The Morsian Empire was the ruling government of Mors and the Morsian people. Founded between 15,000 - 14,000 BBY, the Morsian Empire would prove to the be the final government of the Morsian people, able to withstand several civil wars that attempted to overthrow it, as well as guiding the Morsians through hardship and success alike.
It was the government that finally united Mors under one banner, and kept its rule with an iron fist, crushing resistance and civil war while simultaneously making technological advancements and civil construction projects. During the first several thousand years of its existence, the Morsian Empire was undiscovered and unaware of the wider galaxy, causing it to focus instead on its own efforts to reach space, creating various space programs.
Upon being discovered by the wider galaxy, the Morsian Empire sought to be a symbol of power, civilization and prosperity in the eyes of the galaxy, projecting military power with various excursions and partaking in galactic wars, being a power for peace with humanitarian aid and interventions across the galaxy while also being culturally relevant, with a strong empire under its control and a strong economy.
They had a rough relationship with the Galactic Republic, with high highs and low lows, joining and leaving the Republic several times throughout their histories. Despite it all, the Morsian Empire worked alongside the Republic to keep the galaxy safe and secure, with both military alliances and trade partnerships.
History[]
The early flag of the Morsian Empire, repurposed from that of the Sixth Morsian Republic
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| Politics of the Morsian Empire (From 20,000 BBY onwards) |
| Periods |
| Tribe (20,000 - 18,000 BBY) Kingdom (18,000 - 16,700 BBY) Dictatorship (16,700 - 16,126 BBY) First Republic (16,120 - 16,007 BBY) Second Republic (16,007 - 15,997 BBY) Third Republic (15,900 - 15,617 BBY) New Kingdom (15,610 BBY - 15,580 BBY) Fourth Republic (15,565 - 15,449 BBY) Morsian State (15,425 - 15,409 BBY) Fifth Republic (15,406 - 15,000 BBY) People's Union (14,991 - 14,544 BBY) Sixth Republic (14,535 - 13,887 BBY) Empire (Canon · Legends) (13,880 BBY - ) |
| Titles and honors |
| King · Dictator · Consul · Emperor |
 Morsian fanon continuity
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Formation[]
The Empire came into existence between 15,000 - 14,000 BBY after a large scale, full planetary civil war which embroiled Mors and its people, eventually seeing the Imperial faction victorious and placing the Emperor at the seat of the Morsian government, with the Morsian Senate operating from the Emperor's will.
Unifying the planet and "Pax Morsiana"[]
A vast majority of Mors was under the control of the Morsian Empire, however there were still areas independent of the Empire. Over the following thousand years, the Empire fought and defeated the few nations left independent, as well as fighting several unsuccessful uprisings that sought to overthrow the Emperor. However, by 13,200 BBY, the planet was unified. After twenty years of consolidation and pacification, the Emperor declared a "Pax Morsiana", an era of peace and prosperity.
Mors as seen from the surface of its moon, taken during one of the space travel attempts
Pre-galactic contact[]
The Jedi discovered Mors in 10,000 BBY, however prior to that the Morsians had limited success in reaching space. With the planet unified and in a relatively stable state of peace and prosperity, most of the scientific focus was pushed towards reaching the stars. The Morsian Space Program was started with the aim of landing on the orbiting moon of Mors, as well as collecting scientific data from orbit and sending out probes to other planets and asteroids. The space program operated continuously over its time, successfully landing Morsians on the planetary satellite, launching probes and various other gadgets before the Jedi discovered the planet, catapulting the Morsian Empire to the galactic stage.
Early space travel[]
The Morsian Empire was eager to learn more about the wider galaxy after the Jedi revealed that many distant systems and planets were inhabited, and at the request of the Emperor, various Morsian diplomats were selected to travel outside of the Morsian home system, the Mortlekk system, though not before the Jedi aided in creating breathing masks to help the Morsians breath outside of their own atmosphere. During these early visits outside of the galaxy, the Morsians learned a lot, including the fact that their Empire was a technological backwater compared to the rest of the galaxy, owing to the fact that all research was mainly focussed on their own space program. During the next millennia, the Morsians rapidly worked on spaceship designs, whether they were made themselves or designs from elsewhere in the galaxy, so they could get a foothold on the galactic stage and not require the Jedi to get about.
Joining the Republic[]
The IILS flag
After a millennia of hard research, diplomacy and exploration, the Morsian Empire applied to join the Galactic Republic in 9,000 BBY. Joining a galaxy-wide alliance helped to cement the idea in the Morsian people's mind that the Morsian Empire had finally achieved greatness on the galactic stage and promised to bring good times and fortunes for the Morsians. Also during this time, the Imperial Intergalactic Lifeboat Service (IILS) was founded to aid travellers within the bounds of the Mortlekk system who enter difficulty. The service was an immediate success, and would slowly expand to cover the rest of the galaxy.
Founding a galactic empire[]
Stella Primus, the first planet the Morsians encountered and subsequently offered to be a protectorate
During their exploration of the galaxy, the Morsians encountered various previously undiscovered worlds that were inhabited by sentient beings, some of them in quite close proximity to Mors. After much deliberation over what the Morsians would do with these worlds, it was decided that the Morsian Empire would introduce itself to the larger nations on the planets with the aim of establishing a friendly relationship with the nations and sign a mutually benefitting agreement, whereby the Morsian Empire would receive trade, exotic goods and various other benefits while the nation they aid would receive military protection, infrastructure building and modern technology. It was a difficult project to start, however it began the long running Morsian Protectorate Planet programme, launching the Morsian Empire on its first steps to building its own empire in the corner of the galaxy.
The Old Sith Wars[]
During the Old Sith Wars of 4,000 BBY, the Morsian Empire was at its height of relations between it and the Galactic Republic. When the Sith Empire broke into open war with the Republic, the Morsian Empire threw its military against the Sith with both joint and independent operations against Sith targets. The troops and navy of the Morsians proved to be a large thorn in the side of the Sith Empire who launched the Siege of Mors in 3,955 BBY in an attempt to knock them out of the war. The battle was costly on both sides, however the Morsians successfully defended their homeworld and were undeterred by the attack, instead opting to commit more resources to the war, undergo more campaigns and destroy more Sith forces until a ceasefire was called.
Decline in Republic relations and exit[]
A poster featuring the split, with the accompanying text "They abandoned us" and "This is their "democracy" "
Over the following 500 years, relations between the Morsian Empire and Galactic Republic started breaking down, where the Republic began to lower their force size between wars, while the Morsians continued to be militaristic. The two began to butt heads more and more in the Galactic Senate, though continued to undergo joint campaigns and fighting against the Sith Empire when it broke out into open conflict. These campaigns began to be less cohesive, however, where the two armies conflicted with each other more and more, leading to more independent operations.
On the political side, the Galactic Senate was pressing more and more political pressure on the Morsians, with various laws and embargos passed which either conflicted with or outright blocked the Morsian Empire. The Senate also started siding with the Morsians less and less, exerting political pressure on unfavorable terms for them, or flatly failing to back the Morsians, sometimes going as far as to side against them.
Eventually, around 3,500 BBY, the Morsian Empire left the Galactic Senate and the Republic on their own terms, leaving Coruscant entirely and cutting off nearly all political ties and avenues with the Republic. They also withdrew from any defensive pacts they were still left in, and would no longer join in Republic coalitions or joint task forces in wars. The Morsian Empire was now on its own.
Independent operation[]
While the Morsian Empire might have withdrawn from galactic politics, it did not mean they ceased to be active in the wider galaxy. Free from the restrictions of the Republic, the Morsians were able to undergo long time plans they had otherwise been unable to do while with the Republic. Sending volunteer forces and aid to troubled planets, intervene with civil wars, aid governments in civil wars and other interventionist policies were adopted and acted on, while regular anti-piracy patrols by Morsian fleets operated all across the galaxy.
They also still continued to fight the Sith whenever they appeared in the galaxy, getting involved in most major wars as Sith empires rose and fell. They did this independent of the Republic, which also meant they were able to garner separate peace deals without the restriction of the Republic, seeking far more favorable terms for themselves than would ever be passed had the Republic still been there as a war leader.
Despite no longer being a part of the Republic, the two entities continued to have some sort of established relations, even if they were cold and minimal. As a part of a long discussion between the two shortly after the Morsians withdrew from the Republic, it was agreed that every year, a Jedi would travel to one of the Morsian protectorate planets and be shown around it, to ensure that humanitarian practices were being adhered to and oppression of the peoples there was not happening. Trade continued to flow between the borders of the Morsian Empire and the wider galaxy, and now they were free from the Republic governed tariffs and limits of taxation, the freedom the Morsians gained from the Republic allowed them to prosper even more than they were, leading to increased growth and budgets for nearly every industry and sector.
During the Clone Wars[]
At the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY, the Morsians had grown used to independent operations with minimal interaction with the Republic. Despite this, there was always a faction in the Morsian Senate which yearned for a return to the Republic, and an official return to the galactic stage as a part of it. However, they made little headway as the treatment given to the Morsians before their eventual exit from the Republic still left a bitter taste in the mouths of most people in the Empire. This began to change when the Clone Wars officially broke out, and the Republic was swift to re-establish political avenues and ties with the Morsians. They were eager to have the Morsian Empire become a part of the Republic again as they believed that the large professional military of the Morsians, something they had previously condemned as being militaristic, would now be greatly beneficial in their fight against the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Progress towards it was slow, however, as the Morsian Senate as a whole was still not particularly on speaking terms with the Republic, and fears that the Republic just wished to use them for the war and then kick them out again were high. As a result, very little headway was made over the course of the Clone Wars, though it did begin to pick up and move towards a conclusion of the Morsians likely re-joining the Republic and entering the war before it ended in 19 BBY.
Even though the politics were slow during this time, military action was swift. While the Morsian Empire was hesitant to fully enter the war against the CIS, they were eager to learn more about their battle tactics and equipment, specifically the technology, which the Morsians wanted to get their hands on to reverse-engineer and possibly augment onto their own designs. While the Imperial Intelligence Bureau (IIB) was an excellent source of information for them, front-line action could not be replaced. As such, the Morsian Empire and Senate came up with the idea of so-called "interventions", or "technology gathering" missions, whereby a small Morsian fleet and military detachment was sent to a contested world with the primary aim of recovering any and all battlefield relics, from both sides of the war. A single legion would be sent to the surface to seek out and recover damaged, or functional, vehicles and equipment from both sides and recover it to the fleet, which would then be sent back to Mors for analysis and breaking down. These interventions also had a secret aim of fighting alongside Republic forces against the CIS as volunteers, though if it was ever questioned, the Morsians would claim that it was just a coincidence that happened alongside the main objective of recovering equipment.
Despite considerable progress being made with the Morsian Empire joining the Republic, they never officially joined the war or Republic before it fell in 19 BBY and the war ended, leading to the formation of the Galactic Empire. Due to long running sentiments, however, and the possible progress and outlook towards the Republic at the end of the war, the Morsian Empire did offer the Jedi Order 66 sanctuary within their borders when they learnt of the destruction of the Jedi Order, whereby Jedi, if they could make it to the borders of the Morsian Empire, could settle on whatever planet they chose providing they followed the rules and laws there, in return for protection.
Cold War with the Galactic Empire[]
Due to the fall of the Republic and the circumstances of its occurrence, the Morsian Senate wasn't too sure what to make of the new empire in its place. The Senate was quickly divided, with two sides emerging. There was the side which viewed the Empire as the legitimate successor to the Republic, and wished to pursue ties with the Empire, much like how the Republic was doing during the Clone Wars. However, the other side was greatly against the Empire, viewing it as the illegitimate conquerors of the democratic Republic, being helmed by a Sith and therefore becoming the enemies of the Morsian Empire. Responses to the new government, too, were mixed, with those viewing it more favorably looking for political ties or an alliance with them, while those opposing were demanding war, or close to it. Most senators in the Senate took one side or the other, with very few remaining neutral about it, meaning neither force could make headway in a resolution.
During the first few months, the Senate was mostly filled with debates and resolutions about the Empire, though these slowly filtered out as the transition died down and the Empire became the new norm. The two factions didn't disappear, however newer issues came and went, which took up more time in the Senate, leading to the factional war there becoming less vocal and prominent. Instead, a new issue with the Empire came to a head, which was the thinly veiled dislike of the Empire for the Morsians, with regular military patrols along their border, as well as infiltration attempts. This ended up becoming a long standing proxy war between the two nations for nearly twenty years.
Over the course of the cold war between the two, there were regular sabotage and espionage attempts all across Morsian territory, with Imperial spies attempting to disrupt, sabotage, incite revolt or steal intelligence from the Morsian Empire. In response, the IIB performed counter-intelligence with their own highly extensive network of spies and intelligence sources, which managed to mostly keep Imperial spies in the dark. Additional responses to the infiltration waves came in Morsian retaliation of the same nature, with Morsian spies sabotaging Imperial facilities, stealing prototypes and documents as well as aiding rebel attempts on more volatile Imperial planets.
Towards the end of the cold war period, Senate support for the Empire began to fall due to a variety of factors. One such factor was the deployment of Imperial troops and colonists to worlds closely bordering Morsian territory. It was feared that the settlers could establish fortified bastions there, as well as spying equipment and all sorts of other facilities the Morsians didn't want near their border. Should the Empire successfully install defenses around the Morsian Empire, they would effectively become trapped. Another factor was the Alliance to Restore the Republic, who had been in secret contact with the Morsian Empire for years prior, where ambassadors for the then fledgling Alliance tried their hardest to get the Morsian Empire on their side and declare war on the Empire, allowing the Alliance to build up strength quicker and enter a formal war themselves.
The cold war lasted for nearly twenty years, between 19 BBY and 0 BBY, when the destruction of the Death Star by the Alliance to Restore the Republic pushed the Morsian Empire over the edge and finally make a decision on the Empire. A few weeks after the destruction of the Death Star, senator Plinius Garr'atum delivered his "Imperium Delenda Est" speech to the Senate, catapulting the Morsian Empire to war.
A propaganda poster against the Empire, with "Defend liberty against tyranny!" underneath the slogan
Open war[]
In 0 BBY the Morsian Empire once again marched to war, beginning the four year long Morsian-Imperial War. Morsian forces were swiftly amassed on their borders and as soon as the order was given, they flooded out to the nearby systems, destroying any Imperial forces there while they were in disarray due to the destruction of the Death Star. The nearby settlements the Empire founded were bypassed after their fleets were destroyed, due to the low amount of troops stuck on the surface failing to prove enough of a threat to warrant combat. Instead, pushes were concentrated towards the nearest larger and populated planets, such as Dagobah, Shadda-Bi-Boran and even as far as Christophsis and the Arkanis Sector. The Empire swiftly recovered from their surprise, however, and mobilised troops to attempt to stem the flow of Morsian troops out of the Morsian Empire.
The defenses were broken through, however, and further offensives towards Naboo, Mustafar and Sullust, with additional pushes planned for reaching Malastare and Rishi. It was during this time that the Empire began heavily collapsing on all fronts, with Morsian troops undergoing less and less resistance and finding more troops willing to surrender. Large swathes of space were seized and taken from the Empire as the Morsians continued pushing into them and aiming to link up with Alliance forces as they went.
It was not always peaceful in the Morsian Empire's home sector, the Morsian sector, however, as the Empire had planted agents and secretly funded and armed resistance groups and nations on the protectorate planets who were not allied with the Morsians. One such war was the Morsian-Greiko War of 3 ABY, where the Kingdom of Greiko, aided by Imperial technology, funding and a small number of Imperial troops, rose up on the protectorate planet of Stella Primus and waged war against the protectorate nation of Britavania. The war was short and swiftly crushed by legions on the planet, causing a failure of the Empire's objective to get the Morsians to recall some of their forces to deal with the threat. When it was discovered that the Empire had funded the war, the Morsian Senate was all for causing an unconditional surrender of the Empire, and inflicting harsh penalties on them.
Military offensives performed by the Morsian Empire
By 4 ABY, the Empire was close to surrendering. With both the Morsian Empire and Alliance bearing down on them as well as the Emperor dead and the Death Star II destroyed by the Alliance, war support for them was at an all time low. In comparison, upon hearing of their predicament, the Morsian Empire had some of the highest war support since the start of the war, with most senators in favor of continuing the war until the ultimate destruction of the Empire. Despite this, the Senate sent out several different peace deals to the Empire, each one with extortionate terms and concessions to the Morsians. Even so, towards the end of 4 ABY, the Empire eventually agreed to terms with the Morsians, paying massive amounts of Galactic Credits in reparations, handing over millions of tons of equipment, blueprints, technology and secrets as well as signing boatloads of paperwork and other concessions out of desperation to salvage the war. With the Morsians out of the war, they could focus what little forces they had left against the Alliance. It did them no good, however, as the Empire soon surrendered to the Alliance.
After the war[]
The Morsians were quick to capitalise on the war where they could. During the course of the war, they allied with the Alliance officially, and when the New Republic was formed, the Morsian Empire was quick to agree to take their place in the newly formed Galactic Republic. Additionally, in 5 ABY the Morsians held a war crime trial for captured Imperial personnel to list their crimes against the Morsians own war crime charter, with those found guilty being swiftly killed for their crimes. The Jedi Order (Morsian sect) which had formed in the Empire prior to the war also came out of secrecy, announcing to the galaxy that, at least in the Morsian Empire, the Jedi were back, and renamed themselves to the Morsian Jedi Order. Any Jedi still alive, and willing to travel, were welcomed to the order, providing they were willing to travel to the location of the new order.
During the first year of peace after the war, the Morsian Empire once again set foot in the Republic Senate, something last done over 3,500 years prior, to much jubilation across the Empire. With an official channel with the Republic now open, the Morsian Empire became far more prominent in the wider galactic stage, able to aid steer the galaxy in a course of prosperity and peace, away from the trappings of the old Republic which aid lay the path for the rise of the Empire. While the Morsians were no strangers to warfare, and the war with the Empire proved little danger to them, they still hoped for a stronger, better Republic to take its place, able to keep itself safe and free from the corruption of the previous incarnation.
In the following years of peace, the Morsians main focus, aside from becoming prominent in the Republic, was on rebuild and restoration. In the worlds they had liberated and fought on during the war, both the actions of the Empire and the Morsians had caused much damage, with some worlds far worse than others. While the Republic was funnelling credits into various locations across the galaxy, based on voting in the Senate, the Morsians decided to take some matters into their own hands. Across the sectors nearest to them, the Morsians pumped manpower and denarii into rebuild, focussing on essential power and infrastructure rebuild, before moving onto economy and everything else once the planet was reconnected. Not only did this initiative quickly aid in rebuilding and fixing those planets ravaged by the war and occupation by the Empire, it also aided with gaining the Morsians considerable influence on those worlds, as well as in the Republic Senate, when news of their initiative reached it.
A poster from 15 ABY with text that translates to "Never Again"
Fall from the Republic[]
The Morsian Empire only last barely ten years in the Republic Senate before once again making its exit. Only a few years after the end of the war, the Morsian Empire started to butt heads with the New Republic. At first, the Morsians were very willing to work with all the ideas of the New Republic, such as de-imperialisation, where captured Imperial officers and officials were cleansed of their previous ideals. Where the New Republic's army was lacking in enough soldiers and ships to garrison or guard a sector, the Morsians were very happy to take up the slack and send their own force to cover the sector, and where worlds needed aiding or Imperial holdouts needed crushing, the Morsian Empire was the first to volunteer for the task.
However, only a few years after stability and peace had return to the Republic, the Morsian Empire founds itself starting to disagree with some of the policies being voted and acted upon. First, the Republic was quick to stop its de-imperialisation efforts, something the Morsians were heavily against. Most fanatical officers and people captured by the Morsians, who didn't change their ways, were killed by crucifixion as a warning to other fanatics to change their ideals lest it happen to them. For some it worked, while others joined their fellow fanatics on a cross. When the Republic lost interest in the effort and moved more in favor of quietly ending the program, the Morsians very vocally volunteered to pick it up in their place. The perceived brutality of the Morsian method, however, was not a hit in the Republic Senate and their offer was shot down.
The biggest catalyst and the policy that finally pushed the Morsian Empire out of the Republic for a second time was the continued escalation of the Military Disarmament Act. The policy was enacted in around 4 ABY, when it first caused concern for the Morsians, but they let it go out of interest in joining the New Republic. Following the complete ceasefire, outside of remnants and warlords in the Outer Rim Territories, however, the New Republic continued to disarm to the point of having near zero armed forces across the galaxy. The Morsians continued to oppose this act until the very end, stating that it was completely stupid and the lack of military helped Palpatine to rise to power over twenty years ago. These oppositions became bigger and bigger, and stirred up the Senate more and more, pushing the Morsians away and turning more worlds against them, some of whom had seen them as heroes and liberators only a few years prior.
In 15 ABY, after near daily hostilities in the New Republic Senate, the Morsian Empire once again took its leave of the Republic for a second time. This time, however, they left with a promise, warning and omen. In their last speech to the New Republic Senate, the Morsian Empire left once again on their own terms, but made sure to say everything they wanted and needed to say. During the speech, they promised that as long as the hourglass of time continued to turn, the Morsians would never again join a Republic, no matter how dire the peril is to the galaxy. In addition, they warned the Republic of a new war which would most certainly stem from their poor military decisions and policies to reduce the size of the New Republic's military. It would be a beacon to any who still harbor hatred or feelings against the New Republic and only illustrate that the Republic is weak and soft, unable to defend themselves. If the New Republic continued on its current path, then it would be ill-fated for an early grave.
After this, the Morsians settled down to their previous regime of largely ignoring the Republic, this time for good. Without the Jedi Order, too, the Morsians no longer had to worry about little complains by the Republic. In contract, they had a Jedi order of their own now within their lands, one which no longer had to hide away and so could move around across the Morsian Empire freely, providing they respected the rules. These Jedi also started to travel across the galaxy, visiting places where a Jedi had last stepped foot twenty years prior.
Escalation of the First Order[]
A few years after the Morsian Empire exited the New Republic, at least one of their warnings came true. In 21 ABY, the Morsian Empire and several other worlds first made contact with an entity that would become known as the First Order. It initially started with isolated sightings of small craft by Morsian fleets patrolling on standard anti-piracy and aid missions. These sightings eventually resulted in the Morsian-First Order skirmishes. The sighted craft were typically small patrol ships, alongside a fighter or two. Quick scans and recognition sightings identified the fighters as TIE/ln space superiority starfighters, though any sort of communication attempts with the fighters, or their mother craft, were met with silence. After various more sightings, it was initially thought that an Imperial holdout was in the general vicinity, still operating in the section. On further searching, and the dispatching of a battle fleet, no trace of any Imperial bases or shipping could be found, leading to the general assumption that whoever they were, they were operating out of uncharted space.
Several large debates were held in the Morsian Senate about what to do with the rogue imperials. On the one hand, they could indicate a larger imperial threat to that area of the galaxy, but on the other hand, since no larger craft had been spotted, it could just be a few out of touch imperial ships that hadn't got the message that the war had ended. After many long days of debating, it was decided to at least notify the New Republic of the threat, and let them deal with it, though Morsian units were kept in the area.
Over the following ten years, sightings continued to increase, and large ships began to appear. Suddenly, small Morsian patrols began to be attacked by these forces, and while they were never destroyed, losses began to be taken. The New Republic was once again informed of this sudden change, and some of what little forces they had left were sent to the area, and they too began to be engaged in combat. Hostile ships encountered also began to change, becoming more advanced and improved as time went on, with the older Galactic Empire TIE fighters being replaced by what would become known as TIE/fo space superiority fighters. Each skirmish was documented, logged and the area scoured for salvage that could be studied and deconstructed to gain more information on their origins and identification. Based on various colors, markings and documents recovered, it was determined that some new force known as the "First Order" was operating from the Unknown Regions, and their existence posed a new threat to the galaxy, something the Morsian Empire attempted to impress on the New Republic.
War with the First Order[]
It came as no surprise to the Morsian Empire when the First Order came out of hiding and exploded onto the galactic stage. With their new superweapon, Starkiller Base, they destroyed the new capital of the New Republic, the Hosnian system, and launched themselves into the New Republic. As the Morsian Empire had predicted, the New Republic was woefully inadequate with its military forces to deal with the incoming armies and navies of the First Order, so decided to throw themselves into the fight for the good of the galaxy, as they put it, starting the Morsian-First Order War.
Like with the Galactic Empire before them, the First Order proved little problems to the Morsian Army. Without many of the established defensive positions that their predecessors had, First Order stormtroopers proved little better than their Galactic Empire equivalents. Despite their improved armor and equipment, they showed few improvements in their tactics for dealing with the armored Morsian legionary, and the Morsian Empire was quick to capitalise on it, creating mass propaganda and spreading it both within and outside of its own borders.
When the New Republic called for aid fighting the First Order, the Morsian Empire sent them a simple, short message. "All military forces currently engaged with First Order assets". As the war progressed, the First Order continued taking losses, and the Morsian Empire continued pushing against them, until the New Republic launched their attack on Exegol. While the Morsian Senate pushed itself to get a task force ready for the invasion, there was simply not enough free forces to create a sufficiently powerful force to meaningfully aid the outcome of the battle, so reluctantly it was decided that the New Republic and its allies would have to make do without it. In 35 ABY, the Morsian Empire made peace with the First Order separately from the New Republic, ending hostilities.
After the First Order[]
With the new galactic threat squashed, the Morsian Empire returned to a life of peace, sitting comfortably in its own economic base away from the New Republic. Despite numerous diplomatic attempts by the New Republic to bring them back into its fold, the Morsians were determined to stick by their promise made in 15 ABY to leave the Galactic Senate and never return. They steadfastly backed this through each attempt, though did not rule out general diplomatic niceties such as trade and mutual beneficial agreements when they were proposed and in good favor for the Morsians.
Mors, the capital planet of the Empire
Government[]
The government of the Morsian Empire was a semi-constitutional monarchy, run by the Emperor and largely administrated by the Morsian Senate. The Morsian Senate had risen and fallen throughout the existence of the Morsian state, and served a largely administrative role in the Morsian Empire. The Senate convened once per day, often through multiple sessions with breaks.
Each session was opened by the emperor, and for a senator to speak, they had to take to the floor and address the gathered senators, with new senators taking their space on the floor when they had to speak.
Language[]
The primary language on Mors was Old Morsian, and therefore was the primary language of the Morsian Empire. However, across the entirety of the Morsian Empire with its multiple planet spanning realm, the most widely spoken language was Galactic Basic Standard. As such, the de facto language of the wider empire was Galactic Basic, despite the official language being listed as Old Morsian.
Most citizens on Mors could speak at least basic Galactic Basic, however very few outsiders could speak Old Morsian.
Economy[]
The primary currency across the Morsian Empire was the Denarii, which originated on Mors itself and was spread across the empire and to the wider galaxy. Most internal trading was performed using the denarii, mints across the empire produced and stamped coins for use on protectorate planets while certain locations across the galaxy accepted denarii as legal tender. Denarii tended to be used alongside existing local native currencies, with identical conversion rates and costing, to avoid confusion.
Galactic Credit Standard, however, was also commonly used across the protectorate planets for outside trading, and could be exchanged for denarii in currency exchangers. On some protectorate planets, namely those with lots of immigration or in close proximity to the borders of the Morsian Empire, Galactic Credits took over from the denarii as the primary currency, with most locations taking credits as the primary currency with denarii as a secondary or auxiliary currency.
Notable members[]
- Urde Ra'akdoon, Redeemed Jedi Master from 200 BBY.
- Darth Mortem, Sith in 3,955 BBY.
- Firax Co’hiir, Legionary traitor in 3,955 BBY.
- Marridum Ra'akdoon, Centurion Imperator Maxius of the 66th Legion in 3,955 BBY.
- Augustus Ra'akdoon, Morsian bounty hunter in 3,955 BBY.
- Decante Farr’un, Legatus of the 66th Legion in 3,955 BBY.
- Antonius Flavius Ra’akdoon, a Ducem Custodem of the Imperatoris Custodes in 3,955 BBY.
- Marius Jaar’iuun, Legatus of the 1st Legion on the Morsian Protectorate Planet Stella Primus in 3 BBY.
- Varo Atti'sar, a Provinciarum Legati of Stella Primus in 3 BBY.
- Plinius Garr'atum, a senator in 0 ABY.
- Jannus Surr'iar, a senator in 28 ABY.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Morsian Empire is heavily based on the real life Roman Empire in regards to its army and government.
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