The Flytal Empire[edit | edit source]

The Flytal Empire's manufacturing and selling front is known as Flytex Inc.

Legendary Captains[edit | edit source]

Galactic Traveler Flyte the Universal (a.k.a. Commander Flyte) [1]

Lieutenant Stormbeak [2]

Executive Starr [3]

Story and Origins[edit | edit source]

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A Flytal scout team was ambushed on Xadar by the Ectos.

The Flytals came out of the ocean 52 million years ago as half-formed dinosaur-like creatures, and immediately started to explore. They overran the continent and in the process, found that wings and feathers would help them explore even more, and evolved into birds. They even managed to get two creatures over the ocean to another continent (more about that later). 50 million years later, while other species were still evolving, one Flytal discovered that if they took a wide, flat rock, tied a stick to the center, facing outward, tied a small jagged, coarse rock to the end, then pulled the stick in a circle around the flat rock (like a wind-up toy), and let it go, the whole thing would go up in flames. They used this to start fires and also as grenade-like firebombs to light other tribes' huts on fire. This technology gave them a head start as a formidable tribe. They soon discovered the values of language and developed Phimlish, an improved version of the language that other tribes used. 997 thousand years later, the Flytals had destroyed all other tribes on their continent and declared themselves as the dominant species on the planet.

At first, their civilization looked like it was going well…until they arrived on the next continent. They set up a colony there, but it was attacked by Flytals who looked the same, but had completely opposite personalities. These Flytals turned out to be descendants of the two Flytals that had crossed the ocean during the first 50 million years of the Flytal species. They called themselves the Reamians, and worshipped those two Reamian descendants as gods. They called them Readem and Raive, and believed that they were the only pure Flytals, so the Reamians, being descendants of them, were pure as well. The attack on the Flytal colony quickly expanded into a planet-wide war between the Flytals and the Reamians that lasted so long, some believed it would never end. Throughout the war, the only technology developed was war-based, preventing either race from ascending up the evolutionary ladder, apart from creating destructive antimatter and nuclear weapons that could lay waste to whole cities. But hope lived on, despite the violence.

Nearly one thousand years into the war, a Reamian baby was born by the name of Flyte. By the age of fifteen, he had learned to hate the Flytals with all his heart. He was sent to war at the age of seventeen, as was the Reamian custom, and assigned to Legion 51, Squadron 29. Their orders were to destroy the shield generator of the Flytal outpost of Farzon. The attack went according to plan, but just before they launched three micronukes at the now unshielded outpost, Flyte witnessed a prisoner of war tearfully beg the Reamian squadron leader not to destroy the town: “…my son is in there! Please! We never did anything to you. You Reamians attacked our colony! Why? Why!? You can’t-“ The prisoner was stabbed through the heart, and slumped against the ground, dead. The commander chuckled as the outpost was obliterated by the nuclear blast. It was then that Flyte realized the true horror of war, and that the Reamians were committing a war crime far beyond reason. Tears of anger clouded his eyes as he stared at the smoking crater and he vowed to defend the Flytals as best he could, and to then put down his blaster and live a life of peace.

When the Reamian threat had been destroyed, the United Flytal Civilization (UFC) was able to continue advancing in all types of technology, not just weaponry. It was only a matter of time before they made their first spaceflight. After they had achieved that, the UFC progressed so quickly that a working warp drive had been developed in under fifty years. Because of this head start in interstellar transportation technology, the Flytals were able to develop some of the fastest and most powerful starships in the galaxy. They quickly colonized dozens of star systems, and grew into the Flytal Empire. Today, they control hundreds of sytems and have major bases on about thirty planets. Their selling front, Flytex Incorperated, makes a huge profit from manufacturing and selling every type of technology in just about every major market in the galaxy. They became Peacekeepers when the Ectos attacked their colony on the planet of Xadar. Flytex now sells all kinds of tech to the other Peacekeepers, such as their line of mechs and walkers, as well as their esteemed F.A.S.T. Warp Drive and S.T.A.R. Cannon.

Appearance and Traits[edit | edit source]

The Flytals are golden birdlike creatures that stand upright. Their wings have been partially converted into arms.

Relationships with other races[edit | edit source]

The Flytals have a strong alliance with the Aeveria Confederation, and are an important part of the Peacekeeper Faction, as they produce most of their weapons and technology.