Fiction:Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda galaxy is a large galaxy near the. It is primarily controlled by the, which was later absorbed into the , which was later absorbed into the , but also contains some non-affiliated residents. The most common inhabitants are the s, along with many non-native species such as the s and Shka'Tun. The also originate from this galaxy, but their presence is negligible.

Rise and fall of Venhokwe
The first civilisation who colonised the Andromeda is Venhokwe Oligarchy, a powerful high Tier I civilisation who has taken over most of the galaxy. They have reigned for several billions of years without any other empires to topple their throne, but once such an empire arrived, Venhokwe have quickly been driven to the edge of extinction due to their pacifistic culture. In the end, however, they have managed to win a pyrrhic victory, leaving Andromeda in ruins. Most of the remaining Venhokwe have committed suicide by diving into the black hole, unable to forgive themselves for the destruction that was caused by the war. Few of them who decided to stay have started to rebuild their colonies.

However, the remaining Venhokwe were few in number, and now they had rivals. Deep in the Core, a new empire was formed, the. At the same time, the surviving S.K.U.T.H.E.R., breaking free of prisons made by their foes, have managed to create the deadly nanobots, the Cyber-Rabids, those have turned Venhokwe and Grox alike into the mechanical slaves to the infection. Soon, the survivors of the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. War were destroyed, leaving only the Grox and the Cyber-Rabids.

War of Steel
Soon, the young Grox Empire and the Cyber-Rabids have clashed, destroying everything on their way. This time, two enemies were equals, starting the arms race to prevail over each other. The Cyber-Rabids Nanohorde evolved, infecting more species across the galaxy and becoming more resistant to the Grox's technologies. The drones possessed by the Rabids started to become stronger, faster and more intelligent. At the same time, the Grox Empire was developing the more deadly weapons and more powerful spaceships as well. They have also started to incorporate other species into their empire, using them as soldiers. These species would later be known as the Conqrix.

At first, it seemed like the Cyber-Rabids would prevail over the Grox. The reason was simple. Grox were the simple sapient species, and even with other species in their ranks, they could not match the sheer power of the nanotechnological benemoth that was the Cyber-Rabids infection - infection that grew stronger with every single  killed Grox, with every single sentient creature that they have absorbed. The high command of the Grox and their emperor, Grochius I, have decided that the only way to win was not to destroy the individual infected creatures but rather the nanovirus itself.

The Grox Empire has spent the next decades capturing the Cyber-Rabids-infected specimen, dissecting them and trying to understand the nature of the virus. The work of Grox scientists was dangerous and hard, but they knew that if they will fail, their entire species would be destroyed. After many years of work, when the Grox Empire was reduced to their homeworld, Attzerry, they have finally managed to find a way to defeat the infection. They have developed a way to turn the Cyber-Rabids harmless, unable to infect other species or take over their minds. In a desperate attempt to save their species, the surviving Grox have tested their new invention on themselves. The result was succesful. While the Grox and Conqrix became cybernetic, they were still in full control of themselves. Feeling joy from the hope that they have found, they have started a massive campaign to liberate the Cyber-Rabid drones, freeing most of the Grox and other creatures and finally destroying the Cyber-Rabids. Some of them survived, however, but this is a story for another time...

The Times of the Four
In the aftermath of the war, most of the Galaxy remained unclaimed. The Grox retreated to the core recovering from the conflict, becoming paranoid and xenophobic and mercilessly destroying anyone who dared to enter the Core. Soon, several empires have risen on the ruins of the war. Of them, three would be called the Greatest Ones, all of them different in culture, philosophy and beliefs - and all of them hating each other.

Tertamian Alliance, or TA, was a beacon of democracy and peace in the Andromeda Galaxy - as well as a breeding ground of crime, corruption and internal strife. From their shining capital of Ill'arion, TA ruled over the stars currently controlled by New Shka'Tun Imperium, the Divinarium, the Coalition, and Wental States. Its polar opposite and the greatest enemy was the Hydrargyrum Galactic Commonwealth or HGC, a socialist dictatorship aiming to achieve the peaceful and just society by conquering the whole Andromeda. Against both was the mysterious Memfian Imperium. Led by cruel psychics known as Rades, they have attacked and conquered planets all over the galaxy from their secret domain in the pocket dimension.

The exact history of the times of the Four is generally unknown, but there is one thing certain: These three civilisations, along with the Grox, were the rulers of Andromeda these times. That's why this part of the Andromedan history is called the times of the Four. These empires were believed to exist in a cold war, being so large that the massive galactic wars were generally impossible - it was too dangerous. Minor conflicts were common, however, and the hatred between TA and HGC became legendary. Even now, the phrase "as Tertame and Hydrargyrum" is a common idiom in the Vartekian language used to describe a fierce, destructive hatred.

However, after millions of years, the four empires have vanished from Andromeda. From all of them, only the Grox have survived (and the Rades legacy lives in s), and they don't tell what happened even to their closest allies.

The Twin Imperiums
As the Four vanished from the face of Andromeda, new empires appeared, once again claiming now-empty galaxy. One of the oldest of these is the Draconid Imperium who had risen from a wrold nearly devastated form whatever came before. Alcanti - the Imperium's homeworld - was only just spared from the devastation and as a result the, whos' ancestors had survived in the oceons, rose to build an empire. They slowly seeded countless dead worlds in order to build their empire. Slowly and gradually growing until they were eventually outpaced by outsiders. Not just from beyond the galactic rim, but beyond the universe itself.

Nearly a century before the modern Gigaquadrant, the Delpha Coalition of Planets sent several exploratory fleets to the galaxy as they began to explore intergalactic space for the new Seven Starr Alliance, their main exploration was of the a hole in the rim of galaxy, believed to have formed from a galactic collision, after visiting the core, the DCP never returned again. The First beings who arrived in the Andromeda Galaxy to colonise were the mysterious Nasayda followed by the enigmatic who themselves arrived and claimed the outer rim of the galaxy. Coming from another universe, Nasayda have decided to revive Andromeda, colonising it, healing the worlds and taking over the old colonies of the Four.

The triumvilate existed for thousands of years in uneasy peace. With the imerpium seeing the other two as outsiders. What set the Imperium back was that it was contant to remain in its own regions, building on the worlds it had colonised long ago and uplifting the societies who accepted them as leaders and who they pledged to protect.

Other small civilisations who somehow survived whatever destroyed the Four eventually became spacefaring. Among them were the s, who would later become the leaders of the galaxy, and many other species. The Nasayda and Vartekians have allied, and soon, thanks to absorbing many other species like Boulderix and Samot, have taken over much of Andromeda in their restless crusade. Ruthlessly destroying the Grox who tried to recolonise their ancient home.

All that stood in the way of the goal of complete dominance was the Imperium, who refused to bow to the younger Confederation and content to rule the clusters they had developed. Outraged, the Confederation invaded and war eventually came to the Imperium. Because they had focused on building and fortifying what they had their defences held strong against the Confederation's assaults. After hundreds of years of intermittent war a truce was declared between the two powers, allowing the Draconis to maintain their colonies while the Confederation pursured other goals. As a result the Draconis faded into obscurity behind their borders, watching the galaxy and waiting.

As the time was going, the Confederation started to engage into the intergalactic affairs. Allying with Cyrandia and DCP against the common enemy, they have helped to destroy the massive Cognatus force that has invaded the First Gigaquadrant recently. However, it was nothing but a deception.

As the common enemy was defeated, the Confederation has started to conspire against the Seven Starr Alliance. Finally, the Vartekians struck a final blow against the allies, starting. However, the managed to repel the attack and in the vicious counterattack done by allies the Confederation was heavily weakened. The Annihilation further weakened the grip of the Confederation over the Andromeda. In the end, they have been absorbed to CAS.

Andromeda Galaxy had a minor role in the War of Ages. During the Tigris War, Andromeda's uncharted regions were taken over by the Xhodocto and were used as a lodgement for their attacks. Later, during the March of the Apocalypse, Andromeda and the Vartekians were attacked by the deadly god of the Xhodocto. Mhaz'Veryk.

The Aftermath
The Annihilation brought about the massive political changes to Andromeda. Confederation, absorbed by CAS and now GEC, was pushed to the rims of the galaxy, while the new civilisation appeared. Tthe fanatical Divinarium, led by the descendants of the Memfian Imperium launched a massive crusade to take over the Twilight Sector. Mourning the loss of their old galaxy and wanting revenge, mechanical have appeared in the galaxy as well. At the same time, the new civilisations like rose up. The Draconid Imperium, once rivals of the Confederation used this oppertunity to expand further, claiming systems once lost to the Vartekians and burning with a desire to become the new Andromedan superower.

However, with the new civilisations arriving to the galaxy, a political instability has started. It has finally resulted in the, which was caused due to the discovery of the ancient Tier 1 artifacts in the galaxy and the resulting conflict over them. The war continues to rage, and it is unknown who will win.

Political division
Before the Annihilation and the Vartekian War, most of the galaxy was controlled by a single leader - the, and Andromeda was generally peaceful. Recently, however, the Confederation was pushed to the rims of the galaxy, resulting in areas close to the core being taken by the new empires like the Divinarium, Draconis and Wentals. As a result, most of the Andromeda, especially the outer core, is in chaos now.

Economics
Trade between the various empires is uncommon in the Andromeda, but not unheard of. Larger empires living in the rims have enclosed, self-sufficient economies due to their sheer size and post-scarcity societies, while empires close to the core are more receptive, actively trading with each other. However, at the same time, piracy in the outer core is common as well.

Technology
Andromeda empires are quite advanced in technology, due to many precursor tech being left there by the ancient civilisations. The most advanced extant civilisation in the galaxy is the located in the rims of the galaxy.

Society
Andromeda is a diverse galaxy, and society is different in every single part of it. From the dictatorships of the Divinarium and the Wental States to the liberal societies of the Draconis Empire and the Confederacy of Allied Systems, it varies greatly from the empire to empire.

Species
According to the observations of the, the Andromeda Galaxy has a proportion of two silicon-based ecosystems for every five carbon-based ones — much higher than the average galaxy. Each planet dominated by silicon-based life colonised by the DSB have had the a closely-related set of lifeforms. Goulgan scientists theorised that the reproductive habits of the lifeforms allow them to spread eggs across star systems, which was later confirmed when the transported some of the "truly alien" Andromedabiota (as they came to be called) to the controlled conditions of the  nature reserve. Of these silicon-based organisms, no major spacefaring empires have been discovered, but many minor civilizations are known to exist.

Astrography
Andromeda Galaxy is a very large galaxy, containing around a trillion of stars so far. As such, Vartekians have divided the galaxy into several segmentums for easier management of their empire. Segmentums are divided on sectors and subsectors.Later, other Andromedan empires adopted the division system for their own astrography.

Voltaria
Segmentum Voltaria, also known as "the heart of the Andromeda", was originally the richest and most populated segmentum in the whole galaxy. There, Nasayda first arrived in the Andromeda and there, Vartekian homeworld is located. During the times of Confederacy of Andromeda, Voltaria was a capital of the galactic community.

However, due to the Vartekian War and the Annihilation, Confederacy of Andromeda's territory reduced and it was absorbed into CAS and later, the GEC - and the glory of Voltaria is now rivalled by other segmentums like Draco or Crepusculum. Neverthless, Voltaria, now under the rule of Galactic Empire of Cyrannus, is still a thriving, rich segmentum.

Notable Species
 * [[File:MiniBoulderix.png]] - The Boulderix
 * [[File:MiniHerego.png]] - The Herego
 * [[File:MiniInfestix.png]] - The Infestix
 * [[File:MiniLiborika.png]] - The Liborika
 * [[File:MiniNasayda.png]] - The Nasayda
 * [[File:MiniOctouet.png]] - The Octouet
 * [[File:MiniSamot.png]] - The Samot
 * [[File:VartekianMini.png]] - The Vartekian

Draco
Segmentum Draco, during the times of Confederacy of Andromeda, was not under complete Vartekian control due to a large number of native empires who opposed Confederate rule. For over 200,000 years it was the primary domain of the while the southern regions became home to a large number of colonies established by the Confederation primarily for supplying Voltaria with resources and manpower. Other civilisations like the and the  colonised segmentum Draco as well.

After the Annihilation the Confederacy have generally left Draco, leaving only a handful of colonies. New civilisations filled the vacuum of power, the greatest of them being the Draconid Imperium as well as who have recently started the colonisation of Andromeda. Now it is a thriving supersector under the rule of Imperium.

Draco is also believed to be the origin of Andromeda's silicon lifeforms, quite common in the galaxy.

Notable Species
 * [[File:MiniConzarni.png]] - The Concentrated  (not native, but the only free members of the race are Andromedans)
 * [[file:Arnasminipic01.png|50px]] - The 
 * [[File:LequianP.png]] - The s (not native)
 * [[File:MiniRapid.png]] -  The Rapidox
 * [[File:MiniTerratrix.png]] - The Terradixan
 * [[File:MiniSilicon.png]] - The Silicon Lifeforms
 * [[File:MiniZaretian.png]] - The Zaretians (not native)

Crepusculum
Crepusculum was a flourishing segmentum in times of Confederacy. Vartekians had a large amount of colonies here, and took many native civilisations like, Artharons or under their wing, turning them into protectorates. Since the fall of Confederacy, however, many things have changed.

Without the Vartekian rule, civilisations who were once protectorates of the Vartekians quickly started to expand and conflict with each other, resulting in new conflicts like Second War of Twilight. It changed with the arrival of a new species in the galaxy - the species of zealots and mystics, the s. Led by their masters, the divine, they have started to form their empire in the segmentum Crepusculum, absorbing Fyrvrtha and nearly destroying most of the other civilisations here. At the same time, most of the native civilisations united and became, another powerful force in the segmentum, struggling to stop Radeons' crusade. Solonese Confederacy, at the other side, expanded and colonised more planets, taking over old Vartekian colonies and further increasing its influence. These three superpowers remain in the segmentum since then.

Notable Species
 * [[File:MiniAqualone.png]] - The Aqualones
 * [[File:MiniArnoan.png]] - The Arnoans
 * [[File:MiniCoalition.png]] - The Artharons
 * [[File:MiniColmar.png]] - The s
 * [[File:MiniFyr.png]] - The 
 * [[File:MiniHoibird.png]] - The Hoibirds
 * [[File:MiniImp.png]] - The Imperions (not native)
 * [[File:MiniKvorlan.png]] - The Kvorlans
 * [[File:MiniLevenis.png]] - The Levenis (not native)
 * [[File:MiniOmni.png]] - The s (not native)
 * [[File:MiniRaddoBoy.png]] - The s (semi-native)
 * [[File:MiniRazzit.png]] - The Razzits
 * [[File:MiniRyketian.png]] - The Ryketians
 * [[File:MiniSader.png]] - The s (semi-native)
 * [[File:MiniSolinkidor.png]] - The Solinkidors
 * [[File:MiniStalk.png]] - The s (not native)
 * [[File:MiniTelzoc.png]] - The  (not native)
 * [[File:MiniHolyTyrekian.png]] - The Tyrekians (not native)
 * [[File:MiniVK.png]] - The Val'Kar

Mechanicum
Segmentum Mechanicum contains the Galactic Core, previously inhabited by the Grox, as well as some space around it. Segmentum was originally colonised by Vartekians who have been conquering the Grox Empire, but now, new powers have claimed Mechanicum - among them, the deadly mechanised beings, Wentals. The northern area of Mechanicum is controlled by the Shellious.

Notable Species
 * Shellious avatar.png - The Shellious (not native)
 * [[File:MiniVentals.png]] - The Ventals
 * [[File:MiniWental.png]] - The  (semi-native)

Umbra
Segmentum Umbra is a strange, mysterious starcluster. It was never fully colonised or explored by Vartekians, and they have only left small research stations and bases there. In segmentum Umbra, large amounts of black holes, supernovae and spacetime anomalies are present, something which can't be explained by natural means. It is believed that the whole segmentum is located within some kind of "Essence field", which may explain strange events which always happened there. So far, only one civilisation is known to inhabit this deadly place: the fearsome.

Notable Species
 * [[File:Lor.png]] - Da z (not native)
 * [[File:MiniLoronKikra.png]] - Da  (not native)

Outer Andromeda
Outer Andromeda's rim is the least populated sector of Andromeda, but it contains two deadly and dangerous empires there:
 * [[File:MiniShkaTun.png]] - The  (not native)
 * Species of Starmaster Alliance (not native)

Adnihilo Irritum Sector

The Adnihilo Irritum Sector is the previously inhabited area by the Xhodocto from 18100 BC up until about 6 years prior to the end of the War of Ages, although some of the technology has been present since 23000 BC, by unexplained circumstances. The area was also largely inhabited by the Congregation until it was dissolved. Approximately 71.6 million systems were under the Xhodocto's control (71,579,100 is an accepted number, although it may differ between 1 or 2 million, as no one has ever entered that area), and ~99% of the planets have since been untouched under fears of a spontaneous Xhodocto ambush. Rumors are that the Xhodocto still possibly inhabit that area under the reasons of intimidating other inhabitants. Other rumors include that Xhodocto technology is still present there, and other rumors are that there are secret Cult of the Deathmarch territories there. Considering this particular area has not been interacted with for 25000 years, all of these rumors are probable.

Inhabitants
Andromeda Galaxy is home to many civilisations, from good to evil, from strong to weak.


 * Gray:
 * Light Blue: - 20 million systems
 * Purple:
 * Orange:
 * Yellow: Kazaru System Alliance (Native)
 * Red:
 * Green:
 * Light Green:
 * Dark green:
 * Dark purple: - 2,314,121 systems
 * Dark orange: - 4,130,940 systems
 * Blue: - >1,220,670 systems
 * Electric blue:
 * Black & white: Xhodocto Presence (Until 2760 AD) - 71,579,100 systems

Quotes
"After losing Deus Rift, Andromeda became a new haven for us, a promised land. It is our home and we shall protect it for eternity."

"I sense a good potential there... My mistress will be pleased when I shall conquer the whole Andromeda with my new armies at my command."

"DA ANDROMEDA FOR DA LORONZ!"

- Warboss Gar'dakkra

"A glorious galaxy, a galaxy of war and blood! It is our home, our home we do not want to share with invaders! We shall protect it from the usurper rats, for our glory honor, for our wives and children, for our fathers and like our fathers before us!"

- Margrave Fela'thoran of

"Must... Protect... Ardenta..."

"We have forsaken our home. Forsaken, but not forgotten. Soon, we shall return. At last, Attzerry will be ours again..."

- King Grochius II

"...Life...Ardenta...LIFE...ARDENTA..."

- Unknown

"Let this galaxy burn."

"Andromeda is the Imperium's heart and home, we will defend her from any and all usurpers, we will protect her against all who would sow chaos in order. Long-live the Draconid Imperium."

"I wonder... this place seems perfect for spreading my influence."

"That... is one HELL of a galaxy."

- of the

"This shall be the FIRST galaxy in our path of destruction. Too much influence...too much..."

- Xhodocto

"We do not deserve to be here in orbit of this Galaxy. Get us back where we were!"

- Emperor Kies of the Kraw

"The empires here would do alot better if they colonize what is already in their territory, instead of taking more usless space that would get them the attention they don't want."