Vaultan Empire

The Vaultan Empire was a prominent Astrocraft faction which left the AC faction scene in October of 2020. It is now an independent community.

Creation
Vault Industries, the predecessor to the Empire, was founded in October 2017. Despite its reluctant beginnings, the main focus within the faction involved challenging the PVP-only faction scene in Space Construction with an emphasis on building. The premise of a builder's faction allowed for Vault Industries to quickly gain traction, as the wars prior to Vault Industries's creation had rendered the community exhausted with PVP.

Vault Industries Era
The following nine months after its creation, Vault Industries developed slowly. The faction would become known for setting up displays of propaganda and music in the SC universe. The fleet roster, a collection of all of its ships, was considered the main priority for its members. Most of the factions projects consisted of building weak, but detailed spacecraft and vehicles. Some vehicles, such as the Kobold Cruiser and Gauntlet Battleship, were built to mock ships from popular franchises.

The simple, building-driven agenda of Vault Industries brought in many recruits as a result. There were thirteen members by December 2017.

Summer War
Vault Industries played a very minor role as a supportive faction in the Summer War, participating on the Imperium of Man's side. Despite having almost no military power, Vault members were still willing to help with information and piloting ships.

Industry to Empire
As Vault grew older, it went through many changes. The largest of these changes came about in the form of a name change. Vault Industries became the Vaultan Empire. This change came with a unique type of 'faction culture' which would cultivate within the group. With this, the faction had also expanded outside of the SC-AC community. One such game that Vault had expanded to was Little Islands, the successor to Pilgrim Islands Reborn. After several months and many conflicts, the faction pulled out of Little Islands and focused back on Astrocraft. Since then, Vault has become more refined and worked to further establish itself among its peers.

Prominent members
What makes the Vaultan Empire remarkably resilient is its unique power structure. There are three leaders, known as Overseers, who each maintain different, interweaving components of the faction. Directly under the Overseers are the Argent Knights, which essentially act as admirals. Under Argent Knights, there is the Advisory, which contains any small number of advisors who act as a form of council for the Overseers and Argent Knights. Together, these three power layers form the Vaultan command structure.

Summer War
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Moscovite-German War (Little Islands)
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Fool's War (Little Islands)
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