Wulf Empire, Central Star System.
Fifty-three planets orbited the enormous central star along precise, intricate paths.
These planets did not share a single ecliptic plane. Instead, their orbits formed a three-dimensional arrangement, seemingly chaotic yet never interfering with one another. Their extraordinarily complex but stable patterns formed a vast, finely tuned stellar system.
With each planet possessing anywhere from one to eight or nine moons, the stellar system was dizzyingly complex.
The central star had been completely "Dysonized," enclosed within an immense black steel structure. Various artificial installations and mechanical engineering equipment could be faintly seen operating across its surface.
Amazingly, although the Dyson Structure completely enclosed the star, it also emitted fifty-three beams of natural light with carefully regulated intensity. Like stage spotlights, they tracked the fifty-three planets, providing each with the most suitable light and heat.
The star, the planets, and the Dyson Structure formed a meticulously designed stage show, precise and elegant, making the utmost use of the star's energy!
This was the political, military, and economic center of the entire Wulf Empire, commonly known as... the Imperial Capital Sphere!
On the outskirts of the Central Star System, nine enormous wormholes continuously disgorged and swallowed vast quantities of ships and cargo. Raw materials, local specialties, and wealth from across the Empire poured into the Central Star System, sustaining the immense consumption of the Imperial Capital Sphere's population of over a trillion.
The daily volume of ship traffic here was measured in tens of thousands.
The wealth changing hands here each day was measured in trillions.
This capital alone offered a glimpse of the strength and deep reserves of an established interstellar civilization over ten thousand years old.
In fact, the present Central Star System was not the system containing the Wulf Civilization's Homeworld. It had been developed