Fiction:Cyrannus Galaxy

The Cyrannus Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, NGC 5457 or the Pinwheel Galaxy) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 23 million light-years away from the Milky Way. It is almost always considered to be one of the most important galaxies in the First Gigaquadrant.

It is famous for being home to many large and rich empires, mainly the United Republic of Cyrannus and the Confederacy of Allied Systems, who united the galaxy under the flag of two waring factions.

Much of this great galaxy remains unexplored, mostly away from the heavily populated Core Worlds. These unknown regions are probably filled with unknown factions and empires.

Local Space
Cyrannus has many nearby companion galaxies known as the Quadrants, where many famous empires like the former Imperial Alliance, which was destroyed due to an internal conflict and the brave and ancient Rambo Nation originate. It is due to this proximity that Cyrannus is often associated with the Quadrants and vice versa. Both Cyrannus and the Quadrants have many ancient structures which may link an ancient civilization together, many of these unknown structures were discovered during the dreadful Intergalactic War, which damaged large parts of the galaxy. However, in the era of the Great Cyrannus War, the galaxy grew and became even more powerful, despite the war raging within.

This close link made Rambo Nation, the first empire in the universe to contact the predesscor to the United Republic of Cyrannus, the Capricorn Sector Alliance. This contact grew into an alliance, and was eventually formed into the large, powerful and peaceful Cyrandia Alliance, which acts as an intergovernmental union in the galaxy.

The closest satellite galaxy of Cyrannus, is the small irregular galaxy of Cyranai, which is currently being colonized by the different factions in the war.

History
Cyrannus is believed to have been formed over 13 billion years ago, in a manner similar to most other galaxies. It is very large for a galaxy, at almost 170,000 light years in diameter and it exerts a huge amount of gravity on its neighbouring galaxies, such as the Quadrants, which are trapped in an orbit around Cyrannus.

The Galaxy is literally teeming with life and civilizations and is one of the most diverse galaxies in the First Gigaquadrant. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the ancient Thirteenth Tribe ruled the galaxy peacefully, with millions of colonized worlds and countless great artifacts across Cyrannus, many of which can be seen today, like the Portal on Caprica and the gigantic Cyrannus ringworld. However, eventually an empire came to challenge this great civilizations rule, the Great Temoin Empire. The war that ensued devastated much of the galaxy, but eventually the Temoin Empire was soundly defeated by the Thirteenth Tribe. However, strangely over 86,000 years ago the Tribe mysteriousy vanished, ascending to a higher plane of existance. It was during this time that the first Libertus civilization emerged which conquered most of the Core Worlds of Cyrannus, inventing technology that is not affected by the gravity wells of the Galactic Core. Eventually they made alliances with other races, eventually forming the Pyrínan Republic, a huge galactic government that had simularities with the much later, United Republic of Cyrannus. However, soon a great evil formed in the unknown regions. The Nagith Empire. Soon, the Empire attacked the Pyrínan Republic causing a massive galactic war, in the end however, the Nagith are defeated and retreat back to the Unknown Region to plot their revenge. However, an even greater threat was about to emerge on the recovering galaxy. The extragalactic threat known as the Bisisitar from the satellite galaxy of Cyranai. The intial invasion was nothing short of devastating, with the Bisisitar invasion fleet breaking into the Core Worlds and laying complete siege to the Pyrínan Capital, completely destroying it, killing two trillion citizens. However, with time, the Republic was able to recover and forced the extragalactic menace to escape to their homegalaxy, swearing revenge. Before the Republic could even begin to recover however, it was again attacked by the Nagith Empire, plunging Cyrannus into a dark age by destroying both of these two superpowers. However, this set the stage for Cyrannus' more known history. Many of Cyrannus' modern empires began to emerge at this point in time, such as the Osteola, the Cavaneu and the Basileus, the latter two of which waged a terrible war that crippiled both empires. Overtime, a new organization was formed, the Capricorn Sector Alliance which introduced the galaxy to the intergalactic stage, meeting Rambo Nation, which would forever shape Cyrannian politics. However, with new allies came new wars, and the Second Galactic War was one of the largest to hit the galaxy, with many worlds falling into the hands of the Imperial Alliance from Quadrant 89. At the end of the war, the Capricorn Sector Alliance united with several other universal powers to create the United Republic of Cyrannus. Before the URC could bring peace to the galaxy however, it was invaded by the huge Cognatus Alliance, which nearly annihilated galactic civilization during the apocalyptic Intergalactic War. However, they mysteriously disappeared at the war's conclusion which ushered in a new era for the URC, an era of peace. However civil uprisings and rebellions spread across the galaxy, and a new organization, the Confederacy of Allied Systems was formed. Many feared another war would come to pass and indeed one did, the Great Cyrannus War, which rages to this day.

Native Empires

 * United Republic of Cyrannus- 9,000,000+ systems. (Dominant Galactic Power)
 * Confederacy of Allied Systems- 8,000,000+ systems
 * Osteolan Kingdom- 64,000 systems
 * Cavaneu Interstellar Union- 89,000 systems
 * Basileus Imperium- 994,000 system
 * Libertus Liberation Front - Unknown
 * Congaran Union - 91 systems
 * Coraian Planetary Alliance -51 systems
 * Delfoí Republic - 1,250 systems
 * Hypeoran Empire - Unknown
 * Mataii Guilds - Varies
 * Medracon Empire - 1,210 systems
 * Megalí Union - 6,200 systems

Extragalactic Empires

 * Mortalitas Empire Colonies - 4,400,000 systems
 * Trucinex Imperium - 900 systems
 * Rambo Nation- 1200 systems
 * Delpha Coalition of Planets- 921 systems
 * Cosmic Republic- 15 systems
 * True Asgord Empire - 20 systems
 * Friendly Republic of the Asgord - 15 systems
 * Tahar - 10 systems
 * Joran Planet Alliance 500 systems
 * Gjigantrox Interstellar Union - 50 systems
 * Shka'Tun Imperium - 58 systems
 * - 50 systems
 * GWA - 250 systems
 * LWA - 100 systems
 * KIWI - 100 systems

Database
The database has been complied in order to show all the empires that currently call Cyrannus home. However, because of Cyrannus' huge size, it would be impossible to put all the possible civilizations that inhabit it on one page. As such, the database will include major empires that inhabit it and it will be updated regularly.

Regions
Under Construction

Core Worlds
The Core Worlds of Cyrannus are the astronomical, economic and political heart of the United Republic of Cyrannus. They have been the center of Cyrannus civilisation for several thousand years, before even the Libertus and the Grox. This is probably due to the energy that can be harvested from the Galactic Core. However, in more recent times of the Cyrannus Republic, the Core Worlds are the starting and ending point for the majority of the galaxies hyperspace lanes.

Many important worlds such as Orbispira and Corulus are located in the Core Worlds.

Quotes about Cyrannus
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"I wanna visit Cyrannus, and maybe get some colonies in there as well!"

- of the

"The Cyrannus Galaxy, which is the neighbour of the Quadrants houses various impressive and powerful empires. Though also houses gentle empires and has some very beautiful planets and a great intergalactic status. From here, our close allies the Libertus hail from, and over time they formed an alliance which eventually led to the forming of the United Republic of Cyrannus. The protector of democracy and peace, a beacon of light for those who are in the dark. The discovery of ancient structures during the Intergalactic War marks the beginning of a great alliance and connection between the Quadrants and Cyrannus, leading to the forming of the Cyrandia Alliance. Though recenlty, the galaxy suffers devastating wars and leaves the population in despair. None the less we are confident they will overcome these difficulties and bring back joy and peace back to their galaxy, something which we, Rambo Nation will help them with. Also, the Cyrannus Galaxy is highly respected by our citizens, and many take a vacation to one of the populair worlds."

- Empress Ramashe of Rambo Nation

Trivia

 * Cyrannus has real-life counterpart, the Pinwheel Galaxy. It was originally the Sunflower Galaxy, but Um2k9 decided against it.
 * Cyrannus is the main reason why Um2k9 is opposed to the Cleanslate, but alternatives have luckily been made.