Caspian Empire

This faction was retkonned out of existence by it's author sometime between 2012 and 2014 I don't keep track of this shit.

Alternatively, you can go read Galacia which took it's place in Kanon

The Caspian Empire was an entity that existed until sometime around G.R 2012 , When it was Erased from existence by a Time Warp (this entire faction is considered retkonned by it's author. it was replaced by the Galacian Empire

History

Recorded history up until the shift in Timelines. (For Archival Purposes)

The Caspian Empire is the spiritual successor to the Brikrigton Star Empire, A long dead nation that spanned the Brikrigton Space Sector "BSS", A sector that encompassed some 200 Star Systems in a particularly Hostile region of the Brikverse. The BSS sat on the fringes of a Negaverse Portal Storm. In G.R 2002, The Brikrigton Empire was invaded en masse by the forces of the Nega Storm. It was not until G.R 2005 that the Minions of the Negaverse were finally destroyed. By now many republics and regions in the Empire had become Autonomous, Most Notably the Kamazian Union, Volkan Democratic Republic, Holy State of Protoxa and the Larrian Republic.

--The First Era-- (G.R 1997 - G.R 2005) In Late G.R 2005, A minor Nation on the fringe of BSS Space called the Zirconian Republic had developed, This State was poor and horribly administrated, however this seemingly insignifigant Third world Nation would bring the end of the Brikrigton Star Empire. Many of the Autonomous Republics, Notably the Volkan and Kamazian, were already Furious with the Empire's Lack of support during the Nega Invasion. For reasons history forgot Zirconian Agents disguised in Volkan and Kamazian Region Uniforms launched a series of attacks on Cities, Ground bases, and Outposts. These attacks ultimatley wiped out, however the Imperial Senate Ejected the Kamazian and Volkan republics from the Empire, and declared them "Terrorist States". The Larrian Republic Was also ejected, for Just cause that there were Too many Peaches in the Autonomous Republic, and were not welcome.

--The Second Era-- (G.R 2005 - G.R 2007) The Ejected Republiks were outraged, having been betrayed in the Negablok invasion, and now Unjustly kicked out of the Empire, The Kamazian, Volkan and Larrian states signed The Sepratist Pact, a Formal Alliance with the sole Purpose of destroying the Empire. Thus began the Brikrigton Civil War, and marked the beginning of the Second Era in the BSS. The Initial stages of the war were highly in the Loyalist's Favor, The sepratists were defeated in many of the first engagements, Midway into the war however, Sepratist forces discovered Space Jump Relay Stations, constructed by the Negablok invaders and left behind after they were driven from the BSS. Sepratist fleets used these relays to transport massive fleets deep into Loyalist space, Sepratists began to turn the tide.

By G.R 2007, The war had begun to take a toll on both sides, however the Loyalists suffered two catastrophic failures, The Sepratists had Captured the Brikrigton System, which housed the Planet Brikrigton Proper, the Loyalist Capital. Second, the Loyalists had been mass producing a Droid called the Shan, named after the Shan AI that they housed. These Worker droids were being repurposed into a fighting force by upgrading them with new Software, however a moronic error in the software caused the Shan to become self aware, Initially they were harmless, but when it became apparent that the Shan would not willingly fight on the Empire's behalf, the Loyalists tried to destroy them. The Shan fought back and defeated the Imperials on many fronts, Vast amounts of territory in the Imperial's northern provinces were captured by the Shan.

The Loyalist Capital was moved to the Snow world of Caspia. and Thus it would remain until the end of the Civil War, by late G.R 2007 all of the worlds that had been taken by the Sepratists that were deep in Imperial territory had been liberated, but the war as a whole had become a stalemate, the Sepratists had conquered roughly half of the BSS. The Shan would not take sides in the conflict, and both the Loyalists and Sepratists had grown tired of the conflict as it was apparent that neither side was going to gain any kind of advantage, and would take several years of rebuilding their militaries before they could go at it again. The treaty of Rockford was signed, bringing the Civil War to an end.

The Empire was no longer an empire, vast amounts of it's territory had been lost, and a Faction within the Loyalist Empire also wanted independence, the Protoxan State seceded. The Brikrigton Star Empire was declared dead, Brikrigton itself was declared Neutral territory, it's Remnants, based in the far west of the BSS, Donned the name "Caspian Federation". The Caspian Federation considered itself the Spiritual Successor of the Empire, The Sepratist Pact was nullified, the Larrian Republic was kicked out due to it's unwillingness to make signifigant contribution during the war, and the Kamazian and Volkan states went on to be mutual friends for a time. The Balkanization of the Empire marked the end of the Second Era.

--The Third Era-- (G.R 2007 - G.R 2012) An odd era of Peace reigned for many years, Occasional border wars erupted between various powers, including a short Resource war between the Kamazian Union and Protoxan State, but the Federation was not involved in any conflicts until G.R 2011. A conflict erupted in the center of the BSS, Volkan Democratic Republic forces landed on the Brikrigton Demilitarized zone in pursuit of a Larrian "War Criminal" who had fled the VDR ever since he defaced their new Flagship by replacing many Volkan Black briks with Larrian Green as a prank. Federation forces had also been violating the DMZ in secret, trying to win over the population so it could claim the planet as it was in a prime strategical location. Brikrigton itself had fallen apart, several years of gang warfare in it's cities had reduced it to ruin. With no proper government Brikrigton was little more than an overpopulated wasteland, Most of it's cities were in ruins. The VDR, Federation and Larrian Alliance engaged in a brief battle in the streets of City 17, one of the largest on the planet, The battle degraded into a stalemate, however the Caspians began to win the advantage, but before they could finish the battle, a series of underground Nuklear Reactors, neglected for years, suddenly exploded and turned City 17 into something resembling the surface of a moon. The Brikrigton Crisis had begun.

After the Battle of City 17, not too far to the south, a Kamazian world, Sokolov, had discovered vast amounts of OT ore, many Civilizations in the BSS and in the Brikverse abroad use this ore to craft into powerful weapons or energy sources. Information regarding this discovery was leaked, and within days vast Caspian, Volkan and Protoxan fleets descended on Sokolov, as well as a massive Kamazian fleet rushed to it's defense.

The Federation would be the first to land troops on Sokolov, at the Cost of much of it's fleet, the Caspians rushed their Transport ships to the surface while their Cruisers and Battleships engaged the Volkans and Kamazians above. The Federation's 3rd Army landed near the City of Zelenegorsk, albiet entirley without armor support as the Transport ships carrying them as well as an entire division's worth of Mechanized Infantry were killed when the Kamazian Battlecruiser KNS-Soyuz Fired a slug clean into the transporter's fuel bay.

The Army on the ground was commanded by General Hackett, and Second in command, Colonel Naumova. Naumova had a secret agenda however, he sought only personal fortune, and midway through the Battle with the Kamazians, went AWOL along with his personal squads to steal a vast supply of gold, jewels and other valuables the Kamazians had stockpiled in a supply depot. After the Battle was over, Naumova was court marshalled and ejected from the Military.

Naumova, Disgraced by his ejection, proceeded to return to Federation space, and convince several of the more radical and likeminded Political and Military leaders of the Federation, Naumova and his followers were convicned that the Federation was no longer capable of winning the war and that it had stagnated. A small rebel state emerged and the Federation fought a second Civil war, although it would last only a few weeks. The Rebellion was crushed, Naumova was hanged, and most of the traitor politicians and military leaders were imprisoned or executed, Naumova's rebellion would have a lasting effect on the Federation's leadership however. They agreed with Naumova's rationalle, they admitted that the country had become too laid back and stagnant. The Federation would take a more radical and expansionist policy, Transforming out of all recognition.

--The Fourth Era-- (G.R 2012 - Present) The Federation built up it's military tenfold, letting the Kamazians, Volkans and Protoxans kill each other while it ammassed it's forces. The Federation began attacking it's enemies on all fronts, their opponents were already battered by the months of intense fighting that they all lost many systems to the Federation, By Q2 G.R 2012 The Federation had occupied roughly 1/2 to 2/3 of the BSS. Now worthy of the title, the Federation declared itself a true empire, That would from that point on be known as the Caspian Empire. It's opponents grew tired of their hopeless struggles against the new Empire while they were still fighting with each other, The Kamazian Union, VDR and the Protoxan State formed the Anti-Caspian Coalition, a formal alliance hellbent on wiping out the Empire. As usual, the Larrian Systems Alliance was left out, Neither side wanted the organization because of it's apparent laziness, The State itself had now become largley populated by Peaches, What Non-Peaches remained were Peach Sympathizers, The Larrians were already in a small war with a large Pirate army called the Space Racists, who sought to put all Peaches into slavery. The Empire took a different stance with the Shan, and offered an alliance, the Shan agreed, as they saw a common enemy in the VDR, the Volkan state had tried to enslave the Shan by uploading a virus into their network, which ultimatley failed. The Imperial-Coalition war marks the principle event of the Fourth Era

Military

The Caspian Military, much like all others in the BSS is heavily Infantry based. It does field several types of Vehicles, but the ratio of Soldiers to vehicles is so lopsided that the Infantry Based doctrines become apparent.

Caspian Battle Doctrine as a whole revolves around crushing it's opponents in an avalanche of Infantry, Mechanized forces and Armor. It has by far the largest single Army in the BSS, however it's military mainly consists of Grunts, It's soldiers receive basic weaponry and basic training,

Infantry Caspian Infantry primarily revolve around masses of standard Infantry, Rifle Squads form the Backbone of any Caspian battlegroup. Aside from the Regular Ground Forces Rifle Squads, the Empire has over the years developed several specialized wings of it's Footsoldier Corps.

Rifle Corps - The Mainstay of the ground forces, Rifle Squads are the standard combat forces of the Empire, The Empire Fields several different Uniform Models to it's Rifle Corps. Some are not as good as others, and typically Caspian Worlds produce their own arms and armor, rather than have it delivered from Factories elsewhere in the empire, Because of this, These Armor models are often developed based on the Enviornment of the world they are created on, and the amount of wealth the planet has at it's disposal, Poorer Caspian planets often must equip their Regiments with Older, or poorer quality Uniform models.

The most common infantry Uniform in the EmpireA different, Larger Rifle Squad outfitted in the M2012A Model Uniform, It was intended to be the standard issue but was never produced in large numbers, the M2012A was developed from this model.Normal Sized Squad wearing Model M2012B Armor, An improved version of an older design from the BSS Civil War Model M2003I, A uniform from the BSE era, currentley the oldest still in circulation, and also the lowest quality.

Mechanized Corps - While technically a wing of the Army Rifle Corps, the Mechanized Corps are "Vanguard Troopers" who are assigned to Armor Battalions, Mechanized troops often ride the Empire's Massive Predator Tanks into battle. Mechanized Troops are Trained to take on a variety of Foes, unlike the Rifle Corps grunts who are only trained to counter other infantry.

Marine Corps - The Caspian Marine Corps has it's roots dating all the way back to the first Empire, The Marines were originally the Empire's -Only- Military force, but have been repurposed into a specialized wing of the Armed Forces. Caspian Marines are stationed aboard Starships and Space Stations, they are most often deployed onto enemy ships during Space Combat, and are also often sent in as the first wave during Planetery invasions, as it is much faster to Send in Marines than to arrange Army groups onto transport ships, truck them across the Sector, and then unload them again.

Caspian Imperial Marines, In Older Phase I Uniform *Except Far Right*A different Marine Detatchment equipped with the Newer Phase II Marine uniform, Most notably a new helmet, Also in picture is a new Marine Corps Quadpod Mounted Machinegun, It's operators carry extra Barrels on their backpacks.

Distinguished/Famed Units - While not an official Wing of the Infantry forces, Any Battalion, Division, Regiment, etc of any wing of the armed forces can gain the Distinguished Unit status, these Units often won their titles from great victories. One notable example is the Brikrigton 1st Battallion, A Unit that participated in several key battles in the Sector's history, Originally a Loyalist Brigade during the Civil war, it was Incorporated into the Caspian army, at the onset of the Naumova Rebellion, the Brikrigton 1st was Colonel Naumova's Personal Legion, and it fought against the Federation during the Rebellion, Today the Brigade remains, But is not respected as it used to be.

Squad Leaders - Each Infantry squad contains up to 8 Figs, and a Sergeant or other Squadleader. Occasionally Low ranking officersPersonally lead squads. Squadleaders wear Unique helmets to distinguish them from their Subordinates so that they can find their leader however this is also a curse as much as it is a blessing, As They are often the first to be fired upon, especially by snipers

Special Forces - The best Warriors in all wings of the military are hand picked to serve in the Special Forces branch, This small branch of the military contains the best the Empire has to offer, Members of this elite cast often train in a single specialty so that they can excel at it, rather than a broad general training course.

Weaponry

Most Imperial Handheld weapons use Mass Acceleration technology, which simply put are conventional in appearance, but instead of using gunpowder, each weapon uses a series of supepowered miniature magnets and conductors to propel metal slugs at high velocity. MA weaponry is infinitley easier to produce ammunition than Conventional weaponry, and the weapons are easier to manufacture than blaster weaponry, and has proven to be more effective than both.

Laser Blaster weapons were previously standard issue, but are now rarley seen, often upgarded to compensate.