Doom

(Note: "Kary Obirin" and "Calliope" redirect here)

Calliope was the first planet conquered by the Stroga Empire in -14 and later became their scientific capital, as well as the first site of the Galactic Universities. The citizens of Calliope were said to be scientific and artistic geniuses, and many modern technologies, including the Stroga Juggernaughts were invented in Calliope, as was The Collective's Source. Calliope was always ruled by a Supreme Leader, and in the year 20799 a scientist named Kaery Obirin came to power. She was obsessed with the theoretical Blink Technology, a type of super-hyperspace drive that could instantaneously teleport an object between two places. Obirin demanded that all scholars, artists, and engineers work towards her vision of transporting the entire planet from its desolate system in the Gold Valley to a more habitable and respectable solar system near the Stroga capital of Thoth. In 20820, tests looked promising and (though her advisers warned her the technology was not ready) Obirin announced Calliope would teleport itself in a year's time.

The entire galaxy tuned into the event- to see Calliope use its planet wide Blink Technology. Obirin gave the command and... everything went according to plan, at first. The planet disappeared. Calliope, however, did not reappear near Thoth, nor did it reappear anywhere else. Rescue mission after rescue mission was ordered by the Stroga Emperor, but still the planet could not be found. It was not until 21302 a brief message with Obirin's call sign was detected that the galaxy began to piece together what had happened. Obirin's message was simply "Dead Zone" and indeed when Stroga scientists confirmed the signal likely originated in The Core, the fate of Calliope is clear.

Since then, no scientist has researched Blink Technology and today Calliope is simply known as "Doom".