Kingdom of the Rion

The blue-skinned race known as the Rion evolved on the far flung rim of what would become known as the Terran Empire. Invaded and subjugated after the first war it is believed the majority of their race went underground on their frozen world, fighting a guerrilla war against the Terran Forces. As the second war erupted some of the occupation forces were forced to withdraw to re-enforce endangered sectors, allowing the resistance forces to overcome the now depleted humans. With the Rio system now back in their control, as well as a salvaged fleet of Terran vessels, the blues started to push out into the stars and bring the fight to the humans. In short order they encountered a number of other alien races and quick alliances were sworn and the Rion joined with the grand assault on the humans, their Queen even leading their stolen fleet on the journey to Terra. When Helios collapsed and contact with the invasion force was lost the Rion retreated back to their homesystem. In the intervening years the Terran technology has been reverse engineered to provide the Rion with workable fleets and tech of their own. The outlying systems have been colonised and trade/diplomacy initiated with several other races, although only on the most coreward of their planets named Reach (it being something of a Taboo for non-Rion to step in the home system). Above all this recently they have decreed the Queen officially dead and have crowned a new king, her younger brother and second in command during the resistance. As of the start of the Second Age, the Rion pushed their territory outwards and also re-established contact with their galactic neighbours. This period of expansion under King Mi'Kal allowed for the Kingdom to regain long-desired stability after the Second Terran War.