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Ovashi, Capital of the Empire of Gwin

*Spoilers if you haven’t read Gabatrix: The First Peace* “There are many worlds that belong to Aksren clan control. Of the second most important world to them, Ovashi usually stands out.” Yutilian Adjunct Kare’ve. The Aksren clan comprises multiple worlds and empires. Even with the Jalgren legacy lost, this hasn’t stopped the clan from controlling a vast amount of the galaxy. The fractured empires but held unity still consisted of many fortress worlds. Ovashi and Renlar are just one of the many examples of this concept. History The history of the Empire of Gwin is one that is usually considered non-important or uninteresting by most Itrean scholars, at least until recently. Originally as far as 130,000 years ago, there were six major Aksren empires. Two of these empires would unite to fortify what would become the Empire of Yol’ikren. Before the unity of those two empires, the Aksren Empire of Gwin was only a third-place of the most vital and most influential. Gwin’s history and legacy consisted of at least four separate micro empires that eventually solidified into one as far as 150,000 years ago during the age of “Old Space.” During the Age of Old Space, it was known that Gwin was never a flourishing establishment. Its ability to take care of its own worlds was worse than most empires or other Itrean clan species. Environmental destruction and war would render many of the Old Space territories inert or hostile to Itrean life. Human scholars often compared the ancient Gwin to that of “20^th- century oil tycoons that disregarded the environment.” This forced the people to move to new worlds over and over again. The Empire of Gwin mimicked many Aksren empires of the time period, but they would be one of the last to recognize that the population wanted stability. Within 90,000 years ago, the Empire of Gwin knew that it needed to find a single solitary world to settle upon. They would get their wish when they had found the world that they would name Ovashi. The concept of Ovashi was founded by Emperor Gi’ok the Wise. Gi’ok was no fool when it came to environmentalism. When he colonized the world of Ovashi, he made it his goal to create a central city world. Gi’ok often ignored the attempts made by corporate business leaders that wanted to strip mine the lush world into nothing. Instead, the emperor of Gwin made it his goal to create a populous world where shipping would be crucial to survival. Even though Gi’ok would never make it to see all of his dreams, many of the Gwin were in support of the leader’s actions. Two great pole shipyards were constructed in tandem. Farming was prioritized, and various efforts in technological research were allocated. By 70,000 years ago, Ovahsi would serve as a central core world for the Aksren clan. Even though Renlar had already existed, many saw the vital trade port that Ovashi had become. Ovashi is located in a K-Type star system. It is the 2^nd planet closest to its star and is actually tidally locked. Four gas giants encircle the star. The tidally locked status causes one side always to face the source of light, keeping the other side in darkness. Its two twin shipbuilding platforms named “Vis’x’loc” and “Vis’g’ip” serve as backups to one another in case one platform is taken out. While it is in many ways looked at as a sister rival planet to Kre’ *Click* Uio, Ovashi’s overall ship manufacturing capabilities are slightly less than the Yutilian counterpart. The Empire of Gwin always served as a somewhat rival to the Empire of Yol’ikren. This was before the advent of a “united” Aksren clan. Ovashi served as a minor competitor in shipbuilding rights and manufacturing warships. While Yol’ikren was gaining ground and influence with other empires, Gwin still served as a nuisance to the expansion gains made by the domineering empire. By the age of Jalgren, Ovashi’s history would become better renowned for resisting the great emperor. It was often argued that “Kre *Click* Uio was a priority target under Jalgren, but the emperor needed to take Ovashi first to help push his war machine. Jalgren did his best to encourage peaceful relations, but it proved obvious that Gwin was going to resist him. The emperor was careful during his beginning years. Much like Kre’ Uio, Ovashi held vital manufacturing centers that needed to remain intact. There is some argument that Jalgren suffered the most losses in the beginning. While he did well in seizing some Shal’rein and Alara’jal worlds, the first significant offenses against Ovashi proved to be failures. What was worse was that the defeats pushed setbacks against Jalgren’s intentions of uniting the Aksren empires under his rule. However, Renlar and the growing Empire of Jalgren still managed to overcome much of the Ovashi resistance. At the time, little believed Jalgren was telling the truth in wanting a peaceful outcome. Jalgren hungered to conquer Ovashi, but when his forces overpowered the fleet, he was met with the self-destruction of the southern shipyard of “Vis’g’ip.” He was forced to consider his option and ultimately came up with the solution. “If the Gwin are that determined to knock themselves out of power, then so be it. The other choice is to keep their rights as the vital shipyard.” He delivered the message, but the Gwin ignored him. The Siege of Ovashi resulted in enormous damage to the ship production centers. However, the destruction caused was one that quickly undermined the leadership of the planet. Most of the economy had been shut down. When the world called for help, little help came to them. Some portions of the planet had faced starvation as Jalgren carefully targeted power generation facilities. Within a month, Ovashi and its population remained defiant. It was said that the victory ultimately came down to a friend of Jalgren that eventually assassinated the Emperor of Gwin. The friend that was already Gwinese would ultimately lead a small coup onto Ovashi. Her victory would secure her as the Empress of Gwin and become a puppet state to serve under Jalgren’s rule. Despite the loss of some of Jalgren’s fleets, Jalgren was true to his word. Seizing Gwin had sent a message to the other empires of the clan species that the emperor was merciful. Jalgren even spent time ensuring that enough food was shipped to remote areas of Ovashi, including efforts to repair the infrastructure. With the combined rumors tied to the fact that Jalgren was seeking cooperation, many of the other smaller empires would ultimately agree to serve under him. Much like the seizing of Kre *click* Uio several years later, Ovashi proved just as important in convincing the Aksren clan that Jalgren was seeking to unite the Aksren clan under one banner. However, it is often blamed that Gwin had done an excellent job in alienating the other Aksren empires. During the Empire of Jalgren, the great emperor made it a priority to rebuild the great shipyards. The names would be kept, and the industry would be restored to full production. Many of the Ovashi population had grown to enjoy the great empire as it managed to put Ovashi as one of the more essential worlds for the Aksren clan. It’s not surprising that statues of Jalgren still persist to this day, even if he was a conqueror. Historians claimed that “The Gwin people felt inclined to completely support Jalgren in the next hundred years.” However, it would take another 1,000 years before the full operational capability of Ovashi would be restored. As the Empire of Jalgren was threatening to fall apart in 20,000 years, Ovashi was faced with some hard choices. It’s no surprise that the population was divided. Unlike Renlar that would remain the most significant factor in Aksren politics, some of the people were not interested in fighting for the rebellion, while others sought loyalty to the dying empire. However, during the Rototrein Rebellion, two failed uprisings were shut down in the most horrendous and violent ways possible. It was unlikely that Ovashi would ever surrender to the rebels. Much like Renlar, Ovashi was a stronghold for the loyalists. It would prove to plague the rebellion to the bitter end. However, much like Kre *click* Uio, Ovashi was still a priority target. The imperial forces used the shipyards to the fullest extent, even if the money to do it was dwindling rapidly. As world after world would slowly fall to the Rebellion, Ovashi’s regime would overtax and wipe out the economy to maintain the war machine. Rototrein did consider the aspect of eventually launching a siege onto the planet, but the defenses were too strong to mount one. It would take near the end of the war when the imperial forces were on the run. The planet simply exhausted its supply of money, even forcing its own people into slavery and enslaved conscription (non-paid conscripts) to keep the fight going. When rebel forces arrived by the end of the war, much of the fleet rebelled against the regime. They surrendered to the rebels without a fight. The loss of Ovashi would be the final blow to the former Empire of Jalgren. Renlar knew that they would be next in the rebellion even if they could hold a sizeable defense almost indefinitely. The Empress of Renlar finally declared the war to be over and accepted the terms as established by Rototrein. The empire fractured into pieces, and the clan species' autonomy and sovereignty would be fully restored. With the end of the Rototrein Rebellion, the Empire of Gwin would be restored, although its former glory days were somewhat hampered. While its shipyards were virtually left intact, it would take hundreds of years to regain its political infrastructure. Gwin would instead mount a series of minor offenses to reclaim any lost territories before the creation of the Empire of Jalgren. Even 10,000 years ago, Renlar remained the solid capital world of the Aksren clan. Ovashi would instead have to play a slow game of recovery. By 9,500 years ago, however, the planet would receive a break that it badly needed. The Zix’Tral’Tren or “Aksren Empires Alliance Pact” would be signed. Zix’Tral’Tren is considered to be an odd version of an Itrean NATO by 20^th and 21^st  century Earth when viewed by current human scholars. The pact allowed the Aksren Empires of Gwin, Salre’po, and Nirk’on to have military cooperation together. Its purpose was to offer a united resistance if Renlar, now named the Empire of Itsis, were to relaunch a new offense to conquer and unite the Aksren empires again under their force. Theoretically, the pact was more of an agreement on paper to discourage offenses against one another. If Gwin, Salre’po, and Nirk’on were ever to be assaulted by the Empire of Itsis, their forces would come to defend one another. However, it was unknown if the pact would have been enough to stop an invasion entirely or if the empires would live up to their end of the agreement. Ultimately, the pact did have an important role on Ovashi. The planet was declared the capital world of the Zix’Tral’Tren. The planet would be used to manufacture a new series of Aksren warships that all three empires could use regularly. The economy would further improve as trade dramatically increased as well. Although, it was never the goal of Ovashi to resist against Renlar, as intergalactic trade had ensured that war between the Aksren empires would be pointless. Much like the Yutilian Kingdoms that had similar pacts, the Aksren clan lost all interest in fighting amongst itself. Ovashi would remain a quiet world of stability for the Aksren clan for much of the last 10,000 years. While there would be various incursions from the other clan species, Ovashi remained firmly intact. Instead, its shipyards would continue to help in the manufacture of the modern Aksren warships that were used almost all the way to the 24^th century.  However, it would be the Emphra War that would prove to be utterly devastating for Ovashi. It seemed that the Emphra had chosen the planet as one of the prime targets of their invasions. Up to three attacks would occur sometime in the early years. The third invasion in 2283 would result in the defeat of Ovashi. By then, up to 2/3 of the population had been evacuated as the second invasion nearly wiped out the defense forces that were in orbit. This greatly weakened the Empire of Gwin in the war effort. With the third invasion, the forces had to declare the planet lost. Much of the shipyards were scuttled. However, it was learned that the Emphra were using the population of Itrean husks to repair and render the two shipyards operational. The Emphra would then start to build, launch, and modify abominations of vessels to launch further assaults onto other Itrean worlds. It would take until 2296 that the united clans would launch a major counteroffensive onto Oyahsi. It would take another year before the campaign resulted in success. By then, much of the planet had been devastated, the ecology destroyed and having to clean the dead. Ovashi was the last stronghold of the Emphra, although, by then, the Itreans were systematically wiping out the Emphra fleets and their major bases of operation. The impact of the Emphra War was felt heavy on Ovashi and the Aksren clan. Some of the Aksren refuges never returned and stayed in Yutilian space to further be incorporated into the now T’rintar clan. However, the Aksren clan did devote an enormous amount of resources to begin rebuilding the planet. Ovashi was rumored to be a political and public relations move on the part of the Empire of Itsis. From most outside scholarly sources, it appeared to work and deepened the ties between Itsis and Gwin. The other empires furthered their resources to rebuild and reconstruct the great shipyards. Once the planet was deemed safe to resettle in 2305, the population was determined to make Ovashi the beacon of hope against evil. In 2336, the two shipyards had been made fully operational again. However, the lingering horrors of the Emphra War and the combined events of Zilik’s Disease and the Itrean Civil War have put Ovashi into a political quagmire. When humanity was discovered in 2349, the Aksren clan, under the Empire of Itsis’s opinions, regarded them as a genuine threat. Ovashi, on the surface, quickly pledged its support to Itsis, although the population has been mostly indifferent. Much of the fighting strength of Gwin has been sapped. The desire to continue on years of bloodshed has dwindled. While Ovashi continues to fight, its blind support for Itsis seems more superficial.