The Imperium

The ImperiumThis is about the great guild “The Imperium” whose empire once stretched across the starry sky. At some point before this age and recorded history a group of small empires in A42 came together to form a coalition to protect themselves against guilds who would farm them into nothingness. It was a rough existence at first for this then unknown guild. There was no clear leadership within the guild and there was great chaos from this. Even with enemy fleets at their doorstep they continued bickering about they should do. This bickering brought the guild to near civil war which would have surely caused the destruction of the guild. In this chaos though two voices rang out. These voices brought words of peace, cooperation and wisdom for the guild. With these words the guild united against their enemies and stood fast.

With the guild united they went to war with these pirates who would destroy them. Many worlds were laid to waste in this war for both sides but when the dust settled around these worlds, one united guild stood Victorious. Against all odds “The Imperium” defeated the enemy. What two Voices could have inspired such unity you ask? They were “The Dark One” and “Spook”. These players were almost immediately rewarded the task of leading the guild with “The Dark One” as the monarch. Soon the guild expanded its core empire all the way to A50 with numerous other outpost worlds reaching A72. Along the way while creating this empire they picked up many new leadership members such as “Dark Rebas” and “Kobra Kan”. They eliminated all guilds who would farm players for no reason. Soon they caught the attention of two large and powerful guilds who shared some of the same Ideals.

They were the mighty guilds “Borg” and “The British Empire” or more commonly known as GB. These guilds sent their diplomats to “The Imperium” seeking pacts but instead an alliance of these 3 great guilds was formed with each guild having an equal say in matters. There was great peace for many centuries within the empires borders. It truly was a great time of peace. Unfortunately the drums of war were beginning to echo through space again. The great betrayal was coming on the horizon. While the Borg was once again busy planning for war the High Council received a piece of intelligence from a confidential source stating the Borg was planning to betray and farm the Imperium for resources for their upcoming war. Seeking to protect their Interests they began a pre-emptive strike by first declaring war. They rallied their allies while Borg rallied theirs. It become one of the largest wars the alpha galaxy had ever seen.

Eventually it was discovered that the information they had received was nothing more than a rumour. In an attempt to restore old relations and end the war they attempted to negotiate a truce. Unfortunately it failed for which meant the war would continue. Seeing this as an opportunity a splinter cell within the guild which loved war convinced members to seize control of the guild. It was a quick violent overthrow. The monarch and her second in command were exiled and the rest of the council were told what to say at gunpoint. While this group succeeded in the overthrow they were no leaders. The Borg thinking “The Imperium” would withdraw from the war because of its failing leadership began a genocide campaign against its members.

Many members were farmed out of existence and most of the survivors fled to other guilds for protection never to return. With the empire in ruins and its fleets eradicated “The Imperium” surrendered after 6 years of war. This was the beginning of a slow spiral towards the end. The monarch and her second in command were restored to power but it was too late. The junior guild in beta galaxy refused to associate themselves with the “The Imperium” and most members had left. “The Imperium” was a shadow of its former self. While the guild was rebuilding itself the last member of the high council was recruited by Dark Rebas. His Name was Dark Fox. The guild lived a meagre existence for several centuries. Being fed up with this existence “Spook” concocted a plan. “The Imperium” would become a training guild for another powerful guild so they could come back to prominence. The guild they selected was Galactic Loonies. In the beginning the plan went perfectly but things went downhill. Slowly the Galactic loonies were oppressing the guild and leadership. In essence “The Imperium” was being absorbed. Eventually a resistance was formed against them with Dark Rebas leading it. He sent the following message out to recruit people...

From: Dark Rebas 19:30:23

think on this...

Have you noticed how the GL people are stopping people from talking freely? theyre damaging the very basis on wich the guild stood...I'm rounding up the people who yearn for freedom, and want to be out of the constricting GL system...

Are you with me?

Hearing word of the resistance the Galactic loonies withdrew its interests from the guild without a single shot being fired. Peace was restored but not for long. Dark Fox attacked a NPO scout 3 weeks after all this. NPO shortly after declared war on “The Imperium”. It would be the last march of The Imperiums old battle hardened troops. The war lasted 3 months between the two. It ended in a truce but with a cost. “The Imperium” had its empire reduced down to A42 with a couple outposts in A72”. It was the final blow for the guild. The two original leaders had lost hope for the guild and had committed suicide. With the loss of the original leaders the few loyal survivors disbanded the guild. They all went their separate ways and the guild was forgotten. All were slowly picked off one by one. All but two members were destroyed. One of them is flamekiller and the other is me, the author of this article. I am Dark Fox, the last surviving member of the high council. I write this story so our guilds story will not be forgotten. May you remember our guild