Fiction:Hogomoth Refuge

The Hogomoth refuge is a collection of massive city ships that travel the galaxy, after the destruction of the Hogomoth's empire. It stands between the survival or extinction of the Hogomoth species.

The Hogomoth Alliance
The Hogomoth's were a powerful but peaceful empire, who allied with many species created a grand alliance. Hogomoths are peaceful, spiritual beings, who's main goal is to maintain peace in the galaxy. However this would be there downfall.

Alliance with the Grox
The Hogomoth Alliance prospered for several hundred years, until the Hogomoths contacted the Grox. They managed to ally with the Grox, but the Grox were tricking the Hogomoths into an alliance. As soo as they allied, the Hogomoth Alliance was over, as almost every empire in the galaxy declared war on the Hogomoths. Then the Grox also ended their alliance by attacking the Hogomoth homeworld, destroyng every city and settlements. The colonies soon fell to their would be allies, even the Delpha Coalition of Planets joined in.

The Hogomoth Retreat
Realising they were to become extinct if they took no action, they created massive city ships, each one containing thousands of Hogomoths, and flora and fauna from their world. All in all, only a million Hogomoths survived the eradication.

And that is their story, the galaxy is vast, and hopefully one day, the Hogomoths will find a permanent settlement, but until then, they lead a normadic life aboard giant ships. They are not out of the woods, yet, empires such as the Grox, mercenearies and pirates still hunt them.