Fiction:Aeoneonatrix

“Good always wins.” – The Motto of the Aeoneonatrix

The Aeoneonatrix Empire was established in 2760. Despite this, they already control roughly 500 systems. When enquired as to how the empire grew so quickly, Lingur, the captain of The Vengeance, answered “Most of our colonies were not founded by us, but given to us.”

History
The Aeoneonatrix reached spacefaring status in 2760. Lingur Recounts, “The Vengeance, then The Starstreamer, was sent out with me as captain. Its mission was to establish the best relationships possible with nearby civilizations. We found a nearby empire about of about 400 systems, and developed extremely good relations with them. They had another name, but we called them the ‘Protectors.’ For 10 years, they let us barrow their technology, on the condition we did not reverse-engineer it, and protected our homeworld and 3 colonies from the nearby Spodists who would have otherwise exterminated us. I personally developed a close friendship with their leader, Glinkshore. However, one day, after not hearing from them for an unusually long time, I took the heavily augmented Starstreamer out to their planet to find that their planet had been destroyed by another empire called the Mardor Empire. Glinkshore’s dying words were permission to reverse-engineer Protector Technology, and take control of all of their colonies. As he died I swore I’d use these gifts to ensure nothing like this ever happened again. Our species faced no opposition in taking control of the colonies, as most of the nearby empires respected the Protectors enough to avoid colonization, and force those few who otherwise would have colonized not to, and the Mardor had never intended to take control of their planets, but were merely interested in the suffering caused by the attacks.”

Government
The Aeoneonatrix Empire is governed largely by a single elected leader. This leader serves a term of 31.5 Earth years and has powers hindered only by a constitution and adherence to The Oath of Aeoneonatrix.

The Protection Relationship
The Aeoneonatrix is currently in the same relationship with several other species that the Protectors were with them. The relationship is offered to any empire they encounter with fewer than 50 systems under its control. Though they do assist other empires, especially with defense against the Mardor,they prioritize those species in this relationship with them. Though they do not demand anything except that the citizens of species in this relationship take and follow The Oath of Aeoneonatrix, they are often given, and do accept, frequent monetary gifts from their client races. Species in the protection relationship are allowed to govern themselves so long as the Oath of Aeoneonatrix is adhered to.

Religion
The Aeoneonatrix Empire does not have any official religious affiliation; however, due to its negative interaction with Spodeism, religion as a whole is generally despised by its citizens.

The Oath of Aeoneonatrix
The Oath of Aeoneonatrix, known to the empire’s citizens simply as, “The Oath” is an oath by which all citizens are sworn to live. It reads: “I will always fight for good. I will never act in support of pointless violence and destruction. I will never allow evil to go on unimpeded. I will always help those in need. I will never allow what happened once to happen again.” Lingur has elaborated “’What happened once’ does not refer to an exact replication of the destruction of the Protectors, but to the broader idea of a sapient species being annihilated. Any individuals who seek to do this are our enemies and will be prevented from accomplishing their goals.”

Technology
Due to the peaceful practices of the Protectors, whose empire grew slowly due to their lack of conquest, the Aeoneonatrix Empire is unusually advanced for its size. Its tier is approximately 4.75.

The Vengeance
The Vengeance is the most important ship in the Aeoneonatrix fleet. Even today, it is still the primary ship used for first contact, especially with potential client races. In addition, it assists in military and economic operations aimed at protecting client races.

Lingur
Lingur is the Captain of The Vengeance and commonly thought to be the most skilled captain in the empire. Before the Aeoneonatrix became spacefaring, he captained over 30 ships on various missions interacting with the other nations that then existed on the species’ home planet.

Callanni
Callanni is the chief science officer on The Vengeance. Prior to the Aeoneonatrix reaching spacefaring status, she was already a well-known and well respected Biologist and Astronomer. For unknown reasons, she intentionally worked with Lingur on any mission she could.

Awesh
Awesh is the Pilot on The Vengeance and the only crewmember not to have worked with Lingur in the past. Before the Aeoneonatrix becoming spacefaring, Awesh was a pilot who had served on a wide variety of missions.