Post by Dimov on Mar 23, 2019 18:29:53 GMT -5
The Apex Commune is an autocratic capitalistic interstellar government. It is one of the 7(?) core species in the galaxy, and was once considered one of the, if not the, most advanced and developed societies in the galaxy. That time, however, has passed. It is now an era of great turmoil. The bones of your enemies make for a terrible foundation, and the empire is crumbling. A great civil war, easily the largest conflict in the galaxy, is laying waste to the once prosperous people. Dissenters and defectors organized and coordinated in secrecy and began a popular uprising in 2367. Hidden cells distributed propaganda of the crimes of the Ministry of Knowledge (colloquially known as the Miniknog or just “the Knog”). The greatest crime, causing the most distress to the public, was the Vestigo-Evolutionary Process (VEP) that transformed the species from more humanoid in appearance to their current simian state in exchange for intellectual capacity by fabricating a civilization-threatening disease known as “Ape-Flu”. The Miniknog dedicates great efforts to inhumane experiments on dissenters and rebels to reverse the physiological changes of this process.
The standards of living have greatly deteriorated as the armed conflict takes a greater toll on the Commune. Rations are slim and luxuries are nonexistent. War crimes are common on both sides of the conflict. Disease and starvation ravage entire systems left with crippled infrastructure and cities in ruins. Brutal repression is all that holds the entire civilization together, making the various factions and sects fighting to tear the Commune down very appealing.
The de facto head of the Miniknog is known as Big Ape, both to the Apex and to foreign species. Despite his presence in nearly every single example of Miniknog propaganda, whether it be digital, oral or in physical print, the true name of Big Ape, or if he is even an individual himself, remains unknown to most of the galaxy. In truth, Big Ape is not an individual Apex, but a concept invented by the oligarchs of the Miniknog, the Apex equivalent of anthropomorphizing the state into a recognizable and universal image. The stern, harsh stare of Big Ape is a image to fear and obey by the common populace and an icon to mock by rebel factions.
The armed forces of the Miniknog is undoubtedly one of the most fearsome militaries in the galaxy, composed almost entirely of professionally trained and well-armed loyalists. Due to the ongoing civil war, the bulk of the Miniknog’s forces specialize in dealing with the numerous insurgencies and insurrections that crop up in their systems. As such, the other species of the galaxy rarely see the Apex’s army in action. It is the Miniknog’s driving philosophy that only when the rebellion is quelled will they then have the means to readily expand into systems held by other species, and they certainly have the military capacity to do so.
The Miniknog took a keen interest into The Pulse, the event which caused a temporary, galactic wide surge of radioactive wavelengths identical to the kind their previous experiments with Disrubium produced. Several Miniknog expeditions were sent into the now “blacked out” systems, but each one has failed to return. Some suspect the rebellion to be hiding in these systems, and so the Miniknog has placed a partial blockade around the sectors nearest to their home systems.
The standards of living have greatly deteriorated as the armed conflict takes a greater toll on the Commune. Rations are slim and luxuries are nonexistent. War crimes are common on both sides of the conflict. Disease and starvation ravage entire systems left with crippled infrastructure and cities in ruins. Brutal repression is all that holds the entire civilization together, making the various factions and sects fighting to tear the Commune down very appealing.
The de facto head of the Miniknog is known as Big Ape, both to the Apex and to foreign species. Despite his presence in nearly every single example of Miniknog propaganda, whether it be digital, oral or in physical print, the true name of Big Ape, or if he is even an individual himself, remains unknown to most of the galaxy. In truth, Big Ape is not an individual Apex, but a concept invented by the oligarchs of the Miniknog, the Apex equivalent of anthropomorphizing the state into a recognizable and universal image. The stern, harsh stare of Big Ape is a image to fear and obey by the common populace and an icon to mock by rebel factions.
The armed forces of the Miniknog is undoubtedly one of the most fearsome militaries in the galaxy, composed almost entirely of professionally trained and well-armed loyalists. Due to the ongoing civil war, the bulk of the Miniknog’s forces specialize in dealing with the numerous insurgencies and insurrections that crop up in their systems. As such, the other species of the galaxy rarely see the Apex’s army in action. It is the Miniknog’s driving philosophy that only when the rebellion is quelled will they then have the means to readily expand into systems held by other species, and they certainly have the military capacity to do so.
The Miniknog took a keen interest into The Pulse, the event which caused a temporary, galactic wide surge of radioactive wavelengths identical to the kind their previous experiments with Disrubium produced. Several Miniknog expeditions were sent into the now “blacked out” systems, but each one has failed to return. Some suspect the rebellion to be hiding in these systems, and so the Miniknog has placed a partial blockade around the sectors nearest to their home systems.