A representative of the Empire governs the northern and largest portion of the Izya Territory after having lost the Southern territory to a Norrish insurgency as a result of incompetent leadership in the region. Their goal is to conquer the territory through military might and brutalistic rule, choosing to solve their problems with force rather than diplomacy.
On the planet Jovangel, Her Highness Cascade the Fourth, Warden of the People, Empress of Stars, Duchess on the Emerald Chair sits on the throne. She is 8 months old. In her swaddling blanket, the royal scepter and crown are placed next to her by the Regent General Bellimine. The former High General is whispered to be responsible for the terrorist attack that killed the previous Emperors, but those who speak louder are quickly silenced. Of course, a military leader taking control in a time of crisis is nothing new to the people of the empire. The Inevitable Will was one of the many Exodus ships that failed a short time after leaving Earth. Its captain couldn’t bargain with another ship, the Glowing Path, for the parts it needed. He was prepared to do anything that could mitigate the damage, but the outlook was bleak. Major Chantelle Jovangel, the Inevitable’s head of security, said that her people would not be left to die. She led her security team in a daring boarding action to take control of the Glowing Path. The necessary supplies were taken from the ship and used to repair her own ship. However, she saw the likely fate of the Path’s people laid at her feet. The boarding action that saved the Inevitable wiped out the opposing senior crew. Jovangel could not allow the leaderless to die because of a foolish decision made by others. At her command, the two ships were joined into a fleet under her command. Thus began the era of the Jovangellian Fleet, the militant predecessor of the empire. Despite the recent upheaval and rumors of usurpation, life is largely unchanged for the Jovangellian people. Bellimine reaffirmed the empire’s commitment to continuing The War that has dominated human civilization for a hundred years. They will not allow the empire’s grand history of strength and beauty to be snuffed out in this moment of vulnerability.