User:Webrobate/Galactic empire

(Sandbox for a would-be WP article "Galactic empires" listing examples of (fictional) galactic empires. Perhaps a better article name would be "Stellar empires" because not all listable empires are galactic in scale.)

(From previous version of Galactic empire:)

In science fiction

• Imperial Stars by E. E. Smith — The first example of an imperial genre of science fiction.
• Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon — The battle between the Mad [Galactic] Empires (each attempting to take over the whole Milky Way galaxy), the telepathic intervention of the symbiotics from the Greater Magellanic Cloud to disrupt the military organization of the galactic empires, and the succeeding Galactic Society of Worlds which finally united the whole galaxy.
• Doctor Who — Dalek Empire; Time Lord Empire; Sontaran Empire; The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire ("The Long Game"), among others
• Dune universe — The Padishah Empire and the Old Empire.
• CoDominium — First and Second Empires of Man
• Foundation series — The Galactic Empire is generally portrayed by Isaac Asimov as a positive and benign influence on human civilization, now spread throughout the entire Galaxy.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Author Douglas Adams refers to a "former Galactic Empire" as having ruled the Milky Way Galaxy years before the setting of his novels. When the last Galactic Emperor was just about to die, he was put under a stasis field of static electricity, keeping his body perpetually alive in a coma. Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Galaxy, issues decrees in the name of the Emperor. In the television adaptation, another name for this empire, the "Imperatala Galacticon" is seen briefly on screen.
• Star Wars — Galactic Empire, Rakatan Infinite Empire, Sith Empire, Yuuzhan Vong Empire
• Warhammer 40,000 — Imperium of Man, controlling at least two-thirds of the Milky Way
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes — Galactic Empire
• Star Trek — Klingon Empire, Romulan Empire, Dominion, Borg Collective, Kelvan Empire, Tkon empire, and Terran Empire, an alternate form of the United Federation of Planets glimpsed in the Mirror Universe.
• Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry series — The Terran Empire (unconnected with the previous one, and far more benign).
• Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series — The Terran Empire (still a third one), which mainly maintains trading stations on numerous planets rather than seeking to rule them directly (roughly comparable to the Portuguese empire in the Far East).
• Still another Terran Empire, appearing in Asimov's Lucky Starr series, is limited to the Solar System.
• The Galactic Empire ruled by A. Bertram Chandler's tough but sympatheric Empress Irene
• Mid-Galactic Empire in Edmond Hamilton's Star Kings series [1].
• A different Empire of Man is a collaboration between David Weber and John Ringo.
• David Weber's Honorverse — Solarian League, the largest of the political units of the human diaspora, can be considered such an Empire; from the late novels in the series it also becomes apparent that the League is at the beginning of its breakup. Also, it is entirely possible that the Star Kingdom of Manticore is now in the process of becoming the nucleus of a new Empire.
• Farscape — The Peacekeepers, an imperialistic empire of a "superior" species, holding almost exclusive control of the Charted Space territories. The empire is entirely populated with Sebacean.
• Stargate SG-1 — The Goa'uld had a loose control over the Milky Way galaxy, and politically it was unstable, but more or less the Goa'uld Empire was still a galactic empire. The Asgard also held galactic dominance over their own galaxy before they committed mass suicide in "Unending". The Ori held galactic dominance in their own galaxy.
• Stargate Atlantis — The Wraith empire was formed during the destruction of an empire established by the Alterans (Ancients) in the Pegasus galaxy.
• Mass Effect — the Prothean Empire; a benevolent empire, at least toward the younger races. They are responsible for many of the technologies of the younger species. The Citadel Council assumed its mantle approximately 48,000 years after its demise.
• Lexx — Divine Order
• Superior Defender Gundam Force — Dark Axis
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya! — Nightmare Enterprises
• Battlefield Earth — Psychlo Government
• Marvel comics — Shi'ar empire, Kree empire, Skrull empire
• Power Rangers — Machine Empire, United Alliance of Evil, Troobian Empire
• Covenant (Halo)
• The Robotech Mercantile Empire also known as the Tirolian Empire or simply the Empire of the Robotech Masters.
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross — The Protoculture, an alien humanoid race who achieved the unification of a Stellar Republic that controlled much of the Milky Way Galaxy 500,000 years ago.
• Blake's 7 — the Terran Federation, despite its name, behaves as a monolithic state
• An empire in control of the entire Universe is mentioned in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, in one form being ruled over by Grand Admiral Blackadder of the Dark Segment.
• Spore — the Grox Empire contains 2400 systems
• Space Battleship Yamato Anime Series — The Gamilas Empire, a militaristic alien humanoid race from the planet Gamilas in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 148,000 light years from Earth. They are biologically indistinguishable from humans aside from their blue skin and appeared as the main antagonists in the first season of the series (1974). The White Comet Empire is another galactic empire that appeared as the enemy in the second season of the series (1978). They are a green skinned militaristic alien race of humanoids who come from the Andromeda galaxy and travel in a space city called Gatlantis which is covered by an artificial comet. After conquering their galaxy they invade the Milky way galaxy.
• Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars - The Humankind Empire Abh.

In religion

• The Galactic Confederacy in the Church of Scientology.
• The Aetherius Society's "Interplanetary Parliament".

In computer games

• Imperium Galactica Series By Digital Reality.
• Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain by THQ.
• Space Empires Series by Malfador Machinations.
• EVE Online MMORPG by CCP Games.
• Spore By Maxis
• The Bungeling Empire which appeared in earlier Broderbund games like Lode Runner and Raid on Bungeling Bay
• Escape Velocity and its sequels

In collectible card games

• Galactic Empires by Companion Games.
• Star of the Guardians by Mag Force 7.

In music

• Galactic Empires Concert Band piece by David R. Gillingham

Table

Fiction	Author(s)	Empire name	Notes
Doctor Who - The Long Game	Russell T Davies	The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire
Imperial Stars	E. E. Smith		The first example of an imperial genre of science fiction.
Star Maker	Olaf Stapledon		The battle between the Mad [Galactic] Empires (each attempting to take over the whole Milky Way galaxy), the telepathic intervention of the symbiotics from the Greater Magellanic Cloud to disrupt the military organization of the galactic empires, and the succeeding Galactic Society of Worlds which finally united the whole galaxy.
Dune series	Frank Herbert and others	Padishah Empire	feudalistic; stellar region near Earth
Fiction	Author(s)	Empire name	Note