Fiction:Eovinjai Sovereignty

The Heskron Imperium is a sizable empire on the outer edge of the Mirus Galaxy, notable for little except its extreme nationalist-imperialist ideology, strong military relative to its neighbors, and expansionist goals. However, while they have a tendency to conquer and subjugate weaker empires, they have managed to foster alliances and trading partnerships with the and the, respectively.

Heskron Civil War

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In 2749, a series of assassinations of several system Governors and bombings of Imperium military vessels and bases left the Imperium's Gaida Province in disarray, allowing the covertly armed militia in the system to establish the. Using captured Imperium assets and popular support in the region, the HRS quickly spread and has successfully defended itself from all Imperium attempts to crush it thus far. In addition, the socialistic, though lacking the popular support of the HRS, has taken advantage of the Imperium military's scattered state and claimed several of its own systems.

Government and Politics
In the Imperium, only the wealthiest 50% of subjects are allowed to vote, and only the top 25% may run for office as Governors or Congressmen if the positions aren't being handpicked by the Emperor, though they usually aren't. Governors have supreme authority over whatever system they are chosen to govern, so long as they are completely subservient to the Emperor. The Imperium Congress, meanwhile, is unicameral, passing laws and sending them to the Emperor to be signed or vetoed, with no hope of overriding the latter.

Justice is not carried out by conventional courts, but by Justicars appointed by the Emperor and Governors, with almost complete control over who is fined, imprisoned, or executed, so long as their leaders are not upset. In addition, almost no penalties exist for Imperium security forces that kill potentially innocent subjects, with only the more progressive star systems implementing penalties, most of which apply only if a Heskron subject is killed.

Departments
The Imperium bureaucracy, like all bureaucracies, is slow and ineffective at best, and extremely abusive at worst. Each Department is headed nationally by an Emperor-appointed Chairman, and locally by a System Sub-Chairman. Currently, several Departments exist.

Society and Culture
The Heskron Imperium is notable for its race-based social hierarchy, kept in place by wage and wealth caps that impact only the non-Heskron subjects of the Imperium, while the Heskron themselves receive government handouts for no apparent reason. Thus, the Heskron can be found in all levels of society except the impoverished class, while most other races can only reach as high a status as the lower middle class, with a few races that are considered "more decent" being given slightly greater opportunities. Their military enlists individuals of all races via the draft, which applies to only 25% of the poorest 50% of the population and allows Heskron subjects to opt out with no repercussions, while those that do join are given higher ranks by default and are allowed to become commissioned officers if they show promise, while non-Heskron soldiers can only hope to rank up as high as an NCO.

The Department of Obedience is most involved in the regulation of the arts, destroying anything that goes against the will of the Emperor, while the DHSA will remove anything deemed contrary to Heskron Supremacy or offensive by Heskron subjects from the public eye. Despite all this restraint, art in the form of abstract illustrations and sculptures and instrumental music has flourished, and many private museums exist throughout the Imperium. However, works that overly glorify the Emperor and his policies, while promoted to no end and often funded into existence by the Department of Information, receive little popular attention.

Military
The Imperium Military is massive and versatile, with the usual Army, Navy, Security, Intelligence, and Special Operations divisions. Due to the Imperium being in a perpetual state of martial law, the military doubles as a policing force, with fully-armed troopers being visible in both the field and major cities. Parades of tanks and war shuttles are commonplace as a result.

Army
The Imperium Army is the Imperium's primary means of conquest, with troopers being deployed by the hundreds onto foreign worlds to subjugate their people. However, in recent years, Army forces have increasingly been deployed within the Imperium's claimed territory to combat armed insurgent groups such as the HRS, whose soldiers have enough training and resources to be beyond the capabilities of standard security forces, and whose reach is so wide that small Spec Ops task forces are not a viable solution to the entire insurgency.

Navy
All military assets that operate primarily in space or airborne in planets' atmospheres are grouped under the Imperium Navy. The de facto mascot of this division is the Type-17 War Shuttle, a craft somewhat larger than the average fighter or bomber that can be customized to fit into a variety of roles. However, when necessary, more specialized craft such as the Type-35 Interceptor will be used, to great effect.

Security
Responsible for both border control and policing the streets of the Imperium's cities, Imperium Security keeps the civilian population safe and enforces the Emperor's will on it. They have little difference from the Imperium Army, save for being trained primarily to defend outlying worlds and apprehend criminals as opposed to combating an enemy military.

Intelligence
Always a priority for an expanding power, Imperium Intelligence infiltrates and gathers information on enemies and possible enemies of the Imperium, assessing their technology, weapons, strategies, goals, and vulnerabilities in order to further the Imperium's cause—not much of a difference from most other intelligence agencies, save for being grouped under the umbrella of the military.

Special Operations
Full of black ink and clandestine projects, Imperium Special Operations has produced some of the most feared soldiers and weapons within the Imperium's sphere of influence. Where the Army and Navy are bludgeoning hammers, Spec Ops is a scalpel, with elite strike teams taking out enemy commanders and assets during wars and suppressing small rebel groups before they become a problem, though the rise of the HRS has called into question their current effectiveness.

Allies
"You are less inferior than most. We will help you if we can."



Trading
"While you are inferior, we find this partnership mutually beneficial."



Neutral
"You are inferior, but we have no need to conquer you."



Enemies
"Your subjugation is inevitable."



Quotes
"Hmmmmmm. Heskron don't seem much better than most other species. Emperor Axchech is foolish to think so. But Imperium is very strong; we will keep our distance. For now."

- Dedrin Surkris, Winter Chrill