Empire of OverWatch

**The Empire of OverWatch**, often abbreviated simply as **Era 1 OverWatch**, was the name of a powerful interdimensional empire that reigned terror on planets and entire galaxies that threatened the prosperity and peace that the empire had established. The empire was reorganized from the Confederacy of 5 Dimensions in the aftermath of the failed separatist uprising, under the pretext of reaching "peace and security across all dimensions". Although the empire reached prosperity, its harsh treatment causes an interdimensional war to occurr with the uprising of the Council movement, led by 3 divining Heralds. In the aftermath of the first civil war, the Council was eliminated, at the cost of the empire being fragmented once again into 5 individual states.

## Defensive capabilities

Much of Era 1 OverWatch is obscured, as the only ones who mentions OverWatch's strengths were Bronze, Ichor,Void, Takashi and Nox. According to them however, the empire was considered to be the strongest force in interstellar history, and in numerous occassions had the empire displayed strengths that rivalled all of the Council's deities powers combined, including the 3 Heralds, Nox Niro and Takashi Izumi. According to Nox, on numerous occassions did the empire's naval capicity overwhelmed the Council's, and Takashi mentioned that the military prowess was quantity over quality, which did overwhelm the Council on several occassions.

## Military structure

Much is unknown about the military hierarchy in the empire, and the only information available is that the 5th Army is said to be structured from the first era of OverWatch, using the latter as a template. The armed forces of the empire reported directly to the Supreme Commander, who in turn reports directly to the Emperor. The empire had an army, navy, starfighter corps, and an intelligence wing that was essentially the empire's OWISCB, the Informations Bureau for the Empire of OverWatch.

There were several known positions and squads mentioned by Era 1 veterans. Grand administrator Z was a grand general who commanded the 5th dimension's army. Constantine was the supreme general of the Security Corps for the Emperor, the emperor's bodyguard branch. Administrator Y was said to be a grand admiral who governed and managed the 5th dimension's navy.

## Technological advancement

A lot of the empire's technology was inferior, and was a key part as to why an interdimensional regime was falling behind and losing in some cases against the Council. The energy output of the regime was regarded as far inferior than the 5th Army's, and subsequently assumed so for every other dimensional states, often struggling to keep power through all 5 dimensions, and were struggling even more after briefly losing the 5th dimension. Their biggest technological advancement was the Crucible, a supermassive type 3 dyson sphere station that encompassed a type A star, a massive star called "The Behemoth". At the time of the War by the Crucible, the station was 3/4 complete. It was less of a station and more of a megaweapon, that could obliterate several galaxies and systems through use of hyperlanes, it was even said to be capable of destroying galaxies from across dimensions only at full capacity.

## Government structure

The empire had a parliament which is reorganized from the confederacy of 5 dimensions, essentially working as an assembly for governors of every known galaxies and systems owned by the empire. The head of state was the emperor, a position selected by a successor of the emperor's choice or elected by the general assembly. and lasts for an entire lifetime or until the emperor decides to abdicate. The emperor holds absolute power, and controls every section of the government. Essentially speaking, the empire of OverWatch governed the dimensions as an ingsoc-like government, taking personal freedome away from its citizens and essentially treating them as slaves. In the early years, each dimension was governed by a dimensional governor, however it was dissolved after none of them could successfully suppress the rebellious and unruly activities.

## Justice system

The highest court of law for the empire was the Interdimensional Court that functioned similarly to the 5th Army's Universal High Court. Each dimension had their own courts that evaluated dimensional laws when governors were in power. After it was dissolved, the dimensional courts were fragmented into galactic courts. Administrator X was the chief judge of the 5th Dimension's court, and was notorious for authorizing and even personally executing tortures on suspects. Era 1 of OverWatch was often regarded as a police state, meaning that the law enforcement agency, the Empire's Public Provisional and Welfare Bureau, had a lot power while on duty, giving them a lot of leeway to commit violent acts against citizens and abuse their powers.

## History

### Early years

Primarch Nion Dod of the Confederacy of 5 Dimensions reorganized the union into an interdimensional empire, an empire to overwatch peace and prosperity that this empire would create, thus coining the name OverWatch. Dod elected himself as emperor, and reorganized the confederacy's parliament into the empire's general assembly. During Dod's reign, his lineage's culture would heavily influence the state and society, which would later be carried down even to the empire's fragmentation, such as OverWatch Native and several other traditional practices. Some speculate that Nion Dod's influence even reached to Earth in the isolated region of Japan, as most of its history and culture mirrors eachother almost perfectly.

Because of the shift in policies, several small rebellious groups formed across the dimensions, but all were brutally suppressed by the Public Provisional and Welfare Bureau.

Nion Dod eventually dies from natural causes at the age of 201, and in his place - Russ Qëuk was chosen by Nion Dod to succeed him. At this point in time, the dimensional governors were dissolved for failing to suppress the rebellious threat, and thus all power went to the Emperor. Emperor Qëuk was most known for increasing defense budget and authorizing patents to several shipyards to design super cruisers and battleships, as well as instating an edict for stricter discipline on the military. These orders were proven effective in brutally suppressing all rebellious activity. Emperor Qëuk died from natural causes after a few hundred years.

### Mid years

Around the year 1000 A.D., the empire had shifted its policies a numerous amount of times to form an ingsoc-like government, removing personal freedome from citizens and increase civilian security as a result of reducing privacy. During this time period, emperor Francisius Enpa reigned the empire, and ruled it with an iron fist. During this time period, a caguran group by the name of the Izumi Clan started making its activities in the 5th diemnsion, originating from the goddess Fantasia's Realm. The Izumi Clan's patriarch, Takashi Izumi, made several uproars across the 5th dimension and disturbed the peace on numerous occassions. After causing havoc on the planet 4921-C, the Izumi Clan were elevated to a dimensional threat after successfully wiping out the entire military force in the system. Emperor Enpa placed a military edict to designate all cagurans as Izumi Clan members, and an order to exterminate them. Takashi ensured to raise as much hell as he could, which only led to him and his clan get cornered. However, this edict would only serve as a casus belli for another entity of force to rise and declare war on OverWatch, the Council. The entity was a movement created by 3 divine Heralds who once made up the deity of dimensions, Infinity. The Council joined forces with the Izumi Clan, and soon enough the influence spreads across the dimension, and slowly but surely the empire started losing its grips. As a result, emperor Enpa became the first emperor in Era 1 history to abdicate.

### War years

The first civil war breaks out, and the emperor to oversee the war was granted to Enpa's successor, Iru Xilax. Emperor Xilax gained notoriety for his efficiency in combatting the Council, and even stood his ground when Nox Niro joined the battle. Xilax ratified and signed several laws into action that gave stricter access to military information and fortified key galactic sectors. Daetahs, the homebase of the Council, was located in the 1st dimension, and was only 50 parsecs away from the empire's base of operations, Homeworld, and thus a lot of pressure was put on the two forces.

Several battles recounted by Nox and Takashi took place in the 5th dimension. Nox recounted one battle on 3320-C, mentioning that it was the largest naval battle of the war, leaving the entire planet as one large ship graveyard. Takashi mentioned the times he battled alongside Ichor and Bronze on 7808-C. Governor Wilfred Tarken of 7271-C, mentioned a history on one of the neighbouring planets in the system, 7273-C, of how the Council liberated the planet, and left it to suffer from the damages and not call for reperations, causing the inhabitants to seek refuge to 7271-C. The claims were undermined by Bronze, which didn't help their case during their negotiations in later years. Ichor mentioned one battle where he fought alongside his brother, Particle, against an outnumbered army with Liberator-501st on 6660-B, and mentioned how they plowed through the entire army. After all their efforts, the Council managed to liberate the entire 5th dimension, and thus their eyes were set on Homeworld.

Bronze recounted the moment of which the war turned on them: a few of the Council's key informants were executed, who had links within the parliament. Word of a substantial increase of budget to weapons research had been approved by the general assembly, soon enough, 10 years passes, and Bronze would discover the empire's ultimate weapon was near completion: the Crucible. A type 3 Dyson sphere that encompassed a tyle A star known as "The Behemoth", which lied in neutral space in the first dimension. Immediately, the Council were forced to target the Crucible before it could initiate an attack on Daetahs or any of the key systems the Council had. The War by the Crucible then takes place, and it was described as the bloodiest and casualty heavy conflict in the entire war. After 14 days of nonstop battling, Bronze and Takashi made a plan to destroy the Crucible, while Void and the rest made sure emperor Xilax was killed. They succeed, at the cost of turning the Behemoth into a massive supernova, wiping out over 90% of the Council's forces. OverWatch was in shambles, and the Council disbanded shortly after the aftermath.

### Post war years

With no emperor and the empire's forces crippled, the general assembly formed a shadow council to come to a decision. In just less than 2 years, the remnants of the empire had regained its territory, yet it was clear that the state could not function as a whole. According to administrator Y, the shadow council - that he was apart of along with the rest of the admins - decided to form the "Era 2 Reformations Order", ending the first era of OverWatch and fragmenting the empire into 5 states, each governing the empire's dimensions. The 5th Imperial Army of OverWatch was formed as a result of this, and all agreed to seal off the dimensional gates in order to prevent any interdimensional conflicts.

## Expansion

### Headquarters

* Homeworld
* 0001-A

### Dimensional sectors

* 1st Dimension
* 2nd Dimension
* 3rd Dimension
* 4th Dimension
* 5th Dimension

### Other facilities

* 8777-C Compound
* The Crucible

## See also

* The 1st Provisional Empire of OverWatch
* The 2nd Greater Co-Prosperity of OverWatch
* The 3rd Cosmic Army of OverWatch
* The 4th Interstellar State of OverWatch
* The 5th Imperial Army of OverWatch