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Varna Hai Richon variant
Varna Gah'Monai 101st Generation Frigate 
Varna O'Nella Rue 197th Generation Escort Carrier
Varna Xur T'Dan 201st Generation Cruiser
Varna X'Ktel 114th Generation Attack Ship
Varna T'Euel 188th Generation Battleship
Varna Zhara D'kas 88th Generation Small Command Ship In 2192, a survey team in the Ross 47 star system found a massive heretofore unknown Prodono Mobile Command base from the Imperial era of the Prodono. The base itself was intact, but there was no sign of the crew or the colonists that had manned and lived on the enormous base. What was discovered was that the war between the Varna and the Prodono was far more than just about ideology, or territory, or power, it centered around the collection, and quarantine of the various Solahdeen Zaphner-radiation artifacts all over the galaxy. The data recovered from the Goro Duragal indicated that all of these relics had been gathered from around the galaxy and stored in various locations within the Sol star system. The Earth itself was off limits to all landings, and exploration. Only the Earth's moon--Luna--was used to monitor and observe how the planet evolved after being exposed to Zaphner radiation hundreds of thousands of years after the titanic battle that ended the Holy Star Byrd Empire and caused the Solahdeen to fracture into warring states.
After nearly thirty years of research by the Methuseian xenoarchaeologists of the Neo-Hebrews, a rough, albeit accurate, historical overview of the Varna began to take shape. With the discovery of the Varna temple on the fourth moon of the fifth planet of the Ross 47 star system, an even clearer picture of the Varna emerged. The data was immediately classified as Top Secret by the Orion Theocratic Republic, but much of it was leaked to the Sol Alliance in 2194 from information garnered at Ross 47.
The history of the Varna begins with the fall of the Star Byrd Empire sometime around 400,000 BC (Earth Relative). Their collapse caused chaos to reign throughout the galaxy. Multiple small empires and republics rose and fell during the estimated 40,000 years in between eras. This time was known as the 1st Galactic Dark Age. The galactic rim regions were the first portions of the galaxy to recover. The Solahdeen and Corthobadin were unable to advance back up to their former technological glory as both sides were still warring with each other as balkanized independent fiefdoms.. This constant conflict kept both powers at much lower technological level than the height that had reached at the zenith of their power. This degradation of science, technology, and progress continued forfor all of the 1st Galactic Dark Age. The first power to rise from the ashes of this chaos were the Varna and thus the 2nd Galactic Era was ushered in by them.
The history of the Varna garnered from the various finds in the Local Group of Stars by the Neo-Hebrews of Saturn and the subsequent Orion Theocratic Republic learned that sometime around 400,000 BC, from the burned out ashes of the galactic rim region, in the Alpha Quadrant of the galaxy, rose a new galactic power, the Varna. Built on the technologies of the old Star Byrd Empire, the Varna began their slow conquest of space. The Varna Republic was based on the old Star Byrd Republic. The Varna quickly spread out into the Alpha Quadrant, colonizing and restoring many of the burnt out worlds of the ancient Star Byrd Empire.
As the Varna spread throughout the galaxy, they met the Kamphlarian Consortium sometime around 398,000 BC. The meeting of the two powers was not violent despite the Kamphlarians being of Corthobadin descent, and a treaty was made between them. The Kamphlarians joined the Varna Republic and together they achieved a higher techonology level and greater ability to expand into the Milky Way and nearby dwarf galaxies.
While exploring the Beta Quadrant around 390,000 BC, the Varna encountered a race known as the ZhoKhandei (Zo-Khan-dee) Stellar Republic. The meeting was hostile at first, but an uneasy peace was formed. The Varna Republic reached greater technological heights from this new alliance and further extended their cultural and societal influence across the Milky Way galaxy. Mapping, cataloging and exploring countless star systems as they did so.
In approximately 386,000 BC, the Varna Republic encountered the Cendhonai Star League in the Beta Quadrant. The meeting was hostile and war erupted. The Varna quickly overwhelmed the Cendhonai, and an uneasy peace was established.
By 380,000 BC the Varna Republic spanned nearly half the galaxy (Alpha and Beta quadrants). Their continued expansion brought them in contact with various stellar nations. The Kiron Dae, Kan’jour, Zarn, and Esbellion Stellar Republics were encountered in the Delta quadrant as the Varna explored that region of the Milky Way. These warring states were unified by the Varna and brought into their Republic. This union brought the Varna to a technological higher level than had been seen since before the 1st Galactic Dark Age.
The Varna Republic encountered the Prodono Stellar Republic in the Gamma quadrant around 375,000 BC. Their meeting was hostile at first, but the Varna managed to convince the Prodono to join the Varna Republic for their mutual benefit. Their merger allowed both cultures to achieve a super-science level of technology.
The Varna Republic controlled 90% of the galaxy by 370,000 BC. Their expansion was halted by the remnants of the Solahdeen and Corthobadin who sought to stop another galaxy wide empire from rising. The science and technology of the Varna was reaching the initial level of Zaphner-tech and that greatly concerned both the Solahdeen and Corthobadin stellar nations. Unable to challenge the Varna directly, due to their own decline in technology, the various Solahdeen and Corthobadin stellar powers chose instead to engage in a long espionage campaign to try and guide the Varna away from the Zaphner sciences.
After numerous interstellar wars within sector-nations of the Varna Republic in or around 365,000 BC, the Varna Republic reorganized into the Varna Federation to prevent further conflict. A galactic silver age began that was estimated to have lasted 8000 years.
With the end of the silver age sometime before 357,000 BC, the Varna Federation began to collapse. The Varna central galactic government imposed marshal law to quell the increasing internal violence between the various stellar nation-states of the Varna Federation and the Varna Empire was born. The Empire caused large numbers of the individual stellar nation states, particularly those of the Magellanic clouds and galactic rim stellar nations, to form their own governments and rebel against the Empire. The Varna Empire responded with force and a civil war erupted throughout the galaxy.
After 7000 years of civil war, the Varna Empire crumbled into approximately 70 factions, all of which were fighting for control. The various factions were reduced in technology severely, down to the level the various Terran space powers were at in 2193. So ended the era of the Varna and began the 2nd Galactic Dark Age.
The fleet found in orbit around the
2nd moon of the 4th planet of the Chi Orionis system was damaged, but not beyond repair and restoration. The Goro Dei facility at Chi Orionis IV had the files available to allow for the repair of Varna style ships of the Varna Federation era. The vessels around Chi Orionis were assessed for their viability for use by the Prodono Android forces of the Galactic Free Republic at Chi Orionis. It was determined that a formidable number of vessels could be repaired and restored to full operational status, and, since the Varna vessels were easy to operate like the Prodono ships, there would be little time to train the crews. Sadly, this didn't transfer to building new spacecraft of the Varna style. This led to the Galactic Free Republic ordering the fleet and its Goro Dei to relocate to a safer star system away from the hostile stellar nations near Sol. This Varna fleet was deemed needed for the Orion Theocratic Republic and Prodono Android forces to garner new technology from them.
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