The Beginning
Time for another Stellaris AAR. Comments are welcome.
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The forests and plains of Aramus were long home to various cat-like species, but it was one of them, the Valdari, who, in the difficult and challenging process of their evolution, were able to acquire sapience. Perhaps it was their relatively small size compared to the more tiger- and lion- like species that made this evolutionary path possible for them.
The Valdari were naturally quire hierarchical. While they never placed much importance in slavery - and, eventually, abolished it - their primitive societies had long been divided into many clans and sub-clans. While gradually, the whole planet was united under one Imperial office, these subdivisions still persisted, reflected in many feudal noble titles and the respect their holders had from common Valdari.
It was under the reign of Empress Jorim den Iridar the Imperial Valdari Institute scientists discovered a way to travel between systems at a faster-than-light speed. They called these connections "hyperlanes". The commoners clamored for more space to escape the overcrowded cities of Aramus, while the nobles yearned for more power and influence.
The first order of things was to bring the remaining uninhabitable planets of the Arakim system under Imperium control by building space stations in their orbits.
The Empress decided to sell goods produced by the Consumer Goods Imperial factories to her vassal nobles in order to fund space exploration.
Science ships swarmed the nearby Barban system, which seemed to lack any sentient life - or, indeed, any inhabitable planets at all.
On Arakim itself, the remaining scientists, while envying somewhat their colleagues working in space exploration, continued to do important theoretical work.
The space battle debris, found in Barban system, has shown that the galaxy at least contained intelligent alien life in the past.
Does this life still exist in the galaxy? Will they submit to the Empress? Will they be hostile to the Alvani? These questions were poised everywhere on Aramus - in the common rowdy taverns, in noble castles, in scientific laboratories.
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The forests and plains of Aramus were long home to various cat-like species, but it was one of them, the Valdari, who, in the difficult and challenging process of their evolution, were able to acquire sapience. Perhaps it was their relatively small size compared to the more tiger- and lion- like species that made this evolutionary path possible for them.
The Valdari were naturally quire hierarchical. While they never placed much importance in slavery - and, eventually, abolished it - their primitive societies had long been divided into many clans and sub-clans. While gradually, the whole planet was united under one Imperial office, these subdivisions still persisted, reflected in many feudal noble titles and the respect their holders had from common Valdari.
It was under the reign of Empress Jorim den Iridar the Imperial Valdari Institute scientists discovered a way to travel between systems at a faster-than-light speed. They called these connections "hyperlanes". The commoners clamored for more space to escape the overcrowded cities of Aramus, while the nobles yearned for more power and influence.
The first order of things was to bring the remaining uninhabitable planets of the Arakim system under Imperium control by building space stations in their orbits.
The Empress decided to sell goods produced by the Consumer Goods Imperial factories to her vassal nobles in order to fund space exploration.
Science ships swarmed the nearby Barban system, which seemed to lack any sentient life - or, indeed, any inhabitable planets at all.
On Arakim itself, the remaining scientists, while envying somewhat their colleagues working in space exploration, continued to do important theoretical work.
The space battle debris, found in Barban system, has shown that the galaxy at least contained intelligent alien life in the past.
Does this life still exist in the galaxy? Will they submit to the Empress? Will they be hostile to the Alvani? These questions were poised everywhere on Aramus - in the common rowdy taverns, in noble castles, in scientific laboratories.
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