Vegan Empire

Vegan Empire

The Vegan Empire is the central antagonist force of Grendizer. The empire is run under the dictatorship of King Vega, who primarily has all of Planet Vega's forces focused on military exploits. The military forces seek to expand their forces across the universe for total domination, and to find a place to live due to Planet Vega's instability. It is located in the so-called Mazinger World.

Weapons and Technology

The empire's weaponry is mainly based around Vegatron (ironically this is the element that caused Planet Vega's downfall). While a great many of soldiers make up the military, the Vegan Empire's main weapons are the Saucer Beasts (later the Vega Beasts). For vehicle transport, they use special UFOs that are capable of faster-than-light travel of varying kinds including the MiniFO.

Vegatron

Vegatron is a radioactive ore found on Planet Vega. The Vegan Empire uses it for construction of their weapons including the Saucer Beasts, with the radiation being used as its power source. However, the mining and overuse of Vegatron caused the planet to become unstable, causing the Empire to seek out new worlds to conquer. Eventually, the radiation caused a disaster resulting in the planet's destruction.

In terms of defense, alloys of Vegatron are much stronger than steel and are resistant to conventional Earth weaponry. Weaponry from the Vegatron blades and the radiation the Vegatron gives off is highly hazardous to environments. When against forces such as the Space Alloy Gren constructed Grendizer, the armor is less effective but weapons can still damage the giant robot on a minor level. Vegatron radiation also reacts very badly with proton radiation, causing dangerous reactions that could kill a person.

Saucer Beasts

The Saucer Beasts are the main military weapons of the Vegan Empire in a manner very similar to the Mechanical Beasts of Dr. Hell. They are constructed by Vegatron and powered by the radiation the ore gives off. As the name suggest they initially appear as flying saucers and can switch between their fighting and vehicle forms. Some Saucer Beasts are piloted by soldiers or higher ranked military staff, while others are controlled by implanted brains of the denizens of Planet Fleed in their frames as told by Naida.

Vega Beasts

The Vega Beasts are the replacements for the Saucer Beasts after the destruction of Planet Vega, they were thought up by Dantus.
With Vegatron radiation causing Planet Vega to explode, Dantus prepares the first Vega Beast to destroy Grendizer, after they settle in Skull Moon, Dantus is killed by Gandal and Zuril in battle. After his death, the Vega Beasts were used until the last episode. The first Vega Beasts were made in Planet Vega, some were made in Skull Moon or in an underwater base. The Vega Beasts were capable of applying physical damage to Grendizer. The Vega Beasts are much more beast-like compared to the mechanical Saucer Beasts. They were made by enlarging certain animal and modifying it to make it more deadly, others however were made to look like an animal and are completely robotic They are also much stronger, shown by the fact that some effortlessly destroyed a group of Saucer Beasts and actually managed to damage the Grendizer.

Like the Saucer Beasts, the Vega Beasts are named in an onomatopoeic fashion and are often internally piloted. Some have integrated brains and Artifical Intelligence.

• Vegan Mecha

Members

Most of the empire's members are the native Vegans, but some members also included members of species whose planets had been conquered by the Vegan Empire. The Vegans are the native intelligent species of Planet Vega, with most of their members composing the Vegan Empire.

The Vegans are a humanoid species that stand up on two legs without tails. Many of their members have long bat-like ears and various skin tones including green and tan. They also possess features commonly seen in other species such as a pair of arms, visible pectoral muscles, as well as mammalian features such as breasts. However there also exist some members that have unusual features including Princess Rubina who had human-like ears and porcelain skin.

The Vegans are an advanced species capable of using advanced technology capable of traveling through space, areas capable of supporting life on uninhabitable areas like the moon, and create giant war machines including the Saucer Beasts.

Emperor Vega	Princess Rubina	General Gandal	Lady Gandal	Scientist Supreme Zuril

Commander Blaki	Commander Barendos	Commander Dantus	Commander Gorman	Commander Bushi

Lieutenant Hulk	Lieutenant Marine	Lieutenant Mineo	Lieutenant Zuril	Scientist Iara

Vega Soldier

Trivia

These aren't the Vagan. Seriously. Vegans are so much better than Vagans. In every way.