Civilisation: Pravus Empire
The Pravus Empire is one of the most technologically advanced races ever to exist. They are the long banished enemy of the Ancients, whose Imperialistic campain of expansion was one of brutality and savagry.
This rapid expansion was only halted by the technology advanced vessels of the Alterra. Though few in number, these powerful setinels protected many worlds within their assigned zones. But the Pravus fleet had numbers to counter the technological advantage the Alterra possessed.
It was clear as the war progressed, that the Alterra would need more ships and quickly. But as fleets of warships began making an appearance on the battlefield, the Pravus proved to be highly adaptable and resourceful.
They used trickery to lure Alterran warships into traps for the purpose of capturing them or ensuring their destruction. With their captured prizes, the Pravus scientists studied the Alterrans technology and caused the Empire to make a huge leap technologically that matched them to their foes.
It took one-hundred years of war for the Alterra to push the Pravus back to their homeworld on the galactic edge. In the final battle, a fleet of 1,000 Alterran warships and 2,000 support vessels engaged the 1st Imperial Fleet over the Pravus homeworld and captial of Gehenna.
The battle raged on for days in orbit and weeks on the surface. Orbital bombardment leveled the cities while air support destroyed Imperial monuments. As the Alterra military drew closer to the Pravus Emperor, Imperial forces surrendered at their Emperor's command.
Signing a treaty, the Pravus didn't argue with the Alterra's condition of galactic exodus. Their remaining forces thoughout the Milky Way, gathered at Gehenna to head out into the universe. The planets that they had spent generations defending, were abandonded at the order of their opponant.
Government
Little is known about the Pravus Empire, other than most of the population seem to be militaristic and all aspects are controlled by the Emperor, himself.
While roughly 70% of the Pravus serve in the Imperial Forces, 20% are used as a labour force to fuel this war-hungry race while the last 10% are the scientific community.
The labouring 20% produce everything from rations to medical supplies to weapons that will win them any conflict. Meanwhile the scientists study newly discovered or invent technologies that will increase the military's chances of success.
Of course how many citizens the 10% or 20% consist of is a complete and utter mystery. But one thing is clear, the Pravus Military seems endless.
This was observed during the Milky Way Wars when a fleet of Pravus ships, several thousand strong, entered the galaxy and began defeating every space-faring race in their path while another fleet was beating back the Wraith in Pegasus.
While the Pravus enjoy war, in the past 10,000 years their military has gone from first wave tactics to waiting for the Empire's allys or minions to create a weakspot in defences for their exploitation. This shows a lot about the shift in technology.
Instead of using overwhelming numbers to their advantage, their improvement of technology has opened their minds to new battlefield tactics. Exploiting their advanced shields and powerful weapons, the Pravus fleets allow their followers to weaken the enemy before injecting their fleets into the fray.
Technology
All that is known of Pravus technology, is that they owe some of it to the Alterra. During their century of war, they captured and reverse engineered several examples of Alterran technology.
It is ovbious that they developed most of their technology before their war with the Ancients, but perhaps they found certian Alterran technologies that were more efficient than their versions.
Other technologies they might not be able to reproduce, like Drone weapons, were no doubt shelved or abandoned until their understanding of the technology was greater.
While several technologies are clearly Ancient, the majority is a complete unknown to SGC experts. While possible that they engineered technologies taken from a source in their new galaxy, Janus believes that the technology is of Pravus origin.