Cestia Station

> "Home of the Gods and the heart of our Empire, the Celestial Throne watches vigilantly over our motherland in hopes she will one day welcome us back."
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 - Saint Archimedes

## History

Created before the fall of Cestia, the station was originally constructed through a joint effort by the Republic of Tulni and the Katii Kingdom as an International Space Station. Made to gather satellite footage of the planet and develop better methods for life in space, the stations purpose soon took a drastic turn for the worst when Cestia began rapidly cooling yearly. Refurnished to accommodate a science team tasked with studying the world from orbit and developing a solution or means of survival among the stars, Cesta Station as it would be known suffered heavily from overuse in its small compartments and hallways. Overstaffed and overworked, it would eventually exchange ownership and be ran by the Cestian Emergency Coalition which saw to expand the stations population capacity and power production. Relaxed by the increased funds and better conditions, the scientific team on the station made historical advancements in the field of space agricultural and survival; them crafting schematics for condensed space shuttles capable of fitting thousands with ample supply distribution and sustainable food production.

Following the mass exodus into space, the C.E.C relocated its base of operations onto the station and began to govern the surviving Cestians from the command center. The next few hundred years afterwards saw extensive modifications and additions to the once primitive station, it being controlled by the C.E.C's successor known as the United Republic of Cestia and eventually the Cestian Empire. Transformed into a living city in orbit of their old homeworld, only the God-Emperors court and most loyal are allowed to live upon or even access it; a forbidden capital among the stars. Filled with relics of the Empires history and past rulers, the station is as much a museum as it is a fully operational battlestation.

## Relics

While remnants of the old Cestian nations remain onboard and within the reinforced walls of the station, relics of the old world and the present Empire are preserved deep inside so as to ensure at least a modicum of their history survives the passage of time.

* Azure Crown: Adorned by Tyvius II during his reign, the Azure Crown was created by him as a symbol of power for the Empire and remains as such even to this day. Seen as a symbol of unity and prosperity, every Emperor has worn it in hopes of replicating the monumental success of the original wearer.

* Celestial Throne: The throne of every consecutive Emperor and current seat of Tyvius III's reign, it's made entirely of jewels and materials recovered from Cestia, a testament of his peoples devotion to the Gods and their home.

* Imperial Genetics Laboratory: Created during the reign of Yohanas, the Imperial Gene Lab is a marvel of Cestian technology with priceless equipment and advanced medical research locked within its database. Filled with an assortment of past preserved experiments, it is a treasure trove of knowledge and underlying horror for the creatures which suffered to gain such information.

* Republican Emergency Act: The preserved original document written by Tyvius I declaring his dictatorship. It hasn't aged a day since its conception and even has the signatures still legible of every Councilmen from the United Republic of Cestia. Setting in motion the eventual founding of the Empire, it is revered as the predecessor to the Imperial Commandments.

* Imperial Commandments: The first Imperial laws created by God-Emperor Tyvius II, the Commandments build off of the foundation established by the Republican Emergency Act, extending the nations ruler to an exalted level of divine reverence. Painting the dictator as the face of Cestian civilization, they are sworn to be Cestias protector and guardian on the galactic stage; receiving homage and tribute in return for their divine service. The Commandments operate as a loose constitution for the Empire, enforcing the realms claims and enforcement of Feudal rule. The original documents remained preserved in their original scrolls, the handwriting of Tyvius II remaining fresh upon its centuries old parchment.