Organization Name: The Second Empire (SODOM ZWEI)

Original Founding Date: AD 2140, SODOM ZWEI founding date AC 231

Form of Government: Seventy-member "Consulate" under military dictator

Governing Body: Imperial Consulate

Military: Public Peace Police (POLIZEI), Imperial Guard, SODOM Aerial/Space Combat Fleet

Allies: Order of the Light, Serpentine Syndicate

Origin/History: The Second Empire, also known unilaterally as SODOM ZWEI (named after the holy land of the Gesetz), came into power after the Apocalypse War left the European continent in shambles. But its history runs deeper and darker into the past, even beyond the entire AC calendar.

The year was 2245 AD. After the First Moon War ended without compromise and void of any resolution whatsoever, the Second Moon War began-and became Selene's final reach for independence from her earth-bound counterpart. In the last few months of this war the moon megalopoli found that their key to victory would lie within the Einhänder project. This program was specifically created to send suicide pilots to take on the Imperial juggernaut face-to-face, and the three final fighters sent to do the job were enough to force the Empire inbetween a rock and a hard place. However, disobeying the death orders from Selenian government, the final surviving Einhänder took out the Hyperion military satellite and broke back through lunar defenses, eventually showing Selene that although it considered the pilots of the Einhänder project expendable, it would not mean that the project itself would be flawless, nor would every variable be under their control. This eventually led to a cease-fire treaty between the two nations, and the Einhänder project in its entirely was then wiped clean from official records.

Eventually the Empire lost control over its many terrestrial subdivisions, leading to widespread uprisings for independence. The final remnants of the original Empire concentrated themselves near the former German capital of Berlin, and consequently disappeared from sight entirely.

It wasn't until the Nocturne Alliance was seeking out allies in Europe for the final assault against the Shinter orbital fleet that these remnants reappeared. The descendants of the former Imperial generals were at the time willing to comply with NA's requests, and even contributed to their war effort by launching a replica of the original Imperial Schwarzgeist orbital platform. But what the allies didn't account for was that several other Imperial mechs made their way into the hands of several anti-NA rebel groups before the Schwarzgeist launch. (Evidence was later found that the splinter Imperial remnants had given the exact blueprints for these machines to the rebels.)

And when AC 231 came, the splinter Imperial forces under the command of Heinrich Bosch declared their independence, as well as their intentions to conquer a majority of the known terrestrial world. Thus SODOM was reborn as SODOM ZWEI.

As far as SODOM's military force is concerned, using both its funds amassed from the territories it seized as well as the technology of both HALO Industries and many other major technological players such as Anaheim Electronics, it has reformed both its Public Peace Police (POLIZEI) force and its infamous Imperial Guard, and has rebuilt the Imperial capital at Neo Berlin. Some of the most noticeable mobile weapons that SODOM uses are the Ausf A Gestell, the Ausf D Durer, and the one-of-a-kind triangular treaded tank Gustav. Through these weapons and the many others that make up its armed forces, it is easy to see that SODOM has rebuilt its massive bulk forces, and will in no way be an easy enemy to fight.

Recently, SODOM has assimilated the Separatists into its Empire and transformed Munzo into an Imperial Republic. That and its gains in territory on Luna on its re-initiation of its war against Selene have increased the Second Empire's size yet again. And with its push to destroy Selene once and for all, it is no telling when SODOM's territorial expansion will end.

Motto: "Long Live the Second Empire"

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