The Infinity Church (TIC) aka Our Church of the Celestial God (OCCG)
Praise the lord!
The Infinity Church is an ancient religious faction that originated in Terra, just like the New Conglomerate, but much,much further ago than them. They originally started as Greek Orthodox, but when space travel was soon commercialized in 2020, they soon took to the stars. There were hundreds of feudal battles between each other, but they soon were brought [forced] together by Pope Dope I. Their mission is to spread their religion across all galaxies, but the New Conglomerate always halts their plans. They only believe the strongest should lead, and the weak to follow. Soon after numerous expeditions, archaeologists found relics on other planets, and the Church soon inquired. It was found that a "Celestial God" once ruled over all of the universe, and now Church's current mission is to find their so called God, believing that he will enlighten the universe, and rid it of its sins.
The Church employ mass fleets of ships bristling with cannons and laser turrets, with small, lightly armed ships employed in massive swarms to quickly overpower enemies.
Their motto:
Futurum enim nostra, et in nomine Domini
For our future, in the name of The Lord
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ORIGINS: Terra, circa early 1000's. They originated in Greece, and soon were forced to leave Terra after the Earth Federation forced them out, due to them constantly feuding among each other.
HIERARCHY: Pope Dope I is their current leader, with numerous other deacons and priests who govern their systems. The lower classes comprise of disciples, and every Sunday, Universal Time, they all gather at church's on their homeworlds and have mass.
THE CHURCH'S HQ's:
New Rome: The hub of all operations, and the Church's main homeworld. It is a theocratic society, and there are numerous church's and cathedrals there. The Imperium is the main cathedral, that houses the Church's base of operations in it's huge catacombs.
Euchary: The a secondary base of operations that mainly is used as a labor planet, with numerous "sinners" who were captured and punished for their deeds to mine up resources to build the Church's empire. The New Conglomerate has promised to free the workers there in time, one the Church is defeated.
Saint Peter: Named after the same saint, this homeworld is where most of the Church's military force is stationed. It is an important fuel dump too, and the Conglomerate has tried mulitple times to sever their supply, but to no avail.
SHIPS:
DISCIPLE: A small attack fighter, employed usually in large squadrons. They are usually given to new pilots.
ARCHANGEL: A more up-armored ship than the Disciple. Employed also in large squadrons.
DARK APOSTLE: A fast strike craft, employed in groups of three. Meant to take on heavily defended cruisers and battleships.
DEACON: A blockade runner, meant to intercept other cruisers. Usually employed to support larger ships.
MAGNIFICENT-CLASS HEAVY FRIGATE: A frigate created in a response to the Victory-Class Star Destroyer. It is fairly heavily armed.
MAGNIFICENT-CLASS LIGHT FRIGATE: A lighter and smaller frigate, these are usually employed to assist the Heavy-Class.
MERKAVA: A missle crusier, used primarily to shred through heavy ship's armor, and let other ships attack from there.
OPPRESSOR: This ship uses it's ion beams to disable shields and attack from there.
PARTRIARCH: A sniper support ship, used to take down shields from a distance, and able to defend itself if necessary.
NURIA: A V-shaped ship armed with multiple ion beams. These are usually employed in pairs, to help disable shields and shred armor.
SAINT: A starfighter with an ion beam on front. These are also used as swarm fighters, and are fairly rare. They are usually used by high ranking members of the Church.
SAMARITAN: A battleship used to bombard enemy ships with its wide assortment of weaponry. They are sent in with other smaller ships to assist them, and the smaller ships in return defend the Samaritan.
VINDICATOR-CLASS SUPPORT SHIP: As the name implies, it supports other ships. It is somewhat an upgraded Partriarch, but much bigger and more heavily armored and armed.
THE HOLY FATHER: A project in the works by the Church. Not much is known about it, and the Conglomerate has tried desperately to find out what it is, but to no avail.
