Planet:Antares Prime

Antares Prime (sometimes called Antares-2 or simply Antares) is the second planet in the binary system known as Antares. It is the birthplace of the Rythor and Limobert species.

History
Two sentient species developed on the planet: the Rythor and the Limobert. Though the two species were able to coexist for thousands of years, by the time the two races had reached a late Civilization stage, the Rythor had become more aggressive toward the Limobert. Finally, a civil war erupted between the two, which the Rythor won. The new Rythor president, Otha Ular, declared the Limobert an inferior species and ordered them completely exterminated. Within two years, over four billion Limobert had been killed. However, a few hundred of them managed to survive by hiding in the planet's numerous swamps (being a reptilian species has its advantages). As Ular's government was preparing to launch the first manned spacecraft equipped with an Interstellar Drive, the planet's entire population of Limobert stormed the shipyard and commandeered the ship. As they left orbit they dropped a spare antimatter tank on the capital and destroyed the entire region, killing Ular and halting the Rythor space program for almost fifty years. The new President vowed revenge and declared that from then on, their race would be known to all as simply the Antarians.

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