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Dagn and Zyo, Capital of the Salre’po Empire

*Spoilers if you haven’t read Gabatrix: The First Peace* “The beauty of Dagn and Zyo are nothing to be trifled with. They are brother and sister to one another. However, caution is advised to the outsider. The ruthless nature of their female- dominated society exists. It’s their religion, their belief, and opinion that the other gender (s) are inferior.” Celina Langston, Executive Director of Psychology, 2350 AD. While the Empire of Gwin often takes 2^nd  place in the most important worlds of the Aksren clan, the Empire of Salre’po is one that can’t be ignored. Their capital world is actually that of two planets that spin harmoniously together. The Salre’po hold important significant roles in Aksren clan history, even more than what Gwin and the capital of Ovashi had ever managed to accomplish. However, those achievements have been met by their cultural and perhaps stringent point of view towards life. Perhaps, the combination of all these factors put a better spotlight on the utter complexity of the Aksren clan societies. History It is said that the Empire of Salre’po, or the Empire of the Radiant Light, was formed out of the actions of a discriminated society. While gender history in all of Itrean society can be utterly complex, there was generally an accepted view that males held dominant control over the female gender. Women were usually subservient in most roles in the Era of Dead Space and all the way through Old Space. However, no two planets completely behaved in the same exact pattern. Religions also caused differing views, with some that believed in gender equality or no equality. Gender equality was generally well received 30,000 years ago during the time of Jalgren the Great, that believed in all equality. However, around 110,000 years ago, it is said that the Empire of Gwin and Nirk’on had heavy views that females were subservient. A dominating party on Ovashi even imposed rules that women were to be stripped of all rights. They could have no jobs and were forced to live under veiled clothing. The Empire of Nirk’on also had similar views under their oppressive “Jit’tal’*click* gon.” Regime. Under this, males could have their mates systematically executed if they simply found them to be ugly, mildly ill, or even miscarriage future offspring. Of course, Gwin would ultimately overcome the gender barrier and embrace values of equality in time. Even a friend of Jalgren would play a significant role in leading a coup to successfully install herself as Empress under the leadership of the Empire of Jalgren. But, before all of this would happen, Gwin would face an uprising of its own. A female warrior by the name of Brezere the Terrible (The Great, by Salre’po views) would rise up to challenge the status quo. The Brezere Rebellion occurred 95,000 years ago and is as close to describing as a genuine “gender war.” Many Itrean historians do not hold Brezere in high moral esteem but accept the path that she would pave for the future of the Aksren clan. It is said that Brezere was a female that was taught self-defense under her religion. However, she had become emboldened that women should hold equal rights with that of men. She would later launch massive campaigns to push her agendas. However, Brezere would see her campaign rallies be crushed ruthlessly under force. Emboldened, she would gather her followers and launch military campaigns against Gwin and Nirk’on. Even Renlar would feel some of the weight of her actions. Brezere was merciless in her efforts as the years followed. She no longer valued equality but followed her own view and oppression of the male gender. It is said that she readily encouraged her soldiers that captured male prisoners to castrate them slowly in the most ruthless manner, not including other methods of torture. Historians even equated her to that of the “Amazons” or the African tribe of “Amazons” That had their own gender views. Unlike people such as Rototrein, that was looked at as a liberator. Many viewed Brezere as a terrorist. The Brezere Rebellion would scoop its realm of followers for almost twenty years despite the efforts to shut it down. However, the damage that she inflicted was more superficial. Ultimately, the only successful triumph would be conquering the Empire of Juk’in’Tal’Kres. Juk’in’Tal’Kres was not a powerful empire in any way, being even weaker than Gwin, Nirk’on, and Rasha’Molash’Tren. The taking of their capital world would ultimately end the Rebellion, with Brezere making concessions and surrendering a few worlds to each of the Empires for her world’s autonomy. When Brezere conquered the tiny empire, it is said that she installed herself as the “Sun-Empress.” Her realm of followers would adhere to her commands as they would create a society of matriarchy. The original inhabitants of Juk’in’Tal’Kres would have to adhere to her new domain of rules or face the consequences. Brezere would announce the creation of her new Empire, the Empire of Salre’po. Under her rule, males were to live under subservience. They held no rights, stripped of all titles, clothing, and basic freedoms. Religions that practiced any form of gender equality or patriarchal views were barred. It was even said that gender roles were intentionally reversed. The penalty for breaking such rules could warrant death, torture, or imprisonment. Brezere would not stop at this point. During her reign, she would commit to expansion. During her exploratory missions, she would find the twin worlds of Dagn and Zyo. Here she would plant the flag of colonization. Both Dagn and Zyo were a rare sight in worlds. Both of them were in a binary orbit with one another in the habitable zone of the K- Type star. Dagn and Zyo were the “goddesses” under the growing Salre’po religion. Both were considered “divine sisters” that ruled the galaxy in order and sovereignty. In reality, both planets would usher in a new beginning for the growing Salre’po Empire. Despite both planets being habitable, Dagn was a partially arid world. Water was available, but its most significant contribution was access to deep well pits where fertilizers could be made. For the next hundreds of years, the planet of Dagn would see a massive transformation. It would ultimately become one of the major food producers in the Aksren clan. Zyo, was an aquatic and forested world, almost similar to former Earth. Again, the population soared as the seafood was cultivated and traded to other Itrean worlds. Both planets would become the cornerstone of the Salre’po Empire. Within 70,000 years ago, Dagn and Zyo would become leading food producers. Other moons in the solar system would be converted into shipyards as the Salre’po would venture outward to claim other worlds of their own. Brezere would only live for so long, but she had achieved her dreams of creating an empire for herself. Dagn and Zyo would ultimately become the central capital planets for the Salre’po. The new Aksren fleets of the Salre’po would dawn the color of pink, which according to Itrean psychologists, represented the color of luck and purity. By the era of Jalgren, Jalgren had to face the Aksren people first to expand outward towards the other species. In doing so, he would have to face against Gwin and Salre’po. Gwin was the bigger target due to their more extensive shipyard facilities, but Salre’po was a different problem. It was said that Jalgren knew that going after Salre’po first would have been futile. Their views of being ruled by a male flew in the face of their population with disgust. However, there was some luck on Jalgren’s side. At the time, Salre’po was under the rulership of Empress Potresa’Go’Jasta the V, the Merciful. The empress was a distant relative to Jalgren’s mate Ovip’tolas. While Ovip’tolas was only a quarter Salre’po, the arranged original concept of the mateship was to encourage good relations between Salre’po and Renlar. When Jalgren made his intentions to conquer all of the Aksren under his leadership, he would have to negotiate carefully with Potresa’Go’Jasta. The Salre’po was the third most powerful Aksren military force. The Salre’po Empress seemingly agreed with Jalgren at first. Jalgren had made his intentions that everyone would be treated equally under his rule. However, conservatives under Potresa’Go’Jasta believed in fighting back and readied to mount a force to repel Jalgren’s fleets. The Empress made it clear that Jalgren would still allow her to remain as ruler as long as food and tributes were offered to Renlar. His views on idealism would be slowly implemented to allow the cultures to adjust to changes naturally. Potresa’Go’Jasta the V was actually considered to be lenient and progressive for her time, even allowing religions and reversing extreme laws on how males were to be treated. However, the Salre’po didn’t quickly bend over to Jalgren’s view. Even with Gwin conquered, the Salre’po knew that they would be next. Extremists tried to mount a coup on Potresa’Go’Jasta the V. While this failed, the Salre’po would fall into a civil war where Jalgren would have to assist the Empress’s loyalist fleets. Ultimately, the conflict was resolved rather quickly with the complete destruction of the rebel fleets. However, the conservatives would fail to win, and Salre’po would fall under the watchful eye of Jalgren. Regardless, Potresa’Go’Jasta was no fool either. One thing she failed to mention to him was that she had a hidden shipyard allocated in a remote sector of space. The secret facility and navy would be deactivated but maintained in the future. This was in case Jalgren would fail to adhere to his terms of the bargain or if he was lying. During the early years, Salre’po would see that gender equality was made. Males were allowed to live their own lives. While it would be slowly incorporated, it is believed that the Salre’po did embrace progressive views on gender equality for the next 20,000 years. Most of these stringent views would never return again. Even with the dying Empire of Jalgren, the Salre’po still kept a lot of these institutions intact. However, it is believed that many of the elites in Salre’po society still insisted on some ancient traditions. With the fact that the Empire of Jalgren had grown decadent and corrupt, many saw ways to try to divide from such a system. The Salre’po were no different. Neo Pre- Potresa’Go’Jasta movements were growing. It would ultimately lead to the Dagn Rebellion, where both males and females fought against the Neo movement but were decimated with the help of the Jalgren Imperial forces. Female rule and matriarchy were reintroduced. But, the Salre’po began to look at the Empire of Jalgren with apprehension. Despite their earlier assistance, the Salre’po were still under its control. Any progressive movements in the Empire of Jalgren could have shattered the new regime that came out of Dagn and Zyo. What became known as the Helrtiz Incident would lead to the destruction of a city on Dagn. In the event, Imperial forces had a grave malfunction on one of their decaying warships. It fell from orbit and crashed down on the city of Helritz. When going to retrieve the wreckage, the imperials had mistakenly detonated one of the nuclear warheads, destroying the city and its 100,000 inhabitants. The planet and its inhabitants were infuriated as Dagn and Zyo were left responsible for cleaning up the wreckage and fallout. When the Rototrein Rebellion began, the people of Dagn and Zyo returned to the ancient shipyard of Potresa’Go’Jasta the V. They vowed to declare war on the Empire of Jalgren with their new growing fleet. It was said that the Imperial fleet was taken by complete surprise by the arrival of pink Salre’po warships. Despite the early victories from the Empire, their forces were ultimately routed, and Dagn and Zyo were liberated. Dagn, Zyo, and Shal’tar would become one of the first series of rebel planets that successfully fought for the empire's destruction. As the Rotorein Rebellion grew, access to that shipyard would help out further Aksren rebel forces of other worlds. When the Rototrein Rebellion ended, and the Empire of Jalgren was defeated, the Empire of Salre’po was reborn once again. However, many of the extreme views of the ancient past were never readopted. While males generally had fewer rights than females, it’s been an ongoing struggle to achieve equality. The Salre’po would regain much of their former lost territories, and Dagn and Zyo would return as a central food world for the entire clan. The Salre’po maintain good relations with the Empire of Itsis, also under a female ruler. Regardless, the fact that the Empire of Itsis is the shattered remains of the Empire of Jalgren had encouraged the Salre’po to join up in the Zix’Tral’Tren with the Empires of Gwin and Nirk’on. The famed Salre’po pink war fleets would be repainted in the unified red color. During the Emphra War, the Emphra would only attack the Salre’po capital worlds once. The Battle of Zyo resulted in heavy losses by the Salre’po, but the planet was saved. However, as each battle raged across the galaxy, fear mounted if any planet was genuinely safe. Great effort was made to ensure that Dagn and Zyo would continue to flourish to help handle the scale of refugees from other worlds and maintain proper production of food standards. Emergency concessions, pressured by other Empires, promised that non- native Aksren males would be treated fairly until the war was deemed over. After the end of the Emphra Wars, many of the former refuges would ultimately be expelled in 2304 as planets were being rebuilt. This was mostly due to differing conflicting views and the fact that the Emphra was considered to no longer be a threat. It’s believed that Salre’po has become a quiet state in Aksren clan affairs. Dagn and Zyo remain firmly behind the Empire of Itsis views as the “immortal” ruler will remain in charge of Itsis, perhaps, indefinitely. Ultimately, it would be Zilik’s Disease that would end the arguments once and for all. With the complete destruction of Itrean males by 2340, Dagn and Zyo have been left to a single gender. It is unknown if the ivon have been subjugated under the punishments that males had previously faced. The clash of ancient traditions with modern progressive views can sometimes reach heated debates. Potential UWA ambassadors are usually advised to be cautious when dealing with Salre’po. Men are not highly regarded by their society or treated seriously. It is further unknown, especially when dealing with humanity.