Caius Flavian
Faction Admin - The Galactic Republic
Hello to all my fellow writers.
It honestly is very sad to say that The Galactic Empire, also known as the Imperial Remnant, as a faction has come to an end.
The old guard has been kicked out and the faction has changed its name.
With only a little more than a year and half of being on the board from going from minor to major back to minor and now defunct.
Kept alive by the heart beats of a few dedicated writers whose In Character actions and writings had intertwined them to keep a story alive and going.
I woke up a few days ago to find I was no longer a Faction Administrator for the Galactic Empire (known as the Imperial Remnant), even worse was that I was no longer a member of the faction which had been renamed to the Siratian Empire. Now, I stunned and at a loss as to what to do, turned to my fellow FA's to find that they had also been sacked and kicked out. Our efforts to this last month to reignite and build some new narratives were essentially thrown out the window. I honestly didn't know how to handle it. One of my good friends and fellow writers took it very harshly and felt personally attacked by it. It was originally the reason I decided to not lurk and simply join this site from the get go.
I just came across this thread that was likely the result of a member, also a FA and also kicked out, from the faction who had been there since the founding and whose writings were the original IC basis for the faction to kick off the ground.
In Character
Our faction traced its lineage from the previous Fel Empire under [member="Ronin Fel"] with NPC Monarchs for our Emperor and Empress.We adhered to what is now the Legends (non-canon) story of the Legacy Era during a time where xenos intolerance had faded and one could find just about any alien fighting in storm trooper armor. Imperial Knights. AVictory Without War mentality towards those who were friendly and all out Total War mentality against those who opposed.
We began with a "peace keeping" mission and ended a civil war on behalf of a planetary government for the world of Crina
We fought the Primeval in their infancy and throughout our time as a Major faction.
Fought the Rebel Alliance many times over who basically did what the Resistance is now in the new (Disney) Canon.
Fought various xenos creatures and monstrosities on the edge of wild space.
Helped in forming a hyperspace lane
Kept very much in line with the idea of Military Junta's ruling a territory of space with a iron but often benevolent fist.
Battled and then invaded by the OS and we lost Crina.
Went into exile ironically under the protection of the Republic
Out of Character
We started out bold as the Imperial Remnant under the leadership of [member="Mason Deschart"] and quickly went on to major.We wanted to do a little bit of everything, from espionage, to warfare, to politicking and world building!
Then he stepped down around christmas due to real life concerns and I was elected into becoming the Faction Leader.
It was unfortunate timing the loss of Mason, and even worse timing for me because I was in real life getting ready to deploy over seas (thankfully not to a combat zone or anything) but my time was stretched and thinned and our faction suffered greatly from the loss of leadership
I did my best to try and keep momentum going. I worked early on with the leadership of the Primeval at the time along with the Rebel Alliance.
I end up having to step down and the torch had to be passed on.
Soon the torch was picked up by [member="Corvinus Palpatine"] and a strong reboot and rally was made. I'm actually sadly unaware of how the steam was lost but the leadership would shortly change again and soon the Imperial Remnant was again rejuvenated by fresh leadership under [member="Garvan Aritus"] and [member="T'yr Dellos"] and several of the original FAs.
Declarative and bold the IR changed its namesake to the Galactic Empire in a bid to state that it was indeed the successor state of the previous iterations and laid its claimant to the old Imperial Cog.
I'm not sure how or why the role play steam got knocked out again. But it seems these last few months before I returned from another extensive LOA that we were back to being a haunted house again.
So those few of us keeping it on life support began to brain storm and decided to role with the whole Red Dawn story arc and the events of us being attacked by the Prime Ministers revolutionary clone military.
We decided to try and begin again, but that became a fruitless venture for myself and others after being kicked out.
Personally
My character went from being a mere Lieutenant Commander barely grasping the art of carrier combat to a Commodore leading a small sliver of our former glorious navy. I had a lot of fun writing and very much enjoyed the good times.
So why am I posting this?!
Well it has been my experience here that there tends to be a lot of Out of Character drama behind the scenes that tend to permeate into each others lives beyond just our quill and creativity.
People tend to take things very personally or simply seek to trash others and ruin their fun.
Others do as they see fit given their position and status.
There is a lot more to this, but in all honestly but I'm entirely out of the loop for most of what has taken place behind the scenes so ignorance is great with this one on explanations.
I've always stuck to just role playing and keeping things IC rather than getting involved with Out of Character dram
No matter what the actual circumstances and reasons for kicking myself and others out with no notification as to why it was a great faction to have been apart of.
I can safely say it was some of the most enjoyable collaborative writing I've had in my role playing years.
There are many lessons that can be learnt from this, but I would wager that most that has already taken place here
I guess I'll have to figure out what to do with this character ole Caius Flavian, guess I'm an unemployed Imperial with a decent amount of toys to in his control. Maybe politics? It seems to be all the rage. I originally hoped to have Caius one day become a Moff after years (IC) of work and character development. Perhaps I'll have him join another Imperial faction. Perhaps I could have him join the Republic. I dunno maybe just kill him off. Start anew or leave altogether and go for new pastures.
What does this mean for the IR/GE though In Character?
I'm not sure, but since most of our leadership was apparently killed by the Republic's clones during the Red Dawn.
I guess we cans simply say we fragmented again and went our separate ways, some absorbed into the other Imperial factions, and those who decided to join the Republic.
To whatever the Siratian Empire is, best of luck!
Thank you for taking the time to read this little footnote.
May your muse never tire on this creative journey!
