This is my first faction named after species after the continent Zamonien from Walter Moers books.
Introduction/ Faction History
Once a civil war started in a galactic empire which broke apart into two main factions, the Zamonien Fleet and the Neinomaz Union (https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/2990-neinomaz-union). The reason for the war was that both blamed each other to just have had written their name the opposite direction to show that they are different. But the war only lasted 1 year because both then thought they would grow faster without the other one. After the Zamonien fleet realized it would not need the outer galaxy because the trading ships would mostly use the black hole to travel from one galaxy to another and they had the better research facilities, they agreed to establish a buffer zone consisting of small states. The Fleet started right away to develop their own ships Elm and Helling.
After 48 years of peace an other civilization showed up from the black hole and started fighting the Zamonien fleet. The Fleet had high losses but was not able to encounter them, so the Neinomaz Union helped them out. It was very unusual to attack another galaxy because you would already be surrounded and had no chance to be victorious. These strange circumstances forced them even more to cooperation. This started the development of new and bigger ships.
Only 3 years later an armada of ships warped in and surrounded the galaxy. Now all makes sense! They did not need to use the black hole but forced the other civilization through it and to attack another one. They should weaken them so they have an easy fight! After fighting together and using all their resources they still lost all of the Unions territory. With the help of an captured FTL drive they finally were able to warp behind their enemy and destroy their fleet. Since then they united in the Zamonien empire and were searching for the attackers home galaxy to finally destroy them. On their way they liberate and help out other empires, but everyone who belongs to the enemy or does not want to be part of the expanding empire gets wiped out.
Economy
Due to the fast expansion many resources still remain unused and some systems are sparse colonized.
Class 0 - specialized, civil or other ships
Eydeet C: civil ship to transport FTL-fuel
NE-0 I: adopted frigate interceptor of the former Neinomaz Union
NE-0 S: adopted support frigate of the former Neinomaz Union
NE-0 H: adopted heavy frigate of the former Neinomaz Union
Kratze: fast scout equipped with sensor and missiles
Class 1 - Fighter
Elm: old fighter
Gimpel: new cheap fighter
Gimpel I: improved version
Class 2 - Corvette
Eydeet F: fighter (works great in combination with Eydeet H)
Eydeet H: heavy fighter
Class 3 - Frigate
Helling: old destroyer replaced by Drak and Gargyll (still used by Pirates in Bouny Hunter)
Drak: slow and heavy armed (good support for Gargyll)
Gargyll: excellent against shields
Class 4 - Destroyer
Lindwurm: ship with high durability and point defense
Drache: nearly as fast backward as forward; grown up Drak
Class 5 - Cruiser
Kupferne Kerl: first ship that carries all vanilla weapons
General Ticktack: leader of 'Kupferne Kerle' which is faster and better armed/ armored all around
Class 6 - Battleship
Wolpertinger Rala: biggest interceptor - fast, and heavy shielded
Class 6 - Dreadnought
Moloch: moving slow but it can turn fast thanks to diagonal thrust