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They come from the second planet in the [[Valcarisystem|Valcarian star system]], virtually at the heart of their empire. They have expanded to inhabit and control every planet in their system, and have hundreds of colonies in outlying systems. A little over 3,000 years ago, the Valcarian burst forth from their homeworld on a mission of exploration within their own star system. Two hundred fifty eight years later, they finally left their overpopulated system in search of suitable systems to settle and provide much needed resources.  

For the next 1,750 years the Valcarian easily conquered their neighbors. A third of them were totally wiped out while the rest became subject worlds, providing annual tithes to the Valcarian. The inhabitants were worked hard with many shipped off to work as slaves on other worlds controlled, occupied or colonized by the Valcarian. In this way they spread all the subject species across their entire empire making it harder for any of them to attempt to rebel. The republic kept on growing until the Valcarian had conquered or colonized over 500 worlds.

At this point, 1,000 years ago, the republic was spreading faster than it should have. The Valcarian had moved core ward and encountered the [[Esidran Empire]]. At the same time, several newly enslaved races, independent of one another, attempted to fight back and regain their freedom.  

After 50 years the Valcarian were forced to sign a ceasefire with the [[Esidran]], in order to better focus on their internal struggles. After twenty years of rebellions, the empire was once again at peace. It did not last for long.

Less than a year later, an aggressor race from the Gamma Quadrant tried to invade the Valcarian Republic. Calling themselves the [[Vodran]], they battled the Valcarian for the next 50 years until they were pushed back. Political infighting within the Vodran government simply cancelled the war one day and though the Valcarian would normally have taken the opportunity to invade their enemy and crush them to dust, cooler heads in the Valcarian government prevailed and brought to light their desperate situation.  

Their military was almost gone; their resources were virtually depleted. It was time to fall back and regroup. Within 43 years the empire had rebuilt its forces enough to consider invading the Vodran. After long consideration a plan was chosen that would allow for a single large concentrated attack and while the Vodran were caught off guard and had large losses in the beginning the attack slowly devolved into a war of attrition.