Palas (Zeta Berenices I)

## History

Palas, also known as *Zeta Berenices I* is the first planet in the Z*eta Berenices Star System* in the Zeta Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy.

Conquered by the Rothian Federation in 1694, Palas supported a pre-warp group of tribes which at first, welcomed the Rothian Federation to their planet.

However due to the planet's unique resource, a source of *metaphasic radiation* created by the solar activity of the *Zeta Berenices Star* and its remote location, the planet became one of the most classified locations to the *Rothian Federation* and later the Rothian Corporation.

Due to the ability of *metaphasic radiation* to reverse the aging process of most humanoid species, thereby prolonging the life of those who are exposed to it, the Rothian Corporation became increasingly brutal to the planets popular forcing the Aventis Empire to launch an attack to liberate the planet after *Emperor Malv IV's* chamberlain leaked the location of the planet to the Aventis in 2234.

The planet suffered centuries of continuous devastation as the Rothian Corporation and Aventis Empire fought for control of the planet, with the Aventis, once so noble and honourable in their goal of liberating the planet from the oppression of the Rothian forces becoming increasingly short-sighted to the constant suffering of the Palas tribes.

The Roth briefly regained control of the planet in 2289 when *Emperor Malv VI*, attempting to atone for his grandfather's incompetence, finally destroyed the Aventis forces on Palas which had been critically underfunded and undersupplied due to the distant location of Palas from the Aventis Empire.

However *Malv VI* was murdered by his wife, Queen Kreyia, at the behest of her son, who she was engaged in an incestuous affair with. *Emperor Raius I* however proved to be massive incompetent, spoilt and entitled and Queen Kreyia, who had seduced her own son in order to use him as a puppet ruler of the Rothian Corporation, found herself publicly executed for the regicide of *Malv VI,* on her son's orders.

By 2290, Palas was largely abandoned by the Rothian Corporation in order to cater to the whims of a delusional and paranoid Emperor. *Emperor Raius*, who is considered by Rothian historians as the worst of the Rothian Emperor's, succumbed to madness, flying a ship into Void Space, never to be heard from again.

By the time, the Aventis returned to Palas in 2304, the planet had been largely forgotten with only a handful of soldiers to defend it from Aventis attack. *Admiral Lurain Deroita* led the attack against the Roth forces and was enraged when the tribes of Palas refused to allow the Aventis to set up colonies on the surface of Palas in exchange for saving them.

During the years of peace, the natives of Palas had advanced considerably by using stolen technology left by the Roth and formed the *Palas Resistance* in order to eject both the Roth and Aventis from their world, tired of their world being used in a tug-o-war between the two foreign powers.

Despite this, *Deroita* began landing troops for a occupation and in the years that followed, the Resistance put up a fierce fight, using both captured Rothian and Aventis technology.

Finally, in 2389, the Aventis Empire decided to withdraw from Palas due to the increased expense in having to maintain a military garrison on a distant, strategically insignificant world. The Aventis Empire was also concerned about several possible new threats in the Zeta Quadrant including the Black Eye Consortium.