Fiction:The Nexus of Katranaaca

The Nexus of Katranaaca is an Empire resulting from the Gloobin Empire's political absorption of the Diplomatic interstellar Serreter empire based in theAndromeda Galaxy. It is not currently part of the, s The Commonwealth's leaders have yet to recognize the Nexus as a member, and was neutral in the Andromeda War. It is currently preparing to defend itself from war-related invasion.

History
The Empire was founded recently, when the Serreter civilization of Braya, under the leadership of Vothi Ancien, agreed to a permanant merger with Lord Arugar and his Gloobin civilization of Katranaaca, after Goobinic expansion made the Serreter's attempts to expand futile, as there weren't quality star systems left.

After the merger, as a promise to accept, the leaders decided to adopt the Serreter's Diplomat nature as its main Philosophy, and as such follow the Scrolls of Order, forming alliances and arbitrating for the galaxy. The Gloobin Leader Lord Arugar would remain in power, and would be free to expand the Nexus' military as he sees fit.

Government
The Nexus is run in a Authoritarian manner, meaning that all "leaders" are elected officials. One member of each of the 3 sapient races hold a seat on the Troika, the Council of Leaders on the planet. Every 10 years, the Troika seats are given to a new member of each race.

The Nexus is the de facto Head of the Codion System, and due to the merger that created it, controls ma sizable chuck of it's sector. Each member race is given an important responsibilty, be it military, economic, or technological.

Economy
The Serreter are the ones responsible for maintaining the Empire's economy. The Empire's main form of economic income is by arbitration. When not negotiating with another Empire, the Spice trade is prominent and sometimes lucrative. The Empire produces and sells both Yellow and Blue spice, and is willing to sell or trade with anyone regardless of moral standing.

All transactions with the Nexus involve the use of the universal currency, the almighty Sporebucks. The Serreter then use the currency to improve civilian life, or to help the Gloobin improve military might, as well as supplying the colonies with the means to continue sustaining the Empire's holdings.

Technology & Military
The Serreter and Gloobin work as one on technology. They are responsible for maintaining and upgrading technology.

Economic Technology includes massive Spice vaults to store Spice for negotiations and trading, massive plated warehouses for traded goods to be sorted and distrubuted throughout the system.

he Gloobin Empire employ many self-produced means of technology, for epiral expansion, military training, communications, and travel. A few of the more common technologies are listed here.

Subwave Network - The Nexus races use a highly advanced network of every system running on Katranaaca and on Braya at any given time, sorting and storing the data into massive "servers", which store data until it is assimilated - stored on holodisks and sorted - by the group known as Data-Keepers. This system connects all colonies as well. The Subwave Network also collects Empire data from it's fleet, and the fleets interaction with other space-faring civilizations. The Gloobin economy is heavily tethered to the network, as it keeps data from all Sporebucks and trades made and spent by the Empire. If the Network were to fail, even for a second, the economy would suffer heavy losses very rapidly.

Scramjet Propulsion - ground vehicles employ basic Scramjet technolgy as a means to get from one place to another. These vehicles, as with all technologies, are connected to the Subwave Network, and the Network is what truly "controls" the vehicles. While constantly looking to improve their vehicles, most are sure Scramjets will be used for many years to come.

Antigrav Plating - Serreter scientists have discovered a new way to make their space fleet fly and hover. Since the discovery of the properties that led to the creation on Antigrav Plating, all Fleet vehicles are made of the stuff. For a while, it became impossible for the Fleet to physically land on a planet, but this issue has been resolved, thanks to the removal of the Antgrav plating from the bottom of the Fleet, and the landing protocols of the Subwave Network. The Troika's military technology is very troublesome to outsiders, fighting is only reserved for very extreme life-sustaining circumstaces. Anti-Grav Plating and Protonic Propulsion is for fleet ships and a tunnel system is used for traveling between cities on a given planet. The Fleet is massive enough to sustain long periods of constant warfare, without giving up too much. The Fleet Commander Jiko Ancien is at command of a massive military front. While it is used mainly for defense, should the need arise, the Nexus is a great ally.

Religion
Gloobin religion is very loose, and most would just rather worship Lord Arugar. Most are allowed to follow their an ancient religion, known as the Beyd, which is a collective union of the deities they worship. Each diety has a patron city on Katranaaca and on Braya as a center for their worship. The Subwave Network offers outsiders a little information about each deity.

Atal'ik, the Stormbender Domain: Lord of the Sky and Storms, King of the Heavens Symbols: Storm Clouds, lightning Patron City: Okamer O'lekr, the Wavebreaker Domain: Lord of the Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes Symbols: Conch Shell, Seahorse Patron City: Ekteis Iope'ta, the Harbinger Domain: War & Battle Strategy Symbols: Spear, Sword Patron City: Tumorasi Y'Ryto, the Dawnbringer Domain: Day & Night, Choices Symbol: Scales Patron City: Salveildin Q'it, the Black Guardian

Domain: Death Symbol: Slull, Bones, Blood Patron City: Beraming