Across this senators ruled and patrons served, all paying homage, at least in public, to the Emperor herself, Arissa Lavigny-Duval.
Today the Empire spanned thousands of systems, its territory enveloping hundreds of cubic light years. It had long been ruled by a genetically secured line of male heirs stretching back into antiquity. At times it had to fight for its survival, at others it had been the oppressor in wars of attrition and conquest. It had long ago split from its great rival, the Federation, and fought many wars against it throughout recorded history. Its origins lay shrouded in controversy, with murder, greed and conquest having played their part. It was obviously highly advanced and heavily populated.įounded a thousand years before, the Duval Empire was, perhaps, the greatest single political entity the universe of humanity had ever known. Many would have recognised it, if not from the spectra of the blue-white star, then from the myriad lights visible across the terminator and into the dark side of the world, or by the busy streams of traffic dotted along flight corridors to and from the surface. This world, whilst bigger than ancient Earth, was merely a moon in this system. In the distance beyond lay a ringed gas giant. Bright blue starlight flickered from its highly polished hull, sparkling across the expansive windows tapered along the flanks of the vessel.īefore it lay a world of green and blue, wreathed in cyan clouds, reflecting the light of the distant star.
Its enormous bulk had been well disguised by its designers, dainty and elegant despite its huge girth and length. Difference!’ Chapter One AD 3302 Capitol, Achenar 6d, Achenar system, Empire.
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