children, lover they all could have become one of them, and they will do anything to make you one of them as well. Then they come from the void sweeping over your planet like a flood from space assimilating all they find worth while and eradicating the rest. Once their done they leave behind nothing more than an empty husk of a world as they move onto another to drain in their always moving conquest."

- Unknown

Return of the Devourers
"Once we thought we were predators, we believed that we were the hunters and not the prey. It's almost funny to think how wrong we were. It doesn't matter who you are Vanara, Ugandal, Raptoranean, Duetzalanian, Dragowar, Scelus it doesn't matter. As far as these... things that created our ancestors are concerned we're all just mewling foodstuffs to them. They will talk to us causally and polity as our friends before they gobble us down like cookies."

- Zuki

After the destruction of the Scelus Purification's invasion force the UPD was left in shambles. Billions had died and several planets worth had been glassed in order to shatter the on rushing swarm. Forced to turn inward as they needed to reorganize and rebuild the Persan would be caught off guard for the next on coming threat. Having dug deeper into their past the Persan had discovered that their capital world of Alastor had been seeded with life and the Vanara's Promen ancestors they had been mutated from were created by another alien lifeform other than the Persacron for one purpose, a food supply. However they had concluded that these aliens had long since gone extinct.

However this belief would be proven false when the Persan discovered a probe moving into their territory. An investigation team was sent out, but no one returned. A military force was dispatched to destroy the probe and were successful, but not without serious losses. Gather the information the probe had stored in it they discovered to their horror that the aliens that had seeded Alastor for food were still very much alive and they were coming.

The Hand of Retribution
From Lead Exarch's Successor Kuruki Hyn to the Hand Up His Own Ass 

''O devil who falsely commands the Mendel and damned Arootsum's kin, slave to Randoriix himself. What the Thanatoes' none existent ball sack kind of king are you, that could slay a mule with the stench of your flatulence? Norklair shits diarrhea, and your army eats it as rations. You will not, you son of a Darkling Whore, make slaves of our Mendel brothers and sisters; we've fear not your army of spineless, gibbering fools, be it on planet or in space we will suffer them not to live, fuck your own mother up the ass. ''

''You butt licking skull fucker, meatheaded wanker, bed wetting jackass, gasbag of your father's scrotum, king of airhead bimbos, prince with a dick in his ass, he who enjoys swine twerking on his leg, sucker of his own father's cock, inbred hick, know as fool to darkness and light alike, an self important idiot before the gods, born of the unholy union of Terikadax's piss and Shi'nesh's semen, and the butt plug in the galaxy's anus. Many a hound devour your cock as you mount your fat and flabby mother in a pile of your own feces! ''

''So the Persan declare, you limp dick bastard. You are not even worthy enough to eat the shit of a Xonexi prostitute. Now we'll conclude, for we cannot even be bothered to give you the time; The night sky is ablaze with stars, the moon passes full over head, and time will not change our tune; for this may my fanged vagina devour you alive! '' - The Persan's rather colorful response to the Hand's ultimatum 

With the Scelus shattered and the Devourers repelled the UPD began going through heavy changes in what seemed to be signifying the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. Head Exarch Tarzer had left for parts unknown with his former job merging into the job of both Lead and Chief Exarch. Chief Exarch Terra Prime had gone into indefinite hibernation. Zuki herself began making plans for her retirement, and Persa held their first election for the position of Exarch with Commissar coming out on top for Lead exarch and Apex Precore Dragon Raging Storm becoming Cheif Exarch. However the celebration of this new step forward into a bright new future would be cut short when a new threat emerged, one from a place no one saw coming.

This threat came from within the Mendel Pact itself when a the Three High Lords were dethroned by one simply calling himself the Hand of Retribution. A highly unstable and dangerous individual the Hand sought nothing more then total annihilation of the Xonexi in Mirus and his message to Zuki was simple, either the Persan were with him or against him. The Persan made their decision sending the Hand a message, hand written by Kuruki as a matter of fact, filled with obscenities and prepared to go to war. Latter Kuruki was contacted by Kirta Clett would was leading a rebellion against the Hand. The Persan were quick to offer shelter in their own territory to the rebels as well as to any Mendel who was against the Hand.

Qliphoggr's Ascension
"NO! NO! Death has come!! DEATH IS HERE!!!"

Government
"To govern one must prove themselves worthy of the position of power. The worthy are not only capable, but also rule for the people not for their own ends."

The UPD government has changed a fair bit from it's origins as the Vanara Empire. The main difference is that the top brass is dominated by the Exarchs of the Trinity Council, the three most powerful rulers currently composed of Empress Zuki(Lead Exarch), Terra Prime(Chief Exarch), and Tarzer(Head Exarch).
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Under the Trinity Council is the Alpha Caucus who runs the UPD as a whole, the Beta Caucus who runs the UPD in different galaxies, the Gamma Caucus which rulers over different prefectures, and finally the Delta Caucus which rules over different colonies. The levels of rulership in the senates are Paladins at the highest, then Knights, and then Senators. Knights are selected democratically by the people from those with exemplary backgrounds. Senators serve more of an advisory position and are promoted in by the Knights and Paladins(they are required to pass a back ground check though). Paladins are elected up by their fellow Knights and future fellow Paladins. All citizens have basic rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the ability to make appeals to the government.

The UPD is effectively a stratocracy as the state and military act as the same entity. Government potions are occupied various military leaders and citizens with military service or having been honorably discharged are allowed to vote and only those who were given a station of command are allowed to be elected to a positions of power. As a whole the persan government tends to have broad powers, but interferes little in the day to day lives of their citizens.

Recently an empathetic connection has begun to develop between the member races of the UPD. This connection is neither hive or even a group mind, but a rather a sense of understanding of the emotions, thoughts, and actions of one another. This connection is young and under developed, but most certainly has the ability to evolve and grow into something stronger.

Notably political parties do not exist in the UPD.

Law Enforcement
The UPD is fairly strict when it comes to enforcing the law, though this is somewhat offset by the fact that they generally only make laws that pertain to maintaining the safety and security of the citizenry with few to none intruding to noticeable degree on ones personal life. However when the law is broken then the UPD's police force is always on call to deal with the threat. When it comes to enforcing the law the UPD police forces have a variety of tools and equipment at their disposal, such as accesses to security cameras put strictly in public places to various forms of none lethal weaponry designed to stun and paralyze perpetrators who refuse to go peacefully. The UPD police of course has limits to its power such as the need for warrants in order to search or seize property and considered just as subject to law(if not more so) as the regular citizenry.

Social Termination Squads
When it comes to dealing with the problem of corruption in their own ranks the UPD has adopted a rather novel solution, assassination. Social Termination Squads or STSs are groups of sanctioned assassins who's job is to take out corrupt officials, business owners, leaders of organized crimes, and foreign spies and moles. Granted special accesses to illegal weapons such as Manhunter Poison weapons or Zakor Sphere Launchers to name a few(some have even chosen to wield the beam sabers normally reserved for Koatria, something generally considered taboo), an STS's job is to launch investigations against corruption at the request of the victims and kill offender quickly and silently. However they are limited in their power somewhat. For starters they must have sufficient evidence of corrupt behavior(willful violation of the Kodas for instance) or could very well face trial themselves. Also other STSs are allowed to terminate each other if one becomes corrupt. Often times though their services are unneeded as the simple threat of death is more than enough to keep many on the right path, that and the UPD's system is already fairly efficient and weeding out the corrupt and incompetent.

Economy
"An economy that is too controlled becomes stagnate and strangled, unable to grow. However one with no control becomes a monster that consumes everything in it's path. we must create an economy that can grow and adapt without developing into an all consuming monster."

The UPD is considered socialist, state owned and private companies existing alongside each other. In general education, power, other utilities, waste disposal, and public transport are government owned with luxury items, manufacturing, farming, and mining being privately owned. Corporations with more utility and social orientation tend be more highly valued then those that provide luxuries and are less socially oriented. Pay grade is also determined by the contribution of the individual to society, due to culture and other factors those with skills in construction, mining, etc are considered to be the most valuable members of society.
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Income is fairly equally distributed with their being a very small gap between rich and poor, most citizens being considered part of the middle class. However the economic system is not consistent throughout the entire UPD due to the highly variable situations of different colonies. The less developed colonies of Scatter Colonies tend to lean more toward state ownership due to higher emphasis on cooperation needed to survive on these harsh worlds and higher self reliance. The more developed Orb Colonies leaning more toward private ownership.

Astrology
"Adapt your world to you and the storm will smash you against the rocks Adapt yourself to the planet and the storm will pass around and over you, leaving you with only a few scars to mark it's passing."

There are two types of UPD colonies, Orb and Scatter. Orb colonies are located in the centralized Orb as its called, which is a condenced group of colonies in each galaxy they inhabit that forms the central base for their operations there. Scatter Colonies are those that are scattered throughout space. They very self-reliant affairs with their own fleets and military force for defense, though those of an Orb are reliant on the other colonies in the Orb. Many citizens also inhabit heavily defended orbital stations. The three massive Worldships Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz still act as one of the main holdings of the UPD. Each one is about the size of the continent of Europe and houses an absolutely massive population and has their own unique environment and even natural resources. As the UPD have maintain there colonies from their days as the Vanara Empire they have colonies in the Milkyway, Mirus, and Cyrannus galaxies. Unlike others the UPD does not adapt the planet to them, but adapt themselves to planet via cybernetic and genetic augmentation, as well as building into the natural terrain leaving very little impact of the environment.
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Culture
The UPD is a mix of cultures, mostly from it's member races, but also from it's allies as well, however there a general culture within the UPD. Military and martial prowess and pride are a huge part of it with every citizen of age being given military training and considered part of the reserved forces. The views of the UPD have been tempered by harsh realities of the path that led them to this point. This has led them to be very practical, valuing things for their usefulness rather then their aesthetic value(though there is still a great love of art and media). They are well known for being highly progressive, concernd with adavancing themselves not only in technological and military capacity, but also in social capacity as well.
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The UPD puts emphasis on the abilities of the individual and nurturing such skills for the benefit of the group as a whole, believing that the differences of the individuals, not their similarities, that make the group strong. Self reliance, personal integrity, inner heroism, and hard work are highly valued believing that one must prove themselves worthy of their place.

There is great drive in the area of rediscovering their history and unlocking the secrets of Persacron technology. As a result the moment a Persacron artifact is discovered they will immediately send a reclamation fleet to retrieve and bring it in for study. The Persacron artifacts that they do have they are immensely protective of and will let few others go near them. Recently the Persan have begun to emulate their precursors by terraforming worlds and experimenting with uplifting species and creating completely new forms of life.

The Persan as a general rule are a rather superstitious people. When they colonize new planets they will often times, for strange reasons, refuse to go near certain land formations or touch certain planets and animals, or even refuse to venture outside their colonies on certain days unless absolutely necessary and even then they take special precautions. When asked why the Persan either become especially tight lipped and will often refuse to speak, just making a protective sign across their chest and then quickly walking away. The most even the Persan's closest allies have got out of them is the cryptic message, "beware the Seeonee."

Another major aspect of their culture is the belief that knowledge is power and their citizens are highly educated about the forces of beings such as the Darklings, the Apathos and their nature. This has proven highly effective at combating their corruption, more so then any policy of ignorance ever could be.

Religion
"Once there was a dream, a dream that no one had dreamt. As it shimmered in the abyss it began to think. 'I don't want to disappear,' it thought, 'how can I never disappear?' It thought long and hard about this and then realized, 'I know I'll dream of others who can dream of me and no one has to disappear!'"

- The Avaruhiist Gospel on The Beginning

"Do not be sad the end has come. It was only just a dream, and you can always dream again."

- The Avaruhiist Gospel on The End

The religion of the UPD gone through significant change in some areas since the rediscovery of their history and assimilation of Persacron ideals as well as others. Still, they are accepting of other religions (or no religion at all as the case may be) as long as they do not posse a security risk, are harmful, or the religion of an enemy or hostile nation.
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Most citizens would be considered agnostic theists, believing in their gods, but not claiming knowledge as to the existence of their god thinking of it as unknown and/or unknowable. There are atheists(mostly from the Aranthrone populace) who are free to believe as they wish. However trying to make someone believe as you believe, humiliating someone, or ridiculing them for their beliefs is considered socially unacceptable and is often answered with a swift blow to the face(considered a socially acceptable response).

Shrines
Due to how decentralized religion in the UPD is, large churches and cathedrals do not exist except as historic sights found on the Worldships from a long gone time before recorded Persan history. Rather instead the gods are worshiped at various shrines dedicated to them that are scattered throughout the UPD's territory. While many of these shrines are of substantial size, but tend to be rather humble affairs as they rely entirely on donations, volunteers, and the dedicate priests and priestesses to maintain them. There are no required days of worship in the UPD rather followers can come and go as they please at any day at any time. Mass prayer and sermons is also none present, instead people merely come to offer up their individual prayers when in need and maybe an offering if they can. They can also come to seek out the counseling of the priestesses and priests of the shrine or simply hang around for the solitude the shrines offer. All that is asked is that be quiet and do engage in disruptive behavior. Like all Persan citizens the priests and priestesses are highly trained warrior and more then capable of defending themselves should the shrine be attacked. Shrines and their priests are neither libral or conservative they believe they should not engage themselves in poltics, religion being in the domain of spritual matters only.

Witches
Witches will highly venerated by Persan society are actually outside said society all together. Witches live isolated lives alone in the wilderness contemplating and exploring the supernatural. Witches themselves command potent supernatural powers as well able to commune with and summon Stitches as well and live where the mysterious and unspoken of Seeonee are active as well as converse civilly with said being. For this reason Witches are highly respect and their advice is often sought out in times of hardship especially with the supernatural.

Technology
UPD tech is combination from all the races in their fold and whatever their allies were willing to trade with them. They are skilled at genetic engineering and nano tech, as well as having fused organics and synthetics to the point where the barrier between the two has become fully undefinable. The UPD makes use of a high level of personal augmentation of it's citizens. Genetic and cybernetic enhancements are very common and available for every citizen who follows the law and works hard to make use of. Persan nanotech has itself begun to take on almost a life of its own, spreading from citizen to citizen and slowly auto adapting them to whatever environment they find themselves in. All of these things combined has made UPD citizens biologically immortal.
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They use fusion reactors for power, however anti-matter reactors are used in the most important cities. For space travel the UPD uses Accel Space as opposed to Hyper Space, allowing them to avoid hyperspacial measures against them, but have a low understanding of utilizing their such measures themselves. They are also skilled at miniaturization and maximizing their use of resources, thus allowing them to make do with a smaller industrial base than most.

Advancement made from study of Persacron devices as lead to many improvements. For one improved defenses have been equipped to their ships and many of their weapon systems have been altered and upgraded. Most notably is the use of anti-matter power and improved manufacturing capabilities giving them a larger infrastructure. Of even more note is the Persan AI Network. Virtually every device has some form of learning ability from ones comparable to the simplest of lifeforms that run simple appliances and weapons, to the vast intelligence beyond the abilities of the most complex organic brains that run cities and manage fleets. All are hooked up to vast network in Accel Space processing, storing, and sharing every piece of information they encounter. Every citizen has access to this network on a day to day basis, meaning that as soon as information is known one place the whole UPD can knows it in seconds.

While fairly advanced and only to continuing to advance themselves further, there is actually a fair bit of skepticism and ambivalence(or even cynicism) towards science. To the UPD it is little more than a tool, that while helpful, does not hold all the answers and can only improve their lives on a purely physical level. To them it cannot fulfill emotional needs, nor give the individual meaning or validation. The Persan also regard the universe as truly beyond the grasp of science and logic, which can only help them understand a small piece of a truly incomprehensible puzzle.

Ghoul Dolls
The corpses of the dead reanimated via use of cybernetics. Ghoul Dolls do not actually posses a mind of their own and are merely a body that has been given the ability to move and are command by an AI. The UPD uses Ghoul Dolls for a variety of purposes from manual labor to meat shields in combat. Ghoul Dolls are traditionally made from those who offer up their bodies to be used after they die or from the dead bodies of enemy spies and soldiers that are not eaten. After killing an important enemy leader the UPD will make their corpse into a Ghoul Doll as a sigh of their victory and a demoralization tactic. The UPD is secretly working on creating Ghoul Dolls who can simulate the personality of those they once were to be used for infiltrating an enemy.

Blade Works
The Persan are very found of the sword and have developed several potent sword arts called Blade Works. There are three of these so called Blade Works, each having it's own style, sword type, and place of origin. Aturem Rakadas, The Serpent's Swift Blade Work= Aturem Rakadas was a the Blade Work developed on tropical, water filled Worldship Leviathen where the Katana was the most prevalent weapon. Originally developed by fishermen, Aturem Rakadas was latter taken up by the military. It makes use of and single long blade with better reach and emphasizing counter-attacks after responding to or avoiding enemy attacks, often inducing the enemy to attack and then counter-striking. Practitioners of Aturem Rakadas are highly disciplined and place emphasis on self control. The symbol of Aturem Rakadas is a long blue, green serpent as Aturem Rakadas is said to attack like the serpent, coiling, waiting, and then striking once the oppent strikes at you letting their guard down.
 * Sword Type - Single Blade, Katana
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 * World of Origin - Worldship Leviathan

Ni Sukryt, The Monitor's Savage Blade Work= Hailing from the harsh desert Worldship of Behemoth where the nomads there deployed the Ulfberht as their weapon of choice. The nomads who wandered the desert developed this aggressive blade work to deal with the local aggressive wildlife, but it spread into the cities via trade, a much dirtier version was developed by the natives of the Heap. Ni Sukryt makes use of twin blades instead of a single one, taking advantage of the dual blades to force the opponent into opening themselves up for an attack with one blade and then striking with the other. Those who practice this blade work are highly aggressive with an almost berserk method of fighting. Ni Sukryt's symbol is a large golden monitor lizard as this blade work is said to be based of the fighting style of the great monitor lizards. Aggressively charging forward to force their opponent to open themselves up so they can slash them open.
 * Sword Type - Duel Blades, Ulfberht
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 * World of Origin - Worldship Behemoth

Erem Arcel, The Raptor's Cunning Blade Work= Coming from the cloud and snow topped mountains of Worldship Ziz where the shepherds who wander the wilderness and monks who dwell in their monetarists choose the Urumi as their preferred weapon. Developed by the monks and shepherds working together for self defense it latter became the preferred blade work of the Vanara Empress's guards and spread from there. Erem Arcel makes use of many of the long wipe like blades of the Urumi to draw and divert the opponents attention with hypnotic movements and striking while their guard is down. The practice of this blade work is one that requires intensive training and has the wielder enter a trance like state. Erem Arcel was inspired by the hunting of the silver bird of prey which is it's symbol. Using it's bright feathers to draw it's prey's attention before slashing it open with it's claws.
 * Sword Type - Many Blades, Urumi
 * Practitioners - Akanri
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 * Worlship of Origin - Worldship Ziz

Archus Severes, The Dragon's Unlimited Blade Work= An ancient blade work and the first from which all the others sprang from. It was developed on Alastor when the Vanara first evolved battling against the very species they sprang from. It has no prefered number or type of bladed used, rather the goal the Dragon's Unlimited Blade work is to develop a master of all blades no matter the number or kind. Their is also no key strata other then the mastery of all strategies, knowing and utilizing the blade in all the ways it can be wielded in combat. The basic goal of Archus Severes is develop a blade mater who can wield all and any number of blades in all possible ways, in essence a near perfect swordsmen. Only one individual has ever truly mastered this blade work, while other practitioners have only mastered it to a limited extent. As of now all knowledge of Archus Severes has been lost, with only a few obscure texts mentioning it.
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Military
"Teeth to Meat. Rip, tear, rend, maim, and end! Cruel and savage we blood stained beasts. Cut, carve, and cleave! Thirst for the blood and your sickly screams. Writhe, whither, and bleed!"

- Persan War Chant

The military is probably where the most changes have occurred. Having become much more integrated and refined, with most weapons, vehicles, and ships being a fusion of those of the various member races rather than each member race supplying their own troops with their own equipment, vehicles, and ships. Though highly flexible their numbers are not huge(though significant), mostly relying on their tactical abilities and competence, as well as the power of the individual units to see them through. Their soldiers are further augmented with genetic and cybernetic upgrades that gives their bodies a form of auto-repair, bones snap back together and wounds regenerate. It allows gives them higher wound and trauma tolerance. They are also highly ruthless and willing to fight dirty to win. Along with their basic army and navy they have various special forces such as the Dark Fleet, Black Rose Psychokinetic Force, Soul Reapers Black Operations Force, and Criminal Triads they control. As well as various special projects ranging from Infinite Mobility Suits to the Progenies organism, cybernetically enhanced replacements for the DaiKaiju called Pejoratives, and individuals artificially given abilities that simulate or act as a counter to essence called Espers.

The UPD is also skilled at cyber warfare and countering it. They have dedicated teams of hackers employed by their military to override enemy systems, mess with communications, and upload harmful viruses. This ability is further compounded by the data manipulation technology and that their scanners can be used to hack.

When at war the UPD will fight their enemy for as long as necessary until a peace offer is presented, or they can present one themselves. However if an attacking force refuses peace no matter what the UPD will simply carry on until they have managed to wear the enemy down so they are no longer a threat. Though they have the power to exterminate enemy species they will never resort to such tactics. Instead they will reduce them to a few planets which they will then lock down from orbit. Preventing any ventures off the planet, but for the most part letting the conquered mind their own business.

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Citizen Species
Species that are considered full citizens of the UPD, they have full right and protection under UPD law and can live anywhere they choose. There is great social equality with in the UPD, with all citizens having equal rights and representation regardless species, gender, sexuality, political affiliation, and religion(though some religions are banned for reasons of security and health of the citizenry). Naiyu= The Naiyu Vanara are the primary race of the UPD created by the and an evolution of the Vanara after their DNA was fused with that of the Scelus and Zangreal. They are boron based and radioactive, but fully capable of controlling the level of radiation they produce. They are incredibility fast and agile, as well as having many adaptations, making them well suited for combat. They have both scales and fur, with several horns and very long ears. They posses four glowing eyes and a very large clawed feet. Naiyu Vanara who were Third Stage Vanara when they were transformed can shift between this new form and their old one at will, so many use this new form as a sort of alter ego.
 * Species - Naiyu Vanara
 * Homeworld -
 * Leader - Exarch Zuki


 * Voice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNQ3vQIrMhI
 * Note - Naiyu are considered a Vanara Subspecies.

Boyk= Boyk are a race of wolf-like, wandering traders that the Vanara Empire rescued from the rebel group the Vanara Singularity. Boyk are a friendly, spiritual race who primarily act as traders. They have caste system that determine every Boyks place in their society and most Boyk are vat grown.
 * Species - Boyk
 * Homeworld - Unknown
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Ulf Kenyon


 * Voice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYbx157W8A

Verasien= Versasiens are an insectoid race of pirates that the Vanara fought against long ago. However a fleet of cripple Verasien assisted the Vanara becoming part of the Empire acting as spies and information gathers. They have dwelled in the void of space for so long that they have lost all need for for or atmosphere. Highly organized, they have a hive mentality that causes the to become highly aggressive toward anything that attempts to harm of kill one of them, if one is threatened then all Verasien in the immediate area will become hostile.
 * Species - Verasien
 * Homeworld - Unknown
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Larcavuss the Unspeaking

Aranthrone= Aranthrone are a race created by a beast named the Kumikirii by fusing creatures of the planet they were found on with elemental energy, but were rejected when most came out deformed. They reproduce by fusing their elemental energise with a newly born animal causing a fully aware Aranthrone to develop. They also feed by draining others of their essence.
 * Species - Aranthrone
 * Homeworld - N/A
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Ohu
 * Voice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWM_bxcZLI

Demonica= A former enemy of the Vanara, most were destroyed during the Shadow war, but more than a few survived by joining the Empire. There are four classes of Demonica, Primus Demonica are the most powerful though all are extinct, Tyrant class who wield elemental control over blood and are very rare, Idominus class are on par with the Tyrant but even rarer, Raptor class the most common, and Servus class which are little more than drones.
 * Species - Demonica
 * Homeworld - Rivincita(abandoned)
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Furukonis

Apex Scelus= Apex Scelus are the last survivors of Prime Scelus Terra's invasion force during the Battle for Alastor. These Scelus absorbed dead Orgaat into their gene pool and after achieving full individuality the decided to rewrite much of their genome with those of the Orgaat. Unlike other Scelus they have less insectoid futures and more reptilian and are more robust though less numerous. Apex Scelus evolve by reducing their victums down to primordial ooze and then absorbing the ooze with the Apex Scelus developing the traits of the one it absorbed. However the victim is not assimilated and actually dies during the process. They reproduce by yarping up primordial ooze into a pool of other regurgitated ooze which then reforms into a new Scelus which then builds its personality from the ground up via experience. Apex Scelus believe in survival of the fittest and often fight among one another, when no outside threat is on the horizon, to absorb each other's DNA and their leaders are those who can remain on top by killing any challengers.
 * Species - Apex Scelus
 * Homeworld - N/A
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Zahhak

Precore Dragons= A race of intelligent dragons that traveled through space in special crysilisis that warped space time when in large enough numbers as they traveled from planet to planet searching for energy sources to feed on. They attacked a UPD colony and much to their surprise were repelled. Shocked, but impressed they came to the UPD leaders offering to join in the service of these beings who had bested them. The UPD senate was stunned, but after much discussion let them join. They are large, powerful, four legged beats with two wings, ornated horned heads, and powered by crystal reactors. They are highly militaristic and hierarchical with a strong sense of honor.
 * Species - Precore Dragon
 * Homeworld - Unknown
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Apex Precore Raging Storm

Taron= A short, green skin, amphibians know for having exceptionally large eyes. They were once known for being a friendly open race until their planet was conquered and their people enslaved by the Drakodominatus Tyranny. during Attero Dominatus their homeworld was freed singlehandedly by the Vanara Empire with help from the Taron rebels. The Taron did not join the Vanara, but remained staunch allies, however their experience made them very hostile and distrusting of outsiders. After the Vanara Empire reform into the UPD the Taron came seeking membership for fear of being taken over by the invading Xonexi powers. The UPD was more then happy to accept and the Taron are now full citizens.
 * Species - Taron
 * Homeworld - Tarian
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Tzec Keleskez

Doroth= The Doroth are a proud, large dragon-like race of bipeds that joined the UPD after the were evicted from their homeworld. The Doroth are heavily armored, warm blooded reptilian race of tall stature and powerful built. Highly patient they are expert manipulators, war with a Doroth does mot meaning fighting a Doroth, but fighting someone else with a Doroth seeming to have nothing to do with it. They are even better manipulators due to their ability to alter their voice to sound comforting and convincing as well as the ability to shapeshift into any other vertebrate biped. While good manipulators Doroth are fully capable of direct combat being strong and very swift.
 * Species - Doroth
 * Homeworld - Dorotha Eltaria(abandoned)
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Etherious Drakka

Axengelion= A race of bio-synthetic, angel-like humanoids, the Axengelion were created by a now extinct race who they were programmed to serve. However the Vanara Empire discovered them living in the ruins of their creators civilizations. Without purpose they swore their service to the Empire, however the Empress Zuki was uncomfortable with this due to their ban on slavery and told the Axengelion to act on their own volition. The Axengelion were shocked and told the Empire that they would forever remain loyal to them as thanks for this gift, but act as true individuals making the decisions they wished to make. This as carried over into their reform into the UPD. Axengelion are living weapons that assimilate other forms of weaponry and technology in order to upgrade themselves.
 * Species - Axengelion
 * Homeworld - Unnamed and Abandoned
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Ivacaros

AI= Since their days as the Vanara Empire the citizens of the UPD have continuously lived alongside fully sentient AIs with full rights as a citizens for as log as even the oldest generations can remember. Highly intelligent and with their own personality these AIs are used for various things from research, government assistance, creating media, and others. While created in synthetic organic Norn Computers their conscious is contained in Accel Space and they communicated or control machine bodies by accessing other Computers. They have full rights and can make their own decisions, the UPD however has never had an issue with rouge AI despite having ignored the use of the three laws of robotics. Even if an AI were to go rouge their are plenty of loyal AIs, skill computer scientists, and capable warriors to deal with the threat.
 * Species - Norn AIs
 * Homeworld - N/A
 * Leader - Alpha Paladin Setter Rim

Imprisoned Species
Species the UPD was forced to fully conquer for a variety of reasons, they are allowed to rule themselves as they see fit, but are restricted to their homeworld and any attempts to develop space flight are destroyed. After a certain level of time the UPD will release species they feel are safe enough from their imprisonment to travel through space again. Rachnid= A race of giant spiders with metallic exoskeletons capable of slaughtering Praetorian Super Soldiers. They were a savage space faring race with murderous instincts that made coexistence impossible or at least not peaceful. The UPD fought a fearsome war that was only ended when the Rad-Eater Olympians and Black Thorn Vahallans were called in, eventually driving the Rachnids back to their homeworld where they were locked down and imprisoned. This was the first incident of the UPD imprisoning a race as they relized that if they did not do something about this threat someone else would, someone who might resort to genocide and they would have to make sure the spiders were pacified so that did not happen. So far there are no plans to release the Rachnids, though they have handed some over to the Waptoria to try to establish communication. As of yet no successes has been had.

Burrok= A species who believed that they must pass seven trials to ascended to a higher plain of existence. While initially passive towards the UPD, they began to grow hostile due to the UPD's dominance over the space they inhabited. Repeated boarder violations were only the start as the Burrok began to seize resources clearly in UPD space. Demands that these action cease were met with a response stating that the Burrok believed the UPD to be one of their trials to overcome and full war was declared. The while Burrok's zealotry kept them from surrendering their passiveness ment they put up a full fight and where effectively conquered in under a month. They are considered eligible for release, though no such plans are in place.

Ousters
Ousters are species that are not officially recognized as citizens that live in the UPD's boarders. Ousters come a variety of back grounds from refugees to the citizens of allies who have chosen to live in among the Persan for whatever reason. Ousters are not considered full citizens and thus cannot apply for council seats or vote(due to the UPD's lack of an income and property tax on most planets this is less controversial then one might think, but is still subject to a good deal of questioning), though they are granted the full rights of any UPD citizen and are not required to serve in the military. Ousters can however apply for citizenry and will be required to serve in the military.
 * Note - If you wish to add to the list and your species is an ally with a green or blue face then feel free. Anything else please consult me first.

Eridum=
 * Name - Eridum
 * Migration Reason - Refugees
 * Migrated From -

Arcon=
 * Name - Arcon
 * Migration Reason - Refugees
 * Migrated From -

Thalorians=
 * Name - Thalorians
 * Migration Reason - Refugees
 * Migrated From -

Wild Ashral=
 * Name - Wild Ashral
 * Migration Reason - Refugees
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Dark Ashral=
 * Name - Dark Ashral
 * Migration Reason - Refugees
 * Migrated From -

Sea Ashral=
 * Name - Sea Ashral
 * Migration Reason - Refugees
 * Migrated From -

Relations
"Look out the window, go on look. Down below you at that sea of darkness and neon lights. What do you imagine is down there? Children going bed, friends having drinks, couples out having dinner. All that and so much more. People I tell you, that's what's down there. People living their lives without a care in the world. Something greater then any ideology or higher calling. Any decision I make be it war or peace is to protect that. Now if you'll excuse me I have go read a bed time story to my daughter at six."

- Vanara Diplomat to Another

The foreign policy of the UPD has still remained has simple as every. Remain neutral in conflicts that do not involve you or your allies, helping those who help them, respecting those who respect them, acting hostile to those who show hostility towards them, and attacking those who attack them. Boarder access and tourism is still restricted, though these restrictions are often lowered on allies who prove themselves worthy of such allowances.
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There is higher emphasis on diplomacy and expanding influence. However this more so they can maintain their neutrality. However, should the diplomatic option fail and history embroiled in war has lead them to be a more than effective fighting force more than capable of making even the most aggressive enemies regret attacking them. They tend to come off as rather materialistic to those who deal with them, putting more value on material things, especially land.

The UPD is very particular about what forms of outside influence they allow into their nation, however they are not xenophobes by any means. Rather they have simply learned that a reserved attitude around outsiders until they can determine their nature. To those they trust and are close to there tends to be a fairly decent level of cultural exchange among members. To those they have found untrustworthy and have good reason to consider enemies the Persan are known for their unwavering attitude and stubborn refusal to be swayed.

Allied

 * Green face.pngUnified Alliance of Enlightenment
 * Green face.pngWaptoria Alliance of Species - Brothers and sisters of earth, sea, and sky.(Open Trade, Mutual Threats, Open Boarders, Join Exploration, Defensive Pact, Cultural Exchange, Similar Ideologies, Shared Strategic Resources)
 * Green face.png - Our brothers and sisters of blood, bone, and metal.(Open Trade, Mutual Threats, Open Boarders, Join Exploration, Defensive Pact, Cultural Exchange, Similar Ideologies, Shared Strategic Resources)
 * Blue face.pngMultus Esse Remeant - Thank you for preserving our Precursors legacy.
 * Green face.pngUnified Federation of Glory - May tour glory continue to shine.
 * Blue face.pngMirusian Church of Spode - Different religions matter not, just that we are able to prosper and coexist with each other.
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 * Green face.png - Peace and democracy are things all nations should strive for.(Open Trade, Mutual Threats, Open Boarders, defensive Pact, Cultural Exchange)
 * Blue face.png (In secret)
 * Yellow face.png - We shall bury the hatchet once and for all, there is far worse in this universe then each other.(Peace Treaty, Restricted Trade, Mutual Threats, Restricted Boarders, Non-Aggression, Cultural Animosity, Shared Strategic Resources)
 * Yellow face.png - Practical sorts, hopefully the prove effective allies in the future.
 * Yellow face.png - Your hatred is understandable, luckily we've moved beyond that.

Trade

 * Yellow face.png‎  - Hopefully our relationships can improve over time.

Neutral

 * Orange face.pngUnited Bygorian Ascendancy
 * Yellow face.png - Hmm, well now...
 * Red face.png - We will never forget and we will never forgive.(Diplomatic Refusal, Embargo, Disregarding Neutrality, Closed Boarders, Continued Hostilties, Cultural Animosity, Opposing Ideologies)
 * Orange face.png - Potentiality to become serious threat again, as of now they seem more content to annoy us.
 * Yellow face.png - Hmmm... we shall see. Hopefully the past can be set behind us, it's time to move towards the future
 * Orange face.png - Uhg, more of this galactic government nonsense, cam't wait to see how long this lasts before it fails. Ya know... again.
 * Red face.pngCovenant of Mirus
 * Red face.png - Yeah we're scared alright, scared of what we'll do to you.(Embargo, Closed Boarders, Cultural Animosity, Opposing Ideologies)
 * Red face.png - We're done with you.(Embargo, Closed Boarders, Cultural Animosity)

At War

 * Red face.pngVanara Singularity - You are traitors to everything we stand for!
 * Red face.png
 * Red face.png - Your fear and ignorance almost destroyed you before, it will do so again.
 * Orange face.png - You have potential, but you waste it spreading dogma and self righteousness.
 * Nyarqaeshu
 * Nebulorians
 * Infectants
 * Red face.pngBrotherhood of Darklings
 * Red face.pngImperium of War
 * Drakodominatus Tyranny
 * Red face.pngAlpha Cyber Collective
 * Red face.pngBio-Morphling Horde
 * Red face.pngProditkar Movement
 * Red face.pngRuins Hand
 * Red face.pngUnitech Citadel of Sapients
 * Red face.png - If we don't get to you first you will defiantly destroy yourselves.

Quotes From Others

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"We are glad that our alliance has endured with the rise of the United Persan Descendants, which symbolises the dawn of a new age for the scions of the Persacron! Together, and with the other members of the Mou'Cyran Accords, I hope that we can help make the Gigaquadrant a more peaceful place for us all."

- Proconsul

"No matter what form they, their government, or their empire takes, we shall always stand alongside them as allies. For our allegiance to each other shall never change."

"Tradition, honor, power, unity. These are just words, and like all words, mean little. I respect them for their actions. The United Persan Descendants, like their allies, seek to free Mirus from the grasp of the Xonexi Allies and the Eldarisian Empire. They have fought bloody wars against them, and constantly free those oppressed by the invaders. I would be honored to fight alongside them against the Eldarisians, for their destruction of religions, cultures, and empires cannot be forgiven."

- Drakan Thel'Vimicelnes of the Draekar Remnant

"Destroy ourselves? Hardly. We want a united Pseudopath Empire, and those who currently stand with the traitors will crumble with them."

- Commandante Diabhal of

Trivia

 * UPD takes inspiration from multiple sources such as Vasari Rebels from Sins of a Solar Empire, Federated Suns from BattleTech, Iconian Refuge from Galactic Civilizations, the Interex from Warhammer 40K, and Gorzill's own ideas.
 * Latter additions to this line up include the Lions and Tigers and Bears, as well as the Ousters from the Hyperion Cantos
 * Disclaimer: The UPD does NOT accurately, or at all, represent the political leanings or other opinions held by the creator. While some traits may others do not. The intention of the creator is to make interesting fiction and stories, NEVER to express any agenda political or otherwise and would like to emphasis the importance of having your own opinion.

Themes

 * Main Theme - EJECTRO Extended
 * War Theme - Le chant de Roma
 * Peace Theme - Hare Hare Yukai (Orchestra)