Empire: Difference between revisions
→History: edited for clarity |
|||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
[[Henson Duval]], brother of Marlin Duval, took over the existing colony's administration almost immediately after his sister's death. Henson's first act was to disband the council and assume sole responsibility for the leadership of the Achenar colony. Henson then began to fervently denounce Marlin's vision for peace, and turn the focus and motivation of the colony away from its peaceful roots. Such was his passion and power of persuasion that he succeeded in converting the capricious colonists to his doctrines in a remarkably short period of time. During this period many requests were made, to Achenar from the Federation, for the colony to join them, all of which were flatly refused. Henson's vision of an Empire was finally realised when he announced that the leadership of the colony, and any affiliated systems, would be passed down from father to son. With that mandate the Empire was born, circa 2314AD. | [[Henson Duval]], brother of Marlin Duval, took over the existing colony's administration almost immediately after his sister's death. Henson's first act was to disband the council and assume sole responsibility for the leadership of the Achenar colony. Henson then began to fervently denounce Marlin's vision for peace, and turn the focus and motivation of the colony away from its peaceful roots. Such was his passion and power of persuasion that he succeeded in converting the capricious colonists to his doctrines in a remarkably short period of time. During this period many requests were made, to Achenar from the Federation, for the colony to join them, all of which were flatly refused. Henson's vision of an Empire was finally realised when he announced that the leadership of the colony, and any affiliated systems, would be passed down from father to son. With that mandate the Empire was born, circa 2314AD. | ||
When population growth heralded the need for terraforming of other planets in the Achenar system in 2314, Henson Duval authorized the sterilization of [[Achenar 6d]], in preparation for terraforming, which resulted in the extinction of a sentient race indigenous to that planet. This act enraged the Federation, who threatened to retaliate if actions such as this were to be repeated. | |||
Henson ignored the Federal decrees, and began to contact nearby systems in a bid to convert them to membership of his empire. When Federal agencies heard about this they decided that the time was ripe to bring the so called Empire to an end. A sizable fleet descended upon the Achenar system, only to discover that they had seriously underestimated Henson Duval. The self-styled Emperor had commissioned an impressive and deadly battle fleet, containing dedicated warships and defense platforms throughout the system. Such was the ferocity of the imperial fleet that the multi-role Federal ships were outgunned and eventually forced to withdraw. | |||
With this victory, worlds that had previously been approached by Henson Duval, and initially refused his offers, now willingly gave their allegiance, abandoning the Federation in favour of the new, and mighty, Empire. As a result the Empire began to expand and grow, exponentially. | With this victory, worlds that had previously been approached by Henson Duval, and initially refused his offers, now willingly gave their allegiance, abandoning the Federation in favour of the new, and mighty, Empire. As a result the Empire began to expand and grow, exponentially. | ||