UruKhar Empire

The **UruKhar Empire** is the nation of the UruKhar species, controlling the trailing edge of the Orion Quadrant.

## **Home**

Uru-Vazh is a world similar to Earth except a moister, warmer
climate. The planet orbits a single star of the yellow variety, Uru-Vazh has
two moons in its’ own gravity well, Vazh-Em, a dry and desert planetoid where
they conduct mining for ores, military training and weapons development.
Vazh-Nal is a pleasant and water world with islands of beautiful vistas
forested and is a vacation hub for those UruKhar who can spare the time from
their careers, or afford it.

## **People**

For the species, see UruKhar.

The UruKhar are a people who live in a military, and family based
culture. Smaller families sworn to more powerful, larger ones.

Careers are manifold as not all can be Soldiers/Navy, so any job
one can think of exists in the Empire, and so, some school students go through
a career aptitude test if they are not capable of handling military training.

The UruKhar also enjoy hard work, and play, so there are places
for military simulation games, sports which are full contact, and for the more
intellectual minded UruKhar, brain builder programs and games. They also do
enjoy online versions of all play.

Food is varied and ranges from bland to spiced, alcohol or
its’ equivalent is also enjoyed by the UruKhar people, sweets and meat dishes
are prevalent among dining facilities of the UruKhar, so even with a grain and
vegetable part, meats are the top dishes amongst the UruKhar, wines and
distilled drinks, sweet fruit nectars and juices are also used to help
compliment the meals based on how the flavors combine together for the most
pleasant experience. Sweets that the UruKhar enjoy are mainly baked delicacies,
some confections however also exist.

The UruKhar believe that once they die, they will be reborn anew
as a child in a different family to experience another kind of lifestyle, so
respect is given even from the noble families to the lower classes as they too
could have come from such or may wind up there, so no level is left to suffer
or rot as other cultures have as they do feel that they have been there or will
wind up there based on their actions in the present life. They do not serve any
gods, but see the closest to that as the will of the Universe, and while they
see connections to all things and beings, they expand their empire as they see
it their obligation to the Universe to bestow order amongst the stars.

## **History**

The UruKhar were born on Uru-Vazh, and as they evolved,
developed their present society after many wars and civil wars in their past.
They then were unified planet wide under the Emperor Vagmat Velk and that
family has ruled the Empire for generations making smart decisions. The Empire
spread out and colonized many uninhabited worlds to grow and develop as their
own, and conquered a few and rule the other races as justly if not sternly as
possible as they are NOT UruKhar after all. As they have had clashes with other
space faring nations before, the UruKhar built a large Navy that is split into
sector regional commands, the Military also has soldiers on ships as defenders
if boarded, or to board other ships, or conduct ground operations for the
Empire, as the Empire has grown, automation has had to be used, so automated
plants are built to fix the atmosphere and waters to the level where the
planets are Uru-Vazhed for colonization. These plants are also protected by
automated defense batteries and robotic soldiers as these help avoid spreading
the UruKhar to thinly over such mundane matters, and they get engineers out to
inspect the progress as the people wait in domed cities. The UruKhar refer to
the warp engines that they use a “G”-Drives, as Geschtam Drives. Their vessels
are well armed and resemble predatory aquatic creatures.

The UruKhar are stymied as they expand with several other races
yet to be seen by Humanity, but proved to be much harder to deal with than the
UruKhar expected, this has the Empire stuck with a war with the similarly
matched technology wise Vaarg, where they have been losing and wining in
several solar systems each side has claimed. On another front they are fighting
a more Guerilla tactics enemy who have a smaller but potent enough fleet, the
Mangary, though they have not the sized fleet so far seen by the UruKhar, they
do however use a form of small unit hit and run tactics that make it hard for
the UruKhar to fully counter, and thus slows them down. The third front they
are stumped on is the enigmatic old race the Z’ Rhuum, whose borders are
blocked to the UruKhar by vast fields of intelligent space mines, so while the
Empire is not officially engaged with the Z’ Rhuum, they cannot do much about
them either as the minefields are varied in the types and mentality of the
mines, stopping the ships via lethal and non-lethal means. This has lead the
High Command to now use a new approach with new encounters, a combination of
stealth ships to gather data with initial low key contact with diplomatic
overtures to also gauge reactions to displays such as a high dignitary in a large
cruiser with escorts arriving. The UruKhar have deemed this as more intelligent
an approach as it can result in friends and trade that overt use of Military
forces have in the past with less advanced races.