Fiction:Teyan Imperium of Andromeda

The Teyan Imperium of Andromeda are a Warrior-Empire, deep within the Exterioris Segmentum, allied with the Mithadorn Republic, and Ankoran Empire.

They are possibly one of, if not the, youngest, factions within the Andromeda Galaxy, their territory weaved within their two allies own, leaving them to mostly share the same intergalactic territory, though they do not share colonies within the same systems for the most part. Still, stars with worlds inhabited by the Teyan and both their allies are not unheard of, or as uncommon as one might think.

Physiology
The Teyan people are a race that display sexual dimorphism between their men and women, displaying the typical differences in appearance between humanoids of each gender.

They are a species comparable to anthropomorphic reptiles, covered in red scales, a squared jaw, and long, slender tail with a pointed tip. Boasting sharp claws and teeth, they are predatory in build, with plentifully powerful muscles built for chasing prey.

Sociology
The Teyan are hostile. Very hostile. Any that they deem a threat to their people they will not hesitate to challenge. This often results in problems for their people, and law enforcement, as street violence is common, due to misunderstandings, or simple, petty reasoning. Though the Teyan are slowly coming out of this aggressive stigma, they are far from friendly be around, for the most part. Peaceful Teyan are known to exist, but as a Military Dictatorship with heavy emphasis on fighting in culture, seeing such Teyan is a rarity.

History
The Teyan entered Andromeda approximately two thousand years ago, entering the galaxy through a wormhole connecting Andromeda to the Milky Way. The Teyan fleet, the remnants of their long-lost society, had been wandering space for centuries, only to be forced to land on their claimed 'homeworld', though the true planet of their origin is unknown, lost to times long past.

They settled a city on this planet using what had remained of their fleet with the aid of an Ankoran fleet, whom had come through the wormhole with them.

The first city of their people was established, Sayoa, meaning 'New Home' in the Teyan tongue, and the people began to settle into their new lives.

A Military Jaunta soon took power, and the first leader of the new Teyan Imperium of Andromeda became High General Thaldere, the founder of the Imperium. From here on the Teyan began to build up an army, a highly-militarised culture beginning to flourish.

Contact
Years went by as the Teyan and Ankoran built up their new civilisations in the Andromeda Galaxy, trading resources such as food and building supplies with one another. During this time the Teyan had began scanning the sky for new worlds to inhabit. They eventually came into contact with the Mithadorn Republic, and began trade. The Mithadorn were simply too big to make an enemy of, so instead the Teyan began to create an alliance with the new neighbours. This led to a three-way alliance between the Teyan, Ankoran, and Mithadorn, which would play a huge role in Teyan history for centuries to come!

Further contacts were established with the Teyan, though these were mostly nations that had yet to reach the stars. Many of these were assaulted by the Teyan and destroyed before they could become a threat, offering new worlds for the Teyan to live in. Whether the actions were morally justified largely went unquestioned by the Teyan, who were simply happy to be expanding at last.

Expansion
After several military campaigns to defeat unrecorded civilisations, and growing their presence within Andromeda, the Teyan people began to downsize their conquests, before ultimately ceasing their military expansion, instead working to claim colonies en mass in unclaimed star systems, weaving a simple cluster of planets to hold to their name. Military efforts were, however, not ceased at all, instead using the new income to help increase the size of the Teyan army and navy! With a strengthening, growing economy, the Teyan expansion was as much one in their military as it was their territory.

Much of the Teyan at that point marched across the skies in massive fleets, protecting new colonies as they built up from pirates, or heading to take their unaligned foes head on. The efforts ultimately proved highly beneficial for the red-scaled reptilian society, with a safer sky and hugely booming economy propelling them to retaliative prosperity.

Continued efforts after drove the Teyan to rival most young nations, despite the centuries they had spent as a migrant fleet in the ancient past, proving the Teyan were sticking in Andromeda.

The Mithadorn-Xilic-Dreacorran War
Though not one of the factions the war was ultimately named after, the Teyan took part as allies of the Mithadorn, mostly supporting military campaigns on enemy soil in exchange for new territories. Given Teyan culture, it's not surprising that they jumped at the chance to shoot at someone, happily sending fleets and soldiers to invade enemy land and claim what they could get their claws on.

It was a bloody war, yet proved once again to the benefit of the Teyan, whom annexed multiple of the Xilic's Andromedan colonies, such as Nekuru, a prairie-covered planet, located in the outer expanses of what had been Xilic territory. The Teyan captain Karids led the siege to take the planet. Despite the ultimately dishonourable massacre and targeting of civilian life, the Teyan forces cheered at a victory, a bloodlust within their culture quenched.

Further battles across space proved costly, including the horrific defeat in a retaliatory strike against the Draekar Remnant's primary world, which led to the death of millions and the near complete destruction of the Teyan fleet. Construction efforts in orbit of the Mithadorn-controlled planet of Gadir began shortly after, leading to one last conflict before the war ended, and the Teyan returned to peace alongside their friends.

The Teyan Civil 'War'
The Teyan Civil 'War' began when the population of Nekuru, a planet claimed in the previous war in which the Teyan supported the Mithadorn, fell to a horrific plague, that had begun to take root within Teyan territories, prompting a restless and panicked nation to rise up against the government they wrongly blamed, whom were desperately attempting to control the outbreak, though utterly failing. As the zombie-like populace attacked both the Imperium's armies and the rebelling militias, chaos took over the world. Other planets were unfortunately infected, though strict regulations kept the disease from spreading further, and with the aid of the Ankoran, it was eradicated, the social unrest and fighting persisted, with friends and neighbors at each others throats over loyalties.

The 'war' lasted about five years, and no major conflicts arose, despite thousands of costly riots. Social order was eventually restored peacefully.

Culture
Teyan culture is violent, and defensive, with many Teyan often practicing with weapons. They are commonly seen doing this publicly in open shooting ranges, where many Teyan come to train daily. Much of Teyan sport also revolves around fighting, such as Boxing, and a sport called Jeedoorea, in which Teyan fight in four teams of two over a large cache of reward money. Teyan have been known to die in this sport.

Weapon stores are often found across the cities of Teyan colony worlds, filled with guns, ammunition, and melee weapons. This is partially to help the Teyan protect themselves, though it has caused a rise in gang violence.

Religion
Religion in the Teyan Imperium is comparatively rare, though known to take place. Somewhere around one tenth of the race is religious in some regard, often sharing the faith of their Ankoran allies, and equally peaceful about the fact, though their violent culture usually override's this aspect of Ankoran religion in Teyan society.

Social Structure
Teyan society is a thing of near-communism, with no social classes to speak of. Instead, the Teyan work as an individual unit, with the needs of the state put before the person. This does not mean Teyan life is hard, however, as their economy is strong enough to support plenty of trade, with a particularly booming entertainment business.

Soldiers are often views by civilians as being above the standard slice of the Teyan populace, having served in the military to protect the small state and their military jaunta from harm.

The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy within the Teyan Imperium is made up of a variety of different cruiser classes, though due to the philosophies of they Teyan peoples, these ships are constantly being replaced as a never-ending, internal arms-race goes on. Ships range in sizes from a standard frigate to behemoth flag-ships, such as the Planet-Cracker Cruisers and Warcruisers.

Much of the Teyan fleet technology, outside of weapons systems, is either of Talven origin, accessed through their allied-state, the Mithadorn Republic, or reverse-engineered technologies of Draecorran descent, through the same sources. Military firepower is all home-built, however, developed by the multitudes of arms-creating companies working with the Teyan leadership. Planet-Cracker= The standard flagship for a Teyan fleet, the Planet-Cracker class cruisers are heavily armed, heavily armoured ships designed for long-range strikes against enemy fleets. Using high-power Antimatter batteries with an ion coating, they target enemy flag-ships in hopes of destroying the opposition before the enemy can cause serious damage to Teyan formations or installations.

Bomb-Runner= Bomb-Runner class cruisers are a lightly-armed ship in comparison to the rest of a standard fleet, armed with minimal ship-to-ship weapons, and only sparely covered with defensive turrets. Instead, they carry a series of high-power bombs used in orbital bombardment and the destruction of vital enemy systems such as communications and military hubs. They are also occasionally used against civilian targets when the need arises, such as when the opposition use their citizens are living shields.

Allies
- "Fight on, together!"
 * - "Strong and wise. We stand with you no matter what."


 * - "You saved our people We owe you everything."

On good terms
- "Perhaps we will become friends one day."
 * None

Neutral
- "We have nothing to say to you."
 * None

On poor terms
- "Be careful - We've got a gun pointed at you."
 * None

Enemies
- "Pray we don't pull the trigger."
 * None

Trivia

 * The Teyan of Andromeda are under a Military Dictatorship of High General Thalshard, a descendant of the very First High General.


 * The Teyan are only allied to the Mithadorn Republic, and Ankoran Empire.