Fiction:Draconid Imperium/First Contact

It was only a few months after the annihilation and the retreat of the Vartekian Empire that the Imperium started to expand once again. Reaching out to the Galactic Community they stand to learn much about other cultures and maybe even themselves.

With the CAS
An Osteloan diplomat arrived at the main starport of Minos'Drakon. As she looked around in awe of the structure she entered a delegate arrived agreed to take her to the Imperial Palace across the city. As she looked down the spires down in the valley below bore some resemblence to the towers on Orbispira, even if they were only one kilometre high.

Upon arriving at the palace she was taken inside and was awestruck at the beauty of the interior. Gold, marble and velvet around every corner and wall, her jaw dropped in sheer amazement. In the central hall she was greeted by who smiled at her as she approached. She greeted herself as Renedda of the Osteloan Kingdom. Uriel was very respectful to her and, demonstrated several aspects of Draconis society towards her. Every aspect of Draconid society appealed to her and after some discussion he agreed to show her the grand cathedral several kilometres south.

Dagonris was similar to Minos'Drakon, spires reached up into the sky and the streets were clean. In the centre of the city was a huge structure that citizens referred to as the grand cathedral. Equally as opulent as the Imperial Palace Renedda was awestruck by the construction, they passed down a hall filled with murals of the Imperium's previous leaders until eventually Renedda noticed a golden painting of Drakon, her jaw dropped and she asked Uriel about him. The paragon told her of how Drakon supposedly created and enlightened the Draconis and how they revered him as a father.

After the visit and knowing more of the Imperium Renedda pondered to herself. Drakon bore a striking resemblance to members of the thirteenth tribe, were these Draconis - who not only honoured many aspects of society similar to the Capricornians but venerated something that had a strange resemblence to the 13th Tribe - distant cousins or just a strange case of parralel evolution? The questions bothered her as she returned to Segmentum Vartek.

With the Kicath Empire
During a patrol of the northern rim of the empire, recon propes picked up signals coming from further north. A scouting unit was sent and discovered that the Kicath Empire. Coming from the Plazith Rim they had established several their presence in several thousand star systems. After a delegation by the senate it was agreed that they would send a delegation to the world in that sector.

After a week a small envoy fleet, one cruiser escorted by several frigates arrived above Inagraron-4. After a brief discussion the diplomat was sent planetside and was greeted by several armed Kicath soldiers. Everyone was uneasy at first but eventually the guards agreed to take the diplomat to the governor. He was informed that Kicath culture was highly militaristic and that for over 700,000 years there had been political infighting from the start.

As they traveled the diplomat was intrigued by Kicathi architecture, even if the spires were slightly dull and smooth he was intrigued by the rail links that ran across the buildings. As they approached the mian government building he sighed, muttering "Why is it always towers?" under his breath. The interior of the government building was a mix of cyan and silver. Upon arriving in the governor's office in the middle of the tower. The Kicath was unimpressed when shown artwork and music however when the diplomat presented example of technology the governor eventually became interested. After a lengthly discussion a mutual trade pact was created regarding certain items. As the diplomat returned he wondered to himself if they could be of use to the Imperium.