Solar Church of the Unconquered Sun

The Solar Church of the Unconquered Sun is the traditional religion of the Horseheads and the official faith of the Horsehead Empire. It originated on the planet Horoko over 7000 years ago. As the Horseheads entered into space, the Solar Church divided into various sects. The Orthodox sect promoted the belief that only Horoko's sun was the physical manifestation of the Unconquered Sun, the monotheistic god worshipped by most Horseheads. The Orthodoxy also proclaimed that only Horseheads could be true followers of the Unconquered Sun. The Greater Vehicle sect of the Solar Church, on the other hand, proclaimed that all the stars of the Known Universe were the physical manifestations of the Unconquered Sun, and that non-Horseheads should be converted to the faith of the Solar Church. A variant subsect of the Greater Vehicle, though independent of the religious leadership in the Horsehead Empire, has made headway in the United Republic of Earth. There are also local, independent offshoots of the Solar Church's Greater Vehicle sect in space controlled by the Golems, the Mantis Lords, and House Lionheart, though worship of the Unconquered Sun is banned by the Mantis Lords.