Planet:Alberensis

Alberensis is a planet located in the Westward region of the Cyrannian Core Worlds, located along a critical hyperlane providing the world with strategic and industrial importance rivaled by few other planets in Cyrannus. The world is inhabited by the Albersauros, a proud and fiercely independent people who had a hand in forging the First Republic many thousands of years prior to the.

A key centre of the First Republic, the and the, Alberensis has long held a reputation as one of a key proponent of the individual rights of worlds within a galactic framework—valuing independence as one of the key fabrics of Alberensian culture and society. When the rose to power, the people of Alberensis were deeply sceptical, which in turn gave rise to a popular resistance movement. The Republic is largely suspected at having a hand in arming these rebels against Imperial rule, though no hard evidence as yet come to light. What is known however, is that Alberensis is a thorn in the side of the Empire, committing crimes which would have warranted a planetary liquidation, where it not a world so important in the Core.

Early History
The early history of the planet is shrouded in mystery, though it is known that the Albersauros played a crucial role in the establishment of the upon the collapse of the Sovereignty of the Core during the First Phaedric Invasion. The allosaurid natives of the planet, the Albersauros, successfully repelled invasion after invasion of the world by a myriad of empires throughout history, beginning a long history of Alberensian hostility to alien control over their way of life. Nevertheless, the planet became a key member state in the, gaining significant political and economic clout over much of the Core Worlds. When the Federation became the, Alberensis was one of the most vocal critics of the galactic government in the Republic Senate, believing that each individual world should retain as much autonomy as possible without interference from. Nevertheless, the planet would remain loyal to the democratic ideals of the Republic, even after the rise of the.

Thorn in the Empire's Side
Though Alberensis remained one of the most important factory worlds of the Empire upon the end of the, the planet quickly gained a reputation as one of the most vocal critics of the Imperial government, often overtly supportive of the and later, the. Indeed, during the frought astropolitical climate of the, the rebellious people of the world elected a government-in-exile to represent Alberensian interests in the Galactic Senate of the Republic.