Fiction:Valian Academies

The So-lege vis’y, or Academies of Learning (formally the Valian Academies of Learning) are the Valian Empire’s foremost scientific authority, an obscure but powerful department within the Secretariat. Originally founded by Emperor Hisero the Bountiful in 53,650 AF, during the last days of his rule, the Academies have become one of the most important, and at times feared, elements of Volanti government. They are responsible for many of the Empire's most celebrated scientific breakthroughs, including the perfecting of all splicing processes derived from the Valian Rose, but are also charged with developing its deadliest weapons, among them the dreaded Death Serums.

Discoveries in everything from xeno-culture to bioengineering to terraforming to archaeology and astro-cartography are all handled by the Academies, which have their headquarters on planet Inne, in the Centre, but maintain over 3,000 colleges and training centres throughout the whole of Rohse as well as several hundred research sites, most of them off-limits to civilians. The Academies are credited with a wide array of the Volanti’s inventions, including several state-of0the-art [[Fiction:Valian Empire/starship designs