Fiction:Borealis Galaxy

"Hail our glorious galaxy!"

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The Borealis Galaxy (also known as Sculptor Galaxy, Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is a galaxy located in the Local Group of the First Gigaquadrant.

Archaic history
Borealis' distant past is mostly unknown. Being a young galaxy, it wasn't inhabitated by the, but a planet is rumoured to exist in it. The Grox colonized the galaxy 2 bilion years after its formation.

Early history


The galaxy evolved its two superpowers, the and the, and their rivalty would eventually lead to the galaxy's first galactic-wide war. This war damaged the galaxy greatly, extincting 63% of its space-faring inhabitants.



The Grox eventually made their move many years ago, with their plan of eradicating the galactic core of all competition. The Zoles Imperium attempted to stop them, but they were no match for the Grox's advanced technology. The core regions were destroyed by a swarm of Grox drones, which would later take these planets for themselves.

Recent history


When reality was engulfed in Hell during the March of the Apocalypse, the galaxy remained pretty much untouched. This is due to appearing and defending it from the  until the allies defeated Kamik'Shi. Until today, the citizens of Borealis are totally oblivious to the war.


 * Annihilation

During the Annihilation, the Borealis Galaxy disappeared in a gigantic blast of dark energy, presumaly teleported by The Junction. The galaxy returned months later, now as a part of the Local Group. Gyronic was detected when the galaxy returned, hinting the event was possibly related to the.


 * Fourth Ottzello War

In the end of the Fourth Ottzello War, the inhabitants of the Ottzello Sector were forced to abandon their territory and move to the Borealis Galaxy. A new Ottzello Sector was then created in the Arm of Knowledge to home these empires.

Arm of Knowledge
The Arm of Knowledge is home to most known empires of the Borealis Galaxy. This arm is the economic center of the galaxy, filled with usually benevolent empires who usually work together to make their own lifes better. The main superpower of this region is the.

Arm of Wildness
The Arm of Wildness is the mostly unknown part of the galaxy. This arm is dominated by criminals and space pirates. Since most of it remains unknown, many empires may exist in it, in secret. The main superpower of this region is the.

Center of Death
The Center of Death is the name given to the region of the Galactic Core of the Borealis Galaxy. This region was once filled with different empires, but it was ruined and conquered by the. Most empires stay away from it for security reasons.

Arm of Memories
The Arm of Memories was the third arm of the galaxy, formerly being home to a large number of empires and inhabitated by empires. The entire arm was destroyed by when they decided to demonstrate their power. This event traumatized the entire galaxy, to the point many minor species decided to leave their empires behind and fled the galaxy.

Grim Reaper Sector
The Grim Reaper Sector is the nexus of The Junction in the First Gigaquadrant, located in the very end of the Arm of Wildness. Entering this region is complete and utter suicide to even the most advanced Tier 1s. The Junction maintains this region with extreme xenophobism and violence to anything. Not even allied empires are allowed to enter this region.

Ottzello Sector
The Ottzello Sector is a sector located in the Arm of Knowledge, created by the Taldar after the, the and the  were forced to leave the Milky Way. The sector has a large concentration of Gyronic, which attracts attention from other empires. The sector is said to be watched and protected by The Junction.

Inhabitants
Native empires:


 * - A benevolent, honoured and large empire of knights (1,262,500 colonies)
 * - A malevolent empire of thieves, rivals of the Zoles Imperium (986,500 colonies)
 * - Guardians of the Core (6,500 colonies)
 * - The self-proclaimed "galactic police" (1,258 colonies)
 * - A friendly species of traders (965 colonies)
 * - A race of aggressive conquerors (862 colonies)
 * Borealis Zazane Empire - A subspecies of Zazane evolved in the Borealis Galaxy (648 colonies)
 * - A fairly new empire in the galactic community (128 colonies)

Extragalactic empires:


 * - 3,575 colonies
 * - 600 colonies
 * Dracogonarious Empire - 258 colonies
 * - 247 colonies
 * - 183 colonies
 * - 150 colonies
 * - 150 colonies
 * - 100 colonies
 * - 75 colonies
 * - 50 colonies
 * - 38 colonies
 * Kraw Empire - 30 colonies
 * - 10 colonies
 * Ottzello Sector inhabitants
 * Ottzello Sector inhabitants

Quotes
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Trivia

 * In original plans, the Borealis Galaxy would be located in the Second Gigaquadrant, but OluapPlayer though of it as a waste of time.