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Martial Space is an astropolitical region of space near to the core of Via Aylathiya with various definitions. Some consider Martial Space to be a political bloc where Mars is considered to be a shared head of state while others believe that Martial Space is a more physical region defined by its proximity to Mars' home world, Scipio. With a population of about 100 quintillion, Martial Space has been an important player both economically and militarily for tens of thousands of years.
The concept of Martial Space dates back to around the 30,000s CE as the nations of this region began much of their histories. Needing a way to refer to the new nations forming in this region, many nations adopted the term "Martial Space."
The region was first colonized well before the common era by numerous ancient civilizations. The Triumvirate Civilization, based in Martial Space, would be the first civilization to unite the region under its control. Ruling from the Ventemir nebula, their control of the region was near absolute for nearly 100,000 years. With the fall of the Triumvirate Civilization came an emergence of dozens of native civilizations such as Rune-Err, Florenta, and Leviathan. Martial Space would change forever when the Neo-Terrans, a group of far right Human extremists, would settle the region. Taking over already existing mega-structures and worlds, they quickly spread to become a great influence over the region. It was first united in the Neo-Terran Co-Prosperity Sphere before collapsing as the various species had disagreements. Its feudal order would emerge shortly after, the various duchies, margraviates, and other divisions established and became hereditary. This coagulation of the noble class marks the beginning of Martial Space as we know it.
Regions
Florescence
Florescence is a smaller region centered around a black hole towards the edge of Martial Space. While having the highest metallicity of anywhere in Martial Space, Florescence is still far from the metallicity in, the rest of Via Aylathiya. Life is comparatively rare in the region and even less common in the area around it. Even so, The Ravis and Llæns call this region home. Florescence is controlled by the Boreal Federacy's state of Blumeheim which has drained it of resources, causing it to be dependent on imports to survive.
As of the current year, Florescence has a population of over 17 quintillion mostly residing around its central black hole Mei'os. At 41 million stars in size, Florescence is small for a galactic region. It is one of the most densely populated regions of space as well as one of the highest valued regions per system. The average system within Florescence is more valuable than those elsewhere, causing it to have one of the highest costs of living in its region.
Name
The Ravin name for the region, "Vynos" is best translated as the word, "Florescence." Florescence means, "the process of flowering." The name comes from their region being origin point of their religion. Many believe that their religion will eventually "flower," causing it to spread rapidly among individuals residing outside of Florescence. Originally, the name was more meant to represent how their civilization would colonize the rest of the universe. Once that has proven impossible, The Ravis largely shifted to a more peaceful means of spreading their faith.
Astrography
Florescence, while controlled mostly by Blumeheim, is divided in two parts, Ravi-Empyrea and Llæ-Empyrea. Together these two nations make up the two jurisdictions of Blumeheim. The central black hole of Florescence, Mei'os, is the most populous body in the core at almost 500 quadrillion inhabitants within its direct orbit. Other important worlds include Alphos and Yuusha, the home worlds of the Ravis and Llæns respectively.
Florescence has a very low metallicity, causing life to be very rare within it. While in many galaxies, bacteria-covered worlds are relatively common, Florescence only has one planet known to have naturally evolved life, Alphos. The other planet to have life since antiquity, Yuusha, shows evidence of terraformation, suggesting that the life on its surface is from another world or genetically engineered.
Major Worlds
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Ventemir
Main Article: Ventemir
The second largest nebula within Via Aylathiya, Ventemir represents one of the cradles of civilization therein. Containing over one billion stars within its clouds, Ventemir dwarfs even many proper galaxies within Cosmoria. Ventemir has a diameter of about 13,100 light years and has a total mass of 9 billion M☉. Ventemir is dominated by three nations, the Entente of Ventemir, Tenshi and the Greater Martial Consilium. Tensions between the Tenshi and the other two nations have created a sort of demilitarized zone on their border, dividing the body between its controllers.
Ventemir is primarily populated by Atlins, then Humans, Orcubor, and Legions with a small minority of Vexlores and Gainge making up most of the rest. Most of Ventemir's 125 quintillion people live in three megastructures named Gira Gira, Odo, and Hanabi near to its core. The rest of the population lives on various worlds scattered throughout the region.
Major worlds
In the center lies three gravitationally dominant bodies named Gira Gira, Odo, and Hanabi. Gira Gira is the strangest among the three as it is a Quasi-star. This body, the most populous within the entirety of Martial Space, has a total luminosity of ten million L☉ . This ridiculous luminosity sterilized the core of Ventemir for most of its history, causing what should be a nebula abounding in life to have only three native sapient life forms. Despite this, Gira Gira has the largest population of the galaxy due to the immense number of orbiting habitats and artificial worlds orbiting the body. Currently, the body is under the control of the Entente, giving it unrivaled power over the core.
Odo is a Birch Planet, meaning a huge artificial construct built around a black hole, where time runs 1% slower than the standard flow of time. Additionally, the escape velocity is 1% of light speed. Consequently, the body is mostly used for industrial procedures rather than actual living as even with advanced technology, the change in acceleration from 0 to 1% of light speed would vaporize most organisms. The only way to accelerate slowly enough to leave the body without instantly dying is to use a nearly astronomical-unit-long rail gun that "slowly" accelerates passengers to 1% light speed only for them to slow down once out of Odo's gravity well.
Hanabi is a structure built around one of the only known Magnetars within the region. Since these bodies usually only last for 10,000 years at their incredibly high energy output, continual interference with the body needs to be done. When Hanabi begins to slow down its energy output, a millennia-lasting process begins in which a large ring is built as close as possible to the body. Then, using a captured red dwarf for power, the body is bombarded with gravitational waves that recharge its rotation and increase its mass and magnetic field. While it would be more profitable to simply find another Magnetar, the cultural and political power resting within Hanabi necessitates the maintenance of its energy output.