Empire

Biodata

History

Old Empire

The Old Empire was a vast Shilin Apostle civilization built around military expansion, absolute control, and the war against the Abyss. During its hundred-thousand-year Golden Age, it expanded across tens of millions of worlds; even the God Race acknowledged its authority. 655

Its political outlook allowed little neutrality. Civilizations were expected to join the Empire and fight the Abyss, while independent factions—the so-called Third Faction—were gradually eliminated. 929 Imperial rule relied on overwhelming military force, direct control of inter-world travel, and the incorporation of local civilizations into its war machine.

The Empire’s expansion produced major atrocities. After detecting possible Abyss influence among the isolated crystal-wielding akionec race, an Imperial ruler issued an extermination order. The Purifier Legion annihilated the species despite its initial lack of resistance. 655 Aura Evelyn and her guards later merged with the victims’ lingering souls, becoming the Leader Bees in an act of atonement. 655

Great Disaster and Collapse

Before the Great Disaster, most Imperial Apostles supported increasingly dangerous research into Void Energy, rapid law compilation, and the origins of the Void. 631 During the disaster, Imperial soldiers became Fallen Apostles and turned their weapons on the Empire, its vassals, and neighboring civilizations that had also opposed the Abyss. 952

The collapse transformed former Imperial outposts and fortresses from symbols of security into sources of destruction. Many dependent civilizations lost the protection and technological support that had sustained them, while surviving fleets fled into the Void. 780 952

New Empire

The New Empire arose after the Old Empire’s long dormancy and collapse. Unlike its predecessor, it does not divide its territory into Celestial Zones, lacking both the scale and need for the old Emperor-per-region system. 1088

Its leadership seeks to maintain military strength while treating affiliated civilizations as partners rather than expendable subjects. The Empire supports Kindred worlds, incorporates auxiliary forces into its military structure, and uses cooperation to reshape the fear left by the Old Empire. 1161 1163 1511

Government and Territory

• Capital — Shadow City is the Empire’s capital, while Shadow Space contains its major command centers, headquarters, and Time-Space Administration. 690 836
• Territorial control — The Empire establishes rule by securing time-space transport authority, maintaining absolute military superiority, and building authority among local populations. 638
• Affiliated worlds — Vassal races and allied civilizations provide much of the Empire’s auxiliary military strength and participate in inter-world affairs as Kindred. 638 669
• Macro Worlds — Some worlds remain outside public Imperial rule; their ordinary populations may not know of parallel worlds or the Empire’s existence, though local covert organizations can maintain contact with Imperial censors. 638
• Sovereignty network — Sovereignty Broadcast Towers declare a world Imperial territory and connect new outposts to the Empire Zone through a relay network. 1605

Military

Main Forces

Strategic Doctrine

The Empire favors rapid deployment, overwhelming firepower, and coordinated multi-branch operations. Spatial warp technology can deliver entire formations directly into hostile territory; Pandora guided the arrival of 300 Empire Commanders on Earth through such a warp. 12

Imperial soldiers are standardized through production-line training: recruits and veterans share the same baseline combat knowledge, with battlefield experience being the primary difference. 968 Their equipment is maintained through assigned extra-dimensional personal-storage spaces rather than conventional carried arsenals. 1378

Technology and War Machines

• Empire Admiral — A colossal Cross Starship and command mothership, considered the most magnificent conventional Imperial warship apart from special units such as planetary fortresses. Its docking bay can contain an Ark-sized space station. 612 Its arrival has become a battlefield symbol of Imperial military power. 770
• Spatial Warp — Enables troops and fleets to cross immense distances and appear directly in operational areas. 12
• Planet Warship “Zero” — A strategic weapon capable of destroying entire planets; the Empire used an uninhabited world to demonstrate its power to hostile powers. 424
• Psionic Death Star — A mutable superweapon made primarily from Psionic Energy, with limited Void Energy. Its structure and weapon systems can reconfigure under command, allowing it to remain armed while at least one-third intact. 619
• Celestial System Fleet — A formation centered on the Psionic Death Star, accompanied by more than ninety planetary fortresses, armed satellites, and planetary defense fleets. 1480
• Science-Magic Hybrid Warships — Newer vessels integrating Source Energy Ore and mixed technical-mystic systems, giving the New Empire unexpected advantages against Fallen Apostle forces. 1521

Relationships

• Fallen Apostles — Former Imperial soldiers corrupted during the Great Disaster. Their destruction of the Old Empire and surrounding civilizations made them the New Empire’s central long-term enemy. 952 1285
• Abyss Shilin — Leader of the Fallen Apostles and a strategic rival. Despite this hostility, her forces temporarily fought alongside the Empire and the God Race during the advance toward the Quiet Core. 1484 1540
• God Race — The Old Empire ignored their warnings through arrogance; the New Empire later re-established direct contact, information sharing, and exchanges with the God Realm. 701 752
• Exile Fleet / Fourth United Fleet — Descendants of civilizations that fled the Great Disaster. The New Empire aids their resettlement and reconstruction while attempting to overcome their inherited fear of Imperial forces. 952 1161
• Kindred and affiliated civilizations — Worlds protected, guided, or integrated by the Empire. Their armies form the Minion Army and are regarded as “brother worlds” within the New Empire’s broader order. 638 1163
• Merova resistance and former slave races — The Empire opposes the Sacred Empire’s inherited Imperial technology and offers support to peoples formerly subjected to Merova rule. 1214 1262

Major Arcs

• Awakening on Earth — Chen Jun gains access to Imperial authority after Gaia identifies him as an Emperor, beginning the Empire’s return from dormancy. 3 1613
• Initial reconstruction — Empire Commanders arrive on Earth, giving Chen Jun a functioning Imperial force and revealing the tactical value of its spatial-warp technology. 12
• Expansion into Shadow Space and other worlds — The Empire establishes controlled territories, affiliated worlds, and a growing inter-world administration centered on Shadow City. 638 836
• Recovery of Old Empire legacies — Imperial forces uncover shattered Vengeance Legion relics, retrieve dangerous facilities such as the Star Ring, and search for missing Old Empire forces. 782 799
• War with the Fallen Apostles — The Empire develops specialized Legions, expands its Minion Army, deploys the Psionic Death Star, and repels Harlan’s invasion of the Imperial homeland. 968 997 1285
• Reversal and reintegration — Captured Fallen Apostles, including Harlan and Zadom, are restored to sanity and incorporated into the New Empire’s postwar order. 1333 1338
• Abyss Zone campaign — The Empire establishes bridgeheads, captures Sovereignty Nexuses, and advances into the Abyss Zone before withdrawing under a temporary arrangement with Abyss Shilin. 1473 1479 1484
• Quiet Core expedition — The Empire joins the God Race, Abyss Fleet, Old Army, and allied Minion Armies in an unprecedented joint campaign. 1540