Taiidan Republic
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Taiidan Republic
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The Taiidan Republic was one of many successor states to the old Taiidan Empire, created in the wake of the Homeworld War. An ally of the Kushan it is unclear what happened to the Republic following its victory in the Beast War or whether it participated during the Vaygr War.
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[edit] History
[edit] Fall of the Taiidan Empire
In the year 9510 GSY the Taiidan Empire was doomed. The death of Emperor Riesstiu IV the Second dealt an irreparable blow to an already shaken Empire. Countless worlds acted in rebellion against their overlords and the Kushan Exiles had returned from the Outer Rim, seeking revenge and their ancestral homeworld. The Frerrn Aggregate, the Empire's main rival, had been engaged in a cold war with the Empire for decades. To all but the blind it was obvious that the days of the Empire were past.
All it took essentially was for the Emperor to die. Shortly after Kushan and Rebel forces were deployed on Hiigara, seizing the Imperial capital and destroying the Imperial Gene Bank from which the Emperors were cloned. The remaining Imperial loyalists fled Hiigara, heading out for the outer regions of the Empire, preparing to strike again. Although they maintained for some time the name of Empire the Empire had truly come to an end.
In the wake of this the Rebels led by Captain Elson seized control of some of the key worlds in the former empire, and declared the existence of a new regime, that of the Taiidan Republic. Yet not all were willing to embrace the new government, particularly the Imperialists but also several who had suffered under the Empire's regime and did not want to put all the Empire's power in one place again. After a brutal civil war the Republicans managed to maintain about half of the old Imperial worlds, the rest becoming independent states of one form or the other.
[edit] The Beast War
Although the Republic prospered for the first fifteen years of its existence it would begin to face troubles. For one thing the Imperial remnants were a constant threat to the Republic and although they ruled over a much smaller number of systems they had a larger fleet, most of the old Taiidan Imperial Fleet having refused to recognize the Republican government.
However a greater threat would make itself known. In 9525 the Beast War began, the disease-like entity known as the Beast making itself known and spreading across the galaxy. The Republic in particular became an easy target for this threat, being a fairly larger power. Furthermore the Beast was mistaken at first as the Taiidan Imperialists, which led to catastrophe. Many of the casaulties suffered in the Beast War would prove to be Republican vessels.
However the Republic, despite the losses it suffered, would prove one of the most important players in the Beast War. It was Republican spies who initially discovered the Imperialist research into the Beast, research that would eventually lead to the infection vaccine. Furthermore the Republican efforts to advance their fleet technology also led to the Nomad Moon Project, which would create the repulsor weapon. Finally it was the Republic that provided most of the manpower for the allied fleets in their fight against the Beast.
[edit] Military
The Taiidan Republic's forces were, for such a large state, remarkably small. This was in a large part due to the Taiidan Civil War which left most of the former Taiidan Imperial Fleet in the hands of the Imperialists. While some factions of the old fleets joined the Republic and other independent worlds the vast majority continued to hold their old loyalties. As such the Republic was, for the first decades of its life, in a very difficult situation. It solved this however by, instead of trying to match the number of the Imperialists, innovating technologically. By the time of the Beast War the Republic's fleet was one of, if not the, most advanced force in the galaxy.
[edit] Astrography
The Taiidan Republic inherited about half of the worlds in the old Empire, making it a large power but not really a galactic hegemon. Furthermore, the Republic's limited military capabilities didn't make it easy for the Republic to control it's new territories, particularly since so many worlds were eager for independence.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The Taiidan Republic is believed to be modeled after the New Republic from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where a republican government replaces an evil empire after a desperate but ultimately successful rebellion. Further similarities are seen in Homeworld: Cataclysm where the Taiidan Empire's remnants are scattered and fragmented, mirroring the disintegration of the Galactic Empire following the death of Emperor Palpatine.
[edit] Appearances
- Homeworld: Cataclysm
- Homeworld: Aftermath
- Canaan
- Truth Seeker
- Homeworld: Vengeance
- Cataclysm Fleet Intelligence Logs
- When You Blink
- Angel Squadron
- Kadeshi Crusade
- White Beast
