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changed the year Corsen Messer V was assassinated. Incorrectly attributed as 2592. Correct year is 2662.

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The '''Messer Era''' was a period in [[StarCitizen:Human]] history between the founding of the [[StarCitizen:UEE]] by Ivar Messer in [[StarCitizen:26th Century|2546]] and the fall of Linton Messer XI on May 3, [[StarCitizen:28th Century|2792]]. During this period, ten members of the Messer family ruled as [[StarCitizen:Imperator]]s of the UEE, plus one titled posthumously. Today, they are seen to have been malevolent dictators who pushed Human expansionism at unethical costs. Many conspiracy theories surround the notoriety of the Messers.

==Ivar Messer==
{{Main|Ivar Messer}}
''Reign: Prime Citizen 2546, Imperator 2547, died 2592''

Ivan Messer was the founder of the [[StarCitizen:UEE]], Prime Citizen and its first [[StarCitizen:Imperator]]. He rose to power as a victorious hero of the [[StarCitizen:First Tevarin War]], leveraging fear of the [[StarCitizen:Xi'an]] to justify his desire for power, and has been more recently implicated in having employed his wartime allies to perform [[StarCitizen:Atrocity at Jata|terrorist attacks]] in a ruse intended to help him gain the title of Prime Citizen. After succeeding in becoming Imperator, he initiated numerous classified research projects on devastating weapons of war including [[StarCitizen:Project Vespa]]. He also oversaw and endorsed a [[StarCitizen:terraforming]] boom, which inspired the founding of the [[StarCitizen:Gold Horizon|Gold Horizon Corporation]]. He also built a strong relationship with [[StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics]].{{fact}}

==Deacon Messer II==
{{Main|Deacon Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2592, abdicated 2628'' <ref name=":0">[https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii Galactapedia: Deacon Messer II], acc. 2019-11-24</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|int=Comm-Link:Writer's Guide - Part Seven|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12996-Writers-Guide-Part-Seven|text=Writer's Guide: Part Seven}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12706-2638-A-Call-For-Sovereignty|text=2638: A Call For Sovereignty|int=Comm-Link:2638 - A Call for Sovereignty}}</ref>

Ivar's only child, Deacon oversaw the UEE's victory during the [[StarCitizen:Second Tevarin War]], and used it as a way to cement his power.<ref name=":0" /><ref>''Portfolio: Roberts Space Industries'', [[StarCitizen:Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]], vol. 05, no. 9, p. 45.</ref>

==Livia Messer III==
{{Main|Livia Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2628, abdicated 2643'' <ref>[https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/01dWwaQkrL-livia-messer-iii Galactapedia: Livia Messer III], acc. 2019-11-24</ref>

Livia Messer conducted a media smear campaign against [[StarCitizen:Terra system|Terra]]n secessionist Senator [[StarCitizen:Assan Kieren]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=starmap?location=KIEL.MOONS.AEMILIA&system=KIEL|text=Ark Starmap - System Kiel - Kiel 3a : Aemilla - Information}}</ref> She was a promoter of the [[StarCitizen:Monumentalism]] style of [[StarCitizen:architecture]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14875-Galactic-Guide|text=Comm-Link:Galactic Guide - Castra System|int=Comm-Link:Galactic Guide - Castra System}}</ref><ref>{{RSIForumComment|ref=no|comnum=2063229|text=Transcript - Architectural Phases in Star Citizen}}</ref> Because of a spaceship incident in orbit over the [[StarCitizen:Earth]], she lost both her husband and son while sustaining heavy injuries. She abdicated two years later.

==Marius Messer IV==
{{Main|Marius Messer}}
''born 2625, died: 2641, posthumously declared Imperator in 2643 by Livia Messer III''

Livia's son, who was given the honorary title of Imperator two years after his death.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/15998-Loremakers-Guide-To-The-Galaxy|text=Loremaker's Guide To The Galaxy: Charon System}}</ref>

==Corsen Messer V==
{{Main|Corsen Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2643, assassinated 2662 <ref name="Galactic Guide p. 52">''Galactic Guide: Leir System Mya'', [[StarCitizen:Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]], vol. 04, no. 10, p. 52.</ref><ref>''Galactic Guide: Charon System'', [[StarCitizen:Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]], vol. 05, no. 3, p. 46.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/15582-Loremakers-Guide-To-The-Galaxy|text=Loremaker's Guide To The Galaxy: Leir System|trx=loremakers-guide-to-the-galaxy-leir-system}}</ref>''

Corsen was Livia Messer's brother, who nationalized all "[[StarCitizen:Terraforming]] support" concerns when [[StarCitizen:Gold Horizon]] relocated to Terra, leading to the collapse of Gold Horizon. He established the [[StarCitizen:Orville Prison]] in [[StarCitizen:Dellin]], [[StarCitizen:Charon III]] - a blacksite for the Messer regime.{{fact}}

==Illyana Messer VI==
{{Main|Illyana Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2662,<ref name="Galactic Guide p. 52" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /> died 2697 <ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15200-This-Day-In-History-The-First-Step-Back|text=This Day in History: The First Step Back|int=Comm-Link:This Day in History - The First Step Back}}</ref>''

Illyana assassinated her father Corsen and her brother. She opted not to commit resources to [[StarCitizen:Leir system|Leir]] to consolidate that power, inadvertently enabling the [[StarCitizen:Outsiders]]' takeover of [[StarCitizen:Mya]]. She was the UEE's Imperator when the first contact with the [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] took place in 2681.

==Throne Dispute==
In 2697 Illyana's niece Astrid declared herself Imperator leading to a 4-year struggle with Samuel, Illyana's son and designated heir. Samuel became uncontested Imperator in 2701 after Astrid's death.

===Astrid Messer VII===
{{Main|Astrid Messer}}
''Reign: declared Imperator 2697, assassinated 2701''

Her reign was overshadowed by the struggle for the throne with Illyana's son, Samuel Messer. She spent large amounts of resources concerning Samuel's elimination until she was assassinated by his agents.

===Samuel Messer VIII===
{{Main|Samuel Messer}}
''Reign: declared Imperator in 2697, Imperator of the entire realm in 2701,<ref name="Galactic Guide p. 52" /><ref name="ReferenceB" /><ref name="Galactic Guide p. 57">''Galactic Guide: Gliese System'', [[StarCitizen:Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]], vol. 05, no. 5, p. 57.</ref>'' ''assassinated'' ''2715''

He is believed to have denied military support to [[StarCitizen:Caliban system|Caliban]] following the [[StarCitizen:Fall of Orion]] to leave the Vanduul enemy as a justification for the harsh militaristic government. He sent a delegation to obtain access rights to the [[StarCitizen:Banu]] system [[StarCitizen:Gliese system|Gliese]] amidst the Vanduul recession, uncharacteristic of the anti-alien stance of the Messers. He ordered the removal of [[StarCitizen:Orion]] and all [[StarCitizen:Jump Point|jumps]] to it from the UEE's non-military maps. The [[StarCitizen:ICC]] refused and was backed by prominent military members. He planned retaliatory measures but was stabbed to death in his bed before they could be enacted.{{fact}}

==Galor Messer IX==
{{Main|Galor Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2715,<ref name="Galactic Guide p. 52" /><ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14074-This-Day-In-History-The-Beginning-Of-The-End|text=This Day in History: The Beginning of the End|int=Comm-Link:This Day in History - The Beginning of the End}}</ref> died 2751''

Galor was the older brother of Samuel Messer VIII and was disinherited by his mother, due to a chronic illness. After the death of his brother, he became Imperator anyway.

He pulled military forces out of [[StarCitizen:Tohil system|Tohil]], unwittingly enabling the [[StarCitizen:Nyx system|Nyx]] - [[StarCitizen:Tohil system|Tohil]] - [[StarCitizen:Virtus system|Virtus]] smuggling route known as [[StarCitizen:Revolutionary Road]]. Anti-UEE activists would use it to get 'undesirables' out of the UEE to the [[StarCitizen:Xi'an|Xi'an Empire]]. Galor was Imperator during the [[StarCitizen:Siege of Tiber]] and subsequent Fall of [[StarCitizen:Tiber system|Tiber]] and Fall of [[StarCitizen:Virgil system|Virgil]]. {{Citation needed}}

==Ulysses Messer X==
{{Main|Ulysses Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2751,<ref name="ReferenceC" /><ref>''Rayar Inc.'', [[StarCitizen:Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]], vol. 05, no. 6, p. 19.</ref> deposed and committed suicide 2781 <ref name="ReferenceC" />''

Ulysses undertook a 10-year architectural project beginning while still [[StarCitizen:High-Secretary|High Secretary]], culminating in the building of [[StarCitizen:Khanos Stadium]] on [[StarCitizen:Angeli]] in a misguided effort to win back the Messers' public favor. The stadium was bombed by his own daughter [[StarCitizen:Fiona Messer]] and a group of revolutionaries who had been recruited by his son Linton Messer in a coup. Ulysses subsequently committed suicide.<ref name="ReferenceC" />

==Linton Messer XI==
{{Main|Linton Messer}}
''Reign: Imperator 2781,<ref name="ReferenceC" /> deposed 2792-05-02 and killed 2792-05-03 <ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12715-2792-The-Tide-Rises|text=2792: The Tide Rises|int=Comm-Link:2792 - The Tide Rises}}</ref>''

Linton founded a revolutionary movement to dethrone his father. Later, however, that same movement would end up overthrowing him and ending the Messer Era. During his reign, Linton oversaw the wanton destruction of a developing species on [[StarCitizen:Garron II]], and the subsequent [[StarCitizen:Massacre of Garron II]]. He also commissioned weapons that would later end up as the initial [[StarCitizen:Apocalypse Arms]] designs.

==Aftermath==

Linton Messer XI was killed just one day after his dethronement and replaced by [[StarCitizen:Erin Toi]], at this time Senator of Earth. She introduced a first wave of reforms which restored the power of the former [[StarCitizen:Tribunal]] and limited the power of the Imperator. Linton's sister and heir, Fiona and also the name Messer disappeared from the world stage. Members of the family obscured their origins, went into hiding or were imprisoned.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/18075-Loremakers-Community-Questions|text=Loremaker's Community Questions: Descendants of the Messer Family|accessdate=2021-04-12}}</ref>

== Messer Era according to the Writer's ==
The Writers characterised the Messer Era s as '[a time in which] policies were authoritarian, anti-democratic, or even outright evil' (citing [[StarCitizen:Massacre of Garron II|attempt to terraform Garron II under Linton Messer]]). Adding (...) 'the "best" Messer would have to come before' (...) the events of '2641.' (...) 'it only encouraged the most brutish and ruthless members of the family to do what they must to become Imperator (...).' According to the Writer's Deacon rule was remarkable cause he funded exploration and terraforming efforts, reliefed taxation of low and middle class people and managed the war against the Tevarin. The writer's emphasized Deacon's role being Livia's mentor and adviser.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/18651-Loremakers-Community-Questions|text=Loremaker's Community Questions - Which Messer Was the 'Best'?|accessdate=2022-10-11}}</ref>

==Other Messers==

*[[StarCitizen:Val Messer]] <ref name="ReferenceD" />
*[[StarCitizen:Fiona Messer]] <ref name="ReferenceC" />

==Other related figures==

*[[StarCitizen:Lane Corpos]], Administrator of [[StarCitizen:Magnus System|Magnus]] in 2757, distant cousin of Ulysses
*[[StarCitizen:Ellis Netemi]], cousin of Linton and Fiona Messer, adviser of Linton Messer
*Aemilia ..., cousin of Livia Messer, eponym of [[StarCitizen:Aemilia|Kiel 3a]].

==Family Tree==
It seems that the oldest of the Imperator's children are appointed (regardless of their gender) to be the heir of the entire Empire.

*[[StarCitizen:Ivar Messer|Ivar Messer I]] (* 2516, Prime Citizen 2546, Imperator 2547, † 2592) ⚭ [[StarCitizen:Delia Hassan]]
**[[StarCitizen:Deacon Messer II]] (* 2567, Imp. 2592, abd. 2628, † 2661) ⚭ N.N.
***[[StarCitizen:Livia Messer|Livia Messer III]] (* 2593, Imp. 2628, abd. 2643, † 2661 ) ⚭ [[StarCitizen:Daniel Scota]], pilot, † 2641
****[[StarCitizen:Marius Messer IV]] (* 2625, † 2641, posthumously declared Imp. in 2643)
***[[StarCitizen:Corsen Messer|Corsen Messer V]] (* 2609, Imp. 2643, † 2662 murdered) ⚭ N.N.
****[[StarCitizen:Gammon Messer]] (* 2629, heir 2643, † 2662 murd.) ⚭ [[StarCitizen:Yemi Duas]], colonel
*****[[StarCitizen:Astrid Messer VII]] (* 2667, Imp. 2697, † 2701 murd.)
****[[StarCitizen:Illyana Messer VI]] (* 2631, Imp. 2662, † 2697) ⚭ N.N.
*****[[StarCitizen:Galor Messer|Galor Messer IX]] (* 2666, disinherited as child, Imp. 2715, † 2751)
*****[[StarCitizen:Samuel Messer VIII]] (* 2678, 'Anti-'Imperator in 2697, Imp. 2701, † 2715 murd.) ⚭ N.N.
******[[StarCitizen:Ulysses Messer X]] (* 2702, Imp. 2751, † 2781 deposed and forced into suicide) <ref>As of 2021-03, The father of Ulysses is not named in any sources. The Galactapedia just confirms that Galor was his uncle, so Samuel Messer must be his father.</ref> ⚭ N.N.
*******[[StarCitizen:Linton Messer XI]] (* 2745, Imp. 2781, 2792-05-02 dep., † 2792-05-03 killed)
*******[[StarCitizen:Fiona Messer]] (* 2768, disappeared 2792)

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[[File:Messer-Family-Tree.svg|none|frame|Family Tree of the Messer dynasty.]]
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==Trivia==
Only three regents died a natural death in their office: Ivar, Illyana and Galor Messer. Ivar was also the Imperator with the longest time in office (45 years). The chronically ill Imperator Galor Messer IX died age 85 and reigned 36 years.

==References==
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imported>UpstatePunk: changed the year Corsen Messer V was assassinated. Incorrectly attributed as 2592. Correct year is 2662.