NOVEL WEB Interlude The Factions of Tem
The Solean Intergalactic Empire (Solean Empire):
Faction Type: Precursor Empire
Governmental structure: Dual Branched Oligarchy
Government Branch A: Elder Council
Government Branch B: The Protectorate
Culture Type: Semi-Nomadic Authoritarians
Specialties: Areas the Soleans Excel in as follows.
Specialty One: Starship Engineering
Specialty Two: Plasma Technologies
Specialty Three: Hyperspatial Technologies
Specialty Four: Biotechnology
Specialty Five: Powered Armor Design
Specialty Six: AI, and Drone Development
Specialty Seven: Stealth and Sensor technologies
Specialty Eight: Transcendent Psionics
Unique Technologies: Omega Energy, Transcendent Psionic AI, Solean Energy Conversion and absorption Techniques.
Notes: The Solean people are old, with at least several million years of development. Their Empire at its height controlled over two thousand galaxies. They ruled over countless worlds from their mighty cityships and built the vast stargate network enabling unparalleled interstellar and intergalactic trade. The Empire also possessed unparalleled military might and technological supremacy making it the most powerful of the precursor races.
Titari Federation
Faction Type: Young FederationGovernmental Structure: Federated Republic
Culture Type: Specialties:
Specialty One: Particle Lasers
Specialty Two: Hyperspace Navigation
Specialty Three: Hyperspace technologies
Notes: The Titari are a younger race with a spacefaring history dating back several centuries. Titari space extends across several inhabited sectors and includes hundreds of inhabited worlds. As a people they are notable for their government, which recognizes each colonized world above a certain population threshold as a core world with the right to govern itself, so long as its laws don’t violate those of the greater Federation. Each core world within the Federation is also allowed to elect a single representative plus one more for each colony under them to the Senate. Senators once elected are allowed only one term, but that term lasts thirty years.
The Titari High Command is the Military branch of their government and is made up of a council of high admirals, who are chosen from the ranks of the military. All military vessels answer to the High Command, who in turn answers only to the nominal leader of the Titari Federation.
Protari Collective
Faction Type: Cybernetic Collective
Governmental Structure: Cyber Council
Culture Type: Rogue Assimilators /
Specialties:
Specialty One: Proton Beams
Specialty Two: Hyperspatial Technologies
Specialty Three: Cybernetics
Specialty Four: Nano-Technology
Specialty Five: Multiadaptive Shielding
Notes: A multi-racial collective from another dimension. Their motives are unknown, but they have been observed assimilating the races of the Galaxy of Tem. The Collective has two castes, the drones and the Princesses. The second caste are the only members of the collective that retain their individuality. Princesses make up the leadership of the Collective, but there are also members of the caste found in other roles, including research and infiltration. All members of their upper caste are female, with males only being found as drones.
Efiri Interstellar Union
Faction Type: Young Confederated Monarchy
Governmental Structure: Council of Monarchs
Culture Type:
Specialties:
Specialty One: Plasma Beams
Specialty Two: Gravitic Manipulation
Specialty Three: Warp Drive
Notes: The Efiri are a species of humanoids, noted for their two fox-like tails and elfin ears. They are ruled over by a council of Monarchs with each monarch on the council given dominion over a single core world and the colonies of that world. Making the union an integrated collection of states. Not unlike the Titari Federation in that regard.
Vikari InfestationFaction Type: Ancient Infestation
Governmental Structure: Psionic Hive
Culture Type: Prolific Hive
Specialties:
Specialty One: Transcendent Psionics
Specialty Two: Biotechnology
Notes: The Vikari are one of several species of parasitic bugs known colloquially as Pussybugs. These bugs are known to infest female hosts in order to propagate and grow their number. Males merely serve as a method to move eggs, while a colony is young, but they are a threat that will be removed once a colony grows. Vikari intelligence grows collectively meaning larger colonies are more intelligent. Legend has it that the species was the creation of a mad scientist. The Solean Empire largely considers them a species of pests.
Bovi IntelligenceFaction Type: Precursor Bioweapon (Sentient Plague)
Governmental Structure: Psionic Cooperative
Culture Type: Prolific Farmers and Researchers
Specialties:
Specialty One: Transcendent Psionics
Specialty Two: Biotechnology
Notes: A parasitic Virus created by the Solean Empire to protect the valuable Solune Plants from thieves. The infected are known to fiercely protect and cultivate the plants. Thankfully for the galaxy at large, Bovi is quite willing to cooperate with other races and isn’t particularly expansionistic. However it can and sometimes will seek out new worlds suitable for Solune cultivation.