Fiction:Stanian

The Stanian empire was founded not to long ago, and quickly accelerated into an interstellar kingdom. Due to its only being about a thousand years old, while technology has developed, politics remain relatively the same.

Tribe When the Stanians were just a tribe, they were ruled by Sten. Sten created a written and spoken language. He was incredibly vain, and named both after himself. He was energetic, and won many battles. After a few years, he fell prey to the Flixxel Tribe. His daughter, Heath, took over. She brought peace to the tribes of the land. Under Heath's reign, Stanians flourished. There was good hunting, advances in technology, and religion was invented. Heath's religion was so popular, that it is currently the main religion of the Stanians. Unfortunately, Heath would not live to see her tribe move on to become a city. She died of the flu at the age of 69. Her two children lived on opposite ends of life. Her younger child, Jenhi, was a greedy girl, but acted like her mother. Stanley was a wild and unruly child. The tribe allowed a second woman chieftain. Jenhi made the Stanians put down their flutes and fishing spears, and pick up wrenchs and hammers. It was time for civilization.

Nation Jenhi was a confident woman, but feared her older brother. He was becoming a level headed politician. He even had birthright. Stanley was kept under close eye at all times. While she was worrying about her brother's influence, Jenhi was making her nation weaker. She didn't intend to of course, but a trade nation surounded by tanks never fairs well. Stanley seized power from his sister, and turned the Stanian Nation into a military machine. Already though, his people were doubting him. He had employed toy makers to create his army's vehicles. The vehicles needed no army though. They were fully automated, and could be used via remote control. His former soldiers laughed when they heard they were being replaced by tanks that were only half as tall as they were. Stanley's plan fell into place though, because his enemies laughed too. The first few battles Stanley had occurred at the same moment, so that no word could be spread between his enemies. His small tanks obliterated his opponents in one battle after the other. His navy was similar, so spice derricks were easily taken. soon planes were being sent out, and his enemies would be permanently defeated. Stanley went out himself to the last battle, just to utter the immortal words "Check Mate", just before his planes destroyed the last opposing city on his planet. Stanley was so incredible, that his people gave him two names. In Sten, his last name, Josten, means warlord.

Empire Now, Stanley was a strategist, but not the brightest bulb in the pack when it came to science. He told his chemists and biologists to work together in order to create space ships. While this didn't go as intended, Stanley's scientists have mastered the art of genetic engineering. They provided hundreds of clones for Stanley, in the case that he would die. Unfortunately, Stanley would push his scientists to their edge with those clones, when he learned about captains. A single person who could command the respect necessary of a warlord king. Stanley went out into the dark corners of space, hoping to be the greatest captain ever. He had even matched wits with the Grox just to prove he could. His colonies near the center of the galaxy have not been touched. Of course, Stanley is only getting warmed up.