Depths of Space: Untold Past [OOC/OPEN/SPIN-OFF]

[The V O I D]

Depths of Space: Untold Past
IC | Main Thread OOC

Space. The galaxy. Civilizations. They have all been around for billions of years, beginning and ending: stories unfold and all have a beginning, middle, and an end.

We know the stories of Humanity, and other civilizations that existed along with them. But what of the Civilizations of the past? What is their story? The story of the Past is just as important as the story of the Present, or even the Future.

For, all stories have a beginning. If it were not for beginnings; there would be no story.

This is the story of the Past - the Past which binds us all together, whether we know it or not.

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Yes, yes - it's finally here! My spinoff Depths of Space RP. Welcome to the Untold Past. This RP takes place pretty much one billion years give or take prior to humanity's evolution on Earth, as well as much before some other civilizations that exist in the Uncertain Future. Nonetheless, I'm sure you want to get on with it, so I'll just mention a few things first.

The Oligarchy:
Void [OP/Me] - Fuhrer, Lord, and Master of this thread; Co-OP on the main one.
Moscow - Co-OP of this thread, and the OP of the main one.
Spindle - Another Co-OP.
Gambia - Yet another Co-OP.

Rules:
I. The Oligarchy as shown above have absolute authority. This ain't a democracy [well, it sort of is, but not really]. Whatever the Oligarchy says, goes.
II. No Godmodding.
III. No Metagaming.
IV. Don't be a dick.
V. No humans allowed- this takes place much before they evolved. So this should be obvious.
VI. General NS Rules
VII. Have fun.

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Application Form:
Nation Name: The Zhaan Imperium
Flag: Imperial Flag.
Government Type & Information: Semi-Constitutional Monarchy.

• Head of State: High Queen Varhees Xaanos
• Head of Government: Lord-Imperator Asuzin Khaanah
• Legislature [Upper and Lower Houses]: Imperial Council: The Council of Lords [Upper House]; The Council of Generals [Lower House].
• Judiciary: The Imperial Courts of Justice
• Bonus Info: The Lord-Imperator, also known as an 'Emperor', is head of government and has some powers of the head of state as well. Essentially, he pretty much has all executive authority, as well as minor influence for legislative due to his status as being also considered a Lord. However, the Council of Lords, depending on the systems involved, is elected into office, except for the Lord-Imperator and a few other Lords, who have hereditary positions. The High Queen is a figurehead, but also holds a lot of executive power, especially if the military is concerned.

Population: 12 Trillion.
Systems Owned: 200.
Species Type & Information: Humano-Insectoid.

• Appearance: Zhaan.
• Biology: The Zhaan have a thick exoskeleton that acts as a set of almost natural armor. Their exoskeleton is colored based on class, nobility, warrior status, etc. and can be shed to change colors when a class chance occurs. The Zhaan also have the ability to use blade-like stingers that come out of their primary-arms as weapons. Their physiology is otherwise similar to primate-like organisms.
• Extra Information: Zhaan have a lifespan of about 1500. Queen-class Zhaan, especially High Queen class, can live twice as long.

Military: 120,000,000,000.
History: The Zhaan Imperium has arisen from a very warrior-based, hive-like culture of the Zhaan. The Imperium was brought together via the Unification Wars, of which High Queen Xaanos and Lord-Imperator Khaanah were the victors. The Imperium has been expanding ever since, growing Hiveworlds as well as Hivecities and such on many worlds. Queens act as female 'Lords' of sorts, and are usually not considered true Lords. They usually are mated with a Lord, and thus have influence in government, however; and thus, a Lord's designated section of governance is also somewhat controlled by a Queen. The High Queen is in charge of all Queens and Lords for intents and purposes, with exception to the Lord-Imperator, who is pretty much her equal.

The Zhaan Imperium is one of the most, if not the most, powerful galactic civilizations as far as they are aware. They have made contact with other civilizations before, but they have yet to meet one stronger than them. The Zhaan Imperium are somewhat territorial, although they are agreeable enough that they will be peaceful with other species; their militant culture, however, means that an extreme offense will more likely than not result in war. The Imperium has been standing strong for many millenia.

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There ye go! That's pretty much everything.

[The V O I D]

Accepted Nations:
The Zhaan Imperium
Toridani Programming Collectives
The Seventh Kingdom
The Yorgu Empire
The Roshyn Collective
The Pratorian Brotherhood
The Imperial Clans
The Enlightened Arkesimeus Collective

[The V O I D]

RESERVED FOR GALACTIC MAP UPDATES AND SUCH.

[Hillary Clinton 2016-2024]

Tags for interest.

[GlobalControl]

Application Form:
Nation Name: Toridani Programming Collectives
Flag:

Government Type & Information:

• The Primary Mind: Sorbost The Great Lord
• Military Minds: Hezen the War Mind, Verigo the Axis Mind
• Dimensional and Time Minds: The Restorative mind, The Gatelords
• Worker-Builder Minds: Zor the Builder Mind, Tor the Digger Mind, Gor the Fabricator mind
• Bonus Info: The minds each control there own programming collectives, each of which is dedicated to one specific task, for example the Digger Mind leads the Miner collective, that digs holes, harvests ores, and other industrial workings, with other worker-builder collectives. Military Collectives serve to fight all threats or expand there borders. The Minds are all linked together, and function as one entity.
  
  The Vex use space ships, but its exclusively for defense. They instead use Warp Gates to get around there space. However they do sometimes invade planets with space craft. They can take and transform entire planets into massive computers, but its take thousands of years to be done. Only one planet has actually been fully assimilated, over three thousand years.
  
  

Population: 7.89 Trillion
Systems Owned:145
Species Type & Information: Robotic

• Appearance:
  
• Biology: Toridani have only three biological components:
  A Heart, and a circulatory system. There blood, is actually a white substance that carries both Nutrients, and body repairing Nano robots
• Extra Information: Tori have no biological brain, but instead have a positronic one.
  They stand an Average of 6 feet in high, but Heavies stand at 8 feet, and Ultra Heavy's at 9. Ranged models are 6 feet in height. Programming Minds varying in height.

Military: 38 Billion

ships:

The Predator is the main warship for the collective, capable of withstanding and dishing out immense punishment. It has 20 Plasma torpedo tubes, 56 Point Defense turrets, 20 Long range anti ship artillery guns. It has no shields, but instead has hardlight projectors to stop incoming ordinance, though these drain power to a great degree. The ship is nearly 3 kilometers in length, and because of this it has a very slow max. speed. Its armor is lacking on the back side of the ship.

The Judicator is a massive, nearly 13 kilometer long warship built to destroy entire armadas of thousands in long, brutal campaigns. These ships are durable, strong, and are made with the Shear hatred of the Toridani of other lifeforms. They are equipped with 600 heavy plasma torpedo tubes, 675 anti-ship artillery cannons, 1200 light plasma lances. It has seven hanger bays, that carry a total of seven hundred fighter craft. It has extremely strong shielding.
This ship type is not the most common, but is indeed the strongest of them all, and can dominate any space based battlefield with ease. These are built for long space based campaigns and planetary defense on massive scales. They are a force to be reckoned with.

The ship's draw backs however are numerous. Its rear Armor is not as thick as the frontal armor, as the frontal armor is meant to ram ships. The shielding absorbs energy, so if enough punishment is done to the shields at one time, they could be taken down from an overload. Its shear size and mass means its engines do not propel it at nearly the speed of the Predator. Its bridge, unlike the Predator, is exposed, but is well protected by numerous hardlight projectors.

The Dragonfly is a fighter less than 20 meters in length and 30 in wingspan. It is built for supporting ground troops and dominating space. Its weapons include a two wing mounted plasma cannons, and a plasma missile launcher.

History:
The Precursors, the original Toridani, are the founders of the Programming collective. Unlike the current, bipedal generation, the Precursors were Tripods and only 5 feet in height. When the Precursors began rapidly changing to accommodate a more militaristic ideology, they phased out the tripodal models and brought in the early Bipedal models, the Descendants. The Precursors and Descendants evolved together, however the Descendants eventually formed a programming collective of there own in a coup against the Precursors. a Long, century long war erupted and what followed afterwards was the destruction of the Precursor models and the ascendance of the Descendants to the ruling type of Toridani.

The Descendants experimented with time travel and teleportation technology, then built the current generation of Toridani, of which absorbed the Descendants and turned them into the new precursors. The current generation spent hundreds of years developing and testing new models of Toridani and equipping them with different weapons and even shielding. The creation of the Ultra Heavy and Heavy Chasis of the Toridani was done during this time period.

Over the next few thousand years, the Toridani would expand out in massive numbers, destroying entire planets in a massive interstellar crusade to conquer the entirety of a Nebula they call "The Holy Pillars of Creation", until they eventually conquered the majority of the Nebula. There fleets are now on a crusade towards the galactic center, trying to find a sister nebula to there own called the "Pillars of Negation".

(participating in the main rp as The Domain/Domain Insurrection)
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[Ava Ire]

Application Form
Nation Name: The Seventh Kingdom (official name), though they are sometimes referred to as the Worldbuilders, or The Invisibles.
Flag: The Seventh Kingdom does not have an official flag, however there is a symbolic banner by which other members can recognize each other.
Government Type & Information: Absolute Monarchy

• Head of State:
  
• Head of Government: SEE ABOVE
• Legislature: The Imperial Hive
• Judiciary: The Council of Seven
• Bonus Info: Empress Reina belongs to the House of the Spiraled Sun, an all-powerful dynasty that has been ruling over Ulndar for the past 2,000 years.

Population: Exact numbers unknown, however it is known there are at least 1 trillion "Invisibles" in the galaxy.
Systems Owned: 177 in total.
Species Type & Information: Mostly humanoid.

• Appearance:
  
  
  
• Biology: A Xehari, also known as an Invisible, usually stands at an intimidating 7 ft tall, and are characterized by their dark flesh and pure white, almond-shaped eyes. They are somewhat mystical and very soft-spoken, and typically don't talk above a whisper, however an Invisible can raise their voice if need be. Though slightly feminine in appearance, the Invisibles are truly without gender, and all members of the species are capable of impregnating others and being impregnated. Their bodies are almost always covered by long, flowing, elegant robes, and their faces are typically concealed by a mask.
  
  
• Extra Information: Worldbuilder technology is well known and highly advanced, to the point where it has begun to almost resemble magic, though there is no magical quality in their technology whatsoever. They got their famous namesake from their occasional pastime of constructing entire planets and solar systems, and then experimenting on them before leaving the planets to evolve on their own. It is unknown how many of these "Artificial Systems" are in existence, though they are numerous. Also, there is extensive rumor and wild legend that the Xehari people are part machine, but no clear evidence exists to support this claim. There are even individuals who believe that the Invisibles are "spirits" from another universe. However the Xehari vehemently deny this outlandish claim, and it is more than likely that the Xehari are of biological, galactic origin.

Military: 10,000,000,000 est.

History:
The civilization known as The Seventh Kingdom first appeared on the greater galactic stage some 2,000 years ago, from a place near the center of what is now called the Milky Way. Their origins are a mystery, though the Invisibles claim that they are of this galaxy. Their history as an interstellar species began with the conclusion of the White War, which saw the end of a 4,000 year old dynasty on the planet Ulndar, the current Homeworld of The Seventh Kingdom. From there, the House of the Spiraled Sun took control of Tangis, the capital city. The Council of Seven was founded alongside the Imperial Hive, and later declared the Charter of Universal Xehari Rights.

During the centuries that followed, those of The Seventh Kingdom would begin to rapidly expand from their lowly Homeworld, conquering entire star systems in a quest for resources. Over two millenia they set out on a campaign to build their own worlds from scratch, and it was during this time period that The Seventh Kingdom began to establish itself as a major galactic superpower. It would exert its strength and influence from its many colonies that dotted what they referred to as the Outer Galaxy, where the other major powers were situated.

The Seventh Kingdom is now undoubtedly a superpower, a vast empire not to be trifled with, though like any powerful nation it has weaknesses that could easily upset the balance they so long sought for. There is widespread fear and paranoia that, as the year of the Black Star draws ever closer, the Universe will end as according to ancient prophecy, which the Xehari fear will plunge the galaxy into an eternity of darkness. In order to combat this, the Imperial Hive has engaged in a top secret bio-project at the center of the galaxy, which they believe will stabilize the Milky Way in a "galactic darkness event."

RP Sample: SEE "Holy Empire" (I'm apart of the main thread).
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[The V O I D]

Both your apps look good. Accepted.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Robot samurai living on a Dyson sphere coming your way.

[The V O I D]

Robot samurai living on a Dyson sphere coming your way.

Sounds interesting. Can't wait.

[Utceforp]

Tag. Reserving an uplift-happy technocracy lead by a council of AI. Expect the aliens to be weird.

[The V O I D]

Tag. Reserving an uplift-happy technocracy lead by a council of AI. Expect the aliens to be weird.

They are going to be expected.

[Plzen]

Tag. I'm considering a robotic civilization.

I'm guessing that there is going to be some kind of Galactic Standard language and unit set to let all the voice-mammals, the radio-machines and the pheromone-emitting hive insects communicate, right?

[The Greater Gambia]

You know what? Tag for whenever I get burnt out and need a quick break from the main Rp.

Application Form:
Nation Name: The Yorgu Empire
Flag:
Government Type & Information:

• Head of State: Empress Jan'Shuun
• Head of Government: High Overseer Qul'Yaan
• Legislature [Upper and Lower Houses]: The Imperial Senate
• Judiciary: The Imperial Tribunal
• Bonus Info:

Population: 15 Trillion
Systems Owned: 200
Species Type & Information: Mainly humanoid

• Appearance:Yorgu
• Biology:The Yorgu are a very tall race, towering over many other races at 15 ft. They naturally have very long lifespans being able to go on a thousand years old, but with modern advances, they can go on indefinitely. They have blueish grey skin for males while females tend to be a light purplish color. Males have been known to have mains across the back of their slender and long necks while Females are completely hairless. The Yorgu have always been a frail race. In their antiquity, a bone fracture would be catastrophic and lead to death. While modern technology and medicine have helped them, they are not built for combat due to their passive grazing ancestry. They leave fighting to the Vassal species in exchange for their technology. This does not mean that the Yorgu cannot defend themselves, of course. They are capable of incredible psionic power and any species that has made it into space has proven to be able to take care of themselves.
• Extra Information:

• Appearance:Olanda
• Biology:
• Extra Information:

• Appearance: Toromore
• Biology:
• Extra Information:

• Appearance:Gonguut
• Biology:
• Extra Information:

Military: [1% of Pop Maximum] 150 Billion
History:

The Yorgu Empire is an old one. Founded 50,000 years ago when the Yorgu discovered a vast network of ancient alien facilities underneath the surface of their homeworld, skyrocketing their technological progress by 10,000 years. They soon expanded across the stars, colonizing systems and terraforming planets with ease. It wasn't long before they encountered other space faring nations. Of course, all of these first few contacts were hostile, but what the Yorgu lacked in strength and numbers, they made up for in technology and their vast AI armies.

The Yorgu thought they reigned supreme until the discovery of other Galactic Empires like the Zhaan and the Seventh Kingdom. Realizing they were not the most powerful player in the Galactic community,
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[The Empire of Pretantia]

Tag. I'm considering a robotic civilization.

I'm guessing that there is going to be some kind of Galactic Standard language and unit set to let all the voice-mammals, the radio-machines and the pheromone-emitting hive insects communicate, right?

Yeah, it's called English.

[Plzen]

Tag. I'm considering a robotic civilization.

I'm guessing that there is going to be some kind of Galactic Standard language and unit set to let all the voice-mammals, the radio-machines and the pheromone-emitting hive insects communicate, right?

Yeah, it's called English.

I meant, IC'ly.

This is set a billion years before humanity. Indo-European languages kind of aren't a big thing in this era of history.

[Ava Ire]

I'm guessing that there's gonna be some sort of galactic union or federation between the empires?

[The V O I D]

I'm guessing that there's gonna be some sort of galactic union or federation between the empires?

For this RP, the closest thing to a Concordat-esque inter-governmental agency would likely be the Galactic Trade Union, controlled by the various powers throughout the galaxy. A major banking clan from the Zhaan is likely one of the more influential parties. The Union is essentially a figurehead organization dedicated to regulating galactic trade, and legislating on what is or is not legal to trade between two nations or for the entire galactic community. Otherwise, there isn't really any inter-governmental organization to keep all governments in check.

As for the universal language, considering the position of the Zhaan, and that they are likely one of the top three powers--if not the number one power--the galactic standard calendar and language is probably based on Zha [the Zhaan homeworld] and Zhaan [their language, obviously].

[Ava Ire]

I'm guessing that there's gonna be some sort of galactic union or federation between the empires?

For this RP, the closest thing to a Concordat-esque inter-governmental agency would likely be the Galactic Trade Union, controlled by the various powers throughout the galaxy. A major banking clan from the Zhaan is likely one of the more influential parties. The Union is essentially a figurehead organization dedicated to regulating galactic trade, and legislating on what is or is not legal to trade between two nations or for the entire galactic community. Otherwise, there isn't really any inter-governmental organization to keep all governments in check.

As for the universal language, considering the position of the Zhaan, and that they are likely one of the top three powers--if not the number one power--the galactic standard calendar and language is probably based on Zha [the Zhaan homeworld] and Zhaan [their language, obviously].

For the Galactic Trade Union (GTU) I think it should be like our United Nations, where there are a small set of official universal languages (3 as of now) that are used, in accordance with the prominent powers that make up the GTU, though Zhaan might be the most widely used.

[The Greater Gambia]

For this RP, the closest thing to a Concordat-esque inter-governmental agency would likely be the Galactic Trade Union, controlled by the various powers throughout the galaxy. A major banking clan from the Zhaan is likely one of the more influential parties. The Union is essentially a figurehead organization dedicated to regulating galactic trade, and legislating on what is or is not legal to trade between two nations or for the entire galactic community. Otherwise, there isn't really any inter-governmental organization to keep all governments in check.

As for the universal language, considering the position of the Zhaan, and that they are likely one of the top three powers--if not the number one power--the galactic standard calendar and language is probably based on Zha [the Zhaan homeworld] and Zhaan [their language, obviously].

For the Galactic Trade Union (GTU) I think it should be like our United Nations, where there are a small set of official universal languages (3 as of now) that are used, in accordance with the prominent powers that make up the GTU, though Zhaan might be the most widely used.

The Yorgu Empire will be sort of a rogue state, rejecting the ways of "lesser nations".

[Ava Ire]

For the Galactic Trade Union (GTU) I think it should be like our United Nations, where there are a small set of official universal languages (3 as of now) that are used, in accordance with the prominent powers that make up the GTU, though Zhaan might be the most widely used.

The Yorgu Empire will be sort of a rogue state, rejecting the ways of "lesser nations".

The Invisibles would probably consider the Yorgu themselves to be a "lesser nation," though would treat them as equal trading partners.

[GlobalControl]

The Toridani are going to focused on aggressive expansion of their empire to encompass more than just the Pillars of Creation, so they are not going to act peacefully towards most they meet, unless given a reason otherwise.

[The Orson Empire]

Application Form:
Nation Name: Roshyn Collective
Flag: Their is no official "flag" of the Collective, but the Collective is often represented by silver color. The color is symbolic of unity among the Collective.
Government Type & Information: Hive Mind

• Head of State: N/A
• Head of Government: N/A
• Legislature [Upper and Lower Houses]: The various queens telepathically communicate with one another in order to make important decisions about the Collective. Otherwise, the Collective is generally decentralized.
• Judiciary: None. While crime is virtually non-existent in the hives themselves, if a queen goes rogue and threatens the entire Collective, the other queens can choose to form a coalition against the rogue queen to stop them.
• Bonus Info:

Population: 14 trillion
Systems Owned: 185 systems
Species Type & Information: Insectoid

• Appearance: Roshyn Workers, the most common of the Roshyn
• Biology:
  
  Roshyn Workers: The smallest of the Roshyn. They are on average 2 feet in length and 4 feet in height. They are the backbone of every colony, and are responsible for building and maintaining the colonies, growing food to feed the colony, constructing all of the technology used by the colony, building warships to defend the colony, etc. They are the least intelligent of the Roshyn, depending on the queens and lords for guidance.
  
  Roshyn Warriors: The warriors serve as the defenders of the colonies (though they may be used as workers if necessary). They are on average 3 feet in length and 5 feet in height. They have a much thicker exoskeleton than the workers in order to better protect them in combat, but they are often seen wearing armor over their most vulnerable areas (such as their heads). They have the ability to spit an acidic substance at their enemies strong enough to melt through the skin of most creatures. They are more independent than the workers.
  
  Roshyn Lords: The Lords are the elder males of the colony who can mate with the queens. They are larger than the warriors, being 4 feet in length and 7 feet in height. They are nearly fully independent (but still depend on direct orders from the queens). They can often be seen guiding workers and leading warriors in combat (they can also act as shock troops in combat).
  
  Roshyn Queens: The leaders of the hive. They can grow to be up to 30 feet in length and live in nests deep underground. They are able to lay a large amount of eggs in a short amount of time, starting entire Roshyn colonies within days. They carry the genetic memory of their mothers, allowing all queens to have collective knowledge which can be passed down to future queens and the other Roshyn. The queens are the most intelligent of the Roshyn and are fully sapient creatures, and the guide the other Roshyn using pheromones (for short-range communication) and psionic telepathy (for long-range communication). Due to their sapient nature, each Roshyn queen has their own individual personality and beliefs, which leads to differences between the various hives.
• Extra Information:

Military: Approximately 100,000,000,000 Roshyn Warriors
History: The Roshyn evolved thousands of years ago on their home world of Tarasha, a hot and humid world filled with massive jungles and a plethora of life. The planet was rife with danger and filled with many vicious creatures all competing against one another. The Roshyn became evolved in an evolutionary arms race with these creatures, eventually resulting in them becoming the dominant species of Tarasha. The Roshyn Queens evolved intelligence analogous to that of a human and used this to their advantage over the other inferior creatures on their world. The Roshyn species, like other species on their world were also psionic-sensitive, and the queens eventually developed the ability to communicate with the other Roshyn using telepathy.

The queens began organizing the other Roshyn into massive hives (analogous to human civilizations). Agriculture was discovered, which provided a much greater food supply for the Roshyn. After hundreds of years, the Roshyn entered an industrial revolution, and they eventually began to build starships to build more hives on the other planets in their home solar system. Some 600 years ago, the Roshyn discovered FTL travel after many decades of research, and have since colonized dozens of solar systems. Other intelligent species were discovered, but they were wiped out by the more militant queens, and their worlds were taken over by the Roshyn. The Roshyn have since made contact with the greater galaxy, but nevertheless present a major threat to the established galactic powers.
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[The V O I D]

Yorgu is accepted for future notice, despite the fact the history is not yet complete [or it looks incomplete]. The Roshyn is also accepted; the Roshyn seem like a slightly more insectoid, decentralized and hiveminded version of the Zhaan, which means the Roshyn and Zhaan might get along well due to their similarities in most aspects.

[The V O I D]

For this RP, the closest thing to a Concordat-esque inter-governmental agency would likely be the Galactic Trade Union, controlled by the various powers throughout the galaxy. A major banking clan from the Zhaan is likely one of the more influential parties. The Union is essentially a figurehead organization dedicated to regulating galactic trade, and legislating on what is or is not legal to trade between two nations or for the entire galactic community. Otherwise, there isn't really any inter-governmental organization to keep all governments in check.

As for the universal language, considering the position of the Zhaan, and that they are likely one of the top three powers--if not the number one power--the galactic standard calendar and language is probably based on Zha [the Zhaan homeworld] and Zhaan [their language, obviously].

For the Galactic Trade Union (GTU) I think it should be like our United Nations, where there are a small set of official universal languages (3 as of now) that are used, in accordance with the prominent powers that make up the GTU, though Zhaan might be the most widely used.

It will essentially act as a UN, but its legislative powers only effect trade primarily, and there are laws in place that forbid trade 'taking sides' via trade in war; if you aren't directly involved in a war between two of the Union's states, then you must continue trading with both and cannot pick sides. As for the Yorgu, trading with the other powerful nations would likely be beneficial, so they might want to join the Union if only for the benefit of getting access to things other than their own tech and such.

[The Orson Empire]

Yorgu is accepted for future notice, despite the fact the history is not yet complete [or it looks incomplete]. The Roshyn is also accepted; the Roshyn seem like a slightly more insectoid, decentralized and hiveminded version of the Zhaan, which means the Roshyn and Zhaan might get along well due to their similarities in most aspects.

Some of the Roshyn Queens may see an advantage in allying with your nation. However, the more militant queens may see an opportunity for conquest.