Prologue
Vegeta was a world built upon the labors of the weak. Where once discovery and knowledge had been the paradigm, the planet was now governed by the strength of one's' fists. In the year 550, an alien people fled to the planet, trading the destiny they'd been born with for a destiny that no one could quite foresee. The planet, known as Plant, was home to the Tsufurujins, a race of technologically advanced beings whom had built for themselves a thriving society. The other worldly refugees, known as Saiyans, were polar opposites of the Tsufurujins. Where technology and medicine were staples of Tsufurujin culture, the Saiyans held one belief above all else; The strong survive. These conflicting ideals led the two societies to a head.
In the year 720, the Saiyans declared war on the Tsufurujin people. Where the Tsufurujins had lived in shining cities of glass and steel, the Saiyans had existed in a perpetual state of squalor, housed in caves, or shanties built on the outskirts of Tuffle cities. The war went well for the Tsufurujins at first, their superior technology and armaments giving them an overwhelming advantage. However, as the war seemed to be nearing an end, the Saiyans destiny made itself known. Ten years after the conflicts' onset, a full moon appeared. To the Tsufurujins, this meant nothing. A regular, if infrequent, lunar occurrence. To the Saiyans, however, it was salvation.
The full moon caused a transformation within the saiyans, a genetic trait that only surfaced when a saiyan was exposed to a large amount of lunar energy. Gigantic, ape-like creatures appeared on the edges of Tsufurujin cities, their newly gained power enough to withstand the Tuffle weapons that had previously brought them to their knees. City after city fell to the beasts, and it was only after the Tsufurujins had been brought to the edge of extinction that the Saiyans saw fit to end the conflict.
The Saiyans quickly acclimated to the new technology, digesting the information as quickly as they had decimated the Tsufurujin population. While it was true the Saiyans were a simple and brutish people, they had the capacity to be very cunning when it suited their needs. The sudden shift in stature did not change the nature of the Saiyans, however. Since being brought into existence, it had been the Saiyans instinct to do battle. With the technology now at their disposal, the saiyans could do so on an intergalactic scale, as well as for profit. Word quickly spread of the Saiyan peoples' propensity for combat, so quickly that the Planet Trade Organization took an interest in their talents.
Presided over by an extremely powerful Changeling Lord, the PTO was an equally powerful, intergalactic conglomerate. Envisioned around the year 550 as a universal realty business, the PTO grew more quickly than any of its' founders could have imagined. Decades passed, and the PTO continued to grow, gathering underneath its' umbrella a number of races, factions and companies. The Saiyans were one of these races.
Shortly after the Saiyans had leapt onto the intergalactic scene, the PTO made contact with them and contracts began being discussed. The Saiyans were set to become soldiers fighting in the name of the PTO, serving as the backbone of the company's' planet acquisition branch. Saiyans would travel either solo, or in groups, to planets deemed fit for sale, and would clear the planet of sentient life. The planet would then be sold by the PTO in an auction, where the highest bidder would have first pick of any planets currently on the market.
The Saiyans thrived in this atmosphere. The combination of the PTOs' guiding hand, and the Saiyans natural urge to do battle made for a potent combination. Some dissidence was present within the Saiyan population, as many did not like the authority that the PTO held over them. For the most part, however, the Saiyans' fell in line, happy to do the companies bidding of clearing planets by any means necessary.
Years passed and the Saiyans settled into their new role as members of the PTO. Having conquered Plant, they renamed the planet Vegeta, in honor of their leader and King. The King's enacted policies led to the Saiyan homeworld becoming a center for PTO military operations, as well as a hotspot for the numerous mercenaries that inhabited the galaxy. The developing culture of Vegetas' stratocratic republic had a great effect on the Saiyan attitude towards child rearing.
It had at one time been customary for the weakest of the Saiyans to tend to the children while the rest did battle. With the Saiyans sudden exposure to technology, it became policy for children to be born, and then placed in automated nurseries overseen by one or two attendants. Tests started being administered at birth that measured the Saiyan childrens' potential for combat. Those deemed gifted were raised and trained to be members of the Royal Saiyan Army. The rest, known as infiltration babies, were sent individually to planets where the dominant race was considered too weak to waste a proper planet acquisition teams' time. The Saiyan children would arrive at their assigned planets via assault pods, transform at the sight of the full moon, and clear the planet of life.
And thus, the Saiyan Empire joined the Planet Trade Organization.