The Raptorian Protectorate

### Enemies

Orks (Distant conflict), Chaos (Enemies), United Sectors of Amir-Ka (Distant Foes)

The Raptorian Protectorate is a recent Imperial Successor state, formed out of those Imperial Remnants that survived the Advance of Hive Fleet Grábakr. They are a relatively new polity with minimal shared culture and bonds of brotherhood, held together by fear of the surrounding universe, and their gratitude to the Imperial Trust for sending forces to their defense. Their military has largely recovered from the ravages of hive fleet Grabakr, although their void strength has yet to recover to its historical heights. Despite this

Internal Politics:
The Raptorian Protectorate has a relatively weak central government, with most common military funding being for those items that simply must be centralized, such as their sole mobile void fleet, their under-strength Adaptus Astartes chapter, and their utterly anemic psykic tradition. Outside these few core functions, the member worlds of the Raptorian Protectorate are largely independent, with relatively little trade and common purpose. Indeed, the Imperial Trust in many ways is has more influence with the Planetary Government than the Raptorian Protectorate's central government. Several Imperial Trust Inquisitors have taken it upon themselves to provide advice in counter espionage and genestealer cult hunting in the lead up to hive Fleet Grábakr's arrival, and simply never relinquished the influence that they gained. As a result the Imperial Trust has substantial influence in the Protectorate's highly professional intelligence apparatus, although it is deliberately limited due to concerns about distant Inquisitors playing kingmaker.

Foreign policy:
The Raptorian's Protectorate's Foreign Policy has been largely consistent since its creation, aided by the relative simplicity of its strategic position. Hive Fleet Grábakr's passage resulted in the complete destruction of all nearby Ork and Chaos Held worlds, and then proceeded to nearly cripple the nearby United Sectors of Amir-Ka, destroying their fleets ravaging hundreds of their worlds and causing a civil war as petty lords attempted to take advantage of the chaos. The end result is that most Chaos factions are under the impression that they are dead with the rest of their nearby area, and those that do know of their existence have little interest in 8 planets in the middle of an uninhabitable wasteland. The end result of this is that they number of attacks that the Protectorate has faced over the last 50 years can be counted on two hands, and all but one of those were minor raiding actions by low level Amir-Ka fleet elements, with the last being a very lost ork infested Space Hulk that only managed to land a small number of troops before being destroyed.

As a result, the Raptorian Protectorate's foreign policy and long term strategic objectives are quite simple. First, to do absolutely nothing to offend the Imperial Trust, as they are the only source of Military, Industrial, and Technological aid available, and are hence vital for long term viability. Second, do nothing to draw the attention of the nearby United Sectors of Amir-Ka, as even reduced the chaos polity has the capacity to overwhelm the Raptorian military, absent rapid and decisive reinforcement from the Imperial Trust. Reinforcements that the Protectorate cannot count on. Third, to build up their industrial and military prowess, both to deter Amir-Ka as much as possible, and to prove themselves an ally worth defending to the Imperial Trust.

The main point of internal contention has to do with their only nearby neighbors, the Boessaewth. On one hand, having three nearby worlds as an ally would increase their power, on the other, the Boessaewth are relatively weak and technologically backwards. Attacking them was considered, but invading a system with three worlds is incredibly difficult under even the best of circumstances, and the Imperial Trust does not consider the prize to be worth the issues simply genocide a species would cause with the Empire of Ashes.