Imperia Prime
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Imperia Prime is the most ancient of the two planets that serve as the capital of the Great Star Empire of Allech-Atreus, the other being Vanda Khal. It's Imperia Planet Classification System (IPCS) designation is "Core World."
History
Originally called Bizan Tan, the planet was home to one of the warring factions of the Core Worlds in ancient times. Askar Sivarik, the Arakan (Grand Duke) of Khaylamnis, finally defeated the Bizan and occupied their homeworld. He then conquered the other planets in the Core Worlds, and proclaimed himself King, or Khalrakan in ancient Gaddam.
Askar renamed the planet Imperia Prime and declared it his capital as he went about conquering the galaxy. After he had established the Empire, he declared himself Emperor (Arakhalrakan in ancient Gaddam) and settled down to fortify his position.
Askar fortified the other planets of the Core Worlds and created a nearly impenetrable defense for his capital. Any attacker would first have to conquer the Fortress Worlds of Kumkale, Zumakkale, Istan Khoy, Bogaz Khoy, and Canak Kale in order to reach Imperia Prime. This system is still effective in the modern day. Only a few times has Imperia Prime been conquered, due largely to Askar's Fortress World system.
Center of the Empire
Imperia Prime has long been the center of the Imperial universe, being the major center for commerce and trade, as well as the center of government. Thousand upon thousands of people come and go every day doing business or working, and the planet is arguably the most busy and populated planet in the Empire (Valtenhayn comes close).
The planet is heavily urbanized, with the exception of the Yatay Urna Grand Forest, a massive nature preserve, the Urn An Inyan Ice Cap, and the various oceans and large lakes. The city of Imperia, which covers the majority of the planet, is divided into seven different districts: Shanda Harn, Ar Nat, Walan Dan Tan, Kel Tan Dan Tan, Siculus Enga, Her An In Phar, and the Yatay Khar. The residential areas are all over the planet, but the largest concentrations are in Walan and Kel Tan. Ar Nat and Shanda Harn are the main commercial areas, and Siculus Enga, named for the Lakarik Emperor Siculus, is the central government and military area. The Imperial residences and nobility housing are in the Her An In Phar. Yatay Khar, bordering the Yatay Urna, is home to the Walanda University as well as the Grand Temple.
Walanda Sigur, the central starport, is centered in Siculus Enga, where hundreds of ships and people come in every day. The trade hub of the planet, thousands of cargo transports speed along underground tubes and deliver goods to the Shanda Harn and Ar Nat. Waters carried in from the seas and lakes are purified in Shanda and tubed to the Imperial residences, feeding the massive gardens and streams.
The Imperial government is centered in the ancient Siculus Enga. Only a few buildings remain from the First Empire, one from the reign of Askar I. Thousands of bureacrats and employees recieve documents and petitions, and from these offices the Au She Dar is administered. The Imperial Grand Court is a short distance away, connected to the Imperial Palaces by a lush garden walkway. The Emperor recieves emissaries and officials here, signing documents and making decrees. When the government must move, the offices are filled by businesses. A special ten-year lease is offered when the government must switch over to Vanda Khal.
Center of Business
- Main article(s): Business in Allech-Atreus
Imperia Prime, in addition to being the center of government, is also home to many of the corporations that do business in the Empire. The family-run Tamkaan Corporation specializes in heavy industry imported from Wayland, and Imperial Standard Bank & Trust, the largest banking system in the Empire, has its offices on Imperia Prime.
Transportation
Due to its immense size an population, public transportation is very well-developed and funded on Imperia Prime. In addition to skyfaring vehicles, a robust and well-kept Imperia Underground System (IUS) runs at a very exacting and concise schedule. There are several systems that service only government officials, due to the sheer number of people needed to maintain the massive government apparatus.
Environmental problems have largely been eliminated with the reduction of wasteful and harmful personal transportation vehicles and the use of the public trasnportation. Great care is taken to maintain the Yatay Khar and the polar ice caps.
There are several starports servicing the planet, the largest being in Kel Tan Dan Tan. The Imperial household maintains its own private starport and several warships for snap departures.
Defenses
Being the center of the Empire, and the home of the Emperor, Imperia Prime is one of the most heavily defended planets in the Empire. Aside from being the home base of the central Imperial Fleet, Imperia Prime lies on a unique series of subspace highways. To reach the planet, one must first travel past the one of the four Fortress Worlds.
The Fortress Worlds, Kum Kale, Canak Kale, Bogaz Khoy, and Istan Khoy, all control the subspace highways leading to Imperia Prime, which makes them important bottlenecks in the defense of the capital. The Fortress Worlds have the largest concentration of army forces and Fleet ships in the Empire.
