Story
Now, here comes one of the many things that I would love to add. After you have all this, what do you get? Per my view, you get scaffolding. Beside from personal brilliance, let’s see what I can deploy for you to see, of the historical record. Not by anyone, but by the people lived in it.
Historian’s remark - The Record of Equitia (Empire of the Far Land)
On Melbridge-Proxima Catastrophe, and the start of the Long War
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During the first few months after the Melbridge-Proxima Catastrophe, military command, including HIGHCOM, which acted conspicuously against hostile forces in a manner that can be call above normal competence of the general public, soared to push for more military reform within the narrow window of disorganization. Perhaps, recognizing the situational opportunity after-shock to complete pre-Melbridge incident reorganization, SHC agrees with this initiative, and accelerated the first end-year fiscal meeting of the Parliament into three central legislatures: each of which, would extend naval rearmament, and extension of clearance to technologies class A, which directly led to, or rather, benefited from, the Eridani Expedition itself.
Unlike what of people expectation, Crown Princess Mirei was not in a great position during this time period. Despite not being targeted deliberately during the major vector toward Sol, military High Command records at the time during the blockade and was later confirmed by real casualties on the ground, determined a sizeable strike force directed for the Crown World. While it is not known of the true cause of this breach, in which the defence of Alpha Centauri Crown System is often considered of pre-Melbridge standard to be extraordinary, it resulted in abdication of death, for both the Queen, and the King. As such, the Royal Family itself was urged to find a successor, but also realized of internal strifes unsuitable for inter-war - if we take Melbridge as the starting point that most historians concur - period. Out of all the large pool of candidates from the Royal Family, Princess Mirei, bearing the age of sixteen, yet risen through early exposure and merits to the rank of Commander, was chosen for the tile out of necessity, and thus, made the de facto Head of Monarchy by Imperial standard. To prove herself and stabilize the situation in light of this elevation and a better succession process in which she agreed to aim for, and by procedure on dictation for military-involved Royal Family member upon enough merit to be promoted of one (1) rank, she was put in charge of the 7th Fleet, and with rank NC4, or Rear Admiral. The intention of assignment for the 7th Fleet is unknown, but by historical accounts, such enabled a rather extraordinary period of success to the new ruler, and the unprepared state of the Imperial Command.
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On the Second Age of Sails, and El Dorado in Space
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In reality, the Empire does have a lot of fringe colonies, fragments and of requirement from old expedition requests. They are permitted to venture far into deep space for colonization and sufficient activities, with one condition - their defence priority will be at most R4 (which is, minimal priority by military language, though some readers will notice difference in standard overtime of military transition), especially for 10,000LY and beyond. Furthermore, because of such distance, the colonists themselves agreed, and hedge on with all designated settlement city or city clusters size, and full local defence fleet capacity, without relying on anyone. Designated via specific command minimum, independent or semi-independent of HIGHCOM, those are the only force standing between them, and the dead or alive alien, living in real space. For example, Tuco del Elmo Colonial City, 22400LY from Imperial Center, often known by local and interstellar traders as ‘the far light of El Dorado’, has itself a defence fleet, numbered around 120 hulls. Of such, the fleet operates with at least of all time including maintenance a battleship, hovering above the tusk planet known as Lacole de Paris, coming from the ancient city of Paris on the Imperial Homeworld. Some records mentioned different interpretation of El Dorado in the local mythology. Some concerns of it to point to Earth, as the second Earth of the distant arm, while some believe it is the symbol, taken from the Age of Sail, 1500s to 1600s of the Old Calendar, where many boarded wooden ships, primitive and dangerous, and sail the seas to the golden land, to the Lost City of Gold. Such are some of the myths surrounding El Dorado. However, El Dorado indeed earned those title on itself, as during the event known as El Torcal de Antequera en el Espacio, the nominal attachment from Tuco saved the settlement from a solar flare so devastating, that such would be another entry of lost effort.
Tuco del Elmo is a proof of preserverance, the mark of the continuity from the old time where dreams of conquering stars and ‘the gentle Muspelheim on the edge of the eye’, according to a depiction in La Marce, the famous newspaper of the time (which even now, they still operate, though it would take a while to notice where had they been of the time and the distant past). Many soon followed, though with their fair share of unsuccessful and lackluster results; but nevertheless surged the hope, and dream of leaving their homeworld, and engulf themselves into the dark abyss of spatium (an ancient Roman term for space).
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Such are stories that we can write, of those we can hedge, from what to see and to get, of the world building itself. It might be simple, or might be not. But I am and would not claiming it to be not so interesting by itself. Let the world live. Us writers are there to settle the deal. Let those depend on it, to hold the pen.
With that said, those are my two cents. Do with them what you want, if you will. The waltz cannot be done of oneself, and thus accept such invitation.