Creature:Centapedus

"Big bunch of smarty pants'"

-The Hermicee Legion

"Very generous people that are a credit to all of their allies."

-Jeckle Civilization

"Analysis: High potential, superior technology, higher brain function. Threat Level: High. Conclusion:NULL."

-The Grox Empire

Overview
The Centapedae Primus (which literally translates to "Original Centapedus" because of their multiple species) are an insectile race more commonly known as Centapedus. They are green with yellow stripes along their entire body. They have a small mace on the their tales, along with several spines on the head. They have large mandibles and four arms, two strong arms (upper) and two small, skinny, and weak arms (lower). All of their characteristics are shared by all subspecies of their kind. The Centapedus have evolved on a rather large planet known as Blrince, the planet that all subspecies call home. The Centapedus have several subspecies which are the Firepedus, Crystalpedus, Spikeupedus, Spined Centapedus, Terapedus, Armorpedus, and the feared Gigapedus

Empire
The Centapedus have one of the largest empires in the galaxy. They are well known for being a great ally but as well as a devastating force to be reckoned with. They're empire is mainly traders. It is made up of them and they're subspecies. Each species in the empire play a different role. They control the outer parts of the galaxy but are moving closer to the center. It grows by buying other empires completely out or viciously attacking others. They have a grave dislike for Zealot and Warrior empires. They are friendly towards all other types of empires. The Centapedus make allies or enemies depending on the other empire's personality. If that empire is arrogant, boastful, or over confident, the Centapedus will wage war upon it. Much of their empire is actually built from fallen empires. They will defend their allies from any other empire, including defending them from the Grox. They're allies are almost completely protected, with Centapedus fighters patrolling all along the boundries of their empire and others. An Uber Turret is placed on almost every planet controlled by the Centapedus. This makes the ultimate defense. Most Empires have a lot more to gain if they ally the Centapedus.The exact number of allies out ways the number of enemies.

Expanding is one of the fastest things the Centapedus do. With their extreme intelligence, they have mastered the art of Terra forming. They can Terraform any T score0 planet to T score 3 just in a matter of minutes. They keep in their cargo a couple of species to fill in a food chain.

Clothing and Markings
The Centapedus take pride in their race. This is shown through their clothing. They wear certain parts of their armor according to what happens in the Centapedus history or in the history of their family unit. The Centapedus symbol is worn by all species of Centapedus (except the Gigapedus). Their symbol is a simple, three sunsets, one on top facing upward and two others facing each other witch sort of resembles a beetle. This symbol is what makes all Centapedus apart of their empire. If this symbol is not worn or tattooed on, the one who doesn't have it on will not be part of the Empire and be banished never to return, not even if wearing the symbol once one comes back. The Gigapedus have their own symbol witch is greatly hated by all other Centapedus. The Gigapedus symbol is a shield with a ninja star shaped emblem in the middle. Strangely, it bares a similar appearance to the Hermicee symbol.

View on the Galactic Code
Though it may seem as if the Centapedus would uphold The Galactic Code, they are actually very rebellious towards this code. The code states "fairness for all interactions between empires", the Centapedus response "If we were to be fair to our enemies, that would lead us ever closer to certain destruction"-Centapedus Commander, Jargin. l Though the Centapedus do not obey the Galactic Code many empires do nothing to stop them, for they fear that they would begin a war with an ally that has been protecting them for many years. Many empires that do not know about the Centapedus in person, but still have heard about them stay away also because they most likely heard that Centapedus are merciless in combat. Though many empires would fear to start a war, the Centapedus would actually try to resolve the problem diplomatically and if that doesn't work than war will start.

War Tactics
Centapedus are extremely skilled in the art of combat. They have been known to bring five star empires to their knees within a few hours and they have a reputation of never taking prisoners. Once a war is declared, the Centapedus will not give up until the opponent is wiped out. Fortunately for most empires, Centapedus tend avoid conflict and usually resolve it by using diplomatic means. When at war, the Centapedus use massive attacks to capture several planets at once. If one planet is successfully defended by the opposition, then the Centapedus will send another squad of ships from another captured planet. Once all planets have been captured (except for the home planet), they will ask the enemy to surrender one last time. If the enemy refuses, than the Centapedus will gather hundreds of ships and assault the planet. When doing this Centapedus will use powerful weapons such as the Anti-Matter Missiles and Anti-Matter Bombs.

Homeworld
Blrince is the home world of the Centapedus and their subspecies. It is a rich, lush T3 planet with a turquoise pigment in it's soil, this pigment is caused my a chemical released into the soil by a single celled organism, native all around the planet. Its plant life are usually fungal shaped, with mushroom like caps and gills on the top of each tree, bush, or grass. Life isn't as common as you'd think it would be on such a planet. Forests are scarce and flat lands are bountiful. Organisms have developed blue pigment to match their environment. Many Centapedus believe that the number of animals outnumbers plant life. Most animals that live on Blrince have developed insectile features, mammal like creatures are very rare. Though it is a T3 planet it has fairly dry weather and lack of oxygen, but the creatures of blrince have found a way around this problem for they have developed two sets of breathing organs, one the size of a football, the other the size of a human fist. The "football sized one" is the lungs wich take in oxygen, while the "fist" is an organ known as a Cordogak (cor-duh-gak) this takes in methane, which makes up 35% of the air in Blrince.

The Falling Age
The Falling Age is a time when the Centapedus were still beginning the Tribal parts of their species and were just beginning to understand their existence. They were primitive, Adaptable and able to hunt with great ease. Then out of nowhere an outbreak of Controller Spiders appeared. The Centapedus had to kill tons of men, women, and children to control this out break. Many were forced to kill their own families, for controller spiders use the body and become very aggressive once they've found one. Many tribes were completely infested with controller spiders and their hosts, some tribes actually became secret nests. The Controller Spiders would infect several villagers and then hide before they are noticed and then begin to lay eggs to infect more and more Centapedus, thus creating a nest. oddly enough after over 12 years of fighting this menace, the infected Centapedus become less and less common. Soon just as fast as this happened, the infection vanished without a trace. To this day many are stilled puzzled by why this happened and how it disappeared just as quickly.

Exile of the Gigapedus
For many years, tension between all subspecies of Centapedus and the Gigapedus was extremely high. The Gigapedus have always thought that superior gentetics should rule over all others, while all other subspecies especially the Crystalpedus, thought that all should be equal. The Gigapedus thought that any baby that had physical disabilities or was mentally challenged, was not worthy, so the they tossed them out of the hatcheries. The Centapedus did not know they were doing this for quite some time. They did not know why the babies were disappearing or how. On one day while a mother went into the local hatchery she caught them stealing her young. For a while the Centapedus thought that it was only this particular Gigapedus who was taking them. Soon more were caught. That's when the Crystalpedus accused all Gigapedus of being Octauragawd's (the Centapedus devil) minions. This angered the Gigapedus, and so they started to murder the Crystalpedus. Soon the entire planet was abuzz with rumors about the Gigapedus. Soon they found evidence of what the Gigapedus were planning. They were planning to take over the entire Centapedus government. That's when war started. All Centapedus along with their subspecies were at war with the Gigapedus. The war lasted over 130 years. Until all Gigapedus were driven out of the cities. Once space technology was invented, the Gigapedus were banished from Blrince and forced out of the empire. The Gigapedus became bandits in space. They started raiding other empires and laying waste to civilizations. They grew and began to attack the Centapedus once they're empire was big enough. Soon the Gigapedus became an ally to the evil Hermicee Legion. This angered the Centapedus even further. This led to more war. Both empires are still currently at war.

Project S.F.L
Two years after the Gigapedus were banished, the Centapedus started to search for intelligent life. So far all colonies that were placed were on barren planets. The Centapedus were starting to become lonely and felt that there is no one else in the galaxy that was intelligent. After six years of construction and planning, the Centapedus launched a massive search, of over twenty thousand ships were sent out across their star cluster to search for any intelligence. Years of searching turned up nothing. They were not discouraged by this. They launched probes to search the star cluster. Soon one probe started catching strange radio signals, the Centapedus were excited about the whole thing. They started to launch even more probes to the area, and they picked up the signals too. The Centapedus knew they were on to something. Soon a ship was launched to search the area. The ship had one of every subspecies aboard it, and had a small radio on board to pick up the transmissions. As the ship neared it's destination the radio started to pick up signals. Unfortunately the ship could not find the exact planet or star where it was coming from. After many years of searching a strange object was spotted hovering over the colony Dvoiv. A signal came down. It was a message from a space faring empire. It said "Greetings we've seen your ships hovering above our colony. We didn't know who you were or why you didn't contact us. We are the Richer Empire and we welcome you into our territory under one condition. You buy at least one thing from our Bazaar!". This became known as Project S.F.L or Search For Life.

Fluor Fiend Wars
After about 200 years in the galaxy, the Centapedus encountered their first real threat. A five star empire known as the Fluor Fiend Empire. The war began when their allies, the Calerby, contacted the Centapedus for help and that the Fluor Fiend were attacking. The Centapedus responded by successfully defending colony. The Fluor Fiend counted that as an offense against them. They declared war upon the Centapedus. They soon attacked several Centapedus colonies at once. The Centapedus Military Rulers (CMR) was outraged by this and demanded to attack at once. During this war the Centapedus government was weak, so many decisions were not wise. The CMRs' decision was not approved by many of the Centapedus branches and citizens. The Fluor Fiend continued their relentless attacks. This angered the CMR even further. The WRO (Weapons Research Organization) soon found a new break through in proton weaponry, the Mega Proton Missile, and the new Justa Bomb. These new weapon breakthroughs allowed the Centapedus to fight back. Soon the Fluor Fiend attacked the Centapedus home world, Blrince, taking thousands of lives and two cities. This was the final straw. The CMRs' decision was now approved. With this new technology, the Centapedus viciously took back all captured colonies. The Centapedus also called upon the help of three allies, The Vectron, The Calerby, and The largest in the star cluster, the mighty Richers. All three empire fleets joined the Centapedus in the final assault upon their home world. The Fluor Fiend Empire pleaded for mercy and even offered to give them 1,000,000 spore bucks, but the Centapedus denied the offer and savagely attacked the every city. Without taking prisoners, the Centapedus wiped the Fluor Fiend off the face of the galaxy.

Introduction of the Hermicee
Several hundred years after the Flour Fiend wars, the Centapedus were starting to mysteriously lose contact with some of their ships, never to be seen again. They soon designated a nearby nebula as a cause due to the high levels of radiation detected from it. The Centapedus simply avoided that region of space, but it never seemed to solve the problem. It actually seemed to worsen it, as the "danger zone" was growing ever larger. Soon one of the Centapedus' allied races, the Vectron, complained about a planet being attacked by an unknown threat. The Centapedus assured the Vectron that it was going to be looked into. The Centapedus just saw the situation as a Grox raid. The "Grox raids" became worse, until the first Vectron planet that was attacked was destroyed. The planet itself wasn't destroyed, but it was heated to massive temperatures. The planet was known as "The Flaming Ball of Pink" due to it's pinkish color after the attack. This horrified the empires in the star cluster. The Centapedus set out an all out search for the culperate. Over 1,600 ships were sent out and only about 100 returned. None of the ships that survived knew what happened to the others. All they did know is that something was stalking them, and they were picking up blurry transmissions from creatures with very small and squeaky voices. Soon similar transmissions were picked up by other empires and the Centapedus' home planet, Blrince,. This worried the Centapedus. Then stories of a vicious empire known as the Hermicees were destroying other empires for pure entertainment. That startled the Centapedus and gave them a hunch that this was their mysterious destroyers. The Centapedus sent out a transmission asking "Why are you doing this?". Soon a mysterious ship with a peculiar shape arrived. That's when every screen on the planet Blrince appeared with a transmission from a short, stubby creature with several weapons surrounding it. The creature had a shell like structure upon his back. It said "We are the Hermicee Legion and we require that you pay us 40,000,000 moneez or you will suffer the same fate as your hideous allies. So PAY UP!". The Centapedus denied this request, but insisted to start a trade route saying that this will get them money and spice. The Hermicee Legion accepted their offer. The Centapedus soon saved their empire by creating an unstable relationship with the Hermicee Legion. They did this for the safety of their empire, but this did not garantee the safety of their allies, especially the Vectrons. Relations to this day are still going strong with the main Hermice Legion. Unfortunately do to the Hermicee's unstable empire, small groups of Hermicee constantly pillage Centapedus colonies. All the centapedus can do to counter this is just to defend. If they counter-attack, they will soon face the might of the entire legion.

Formation of the I.P.A.
Due to the knowledge of the Hermicee's destructive behavior, Commander Jargin formed the I.P.A. (Inter-planetary Protection Agency). The I.P.A., as it's name states, protects planets with sentient life forms from the hermicees' violent actions. This agency formed when Jargin had found out that their ally, the Vectron Empire, had finally been completely abolished from the galaxy. Jargin was saddened by the event and felt he could have made a difference if he had taken action earlier. Out of guilt, he decided to form the I.P.A. for the sake of smaller civilizations. His main goal was to protect lesser sentients that were still in the Civilization stage of their species. Their plead for help came from a planet called Elke. Little did Jargin know that this would be Jargin's biggest mission ever. The native species, known as Jeckles, were in danger of having a planetary genocide. This reminded Jargin about what he read in books on The Exile of the Gigapedus. This seemed all too familiar to him and he asked the consent of the Jeckle government. They said to keep things low until they needed help. Jargin quietly waited for the government to give him the signal.

The Genocide of Elke
Jargin after a month of waiting, finally got the signal to take action. The racist hate group, known as the Cydes were becoming extremely violent towards other Jeckles. They cut off routes to cities and waited for citizens to leave or starve. Jargin recruited specially trained Jeckles into the I.P.A. and planned their course of action. The first phase was to find out who was the one who had started the Cydes, and why they hate the mainstream population of Jeckles. The second phase being the killing of the leader or leaders. The final phase would be the collapse of the Cyde. Unfortunately, no one had any clue to who the leader of the Cyde was. Jargin was lost but didn't give up, he continued to push for answers. Soon the Cyde launched a full scale attack on Arkinath, they had killed every inhabitants there and what appeared to be strange is that there were giant footprints on the site of the battle, footprints only made by Tricephs. This set up a red flag for Jargin. The only Empire to get a hold on those loathsome beasts, are Hermicees. In that moment, Jargin realized the entire makings of the Cyde. The Hermicee were just using them to attract the attention of the I.P.A. to destroy them. The Cydes thought of the Hermicees as gods and obeyed them. Jargin couldn't find out what Hermicee clan was behind all this. Soon something strange appeared in a small Jeckle town, a body of what appeared to be a Jeckle with growths along it's back and razor sharp teeth. Something horrifying was going in the twisted minds of the Cydes. The Hermicee performed cruel experiments on their members and mutated them into horrible creatures. Jargin found that the Hermicee were planning to create a racial war between the Cydes and Jeckles, and in the chaos they would ultimately destroy Elke. Luckily Jargin had found a massive Hermicee base on Elke and obliterated it with an Anti-Matter Bomb. After this the Cydes died down and Hermicee interference seeemed to halt. But many Jeckle still believe the Cyde still exist and will rise again. When this happens, they will be under the watchful eyes of Jargin's I.P.A.

Enthorium's Siege on Elke
This unfortunate day started with everything as it should be. The Jeckles were listening to a speech from Commander Jargin himself. Meanwhile on Elke's nearest moon the Demiclaw Hermicee were planning a full scale assault on Shaunjun. Lord Enthorium DemiClaw waited for the Jeckles to feel safe in Jargin's presence. As Jargin was speaking about protecting the city from anything, one of his guards yelled "Incoming!". A massive Hermice Crusher ship passed over town hall, dropping canisters of Hermicee into the crowd of citizens. They had no mercy and began to shoot wildly into the crowd of onlookers. Dozens of innocent lives were killed and the Demiclaw just laughed as if they were in a playground. Jargin called for air support, but the area was too hot to land. He soon retreated deeper into the city and setup a blockade for resupply. After a few hours into the battle, the I.P.A. delivered all available units into the vicinity. Captain Stone and his defenses, continued to battle for the main hall, this would last several days until Lord Enthorium DemiClaw was defeated. After the passing of 3 days, new recruits were entered into battle. One particular captain was assigned to speak with Jargin. Jargin, who was still defending from his blockade, had to deliver a message to Captain Stone for more air support, but he couldn't send him the transmission because the Demiclaw were jamming the signals. Jargin assigned the young captain to manually deliver the message to Stone. Stone ordered his squad to destroy all heavy artillery. Once evacuated Stone sent the Captain back to Jargin to evacuate some stragglers. Enthorium was truly angered by the destruction of the Demiclaw's few artillery. He ordered the last of his remaining troops to push for the town hall. Stone had to call for backup as thousands of idiotic crustaceans poured in. "There was so much, I could hardly even breathe" - Captain Stone. Soon, Hermicee synths began to appear in the battlefield, and thats when the Jargisson device came in handy. The Jargisson device is anti-artillery and all it really requires is a good arm. The new captain threw the Jargisson Device at Lord Enthorium himself, killing the giant. With Enthorium dead, the Demiclaw retreated and were left in shambles, due to his premature attack. The Demiclaw are still said to roam the galaxy, waiting for the right time to strike back. Shaunjun was left in ruins and is still being reconstructed. The Demiclaw left a huge mark on the Jeckle society and mentally scarred many citizens with the horror of those 3 days.

Key Figures
In the Centapedus empire, there are several key figures in both military and social aspects of the Empire. They have made huge impacts on the empire and are highly honored in their life and death

Commander Jargin
Commander Jargin is described as blunt and naive, but he is also highly honored for the formation of one major intergalactic group, the I.P.A or Inter-planetary Protection Agency. Jargin's I.P.A has helped develop other empires and help them through difficulties without interfering with their development as a species. Jargin is also known for leading the defense of Elke from a Demiclaw Hermicee attack. He is a powerful military leader and excellent in the skills of combat. Unfortunately he is not celebrated for any of these and is in fact, most of the time, greatly despised by most of the C.M.R. for the sinking a massive sea vessel that was deliver supplies to the city of Kalacatis and unleashing the unspeakable horrors within the Crystal Ruins. Therefor Jargin is both honored and hated at the same time.

Officer Borphore
Officer Borphore is a deceased hero of the Centapedus. Borphore is a very unlikely hero though, he is a Gigapedus with good intentions. One day while he was on duty when he saw a Gigapedus breaking into a nursery and stealing a mentally ill child. He warned the mother about this treachery and arrested the Gigapedus who had kidnapped the child. Officer Borphore was honored for his bravery against one of his own kin, but little did he know his actions would lead him to greater achievements and ultimately the Exile of the Gigapedus. He was invited by his best friend to a Gigapedus party to celebrate his achievement. During this party Borphore over heard a conversation between two Gigapedus. As he listened he soon realized that they were starting a rebellion to take over the Centapedus government. He warned the officials, who soon took action. He was awarded once again a day later. Unfortunately that same night, he was murdered by the same two Gigapedus at the party. To this day Borphore is still revered by the Centapedus and his grave is heavily guarded. His words still echoe within the heads of many Centapedus "If they believe they are better than any of us, then let them keep those thoughts, but if they were to bring those harsh and cruel words to life, they're thoughts must seize! If they were better than they would think as equals, that is the key to superiority." - A speach from Borphore during his second award ceremony.

Lieutenant Irt
Speaking with a cockney accent, the Lieutenant has a very tall, Crystalpedus, structure, and does not hesitate to speak his mind. Quick-witted, with an attitude, he appears to also try to be humorous in unfunny situations, making fun of Captain Stone. He is a very valued technician in the Centapedus army and his greatest achievement being the creation of the Jargisson Device. The Jargisson Device revolutionized warfare against Hermicee synths. Though Irt invented the device, Jargin took partial credit for coming up with the name and the basic shape. Irt, him being as aggressive as he is replied "I broke my back so y'all could kill those damn bugs, but you wanna take some of my credit! Forget that!" unfortunately after much arguing, they decided on everything. Another contribution Irt planned was the construction of Centapedus "Eco-Zones' to help return life to planets that have suffered an Eco Disaster .His name was based off the word "Irk" most likely a reference to his attitude.

Commander Asheerie
Holding the same rank as Jargin, Asheerie has a kind, loving personality, though she is a bit clumsy. Her main goal is to stop the Gigapedus' reign over the Galaxy. Though she never seems to do anything about the much larger Hermicee threat. Unlike Jargin, Asheerie is loved by most of the empire and her hate for Gigapedus has led to most of her discoveries. Asheerie is a tall Millipedus and has a purple medallion around her neck that was given to her by her father. She keeps it and never takes it off to honor her father, who had died by the hands powerful Gigapedus warlord. This is where her grave hate for Gigapedus has surfaced and everyday she is learning something new about there plans.