Lore/Story Idols (alien Race From A Story) Q&a Thingy Please Ask Me Stuff I'm Lonely

@SkywalkCinerate I've added some stuff now and more is coming!

 

Phew! Finally done with today's patch! If y'all wanna see art of some non-Idol ships I could grant you a peek or two.

 

Oh, so you wanted questions?

So they traverse galaxies? How do they cope with the vast distances and rapid expansion of the universe? Do they have FTL technology of any kind? How far does their influence spread? What's their population?

So, it looks like they're some kind of empire, but beyond that what's their political structure like? How much autonomy are different regions given? Who does legislative/administrative/judicial work? What's their economic system like? How is their presumably vast military organised?

How much disagreement is there with their policies among the populace? How is this disagreement treated?

How do they avoid their enormous ships collapsing under their own gravity? How many do they have?

Why move a star? Seems like an enormous expense, what do they get out of it?

 

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1: It’s science technobabble! Also what’s FTL?
Their ”influence doesn’t really spread, they have their home, Idolia Prime, that they return to regularly. They have outposts in different locations to gather information. Also they might not traverse galaxies, more of solar systems. They can sometimes travel past the border into other galaxies, but not very often. They destroy anything the Empress considers a threat. They have, however got enemies: a group of aliens who somehow (plot point) have access to the Idols’ next targets and try to save them.
I havent got a number for their population but think a ship as big as a solar system (roughly) must have engineers, gurads, citizens, etc.

2: The Empress gives orders about what is to be done. She is the center of their population. Every suggestion that is deemed plausible is given to her for overseeing. Different sectors have leaders, who take their orders and report to the Empress. Their currency is Galactic; an economic system that uses coins. However they can also trade resources or the like. Most of the military is aboard Idolia Prime, but there are outposts in other systems.

3: The leaders of different secotrs may have different opinions, but the Empress often chooses leaders with similar opinions to her own. If a leader were to oppose the Empress, they would probably be apprehended and inprisoned. The citizens have no say in the matter.

4: What do you mean ”collapsing under their own gravity”? Please expand. They have one Monument-Class Stationary Core Cruiser (mothership), one B3 System Eradicator, one GH-Class Star Hauler, at least a dozen Planetary Transports, three Command Cruisers, ~20 Assault Carriers, I wont bother counting Planetary Assault Cruisers or Scout Ships, millions of fighters, infiltrators and Patrols. Hundreds of Defense Stations.

5: Because a star does not live forever, they need energy and light.

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That was A LOT of questions.

 

Faster Than Light travel. It's a technology that a lot of science fiction universes have in various forms that allows ships to travel faster than the speed of light. Things like warp travel, hyperdrives, stationary gateways.

Well, all matter attracts other matter towards it, and when you have a lot of it, it pulls itself towards itself and collapses into a sphere. It's why planets and moons above a certain size are always spherical. You'd need a material stronger than any we know of or some other technology to stop this happening to a ship larger than a star (unless it was sort of torus shaped and spun very fast)

How large a suggestion does it need to be to warrant her attention? Presumably with a population that large she can't personally micromanage the entire empire?

So they sort of replace their own star like a battery? How many times have they had to do this?

 

1: I see. They use a kind of technology that allows them to make rifts in space to get to places quickly. Think like a portal.

2: It’s more technobabble! Let’s say they have some other technology like artificial gravity. All the green wavy stuff in the concept art is artificial gravity tech of sorts. Also as the Concept Art depics, it is sort of ”torus shaped”.

3: Excluding things like fixing lighting or such, the technicians handle that.

4: Not many, like two.