Cassiopeia Prime

**Cassiopeia Prime** was the capital of the United Cassiopeian Republic and its predecessor, the Cassiopeian Republic. The planet served as a major galactic hub in the Cassiopeia Galaxy, a terrestrial world covered entirely with cities and towering skyscrapers housing hundreds of billions of people throughout galactic history. Cassiopeia Prime was a populous, renowned melting pot of countless different cultures.

## Description

The planet Cassiopeia Prime was rocky world located within the Metropolis Sector, a sector of the galaxy situated in the southeastern Inner and Outer Core regions. The planet orbited a single white star at a habitable distance. Cassiopeia Prime shared its planetary system, thje Prime Cassiopeian System, with only two other sister planets: Cassiopeia II and Cassiopeia III. Cassiopeia Prime had a total of five habitable moons: Alphiopeia, Betiopeia, Gammiopeia, Deltiopeia, and Epsilopeia. The planet also had a number of manmade satellites and space stations orbiting it.

The surface of Cassiopeia was completely covered in cities, with metal skyscrapers and towers decorating the planet's entirety. City blocks, a collection of districts, were often built on top of one another. The highest levels consisted of the wealthiest districts, like District I, while the lowest levels consisted of the poorest districts, like District DCCIV. With a population of several hundred billion, the planet was always bustling with activity and life, having even earned the nickname "the **World That Never Sleeps**".

Many different cultural groups lived on Cassiopeia Prime, creating a melting pot for countless different peoples, theories, ideologies, traditions, and ways of life. While humans were the largest group of sentients to have lived and existed on the planet, hundreds of other groups of sentient species made Cassiopeia Prime their home as well. This included (but was certainly not limited to) Aetherians, Proxim, Ologans, Autumnians, Xiavans, Pithecans, and Nidae. The planet's population made for the ideal conditions for crime to thrive in the planet's lower levels.

It was believed that Cassiopeia Prime was completely inhospitable for most life before being terraformed and colonized. Great and powerful technology and magic were necessary to transform the planet into a place suitable for life, in an arduous process that took many generations and several centuries to complete.

## History

### Founding of the Galactic Capital

#### Prelude

By the beginning of the 1st century ASA, the galaxy suffered much destruction and pain from the six-year Artifice Wars. The Deliverance fell apart, and the Ascendancy was unable to keep its attained power in the galaxy because of the damages endured by many once-powerful worlds. Worlds like Wish went into isolation entirely while others like Phaethon were completely ruined during times of war. Even the Grand Order of Magic seemingly disappeared from the public eye, nearly without a trace. With no leading or guiding entity for the people of Cassiopeia, the people themselves sought out to create something better for themselves, once the galaxy was soon struck by the Cry of Havoc.

#### Transformation

For much of the Republic's early history, the moon of Epsilopeia was the founding capital of the Republic. While the other four moons of Cassiopeia Prime were already colonized for quite some time, Cassiopeia Prime itself was never touched because of its violent atmosphere that made the planet inhospitable for most life.

Because of these natural conditions, a large-scale terraformation project was set in order, which required incredible technological and magical strength. This began the multi-hundred-year process of terraforming the planet into a livable condition for most sentient life.

### The Era of the First Crusade

By the time of the 24th century ASA, Cassiopeia Prime was home to just several billions. The terraformation project from history's past made the planet suitable for hundreds upon thousands of cities to be built across its surface. That being said, most of the planet's original natural terrain of rocky mountains and barren plains was beginning to be covered completely by cities at an exponential rate.

With Cassiopeia Prime growing in power, there were some tensions revolving around the true source of power in the Cassiopeian Republic. Those from Epsilopeia still clung onto their power, as they rode the reputation of having been the founding colony for the Republic. Those from Cassiopeia Prime believed that the capital of the Republic should be moved to the planet proper, as they were beginning to grow in numbers beyond that of the Founder's Moon.

The First Crusade accelerated the need for a solution and conclusion to these growing inner tensions. Paramount Everdon Mara of Epsilopeia served as the head of the Cassiopeian Republic during the start of the Vespasian Empire's grand crusade.

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## Inhabitants

Because of Cassiopeia Prime's enormous population, the inhabitants of the planet came from all walks of life from the galaxy, creating a home for the most diverse population in the galaxy.

### Sentinels

The Sentinels of Cassiopeia Prime had great power over technology and metals. Many Sentinels from this planet worked closely with the planetary government to ensure order and stability, throughout history.

### Notable Figures

* **Andreia Dynamia** - one of the founders of the Dawns, a group of privateers and freedom fighters that fought against tyranny and corruption within the Cassiopeia Galaxy.
* **Rhodo Lax** - a human member of the Dawns.

## Locations

### Districts

→ *Main article: Districts of Cassiopeia Prime*

Cassiopeia Prime was divided into one thousand different districts. A single senator was designated to represent 50 sectors, meaning that there were 20 different senators representing different districts of the planet alone. The wealthiest districts existed at the very surface of the planet while the more impoverished districts could be found in the deeper levels of the planet.