The Arcadian Republic

The Arcadian Republic is one of the three major factions in the Upper Spiral.

Comprising of an alliance between the Arcadian, So'Vas and Byrok species, it is the largest conglomerate alliance in Solonae, although not the most powerful.

The successors of the Arcadian Imperium, they have adopted a significantly less imperialistic approach to survival.

Origin:
The Arcadian Republic was created in 0AC by the remnants of the Arcadian species, following several centuries of civil war caused by the collapse of the Imperium and the bombardment of Arcadia.

The devastation of their homeworld threw the Arcadian people back into the technological dark age. Centuries of brutal, unceasing war followed, the few survivors banding together and slaughtering their brethren over scraps of food and sips of water. The conflict came to a head - and an abrupt end - when the two largest superpowers engaged over the ruins of the planet's capital, resulting in the complete obliteration of one and the total victory of the other. The surviving faction settled the irradiated ruins, slowly cleansing the area and forming a new, if slightly unstable, government - the Republic of Arcadia.

After operating in their local system for several decades, the fledgling Republic gained an ally in the form of the Byrok Migratory Convoys, who happily traded advanced FTL drives and access to the surrounding systems in exchange for medical supplies, food stocks and eventually citizenship in the Republic.

With the information and technology gained from this second species, the Republic officially became a galactic power.