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===Antaran domestic politics=== Despite Antaran pride in their overwhelming technological and military superiority to the rest of the galaxy, the Hegemony was not the invincible bastion of power it believed itself to be. It had been divided into two factions since its foundation. Those Antarans who had been trapped within the dimensional prison formed the military “expansionist” faction (ruled by the cabalistic Antaran Central Command), and they constantly pushed for the expansion of Hegemony borders and conquest of neighboring rivals. Opposing them was the “internalist” faction, which had originated with those Antarans who had thrived outside of the dimensional prison (the former Antaran Federation). Their policies were more often focused on internal development, research, and a defensive military presence. Rivalry between the two factions was strong, and Antaran policies shifted constantly, depending on which group was in power at the time. Fortunately for the local Orion races, the two factions were occupied with other events when the Antarans re-discovered the Orion Sector. The end of the Long Night negated the limitation of the effective range of the Trans-Dimensional Portals, and as a result the Hegemony launched a program to re-chart the ancient space lanes of their region of the galaxy (the internalists hoping to gain new scientific and cartographic data, the expansionists hoping to discover new directions for conquest). They soon rediscovered their ancient allies, the Alioth and the Meissans, but both empires had long since forgotten the Antarans and had succeeded on their own devices. They reacted to initial Antaran attempts at communication with hostility, and so both Antaran factions agreed to spend their energy on conquering and assimilating the two rogue empires. Lord Admiral Xyphys N’rom took the Green Fleet (the defensive armada of the internalists, patterned with the color for strength) and challenged the nearby Alioth, while Grand Admiral Therion V’raak took the Black Fleet (the pride of the externalists, patterned with the color for conquest) and engaged the more distant Meissans. The Alioth proved to be far less of a challenge than expected, and thus the Green Fleet was quick to secure their space and begin integrating their worlds into the Hegemony. The Green Fleet ships were gradually cycled back to the fleet command center of Kathar, safely hidden within the Antaran Sector, for refitting and repairs. It was from these withdrawn Green Fleet forces that raiders were dispatched to probe and harass the Orion Sector, where they expected to find their ancient enemy, the Orions. Information had to be gathered on their fate during the Long Night. The raider squadrons were deliberately kept small to allow the Antarans a certain measure of deniability if the Orions proved to have somehow become far more advanced than the Antarans. It was much to their surprise that the Antarans were originally unable to find a trace of the Ancient Orion civilization. When they discovered the now indigenous races of Orion (from a respectfully safe distance; they were shooting at each other after all), Antaran paranoia and arrogance kept them from admitting that these puny civilizations were not, in fact, being actively manipulated by a secretive Orion civilization lurking nearby. Eventually, some digging around various ruins they found in the Orion Sector convinced them that these barbarian races were, in fact, all that remained of “the enemy.” Although the situation was ripe, the Antarans could only send out raids against these Orion barbarians while their two fleets were engaged in serious actions against worthy opponents. Thus, the Antaran raiders met with only limited military success in the Orion Sector as they lacked the numbers and focus to act decisively. Nonetheless, the Antarans conducted far more raids into the Orion Sector than the local Orion races ever knew about. The Green Fleet, true to its “internalist” objectives, set out to find any Ancient Orion settlements left on worlds not yet occupied by these new “locals.” The Antarans absconded with untold secrets and treasures from the lost Orion ruins they discovered and looted, bringing these cultural and technological artifacts back to the Hegemony for further analysis. Until the Green Fleet’s victory over the Alioth could be completely consolidated, the Antarans had to play for time against their third front at Orion. And with the freaks of Orion busy killing each other, time was something the Antarans seemed to have plenty of.
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