Central Empire

The **Central Empire**, sometimes referred to as the **Republic**, is one of the three warring factions in *Marauders*.

## Overview

The Central Empire is locked in a perpetual Great War with the United Allies and the Kingdom Alliance, since at least the 1920s. Like the other factions, they have industrialized space with patrols of military ships, asteroid mining stations, docking facilities, and other installations through out space. The Capital Frigate is the largest ship in the Central Empire's Navy, of which they take pride in, often inhabited by Commandos. The Central Empire utilizes a doctrine of militarism, featuring heavy armour, cutting edge technology and overwhelming firepower to conduct its operations, such as piloting large, complex ships and using navy outposts. It is regarded as having the most well trained military in the galaxy. The Central Empire consists of the remnants of the German Empire, Polish Second Republic, Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Hungary.

The Central Empire own and operate several structures in space, including the Damaged Capital Ship, the Radar Tower and the Navy Outpost, of which the latter two are targeted by the Kingdom Alliance and its SAS. Merchant Ships are used by the Central Empire as a core portion of their logistics, and are targeted by the United Allies and Kingdom Alliance. The Central Empire once formerly owned the Terraformer as a colony, contracting Pirates to control a gate tower entrance in an effort to restore control. The Central Empire sends contractors to activate an emergency signal at the Navy Outpost, and investigate the failure of Security Personnel to defend Central Empire cargo on the Merchant Ship for potential treason. The Central Empire Navy recruits anyone that enlists, even those without any prior training, emphasising fearlessness. Enlisting in the Navy will result in immediate deployment. The equipment given for rank and file members of the Central Empire Navy consists of the Luger P08, SVT-40, Heavy Stahlhelm and Full Panzer Armour. The Central Empire's intelligence is often the target of Kingdom Alliance operations, including war plans and troop movements. The Central Empire also has development programs for experimental combat stimulants, producing two, known as the Spice and Chocolate Spice.

The Central Empire contracts third parties to complete certain operations, including the Mercenary, awarding equipment for their completion. The Mercenary has performed various contracts for the Central Empire, such as stealth operations. The Central Empire has placed bounties on disaptching Space Mines, Marines, and SAS members. The Central Empire has expressed interest in mining frigates, sending contractors to determine if it's valuable enough to control. The Central Empire has sent contractors to the Colony Cruiser to determine the location of the settling activities of the United Allies. The Central Empire has lost a portion of their Capital Ship fleet, requesting the use of distress beacons to reclaim stranded frigates. The Central Empire has intel suggesting the treasonous presence of large amounts of weapon sales at the L1812 Service Space Station weapon shop. The Central Empire have an informant inside the staff of the L1812 Service Space Station, whose role is to provide information on enemy cargo that passes through the station. The most recent cargo report was not sent, prompting the Central Empire to send contractors to obtain it.

The Central Empire use the Merchant Frigate to transport cargo behind enemy lines, including shipments of propaganda and food. The Central Empire stores landing vehicles and APCs on the Navy Outpost, including the APC owned by Navy Commander Captain Secloso, sought to be sabotaged by the United Allies. The Central Empire seeks to disrupt the operations of the Planet Killer Base by stealing nuclear codes for the base's armaments and control the vault which was declared a high value target.

The Red Baron is also a member of the Central Empire, and is considered the best recruit. The Red Baron pilots a unique, red ship, known as the Strike Frigate.

## Gallery

"Take your place" poster."Buy more war bonds!" poster.
## Trivia

* The emblem of the Central Empire prior to the play tests was the Valknut, an ancient symbol found on various items from ancient Germanic tribes.
* The "Buy more war bonds!" poster is a reference to a similar poster of the same name made during World War II.

## References

1. ↑ Twitter - @Playmarauders - March 25th, 2023
2. ↑ Boom Relay mission
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Counter Attack mission
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Import Export mission
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Merchant Piracy mission
6. ↑ Colony Hell mission
7. ↑ Signal Ops mission
8. ↑ Traitor Call mission
9. ↑ Pistol Training mission
10. ↑ Recruitment Poster for the Central Empire
11. ↑ Military Espionage mission
12. ↑ Spy Game mission
13. ↑ Blood Money Market trade deal
14. ↑ Silent Assassin Market trade deal
15. ↑ Clear Patch mission
16. ↑ Enemy Forces mission
17. ↑ Kingdom Come mission
18. ↑ Monitor Check mission
19. ↑ Ship Navigator mission
20. ↑ Salvage Duty mission
21. ↑ Weapons Intel mission
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Shopping Tour mission
23. ↑ Film Review mission
24. ↑ Food Run mission
25. ↑ Space Invader mission
26. ↑ Nuclear Codes missio
27. ↑ Vault Check mission