The Human Star Realm

== Summary ==
The Human Star Realm is one of many civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, and the central focus civilization in the story of Geminae Errantium. It is a Monarchal and Militaristic Empire that has existed for almost two hundred years, and is currently ruled by Phillip Rosenstock.
== History ==
The origins of the Human Star Realm lie in 2020, when World War III started. The goals of the attacking nation or nations are completely unknown, and during this time Socqreath were beginning to scout Earth, which would lead to the creation of the Supersoldier Program Project Minotaur. Whatever the war's outcome, it ultimately resulted in all nations of Earth agreeing to merge into one, singular, global power, one ruled by a monarchy.
Around this same time, Platz-X had gone to colonize Mars, specifically starting with Mars' volcano Olympus Mons. The capital city of Mars, named Musktopia in honor of Platz-X's CEO Xavier Musk, decided to have its architecture continue to resemble space colony bases even after the Olympus Mons Dome was raised, simply due to its citizens admiring the aesthetic.
Not long after, humanity would send a Solar Sail Colony Ship to Proxima Centauri to colonize Proxima Centauri II, which proved to be absurdly challenging due to the absurdly harsh conditions of the planet, ranging from the wildly different temperatures of its two sides to the incredibly dangerous wildlife that could be found living there.
In 2046, the brightest minds of the Human Star Realm had discovered Negative Mass, and learned how to harness it, leading to the creation of the first Alcubierre Drives, or for simplicity's sake, Warp Drives. After this discovery, essentially every star system within 20 lightyears was surveyed, an outpost constructed in each. Barnard's Star, Sirius and Procyon were colonized first out of these many claimed star systems, and a number of companies would form, seeking to make money off of the trade of resources such as hydrogen, silicon, and Huscil, a crystal-like metal found, as far as the Human Star Realm could tell, exclusively on Proxima Centauri II.
In 2058, Earth's warming temperatures and increasing toxicity levels caused most people to leave it, as all its industries were shut down. This led to New Earth, an extremely Earth-like planet found in orbit around Barnard's Star, becoming the new Capital World of the Human Star Realm.
In 2154, Procyon attempted to fight a war for independence against Barnard's Star, but Procyon Ic was hit by a Fusion-Powered Relativistic Kill Missile, utterly destroying the planet as its inhabitants had to evacuate to the space station in orbit. The following year, Phillip Rosenstock killed his father and took over as King, intending to undo much of the damage his father had dealt.
In 2178, the Netraxian Empire declared total war against the Human Star Realm, which caused Rosenstock to declare martial law on every world and revive Project Minotaur, as well as seek out highly skilled people (Or in the case of SPT7, build) to make into his Royal Guard.
In 2197, Allen Davidson was discharged from the military, and formed Darkstar with the intention of enacting his revenge. In around the same timeframe, Bertram Bartrop first learned how to create true Hard Light Constructs.
== Government ==
=== Type ===
The Human Star Realm is an Empire, ruled by the Rosenstock Family since its inception. It is heavily militarized and possesses a scientific drive.
=== Military ===
The military has political power second only to the Monarch and their Royal Guard. Members of the military typically also fulfil the role of Governor for various planets, and are given complete political and diplomatic immunity save for cases of treason.
=== Corporations ===
Various corporations exist within the Human Star Realm, and deal with a number of various resources and devices:
Maibaum Engineering
* Maibaum Engineering is a company that largely deals with the production of machinery, namely spacecraft. The heir to the company, Kasper Maibaum, intends to start his own video game company as well.
Romuald Labs
* Romuald Labs is Maibaum Engineering's competitor on the market, dealing more heavily in scientific research. Its CEO, Romuald Compere, appears to be genetically enhanced in some way, given his height and physical strength.
Ophiuchi D III Stardust Company
* The Ophiuchi D III Stardust Company is a company that deals with the exporting of Hydrogen, Helium, and other materials used in Fusion Reactors. Its CEO, Haral Starstorm, is noticeably cruel, uncaring and narcissistic.
=== Heirarchy ===
Though the Monarch has final say on any major thing that happens in the Human Star Realm, a lot of political power goes to both the Military and to the more powerful Corporations, who each directly act as political figures in addition to their more obvious occupations, to make most decisions that do not require the Monarch's direct permission.
The Royal Guard are meant to serve as the Monarch's Elite fighting force, as well as their personal bodyguards and highest ranked officials who are not themselves the Monarch. They appear to be meant to be fixed at four members, as when SPT7 was destroyed by Lynx, Arthur Grant soon replaced it.
== Notable Technologies ==
Alcubierre Drive: The Alcubierre Drive is a Warp Drive which allows for faster-than-light travel without actually breaking the speed of light. These drives are placed inside every starship, as well as in special stations that allow for Warp-Lanes to be created, acting like Hyperlanes in the sense that they allow for fixed paths of both travel and communication.
Huscil: Huscil is a special metal that distorts light and can easily radiate and conduct heat without melting, even at temperatures comparable to a star. It has been used in everything from rifles to body armor to semiconductors, and is the staple of the Human Star Realm's industry and interspecies trade.
Fusion Power: Fusion Power is a clean, renewable, and extremely powerful form of energy generation which the Human Star Realm has harnessed to an insane degree. When miniature versions were created, it became possible to consistently create powerful laser pistols and laser rifles that could be used by an average-sized human being.
Genetic Engineering: The Human Star Realm has all but mastered genetic engineering, able to easily and seemingly cheaply alter people's genomes to create Superhumans and cure essentially every disease. This is supposedly also partially done through Nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology: Nanotechnology allows for incredibly intricate designs, weaponry, and modifications that can, along with Hard Light, almost seem like straight-up magic.
Hard Light: Hard Light has been all but mastered by the Human Star Realm, allowing them to create realistic holograms and forcefields, and even to a limited extend disrupt a Socqreath's Psychic Weapons.
== Trivia ==
# The name and flag of the Human Star Realm are directly based off of a flag and name choice in Paradox Interactive's video game on STEAM, Stellaris.
# The Human Star Realm is a Monarchy because the creator of Geminae Errantium wanted to present a Steelman for Monarchies and Empires, as opposed to the Netraxian Empire being a Strawman for Monarchies and Empires.
# The Alcubierre Drive was chosen as the Human Star Realm's method of FTL Travel because it is the most realistic method, especially for a relatively young spacefaring civilization like the Human Star Realm.
## It also unintentionally references Star Trek.
# The standard uniform for the Human Star Realm's military is based off of that for the Amestrian Military from Fullmetal Alchemist.
# The Human Star Realm having a Capital World other than Earth is an unintentional reference to Cowboy Bebop.
# The Human Star Realm uses orange as the color for its robots and ships because the creator of Geminae Errantium thought that blue would be too generic and somewhat unrealistic.
# The way the Human Star Realm interacts with other alien civilizations is an unintentional reference to Mass Effect and Star Wars, while the war the Human Star Realm had with the Netraxian Empire was an intentional reference to Halo and Voltron: Legendary Defender.
## Incidentally, the Human Star Realm's ludicrously overpowered (For the series) Supersoldiers could be seen as an indirect reference to Warhammer 40,000.
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