Fiction:Draconid Imperium/Territories

The Draconid Imperium consists of nearly 2 million systems. Most of these are part of vassal states the Imperial governemnt calls protectorates. Imperial bureaucracy divides the territory into colonisation waves (dictated by the number of wormholes required to raach Alcanti). WHich are then divided into sectors, subsectors and clusters.



Planetary Infrastructure
Planets are developed to be self-sustaining at the very least, in the event of supply-line disruption or isolation the planets would not rapidly descend into chaos. Once they reach this point they are fully integrated into the imperial transit network. Developers work to ensure they use clean and sustainable techniques so they do not disrupt the biosphere and frequently plan ahead when considering expansion.

Tachyon relays are built in the early phases of colonisation to become conencted to the Exonet and the power grid. Public transport frequently comes in the form of MagLev trains owered by hydrogen fuel cells.

Sectors
At the highest level are sectors. These are large clusters of both colonies and protectorates and governed by a sector capital. Outside of the core worlds a sector capital is normally in the centre of the sector and is one of the most heavily defended systems other than gateway colonies (Stars between 0.5-1.7 parsecs from a black hole, these surround a black hole and control travel through the wormholes). It is typical for the most powerful of houses to have control of a single sector and will assign one member as praetor.

Axah
These are the core worlds and considered the jewel of the Imperium. Planets within the sector frequently support many billions and contain infrastructure the Draconis have spent many millenia refining and improving. As a result these worlds are frequently the most advanced in imperial space. Unlike other colonisation waves Axah, which is only one sector, is governed unquestionably by House Ultanos. Rather than political out of political influence this is because of a mandate passed that the Axah sector would be under governance of the ruling Paragon family. Uriel himself however, is not the Praetor - that honour went to his brother Vedenus.

Originally the sector was the greatest extent of the Imperium before the advent of the Senvinus Reactors, several systems have planetary rings and Dyson Swarms and each world is an industrial and commercial powerhouse. For systems with planetary rings much industry has been moved into orbit for easier connection to the rest of the Imperium. Inhabitants of this sector live on clean ecologically friendly worlds that have been terraformed in the early ages of the Imperium and development has been such that overcrowding is little problem due to vertical farms and easy access to a stellar power grid.

Key systems:
 * Aldra-4 (Sector Capital; Imperial Capital)
 * Elimataia (Prime colony)
 * Icarka (Ohlon-1 gateway control)
 * Dresse (Ohlon-2 gateway control; subsector capital)
 * Vedelaia (Ohlon-3 gateway control)
 * Aranavus (Ohlon-4 Gateway control)

Ohlon
The four inner sectors are very similar to the Axah sector since this was the first wormhole-connected region. The Ohlon-1 sector is still in shock from the mecha-wasp war and several planets, once holding billions, are now dead rocks (in some cases less than that as the Wasps' nanite swarms devouered parts of the planets themselves). Elsewhere there is much less damage, the Sons of Urzgov have only a minor presence within these sectors. Other sectors are more peaceful. Like in Axah planetary populations can reach several billion and worlds undamaged by the mecha-Wasp war remain economic powerhouses. The Imperial Talon Navy keeps several shipyards in this sector to protect the core worlds from attack.

Balas
The Balas wave is made up of 10 sectors, often referred to as the mid-rim. Colonies here flourish and frequently support a few billion. These sectors have been relatively peaceful, only a few sector capitals have an artificial ring. Populations are fairly well-off and established with several systems maintaining noteable affluence.

Historically the Balas sectors have been peaceful however the Sons have had an elevated presence at certain points in history.

Tholfame
The outer colonies. Out of 24 sectors Tholfame-18 has recently risen to prominence as the most significance. Nicknamed the twilight gate after it's connection to Mathist sectors in Segmenentum Crepusculum the region has been relatively peaceful despite the ongoing, some planets have reported minor depopulations as citizens nervously move to safer regions.

Historically the northern sectors have always been the most prosperous as goods from the core and inner worlds were sent to balance a saturating economy 7,000 years ago. Citizens live comfortably and planets closest to the Balas wormholes are more affluenct than those closer to the Mathist wormholes.

Mathist
The frontier sectors. Due to their status only sector and subsector capitals reatain a level of affluence with many worlds holding populations of, on average, several million. Planets are frequently agrarain in nature and a noteable part of the advanced technology of the Imperium is yet to be distributed on account of many of these colonies being so new. Cities are frequently mid-rise whiteash buildings resembling postmodern architecture. Despite these being frontier worlds the level of development still allows for a reasonable level of comfort.

it is these sectors that have unfortunately suffered the most during the Andromeda war, not only were they the frontlines of the Twiligh front, but were also the target of the TIAF invasion of Andromeda.