History of the Krybolotinian Imperium
The history of the Krybolotinian Imperium spans from the foundation of Krybolotinian society thousands of years ago to the collapse of te Imperium in 3199 CE. The origin of the Proto-Odeaism, the religion that dominated the lands from which Krybolotine originated, can be traced to about 60,000 years ago. It would later be transformed into modern Odeaism by Retoria, a prophet. For around one thousand years after this point, Krybolotine practiced a form of Odeaism known as Tydoba-Odeaism, named after the first king of the Krybolotinian Kingdom and successfully gained control of their entire planet. However, the discovery of Retoria's Last Letter in 750 CE, which directly opposed Tydoba's ideas, a general named Ertoma Foresa overthrew the kingdom and founded Ertoma-Odeaism, a much more tolerant sect. In the place of the Kingdom, Ertoma formed the Krybolotinian Empire and became the first emperor. Over hundreds of years, as Krybolotinian technology continued to advance, the Empire expanded to other planets within their star system. After expanding to other star systems as well, the Empire was reorganized into the Krybolotinian Republic, who used the Starfinder program to discover eight other intelligent species and introduce them to their nation. By the 2300s, tensions between Krybolotinians in the star system of Salboria and the Surmestos, who had been introduced there, had increased to the point of violence, with several Surmestan attacks occurring on the Krybolotinian population of the system. Out of this tension, politician Yeros Demio Kalama rose to power and earned a strong following in the republic. He and several other members of the Restoration Party were elected to positions of significant influence, with Kalama himself becoming Prime Legislator. However, an attempt on his life in 2361 prompted Yeros to launch a genocide against the Surmestos and form the Krybolotinian Imperium.
Throughout the following decade, Imperial forces fought vehemently to secure control of the Salboria system, the nearby red dwarf stars around it, and a few sparsely populated areas nearby.
Krybolotinian Civil War
Background
After the Krybolotinian Republic's Starfinder Program led to the discovery of the Surmestos and their home planet of Surmestai, they were offered a home in Krybolotinian territory. They were introduced to the super-Earth sized planet of Colarium, orbiting the star Salboria. For the first century, the situation on Colarium remained largely peaceful; the Surmestos operated as a protectorate state of the Krybolotinian Republic known as the Suremoi Protectorate, producing goods and raw materials for the Republic in exchange for more complicated resources like medicine and energy cells. However, Surmestos had a very short lifespan (~50 years), and after just a few decades, all of the Surmestos who made up the original population had died and were survived by an entirely new generation. Additionally, Surmestos were known to be more arrogant and self-confident than other species; these two factors together meant that the Surmestos very quickly forgot the impoverished and disorderly state they lived in on their home planet and became dissastisfied with the care they had received from the Krybolotinians. This contributed to early racial tension between the two species.
Surmestan Independence Movement
By the middle of the 23rd century, tensions between Krybolotinians and Surmestos had grown to the point of violence and riots, though the most violent of the riots were Surmestan. Meanwhile, many Krybolotinians became greatly confounded by the protests and claimed that the Surmestos were far better off now than when they had lived on Surmestai, reinforcing their arguments with plentiful evidence taken from the planet. Nevertheless, the Surmestos continued to insist that they were being neglected and mistreated on Colarium with little explanation as to why they believed that or what had happened to trigger their response.
In late 2264, a Surmestan politician by the name of Suromeo Kalorin first suggested the idea of Surmestan independence on an episode of the podcast Deep End with Tyrani'i Mervari. The idea began to gain much traction among the population and began to greatly concern Salborian politicians who foresaw a near rebellion, which would devastate the economy of the district. The official Surmestan Indeprendence Front (SIF) was formed on May 11th, 2265 by Kalorin and his fellow politicians Surmas Grovinin, Sumora Lovirin, and Suromeo Niloron. Together, the three Surmestans began trying to organize a military to bring against the Krybolotinian forces.
However, problems arose shortly thereafter when both Sumora Lovirin and Suromeo Niloron were killed during riots in 2266. Suromeo Kalorin fell ill due to complications with his old age shortly therafter, leaving Surmas Grovinin, the youngest of the four at fourteen years old, as the sole leader of the movement. Though he was able to replace the three in short order, their deaths proved an irreversible setback that left them disadvantaged for several decades.
2298 Egg Incident
In late 2298, Several Krybolotinian egg storage centers across southern Colarium began to realize that they were missing several thousand eggs, which they feared had either been stolen or lost during transport to their facilities. The reports set off widespread panic among the Krybolotinian population, many of whom had eggs in storage to be used later in case they later became infertile and still wanted offspring. Additionally, there were fears that incubation centers would be targeted next, leading to the mass withdrawl of fertilized eggs from public incubation centers out of concern for their safety.
Surveillance footage from earlier in the month revealed that one of the trains carrying eggs had been raided by over twenty unmasked Surmestos, who then stole thousands of the eggs and drove away in refrigerated trucks belonging to a local supermarket chain. It was initially suspected to be an act of terrorism, and immediately the search began to identify the twenty individuals responsible for the theft.