Batonn Empire

Formerly known as Batonian Empire, The Batonn Empire is a powerful galactic faction, controlled by a parliamentary monarchy based on trade and space colonies. It was founded in the center of the central continent on Gradus 9z by the ancient Kingdom of Betlaria over 5000 common years ago, the batonn empire emerged after the Grand Unification Of Gradus 9z and the end of the Diome-Betlarian Wars.

They are a people who value culture, education and technological progress, in addition to having a very powerful religion and good government. That is why they are one of the most powerful factions in The Galaxy. The Batonnisk have always been very skilled in mining and forging, they are very intelligent but very small and that is the only reason that limits their power. Their cities are very rich and prosperous, built underground as fortress cities.

The History of the Empire
The Batonn Empire has a great and long history, from its glory days to the present day, with over 5000 years of cataloged history.

Since the rise of the Kingdom Of Betlaria, there have been many incidents and wars for religious or territorial reasons.

The Beginning Of It All: Earliest Record Of The Batonnisk Civilization.
Nobody knows how the Batonn Civilization actually came about, but there are still very old records and information about the first underground king.

The oldest record says that an ancient group of Homogrenians lived underground in constant warfare, in a place known as the Gorge of Ganrena, a lost underground ravine. During the first unification of the Homogrenian civilization, Underground King Auðunar Betlaria ruled the first Batonnisk kingdom and named the kingdom after his last name.

Years later the Kingdom of Betlaria moved to higher caves after a landslide that eventually resulted in the destruction of the Gorge of Ganrena, also resulting in the death of the Underground King Auðunar. After this event, the son of the Underground King, Stækar Betlaria, took the throne and became the Underground King of Betlaria.

Stækar lived for another 172 years and died for unknown reasons leaving no heirs, so his cousin Edgar Battlewind took the throne and expanded the Kingdom of Betlaria to the surface. This was the first contact of the Homogrenian race with the two suns of the Paragon Lund I star system.

The Beginning Of Royal Progress And The Diome Global Wars
After many centuries, the kingdom of Betlaria became a prosperous nation that valued knowledge and peace.At that time the Kingdom of Betlaria had already discovered gunpowder and coal, it was a well-evolved kingdom technologically for its time, building its own steam powered vehicles and advanced muskets. Meanwhile the Diome Empire, an evil absolutist empire was trying to make a global domination, going to war and conquering all the nations of the planet Gradus 9z.

The Kingdom Of Betlaria already knew of the existence of other nations, but did not share technologies or contact them, as they were technologically superior to all.

The Great Diome-Betlarian War
A catastrophic war took place shortly after the dwarven kingdom of Betlaria was established in the icy ranges of the central continent, the army of Diome's empire decided to take control of the heart of Betlaria, the ancient city of Kur Faldur on the surface.

The mighty betlarian armies emerged from the deep clusters of caves, mounted on giant, heavy beetles, with their armor and their newly developed hand cannons, to face the mighty Diomean army, superior in number but their technology was old and outdated. There was a bloody massacre that lasted for months, thousands of soldiers, animals, civilians and children died at the hands of the Diomeans.

After months of bloody battles, the diomean army was broken and disorganized, they had immense losses and the betlarian army marched with their giant beetles throughout Diomean territory, destroying cities, houses, buildings, killing thousands of people trampled by the uncontrolled giant beetles, until arrive around the Diomean capital. It was a siege that lasted minutes, the beetles destroyed the city walls and devastated the city guard.

Young Charles Bauer entered the diomean imperial palace alone and killed all the palace guards, soon after he found Emperor Mercurius Oakenguard and killed him with his sword, Bauer lost an eye and gained many scars that day.

The Batonn Imperial Government
The imperial government is quite complex, with a serious government hierarchy. The batonnisk government is a parliamentary monarchy, where there is a supreme assembly made up of elected members, also known as Supreme Parliamentarians. Above all, there is a Head Of State, who is currently Empress Brenda I, whose is the most powerful person in the empire, even above of the Supreme Leader.

In addition to these, there is Supreme Leader Charles Bauer, who is another Head Of State but with powers below that of the empress and the assembly. This amkes bauer is the highest authority in the army.

The batonnisk population has the right to vote and elect members of the assembly and the senate, but the office of emperor is given only to the heirs to the royal imperial throne. The royal family has been in power for over a thousand years, the symbol of the batonnisk royal family is a Cave Beetle seen from above, due to the great affection of batonnisk for the powerful Armored Beetles.

The Supreme Assembly And The Imperial Senate
Batonn senators are members of the senate in the higher legislative chamber, together with the supreme assembly, the members of the senate and assembly are chosen through an election by the population. Senate votes to pass new laws while the assembly votes to pass laws suggested by the supreme leader, in addition the assembly also works as a supreme imperial court, judging politicians and important people, as well as having the power to pardon criminals or arrest anyone.

The Royal Family
The Batonnisk royal line is very old, so there is a huge family tree. 70 years ago, The Underground King, Hrosskell Battlewind would have a single heiress, known as Brenda Battlewind, the current empress of the Batonn Empire.

The empress has the power to declare war without needing the opinion of other politicians, she also has the power to execute and arrest anyone under government protection, if the empress loses mental control and her actions become horrendous to the empire, assembly members can remove the empress of his position and then his heir will assume the throne. The position of emperor is considered partially divine, all Batonnisk emperors and kings are supposedly chosen by the gods. Today the Batonnisk royal family has many members, all of them children or grandchildren of the empress.

There are no bastard children or noble royal blood, members of the royal family can marry anyone, including commoners, regardless of social class. The accessory worn by the Batonnisk empress is a square crown made of platinum, gold and many precious jewels, this is the most authoritative symbol in the empire and could be worth millions of money.

Batonnisk Laws
The laws of empire may vary between provinces, but they all follow a single basis. Every citizen has the right to a trial and depending on his crimes he can be executed, imprisoned or exiled.

Batonnisk laws can be approved by the senate or the assembly, for that they need to take a vote to pass bills on the respective subjects. In theory or the senate can pass any laws and restrictions they want, but there is a great risk of a revolution or military coup. It would really be very difficult for them to pass absurd laws, as they are many members and there are more powerful politicians who can undo these laws at any time, in case of a suspicion of corruption the politician would be arrested or exiled.

Many batonnisk heads of state tried to make an absolutist monarchy, but it never worked, as the army was always loyal to the supreme leader. Some laws are on the prohibition of foreign religions, as only one religion is preached in the entire batonnisk territory, if missionaries of other religions try to preach in imperial territory, the batonnisk religious inquisitors are allowed to execute them.

Sub Provincial Governments
Each batonnisk province, be it a planet or a territory, has its own sub-government led by nominees of friends of the high imperial government. Provinces are usually led by barons or lords, all appointed by the royal family.

There is no risk of revolutions as the high government is always keeping an eye on the provincial sub-governments, if there is the possibility of a treacherous sub-government, the army will change the sub-government leader for another appointed by the royal family. The army is very nationalistic and loyal to the empire, so they would never revolt and join treacherous politicians.

The Imperial Military
The imperial batonn army is very loyal to the government and is very organized, always wearing big guns and pretty uniforms. It is divided and organized into military divisions, where in each province there is a division. A batonnisk military division is divided into 10 legions, each legion has about 10,000 soldiers. Each legion has two generals and a field marshal, in addition the legions are organized by numbers and unique symbols that resemble runes, the legions are also accompanied by military vehicles that vary depending on the type of legion.

Military Supreme Dome
The supreme military dome is a group of generals, marshals and grand admirals who lead and command the imperial army. Today the supreme military dome is located in the palace of Gatterlen, protected by elite divisions and the mighty Beetle-Guardians.

The supreme dome has the best generals and commanders in the empire, they command and decide all wars and military tactics involving the imperial army.

Military Divisions And Legions
The batonn imperial army is really very powerful, it's not easy to keep so many territories and colonies in order. The imperial army as a whole has approximately 38 million active soldiers, whose purpose is to maintain order and peace in the empire's colonies, as well as defend and recover imperial territories. Military divisions and legions vary between provinces and sub-provinces, always depending on the situation and terrain where they will operate, if they are going to carry out a mission in a forest or desert their uniform will change camouflage and their weapons too.

Offensive Military Tactics
Offensive military tactics vary greatly depending on your enemy or terrain, the tactics most used by the imperial army involve air strikes, shield wall and trenches.

Defensive Military Tactics
The most common and most used defensive military tactics by the army are the construction of trenches and defensive lines with fortresses and cannons, built to defend against all types of attack, from vehicles, soldiers or aircraft. On each province border there is a line of very powerful and large defensive fortifications, which can extend for kilometers. On the borders of small or sub-provinces there are lines of trenches with cannons and small forts. In the event of an air or space attack, large fleets of air-space battle zeppelins and ships are sent, anti-aircraft guns are also used.

The Beetle Gardet
With their Beetlhjelms and their red uniforms, the Imperial Beetle Gardet, or beetle guardsman, fight for the empire and the empress. This is the main military division of the empire, they are the soldiers, the warriors who fight in the name of Ganrena and the empress to defend the imperial territories and serve the empire as the main fighting force and defense against potential enemies.

The Beetle Gardet emerged after the great Diome-Betlarian wars, in 79 DY-AF, as a way for the empire to guarantee its defense and avoid possible wars. Initially they used old rifles, now they use the Imperial Double Rifle, which is essentially a very powerful weapon.

Beetle gardet has many divisions and military roles, light, medium and heavy soldiers, engineers, field medics and many others.

The Eye of Ganrena
The Eye of Ganrena is the main division of the imperial navy, it is one of the main armed forces of the empire.

While the Beetle Gardet maintains order and represents the empire in terrestrial conflicts, the Eye of Ganrena battles in the void of space and maintains the peace and prosperity of the empire's intergalactic territory with its large fleets and colossal battleships, they are also responsible for transporting Beetle Gardet vehicles and troops.

Currently Supreme Admiral of the Imperial Navy Noratock Stonebeard is the leader of the Eye of Ganrena, but there are also grand admirals and admirals responsible for galactic territorial divisions and fleets.

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 * Skeletons of dead Gradonians are re-used by The Tamarix to create their own guards.

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 * Gradonian
 * Gradus 9z
 * Batonnisk Beetles

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Author: Mumu