Fiction:Rothanian Empire

Overview
The Rothanian Empire is a relatively young faction inhabiting the Milky Way(natively known as Geothial). Founded in 2776, they take a keen interest in technology and expand with a ferocity comparable to Humanity. Born out of the old civilizations of Rothania in a bloody civil war shortly after becoming spacefaring, they quickly set their sights on mass expansion, physically and technologically, amassing an impressive amount of territory and ships. Upon contact with the wider galaxy, they devoted numerous teams to research of the Gigaquadrant and any potential threats/allies.

Origins
Rothanians, and subsequently the Rothanian Empire, originate from an Earthlike world in the outer regions of the Milky Way. Due to striking resemblance physically to humans, Theories have emerged that Rothanians were modified humans seeded by an unknown source. When interstellar technology became a reality, the nation-states of Rothania began to polarize as many rallied for unification in space. Eventually it boiled over into outright war as Unificationists and Anti-unificationists struggled for dominance. In the end the Unificationists won, leading to the global assimilation into the new Grand Rothanian Empire, which set its sights on rapid expansion and technological progress.