Ricarius Solivade

Vladimir Solivoda is the only Premier of the Socialist Terran Empire to date. He rules the STE from the Palace of Justice or from his Imperial flagship, the ISS Granger, named after his wife's maiden name, Granger.

History
When the Federation was on the brink of collapse, he was a member of the Federation Council, representing Earth. He had this idea of a "Socialist Empire" ever since he joined the Council, and was waiting for the right time to unleash it upon the Galaxy. Luckily for him, that time came near. The Federation soon collasped due to it's growing number of members and it's inability to incorporate them equally into the Federation (see Collapse of the Federation). Immediately after the collapse, the soon-to-be Premier rounded up as many supporters as he could, hoping to build his new Empire.

Once he gained enough supporters from ex-Federation member worlds, he then rebuilt the Council, instated his new policies to incorporate all planets equally. and built his Empire from the ruins of the Federation. While it was not as formidable as the Federation in it's earlier days, it grew very fast, surpassing the Klingon and Romulan Empires in a matter of months. However, this latest success was missing something: A leader to maintain this new Empire. Vladimir Solivoda was just the candidate.

After Vladimir was put into office, he continued to improve the Empire in ways unimaginable in the Federation. The military grew to extraordinary heights, the economy flourished, and society was thriving. Soon, the Empire became better than the Federation ever was. He then decided to build new ships for the Empire. He started with his flagship: the ISS Granger.

His flagship was built to be the best in the fleet. Better weapons than battleships, better armor than starbases, better shields than those designed for planets, better engines than the finest transports. It was named after a prophecy he had, of a group of gifted humans who would reveal themselves at some time. He didn't know when, but he was able to make out one name: Granger.