June, Space Era Years 101.
Under the supreme command of Regent General Aeraera von Escheinsen, the Sicherheitsamt (SSA) — Centory's Imperial Security Intelligence Agency — initiated a covert galactic-scale operation known as "Operation Silent Wing."Its purpose: to purge and apprehend Earth's infiltrators within the Empire — agents of CIA, MI6, Mossad, and the elusive Spectral Division, a clandestine intelligence cell of the World Government tasked with inciting rebellion from within.
The SSA's special operations units moved like phantoms, unheard and unseen. Every maneuver was executed through the NeuroNet Interceptor, a cerebral communication and wave-control network developed by the Wissenschaft Kerlinzer Schehinler (WKS) under the direction of Lord Aelyzabeth von Thors herself.
Within three weeks, the SSA had arrested over 172 Earth operatives across the capital city of Aurelia and the industrial colonies of Zenthria IV.All detainees were transferred to the Gendral Valtrex Interrogation Center, where they were subjected to the Mind Truth Reactor — a neuro-analytic system capable of extracting truth without physical coercion.
Their testimonies converged into a single chilling revelation:the masterminds behind the infiltration were the Earth's financial magnates, seeking to overthrow Centory's sovereign government by sponsoring liberal and communist uprisings within the Empire.
Yet despite the operation's success, civil unrest continued to smolder — particularly in the Freeport Sector, where liberal factions clamored for "complete democratic liberation" and condemned the autocratic regime of Lord Aelyzabeth von Thors.
But the state did not waver. For Aelyzabeth had foreseen every possibility — every step of rebellion met with her countermeasure, precise as clockwork.
9th August, Space Era Years 101.
The Centory economy soared once again.The Centory Pound (₵) successfully replaced the New Hope Dollar, marking a historic milestone — the Empire's final severance from Earth's financial dominion.
"From this day forth, the Centory Empire shall never again rely upon the currency of Earth."— Proclamation of Lord Aelyzabeth von Thors
The announcement thundered across the galaxy, echoing as both triumph and defiance.
17th October, Space Era Years 101.
Heir Aerys Vilozyver returned from the Galactic Council of Worlds to the capital at his mother's command.A secret summit awaited him — a council of generals, scientists, and imperial ministers within the fortified walls of Zerwiscz Berlyn Schutz Palace.
When Lord Aelyzabeth von Thors spoke, her voice was cold steel wrapped in velvet:
"The Earth's capitalists are financing the Mossad to incite revolution within our borders. Their aim is to crush the royal power and dissolve the soul of our nation. We shall not permit it — no matter the cost."
The silence that followed was absolute — the kind that precedes history.
Later that evening — 19:00 Standard Centory TimeNational Grand Auditorium 'Stahlhalle'
Broadcast cameras from every Centorian and off-world network focused upon the gleaming silver-and-black stage, emblazoned with the golden eagle of the Empire.
Walter von Yigzorch, Director of the National Propaganda and Public Affairs Office (NPA), appeared before the world. Dressed in the uniform of a high state official, he approached the podium with measured grace and began to speak — his voice resonant, commanding, unwavering.
"People of Centory! Tonight, I stand before you to declare what the outside world must hear: We shall never bow to the sabotage of Earth's financiers and its so-called World Government!"
Applause erupted, fierce and thunderous.
"They call us an Empire of tyranny — but remember this well: Our tyranny is the freedom of our nation! Their democracy is the slavery of gold! We choose our own path — the path of dignity, of security, and of the blood that binds every Centorian soul!"
He raised his right hand high above his head as the crowd rose as one, voices uniting in a single cry that shook the hall to its foundation:
"For the Empire! For our Mother of the Nation —Heil Aelyzabeth Thors! Heil Centory! Heil Freiheit!"
The chant — "Heil Aelyzabeth!"— resounded through the vast dome,broadcast live to every corner of the galaxy, even to the blue planet that once claimed dominion over humankind.
That night, the message was clear to all worlds:
"The Age of Earth's dominion is over."
Thus ends Chapter C-VIII.