C-23 Anomaly

C-23 is a barren planet within the Seestern Empire. For centuries it was believed that it was like any other barren world with nothing to it, however in 2435 a Seestern hobby astronomer discovered something unusual while observing its surface: There were remnants of Architecture. An expedition was send out and quickly found out that C-23 once was the home of a fairly advanced civilisation that had almost achieved space flight. However, this civilisation was semingly whiped out in mere hours. According to Seestern geologists the world was devasteted by a giant laser. No one knows who this weapon belonged to or where it came from, but the scientists are certain that any empire that would get their hands on it would gain a massive powerup to their fighting strenght.