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to make some basic lore for it:
>Massive Alien empire TM (product name pending).
>empire is so huge it makes the entire star sector (heh) look tiny but it's mostly off map.
>Ruled by classic tall greyliens that are ancient and psychic demigods (think like a cross between Viltrumites and Jedi)
>empire is diverse and includes some humans but greys treat other species like pets/slaves/snacks.
>had multiple wars with the domain but these wars were largely completely forgotten or were censored in the late domain era.
some gameplay mechanics too:
>faction in game is just a small frontier province of the empire always on the literal edge of the map no matter the size
>the only way you can find them is by going on a minor questline involving UFO nerds investigating domain era shit or whatever
>still ridiculously OP with a borderline cheat buff to it's capitol planet/market that allows them to destroy most factions, even modded ones.
>think China from CK2.
>ships are Flying saucers with OP weapons that are fundamentally incompatible with all human tech (duh) and have a everything from domesticated tyranids to refitted AI to super powerful space drugs they can use to absolutely dominate the whole sector
they basically serve as a late/endgame threat and the ultimate flex is to beat them