Novayan intervention in Alpha Asteropaios

The Novayan Stellar Commonwealth launched an intervention into the Alpha Asteropaios region during the Novayan–Saiyanese War and the War against the Sith after the Aegialean Empire fired its Aeguardean interstellar turret network to force a ceasefire on its own terms; unbeknownst to the Aegialeans, the interstellar turret network had struck one of the star systems belonging to the Meridian Commonwealth. Lord Admiral Borealis Norsoutha I, reeling in unhinged anger from having the Roman Empire-admiring Ottomans invade and sack Constantinople, was recalled back to Novaya IV to take command of an expeditionary force.
Utilizing the newly-prepared overseas expeditionary forces born from the Self-Sufficient Military Dimensions project, a large expeditionary force consisting of various fleets and army groups from several extradimensional off-Void Military Staging Grounds was assembled and, after the Golem weapons network fired back at the Aegialean Empire, taking out several swathes of its territory as well as most of the Aeguardian turret network, appeared and splintered off into three regional theater forces tasked with overwhelming imperial defenses. Through the prodigal son Constantine I von Aegialeus, who descended from a humble cadet branch that had been ousted from power and exiled from Aegialeus by radical and conservative elements of the imperial family who undid the reforms his family had created, the Novayan expeditionary forces took by surprise the Imperial Aegialean military who, as a result of the loss of several strategically-important worlds, megastructures and gigastructures, were overwhelmed despite its attempts to fight back against what many an Aegialean call "a human nation of an otherwise otherworldly power, the lacks of which many an Aegialean had never, ever seen before".
The resulting intervention, which would be called an invasion in various circles, saw the complete decimation of the Aegialean military and the conquest of many of the empire's territories. Many nations in the Alpha Asteropaios region had been taken by surprise at the unexpected speed the Novayan forces managed to defeat the empire, but what horrified and shocked those in the Alpha Asteropaios region was that the Novayans had not only dismantled the Aegialean Empire but also occupied and later colonized it as a result of the empire's destruction of one of the Meridian Commonwealth's star system and an independent interstellar habitat state.
This act of outright colonization, according to Novayan officials, was a punishment served to shatter the Aegialeans' pride in their nation's imperial might as a so-called "civilized empire" and destroy their confidence in their national history. This act had also brought an unexpected side-effect: the Aegialeans had never encountered a nation far more powerful than their own, and the Novayans' sudden yet unexpected intervention-turned-invasion and swift victories during battles had demoralized the Aegialeans to the point that any and all attempts at defeating the Novayan military or their dream of turning the Alpha Asteropaios galaxy into their own image were rendered null and void. This act also caused many to either try to revolt or to become part of something greater.
==Aftermath==
The defeat of the Aegialean Empire saw its dismemberment by the Novayan expeditionary forces, leaving a large swathe of it under Novayan colonial civil-military rule. Despite this, remnants of the old empire sought to dislodge their Novayan aggressors and restore their glorious nation, even after it is confirmed that the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth is massive in terms of territorial size.
===War of Imperial Restoration===
Not all forces of the sundered empire would accept this, as many refused to accept that the old empire had fallen and sought to retake what was once theirs. This would come to naught, however, as the remnants of the old empire began vying for control for power and control over the territories of the old empire. While most were willing to fight for territory, others would decide for independence. Some remnants, however, decided to organize a united front, called the Imperial Restoration Front by its supporters and sympathizers and United Imperial Front by its Novayan and East Indian detractors, intended to rally the imperial remnants for war.
The formation of the Imperial Restoration Front was taken with mild yet growing disinterest amongst Novayan circles, as the Novayan military was consolidating large swathes of the fallen empire. This view would later change as Imperial Restoration Front raids and border assaults and pro-imperial cells wreck havoc within and without, necessitating the deployment of additional Novayan military forces to help back the already beleaguered combat forces stationed there and internal security forces already exhausted from constant harassments from pro-imperial groups. This had allowed the Imperial Restoration Front to launch the War of Imperial Restoration, which drove back the Novayan expeditionary forces towards the hinterlands, leaving chunks of the newly-conquered territories falling into imperial hands while the remainder still were controlled by the Novayan forces.
However, the war eventually stalemated for several years due to constant Novayan reinforcements, guerrilla and special military operations performed by Novayan combat forces that were trapped yet operating behind enemy lines and power struggles within the Imperial Restoration Front. This was combined with the consolidation of Novayan expeditionary forces that had retreated back to the hinterlands to reinforce, reorganize and fortify their positions. It was through this stalemate that a number of research divisions catalogued, researched and studied multiple para/technologies and thaumaturgy that had been developed by various voidwalker nations, which culminated in the application of already-research para/technologies for military use.
Through the application of such para/techs which would be used by the assault legions' detachments, the reinforced Novayan expeditionary forces and the various local auxiliary forces—now reorganized under the Novayan East Indian military—launched Operation Sagittarius, a counteroffensive and punitive expedition that saw the Imperial Restoration Front being driven back from its liberated territories. The resulting pushback not only saw the front losing all its territories in a large blitzkrieg campaign but also the Front, already crippled with power struggles and internal divisions, being almost annihilated and most of its core territories taken over; remnants of the the front would regroup at several locations which would form the nucleus of several new imperial remnants.
===Imperial remnants===
After the fragmentation of the Aegialean Empire, grand swathes of the empire fell under various remnant-states which vied for power or unity. With the fall of the Imperial Restoration Front, more remnants have spawned from not just its collapse but also the resulting conflicts between remnants.
Name 	Government	Description
Emerald Empire of Salitaka 	 	The largest of the Aegialean remnants, the Salitakan Emerald Empire was the main instigator of the imperial restoration effort as well as the primary instigator of anti-Novayan sentiments within former Aegialean territories. Seeking to restore the old imperial throne and led by one of the children of the last emperor, the Emerald Empire is considered to be the main opponent of the Novayan East Indies. Despite such anti-Novayan sentiments, the Emerald Empire is ironically one of the only few remnants who recognize that declaring war on Novaya will mean a second, but more permanent end of the old Empire. And while a major proponent of the imperial restoration effort, the Emerald Empire is also one of few remnants which recognize that reforms and adaptations were needed to ensure that the old Empire must be able to survive.
Astegenaian Military Command 	 	Formed from remnants of Aegialean military units stationed in the Astegenia oversector, the Astegenaian Military Command maintained loyalty to the old Empire and seeks to reestablish it. Under the command of a high-ranking military governor, who has since become the Grand Marshal, it sought to not only restore but militarize the old Empire in hopes of a confrontation with their Novayan oppressors.
Aralakatazian Military Command 	 	The Aralakatazian Military Command is supposedly one of various Aegialean remnants formed after the fall of the old Empire. In reality, the Aralakatazian Military Command was actually the youngest as it was formed from two fleets and three army groups, formed under the Eastern Expeditionary Force. Once led by fleet admiral Augustus Constantinus on the western wayward march for home, the men and women of the Eastern Expeditionary Force would discover the chaotic situation resulted from the Novayan intervention and later dismantlement of the Aegialean Empire, which saw remnants fighting for power, territory and so on as well as revealing the ugly nature of the fallen empire. Not wanting to accept this, Fleet Admiral Constantinus deployed his forces to the Aralakatazia system, where they established a meritocratically-organized military government. It is one of few remnants that recognize declaring war on Novaya, even if the Novayan East Indies was defeated, would see the Aegialean Empire permanently destroyed alongside its history. It is also one of few remnants which recognized the need for reforms and adapting to the new normal.
Sapphire League of Epelevka 	 	
Imperial Despotate of Hastenaia	 	
Regian League 	 	
Black League of Paraligosa 	 	
Grand League of Aegaeon 	 	The Grand League of Aegaeon is less of a military unit and more of a loose confederation of sorts. A conglomeration of various holy orders that served the Imperial churches of Old Alvania and Zelekina during the early days of the Aegialean Empire, the Black League seeks to rally the people of the old Empire for a total war against the Novayan heathens.
Karolian League 	 	
Imperial Church of Old Alvania 	 	
Orthodox Church of Zelekina 	 	
State of Svazia 	 	The State of Svazia was originally a series of outposts established by the Aegialean Empire to secure a vital important route from east to west, located beyond the eastern territories of the Aegialean Empire. If it weren't for the Imperial civil war, Crisis of the 35th Century and the wars between Malagalos and Parakaea, it would've remained what it was once, a military outpost. Through its shrewd administrators, Svazia would transform from a planetary military complex into a bustling trading hub and ecumenopolis rivaling that of the more prosperous worlds of the old Empire. After the Novayan invasion began crushing the Aegialean Empire the rulers of Svazia rebelled from their imperial overlords and declared themselves independent.
Kingdom of Takasina 	 	The Kingdom of Takasina was previously the vast colonial holdings of the Aegialean Empire that goes under the name of New Aegialeus. A militaristic kingdom seeking redemption for the sins of their homeworlds, the Takasinans declared total independence from their now corrupt, degenerate and depraved brethren and now holds back the remnants of the old Empire with the same fanatical (albeit with more pragmatism) strength the old Empire used during the Crisis of the 35th Century. Never again will the Kingdom of Takasina and its missionaries taint their hands with the blood of the innocent. No matter what the resistance costs them.
State of Salavera 	 	The State of Salavera rose after imperial authority collapsed both due to a revolution and the Novayan invasion which occurred simultaneously. Having been fed imperial propaganda which blinded them, the Salaverans eventually became independent from their wretched imperial nation and established the first true meritocracy, where birthright means nothing, no one can be a slave to another and skill is valued above all. Judges hunt down the filthy preaches and magicians of the old Empire while the government negotiated with the Novayan East Indies to allow it to exist, a request that was accepted.
Reformed Empire of Scelaria 	 	The Reformed Empire of Scelaria was once a part of the Aegialean Empire that existed before the Novayan intervention utterly dismembered and dismantled the empire. After an in-depth investigation revealed the annihilation of a distant star system using the Aeguardean turret network and, to their horror, massive naval movements heading towards their empire as well as recognizing the threat posed by the aptly-named "Western Invaders", the twin sister of the Aegialean emperor to declare a civil war and put a stop to the gross incompetence, sheer idiocy and stupidity, blatant arrogance and excessive hubris of the wretched nobility - all in an attempt to overthrow the current monarchy in favor of a more responsible government that would negotiate with the Western Invaders.
Sadly this was a self-fulfilled prophecy: as the Novayan military
===Inauguration of Novayan colonial rule===
After the Novayan expeditionary forces had disassembled the Aegialean Empire and consolidated its hold over most of it in the aftermath of both the invasion and later the failed War of Imperial Restoration, Novayan forces were given a directive from Lord Admiral Borealis I: they are to maintain proper hold over the conquered territories as colonization efforts were to begin as the wretched empire's punishment for destroying an independent interstellar habitat state and an entire star system, though investigations were ongoing to see what else the Aeguardian interstellar turret network had managed to destroy beyond the confines of the Alpha Asteropaios pan-galactic region. Military commanders were given orders to announce and actively implement around-the-clock martial law and nightly curfews, and ground and aerospace units are to patrol the air and streets for any potential pro-imperial agitators.
A large number of Novayan expeditionary forces were stationed in provinces, regions and worlds where there existed hotbeds of imperial activities; as a result, those proactively and aggressively fighting against their outsider oppressors and for the restoration of the old empire were targeted for forced displacement to make room for Novayan colonists to arrive. In exchange, rabid imperialists were forcibly sent to the Novayan Stellar Commonwealth proper to be taught the Novayan culture and way of life or sent to the frontlines where Novayan and Saiyanese forces fought to break the stalemate. Imperial renegades, those who adhered to Novayan martial law and followed Novayan law, provided information and ratted out other groups seeking to launch revolts against the Novayan forces, were rewarded with privileges and rights as the first naturalized Novayan citizens; in return, they would be loyal to the colonial state unless they ever dare go behind the Novayans' backs.
After the chaotic War of Imperial Restoration that saw the newly-established Novayan East Indian military retaking lost territories and conquering territories of the Imperial Restoration Front (otherwise known as the United Imperial Front), the Novayan East Indies were granted massively large amounts of resources, ships and equipment to fortify the border star systems. A select number of megastructures, kilostructures and gigastructures dedicated to housing populations and defending the frontier territories were built in locations where a one or few hyperlanes serve as "bridges" between the Novayan East Indian frontier territories and the imperial remnants but also as chokepoints due to Alpha Asteropaian civilization using hyperdrives. Most of the frontier territories consisted of star systems that have orbital habitats, asteroid manufactories, asteroid artillery batteries, yggdrasil orchids, equatorial shipyards, B.I.G. vats, planetary habitats and colonized worlds, some of which have planetary defense nexuses, drive yards, planetary shipyards, orbital elysiums, military academies and orbital arcologies, while some are home to alderson discs, neutronium gigaforges and nidavellir hyperforges, interstellar habitats, matrioshka brains, HRAE-MCs, artificial ecosystems, particle accelerators and testing stations, penrose spheres, and planetary computing complexes.
The kilostructures, gigastructures and megastructures also were present throughout the Novayan East Indies, which provided boons and benefits the likes of which had never seen before, even in Alpha Asteropaios. The use of atmospheric purifiers, geothermal stabilizers, dynamic core ignitors, and macroatmospheric stabilizers as methods and modes of advanced terraforming had allowed for basic terraforming and planetary habitat constructions, while the other gigastructures, megastructures and kilostructures provided resources, energy, housing and manufacturing means by which the Novayan East Indies would be self-sufficient.
Aegialeus III, once the capital of the Aegialean Empire, initially served as the first capital of the Novayan East Indies before Admiral and Governor-Militant Konstantin von Aegialeus and his staff moved to Aegialeus IV, a continental world that was once a rundown world that was neglected by the imperial government before the Novayans rapidly developed the world into a militarized urban world. Due to this, the people of Aegialeus IV became indebted to the Novayan liberators to the point they would join the Novayan forces; as a result, they had adopted the Novayan way of life, intermingled with the Novayan colonists they had welcomed into their homes, and created their own flexible and adaptive version of the Novayan civil-military bureaucracy, public healthcare system and public education system, thereby becoming the first Novayan East Indians. As for Aegialeus III, it was given the Fortress World designation due to it being a planetary hotbed of imperial uprisings and revolts which require harsh measures and countermeasures, martial law and strictly-enforced nightly curfews, with Novayan and later Novayan East Indian forces violently suppressing the imperial revolters and even publicly executing imperialists; similar occurrences were found in different parts of the Novayan East Indies against militantly-active imperial groups.
Aegialean culture and society would eventually adapt into the Novayan-dominant East Indian society, adopting elements of Novayan culture such as the Novayan military virtues and social values, a strict military spirit that focus more on honor, valor and duty, the Novayan language and the more commonly-used English language, and even the migratory fleet system (used both by the independent nomadic fleets and residential fleets to provide housing, produce ships, equipment and resources, and provide jobs).