Kajakali Nation

The Kajakali Nation numbered amongst the first nations to secede in the latter days of the reign of the Providence Union, and lasted 14 years fighting for its independence against it. The nation's existence ended in fire and death after the Providence Union tested the first Marceum-based superweapon partly to make it an example and partly to intimidate its neighbors. With Vecroxmer's seas boilings and cities burning, a fate shared by 80 percent of the nation's population, the rebellion ended.

History

The Kajakali species were never unified before the Providence Union found them. With disparate factions across the Finale System arguing over resource rights and who got access to the outer dwarf worlds, they could not put up much of a fight as the Union steamrolled across the entire system and claimed it for itself. After this, the Kajakali species had to put up with oppressive taxation and authoritarian rule, stirring up resentment in the native population.

As such, an underground movement arose fairly rapidly, with the supposedly collaborating native governor Enigallo Xeraret Ramenne leading its members and personally participating in major acts of sabotage against Providence Union infrastructure.

The situation of the resistance changed radically for the worse when Ramenne was captured by the Providence Union's secret police. Key secret safe houses and the identities of major players in the resistance were lifted directly from her head, and then she was tortured for decades. The loss of their greatest leader was followed quickly by mass arrests and summary executions of her followers, but this could not fully quash the movement.

Ramenne was treated as a martyr by the citizens of the Finale System. Her death inspired billions to rise up against the invaders, destroying huge amounts of military infrastructure and kicking out the nation completely. Ramenne's daughter led this movement and successfully defended the nation against the Providence Union for eleven years. This constant state of barely staying alive led to very little development, as all resources were put towards border defense, making the nation's truly independent time the least interesting period of its history.

This shining moment of resistance ended abruptly when the Providence Union tested its first Marceum Bomb, more like a temporary star than a conventional weapon. Vecroxmer gladly rotated to show its entire surface to the weapon, its seas boiling by the time the planet finished rotating. The scant colonies spared by the Providence Union, such as those in the icy asteroid belt, are the only reason the species remains. They were recaptured by the Union troops in short order, and became a very tiny cohesive state, wandering through interstellar space until the War of the Last Alliance. By that time, they had achieved a decent size, settling around the moon of New Vecroxmer. Today, they have reentered the world stage after the War of the Last Alliance.

Astrography

The Kajakali Nation was found entirely within the bounds of the Finale System, a yellow star orbiting the black hole of Nocturne. Its population was concentrated mostly around Vecroxmer (now Vistique), Jazla, and Ealak, alongside several densely packed belts of habitats within the outter system. The outer system beyond the planets was fairly sparsely populated, and the small clustering of habitats there is probably the only reason the Kajakali species still exists.