Takamo Universe - The Five Galaxies

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The Dulte Kingdom The Dulte Kingdom is an empire of two humanoid alien races, the majority Dulte that are genetically related to the Dresch, and the Betian, sometimes pronounced Begian, minority people that are more closely associated with the Audrian and Naplian races. The Kingdom is squeezed between the Briddarri in the north, the Naplians to the west, The Dresch to the south and the Languan worlds to the east. Historically, the Dulte commanded powerful trade fleets that ranged throughout the Rimward Reaches. The Dulte Kingdom has been at various times allied or at war with all of her neighbors, trade rights being uniformly the reason for alliance or enmity. The two exceptions to this rule were the First Audrian War, where the Dulte Kingdom sided with the Audrians against the Onwe Naplian throne, and the Emperors' War that followed hard on the heels of the former conflict. Still suffering from the effects of the First Audrian War, the Dulte government declared neutrali...

Naplian Bombard Assault on Pemba Confederacy The Naplian fleet crossed the Pemba border in late 2709. In a coordinated action, Naplian troops disembarked at the docks of Mendigara deep space starport located in the Cevarnin starsystem, which was the capital system of Bereschal province on the southern border of Pemba. Naplian orbital jump units also captured Balagorge airfield on Cevarnin 4. Simultaneously, an ultimatum demanding immediate surrender was presented by the Naplian ambassador to Premier Costian Markt in the Pemba capital Drikala on Mengi 4. The Pemba military was small and ill-equipped but resisted across the empire; most notably, the Governor’s Guard located at Magalian Palace in the cityworld of Opvun 3, and forces in the Helvanna province on the southwestern frontier. The Grand Alliance and the Briddarri, in particular, sent token forces to assist the Pemba, but no serious efforts to relieve the beleaguered empire were ever undertaken. Grand Alliance leaders ...

Briddarri Dreadnaught It took Naplia over six decades to subdue the Hosan Obelisk. It was vital to Naplian strategic plans that the Hosan remain truly neutral or solidly in the Naplian sphere of influence. When it became clear that the Hosanii would not remain neutral, the Naplians moved to ensure their dominance. Taking the Hosan Obelisk and the Pemba Confederacy would cut the Briddarri off from the Terrans and their colonial allies, ensuring the safety of Naplian held serjaum deposits in Northern Terra.  Opposing Stellar Naval Forces  Naplian The Naplian forces used in the campaign were some 100,000 combat starships in seventy fleet divisions and one orbital jump army group, as well as armored and artillery units. The Naplians deployed the 10th Air Corps against Hosan Obelisk consisted of one million aircraft, including 50,000 transport planes and 186,000 Lekia NR 51 strategic bombers. Throughout the campaign, additional squadrons of Naplian, Svenisch,...

Fleet Movements The Naplian invasion first started in 2709 when supply vessels began to head out in advance of the main force. The Grand Alliance initiated their plans in the following week, with sixteen Grand Alliance stealthships ordered to the Kerja Nebula and Settara Asteroid Fields to serve as a screen and give advance warning of any further Naplian response to the Hosanii protection of refugee flotillas. The following week Admiral Lian Hortha in the dreadnaught Revenge set out from Fiscap , the home port of the Briddarri Naval Command, for the Hosan frontier with twelve Imla class frigates. As the weeks passed, a series of energy storms began to build up along the Dresch and Hosanii frontiers. Revenge's force was soon caught in a heavy ion storm, and the frigate Kloven had to drop out of formation due to a damaged stardrive. The Naplians used the storms as a screen for their approaching forces. The first elements launch were Groups 1 and 2. These ships had ...

Maripal Auxilliary Naplian High Command The general consensus in the Naplian High Command that a neutral Hosan Obelisk was in Naplia's best interests. So long as the Grand Alliance avoided Hosanii space, there would be safe passage for merchant vessels traveling along the Hosanii trade routes to ship the ores that Naplia was importing.  Naplian Marshal De’vinter, took a different view.  He believed that the northern Hosanii starfields were of crucial importance to Naplia in the war with the Briddarri  and actively lobbied for an invasion. In 2702, De’vinter introduced emperor Bonate to Qundiv Shilla, the disgraced former defense minister of Hosan Obelisk. Shilla proposed cooperation between Imperial-Naplia and himself as the puppet ruler of Hosan Obelisk. Shilla met emperor Benaltep four months later and discussed the threat of a Grand Alliance invasion of Hosan Obelisk.  After the first meeting with Shilla, Bonate ordered De’vinter to prepare a plan fo...

The Writers’ War 2707-2708 The Writer's War was so named after the intense and provocative media campaigns on both sides that led to the conflict. In reality, Pizcvour had been planning the attack long before the news media began their fusillades. When Pizcvour started its attack against Malatase in 2707, the Grand Alliance found themselves aligned with Hosan Obelisk and Pemba Confederacy in support of Malatase against the much stronger aggressor. After the outbreak of war between Malatase and the Pizcvour, Hosan Obelisk mobilized larger land and fleet forces than had initially been considered necessary. By early 2708 their 6th Fleet in Malmarc Nebula and Tranna Starhold fielded 9,500 starships to defend against Pizcvour attack, positioned mainly in the eastern regions of Malmarc Nebula. Parts of the 6th Fleet's forces remained in the Nebula even after the Naplian invasion, guarding against a possible Pizcvour attack. During the Writers’ War, the Hosani...