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Earth Federation

(17 Systems, including 5 stage 1 colonies, 4 stage 2, 2 tributaries and six old worlds)

Member Systems

  • Sol (old world)
  • Barnards Star
  • Tau Ceti (old world)
  • Alpha Centauri/Proxima
  • Arcturus (old world)
  • Wolf 359 (old world)
  • Kapteyn's Star
  • Van Maneens Star System
  • Sigma Draconis

History

By the time man reached for the stars, Earth was combined under two separate governments. The first was the United Countries of the West (UCW) and the Asia Communist Party (ACP) War had ended with these two in control. They divided up the remaining turf and agreed that as they’d fucked Earth so much they’d stop fighting here and head out into space instead. UCW already had the moon and a tenuous grip on Mars. The ACP had a distinct disadvantage, but more ambition and set their sights on IO and Titan. The moon and mars bases were bringing in steady raw materials allowing UCW to set their sights further out and the Mayflower was launched for the Epsilon Eridani System (it was checked as the best candidate by satellite, telescopes, etc).

The ACP set up on IO and were harvesting the wonderful free energy from the tectonics and volcanoes but then the base was destroyed and its expensive equipment with it. ACP had put all its egg in this and another basket and without IO were weakened. Haber Corporation, a planetwide corporation saw the weakness and struck, using force to create a coup on the ACP, taking over the ACP and turning it into a corporate society. At the same time, Haber in the UCW created disquiet, brought in forces and also caused a coup, uniting the planet for the first time under corporate law. With the full power of the moon, mars and titan bases, Haber saw all the stars and their wealth as their own. A massive diaspora occurred over a fifty year period, with generation ships heading out to several systems nearby to set up new colonies. Those with enough money were able to buy ships to strike out on their own, including an aussie group and the infamous self-titled king Tolan Oberon.

In this fifty year period at least 25 registered colony ships left earth. 17 made landfall in 12 different systems. The rest were never heard from again.

While Habor cast its eyes to the heavens, it forgot about the ground it was standing on, a tepid waste from the last war and not getting any better. The remaining people on earth continued to suffer on the ravaged earth while their leaders refused to spend a cent to clean it up.

Habor’s greed cost it. Fifty two years after taking control of the planet, Habor was throw out, its board killed or arrested, any surviving loyalists fleeing on the last colony ship to create a new corporate world. Earth fell into a mini dark ages, with anarchy prevalent across the globe. The infrastructure for government was in place, just no one knew what to do with it. Colonies sprouted on Epsilon Eridani, Arcturus, Tau Ceti, Sirius and more, Earth stagnated. Finally, after several decades Earth shook itself out of its slumber and created a united Earth Federation encompassing all the habitats of the solar system under a single leader. Its military was rebuilt and contact re-established with all the colonies who had been on their own all this time.

In 2595, Hyperspace was discovered by accident, with three different laboratories destroyed before the theory became fully understood. Suddenly all the colonies were accessible and they growed exponentially, all those dissatisfied with life on Earth finding refuge elsewhere.

New colonies began, launched not just from Earth, but the other ‘old’ colonies as they became known. Contact was re-established with the independent colonies (though in the case of the Tolan Kingdom, their stony silence was taken as a sign they had heard the messages, they just preferred not to respond to them)

As the oldest of the ‘old’ colonies, New Hope was also the biggest, and attracted all ex-earth dissenters. Naturally populace moods changed, radical movements were born and Independence became the biggest talking point at New Hope until finally in 2714 the government was overthrow and the ‘Free Republic’ was established.

After months of failed negotiations and discussions, the earth federation sent in their third fleet and destroyed all resistance, and brought Epsilon Eridani back into the fold. The third fleet relocated to Ep-Er and established bases on the planet to keep the peace.

Fortunately if there has been one lesson in history, its that a subjugated people never lay down to die. . .

Confederation of Independent Worlds

(eight systems, including 4 stage 1 colonies)

Member Systems

History

War for hope – various battles

Victory, original member systems

Expansion into space, away from earth, securing its boundaries, ties with other independents

Arts, technology powerhouse

Tolan Kingdom System

** A single system under totalitarian monarchy rule with a dynasty stretching back six hundred years**

Member Systems

  • Tolan

History

This one is a bit of a mystery and you’ll find out during play if you ever go there. . .

Haber Corp Combine

** Five closely knit solar systems under corporate rule. Borders are tightly enforced.

Membery Systems

  • System 1
  • System 2
  • System 3
  • System 4
  • System 5

History

(The remains of the corp set up a combine of worlds where environmental laws are bunk. Everything is industry, every town is a company town and people work till they die)

Independents

** These worlds are on the fringe of inhabited space and do not swear allegiance to any other power. There is no communication or cooperation between these worlds other than through trade.

Member worlds

  • Some Anarchic Systmes
  • A Commie System
  • A frozen world (the people have adapted to the cold temperatures and keep to themselves, the body heat of off worlders is offputting to them and they are self sufficient anyway)
  • everything else!