Theron Protectorate

"The Protectorate shall commit to what it stands for, peace! it is that which we hold dearest to our hearts, to be free of oppression and fear. From across the stars, tyrants and dictators oppress men women and children while the Cybros hunt us down. I will make a vow, that as long as every men and women of the Protectorate draws breath...there will be peace in our stars. With this great and terrible war coming to an end, I announce the formal acknowledgment of the UGR and that only together can we ensure peace throughout the galaxy."

- Prime Minister Lennox Gammon, upon the conclusion of the Colonial War and the formal alliance between the Protectorate and the UGR

Theron Protectorate is a multi-systematic alliance of colonies and combining them all into one central government that has risen to become a competing power in the Post-Colonial Era. It is based on Thera, which was colonized by settlers from Loki and Typhus somewhere in the late 24th century. Largely regarded as a out-of-the-way planet, it was able to develop without corporate-interference until the 27th century when the Ra'dam Federation was intent on developing far-flung planets to be suitable residences and Thera was transformed into a potential arm of the Federation.

Thera would later gain its independence from the Federation following the Cerberus Galactic Conflict and the Fall of Ra'dam, utilizing its vast mercantile fleet and consolidated its territories on the fringe of human space. The Protectorate was formed, thought to be initially peace-keeping until it had burned out the last opposition by third-parties and while militantly inferior, the Protectorate was not short of developing new technologies to catch up to the UGR and the Orisa Empire. It was in the Colonial War that proved that the Protectorate was not afraid of fighting for its territory, such as the Battle of Orisa Nova where they bogged down Imperial units for months and some speculate that without the vast fleet at Thera' disposal that Horizon would never have won the war in the first place.

Territories
"There are two things you will find while traveling in this part of space...Mercenaries and plenty of rich people to rob"



The Protectorate controls a mere fraction of human space, so while its power doesn't lie in the size of its holdings but in its overwhelming trade power compared to most interstellar powers. Its ports are rampant with traders from different star systems and its monopoly enables the Protectorate to maintain a smaller holding, but far richer then some parts of the United Governments of the Republic.