Date System
ICly speaking the Empire of Thrashia has recently changed galaxies, uprooting it's citizens to try and find a safer place in the greater universe. Starting from the day in which the first migration fleets arrived at their new home in the Beta Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy, a new calendar was adopted as well as a dating system. This system is known as the 'New Imperial Era', with the year starting at '1'. It then goes by day-month-year. Such that [23.4.001] would be the twenty-third day of the fourth month of the first year of the New Imperial Era.
Current and Active Threads & Additional Links
In Pursuit of Knowledge
- A science, exploration, and diplomatic character rp where my empire is sending out Trek-like missions to explore the new Beta Quadrant and beyond.
Birthed of Tragedy and Violence
- A personal character rp that is developing details about my nation on a PoV perspective, exploring my use of 'the Force' from SW in my nation, and developing PCs that are important for future stories and rps on NS.
Beyond Borders and Schadenfreude
- Just recently finished (in most terms), was this RP where the Empire of Thrashia had intended to annex former territories belonging to the North Mackian Empire, that had fallen into chaos due to galaxy-wide migrations and piratical activity. After helping to fend off said pirates, the resurgent North Mackians were given back their planetary system.
The Grand Migration - The New Era
- The thread where my nation ICly makes its way back into the Beta Quadrant for the first time in (IC) centuries as a major power.
A Friendly Visit
- A diplomatic thread between the Thrashian Empire and several other powers within the Beta Quadrant.
Red Moon Rising
- An outbreak of the Karax virus erupts in an Imperial border system.
Thrashia's IIwiki Page
Territory & Maps
Map of the Thrashian Empire's Major Systems and Sectors
Imperial Naval Headquarters | Macht-Bastion City | New Bastion/Imperial Center
23.1.001 NIE
Admiral Ishin Koga took off his service cap and tucked it into his belt. Most of the officers filing into the room did likewise. It was summer time on this part of New Bastion and even with the air conditioning it was still humid. Admiral Chiraneau was visibly and profusely sweating. Koga smiled at his opposite number. “You'll get use to it, soon enough.”
“I'd rather be back aboard my ship,” grunted Chiraneau.
“No wonder the ground pounders make fun of us Navy guys,” smiled Koga, “We always want our climate-controlled starship bridges instead of anything else.”
“They're more than welcome to this swelter,” groused Chiraneau. The other, junior, officers around them all chuckled and made noises of agreement.
The briefing room had a holo-projector table in the center. Koga motioned to one of his men to get it online. Within moments, the New Bastion system was floating in mid-air before them. Koga nodded toward it and began his brief as the other officers began sitting in the raised seating surrounding the projector.
“So, here is the center of all our operations – our regional capital...well, I guess it's Imperial Center now,” began Koga. That garnered a small laugh from the officers. “New Bastion. It is in what has been designated as the R-V Sector. When we arrived in this Milky Way Galaxy, we adhered to a local tradition of dividing up the galaxy according to a grid system of mapping.”
As he spoke, the image of the New Bastion System was replaced with a galaxy wide, wide angle image – graph lines crisscrossing it. It zoomed in onto the R-V sector of space in what the projector was labeling the 'Beta Quadrant'.
“Surprisingly, while they have fewer sectors than we are use to back in the home galaxy, the density of systems within a single sector is much higher. Within the R-V sector alone, we have 20,349,000 star systems; but of those, only a little less than a few thousand have naturally habitable planets. If you check section A, sub-section 1-1 on your datapad brief packets, you'll find a list of them. We've colonized half of those within the R-V sector and patrol the other half regularly. The other systems are barren star systems - empty and useless for settlement, but good for industrial purposes.”
Chiraneau looked up from his datapad. “Two hundred star systems isn't going to be enough for proper settlement...not by a long shot. We've hundreds of trillions of beings that will be flooding into here.”
“Yes, we've been aware of that problem,” nodded Koga. The holomap increased in size, showing surrounding sectors of space around the R-V Sector. “Which is why we've also mapped out and investigated nearby sectors of space. If you will, gentlemen and gentlewomen, check through Section B of your brief packets, you'll see the number of sectors, habitable systems each contains, etc.”
“Eleven full sectors...” Chiraneau was impressed. “On average 500-1,000 habitable systems, a further five thousand that could be made habitable with terraforming...this could work.”
“In terms of settlement, yes, and the new Settlement Bureau can handle the fine details” agreed Koga. “But it makes our job that much more difficult, or at least more complex. Now, we've established regular patrols in all these sectors, predominantly with probe droids. Practically half of the Beta Quadrant has, by now, been seeded with holonet transceivers, so you could be in the next quadrant over and expect your message to reach New Bastion within a relatively short amount of time.”
“What about the ansible technology?” asked a vice admiral sitting next to Chiraneau. Lacroix was looking at Koga closely.
“We've all had it for some time, but haven't made use of it except in extreme situations,” replied Koga. “You knew this as well as we did, seeing as how it was old Parlim and then the Colonials who gave us that technology. We just simply haven't used it, except strategically.”
“We'll definitely be using it more,” said Chiraneau with finality. “What defensive plans have you formulated?”
“Each sub-sector, at least in the R-V sector, has a deep space, secretly located naval base. Think of it as a way station for the Navy forces in the area. They're quite nice, really. R&R facilities, stores, restaurants, bars -- you name it, they got it. But they also act as assembly areas. Each deep space station, DSS, has an Enemy Action Response Team – or EART – ready to go within less than thirty minutes. Those ships not on patrols, R&R, or refit usually take rotation as part of an EART.”
“And I assume it's been tested?”
“Down to the minute. We faced a few major incursions from a rogue migration of pirates, known as the Ravagers, recently. The EARTs managed to keep more than six colonies from being ransacked.”
“Casualties?”
“Minimal, mostly civilian ships that didn't run away in time. Each colony is provided with a planetary-grade shield generator in return for tax deductibles on Imperial goods sold to the colony. I'm told it's profitable in the long run. Either way, it forces a lot of enemy forces to face us in space.”
“We won't be able to count on that for the near future,” said Vice Admiral Lacroix. “We don't have nearly enough stock to give each planet we settle a shield generator. At least not on the planetary-grade.”
“It was something we expected,” countered Koga, as if he had been waiting for the vice admiral to voice these words. “And have therefore been furiously training the EARTs. With the addition of the entire Imperial Navy now in the Beta Quadrant, I'm quite confident that we can keep any planet from being subject to occupation – though they may suffer in the initial attack.”
Chiraneau nodded. “That will be unavoidable, unfortunately. But necessary for now. I applaud your efforts, Admiral Koga – you and your men have prepared well.” The officers around Chiraneau bobbed their heads in agreement and an impromptu round of applause broke out. Koga smiled and gave a dramatic bow, creating more chuckles.
Koga adjusted the holo-projector again. “If you look now in your brief at Section C...”