Editing Vetrovnak (section)

==Reclamation Era==
As Novi Dinarsko emerged from famine, the scientific establishment turned its gaze toward the problem of psychic phenomenon with the same clinical detachment they applied to all problems big and small. It wasn't long before a correlation was discerned between emotional instability along violent or otherwise criminal tendencies and the horrifying psychic phenomenon. Though it was a long way off from a definite sign of causation the people of Novi Dinarsko wanted solutions and soon. The means to expose and analyze the human mind and heart for such qualities were devised post haste resulting at first in implants that were linked to a vast network of computers that could actively measure the populace's mental states, personalities, and the probability that individuals afflicted by these psychic diseases will manifest symptoms. It couldn't detect for sure if someone was afflicted until it started to interfere with their behavior but it worked well enough as an early warning system.

As the years turned to decades this so-called ''Noosphere System'' was continually refined. Soon any indications of criminal behavior were watched for by the system, hoping to catch not just those afflicted with what was "aprophrenic" diseases but other ways an individual could disturb society. Besides, most sufferers of ''aprophrenic dyspsyrrheaosis'' (Psykers in Imperial parlance) ended up turning to crime anyway. The system was hardly infallible but the holes in it were easily solved by using other means. The continually expanding influence of the system turned the world to unprecedented levels of peace and prosperity; only a few were even capable of thinking of committing an act of violence even under duress. Its implementation spread over the entire world until there was not a single soul outside of its influence. The plan had always been to stabilize Novi Dinarsko before attempting to reclaim the nearby worlds. While the leaders of the world had succeeded spectacularly with the first step but it came at the cost of making it virtually impossible to assemble enough soldiers to form an army. Their brothers and sisters among the stars would have to wait for a solution to be devised.

The first several attempts left something to be desired. If none of their own population could be used the only clear solution was to use an army of machines or engineered clones. The former was an obvious bad idea - the rampancy issue had yet to be addressed in the class sapience an AI would need to command an army; it would simply be too dangerous. The clone solution was adopted. The first several attempts at raising an army used flash grown clones but that fell apart rapidly as their minds were as resistant to warp exposure as a wet paper bag was to tearing. The first fleet had to be gunned down by the planetary defenses. The second was lost to the warp and the third and fourth were taken out by their self-destruct systems. It seemed there would be no corners that could be cut. The clones would have to be grown at at a normal pace and indoctrinated using more traditional methods. Technology was not yet advanced enough to skip that it seemed. The result was marginally more successful but still left much to be desired.  Only the nearest systems could be reclaimed but only for a time before the clone-soldiers became stricken with the feared apophrenic diseases.

A better solution had to be found; there had to be a way to make their soldiers resistant to these afflictions. The leading minds of Novi Dinarsko turned their attention to the Beacon that hung in their sky and soothed the storms that ravaged the outer limits of their system. If a solution existed, perhaps it would be there. The research came to fruit in M27. It had long been known that the Beacon used nanomachines to maintain itself and they had been successfully reverse engineered to some extent, but centuries of experiments regarding the alien technology's application in Gellar field generators had lead to a dead end. Combining the nano-machines with biology was more successful.  It took decades of work and countless experiments to generically engineer the human body in such a way to coexist with the xeno-nanites without breaking down or suffering any serious conditions. A new generation of nanite-enhanced clones was born and put through every test their masters could imagine to ensure the countless man-hours and resources put to the project were well spent. All thirty one of the tests would graduate with flying colors to pave way for the first "production" generation with but a single quirk - these ''vetrovnak'' were still fertile and perfectly capable of passing on both their genes and their nanomachines to their offspring. None saw this a problem thanks to the heavy handed imperatives programmed right into their genes to ensure their stability and loyalty.  In fact, the vetrovnak fertility was even welcomed by their masters. It'd certainly save on the expenses of the artificial conception that could be put to better use elsewhere.

From Novi Dinarsko the vetrovnak armies spread outward. It was a slow advance, for they still relied upon warp travel. Though they had no navigators they were equipped with technologies derived from the Beacon to aid them. The first worlds they set upon proved their worth. Foul places twisted by the touch of the Warp - or ''phasmachoron'' as they called it. There was hardly anything that could be called a modern society on these first few worlds, just feral bands of humans eking out a meager existence under the yoke of the afflicted. The vetrovnak cut through the mutants and rescued those that could still be called human. They were not exactly welcomed with open arms but their masters had anticipated this. It was no matter, the primitives were rounded up and transported to space stations to rehabilitate them and eventually integrate them into the system that worked so well for Novi Dinarsko. It was slow going, but the time was hardly wasted. When the vetrovnak were not marching to a new world they were rebuilding the one just taken. This gave time for their numbers to grow and much needed ships and equipment to be manufactured.

Not all worlds were as primitive and afflicted as the High Commanded back in Novi Dinarsko had anticipated. One such world was Rila, second only to Novi Dinarsko during the Golden Age. The storms had been light and spread havoc, rather than catastrophe, here. Rila had lost millennia of advancements and development but they were not so weak that the vetrovnak could simply do as their masters pleased. Especially since the vast majority of the Rilans were categorized as humans. The High Commanded was having none of that, they had no interest in co-opting others they wanted full compliance and hegemony. They would have it too as they turned once more to their technology for the answer. Soon the vetrovnak were armed with weapons that would merely disable their foes rather than kill them to allow the vetrovnak to advance without violating their genetically imperative to protect baseline humans. More often than not, this would be how it played out as they reclaimed the Hvar Cluster over the next few centuries: enforced compliance and integration.