Some feed back on the concepts ofthis story I'm setting up.

[Colonel Z.e.r.o.]

Ok guys I've figured that in order to make the Empire's superiority in the war more plausible I have to create some back story as to why it is that way, both current and previous events. Since it is an Empire it would be logical if it conquered other nations in the past right? And in doing that it might have had a reason. Perhaps a need for resources from other regions or or a feud of sorts between reigning parties? Lets also say that the dates and time skips that I gave you were for the sake avoiding the use of applied Phlebotinum expanded and the initial find of a habitable world was actually several, that and they've found ways to colonize less practical areas, such as asteroid fields, nebulas, and even the massive barrier that nearly destroyed the ones before them.

Well here's one:

After the successful blasting off of their hellish haven the Asarian progenitors (I don't feel like using the word Kay'an anymore) spent quite a while on, the fleets began to fragment spinning off to new nearby worlds and even deep space (some in system, some a little further out). They're were initially about 80 colony ships as well as several dozen other vessels at the time of the discovery of the now quarantined world which had carried anywhere from several hundred to several thousand passengers and crew. By the time they'd escaped that ordeal these numbers had increased, and despite the initial loss of life they had at least 10% added to their total population. While the majority of the fleets fled to their most promising discovery, now named planet Asari, this was merely a pit stop for several others.

As time went on and the requirements for local space travel became common even amongst regular men, the number of settlements and governments to bind and organize them had grown as well. In fact the age of piracy took to this region as it took to the seas during ancient earth given the lack of security and potential profit. Unfortunately struggle and civil wars became just as common within this very loosely tied population. With the struggle over resources, population, and power, the Asarians were far from uniting as a whole much less, an Empire. This went on for another century. Causing the restless population to search even further beyond the barrier which closed them off from all others. Leading to other prosperous world and even more bountiful resources. Eventually the majority of the Asarians were then absorbed into one of the fourteen warring states. Over the next few years these "pieces" firmly held they're respective ground, be it on world, hidden within the many nebulas, slung along asteroid colonies, or in the deepest, blackest pits of space.

"Fourteen." The fourteen, that would give rise to the mightiest of nations, the fourteen that would breed the mightiest of warriors, the fourteen that would be bound and melded together by the blood of only the greatest of rulers/god-queens.

Eh, sorry I was watching 300 while writing this. Either way to wrap this up.

The long running feud between the fourteen was, at best, a means to their children's power much like the bonding of steel, the people and all their acquired resources and wealth would have never been had they not been made to endure the scolding heat of war, drought, desperation and division. As time went on, the people of Asari slowly but surely united themselves. For they knew the survival of their young race could only be achieved through a perfect unity of the other thirteen. It was quite obvious to see that while the Asarian and their descendants had great numbers and great resource, they had an even greater divide. The planet Asari had limitless food, and comfort, but others had not. Another powerful member of the fourteen was the Aset, a nation mostly limited to the many moons of a nearby gas giant. While some were even habitable, they lacked any significant food source for the population to increase. They did have a great amount of natural resources and metals. But ultimately alone or even in pairs they were stagnant and weak.

The only people who saw this fatal flaw and were even capable of tending to it were those of Asari. Through this revelation massive battles of both diplomacy and force, pen ans bullet, ensnared this divided bunch. One by one, the fourteen became, thirteen, then twelve, then ten. Slowly but surely unity was being forged from within chaos and calamity. Out of the many who fought and died for this cause there was one woman called Kali. A spirited young girl who through any means inspired those around her to unite for a better future. She had a companion (name/story pending), a champion of sorts. Felt not bound by her or people's desire for unity at any costs, but by his own life debt to her. A skilled cunning young man, and a bright, compassionate idealist of a woman, and a people in desperate need of unification.

Note: this may be one of the few short prequels to the main war story explained much earlier. Playing "Just Cause 2" has somehow given me the idea of an interesting revolutionary plot. In similar stance to a GTA (Such as gathering resources and allies after being pitted against the odds of the said location.)

Anyway, to make a long story short, the consistent battles of diplomacy, violence, and desperation eventually led to the the fourteen uniting into a whole now known as the "Empire of Asari". Ruled as an empire would be only with one major difference: That being supreme power over it was in the hands of an Empress instead of a typical Emperor, and this authority was passed from mother to daughter instead. Of course should an Empress meet an untimely death authority could be passed on to her husband and son if she had no daughters, but females generally get first dibs on it. Their society is quite lenient with women taking on more male specific roles, such as the military. Although their more often found performing roles that are slightly less laborious, such as their air/space force, and navy. Because of the increased involvement in the armed forces, the sheer number of female ranking officers, Generals, and captains are are nearly equal to their male counterparts. Giving the empire a severe advantage in their military's size and strength also complemented by the significantly larger population due to the size and number of settler ships when they first set from earth.

Another major portion of their defense and offense is the utilization of the nebula that encloses the majority of Asari's territories. A black and yellow tinted nebula resembling a hurricane littered with several cosmic wonders and dangers from magnetic storms, volatile gas pockets, debris, asteroids, and other impediments. Another unique attribute to this barrier is a substance, found through most of the cloud that impedes light and effectively makes those who are dependent on it (all humans) completely obscured. Even technology such as thermal sensors, x-ray, and other visionary amplifiers are hardly useful. The only effective visual amplifier is a very specific frequency of orange tinted light which only has positive results when combined with red eyes (those of Asarian blood). Throughout the years the empire discovered safe routes through the clouds with or without this new found technology. However at the start of the war the majority of vessels were equipped with these specialized devices to compliment swift movement towards enemy lines without using long time consuming routes. The navy also learned of how to artificially reproduce the cloud's appearance and obscuring nature, allowing them to harbor small strike groups and even fleets unnoticed. This was also used to tilt the odds in their favor by employing their natural advantages in simple skirmishes.

Finally, amongst all the resources their initial division had led them too they also uncovered many metals alloys superior to standard materials. This allowed for modules, weapons, and ammunition that would be entirely unfeasible to be built. Structures that would collapse under their own weight or mechanisms that would shatter when deployed were easily forged. Adding a new a level arsenal to use in their struggle. With the advance against their homeworld greatly discouraged, portability of their ancestral advantages and a navy superior in size and craftsmanship, the empire quickly destabilized their primary targets and put a severe grip and anxiety over their onlookers.

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