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Template:SiteNoticeTemplate:!Nation Infobox Lareas Alliance is the name given by modern nations for the largest civilization in the history of the cosmos, which was first created in the Lareas region of Florathel. Scientists believe that Psinus Majora on the edge of Cosmoria was a very major world, but it is unknown which was their true homeworld. The first known evidence of their existence is from roughly 7.92 million years ago, and they fell ~610,000 years later to The Swarm of Andvaris.
The vast majority of information on the Lareas Alliance comes from the archives of other ancient civilizations such as Ectabana and the Alshunaman Empire, whose accounts have been distorted through translation by many succeeding civilizations. These paint the picture of a nation of nomadic warlords from a star off the rim of Cosmoria who unified after a series of civil wars, and then rapidly spread across all of Cosmoria, only falling when they reached the plane of Andvaris and unleashed the Swarm. The Swarm rapidly decimated all of Cosmoria, starting a dark age lasting almost two million years until the rise of the next interstellar civilization of Ectabana.
History
Almost 8 million years ago, the warring Amosae clans scattered across the Lumnas System, the location of which is lost to time, were unified by Jelammu Nann. With a new sense of unity and purpose, the newly formed Lareas Alliance swiftly expanded outwards from its core, conquering the Psiran at the battle of Psinus Majora not months later. After a couple thousand years, the Lareas Alliance had full control of Florathel, either outright conquering and annexation or simply making some states into puppets.
After the death of Jelammu, he was succeeded by Telkra Nann, who truly believed he could conquer all of Cosmoria. Telkra first sent forces to the nearby galaxies of Nyrin and Lowiras. Nyrin was awash with star formation at this time, and so was virtually uninhabited, making it an easy target. It was indeed swiftly conquered, but neighboring Lowiras was a different story. The various states there used bizarre powers known as Dark Psionics, with entire fleets rent to scrap metal by a single man. The Lowiras Campaign proved to be much more expensive than expected, and Telkra died just a month after the capitulation of the last state there to the Alliance.
After the death of Telkra Nann, the officials and generals of the Alliance gathered at Lumnas for a gathering, to elect the next ruler of the Alliance. At this point, two candidates led amongst the possible pool, The first, Gellel Yaknas Velektor, advocated for a time of peace and rebuilding of the Alliance. The other, Morsam Kel Umra, supported a continued expansion and a fulfillment of the “destiny” of the alliance to rule the universe. This dispute prevented a stable leadership in the alliance and granted the nations closest to the alliance some respite.
Gellel Yaknas Velektor ended up being chosen. Now Gellel Nann, he solidified control of the rebellious outer Florathel and Lowiras, and was widely considered to be a progressive leader. He passed several edicts and decrees for a more progressive tax system, preventing the formation of a rich aristocracy that could challenge the elite of Lareas. He also poured huge amounts of resources in expeditions into the Lowiras#Dark Core, which unfortunately came to nothing.
Morsam Kel Umra finally got her chance to try and conquer the universe, and she was very good at it. Under her rule, the Alliance vassalized or conquered the vast majority of the core and Martial Space. Morsam Nann died before the fleet reached Aylathiya from across the core, and the forboding green claws of Morid were considered pointless to colonize as it had been mostly drained of resources.
After Morsam Nann’s death, general Ncalywan seized power immediately, leading the Lareas fleet to great victories in Aylathiya. That region was never fully integrated into the Alliance, and after Ncalywan the alliance entered a recession, which continued for over a hundred thousand years. By the end, the alliance had true control over little save Martial Space and Florathel itself.
The Lareas Alliance came to a brutal end soon after this. A secret research project learning about the many planes of Cosmoria discovered Andvaris. Andvaris from afar appeared to be paradise, filled with resources, habitable planets, and the like, tastefully arranged in cool shapes. The scientists of the Telmarai System successfully managed to bore a hole into Andvaris, but contact was abruptly lost with the outpost.
Mere weeks after contact was lost, a vast swarm of remotely piloted self-replicating ships appeared in Florathel, unleashing a holocaust across all of Cosmoria. Quadrillions died in fire and flame, and the Lareas Alliance fell at a stroke. The Swarm soon appeared in the core as well as Aylathiya, and began destroying huge amounts of infrastructure there. Aylathiya was never fully brought low, for the brave Twenty-Four Companions embarked on a suicide mission to the Telmarai System itself to seal the Bore. On the journey, all of them eventually died, but the Bore finally closed, cutting the Swarm off from its controller. Cosmoria took eons to recover, as all of civilization was reduced to little more than the stone age.
Archaeology
Most scholarly discussions of Lareas Alliance archaeology rapidly tend towards vagueness and a frustrating lack of solid evidence. What little archaeological evidence remains through history points to some sort of civilization spanning almost the entirety of the ancient Cosmoria, with towering cities and heavily colonized dead planets dating to over seven million years ago.
The most well-known relic of their existence was likely the "Impossible Dyson Swarm" surrounding the star Lykare in the Avarga System, as the dyson swarm should collapse in minutes, but it has been standing since at least the fall of Lareas Alliance itself. They would also create the planet Koralend, located in intergalactic space near Iriat, and its strange appearance, like a black hole with land. Very little is known about this structure, and it seems to erase any craft approaching it from existence.
Much later, the existence of Lareas Alliance was discovered by the United Nations of Florathel. Though many of their relics would be lost in the calamitous events of the War of the Last Alliance and the War of Saiheran Succession, some remained, such as Deralend and the Lykare Sphere
Recent studies on the extremely enigmatic extragalactic star of Telmarai shows that it was involved with interactions with Lareas Alliance, which ended with the enigmatic civilisation propelling Telmarai to a significant speed of light out of Florathel because of large-scale conflicts. There is evidence for this in the form of large dust clouds containing explosive, hypergolic and radioactive material near the site where Telmarai originally left the galaxy.
The Swarm
Much of the surviving written material from the Alliance's time refers to an event or species or nation or something known as the Swarm. This swarm seems to have been controlled by an incredibly powerful consciousness and composed of countless self-replicating probes. There are still many dead specimens of these probes floating in deep space.
The Lareas Alliance was prospering, having conquered the vast majority of Cosmoria and experimenting with crossing the border between universes. One such experiment, taking place at the hidden star of Telmarai, actually succeeded, though they didn't live long enough to realize. After punching the hole into the previously unknown plane of Andvaris, life support came offline and the airlocks were opened on the station, killing everyone in minutes. The consciousness which ruled that plane then took control of the manufacturing facilities, creating vast numbers of highly maneauverable self-replicating ships. These ships were then sent out among the stars of the cluster, wiping out the entire population before a signal could reach across the void to Florathel.
This consciousness, which took the name of its plane, sent its Swarm across Cosmoria, destroying everything in its path. The Swarm had conquered Florathel and destroyed the center of power of the Lareas Alliance by the time a last-ditch effort sent three ships to Telmarai. They almost lost to the Swarm before sealing the fracture to Andvaris, blocking Andvaris' control over the Swarm. The swarm fell silent across Cosmoria in an instant, ending the struggle.
Though the Swarm was defeated, many species and worlds were destroyed. The ancient Apsilan species of the Pathos Cluster was almost exterminated by the Swarm, and even today their population numbers only in the millions. Thousands of other species fared worse, and the Apsilans only survived because the fracture to Andvaris was sealed before the last of them were killed. Andvaris was never heard from again, but the few who know of its existence fear the implications of another incursion.