True Yaman Empire

The True Yaman (Yah-mahn) Empire is a small, self-centered empire. They don’t have a large fleet, they aren’t an advanced empire, and they are, all in all, very unimportant to the universe as a whole. And they like it that way.

Biology
Yama

Culture

 * Religion - The Yaman Empire has three major religions and numerous other small cults and ideals. The three main religions are Trianism, Quanilism, and Yrinism. Trianism is the believe that thinking creatures are god because they can create, destroy, and control their universe to varying degrees. Quanilism is the belief in equality before the One God, that all creatures are his/her children and should be respected as such, as well as that the One God respects his/her children’s right to screw up and make bad choices. Yrinism is the belief that the One God is watching each and every creature in existence, and will remember him or her all when the time comes for judgment.
 * Tradition – There are many little traditions, customs, and quirks about the Yama. For example, they always give each other a nod when meeting, even if they are only strangers passing each other on the street. They do not shake hands, nor do they find it culturally acceptable to have physical contact outside sports, family, or in individuals older then 21. Unless you’re helping someone, then it’s fine. Other traditions are that the oldest Irlics have to take in any siblings too young to fend for themselves if the parents die, regardless of whether they have Yirli of their own or not to take care of.

Undercity, Poor Level
"In the upper, poorer levels of the cities live my kind of people. The poor and desperate. The thieves and criminals. The countless many who have little money and less hopes. These are my people. They live in the dark and dank upper levels, far from the heat and light of the rich and powerful. Their homes are small, entire families living in a single room, sharing a bathroom with other families. Irlic living in dumpsters because their parents couldn’t feed them and so abandoned them. Refuse and feces litter the roads and walkways. You can always hear someone crying up here, always. From an ally. Or a house. There is no hope here, except in the eyes of Irlic. And that dies before they ever get to school. Pipes leak, creating murky pools of toxic water. Stray animals vie with the homeless for places to sleep and food to eat. Factories pay minimal wages for long hours of work. It is hell here. And it is where I love to be. So many people, no one cares if a few go missing now and then. A homeless child vanishes, so what? A random factory worker in the dark alleys? No one ever cares. And I can get away with bloody murder…"

- Warric (put to death, age 21, for the murder of 241 Yamans)

Undercity, Wealthy Level
{Quote| Ah, the rich, wonderful regions of the city! Close to the core, close to the heat and the power. The sky here is as real as it gets, and better then the real one for sure! Beautiful sunsets every night, amazing sunrises, warm, tropical winds all the time! Never too cold, never too hot. Houses and manners larger then entire towns, and more magnificent by far. The streets are paved with gold and silver and diamonds here! Except where they want a rustic look, then you have dirt and gravel or pavement or cobblestones. There are birds here too! All sorts of birds, tropical birds, night birds, songbirds! And even the smallest of them are completely calm around Yamans! It’s amazing to live here, and I am overjoyed that I do. The only places better are the Royal Gardens, and no one can ever see those to prove it. |Unknown}}

Safarini III
{Quote| From space this world looks small, and fragile. The large green beehive farms and the vast wildernesses of sand and sea, outlines in vivid greens. The storms that rage across it’s surface, white and yellow; in stark contrast of each other. The vast skytowers, which reach all the way up to space itself. Safarini III is a beautiful world, from space. And it is protected by the largest fleets of ships in the entire True Yaman Empire, home to the center of military and government and economy. I will protect it with my life, forever. |Unknown}}

Skytower
{Quote| Ours is a small world, but because of the rare resources found on it, we have the largest of the Skytowers, a tree style one. Looking up at it from the ground, with my shipment of ores, it seems infinite. A single, jet black tower reaching into the sky. Starting so vast at it’s base I cannot see the edges, and then slowly growing smaller until it’s completely gone, but for the faintest shadow. Riding the elevator looking down, the planet grows smaller. You can see the curvature of the world now. Now you can see the entire planet, small and insignificant, I can cover it with my hand. Looking up, you can’t yet see the branches. There’s the first of the branches, those lines of light. You can see the ships moving through them too, now. Smaller ships, but well lit nonetheless. And there, do you see it? The sheer magnificence? The beauty? A tree made of stars. Even after 30 odd years the sight still inspires awe in me, still makes me feel proud to be part of this vast structure even for only an hour or two a day. Well, I have to go now, this ore isn’t gonna take itself to the ship, or load itself for that matter! |Unknown}}

The Fleets
{Quote| The military fleets of the True Yaman Empire the best in the universe. Well, I think so at least. I’ve seen a division land on a planet conquered, I’ve seen the collation of fleets when Safarini III was attacked. I am the only person alive today who remembers that war, who has seen all three hundred million ships of the Yaman Empire in one place. I was just an Irlic then, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Ships small and large, ships colorful and ships dull, ships shiny new and ships old and battle scorched. The Royal Fleet, glittering with gold and silver and pearlescent white. The Offensive Fleet, engines worn from many lightyears of travel. The Defensive Fleet, battle worn and scorched from the war’s fighting. All gathered into one place, to celebrate the victory and remember the price. I gave my first speech there. Then, like all great things, it ended, as the fleets divisioned up and spread back out to protect the one, True Yaman Empire. |Malidor, the Child Emperor}}

Government
A Military Council known as “Drin Yeil” or Council of Warriors rules the True Yaman Empire. These individuals are the true leaders of the Yaman Empire, but they have placed a false Empress for the people to rally around. Not even the closest allies of the True Yaman Empire are allowed to know this, believing that the loved and benevolent Empress is in charge of things. The people support her, as well as the rest of the Royal Family, and thus the Drin Yeil doesn’t need to worry about rebellion or civil war. If no one suspects their existence, they can exist in peace. Of course, the risk is there that the Empress and Royal Family will attempt a takeover against the Drin Yeil, this has happened before. The entire Royal Family of that time was, however, wiped out in an “accident” when traveling from one vacation home to another. Only the youngest Irlic survived, and that Irlic had no recollection of his family or their little rebellion (in reality, the Irlic was a clone that honestly believed he was the survivor because that’s what he had been told). The Drin Yeil is absolutely ruthless is controlling the True Yaman Empire, and has many decades of experience in doing so.

Space!
The True Yaman Empire started as a Scientist Empire.

The Sky is No Longer the Limit
"After 71 years and 90 billion in research and construction spending, we have finally created a ship capable of space flight. The sky is no longer the limit."

- Yamatic News

"We are in space! I am in space! Ah, it is a wonderful thing to be in! And even better, I’m going to be the first Yaman to ever set foot on another world! Araluen, a planet in our system thought to be capable of sustaining life, if not as complex life as ourselves. There is also a secret mission: we are to find what is believed to be a crashed Extra-Saferenial Vessel! The technologies this ship could have, if it exists… I will be the most famous Yama in history!"

- Log Entry

"We have entered orbit around Araluen. There is green on the surface, and water as well. Not a lot of water, but it only needs a little to sustain some form of life. We already knew that though, what we are finding out now is whether or not that space ship really is there…"

- Log Entry

"It was there. We have the coordinates of another star system, and some sort of engine that was beamed into our ship, we don’t yet understand how. Now we just have to set up the base camp for future scientists and maybe even colonists eventually. It has been decided that this ship is the most important thing we have discovered in the course of Yaman history, and I was the one who found it!"

- Log Entry

"Well, we’re on our way to another star. When I wake up from the cryosleep, I will do so in the light of another star, so far away from my homeworld that even light itself takes years to get here. Three, to be exact. We will be achieving it in a mere 2 weeks, but they want us to sleep in order to preserve oxygen for the planet, as it is unknown if this world can sustain life, and we may need to survive off of what we have here. I’ll make another entry when I wake up… in the light of another sun."

- Log Entry

"We’ve arrived… to devastation. The entire civilazation that was here is gone. Wiped out by an unknown foe called the “Grox”. These creatures were advanced. Very advanced. They had drones using weapons more powerful then any we have developed on our own. Only because of the weapons beamed up by the crashed ship did we survive, and sadly we couldn’t save the drones that attacked us automatically after we investigated their city… those drones may have held secrets of the species past, and more information on these “Grox” creatures… Well, we have to set up camp for the night and then load up everything we can tomorrow. We’re even getting some samples of the native life."

- Log Entry

"Well, after a few close calls with predators and unwieldy pieces of rubles, as well as a security drone that we must have missed earlier, we are on our way back home. In two weeks I will wake up from Cryosleep as the most famous person in our peoples history… again! But I have horrible news for them about the poor creatures that were wiped out… and who are these “Grox”?"

- Log Entry

"Back home, I have helped to unload the specimens and rubble from the planet we went to. Not as easy as it sounds, as we had to keep all the creatures isolated from our biosphere, who knows what they could be infected with. The news that there is at least one other species out there, and the news that they are aggressive and all destroying, has created quite the stir on Safarini III. However, they have figured out how to use all the technology from the crashed ship, so we’ve gotten a jump on tech from them. If we can encounter more species, we may get tech from them as well! It has been decided that I, of all people, will be THE captain of the Yaman Collective. I have much to learn, but once I finish learning I’ll be sent out with a select group of people to crew my ship. We will be the pioneers, the first of our kind to see things and talk to people. We will be the representation of our entire species. This is gonna be fun…"

- Log Entry

Beyond the Sky
"Well, my training is done, and I’m ready for fun! We’re going into the great unknown the stars beyond our own. I wonder what kinds of creatures we will meet? Perhaps they will be peaceful, or at least not openly aggressive. I hope they are smart like us, it’s so annoying when you have a dumb friend. But first we have to set up a few colonies as bases of operations in the universe. Ah well."

- Log Entry

"Well, now that the colonies are in place, we are headed out for a system we think has life in it. I’m suddenly very scared. What if they can’t talk to us? What if they attack us? There are so many unknowns with first contact…"

- Log Entry

"Whew! Glad that’s over, they kept talking about some nonsensical cake shortage! As if they thought we cared… I honestly think they may have been making fun of us… but whatever, at least they didn’t shoot at us or something. These guys were called, um, let me see if I got this right “Urmomsucks”. Weird name. On to the next one!"

- Log Entry

"Well… that was…. Interesting. These guys were talking about some god named “Spode”. Kept saying that Spode is the, erm, “one true god” and whatnot. Don’t they know that gods don’t exist? Sheesh. These creatures called themselves “Civers”. Well, I hope their god can protect them, because we certainly can’t… or would if we could."

- Log Entry

"Well, we have encountered possible future enemies. The Murglbrg were all “these weapons are for your own protection… even the ones aimed at your head” and such. They acted like we were worthless and they better then us. They will have issues with us in the future, of that I have no doubt."

- Log Entry

"It’s official… there are scary creatures out there. These guys were called “Skoog”, and they were so cute even my weapons master was saying ‘awww’. We’d best avoid these guys for fear of becoming obsessed…"

- Log Entry

"I really want to destroy these creatures… called up “whippersnappers” and complained the entire time… They call themselves the Squinz Empire, and are admittedly large, with 8 planets. We kept going back onto their systems because they gave us such bad directions. Garh! Them again!"

- Log Entry

"Well, these “Toomers” were ugly. Not that I would say it to their faces, but they were. 5 arms, big pile of tumors on their backs… They made up for it with the food though, they have amazing foods. And quite the emporium. They will probably be long term trading partners with us, and I have already set up a trading rout with them."

- Log Entry

"These Willosaurs are very friendly. I like them. They are now our allies, even though they only have 3 planets to their name. I hope we can remain allies with them in the future."

- Log Entry

"We have encountered a species named the Solothy. They are small, friendly creatures that seem to believe all things are connected. Not an interesting belief, if you ask me. But now our homeworld wants us back, and we are low on energy. Plus we can’t reach the nearest stars. The species we have met are the ones we’re stuck with for now, I suppose. It will be interesting to see how this goes."

- Log Entry

War with the Murglbrg
"The Murglbrg have attacked us! Apparently we entered a security zone by accident on our way home. Can’t say I’m complaining, but we need more energy and weapons to attack them. We will withdraw to our homeworld for now, and hope we can get better weapons there."

- Log Entry

"We have gotten our weapons and energy restocked, and even upgraded our weapons. We are ready for war! We will attack the Murglbrg world of Iris I, a small and worthless planet that will be a good place to test the new weapons."

- Log Entry

"We won. As I thought we would. They had only a few ships there, and our allies sent us a ship as well, so we were able to wipe the Murglbrg out completely! On to the next world!"

- Log Entry

"We have just used a Gravitation Wave on the Murglbrg world of Tragi. Not our brightest move, we are now at war with the Squinz and Civers Empires. We will likely make peace with them as soon as we can. But we did claim Tragi as our own!"

- Log Entry

"This time we lost. The Murglbrg Empire was able to destroy my ship and my ally’s ship, but I was able to be saved using new cloning and mind replicating tech. I honestly don’t care if my “soul” survived or not. I know my drin ori did. We will fight them again when we have greater technology and weapons. For now, we have paid them off for now. But only while we help our allies with some problems, make a few more colonies, the like."

- Log Entry

"Heh, that was a short lived peace. We are once again at war, but this time we are allied with the Civers and Squinz, so they are helping us. With my three allies and superior weapons, we are easily taking their empire down, colony by colony… We have already captured the colony we were bested at before, and they have only their Homeworld now. And I have a special plan for that world…"

- Log Entry

"We have developed our relationships with those around us enough to use another Gravitation Wave. That is how their homeworld will die. The Gravitation Wave is loaded and ready. I am going to their planet. They will not know what hit them."

- Log Entry

"Victory is Ours? Our captain, who’s name we all know, has wiped out the Murgblrg species. He ruthlessly destroyed their entire homeworld using a Gravitation Wave, giving no chance of surrender and no chance of retreat. It is believed that almost 10 billion lives were lost when the Wave wiped out all civilizations on their homeworld. We morn their deaths, and the Captain is currently being tried by a Regional Tribunal Court. It is unknown what his fate will be."

- Yamatic News

Journey to the Core
"The Captain is being forced on a mission of certain death! Then he will retire. This mission: Find the Grox! All empires in the region agree that the likeliest place to find the Grox is the Center of the Galaxy, so that’s where he’s headed. If he fails to find them he can never return. Let us all place bets at once!"

- Galactic News

"I have been sent to find the Grox. I am alone. This Log is the only thing I have left of my former life. I thought that using a Gravitation Wave would be the correct path, but I was wrong. Horribly wrong. Now… now all that is left is to find the Grox, and then return. I may never return, they are elusive at best, deadly at worst. I will keep a record of my travels in this Log, for future reference. Today I encountered 17 other species, with various names. They all seemed wary of me, as though my story has spread. Funny how a story can spread faster then any physical being can travel."

- Log Entry

"I have passed by another 21 species today. They seemed wary of my power, more so then my species or my name. They don’t often encounter a ship that can make leaps as vast as mine can."

- Log Entry

"Well, that was unpleasant. I had to bribe an empire after accidentally entering their security zone, they refused to let me out. It wasn’t cheap, but I was able to afford it with what I had. And some advanced tech. They let me go, regardless. I continue."

- Log Entry

"I have encountered a species attacked by the Grox. They call themselves the Sciri, and are currently at war with them. I asked where the Grox come from, and they said “the very center of the galaxy”. So that’s where I’m going now. At least there are plenty of stars here."

- Log Entry

"I didn’t encounter a single species… But I found ruins. Lots of ruins. Ruins of any species advanced enough to have fire. I did become a god to several primitive civilizations though. It was awkward to say the least. Anyhow, I am now traveling through a killing zone. I know what those are, I’ve set them up myself. Any empire able to make one this massive… is not an empire I want to fight."

- Log Entry

"I have seen a fleet of ships… they were strange, and exotic, and used a drive I can’t describe. This fleet numbered in the hundreds, larger then anything I’ve seen before. It seemed to be returning, as the ships were damaged in some cases. They were, however, being repaired in flight. I shut down all systems to remain hidden. I am close. I can feel it."

- Log Entry

"I have encountered them. They live on lifeless planets, and have powerful turrets and far more advanced technology then we do. We cannot afford war with these creatures. They aren’t natural, they aren’t friendly, and they aren’t going to trade or be peaceful. I am going to leave now."

- Log Entry

"I’ve made a fatal error! The Grox are chasing me out of the system. They’re faster, I won’t make it! This is my final message home, stay away from the Grox! Just leave them alone and never go ne- schshchshchshchshchshchshchs!"

- Log Entry

"The Captain of the Yaman Empire is dead. He was killed by the Grox for an unknown reason as he attempted to leave. He has advised all other empires and species to avoid the Grox to the best of their abilities. We morn this individual, and he has been given an award post-death for his actions and bravery."

- Yamatic News

A Democracy
In this era, the True Yaman Empire went from a Scientist Empire to a Diplomat Empire.

Coup
In this time, the True Yaman Empire went from a Diplomat Empire to a Warrior Empire.

Status Quo?
After the Drin Yeil took control and set the Empress in place, they went about crushing any and all dissent. They killed anyone who said a single word against the Empress, and they did all of this in the name of the Empress. Her people back then didn’t like her, and she didn’t like it either. She knew she was just a figurehead, but the Drin Yeil hadn’t chosen well. They had selected an ambitious AND patient empress, and she worked slowly to earn their trust. They let her marry and have Irlics of her own. Then, when they didn’t expect it she began to give her own speeches. The entire family at the time was in on it, and the Drin Yeil couldn’t make her stop except by killing her. Since she had the support of the royal guards (who didn’t know she wasn’t the real empress), so the Drin Yeil had to do their own dirty work. They set her families high-security transport ship to explode en-rout to their summer home. They then cloned her youngest Irlic. When the ship exploded, they made sure to remove the youngest from his room and kill him, and then replaced him with the clone who had no memory of his family or the resistance they put up. The people had come to support their Empress, and the tragedy only reinforced that support for the young Emperor. He supported the Drin Yeil and they decided to try it their Empresses way, make the people happy without giving them any real power. It has worked ever since.

The Erlic War
A long, painful war between the Yaman Empire and a rebellion born on the planet Erlic. The people of Erlic, having never been supporters of the Empress, sought to remake the Democracy that had fallen many years ago. So when the empire was weakened by the Empresses death and the new Emperor was still just an Irlic, they rebelled. Their planet was a training and manufactory planet for the military, and the young new recruits feeling mighty and high in their uniforms had long abused them. After the natives butchered the entire military facility and taken the shipyards that were in orbit, they declared themselves independent. As they attacked and started to win battles, others joined them. However, a new fleet was being built elsewhere, when it came into operation the rebellion decided to attack the heart of power, going for Safarini III itself. The battle there raged for three days while the new Empire fleet traveled to Safarini III and Erlic. The Erlic attack fleet arrived first, and didn’t even hesitate in it’s actions, dropping a planet buster onto Erlic. The news of this wouldn’t arrive at Safarini II until afet the battle, but that battle would have taken place anyway.

The battle, which was the only real battle to take place, lasted three days. The defensive fleet of Safarini III fought valiantly, and was able to hold off the attacking fleet until the new fleet arrived. When it did, the Offensive Fleet crushed the attackers, and won the day in mere hours. With Erlic destroyed and their entire fleet wiped out in a show of utter force and ruthlessness, the other rebellion colonies surrendered back into the True Yaman Empire. Only minor punishments were given out, to help prevent too much discord.

Language

 * Irlic (er –lick) – Child
 * Yirli(Yur-li) – Infant
 * Yama/Yaman (Yah-mah/Yah-mahn) – Name of species, Male/Female
 * Trian (Tri-ahn) – One’s own power.
 * Quanil (Qui-nel) – Respecting another’s choices.
 * Yrini (Yi-Ri-Ni) – To Guard, Watch, or Remember.
 * Drin (Dr-in) - Warrior
 * Yeil (Yi-eil) – Council
 * Hula (Hoo-lah) – Poison
 * Ori - Spirit

Locations

 * Safarini III – The homeworld and capitol of the True Yaman Empire, Safarini III is a planet of extremes. With 50% of it’s surface covered in ocean, it is a wet world. But with the other 50% covered in dry, desert landscapes with tropical rainforests along the coastal regions. The Yama, naturally adapted to survive in the oceans and deserts alike, find this world to be an Eden for them. They only colonize similar worlds, sometimes even terraforming them to suit their preference.
 * Tragi – Tragi is a vast waterworld, renowned for it’s amazing native species of creatures. It is a primitive world, and has no continents yet, nor does it have anything beyond insects living above the waters edge. What makes it known, however, are the creatures who live there. The giant Whumphlic (named for the Whump sound they make when swimming) are this worlds whales. They cannot dive into the ocean, and so are often mistaken for moving islands when viewed from above. The Buzzerlik, a species of flying insect, is known for their habit of nesting in and pooping on any built structures, are a delicacy on this planet. Then the rare but deadly Hula Hula, a species of jellyfish like creature that have large air-filled sacs that float on the surface and long, trailing tentacles that reach up to 250ft below the waves. They also have sails for steering themselves through the oceans currents, and can grow to me 150ft across. The planet is one of the Yaman Empire’s greatest vacation worlds, and they build islands and cities that float along it’s surface and have even expanded the number of species that can live in the vast oceans of Tragi.
 * Quarit – Quarit is named for an ore found in great amounts on it. Lifeless and uninhabitable, the Yama have created vast domed cities, as well as immense underground caves and mines, to live on the planet. The ore, called Quarit by the Yama, is worth more then a small city on the average planet elsewhere, and is very hard to find. Of course, the other ores on this large, old world also provide plenty of incentive to mine here. The planet is also home to the largest space stations in the Empire, as well as their main shipyards for civilian and military purposes.

Military
The True Yaman Empire has three independent military fleets and armies. The fleets are the Offensive Affairs Fleet, for invading other empires; the Defensive Affairs Fleet, for defending their planets; and the Royal Guard Fleet, to protect the Emperor and the Royal Family (as well as other VIPs in the government). The three armies are the Offensive Affairs Army, the Defensive Affairs Army, and the Royal Guard Army. They work in the same manner as their fleet counterparts. By specializing the military like this, each independent military branch can focus on being good at just their job. The Defensive Fleet will never invade another system, the Offensive Affairs Army will never defend a planet. By being specialized for Offense or Defense, the different branches can become better at their assigned task then an all purpose army/fleet could ever be.

Offensive Affairs Fleet
The Offensive Affairs Fleet (OAF) is specialized for offensive activity. Their ships are built with speed, agility, and accuracy in mind. They generally have a larger profile, and are almost always symmetrical. They are factory produced to be exactly the same, as it is not known what conditions or enemies they will have to face.

Ships

 * OAF GodsWord – The Capitol Ship of the OAA, the OAA GodsWord is well known for it’s capacity to disable entire planets using a very powerful Static Pulse. A planet his with the Static Pulse of the GodsWord will be crippled for more then enough time for the powerful vessel to force the surrender of it’s inhabitants.

Commanding Officers

 * Jiirui (Ji-Rue-i) – The Captain of the GodsWord, Jiirui is a friendly and honorable individual, with much respect for her enemies. She is often found talking to the rival generals and commanders after the war is over, regardless of the outcome, comparing notes and memories. Some say that makes her weak, but they are few, as she has a 21:1 win:lose ratio. Her most well known aspect is that she never makes the same mistake twice.

Defensive Affairs Fleet
The Defensive Affairs Fleet (DAF) is specialized for defensive activity. Their ships are built to fit the needs to the planet they will defend. If the planet is large and filled with jungles and rain, the ships are built to weave through trees and are semi-amphibious. IF the planet is a desert world, the ships are heat resistant and faster. Each planet and system has it’s own special conditions, and the DAF division located there is built to suit that environment. DAF ships are, however, generally slower, larger, and more annihilistic, they don’t take prisoners.

Ships

 * DAF FalconReach – The FalconReach is the Capitol Ship of the DAF. It’s capacity to use the Gravity Wave to destroy all cities on a planet would be used by most to destroy enemy planets, but in the case of the DAF, the Gravitation Wave is for destroying your own planets so there is nothing left for the enemy to claim. The FalconReach can also use Planet Busters, Antimatter weaponry, and activate/deactivate planetary shields.

Commanding Officers

 * Captain Riopir (Ri-oh-peer) – The Captain of the FalconReach, a ruthless commander, and the top in command for the DAF, Riopir hold many victories and many stalemates beneath his tail. It is well known that his fur is unruffled by the concept of wiping out entire Yaman planets in order to keep them from the enemy, and he is one of the four people in the Yaman History to use the Gravitation Wave more then once. He has also used the Planet Buster, but said it was a risky tool, as fragments of planet could collide with a ship.

Offensive Affairs Army
The Offensive Affairs Army (OAA) is built for invading any planet, any where. They are fast, agile, and flexible. They are trained to adapt to a planets environment, as well as it’s native population. They make equal use of kill and stun weapons, and are exceptionally skilled at taking prisoners and capturing planets, unlike the other branches, which shoot to kill and aim to win at any cost. The OAA is the only branch that will surrender a city or planet before allowing it to be destroyed or rendered useless.

Defensive Affairs Army
The Defensive Affairs Army (DAA) is a force of nature. Literally, a planets own weather systems will be used to help defend it. They are trained to kill all enemies, and take no prisoners. If you need to burn the city behind you to keep it out of enemy hands, then burn the city will. If you need to kill civilians to protect the empire, then the civilians will die. They are known for being ruthless and merciless, and are armed only with kill weapons.

Royal Guard Fleet
The Royal Guard Flee (RGF) is made up of the most skilled OAF and DAF people available. It is built to protect the Royal Family (and other VIPs in government) and does so. However, it is also expected to capture enemies when possible, and is supposed to protect civilians who are with the Royal Family (though they are not the priority). Armed with the most advanced weapons in the Empire, they are a force to be reckoned with.

Royal Guard Army
The Royal Guard Army (RGA) is Yammed by the most skilled soldiers carefully selected from the OAA and DAA. They are on shoot to cripple orders, unless they have no choice. Any assassins or attackers are to be questioned. They RGA does that as well, being skilled at interrogation. Those who serve here are generally rotated out within four years or so.

TeDelet
TeDelet is a skilled military captain and a member of the Drin Yiel. This is the only known member of the Drin Yiel at this time, as they are anonymous as much as possible. He is secretly in love with Qita, but cannot tell her because of his standing and her standing. However, he is prone to agreeing with her on many points, and isn’t all that subtle about his affections for her.

Qita (Kita)
Qite, the current Empress, is a young, unmarried individual. Her father, Malidor, didn’t have irlic until he was in his 50s because he couldn’t take the time to raise them. And even after this, Qite, the oldest irlic of the youngest Irint, became the Empress because all the older Irint died of various causes, “accidents” one and all. She is a passive Empress, not often making speeches or showing off her power. She knows fully how little power she has, but she is very subtle, and many think of her as the greatest of the royals to lead as of yet. She uses her body to manipulate others, and when that fails she uses her mind to do so. She is very skilled at making others think they came up with her ideas on their own.

Technology
The True Yaman Empire isn’t the galaxies most advanced. They don’t even claim to be. They are a Tier 4 Empire, with their tech peaking at being able to use wormholes and using Planet Busters. They are, however, very good at improvising. They use super compressed steam to launch missiles and fragment-weapons.

Defensive Tech

 * Steampot – Steampots are located at random places across a planet. They boil down to, essentially, a thick metal cap covering a deep tunnel made of superstrong materials filled partway with water and containing a powerful explosive (non-antimatter) at the base. When detonated, the explosive turn the water into steam and creates a pressure wave up the tunnel. This wave his the thick metal cap and launches it into space, where it will eventually collide with orbiting space ships or stations, if not hit them directly when launched.
 * Shields – Force field shielding is still in it’s early stages for the Yaman Empire, but they do have the ability to project such fields. They can create a ship field for about 24 hours, a fleet field for 12, a city field for 6 and a planet field for 1 hour. When activated, no weapons can pass through the shields.
 * Buckyball Fibers – Buckyball Fibers are made from pure carbon atoms, and turned into long thread like pieces of fiber. They are then woven into lightweight, strong, durable, and flexible structures.

Offensive Tech

 * Gravitation Wave – The Gravitation Wave creates a pulse of gravitational energy over a planet, destroying all cities on it. Often used on the Empire’s own planets to keep them out of enemy hands.
 * Static Cling – Deactivates all turrets and ships on a planet. This is used for capturing enemy planets of high priority (like homeworlds).

Travel Tech

 * Return Ticket – Allows any fleet any where to return home in a single jump, without fear of running out of fuel. Used only when defeat is obvious or when high-priority carco/people are involved. Also used for kidnappings.
 * Wormhole Key – Allows use of existing wormholes and black holes for travel. Used only for long distance travel or high-traffic trading planets. Development is being made on constructing wormholes for use.
 * Skytowers – Made of Buckyball Fibers, they are towers into space. They are usually about a mile in diameter and have one per planet for easy bulk shipments. They are very energy-efficient, and since they are buckyballs there is no risk of naturally caused structural failure. They are also located in such places as to cause no damage to cities if they should collapse. The basic structure is a massive foundation going about 1 mile into the crust of a planet and spreading out over about 12 miles of the planet like the roots of a giant tree. Then there is the stem or trunk, about 1 mile thick and reaching into space to a point where they can place a counterweight. The space end is usually one of two designs; a single large station and counterweight that can handle bigger shipments and is a city unto itself, or a branching set up that allows far greater ship numbers to dock at once, but cannot handle as large a shipment at any one dock.

Colony Tech

 * Undercities – Cities in the Yaman Empire are underground, massive multi-level complexes that are like if you flipped New York over and had all the buildings built down with utilities and trains being built around them. Using holotech each and every level, no matter how deep, can feel like it’s on the surface of the planet. However, those are expensive, so living underground means for most people having a painted on sky that never changes. It’s not bad, but not as good as holovision ceilings. In the larger, wealthier communities the ceilings are all holovisioned to look like the sky, and some even have weather conditions if they are wealthy enough.
 * Tower Farming – Tower Farming is what makes up the “cities” on all Yaman planets. They are, essentially, beehive shaped towers with many different levels of farming. Each level lower uses slightly less light then the one above it, but through use of mirrors and lighting, all levels can be lit enough for even the highest light plants. They are the food source of the Yaman Empire.

By Themselves
"We are the one, the only, The True Yaman Empire!"

- Malidor’s, Excerpt from First Speech

"We aren’t the most powerful empire out there. We aren’t the center of the universe. In fact, we are about as far from it. That’s fine with us. It means no one would bother to bother us."

- Emperess Reig

"Welcome to Grat. If there’s a bright center of the universe, this is the planet it’s farthest from. You’ll be staying here while we wipe out everything you know and love."

- Entrence Sign on the Grat Prison Planet

"Hurum….Hurum….Hurum….Dramhurum….Dramhurum…Dramreghurum…Dramreghurum…Dramreghurumwahn…Dramreghurumwahn…Ulumdramreghurumwahn…Ulumdramreghurumwahn…Ulumdramregooohurumwahn…Ulumdramregooohurumwahn…Ulumdramregooohurumplaaaawahn…Ulumdramregooohurumplaaaawahn…Ulumdramsaaaaregooohurumplaaaawahn…Ulumdramsaaaaregooohurumplaaaawahn…Ulumdramregooohurumwahn…Ulumdramregooohurumwahn…Dramreghurumwahn…Dramreghurumwahn…Dramreghurum…Dramreghurum…Dramhurum… Dramhurum…Hurum….Hurum….Hurum…."

- Tribal Chant of Morning

Trivia

 * This was originally going to be located on Sporewiki, but was placed here as the first native empire.