Cta

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Overview
The Cta are a hyperintelligent feline race evolved from their ancestors onboard of the Cross-Universal Technological Annihilator after being exposed to radiation, thus they are named after the superstation. They inhabit the decommissioned CTA, living in numerous colonies dug into the thick armor of the defense platform, where they build "regions" dedicated to one service in their society. They are very smart, natural engineers, and have gained a primitive form of foresight, however they are not physically strong and tend to act without thinking under stress.

History
When first birthed onboard the CTA, they were thought to be much less intelligent than soon found. However, the caring scientists of the Meedya Empire nursed the first Cta specimens and monitored their growth progress. When the CTA was disabled, the Cta population fled into the deep, dark complex, where they started to develop as a race.

Eventually the Cta found out how to create machines with their surroundings. Using tools, they were able to shape the durable metal of the hull into weaponry and utilities. As they dug into the hull, many began to build a permanent residence inside. Soon, many different branches of Cta were simultaneously progressing in forging new technology, and rapidly progressed through the sciences.

With advanced enough technology and a language of their own, the Cta were able to contact the remains of the Meedya Remnant, who happily donated the recipe for the warp drive to them. Cta quickly learnt how to traverse the stars, with their own basic spacecraft. They also salvaged weapons from the CTA itself, allowing their warships powerful weaponry.

Over time, the Cta formed it's own government, and became a Galactic power. The New Cta Empire had little to no Galactic weight however, and sought to gain some to have its own seat in the Senate. Thus, the Cta hastily threw together a fleet, and proceeded to obliterate the withering worlds of the Ovasatyuratien Scourge. Now occupying all of the Scourge's planets, they became feared for what they could do next, and as a result became a powerful member of the Senate.

War
The Cta, with their brilliant minds, intuitive tactics and deadly technology, fought and won all bitter wars involving them.

The first war the Cta was to fight was the Mod Coalition, who wanted to permanently mute the Cta Empire for being a "threat". In the first battle, the battle for Seethencopea IV, the Mod Coalition severely underestimated the strength of the Cta Empire, and their fleet was completely wiped. However, following no attack on Coalition worlds, the Mod Coalition surrendered, understanding of the Cta's position in the matter of war.

The Cta's next and biggest war was several years after the first conflict with the Mod Coalition. The Alpha Legions, previously nemesis with the Meedya Remnant, wanted desperately to capture their homeworld for two reasons: revenge, and the fact that the Meedya Remnant's homeworld is the single most mineral rich planet in the galaxy. However, the Cta Empire are in full protection of the Meedya Remnant, and knowing the strength of the Alpha Legions, decided to enlist the help of another Galactic Power. Almost immediately, the fleets of the Ket Mandate responded, horrified that their newly-discovered ancestors were in grave danger, and together, the two unified to fight against the Alpha Legions. The war, with conflicts extending out to months at a time, were all an elaborate distraction by the Cta Empire, while their spies worked away at the Legions from the inside. In the end, it was not the brutal battles that won the two allies the war: it was revolt. When Cta spies leaked documents that the Alpha Government was secretly in multiple science agreements with newer-generation empires, it was an insult to Alpha tradition. Infuriated that the government were collaborating with "Beta" empires, many of it's Legions were thrown into a civil war against other government supporting legions, which eventually led to the end of the Alpha Legions.

After this, the Cta Empire fought other small-scale conflicts, however none as large as the war against the Alpha Legions.

Prime
The Cta Empire's prime was just after the war with the Alpha Legions ended. They were in multiple agreements with the Ket Mandate, and defeating the Alpha Legions gave them both immense amounts of diplomatic weight. At the height of its power, the Cta Empire nearly overthrew the Galactic Government, but was stopped by the other members of the Senate unifying against it's reforms. After the Alpha Legions eventually collapsed, the Cta Empire claimed all of their worlds, and their Empire became the center of Galactic Trade. With so much economic and military power, they were looking to conquer the entire galaxy, but were thwarted by a sudden unexpected shortage of all materials. The cause for such a cataclysmic event was strangely never discovered. As a consequence, it crippled the Cta Empire to become recluses in the corner of the galaxy, much like how they had started out.

Legacy
Thanks to the Cta Empire, the remnants of their conflicts left behind the spoils of their technology. Discoveries of it surged the rest of the Galaxy through an entire technological stage in a matter of years. Previously Cta-occupied worlds have giant homages to the many great commanders and scientists of their prime hidden away in mountain ridges or quiet forests. While the Cta Empire are still a feared superpower, they lack both resources and soldiers to go on the offensive in any way, therefore they are no longer a threat... for now.

Technology
Cross-Universal Technological Annihilator