Fiction:New Calaras Republic/History

The Yutain Conglomerate
Before its conquest and enslavement by the Drakodominatus Tyranny, the collection of systems that would become the New Calaras Republic numbered approximately 30 or so, each dominated by the same species, a species which originated on the planet Lorelon in the Aekar star system.

This species, known as the Yutain, began as a handful of hunter-gatherer tribes on the surface of the planet. As centuries went by and wars were fought, technological improvements made and sagas composed, the tribes slowly coalesced into a fairly prosperous civilization that came to dominate all other nations on Lorelon. It named itself the Yutain Conglomerate, and for the next 200 years or so moved away from the tribes' warmongering ways and became a large mercantile nation, gaining profit from trade all over the planet. This newfound prosperity paved the way for a new technological explosion, which saw the birth of new technologies and machinery. These developments came just in time, for in around 2530 it became clear that Lorelon was suffering from overpopulation.

The Starship Taemir and Project Icarus
The then-president of the Conglomerate, Proll Nalur, and his cabinet began discussing solutions to the looming problem. Fortunately, the recent advantages in technology allowed President Nalur to order the development of a reliable model of spacecraft, with the eventual goal of colonizing other planets. This initiative became known as Project Icarus, and in 2536 the National Scientific Laboratory Network (NSLN) completed several spacecraft models, which were then submitted to the presidential technological committee for testing.

One year later, in 2537, the model chosen to carry out a test flight was one dubbed the Firebird Mark I. It was quite a primitive model of spacecraft by modern standards, but would serve the Conglomerate's purposes. One of only three prototypes was touched up, repainted, and named the C.S. Taemir. A team of volunteer astronauts was chosen to pilot the Taemir, and at last came the historic moment in 2538 when the starship Taemir, staffed by an able crew, was launched into space. Its mission was to land on the nearest planet and explore the surface.

The abundance of an efficient fuel source on Lorelon allowed the Taemir to be quite well-fueled, and so in just a few weeks the starship and its crew touched down on the neighboring planet of Rastam. Via radio, the astronauts were able to relay their findings to the space team back on Lorelon, and it was determined that with minor terraforming, Rastam would be a suitable placement for the Conglomerate's first extraterrestrial colony.

With the successful completion of Project Icarus, development then began on bigger and better starship models, as well as terraforming technology suitable for the colonization of Rastam.

The Exodus from Lorelon
At long last, in 2543, several Firebird Mark IVs were sent back to Rastam equipped with atmospheric modulators and other terraforming equipment. After repeated visits for maintenance of equipment, Rastam's atmosphere was deemed suitable for colonists. Four more transport ships were sent, each with several dozen colonists, and a colony was quickly established, and then named New Kirlew, after the Conglomerate's capital.

With the establishment of New Kirlew, the space industry on Lorelon saw a huge jump in profits due to sudden demand for voyage into space. The colonists on Rastam discovered a plethora of new fuel sources, allowing the continual envoy of colonists to its surface. New colonies were founded, and in 2544 the Conglomerate expanded to colonize all habitable planets in the Aekar system. Tens of millions of Conglomerate citizens moved to colonies on Rastam, Hertyo, and others. This massive wave of colonization would be later known as the exodus from Lorelon.

Colonization of Neighboring Systems
The exodus came just in time, for Lorelon had long been suffering from overpopulation and a resulting shortage of food and resources. It brought about a new age of prosperity, and interplanetary trade routes were established between major cities on Lorelon and the Conglomerate's biggest colonies, increasing profit and happiness throughout its empire. It was then, in 2550, that the president, Iolan Yero, issued a new order—to find a way to put into practice the theory of a warp drive, a theory which had already surfaced in the scientific community some time ago. This new project, dubbed the Jump Project, went underway in 2551. However, it would take nearly a century to complete.

Almost 100 years later, in 2648, a prototype warp drive was finally completed. During that time all of the Conglomerate's colonies had grown and prospered, and it had become a bountiful multiplanetary empire, which prompted a name change to the Calaras Republic, the word "calaras" meaning "united" in the language of the Yutain. Many more technological advances had been made, and successive models of the Firebird were equipped with weapons, including early versions of railguns.

Several of the Republic's sleek, newly developed Firebird Mark Xs were outfitted with the warp drives, and with only a few crew members in each, were given trajectories to fly in space outside of the Aekar system that would effectively test the drive's capabilities.

The tests were a success, with two out of the three test ships successfully using the warp drives to travel previously unimaginable distances among the stars. Unfortunately, with a malfunction and resulting explosion in the third ship, there were still improvements to be made.

In 2653, after many more test flights and improved warp drives, the command was finally given to fly scout ships to the neighboring solar systems. At the same time, many existing starships were outfitted with a warp drive, vastly lessening the travel time between colonies, which also had a considerable positive effect on interplanetary travel for leisure purposes.

At last, the pilots of scout ships were the first to lay eyes on whole different solar systems. After their findings were reported back to the Republic, a large amount of the Republic's resources were devoted to sending repeated expeditions to other star systems, which temporarily caused a decrease in overall profit. However, thanks to these missions, many suitable planets were discovered outside of the Aekar system, and a colonization effort began at once, in around 2655.

Extrasolar Expansion
For the next century or so, the Calaras Republic slowly expanded its territory and colonies to include nearly 30 solar systems, as similar advances were made in military tech, space flight, and technology available to the general public. All this time, the governmental structure of the Republic changed little, and closely resembled a democracy, with an elected president and officials. The president was seated in the presidential palace back on Lorelon, and governors were appointed to rule over each colonized planet. However, the immense increase in population thanks to colonization led to some inefficiency of the voting system.

In around 2760, the total population of the Republic came to approximately 100 billion.

The Eiloth Revolt and Internal Conflict
Unfortunately, with such a large and widespread empire, internal conflict was nearly inevitable. In the year 2762, a movement began on the planet Eiloth, in the Richtar star system, to overthrow the government of the Republic. It originated in the capital city of Myralax, and in the mind of one individual. The man named Hayche Jorvath had come to believe that the Republic’s current government was oppressing its people, and that violent revolution was the only answer.

Thanks to his charisma and intellect, Jorvath was able to rally hundreds of fellow citizens to his cause through passionate rants and speeches, and eventually the enraged mob stormed the Myralax Volunteer Republic Army (VRA) base, taking the guards by surprise and seizing weapons from the vault inside. This sudden display of power and Jorvath’s charismatic abilities allowed the movement’s following to grow exponentially, and within days the city of Myralax was embroiled in a bloody civil war that soon engulfed the entire planet.

Although the professionally trained VRA had a strong presence on Eiloth, the overwhelming numbers of civilians who turned against the government provided strong opposition to their forces, and adequate reinforcements could not be sent immediately, due to the personnel cost of maintaining such a large empire. Insurrection on this scale had not yet been seen in the Republic, whose populace was generally complacent, and so the VRA was unfortunately unprepared for a violent battle against civilians.

Thus many more weapon caches, supplies, and vehicles were taken by the Insurrection over the next five years, during which Jorvath’s infectious mentality spread to Richtar’s other colony planets, and threatened to burst out of the limits of the system. But then, in 2768, the climactic battle between the VRA’s forces and the Insurrection on New Tularo brought a quick and violent end to the revolt.

The largest Insurrection mob seen to date had gathered outside Raikemen, the interstellar spaceport in New Tularo’s capital city of Grabe. New Tularo was one of the Republic’s colony planets in the Richtar system, and was the latest addition to the count of worlds plagued by Jorvath’s Insurrection. The mob had never been the most organized of forces, owing most of their victories to sheer numbers, and simply planned to use Raikemen to transport its members to the nearest Republic system and spread the message. However, it was at this point that Zanadri Toushen, the then-president, decided to quell the rebellion once and for all.

VRA forces were diverted from any nearby planets and converged on Raikemen, massing their forces just outside of the Grabe city limits along with the entirety of Grabe’s police department. So when the Insurrection’s mob came roaring into the capital, armed with machine guns and military vehicles, the VRA and GPD waited until the rebels came within a mile of the city limits and then ambushed them with the VRA’s full might.

Needless to say, the ensuing battle was nothing short of a massacre. The Insurrection’s forces were utterly destroyed, and the slaughter culminated in the killing of Jorvath himself, who had been present in case Raikemen was taken. Once their leader was dead, the movement lost momentum and morale, and the Insurrection surrendered not long afterwards.

The End of the Insurrection
With the battle concluded, Toushen ordered his forces to refrain from killing any further civilians, with the intent of having the slaughter serve as a warning to any who would delude themselves enough to incite violent rebellion. Within days, Toushen, who happened to carry quite a bit of his own charisma, addressed the whole Republic, from Eiloth right back to the homeworld of Lorelon, via television broadcast.

In the now-famous speech that followed, he proceeded to present the populace with evidence to support the current government’s benevolence towards his people, and his own personal mission to ensure the Republic’s well-being. He spoke of the needless loss of life caused by Jorvath’s own delusion, and the planets and systems within and around Richtar that were destroyed and flattened by it. The address instantly became famous, for it effectively erased any remaining suspicion in the minds of the public that the Republic’s government was oppressive.

In fact, due to Toushen’s speech, the small revolts on planets in other star systems eventually ground to a halt, with the Republic finding itself at peace once again by 2770. However, there were still billions of dead to be mourned, and trillions and trillions of monetary units’ worth of property damage, so a recovery effort went underway, led in majority by Toushen himself. When he passed away in 2775, just months after the end of his term, a ceremony the likes of which had never been seen before was held on Lorelon in his honor. But this newfound stability was not to be enjoyed for very long at all.