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- SUPER DOMINIONS
-
- I. The History of the Empire
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- (excerpts from The Complete Imperial
- History, (C) 2998 by the Imperial
- University at Amalthea.)
-
- 2750 : It was the Age of Happiness. The Galactic Empire, now almost three
- hundred years old, controlled every habitable world in the galaxy. The
- Imperial Capital at New Earth (planet 31) was the greatest megopolis ever. The
- Imperial University at Amalthea brought together the most brilliant minds in
- history for the benefit of mankind. There had been no wars for almost seven
- decades. The massive Dreadnoughts of the Empire insured that peace would last
- forever.
-
- But that was two-hundred fifty years ago. In the year 2842, the Great
- Plague struck at the heart of the Empire. Trillions died. Entire planets were
- left lifeless after only a year. Emperor Koligar IV himself fell victim,
- leaving his three nephews to vie for the throne. What was to follow was the
- most destructive war the galaxy had ever known.
-
- The youngest nephew, Rjakar, quickly had his older brother Chiriton
- assassinated and then declared himself Emperor. Bayan, the third nephew, who
- had been exiled from New Earth in 2839 for political reasons, raised a navy
- from his supportive homeworld of Trantor, and with the help of several admirals
- in the Imperial Navy, attacked New Earth in 2844. By taking key planets close
- to the capital, Bayan was able to isolate New Earth from the rest of the
- galaxy. Rjakar held out for five years. In 2849, Bayan launched his final
- assault against his cousin. New Earth was pillaged, and the Imperial Palace
- was razed after Rjakar was captured. He was swiftly executed by Bayan's own
- hand.
-
- The seven years of civil war had destroyed the structure of the Empire.
- The plague had annihilated several worlds. Fear of the plague led to
- widespread xenophobia. Communication among worlds was rare. Space pirates,
- almost eliminated two hundred years earlier, reappeared overnight. With the
- Imperial Navy committed to the war at New Earth, and a galactic famine in
- progress, piracy was the only way, for many, to survive. Bayan's consolidation
- of power in 2851, along with the discovery of a cure for the plague in 2852,
- brought together almost half of the former Imperial Worlds. But Bayan had no
- interest in attempting to reinstate control over the devastated outer regions
- of the galaxy. Slowly, but surely, the bacchanalian lifestyle of Bayan and his
- court corrupted the remnants of the Galactic Empire. Trantor became a
- Sybarite's paradise as the new capital of the Empire. Bayan's descendants
- retained control of the Empire for seventy-five years after his death in 2861,
- with the decay of the Empire growing throughout.
-
- A revolt by Admiral Veqan of Aeci Alpha ended the rule of Trantor and
- Bayan's kin, returning the capital to New Earth. Veqan's rule saw the
- rebuilding of New Earth and the first expansion of the Empire since the
- Imperial Civil War. But his mysterious death in 2942, after only six years in
- power, ended all possibility of Imperial reconstruction.
-
- For the past fifty-seven years, the Emperorship has been passed to and
- stolen by numerous admirals of the Imperial Navy. The Galactic Empire now
- consists of only New Earth (still the capital) and the stronghold worlds of
- Amalthea, Trantor, Magrathea, Terminus, Ace's Place, Zarcon, Sharko, and
- Klinzhai (planets 32 through 39, respectively).
-
- II. The Rise of the Second Empire
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- You are one of Thirty powerful warlords. Each of you has risen through
- the ranks of power on your homeworld. Now, the time for the construction of
- the Second Galactic Empire has come. Using military force (backed with
- economic force) you must build the foundations for the new empire.
-
- But the old Empire still controls the strongest worlds in the galaxy and
- you must battle with the remnants of the Imperial Navy to capture them.
-
- Somewhere in the galaxy is the lost planet of Earth, the birthplace of
- mankind. The extremely high habitability of Earth will allow the population
- to grow rapidly, providing a much needed workforce for the warlord who can
- capture it.
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