[Original Worldbuilding] [Classic Space Opera] [Fleets and Civilizations] [No Golden Finger, No System] [Slow-Burning Plot] [A Blend of Comedy and Rigorous Storytelling] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Triple-Perspective Narrative]
(If you enjoy Star Wars, Star Trek, Stellaris, Cowboy Bebop, the Galactic Empire, and all kinds of science-fiction stories about interstellar wars and adventures, you'll find something to love here. The world is vast, so the story may take a while to get going, but it will never lack in entertainment or room for imagination. The author's notes will provide additional worldbuilding and discuss the ideas behind the story.)
A long, long time ago...
In the boundless depths of the universe...
Among the stars of a region known as the "Known Universe"...
A three-way war between the Seventh Empire, the Free Federation, and the Golag Kingdom had already raged for thousands of years...
Countless planets were destroyed... Countless ships exploded in orbital space... Countless lives... turned to dust...
And yet, no one had achieved a decisive victory...
The borders of their territories shifted back and forth, while generations of citizens remained active on the battlefield...
We had long since overcome disease and natural death, yet because of war and the rulers' insatiable greed, joy and sorrow, dynasties rising and falling, and the cycle of life and death... continued to unfold across the universe...
The noble Holy State of Aetherleir wanted no part in the struggles of these "commoners," but the "fallen" among them believed there was profit to be made from war...
Meanwhile...
The Pirate Alliance's colossal motherships roamed the territories of every nation, slaughtering and plundering before vanishing among the stars at warp speed...
Let us enter together... the beginning of a legend and an epic...