Fiction:Girdo Galaxy



The Girdo Galaxy is a galaxy that is controlled entirely by a civilisation refering to itself as "The Empire" (although it usually goes by "Empire of the Girdo Galaxy" or "Girdo Empire" for short). Its main disc is 20,000 parsecs in diameter, but there are a few stars orbiting along with the rest of the galaxy for up to 100,000 parsecs from Girdo's Core.

History
The first known inhabitants of the Girdo Galaxy were the legendary Xynaxes. Very little is known about them, but it is believed that they seeded the galaxy with life. They were probably either ancient god-like beings from before the universe appeared, or simply an ancient race that evolved in Girdo billions of years ago. They spread out across the universe, but suddenly disappeared around 1.5 billion years ago - most likely a result of various events happening across the universe at the time such as the Xhodocto's Thirteenth Ancient Scourge.

Nearly all recorded history from this time and the Empire's appearance has been lost. There was a "Second Galactic Federation" that waged a war on the Grox in Girdo's Core 6500 years before the Empire began their Space Stage. However, no more information about the Second Federation - and none whatsoever about the First Federation that presumably preceded it - is available.

After the Second Federation's defeat, galactic society collapsed into civil war. The Girdo Galactic War lasted until the Empire appeared and, via a combination of manipulation and warfare, destroyed all other empires save the Grox in thirty years. The Empire then spent another fifty years fighting an obsessive campaign of total war against the Grox, until at last the cyborgs were purged from the Girdo Galaxy with their capital world destroyed with a Planet Buster. This ended the Girdo Galactic War, and the Empire spent another twenty years fortifying their colonies and improving their technology. Then, the Girdo Galaxy was at peace and the Girdo Empire began exploring other galaxies.

Galactic Centre
The Girdo Galaxy's Galactic Centre extends 5000 parsecs either side of the Core. The Central Sector has high concentrations of radiation from the Core, so there are no Imperial colonies there. There are a few Sectors colonised by the Empire from around 50 parsecs from the Core, but the Centre is not a region that is of much value to the Imperials.

Northern Arm
The Northern Arm is where the Empire's homeworld, Imperial Capitol, is located. The base of the Arm is quite thick, 3000 parsecs across, and is densely packed with Imperial colonies. Imperial Capitol is located where the base narrows out into the rest of the Arm. There are twenty Sectors with sparely-distributed Imperial colonies along the rest of the Arm.

Southern Arm
The Southern Arm is a much thinner Arm than the Northern, but is nearly one-and-a-half times as long. Imperial colonies are located in long "strings" of Imperial habitation stretching all the way to the Arm's tip.

Outer Regions
The Outer Regions consist of approximately 3000 stars located up to 100,000 parsecs from the rest of the Girdo Galaxy. They are completely uninhabited and can only be accessed using an Intergalactic Drive.