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The Empire
Jan. 4th, 2012 08:04 pmDespite their interest in conquering the Nexus, precious little is known about the Empire. What is known is that they are aggressive and expansionist, their infrastructure and military combining both technology (roughly at the level of the end of the 19th century) and magic. Most of what is known relates to their military technology from equipment either seen or captured during the abortive attack on the Nexus and its inhabitants.
It is known that there was once a collection of groups and small states in the Nexus, until the founder of the Empire - a figure mostly lost to history, and rumoured to still be in charge - arrived. Through means that are still unknown, he established a small, but ruthlessly expanisonistic power. There are rumours that the entire purpose of the expansion was to find something, an object or thing of great power. It may well be that this final objective lays within the borders of the Nexus, and thus their interest...
But hope for the Empire's demise is not yet dead. There is a resistance movement, within its borders, seeking its downfall. The public face of this movement has been Mr.Moto, who has in the past recruited various citizens of the Nexus to carry out missions against the Empire that have damaged its hold over its territory, to a certain limited extent. Moto has not been seen in some time, but for a canny detective, it is probable that he will return...
There is also a dark counterpart - the intelligence agent Sally Lovejoy, constantly trying to undermine the Nexus and either recruit or kidnap people who can be bent to her purpose. It is rumoured that she and her superiors report to someone only known as the 'dark lady' - but who that person is or where she is in the hierarchy of the Empire, or even if the Emperor really lives or is just a long-gone figurehead for someone else - remains murky.
It is known that there was once a collection of groups and small states in the Nexus, until the founder of the Empire - a figure mostly lost to history, and rumoured to still be in charge - arrived. Through means that are still unknown, he established a small, but ruthlessly expanisonistic power. There are rumours that the entire purpose of the expansion was to find something, an object or thing of great power. It may well be that this final objective lays within the borders of the Nexus, and thus their interest...
But hope for the Empire's demise is not yet dead. There is a resistance movement, within its borders, seeking its downfall. The public face of this movement has been Mr.Moto, who has in the past recruited various citizens of the Nexus to carry out missions against the Empire that have damaged its hold over its territory, to a certain limited extent. Moto has not been seen in some time, but for a canny detective, it is probable that he will return...
There is also a dark counterpart - the intelligence agent Sally Lovejoy, constantly trying to undermine the Nexus and either recruit or kidnap people who can be bent to her purpose. It is rumoured that she and her superiors report to someone only known as the 'dark lady' - but who that person is or where she is in the hierarchy of the Empire, or even if the Emperor really lives or is just a long-gone figurehead for someone else - remains murky.
