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The Empire of Humanity in Kolvartia or Kolvartian Empire is a civilization located in an undisclosed region in the Galactic South. Occupying a dozen systems, its isolationist and under-the-radar development has allowed it to thrive discreetly on the Milky Way, unnoticed by other powers.

Formed after the collapse of the United Kolvartia Directorate, the nascent government quickly asserted control over the isolated Sydor and launched a campaign of reunification which would last for three decades, culminating in the peaceful surrender and transfer of Kryzségard held by forces led by Thadeusz Min, the last standing warlord.

In theory an absolute monarchy under the benevolent fist of the apparently immortal Emperor in Kolvartia, the Empire is split into systems under direct imperial administration alongside others with varying degrees of self-government and the two viceroyalties.

Profoundly pro-Human, the Kolvartian Empire is absolutely opposed to any alien influence or expansion, however, its armies are still untested against such opponents. Xenophobia against non-humans is a core part of the Kolvartian culture and military doctrine, used to justify its increasing militarization and mobilization plans towards uncharted systems.

History[]

The Protectorate in Sydor[]

Though not related to Kolvartia nor to its history, scientific and xenoarcheological expeditions in Sydor prove that it was home to a civilization which predated the foundation of the Kolvartian Republic which suddenly disappeared around two centuries before the arrival of the first Kolvartian colonists, leaving some infrastructure intact.

As only a city and a network of outposts have been discovered among all the virgin terrain in the planet, it is thought that it was merely a colony or a frontier world of a larger power which may have terraformed it, undiscovered to date.

The Kolvartian Republic[]


Haven: The discovery of Sydor[]

Invasion[]

Facing the prospect of its homefront collapsing, the republic began evacuation efforts towards Sydor whose location remained unknown to the invading coalition. Codenamed "Case Arrowflight", it began with the evacuation of all government offices and ministries along the population of the Victoria capital district and culminated in the evacuation of the Golgotha-Taigun-Marlyenka starfront, the Kolvartian last line of defense, where the remnants of the 7th Fleet made their last stand in order to hold off the Combined Fleet and ensure the safe retreat of the battered Battlegroup Carolus, the last to arrive at Sydor.

The completion of Case Arrowflight ensured that all Kolvartian political and bureaucratic hierarchy remained intact and free of foreign control, however, only a third of the civilian population and about two-fifths of Kolvartian military personnel and material made it to Sydor. With this predicament, the president of the Kolvartian Republic and his cabinet resigned and ceded all executive functions to a council of bureaucrats, military officers and scientists. The Republic of Kolvartia in Sydor wouldn't host elections for four decades, too occupied with reestablishing itself in exile and ensuring its existence in a new, unknown world.

Exile[]

The Dark Century[]

Named so due to a lack of historical records, it is known that the republic faced a number of crises which led to the dissolution of its elected government and paved the way for the military-technocrat junta that would rule the country for the centuries to come.

Reorganization: the United Kolvartia Directorate[]

Sponsored by the Great Families (Cavalier, Karlyn, Vircan, Riemon, Karai, Feyhahn, Rullyer, Corden, Descarl, Min), the ruling junta reorganized the Republic into the United Kolvartia Directorate, an expansionist military dictatorship.

One of the first actions enacted by the junta was the separation of the KAF into the Milicia, the Republican Guard, and the Citadel Reserve Garrison.

The Expansion Campaigns[]

Though during the times of the Republic some colonization enterprises had been launched and limited contact had been established with other human governments, it was during the UKD when the first serious campaigns of expansion and conquest began.

Conflict between the Great Families: Secession and Civil War[]

Collapse of the Directorate[]

The UKD officially ceased to exist after the only Director remaining in the politically deserted capital signed the decree approving the formation of the Human Unification Front, subsequently resigning from his post and retiring from public life.

Unification War[]

"Having negotiated terms with general Thadeusz Min, whose boundless loyalty and love of humankind have always led him to choose cooperation over dissent, comprehension over conflict and peace over war. And whose noble acts in these dark times will be remembered for the generations to come, I have accorded with him the integration of Kryzségard and the territories under his protection into our common Front.

We are One once again."

Imperial Ascension[]

Imperial Will[]

Military[]

The Military Forces of the Empire is composed of all military forces under Imperial command. It is divided into the Ground Force and the Fleet.

Ground Force[]

The Kolvartian Ground Force is divided into the Land component, the Sea component, and the Atmospheric component. Members of the Ground Force are commonly called legionnaires

Land Component[]

Division-level formations:

·Rifle Group: Motorized infantry

·Mobile Rifle Group: Mechanized infantry

·Sky Rifle Group: Airborne/jet infantry

·Pioneer Group: Light/commando infantry

·Assault Group: Combat engineers/stormtroops

·Tank Group: Armor

·Defense Group: Ad-hoc, formed for defensive operations/rear actions.

·(Household) Guard Group: Composition varies depending on Military Household.

·Special Action Group: Ad-hoc, formed for offensive operations.

Sea Component[]

Atmospheric Component[]

Fleet[]

Members of the Fleet are commonly referred to as sailors.

Formations[]

·Patrol

·Squadron

·Strike Group

·Fleet

·Combined Fleet

Notable ships[]

·HRS "Chuanting" Battleship

·HRS "Zuolin"

·HRS "Ao"

·HRS "Zongchang"

·HRS "Jingwei"

·HRS "Hongkui"

·HRS "Hongxian"

·HRS "Konming"

·HRS "Huajun"

·HRS "Keqiang"

·HRS "Qinlong"

·HRS "Yinchang" / "Yam-Cheung"

·HRS "Bihui"/ "Pik-Fai"

·HRS "Yuanjia"/ "Ying-Kap" Battlecruiser

The Four Regents[]

The collective name of the four most notable ships guarding the capital, it is said that they are named after the four regents assigned to an emperor of an ancient civilization by his late father to teach him and rule in his name until he came to age.

-HRS "Oboi" Ironclad

-HRS "Sonin" Dreadnought

-HRS "Suksaha" Battleship

-HRS "Ebilun" Battlecruiser

Military Orders[]

Martial lodges holding imperial immediacy, all Military Orders are fully self-governing entities in the territories granted to them, functioning as independent mini-states inside the Empire. Most MOs are dedicated to independent colonization or pacification efforts and charity, operating independent hospital trains and humanitarian missions. Some have permanent bases or even planets or systems under their control and others operate a network of ships and stations scattered over the Empire.

Though not strictly obligated to do so, Military Orders can be called upon for assistance by other military and government organizations, including private citizens.

Due to their independence, there has been the occasional incident or standoff between MO personnel and Imperial legionnaires and sailors or the private forces of some planetary oligarch.

Planetary Gendarmeries[]

Home Security Forces[]

Capital Protection Force[]

The Capital Protection Force is the branch tasked with protecting the Capital Trident, supplied and administered independently of the rest of the armed forces, it answers only to the Protector of Kolvartia and to His Radiance.

Initially formed by the remaining Republican Guard units in the capital and the CRG, the CPF expanded from a few division-sized ground formations into an independent army with full jurisdiction in the Trident.

Military Households[]

Military Household of the Emperor[]

The Military Household of the Emperor is in charge of protecting the Imperial Palace and its surrounding sectors, under direct command of his Radiance, it can be considered His personal army in the Empire.

It is divided into the Household Garrison, the Imperial Bodyguard (further divided into the Palatine Guard and the Inner Guard) and the Hundred Immortals.

The Household Garrison is manned by CPF ground force and naval protection personnel, most members serve in a temporary basis, being transferred out or retiring after a few years. The HG could be considered the imperial sucessor of the CRG.

Access to the IB is through competitive selection open for all citizens born in the Throne Worlds, successful applicants are enlisted in the Palatine Guard and after a minimum of five years of service may undertake the examination for acceptance in the Inner Guard.

The Hundred Immortals, the most senior formation of the Military Household of the Emperor, is composed of, as their name suggests, a hundred individuals. Handpicked by his Radiance from all corners of the Empire, The Hundred Immortals hold imperial immediacy and are organized into the Copper Banner (60 members), Silver Banner (30 members), and the Golden Banner (10 members). Unconfirmed rumours state that members of the Silver and Golden Banners hold commision in the Embroidered Uniform Guard and in other sections of the Imperial Affairs Department of the Capital.

Military Household of the Karlyn family[]

Military Household of the Vircan family[]

Imperial Affairs Department of the Capital[]

Encompassing all administrative and intelligence departments under Imperial mandate. The IADC is made up of fourteen sections, half of them under the Dextral Bureau and the other half under the Sinistral Bureau.

Most infamous of them all is Section XIV, otherwise known as the Embroidered Uniform Guard or Camyiwai, as they were called in an ancient language dating far before the rise of the Empire, and Section VIII, the Eastern Depot, named so as its headquarters are located in the eastern wing of the imperial palace.

In theory the former is under the Sinistral Bureau, and the latter under the Dextral Bureau. Tasked with state security and intelligence, both organizations hold their own courts and facilities and can procceed to arrest any suspect without previous warrant, being also the only two departments authorized to ignore imperial immediacy to apply summary measures, placing them only second to the Emperor in authority. Members of both sections also hold officer status in the military and may take up military command on a whim if deemed necessary.

Imperial High Command[]

Created to unify all military forces under an unique command, replacing the Overbureau of the Military, the HCM is the general staff of the Kolvartian military, though it must be noted that it does not hold Imperial immediacy. It is in charge of overseeing all military affairs of the Armed Forces of the Empire and ensuring joint-command and cooperation with all other military forces. It is also the only body apart from His Radiance authorized to enact or rescind any of the Contact Scenarios in all of the Empire (the Viceroys are also authorized but only on the territories under their government). Its headquarters are located in Arakhai.

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1.The Emperor: All orders and decrees need his approval besides of that of the Marshal of the Empire, traditionally he has never rejected any. He also holds the right of direct intervention and is responsible for naming and discharging the Marshal of the Empire.

2.The Marshal of the Empire: The highest ranking military officer in the Empire, equivalent to the ancient title of Generalissimus, the holder of this rank is also given the Sixth Administration (Arakhai). All decisions of importance must be signed by him before being presented to the Emperor.

3. The Inspector General of the Ground Force: Usually a general past retirement age, his role is mostly ceremonial and consultive, though his advice is deemed essential by the HCM and the holder may enact or modify disciplinary and ritual policy in the Ground Force.

4. The First Commissar of the Navy: Usually an admiral past retirement age, his role is mostly ceremonial and consultive, though his advice is deemed essential by the HCM and the holder may enact ormodify disciplinary and ritual policy in the Navy.

5. The Viceroy of the East: Holds the right of direct intervention, usually absent and thus represented by an officer of the viceroyalty.

6. The Viceroy of the West: Holds the right of direct intervention, usually absent and thus represented by an officer of the viceroyalty.

7. The representative of the Dextral Bureau

8. The representative of the Sinistral Bureau

9. The Protector of Kolvartia: Seat held by the Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, commander-in-chief of the Capital Protection Force

Kolvartian Arsenal[]

Infantry weapons:[]

·IDS-22 "Black Crow": The main sidearm of the KAF, chambered in 0.50 caliber. Famous for its characteristic yellow cross design.

·K-M96: Secondary firearm of the KAF, preferred by some officers due to its smaller size and lower weight. In service since the days of the republic.

·K-M33 "BOSCO" Needle Rifle: Main sniper rifle of the KAF, compact and light, it sports an integrated silencer and can be modified to fire Kinder grenades.

·IDS-38 "Chaingun": Noted for needing an electrical supply, the IDS-38 is a compact weapon firing magnetically-accelerated nails, its nickname comes due to the fact that its "magazine" resembles a metal chain.

Starfleet[]

·WN Defender class fighter: Developed by White Nova following the request of a dual air-space superiority fighter, the Defender is equipped with 2 missile pods, an anti-personnel machinegun and an autocannon. Its most notable characteristic its ability to transform into a "static" mode, where it functions as a static turret of sorts.

·WN Aleksander class battlecruiser: The mainstay of the Fleet, the Aleksander class was first deployed in the days of the UKD and has been in service since then. Though it has been continually modified and upgraded during all its centuries of service, the overall design and characteristics remain unchanged. It is equipped with a Dingyuan-class macrocannon,

Who's who in Kolvartia, 2020-2021 Edition[]

·Our Emperor, His Radiance by the Mandate of Heaven: The benevolent Emperor of Humanity in Kolvartia by the Mandate of Heaven. His Radiance has governed the Empire since its very foundation in the name of Providence. Through his guidance, Humanity has expanded from Kolvartia into the stars in the never-ending search for our lost homeland, Earth. It is his vision which guides us to guard Humanity against the threat which lies beyond. Head of the Military Household of the Emperor.

·Maximilian Razdam Graydis, First Administrator, Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, Protector of Kolvartia: Commander-in-chief of the Capital Protection Force and Commander of the Guard of the Military Household of the Emperor. Immediate to the Emperor

·Jean-Charles Cavalier, Second Administrator, Governor of Kaeris: Immediate to the Emperor

·William Everett, Third Administrator, Governor of Paknur: Immediate to the Emperor

·Tarron Holter, Fourth Administrator, Governor of Rielka: Immediate to the Emperor

·Hilda Descarl, Fifth Administrator, Governor of Soluna: A Sydor-Kolvartian by birth, she joined the Outer Guard after reaching military age and then entered the Inner Guard from where she was invited into the Hundred Immortals by His Radiance. She was later transferred to the Imperial Affaris Department of the Capital before being named Fifth Administrator. Immediate to the Emperor

·Jonah Velzer, Sixth Administrator, Governor of Arakhai: Formerly an officer of the Fleet, as the incumbent Marshal of the Empire he presides the High Command of the Military, whose headquarters have traditionally been located in Arakhai since its colonization. Immediate to the Emperor

·Dracann Valoris, Magister of the Culter Dei: [DATA PURGED]

·Nine Gates of the Culter Dei: [DATA PURGED]

·Arthous Karlyn, Viceroy of the West: Head of the Military Household of the Karlyn family. Immediate to the Emperor

·Jeremia Vircan, Viceroy of the East: Head of the Military Household of the Vircan family. Immediate to the Emperor

·Silas Auer: Infamously known as the Butcher of Fort Darren, Silas Auer was born in Kryzségard and rose to prominence as aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of the East until the Incident at Fort Darren, where he allegedly ordered the destruction of the aforementioned facility following Scenario Five. He resigned his commission in the Kolvartian Armed Forces East and moved to Kolvartia, currently serving as an officer in the CPF. Immediate to the Emperor

·Marguerita Vircan: Niece of the Viceroy of the East, she serves as infantry commander in the Eastern Army. Said to be his uncle's Right Hand in the Vircanist military household, she's rumoured to be heir presumptive to the East.

·Anton Paktarek: Former fleet commander of the Karisian fleet, he was noted for serving in the Karisian fleet in [REMOVED] and during the Kolvartian pacification of Kaeris, sent to escort a Karisian diplomatic mission to Thandor, he survived the destruction of the Karisian fleet and peacefully surrendered to the Kolvartian Provisional Government in Kaeris. He currently holds the rank of Captain in the Kolvartian Fleet.

·Neuen Bitters: Major General in the KGF, commander of the Kinbareid Army.

An Introduction to Kolvartian Governance, 7th Edition[]

Fragments of "An Outlook on Kolvartian Society and Business, 5th Edition"[]

"It comes as no surprise that the Kolvartian armaments industry is directly controlled by the government: Kantaris is owned by the Karlyn family, Intelligent Defense Systems has ties to the Imperial Affaris Department of the Capital, three quarters of White Nova's board of directors are former legionnaires and sailors [...]"

"In Kolvartian high society, it is common for men and women of notable rank to have an informal "privy council" made up of family, close friends and advisors. The High Command of the Military, in practice, functions in this same way, as all decisions have to be approved by the Marshal and all orders have to be signed by him, thus, the role of its members save the Marshal is consultive at most."


OOC/ Behind the scenes[]

As some of you know, Kolvartia has undergone various iterations depending on my changing tastes and desire to be original, though it has taken me some years (six to be exact), I have more or less a final version of Kolvartia whose lore you can see on this page and will be presented in the campaigns.

Here I will detail what I remember of developing Kolvartia through the years from its first "alpha" version to its current version, I will also add images so you get a glimpse of what I was doing/ thinking or doing regarding my little project.


Gallery[]

Kolvartian Empire (legacy infobox)

Government

De jure: Absolute Monarchy, De facto: Absolute Triarchy

Head of State and Government

His Radiance, the Emperor in Kolvartia by the Mandate of Heaven

Viceroy of the West

Arthous Karlyn

Viceroy of the East

Jeremia Vircan

Throne World

Sydor/Kolvartia

Race:

Human

Alignment

Lawful Evil

Core Territories

Kolvartia, Kaeris, Rielka, Paknur, Arakhai, Soluna

Western Territories

Vedor, Helgohnia, Rumasa, Torkarelia, Kazrus, Tarall

Eastern Territories

Kryzségard, Valendia, Karanka, Dimapof, Thandor, Hartell Arrancar, Tanzon

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