Fiction:Jovar Empire



''Have you ever seen what a single Jovar ship can do to a planet? It can make rocks flow like water, turn it into a giant ornament of glass, cook its inhabitants in seconds. It's quite amazing, actually.'' Unknown

The Jovar Empire is a group of planets located within the Milky Way Galaxy. The Empire currently spans 3,000 star systems. They are famous for finding the true ancient human home world, as well as defeating the Grox in the Milky Way. The Empire's main military force is the Jovar Fleet. Most of the governing in the Empire takes place on the Jovar homeworld Jora, although foreign relations is usually dealt with at a nearby planet, Osion. The Empire is a constitutional monarchy that is controlled under a single constitution, with each branch of government working under a system of checks and balances.



Overview
The Jovar empire spans, as listed above, 3,000 planets. The majority of the planets are from former empires, althought the areas surrounding Jora are mostly original Jovar colonies. The inner parts of the Empire, closer to the capital, tend to be richer and produce more spice, as well as benefit from a higher standard of living than the outer colonies, that serve mostly as outpost for the Empire. The empire's main issue, having removed the Grox from existence, is small rebel attacks that target small, weak outpost planets. The empire has celebrated great prosperity since the destruction of the Grox, and most foreign civilizations tend to try to please the Jovar. Of course, the Jovar rarely forge alliances within their own galaxy, and usually destroy these empires quickly.

Planets
The Jovar Empire features a wide array of planets, from beautiful, Tier-3 worlds to hostile, dead lava planets. The vast majority of the Empire's planets are Tier-1 planets that specialize in spice mining.

Inside the galactic arms, colonies are more economically-supported, thus the need of a military is less (but still very important). In the Core region, however, almost all colonies have major military installations on them. This is primarily because of their vital purpose during the Jovar-Grox War. A few colonies utilize both aspects, and are considered the "Great Planets".

Most planets rely on two major goods to run their economies: spice products or weapons. However, tourism is another major contributor. Also, many planets specialize in mining rarer elements necessary to produce power, capital ships, and compute parts. Some planets even produce nothing more than food for other colonies that cannot produce their own.

Military
The military of the Jovar Empire is large and vast, and the vast majority of money spent by the empire is directed towards increasing its military might. The Jovar Fleet has an approximate size of 500-600 million capital ships, made up of mostly aging Executor-class destroyers and new Ardent-class star destroyers. The flagships of the Fleet are the two Earthbound-class battleships and Captain Jovar III's heavily modified Ardent-class star destroyer.

The ground forces of the Jovar Army compose of approximately 1 billion- 1.5 billion total troops, which is entirely made up of Jovar adults, although teenage males may begin training at as young as age 17 years old (Joran years).

The Empire's first and only superweapon is the Jgindi Superweapon, which is capable of destroying a star by releasing highly reactive and unstable particles into the star's caore. The Jgindi is also capable of destroying planets by means of planet busters, as can the Earthbound, Ardent, and Executor classes of starships. The Jgindi superweapon is over 1,200 miles in length, and was built in complete secrecy in the Jerruna star system, near the planet Auder-2.

All capital ships are capable of both interstellar and intergalactic space travel. The latter of which is possible thanks to recovered human technology. However, starfighters and frigates require the assistants of capital ships to travel intergalactically, and only frigates can travel without assistance between star systems. Starfighters are solely dependent on capital ships to transport them, via hangars.

Allies

 * Sylit Republic (pending)
 * CorFed
 * Jarquivix Federation (a current member of)
 * Dubbya Empire

Enemies

 * Grox
 * Xhodocto

Formation
The Jovar Empire (official the Confederation of Independent Jovar States) was founded on the planet Jora as a simple attempt by the surviving Jovar population to rule under a single, fair yet strong democratic government. Previously, the planet's bickering nations were destroyed in nuclear war. For 500 years, the species was left with no rulers, no government, no society.

The idea of a one-world government seemed bizarre. It had been attempts to create a one-world government that had destroyed Jora in the first place, had it not? But the Confederation had different ideas. They not only wanted to control Jora, but also colonize other nearby planets. After years of planning, the Confederation began a massive takeover of Jora, cleansing of nuclear radiation and promising Jovar villages large surpluses of food, at a time when food was rare. Within two years, the entire Jovar population had been convinced that the Confederation was a worthy government for the species, and the entire population had been brought up from poverty and slum-like conditions to an almost Utopian life.

At the same time, Confederation scientist and engineers were creating a spacecraft capable of interplanetary travel. After ten years of research and creating, the Jovar launched their first successful manned flight to another planet, the temperate planet Naylesti. It was here that an accidental discovery of an important piece of technology would be made: the interstellar drive.

Although the engine was extremely limited, it allowed the Jovar to reach a whole new level of technological advancement. They could now travel hundreds of times faster than the speed of light, which seemed an almost impossible feat at the time. They began to colonize several outlying planets in nearby systems.

Their first contact with another species occurred on a planet about 10 parsecs away from Jora. Thankfully for the young empire, the species they met was extremely peaceful and friendly. The two races soon began to trade goods and ideas with one another.

Meanwhile, back at home, government reform was being made. The Confederation had now become corrupt, and after a brief civil war, the government was overthrown, and it was replaced by a powerful constitutional monarchy. The grand capital was relocated to Chlen, and Haelsier was terraformed from a natural Tier-1 planet to a more suitable Tier-2 planet. A high court and Parliament was set up to help the Chancellor rule, and a new Constitution was written to help balance the government so that it would never become too powerful. This was the start of a new age in the empire's history.

Great Age of Discovery
With a new government and a new ally, the Jovar began to spread through faster than ever. Within a year of the formation of the new government (1 NEY) the empire spread from 10 planets to 55 planets. By 3 NEY, the empire had spread to over 75 planets. This was achieved by a new policy created by the government that required that all other species be exterminated at first contact. The policy was great for spreading the empire, but it made other species naturally hostile to them; as a result, it was not uncommon during this time for a colony to be randomly attacked by an unknown species.

A century after the founding of a new government, the Jovar now ruled over 300 star systems, and it only continued to grow, in part due to great advancements in weapons technology. At the same time, Osion, a planet near Jora, began to grow from a simple spice colony to a major contributor to science and engineering for the empire. The planet was unique, because it was the first planet to be successfully terraformed from Tier-0 to Tier-3 by normal means, while orbiting binary blue giant stars at a distance of only 56 million miles away. It was also special for its rare white spice, which had previously only been known to exist on gas giants.

However, during the Great Age of Discovery, another discovery was also made: the Grox.

Jovar-Grox War
The first contact with the Grox was initiated in 128 NEY, when a Grox scouting fleet accidentally landed in the space occupied by Osion's defense fleet. Although the Grox were easily eliminated, they struck back, destroying or devastating many outpost on the outskirts of Jovar territory. The Jovar struck back by completely skipping an entire portion of their galactic arm to conquer, and focusing nearly their entire armada on the Core worlds of the Milky Way. Fighting became fierce as the Jovar suddenly reached a stalemate halfway to the Galactic Core. The Jovar were pushed back, and the war seemed hopeless.

However, the Battle of Terma-3 was a turning point in the war. In 153 NEY, a massive Grox fleet, encompassing nearly all of their military force, attempted a final push against a dwindling Jovar army. However, the battle turned for the worst for the Grox, partly because of the destruction of the Grox mothership. The Grox were defeated at the battle, and the Jovar began a steady invasion of Grox territory, while at the same time obtaining the Staff of Life. The Grox homeworld was discovered shortly after the Staff of Life, and the Staff's first use was on the homeworld, turning it from a dead rock to a beautiful Tier-3 planet in mere seconds. By 203 NEY, the Grox Empire was officially destroyed.

Human Origins and the Beginnings of the First Jovar Civil War
With peace in the galaxy at last, the Jovar could finally relax. Or so they thought.

Then suddenly, on the planet of Hgor, a strange spaceship was unearthed from the eons-old surface. The spaceship was almost completely intact, and the inside was filled with technological marvels never seen by the Jovar before, such as intergalactic hyperdrives and wormhole keys. But what was even more startling was an ancient book that contained the history of an ancient race, known simply as the humans.

Also discovered inside the spaceship was a large map with dots all over the galaxy. Strangely, one of these dots was on Jora's coordinates. Jovar scientist were puzzled. As they continued their research, they discovered the meaning of the dots: they were the coordinates for special "life-bearer probes" that were distributed throughout the Milky Way, delivering human DNA to specific planets that were young and only beginning to grow. The date was nearly 3 billion years before. And Jovar scientist made a startling connection: the first ancestors of life on Jora were discovered to have existed at around the same time the probes had been launched. 3 billion years ago.

Jovar scientist could not believe what they were know beginning to understand: the Jovar were the creation of another species. But not just ANY species. The humans had be revered by nearly all species to be the bringers of all modern technology to the galaxy. They were almost sacred to the Galaxy.

Another mystery was also about to be resolved: the long lost location of the ancient planet Earth. Earth's location had been long forgotten ever since the humans disappeared. However, the spacecraft that the Jovar discovered told them exactly where to find Earth. With a fleet of about 1,000 ships, the Jovar empire set out to colonize the ancient human homeworld. Within a year of its colonization, Earth competed with Osion and Jora as the most powerful planets in the Empire.