Corvanan Combine

"The Gemini Strife has weakened all Reterans, from the Gemini Empire - weak and isolated to the heretical Epsilon Alliance - corrupted by their need to evolve. It is time for the Combine to rise and honor the traditions, the sacrifices and the hardships of our ancestors."

- Grand Executor Jala'ka Mah on the eve of the Combine-Epsilon War

Corvanan Combine, also known as the Corvan Combine and the Combine was one of three fragments of the once mighty-Gemini Empire after the Strife Wars broke the Reterans into three camps. The Combine is opposed by the nameshake Gemini Empire, which still controls the traditional homeworld of the Reteran species and the Epsilon Alliance, heretics that have turned to advance themselves through technology to survive. The Combine came out as the strongest power due to the fact that it managed to convince the veteran forces of the Empire into their service - this included Dela'core Falligus, Ey'run Insaval and Dema'shal Zeroc whom were all notable heroes of the Gemini Wars.

The Combine managed to secure a third of Reteran Space and furthered reinforced their hegemony by conclusively devastating the Epsilon in the Combine-Epsilon War at the Battle of Malask, and overshadowed the Gemini in both technological and military superiority. The period following the Strife Wars is remembered as the Combine Era.

Throughout its existence, it was represented as the strongest of the Reteran factions and often was misinterpreted as the sole authority power by outsiders. The Epsilon Alliance entered isolation after its defeat and the Gemini were unable to amount to much, leaving the Combine to expend and prosper for centuries.

That prosperity came to an end with the opening of the Cerberus Galactic Conflict, where the Combine was faced with a sudden invasion by their long-time enemy the Cybros. The Combine mustered their ships and warriors, but found that even they had to give ground gradually due to the rapid mobilization of the Cybros, followed by the technological differences in strength. The Combine would later join forces with the Ra'dam Federation and form a joint-effort in beating the Cybros back to the proto-planet Iyo where the Cybros were reinforced and then promptly devestated the Human-Reteran fleets.

At the Second Battle of Corvana, Dela'core Falligus along with most of his standing forces were presumed death after fighting Cir Evo and an Epsilon-assisted Invasion of the planet. The Combine was then dismantled by the Epsilon, where only fragments of the once-mighty Combine continue to resist.