Empyrean Dynasty Game 1, Turn 7, 10 years of Post Earth History!

The seventh turn of my 23-ish players grand sci fi strategy game Empyrean Dynasty is done! Here is the turn report for interest and posterity! 

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• http://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2021/12/empyrean-dynasty-grand-freeform-sci-fi.html
• http://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-automated-empyrean-dynasty.html
• https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/381363/Empyrean-Dynasty 

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Turn 7: 32'100 - 32'110 PE: 

And so, 10  years pass in the universe! This is a record of what happened during that time! 

•    As the last episodes of their hugely successful peace propaganda transmission came to an end, a group of revolutionaries were sent out from the quarantine of the STARF cluster on behalf of The Szarstern Union (@The Szarstern Union (GRAN)). The Smiling Heralds unfortunately had little impact in their revolution against oppression and violence - the severe quarantine procedures in place across the universe halting their progress. While the movement was able to establish some cells of operation in less strict planets across the universe, the devastating Arcturus Plague had claimed the lives of all associated with The Smiling Heralds by the end of the decade…

•    Even the endless peaceful brayings of The Balaenis Elasthera (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube)) were able to subdue the march of the Liliang Entomo (@The Liliang Entomo ) in the ongoing  “ Vilofan War”. The Liliang Entomo turned their attention to APEX solutions (@Revenant's Quill) swiftly overcoming their military (severely weakened by the Arcturus Plague) and establishing Entoman martial law across all APEX planets. Over the course of the decade the human populations of APEX planets plunged - the ravishes of the Arcturus Plague unabated and their antperson overlords not quick to offer any additional aid or enforce any quarantine procedures. 

•    Immortal General Ateliotos Zhanshi (default winner of APEX solutions Ultimate Immortal Warrior contest) led cohorts of the Liliang Entomo military in a separate, and successful campaign, against The Hermeya (@Roshlev (Hermeyans)). Once again the Entomo swiftly overcame their adversaries' military (severely weakened by the Arcturus Plague) and established Entoman martial law across all Hermeya planets. Over the course of the decade the human populations of Hermeyan planets continued to plunge - the ravishes of the Arcturus Plague unabated and their antperson overlords not quick to offer any additional aid or enforce any quarantine procedures.

•    Tragedy struck the Liliang Entomo, when their great military leader, Immortal General Ateliotos Zhanshi fell victim to a space traffic accident near port. A freighter ship collided with his onboard quarters while both craft had their shields mysteriously disabled. The immortal warrior was instantly cut into thousand insectoid pieces from the impact, then sucked out into the vacuum of space. While he does still live in an atomised form, his constituent parts have not yet been recovered by the empire to allow him to continue leading them in battle! 

•    While the cohesion of the Liliang Entomo empire remains strong with its on going imperial expansion, a movement amongst the youthful antmen has grown over the decade. Stemming from interactions with the Naurey (@Altchester), colony ship sized, vessel known as “The Ark of Pleasure” that was stationed above the conquered APEX Solutions planet of Meridian, and encouraged by the smiling herald movement from the Szarstern Union (@The Szarstern Union (GRAN)), a powerful subculture forgoing military pursuits in exchange for a life of hedonism and pleasure is ripening across the empire. While the “Liliangs of the Lotus” movement is peaceful and anti conflict, it has been responsible for several large scale revolts, protests and strikes. Military police investigating the headquarters of “Liliangs of the Lotus” often found a surprising amount of military hardware foreign to the empire, alongside large quantities of dust of Magel. 

•    While the great Yishpugnae Empire (@Yishpugnae Clans (Spenser)) had grand plans to join the battles of the ongoing “Vilofan War”, the lingering and miasmic anti war sentiment induced by the  Szarstern Union (@The Szarstern Union (GRAN)) and Balaenis Elasthera (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube)) stopped this from happening. Both the biologicals and digital sentient citizens of Yishpugnae refused to wage war! 

•    The Yishpugnae Empire (@Yishpugnae Clans (Spenser)) was ravaged by internal conflict over the decade, as some enraging digital virus breached through the  Armatrum Shield and caused the digital sentients, both quartz mechs and sentient spacecraft to attack one another! The other plans and plots and machinations of the empire were put on hold as all focus was put into cleansing the empire of what became known as the “Soulwilter” virus. 

•    The organic citizens of the Yishpugnae empire were unaffected by the corrupting “Soulwilter” virus and High Prophet Harlow Redspear, with the collective ideological might of the Statera Synthetica was able to slowly quarantine and cleanse the virus from the empire over the decade. While the threat was neutralized the defensive Armatrum Shield  was left ravaged by the destruction of the digital virus and the digital sentient population of the empire much reduced.

Once the “Soulwilter” menace was cleansed, High Prophet Harlow Redspear, with the collective ideological might of the Statera Synthetica bent his might to cleansing the empire of outside influences - all ancient intergalactic broadcast stations used by The Szarstern Union (@The Szarstern Union (GRAN)) dismantled, and many thousands of singing space whales murdered (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube))! The mobile spider monastries of the Qalb Occulta (@Qalb Occulta (Symbolic City)) across the empire all scuttled into hiding! Alive and operating - but not having an impact on the larger culture of Yishpugnae! 

•    While the great Yishpugnae Empire ideologically pure and free of outside influence, their grand Armatrum Shield was greatly weakened!

•    With their oppressor’s focus elsewhere in other warfronts across the universe, the remaining Sigmaites (@Scarius) spent the decade attempting to break free of their quarantined cathedral bondage - lashing out with small but effective attack forces at the The Liliang Entomo occupying forces that surrounded them (@The Liliang Entomo). While their numbers were too small, and their quarantine procedures too strict, to mount a full assault on the antmen who occupy their home planet of Sigma 6, over the decade the Sigmaites expanded their fortress, besieged society, to occupy an entire continent of their war torn and plague ravaged planet. The Liliang Entomo continue to occupy the rest of the planet and have heavy defenses surrounding the Sigmaite fortress continent. 

•    These expansions were spearheaded by a single, hugely charismatic, devout and quarantine focused Sigmaite leader. They have enfolded the virtue of utter purity and cleanliness within the Sigmaite worship of Olympe.

•     While verified reports are hard to come by, it appears the War King and his Jaraz Commandos from the “Legion Ring” have been conducting raids and attacks on The Liliang Entomo forces on Sigmaite occupied planets. While these have not been enough to free the Sigmaites it has somewhat loosened the antmen’s hold across the SS planets.

•    House von Sacher Sariyah (@House von Sacher Sariyah) spent the decade greatly building up the capacity and ship numbers of both the Bahamut fleet and the  "Ifrit Squadron. Though the command was given several times to fly in battle against the Liliang Entomo and to fight in the ongoing “Vilofan War”, the lingering and miasmic anti war sentiment induced by the  Szarstern Union (@The Szarstern Union (GRAN)) and Balaenis Elasthera (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube)) stopped this from happening.

•    About a quarter of the Jamaexina (@Jamaexina) have become immune to the deadly Arcturus Plague by a extremely resource and time heavy process of rebirth through the heavenly reef cloning facilities. Several years were spent hunting for some sort of genetic marker that would provide immunity to the plague - the only useful genetic information being non mammalian, insectoid genetic data. Once these strands of insectoid genetic data were incorporated within the Jamexina form a slow process of ritually killing citizens, then rebirthing them in new clone bodies was begun. 

•    The Jamaexina have promised that all those faithful to holy Olympe can be reborn this way - and the process has begun to spread through the universe onboard the neo coral cathedral of the faith/clan. 

•    Under the wise guidance of Queen Alexandra CXIV the entirety of the Chatikrate Dynasty (@Chatikrate Dynasty (Arkbrik)) remained uninfected by the foul The Arcturus Plague” on board the Holy Oneiros Cylinder!

•    Remaining devoted to living totally encased in the “Halo of Tears” defensive suits, the people of Ounjẹpupọ Olominira Eniyan (@Ounjẹpupọ Olominira Eniyan) were largely unaffected by the “Arcturus Plague” (or much of the other events of the decade!).

•    While reeling from the loss of Magel 2,  Keepers of Magellan ( @Chatikrate Dynasty (Arkbrik) , @House von Sacher Sariyah, @Jamaexina) - working with the key organizations within the orthodox faith of Olympe, retrofitted many neo-coral craft and cathedrals into massive space based Spice production facilities. Given their expertise and experience with the substance, the clan did a spectacular job of recreating the process in neo-coral craft. Using their navigators knowledge of efficient space lanes the loom catastrophe of mass deaths due to Magel spice withdrawal were offset during the decade in the Olympe orthodoxy faithful regions of the universe. 

•    The poor and unimportant billions of the universe were spared from starvation by the Zhàngtùs Biolōxué / Arcturan Zhivos (@Zhàngtùs Biolōxué (Trent B))! Providing staggering quantities of Bioluxe nutrient polyps for mass export.  Phǎozévhómis I, II, and III were all transformed over the decade into mass farm worlds - able to produce vast quantities of nutrient polyp. Not only is nutrient polyp nutritious, it has healing and restorative powers - imbuing great health and slightly expanded longevity to those who eat it! The death of billions, after the loss of Alburtuqaliu Fylí food producing worlds, was averted!  (Of historical note: Both the Lilliang Entomo and Yispugnae Empires both largely rejected the nutrient polyp - choosing to let a few million of their poor citizens die than face idelogical corruption) 

•    Ignatius Antonius Gladwyne of The Cavalerie Centuriate Clan ( @Cavalerie Centuriate (Amanda P)   ) deployed their culinary abilities and the resources of their clan, to help both increase the palatability of the nutrient polyp, alongside helping transport it throughout the universe to those who needed it most! 

•     Consul Deia Maqead of the Qalb Occulta (@Qalb Occulta (Symbolic City)) (under the watch of Immensus Bubu, the Unctuous One, of the Balaenis Elasthera (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube)) ) devoted their decade to helping the enormous cosmic being known as “River, Son of Mother” grow their own organic interstellar warpdrives. River is now capable of moving itself around the universe! 

•    In all planets outside of the STARF cluster, and Yishpugnae empire, Consul Aman Aeternis reformed, modernized and made fit for mass consumption the Occulta faith! 

•    Across the universe, many were ready for a populist creed of resistance to injustice, and thus they finally turned to the Qalb Occulta in droves. On planets all across the universe, the faithful now flock in their millions to the mobile spider monasteries of the Qalb Occulta, listening to Jellyman prelates lectures and sermons.  These prelates have given the masses rituals and thought exercises to help them become one with the all encompassing flow of the Numinous Substrate. This entranced state of being has help the Occulta maintain their hold on the new faithful! 

•    This new faith has become most problematic within  Liliang Entomo (@The Liliang Entomo) occupied territory. Antman warriors and occupied citizens alike, forgoing the edicts of the ant man warlords in exchange for the words of the jellyman prelates!

•    Immensus Bubu, the Unctuous One, of the Balaenis Elasthera (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube)) (through endless years of conversation) became the guiding father figure tothe   enormous cosmic being known as “River, Son of Mother”. River now sees itself as a member of the Balaenis Elasthera, and respects and admires Immensus Bubu more than any other being in the universe. 

•    The herd of Balaenis Elasthera (@Balaenis Elasthara (wrongtube)) continued their song across the universe, stopping several factions from entering the conflict known as the “Vilofan war”!

•    On behalf of The Cavalerie Centuriate ( @Cavalerie Centuriate (Amanda P)  ), the  Knights of the Flame of Peace’s went on a mass decade long recruitment drive within the STARF cluster - greatly increasing their ranks and fighting capacity and cementing their position as defenders of the cluster.