OBLIVIAN TECH ORGANIZATION

THE OBLIVIANS STARTED AS A SMALL COLONY THAT REVOLTED AGAINST AN OLD EARTH NATION. TIRED OF DECADES OF BRUTAL OPPRESSION, ALL OF THE MAJOR GARRISONS TURNED AGAINST THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND FOUGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM IN BLOOD. AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDED, THE OBLIVIANS TOOK ON AN ISOLATIONIST IDEAL, DISCONNECTING THEMSELVES FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD. IN THIS TIME, THEY DEVELOPED UNIQUE IDEAS, CULTURES, AND TRADITIONS THAT EMPHASIZED QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, AS OPPOSED TO NAUTICON AND COMMONWEALTH'S MASS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. MOST UNITS OF OBLIVIA WENT THROUGH RIGOROUS PERSONAL TRAINING AND THEIR TOOLS ARE MACHINED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT THE USE OF A PRODUCTION LINE. INSTEAD OF SPENDING ASSETS ON FAST AND EASY PRODUCTION, THEY TOOK HUMAN SCIENCE TO ITS PEAK.

DESPITE THEIR SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY, THE OBLIVIANS HAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL POPULATION. THUS, WHEN THE IMPERIANS INVADED OBLIVIA, THE CAPITAL ISLAND, THE DEFENSES WERE OVERWHELMED BY SHEER NUMBER AND FIREPOWER. THEY WERE FORCED TO ESCAPE EARTH USING THE ONLY SPACEPORT ON THE ISLAND, AND MANY WERE LEFT BEHIND.

OUT OF THE 13 SHIPS LAUNCHED, ONLY 5 ESCAPED THE GRASP OF THE IMPERIAN FIGHTERS AND INTERCEPTORS. THESE SHIPS TRAVELED ENDLESSLY UNTIL THEY REACHED AN UNNAMED ROGUE STAR IN THE REGION. THIS SMALL STAR SOON BECAME THEIR BASE OF OPERATIONS, AND REBUILDING TOOK CENTURIES. NOW AT LAST, AFTER CONSTRUCTING 3 SMALL ARTIFICIAL PLANETS, THE OBLIVIANS ARE BACK AS A MAJOR POWER IN THE HUMAN SPECIES. THEIR FACTION IS DEFINED BY THEIR ENDLESS CURIOSITY, KNOWLEDGE, AND THIRST FOR VENGEANCE AGAINST IMPERIA.

THE OBLIVIANS MAY BE BETTER DESCRIBED AS A MEGA-CORPORATION RATHER THAN A NATION. THEIR FOCUS IS SATURATED PRIMARILY IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS WEAPONS, CONSTRUCTS, BIOLOGICAL, OR OTHER ESOTERIC DISCIPLINES OF RESEARCH. MANY INDEPENDENT FACTIONS SUCH AS THE UNITED NAUTICON FEDERATION OFTEN GIVE GRANTS AND/OR CEDE MATERIALS TO THE OBLIVIANS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY.

MOREOVER, DESPITE RELATIVELY SMALLER NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE NAUTICONS, THEY MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN QUALITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND A POWERFUL DEFENSIVE CORDON PREVENTS THE LOSS OF ANY CORE MATERIALS.

AS THE OBLIVIANS HAVE LITTLE INTEREST IN CONQUEST, THEIR DOCTRINE FOCUSES ON DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE PROTECTION OF VITAL RESEARCH STATIONS AND CONVOYS.

OBLIVIANS OPERATE ON A HUB SYSTEM, WHERE A CENTRAL STATION SERVES AS A LOCAL COMMAND HUB, WHILE SMALLER OUTREACHING OUTPOSTS PROVIDES OBLIVIAN PRESENCES IN LOCATIONS OF INTERESTS. AS THE OUTPOSTS ARE NOT ENTIRELY SELF-SUFFICIENT, CONVOYS ARE NEEDED TO DELIVER SUPPLIES TO AND FROM THE HUB.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE OFTEN-VALUABLE GOODS IN THE REMOTE OUTPOSTS AND CONVOYS ATTRACT UNWANTED ATTENTION FROM PIRATES. 

OFTEN, OBLIVIAN HOLDINGS ARE RATHER TEMPORARY, WHERE STATIONS WOULD BE DISASSEMBLED ONCE NEARBY RESOURCES ARE HARVESTED. THEREFORE, THE OBLIVIAN DOCTRINE ALSO FOCUSES GREATLY ON MOBILITY. OBLIVIAN FORCES WOULD QUICKLY SECURE THEIR OBJECTIVES THROUGH SHOCK TACTICS, AND LEAVE AS FAST AS THEY CAME AFTER THEIR MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED.

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