Fiction:Republic in Exile

"The Republic was not created in order to disappear."

- Praesator Adelheidis

The Republic-in-exile is the name used to describe what remains of the in the. A relatively strong union, the "Republic"'s main territory is in the region of Quadrant 82 that was colonised by the Cyrannian Republic during the, which remained loyal to principles of democracy after the formation of the.

The Exiled Republic is led by Praesator Adelheidis and a small council that claims to be the legitimate Cyrannian Senate, ignoring the Imperial Senate in Cyrannus. The Exiled Republic's well-equipped fleet is led by the respected Admiral Shavalera of the Senator-class Star Battlecruiser, Arbitrator.

Formation
During the final stages of the, a Republic Fleet under the command of Admiral Shavalera and prepared to launch a final invasion of the Confederate stronghold of Yudumarth in Quadrant 82. Just before the order of invasion was to be announced, news from Cyrannus declared that the Republic was now an Empire and all those loyal to the old system were traitors, including and leader of the Republic Navy,.

From the beginning, Shavalera refused to believe that his friend was a traitor and refused to acknowledge the Empire's claim of being the legitimate successor to the Republic. However, he believed that his fleet was hardly in a fit state to fight a war with the Empire and so he retreated back to the Quadrantia colonies of the Republic, which remained loyal to democracy. Shavalera called a meeting with the senator of the colonies, Adelheidis, a Chinawkya, and announced that she was now acting President of what appeared to be the last remnant of the Republic. Instead of using the modern title of "President", Adelheidis, a keen historian decided to use "Praesator" as her official title.

Battle of Angforst
After three months of internal organisation, rumours reached the Republic that the Rambo Senate sought to close the Quadrantia-Cyrannian Wormhole, thus stopping the Empire from gaining access to the Quadrants while also preventing the Republic from getting home. In panic, the newly formed exiled Republic Senate held an emergency meeting and decided to prevent the Rambo from closing the wormhole. When they arrived near the Wormhole, they were shocked to discover that the Rambo Fleet, supported by the dreaded, opened fire. The Republic returned fire, aiming for the Station itself. As the Republic captains watched in horror, a Cyrandia fleet also dropped out of hyperspace and engaged the Republic as well. Though the Republic commanded a very powerful fleet, they began to lose out to their former allies, who also faced heavy casualties. As the battle went on however, the URC fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Quintius came close to destruction, with many ships preparing to retreat into hyperspace. Quintius was later killed due to the onslaught from Angforst. The assault soon fell to his commander, who decided to sacrifice his life and his ship to prevent the dreaded Angforst Space Station#Notable Crew|Commodore from closing the wormhole by driving his Phoenix-class ship into Angforst's primary weapon at light speed. The massive station was crippled. However, a far more dangerous threat came from the wormhole itself, as a fleet of Imperial ships arrived.

Forming a temporary alliance, the Rambo and the Republic fought alongside each other to drive the Imperial fleet back to Cyrannus. Luckily, the Imperials sent only a small recon fleet and the allies managed to fight them off, driving them back through the wormhole. However, with their fleet smashed, the Republic returned to their controlled space for repairs.