Fiction:Apalarchy

The Apalocracy is a civilisation originating from and occupying the Girdo Galaxy. Little is known about the Apalocracy, as they are a secretive group and refuse to divulge much information about themselves.

Origins
For most of its history, the Girdo Galaxy was considered to be an unusual dwarf spiral of little more than academic interest and no strategic value, as it was filled with an unusually high proportion (approximately 85%) of brown dwarf stars. It was known as a minor base of operations for the Grox up until the middle of the 16th millennium of the, when the Grox presence apparently vanished and Girdo was once again regarded as an interesting but worthless curiousity.

It seems, however, that the Girdo Grox had been subverted by a pre-spacefaring civilisation, variously known as "Apalosians" or "Taukappans", after inviting them to join their society. Little did they realise that their biological implants would cause a vast increase in the abilities of the Apalosian group mind, enabling it to take control over the entire galaxy. It is unknown why the Apalosians did not expand its influence to other galaxies, but for some reason, the intergalactic communication relays connecting Girdo to the rest of the universe were destroyed around this time.

Secrecy
Nearly six millennia later, activity appeared in Girdo once more. Defence stations, equipped with hyperluminal missiles, destroyed all of the brown dwarfs with subspace compression waves. The few starships that attempted to enter the galaxy were disabled by ion missiles launched from the same stations and ordered to turn away by a 3-kilometre vessel under the command of "Commodore Tokzhalat", whose voice was clearly synthesised and appearance shielded due to the lack of a video feed. Further transgressions were to be punished with deadly force, and the galaxy was left alone once more. However, it had attracted the interest of the upper ranks of military forces across the nearby universe, and information on the "Tokzhalat Event" was generally classified and made available only on a need-to-know basis.