Earth

2015-04-21T21:45:43Z

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[[Image:Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|Earth is the homeworld of humanity.]]
==General Information==
'''System:''' [[Sol|Sol]]

'''Moon(s):''' Luna

'''Development level:''' Extremely High

'''Capital:''' N/A

'''Population (Planetside):''' 20,160,000,000 (est.)

'''Population (In Orbit):''' 987,950,000 (est.)

Earth (also called Terra, Gaia, or Sol III) is the third planet in orbit around the star Sol, and is the homeworld of humanity. Approximately 83% of its surface is covered in salt water, due to an amplified greenhouse effect melting the planet's polar ice caps several centuries ago. Originally home to millions of distinct species of flora and fauna, it is estimated that 94% of those species have gone extinct.

The biosphere of Earth was severely polluted and ecologically ravaged towards the end of the 23rd century, and a runaway greenhouse effect was nearly achieved by the time all nonrenewable resources had been depleted. However, extensive private, corporate and government investment in reclamation programs, high efficiency renewable energy and sustainable development resulted in a reversing trend of pollution that has greatly improved living conditions on the surface.

Earth is the most densely populated planet in all of explored space, surpassing even the Skrellian homeworld's population by several billion. Earth is also the most developed planet in human space, with sprawling megalopolises, or "megacities." Several of these superdense metropolitan areas are built up in a tiered fashion. There is also a massive population of spacers living in orbit, and several tens of millions living on Luna, the natural satellite of Earth.

==Geography==
[[File:Earth2457.png|300px|thumb|right|A political map showing the borders of the supranational organizations present on Earth, and the locations of megacities.]]
The size of Earth's landmasses are significantly smaller than they were in the centuries prior to the 22nd century. The melting of the polar ice caps caused massive rises in the overall sea level, and large stretches of land were submerged. Areas that are currently underwater include most of what used to be Sibera, the northern section of Eastern Europe, large portions of Canada, and approximately a third of Australia's landmass. Entire countries sank beneath the waves in South America, and the area of the United States that used to be the deep south no longer exists. A majority of the Pacific islands are also gone. With the melting of the ice caps, the rocky base layer of Antarctica was exposed.
==Environment==
The Earth's environment as of modern day is stabilizing at a steady rate. New growth forests that were sown several decades ago are now thriving on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas. The general air quality is now on par with that of the early 21st century, and the oceans have been subjected to extensive reclamation programs that have neutralized large portions of residual pollution. Artificially introduced fish stocks populate the depths, and cloned versions of extinct species have been reintroduced into the wilds.

This was not always the case. From the late 2100s to the late 2200s, Earth was approaching a critical mass in terms of pollution. Global temperatures had risen to the point that the planet was in the early stages of a runaway greenhouse effect, and air pollution blotted out the sun in some areas. Approximately 94% of all land species and 90% of all ocean species on Earth had gone extinct, and serious health issues due to the environment were especially rampant during this period. The world's rain forests were essentially gone, with only areas in Madagascar and the mountainous portions of South America retaining any significant degree of greenery.

Advances in technology and a massive shift in focus towards restorative and environmentalist policies eventually reversed the negative trend of Earth's environment by the early 2300s. Massive terraforming facilities recycled and neutralized pollutants and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and pumped out gas mixtures similar to Earth's atmosphere during the 2000s. Most cities were retrofitted to be sustainable, and DNA samples from various extinct species were used to reconstruct and clone them with current technology. Within the span of a century, a vast quantity of the effects of ecological and environmental devastation were nullified, reversed in some cases, and severely dampened at the very least.
==Society==
===Humanity===
Earth is the homeworld of humanity. Humans first evolved around 7 million years ago, but it wasn't until only 700 years ago that the human population skyrocketed due to the industrial revolution and the second green revolution. Since then, the population growth trend for humanity has been exponential, plateauing off slightly in the 21st century, but skyrocketing again with the emergence of planetary colonization. Approximately 50% of all humans live on Earth.

There was significant religious and ideological turmoil within humanity throughout its history, which often resulted in warfare and violence. This trend continued even past the creation of the Sol Alliance, and into the modern day. Terrorist groups still exist and rogue colonial governments will occasionally rebel, though the Sol Alliance has shown itself to be rather effective in terms of quashing rebellions and responding to terrorism.
===Supranational Organizations===
Since the creation of the Sol Alliance, warfare between the nation-states of Earth has become nonexistent. This is also partially attributed to the creation of supranational organizations to help the various countries manage their respective continents, as well as the Sol Alliance's peacekeeping and mediation duties. Most of the countries that existed around the 21st century are still in existence, though some have either been absorbed into their neighbors, while others were submerged under rising sea levels. Below is a roster of supranational organizations on Earth.

*North American Federation
*South American Alliance
*South African Collective
*Free African Nations
*Collective of Independent Caribbean States
*United Islamic Nations
*European Union
*Oceania
*Scandinavian Alliance
*Neo-Carolingian Federation
*Madagascar
*United Arab Emirates
*Pan-Asian Confederation
*New Russian Federation

===Major Cities===
Earth is the most densely populated planet in known space. The major metropolitan areas can stretch for hundreds of miles, and are referred to as "megacities". Megacities sometimes merge into each other, or extend over bodies of water. The best example of this are the twin artificial land bridges across the Persian Gulf that connect Dubai to the mainland portion of the UAE. Megacities can be home to billions of people, and as such can sometimes be tiered, such as the case with Beijing, Los Angeles, Dubai, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York City, Tokyo, Jerusalem, and London. Below is a roster of megacities on Earth.

*Portland
*San Francisco
*Los Angeles
*Dallas
*Las Vegas
*Mexico City
*Chicago
*Montreal
*New York City
*Washington D.C.
*Bogota
*Lima
*Rio de Janeiro
*Sao Paulo
*Buenos Aires
*Madrid
*Reykjavik
*Oslo
*Berlin
*Paris
*Rome
*Cairo
*Jerusalem
*Cape Town
*Dubai
*Karachi
*New Delhi
*Mumbai
*Bangkok
*Kuala Lumpur
*Beijing
*Shanghai
*Tokyo
*Jakarta
*Perth
*Cairns
*Brisbane
*Sydney
*Canberra
*Melbourne
*Dublin
*London
===Heritage Sites and Monuments===
[[Image:statue_of_liberty.jpg|thumb|250px|The Statue of Liberty was moved from its original location due to rises in the sea level.]]
In the mid-20th century, an organization called UNESCO designated heritage sites, or areas and locations deemed culturally significant to humanity. Many significant sites were lost as sea levels rose to cover them over time, but significant architectures and monuments ended up being well preserved by their respective nations, and still exist into the modern day. Copies and reproductions of famous monuments exist on other planets, but the originals can still be found on Earth.

==The Moon==

[[Image:Luna Biodomes.png|thumb|250px|A photograph of Harmony City and the Harmony Biodome. Luna's biodomed cities are connected by environmentally sealed roads and railways.]]

'''Star System:''' [[Sol]]

'''Parent Planet:''' [[Earth]]

'''Development level''': Medium; Advanced, interconnected Biodomed Cities; Pocketed with shoddily constructed Earth-slums

'''Capital:''' Harmony City

'''Terrestrial Population (est.)''': 373,674,843

'''Spacer Population (est.)''': 162,981

'''Noteworthy places:''' [[Lunar University of Medical Science]]

Luna is the moon of Earth. It is tidally locked to its parent and makes a complete revolution every 28 standard days. It formed when a rogue planetoid collided with Earth during the early stages of its formation. The moon came together from the resultant orbital debris. Luna was the first target of spacefaring humans as they pierced the outer layers of the atmosphere. It was largely ignored until the age of FTL travel and colonization, when small colonies were established, mostly as refueling and launching posts for re-entry craft.

Luna is something of a mishmash of human society. Prior to Earth's destruction, Luna was developed into an off-world hub for Earth trade and even boasted a large Resort hub. Surviving the second Sol Alliance Civil War relatively intact, Luna immediately saw an influx of refugees from Earth. The pristine, advanced biodomed cities became dotted with hastily constructed slums. Luna's economy is based around Earth orbital salvage operations, tourism and supporting the Alliance Earth Blockade. Tensions exist between the original inhabitants and the refugees, leading to the biodomes being divided up between rich and poor through the use of massive intra-dome walls. Harmony City and Heng Chang Commune have endured many riots.

Luna, being directly administered by the Alliance, democratically elects it's leaders; however, due to social tensions, the military has taken over the job of local police and some areas remain under indefinite marshal law.

Luna is also home to a number of human cultural artifacts rescued from Earth, including a significant portion of The Lourve's collection.

Earth

2015-04-21T21:39:15Z

RustySh4ckleford: /* General Information */

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[[Image:Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|Earth is the homeworld of humanity.]]
==General Information==
'''System:''' [[Sol|Sol]]

'''Moon(s):''' Luna

'''Development level:''' Extremely High

'''Capital:''' N/A

'''Population (Planetside):''' 20,160,000,000 (est.)

'''Population (In Orbit):''' 987,950,000 (est.)

Earth (also called Terra, Gaia, or Sol III) is the third planet in orbit around the star Sol, and is the homeworld of humanity. Approximately 83% of its surface is covered in salt water, due to an amplified greenhouse effect melting the planet's polar ice caps several centuries ago. Originally home to millions of distinct species of flora and fauna, it is estimated that 94% of those species have gone extinct.

The biosphere of Earth was severely polluted and ecologically ravaged towards the end of the 23rd century, and a runaway greenhouse effect was nearly achieved by the time all nonrenewable resources had been depleted. However, extensive private, corporate and government investment in reclamation programs, high efficiency renewable energy and sustainable development resulted in a reversing trend of pollution that has greatly improved living conditions on the surface.

Earth is the most densely populated planet in all of explored space, surpassing even the Skrellian homeworld's population by several billion. Earth is also the most developed planet in human space, with sprawling megalopolises, or "megacities." Several of these superdense metropolitan areas are built up in a tiered fashion. There is also a massive population of spacers living in orbit, and several tens of millions living on Luna, the natural satellite of Earth.

==Geography==
[[File:Earth2457.png|300px|thumb|right|A political map showing the borders of the supranational organizations present on Earth, and the locations of megacities.]]
The size of Earth's landmasses are significantly smaller than they were in the centuries prior to the 22nd century. The melting of the polar ice caps caused massive rises in the overall sea level, and large stretches of land were submerged. Areas that are currently underwater include most of what used to be Sibera, the northern section of Eastern Europe, large portions of Canada, and approximately a third of Australia's landmass. Entire countries sank beneath the waves in South America, and the area of the United States that used to be the deep south no longer exists. A majority of the Pacific islands are also gone. With the melting of the ice caps, the rocky base layer of Antarctica was exposed.
==Environment==
The Earth's environment as of modern day is stabilizing at a steady rate. New growth forests that were sown several decades ago are now thriving on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas. The general air quality is now on par with that of the early 21st century, and the oceans have been subjected to extensive reclamation programs that have neutralized large portions of residual pollution. Artificially introduced fish stocks populate the depths, and cloned versions of extinct species have been reintroduced into the wilds.

This was not always the case. From the late 2100s to the late 2200s, Earth was approaching a critical mass in terms of pollution. Global temperatures had risen to the point that the planet was in the early stages of a runaway greenhouse effect, and air pollution blotted out the sun in some areas. Approximately 94% of all land species and 90% of all ocean species on Earth had gone extinct, and serious health issues due to the environment were especially rampant during this period. The world's rain forests were essentially gone, with only areas in Madagascar and the mountainous portions of South America retaining any significant degree of greenery.

Advances in technology and a massive shift in focus towards restorative and environmentalist policies eventually reversed the negative trend of Earth's environment by the early 2300s. Massive terraforming facilities recycled and neutralized pollutants and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and pumped out gas mixtures similar to Earth's atmosphere during the 2000s. Most cities were retrofitted to be sustainable, and DNA samples from various extinct species were used to reconstruct and clone them with current technology. Within the span of a century, a vast quantity of the effects of ecological and environmental devastation were nullified, reversed in some cases, and severely dampened at the very least.
==Society==
===Humanity===
Earth is the homeworld of humanity. Humans first evolved around 7 million years ago, but it wasn't until only 700 years ago that the human population skyrocketed due to the industrial revolution and the second green revolution. Since then, the population growth trend for humanity has been exponential, plateauing off slightly in the 21st century, but skyrocketing again with the emergence of planetary colonization. Approximately 50% of all humans live on Earth.

There was significant religious and ideological turmoil within humanity throughout its history, which often resulted in warfare and violence. This trend continued even past the creation of the Sol Alliance, and into the modern day. Terrorist groups still exist and rogue colonial governments will occasionally rebel, though the Sol Alliance has shown itself to be rather effective in terms of quashing rebellions and responding to terrorism.
===Supranational Organizations===
Since the creation of the Sol Alliance, warfare between the nation-states of Earth has become nonexistent. This is also partially attributed to the creation of supranational organizations to help the various countries manage their respective continents, as well as the Sol Alliance's peacekeeping and mediation duties. Most of the countries that existed around the 21st century are still in existence, though some have either been absorbed into their neighbors, while others were submerged under rising sea levels. Below is a roster of supranational organizations on Earth.

*North American Federation
*South American Alliance
*South African Collective
*Free African Nations
*Collective of Independent Caribbean States
*United Islamic Nations
*European Union
*Oceania
*Scandinavian Alliance
*Neo-Carolingian Federation
*Madagascar
*United Arab Emirates
*Pan-Asian Confederation
*New Russian Federation

===Major Cities===
Earth is the most densely populated planet in known space. The major metropolitan areas can stretch for hundreds of miles, and are referred to as "megacities". Megacities sometimes merge into each other, or extend over bodies of water. The best example of this are the twin artificial land bridges across the Persian Gulf that connect Dubai to the mainland portion of the UAE. Megacities can be home to billions of people, and as such can sometimes be tiered, such as the case with Beijing, Los Angeles, Dubai, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York City, Tokyo, Jerusalem, and London. Below is a roster of megacities on Earth.

*Portland
*San Francisco
*Los Angeles
*Dallas
*Las Vegas
*Mexico City
*Chicago
*Montreal
*New York City
*Washington D.C.
*Bogota
*Lima
*Rio de Janeiro
*Sao Paulo
*Buenos Aires
*Madrid
*Reykjavik
*Oslo
*Berlin
*Paris
*Rome
*Cairo
*Jerusalem
*Cape Town
*Dubai
*Karachi
*New Delhi
*Mumbai
*Bangkok
*Kuala Lumpur
*Beijing
*Shanghai
*Tokyo
*Jakarta
*Perth
*Cairns
*Brisbane
*Sydney
*Canberra
*Melbourne
*Dublin
*London
===Heritage Sites===
[[Image:statue_of_liberty.jpg|thumb|250px|The Statue of Liberty was moved from its original location due to rises in the sea level.]]
==The Moon==

[[Image:Luna Biodomes.png|thumb|250px|A photograph of Harmony City and the Harmony Biodome. Luna's biodomed cities are connected by environmentally sealed roads and railways.]]

'''Star System:''' [[Sol]]

'''Parent Planet:''' [[Earth]]

'''Development level''': Medium; Advanced, interconnected Biodomed Cities; Pocketed with shoddily constructed Earth-slums

'''Capital:''' Harmony City

'''Terrestrial Population (est.)''': 373,674,843

'''Spacer Population (est.)''': 162,981

'''Noteworthy places:''' [[Lunar University of Medical Science]]

Luna is the moon of Earth. It is tidally locked to its parent and makes a complete revolution every 28 standard days. It formed when a rogue planetoid collided with Earth during the early stages of its formation. The moon came together from the resultant orbital debris. Luna was the first target of spacefaring humans as they pierced the outer layers of the atmosphere. It was largely ignored until the age of FTL travel and colonization, when small colonies were established, mostly as refueling and launching posts for re-entry craft.

Luna is something of a mishmash of human society. Prior to Earth's destruction, Luna was developed into an off-world hub for Earth trade and even boasted a large Resort hub. Surviving the second Sol Alliance Civil War relatively intact, Luna immediately saw an influx of refugees from Earth. The pristine, advanced biodomed cities became dotted with hastily constructed slums. Luna's economy is based around Earth orbital salvage operations, tourism and supporting the Alliance Earth Blockade. Tensions exist between the original inhabitants and the refugees, leading to the biodomes being divided up between rich and poor through the use of massive intra-dome walls. Harmony City and Heng Chang Commune have endured many riots.

Luna, being directly administered by the Alliance, democratically elects it's leaders; however, due to social tensions, the military has taken over the job of local police and some areas remain under indefinite marshal law.

Luna is also home to a number of human cultural artifacts rescued from Earth, including a significant portion of The Lourve's collection.

Earth

2015-04-21T21:36:29Z

RustySh4ckleford:

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[[Image:Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|Earth is the homeworld of humanity.]]
==General Information==
'''System:''' [[Sol|Sol]]

'''Moon(s):''' Luna

'''Development level:''' Extremely High

'''Capital:''' N/A

'''Population (Planetside):''' 20,160,000,000 (est.)

'''Population (In Orbit):''' 987,950,000 (est.)

Earth (also called Terra, Gaia, or Sol III) is the third planet in orbit around the star Sol, and is the homeworld of humanity. Approximately 83% of its surface is covered in salt water, due to an amplified greenhouse effect melting the planet's polar ice caps several centuries ago. Originally home to millions of distinct species of flora and fauna, it is estimated that 94% of those species have gone extinct.

The biosphere of Earth was severely polluted and ecologically ravaged towards the end of the 23rd century, and a runaway greenhouse effect was nearly achieved by the time all nonrenewable resources had been depleted. However, extensive private, corporate and government investment in reclamation programs, high efficiency renewable energy and sustainable development resulted in a reversing trend of pollution that has greatly improved living conditions on the surface.

Earth is the most densely populated planet in all of explored space, surpassing even the Skrellian homeworld's population by several billion. Earth is also the most developed planet in human space, with sprawling megalopolises, or "megacities." Earth also has a massive population of spacers living in orbit. Several of these superdense metropolitan areas are built up in a tiered fashion.

==Geography==
[[File:Earth2457.png|300px|thumb|right|A political map showing the borders of the supranational organizations present on Earth, and the locations of megacities.]]
The size of Earth's landmasses are significantly smaller than they were in the centuries prior to the 22nd century. The melting of the polar ice caps caused massive rises in the overall sea level, and large stretches of land were submerged. Areas that are currently underwater include most of what used to be Sibera, the northern section of Eastern Europe, large portions of Canada, and approximately a third of Australia's landmass. Entire countries sank beneath the waves in South America, and the area of the United States that used to be the deep south no longer exists. A majority of the Pacific islands are also gone. With the melting of the ice caps, the rocky base layer of Antarctica was exposed.
==Environment==
The Earth's environment as of modern day is stabilizing at a steady rate. New growth forests that were sown several decades ago are now thriving on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas. The general air quality is now on par with that of the early 21st century, and the oceans have been subjected to extensive reclamation programs that have neutralized large portions of residual pollution. Artificially introduced fish stocks populate the depths, and cloned versions of extinct species have been reintroduced into the wilds.

This was not always the case. From the late 2100s to the late 2200s, Earth was approaching a critical mass in terms of pollution. Global temperatures had risen to the point that the planet was in the early stages of a runaway greenhouse effect, and air pollution blotted out the sun in some areas. Approximately 94% of all land species and 90% of all ocean species on Earth had gone extinct, and serious health issues due to the environment were especially rampant during this period. The world's rain forests were essentially gone, with only areas in Madagascar and the mountainous portions of South America retaining any significant degree of greenery.

Advances in technology and a massive shift in focus towards restorative and environmentalist policies eventually reversed the negative trend of Earth's environment by the early 2300s. Massive terraforming facilities recycled and neutralized pollutants and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and pumped out gas mixtures similar to Earth's atmosphere during the 2000s. Most cities were retrofitted to be sustainable, and DNA samples from various extinct species were used to reconstruct and clone them with current technology. Within the span of a century, a vast quantity of the effects of ecological and environmental devastation were nullified, reversed in some cases, and severely dampened at the very least.
==Society==
===Humanity===
Earth is the homeworld of humanity. Humans first evolved around 7 million years ago, but it wasn't until only 700 years ago that the human population skyrocketed due to the industrial revolution and the second green revolution. Since then, the population growth trend for humanity has been exponential, plateauing off slightly in the 21st century, but skyrocketing again with the emergence of planetary colonization. Approximately 50% of all humans live on Earth.

There was significant religious and ideological turmoil within humanity throughout its history, which often resulted in warfare and violence. This trend continued even past the creation of the Sol Alliance, and into the modern day. Terrorist groups still exist and rogue colonial governments will occasionally rebel, though the Sol Alliance has shown itself to be rather effective in terms of quashing rebellions and responding to terrorism.
===Supranational Organizations===
Since the creation of the Sol Alliance, warfare between the nation-states of Earth has become nonexistent. This is also partially attributed to the creation of supranational organizations to help the various countries manage their respective continents, as well as the Sol Alliance's peacekeeping and mediation duties. Most of the countries that existed around the 21st century are still in existence, though some have either been absorbed into their neighbors, while others were submerged under rising sea levels. Below is a roster of supranational organizations on Earth.

*North American Federation
*South American Alliance
*South African Collective
*Free African Nations
*Collective of Independent Caribbean States
*United Islamic Nations
*European Union
*Oceania
*Scandinavian Alliance
*Neo-Carolingian Federation
*Madagascar
*United Arab Emirates
*Pan-Asian Confederation
*New Russian Federation

===Major Cities===
Earth is the most densely populated planet in known space. The major metropolitan areas can stretch for hundreds of miles, and are referred to as "megacities". Megacities sometimes merge into each other, or extend over bodies of water. The best example of this are the twin artificial land bridges across the Persian Gulf that connect Dubai to the mainland portion of the UAE. Megacities can be home to billions of people, and as such can sometimes be tiered, such as the case with Beijing, Los Angeles, Dubai, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York City, Tokyo, Jerusalem, and London. Below is a roster of megacities on Earth.

*Portland
*San Francisco
*Los Angeles
*Dallas
*Las Vegas
*Mexico City
*Chicago
*Montreal
*New York City
*Washington D.C.
*Bogota
*Lima
*Rio de Janeiro
*Sao Paulo
*Buenos Aires
*Madrid
*Reykjavik
*Oslo
*Berlin
*Paris
*Rome
*Cairo
*Jerusalem
*Cape Town
*Dubai
*Karachi
*New Delhi
*Mumbai
*Bangkok
*Kuala Lumpur
*Beijing
*Shanghai
*Tokyo
*Jakarta
*Perth
*Cairns
*Brisbane
*Sydney
*Canberra
*Melbourne
*Dublin
*London
===Heritage Sites===
[[Image:statue_of_liberty.jpg|thumb|250px|The Statue of Liberty was moved from its original location due to rises in the sea level.]]
==The Moon==

[[Image:Luna Biodomes.png|thumb|250px|A photograph of Harmony City and the Harmony Biodome. Luna's biodomed cities are connected by environmentally sealed roads and railways.]]

'''Star System:''' [[Sol]]

'''Parent Planet:''' [[Earth]]

'''Development level''': Medium; Advanced, interconnected Biodomed Cities; Pocketed with shoddily constructed Earth-slums

'''Capital:''' Harmony City

'''Terrestrial Population (est.)''': 373,674,843

'''Spacer Population (est.)''': 162,981

'''Noteworthy places:''' [[Lunar University of Medical Science]]

Luna is the moon of Earth. It is tidally locked to its parent and makes a complete revolution every 28 standard days. It formed when a rogue planetoid collided with Earth during the early stages of its formation. The moon came together from the resultant orbital debris. Luna was the first target of spacefaring humans as they pierced the outer layers of the atmosphere. It was largely ignored until the age of FTL travel and colonization, when small colonies were established, mostly as refueling and launching posts for re-entry craft.

Luna is something of a mishmash of human society. Prior to Earth's destruction, Luna was developed into an off-world hub for Earth trade and even boasted a large Resort hub. Surviving the second Sol Alliance Civil War relatively intact, Luna immediately saw an influx of refugees from Earth. The pristine, advanced biodomed cities became dotted with hastily constructed slums. Luna's economy is based around Earth orbital salvage operations, tourism and supporting the Alliance Earth Blockade. Tensions exist between the original inhabitants and the refugees, leading to the biodomes being divided up between rich and poor through the use of massive intra-dome walls. Harmony City and Heng Chang Commune have endured many riots.

Luna, being directly administered by the Alliance, democratically elects it's leaders; however, due to social tensions, the military has taken over the job of local police and some areas remain under indefinite marshal law.

Luna is also home to a number of human cultural artifacts rescued from Earth, including a significant portion of The Lourve's collection.

Earth

2015-04-21T21:33:59Z

RustySh4ckleford:

{{wip|assign = RustySh4ckleford}}
[[Image:Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|Earth is the homeworld of humanity.]]
==General Information==
'''System:''' [[Sol|Sol]]

'''Moon(s):''' Luna

'''Development level:''' Extremely High

'''Capital:''' N/A

'''Population (Planetside):''' 20,160,000,000 (est.)

'''Population (In Orbit):''' 987,950,000 (est.)

Earth (also called Terra, Gaia, or Sol III) is the third planet in orbit around the star Sol, and is the homeworld of humanity. Approximately 83% of its surface is covered in salt water, due to an amplified greenhouse effect melting the planet's polar ice caps several centuries ago. Originally home to millions of distinct species of flora and fauna, it is estimated that 94% of those species have gone extinct.

The biosphere of Earth was severely polluted and ecologically ravaged towards the end of the 23rd century, and a runaway greenhouse effect was nearly achieved by the time all nonrenewable resources had been depleted. However, extensive private, corporate and government investment in reclamation programs, high efficiency renewable energy and sustainable development resulted in a reversing trend of pollution that has greatly improved living conditions on the surface.

Earth is the most densely populated planet in all of explored space, surpassing even the Skrellian homeworld's population by several billion. Earth is also the most developed planet in human space, with sprawling megalopolises, or "megacities." Earth also has a massive population of spacers living in orbit. Several of these superdense metropolitan areas are built up in a tiered fashion.

==Geography==
[[File:Earth2457.png|300px|thumb|right|A political map showing the borders of the supranational organizations present on Earth, and the locations of "megacities".]]
The size of Earth's landmasses are significantly smaller than they were in the centuries prior to the 22nd century. The melting of the polar ice caps caused massive rises in the overall sea level, and large stretches of land were submerged. Areas that are currently underwater include most of what used to be Sibera, the northern section of Eastern Europe, large portions of Canada, and approximately a third of Australia's landmass. Entire countries sank beneath the waves in South America, and the area of the United States that used to be the deep south no longer exists. A majority of the Pacific islands are also gone. With the melting of the ice caps, the rocky base layer of Antarctica was exposed.
==Environment==
The Earth's environment as of modern day is stabilizing at a steady rate. New growth forests that were sown several decades ago are now thriving on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas. The general air quality is now on par with that of the early 21st century, and the oceans have been subjected to extensive reclamation programs that have neutralized large portions of residual pollution. Artificially introduced fish stocks populate the depths, and cloned versions of extinct species have been reintroduced into the wilds.

This was not always the case. From the late 2100s to the late 2200s, Earth was approaching a critical mass in terms of pollution. Global temperatures had risen to the point that the planet was in the early stages of a runaway greenhouse effect, and air pollution blotted out the sun in some areas. Approximately 94% of all land species and 90% of all ocean species on Earth had gone extinct, and serious health issues due to the environment were especially rampant during this period. The world's rain forests were essentially gone, with only areas in Madagascar and the mountainous portions of South America retaining any significant degree of greenery.

Advances in technology and a massive shift in focus towards restorative and environmentalist policies eventually reversed the negative trend of Earth's environment by the early 2300s. Massive terraforming facilities recycled and neutralized pollutants and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and pumped out gas mixtures similar to Earth's atmosphere during the 2000s. Most cities were retrofitted to be sustainable, and DNA samples from various extinct species were used to reconstruct and clone them with current technology. Within the span of a century, a vast quantity of the effects of ecological and environmental devastation were nullified, reversed in some cases, and severely dampened at the very least.
==Society==
===Humanity===
Earth is the homeworld of humanity. Humans first evolved around 7 million years ago, but it wasn't until only 700 years ago that the human population skyrocketed due to the industrial revolution and the second green revolution. Since then, the population growth trend for humanity has been exponential, plateauing off slightly in the 21st century, but skyrocketing again with the emergence of planetary colonization. Approximately 50% of all humans live on Earth.

There was significant religious and ideological turmoil within humanity throughout its history, which often resulted in warfare and violence. This trend continued even past the creation of the Sol Alliance, and into the modern day. Terrorist groups still exist and rogue colonial governments will occasionally rebel, though the Sol Alliance has shown itself to be rather effective in terms of quashing rebellions and responding to terrorism.
===Supranational Organizations===
Since the creation of the Sol Alliance, warfare between the nation-states of Earth has become nonexistent. This is also partially attributed to the creation of supranational organizations to help the various countries manage their respective continents, as well as the Sol Alliance's peacekeeping and mediation duties. Most of the countries that existed around the 21st century are still in existence, though some have either been absorbed into their neighbors, while others were submerged under rising sea levels. Below is a roster of supranational organizations on Earth.

*North American Federation
*South American Alliance
*South African Collective
*Free African Nations
*Collective of Independent Caribbean States
*United Islamic Nations
*European Union
*Oceania
*Scandinavian Alliance
*Neo-Carolingian Federation
*Madagascar
*United Arab Emirates
*Pan-Asian Confederation
*New Russian Federation

===Major Cities===
Earth is the most densely populated planet in known space. The major metropolitan areas can stretch for hundreds of miles, and are referred to as "megacities". Megacities sometimes merge into each other, or extend over bodies of water. The best example of this are the twin artificial land bridges across the Persian Gulf that connect Dubai to the mainland portion of the UAE. Megacities can be home to billions of people, and as such can sometimes be tiered, such as the case with Beijing, Los Angeles, Dubai, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York City, Tokyo, Jerusalem, and London. Below is a roster of megacities on Earth.

*Portland
*San Francisco
*Los Angeles
*Dallas
*Las Vegas
*Mexico City
*Chicago
*Montreal
*New York City
*Washington D.C.
*Bogota
*Lima
*Rio de Janeiro
*Sao Paulo
*Buenos Aires
*Madrid
*Reykjavik
*Oslo
*Berlin
*Paris
*Rome
*Cairo
*Jerusalem
*Cape Town
*Dubai
*Karachi
*New Delhi
*Mumbai
*Bangkok
*Kuala Lumpur
*Beijing
*Shanghai
*Tokyo
*Jakarta
*Perth
*Cairns
*Brisbane
*Sydney
*Canberra
*Melbourne
*Dublin
*London
===Heritage Sites===
[[Image:statue_of_liberty.jpg|thumb|250px|The Statue of Liberty was moved from its original location due to rises in the sea level.]]
==The Moon==

[[Image:Luna Biodomes.png|thumb|250px|A photograph of Harmony City and the Harmony Biodome. Luna's biodomed cities are connected by environmentally sealed roads and railways.]]

'''Star System:''' [[Sol]]

'''Parent Planet:''' [[Earth]]

'''Development level''': Medium; Advanced, interconnected Biodomed Cities; Pocketed with shoddily constructed Earth-slums

'''Capital:''' Harmony City

'''Terrestrial Population (est.)''': 373,674,843

'''Spacer Population (est.)''': 162,981

'''Noteworthy places:''' [[Lunar University of Medical Science]]

Luna is the moon of Earth. It is tidally locked to its parent and makes a complete revolution every 28 standard days. It formed when a rogue planetoid collided with Earth during the early stages of its formation. The moon came together from the resultant orbital debris. Luna was the first target of spacefaring humans as they pierced the outer layers of the atmosphere. It was largely ignored until the age of FTL travel and colonization, when small colonies were established, mostly as refueling and launching posts for re-entry craft.

Luna is something of a mishmash of human society. Prior to Earth's destruction, Luna was developed into an off-world hub for Earth trade and even boasted a large Resort hub. Surviving the second Sol Alliance Civil War relatively intact, Luna immediately saw an influx of refugees from Earth. The pristine, advanced biodomed cities became dotted with hastily constructed slums. Luna's economy is based around Earth orbital salvage operations, tourism and supporting the Alliance Earth Blockade. Tensions exist between the original inhabitants and the refugees, leading to the biodomes being divided up between rich and poor through the use of massive intra-dome walls. Harmony City and Heng Chang Commune have endured many riots.

Luna, being directly administered by the Alliance, democratically elects it's leaders; however, due to social tensions, the military has taken over the job of local police and some areas remain under indefinite marshal law.

Luna is also home to a number of human cultural artifacts rescued from Earth, including a significant portion of The Lourve's collection.

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{{toc_right}}The year is [[Timeline| 2456 CE (Common Era)]], and since the late 21st century, Humanity has been spreading out among the stars. Leaving behind their ecologically spent homeworld of [[Sol| Earth]], humans proliferated throughout space, expanding thousands of light-years in all directions under the banner of the [[Sol Alliance]]. After a century, major population and trading hubs had been established in the nearby systems such as [[Tau Ceti]] and [[Epsilon Eridani]], and in the centuries that would follow, dozens more systems would fall under the control of humanity, with Earth-analogs being colonized immediately, and planets initially hostile to life being terraformed within spans of a few years to fit the needs of human colonists.

At the end of the 22nd century, the power and influence of the Sol Alliance was at its height, but following the 23rd and 24th centuries, the power of humanity's central government began to wane. Several rebellions and interstellar wars left Earth devastated and the Alliance with considerable less territory than it held at it's peak.

To fill this gap, transtellars, specifically NanoTransen, have begun to expand throughout known space, keeping the galactic economy going. Some argue that NanoTransen, with it's extremely profitable near-monopoly of plasma refinement may be rivaling the power of smaller nations. In opposition to this challenge to the 'status-quo', several competitor transtellars and elements within governments across the galaxy have formed the Syndicate in an attempt to de-thone the economic Juggernaut that is NanoTransen.

Humanity is not alone in this vast sea of stars. For a little under two centuries, humanity has been aware of the existence of alien races, and has forged alliances with several species that have lasted through the decades since. The brilliant [[Skrell]], the reverent [[Tajara]], the warlike [[Unathi]] and peaceful [[Dionaea]] are but a few of the races of this extremely diverse galaxy. Many more exist, and while most are simply apathetic to this alliance, others are openly hostile.

This age is one of progress, of war, of death, and most importantly, of Mankind.
{{Navbox Lore}}

==Your Workplace==

Welcome to [[Tau Ceti]], a star system approximately 12 light-years away from [[Sol]], under the joint control of the [[Planetary Republic of Biesel]] and the trans-stellar corporate conglomerate [[Nanotrasen Corporation|Nanotrasen]]. You have been assigned to work aboard the [[NSS Aurora]], a state-of-the-art research and mining facility orbiting Tau Ceti within the Romanovich Cloud at the very edge of the system. Even after several centuries of being inhabited by human colonists, and flourishing into a central trade hub for human space, the edge of Tau Ceti is still considered to be a frontier of sorts, as are the outer areas of most other star systems.

After the discovery of a substance known as [[Plasma]] in this system, Nanotrasen quickly established a monopoly that granted them control over Humanity's fuel source and established them as the most powerful entity in human space.

==The Economy==

The most common currency in human space is the [[Economy| Standard Credit]], originally put into use by the Sol Alliance at the end of the beginning of the 22nd century. Even since the decline of the Alliance, the Standard Credit is still used by most independent nations, which allowed interstellar trade to be made much simpler. The Standard Credit is represented by '''cr''' (e.g. 5,000 cr).

==Main Spacefaring Races==

===Humanity===

[[image:Human_fem.png]][[image:Human_Male.png]]

*'''Home System:''' [[Sol]]
*'''Homeworld:''' [[Sol|Earth]]
*'''Majority Languages:''' Tau Ceti Basic, Sol Common
*'''Major Political Entities:''' [[Sol Alliance]], [[Planetary Republic of Biesel]], [[Sovereign Governance of Stormswrath]], [[Eridani Federation|Eridani Corporate Federation]]

'Homo Sapiens', or as they're more commonly known, Humans, are the most prevalent species in known space. Collectively, they have more territory under their control than all other known species combined. Most trans-stellar corporations and conglomerates are owned and staffed by humans, giving them significant economic pull in the galactic community.

However, despite their collective achievements, humans are fractured into hundreds of independent factions, severely limiting their ability to organize as a species. Additionally, ideological differences further deteriorate relations between human factions.

Highly advanced technologically, humans are the third known race to achieve viable, interstellar space flight.

===Skrell===

[[image:Skrell_Fem.png]][[image:Skrell_Male.png]]

*'''Home System:''' [[Skrell| Jargon (Nralakk)]]
*'''Homeworld:''' [[Skrell| Jargon IV(Qerrbalak)]]
*'''Majority Languages:''' Skrellian, Tau Ceti Basic
*'''Major Political Entities:''' Skrellian Alliance

An amphibious species whose passion lies in the field of the combined sciences, the [[Skrell]] are the oldest and most advanced species present on the galactic stage. The Skrell evolved on a planet covered in vast swamps and freshwater seas, hence their amphibious qualities, such as moist, pliant and nearly translucent skin, as well as their vestigial gill slits.

Skrell are largely asexual, with most seeing reproduction as a process necessary to continue their lineage and nothing more.

While humanity has largely overtaken the Skrell in the area of system colonization, the Skrell maintain a strong confederation of colonies roughly three-quarters the size of human space. They are also the most technologically advanced species in known space, and possess the strongest and most highly trained military of any spacefaring species.

===Unathi===

[[image:Unathi_fem.png]][[image:Unathi_Male.png]]

*'''Home System:''' [[Unathi| Uueoa-Esa]]
*'''Homeworld:''' [[Unathi| Moghes]]
*'''Majority Languages:''' Sinta Unathi
*'''Major Political Entities:''' Uneth Hegemony

The fierce and warlike [[Unathi]] are a reptilian race. They are a relative newcomer to the stars. The Unathi are not the first sentient species to inhabit their homeworld. Archaeological evidence of a highly advanced and warlike civilization that predated the Unathi have been uncovered on Moghes. The harsh conditions on the planet, as well as residual traces of radioactive materials hints that the civilization collapsed in the wake of a large-scale deployment of thermonuclear weapons.

Uneth cultures tend to have strict gender lines which are well defined, and breaking them is highly taboo.

The Unathi are least advanced of all known species. They lack the technology and the infrastructure to terraform other worlds and establish planetary colonies.

===Tajara===

[[image:Tajara_fem.png]][[image:Tajara_Male.png]]

*'''Home System:''' [[Tajara| S'randarr]]
*'''Homeworld:''' [[Tajara| Adhomai]]
*'''Majority Languages:''' Siik'maas, Siik'Tajir
*'''Major Political Entities:''' Adhomai Coalition

The Tajaran are a feline race, and the most recent to make an appearance on the galactic stage. They are also the second most populous species in known space, behind humans in terms of population. Most of their early history is a story of indentured servitude to an unknown race of advanced aliens, colloquially referred to by Tajaran historians as "Overseers." Apparently, approximately a century before they were discovered by humans, they had revolted against their overlords and successfully claimed their independence. It is possible that this event coincided with a major collapse of the Overseer society. No species matching the description of the Overseers has ever been encountered.

===Dionaea===

[[image:Dionaea.png]]

*'''Home System:''' Epsilon Ursae Minoris
*'''Homeworld:''' N/A
*'''Majority Languages:''' N/A
*'''Major Political Entities:''' N/A

The [[Dionaea]] are a peaceful, plantlike race that were discovered by the Skrell in 2294 CE. Each individual dionaea is in fact an amalgamation of millions of smaller organisms operating as a single unit. Gentle and even-tempered, the Dionaea have no official government and have no military force to speak of. They possess good relations with the governments of most other sentient species.

===IPC===

[[image:IPC.png]]

*'''Home System:''' N/A
*'''Homeworld:''' N/A
*'''Majority Languages:''' N/A
*'''Major Political Entities:''' N/A

An [[IPC| Integrated Positronic Chassis]], or IPC, is an positronic artificial intelligence inside a bipedal, humanoid frame, that has amassed enough currency to purchase its own freedom from its owners. The existence of IPCs is still a highly inflammatory subject, and as of yet, they lack the basic rights that members of most organic races possess. While gender neutral, individual intelligences may develop personality quirks to further their "uniqueness."

===Kocasslani===

[[image:Kocass_Fem.png]][[image:Kocass_Male.png]]

*'''Home System:''' [[Kocasslani#Language:| Hiisnivi]]
*'''Home World:''' [[Kocasslani]]
*'''Major Languages:''' Sini
*'''Major Political Entities:''' Mandate of Sonhadra

The [[Kocasslani]] are a hostile, religiously zealous race with an intense racial hatred towards the Skrell due to an unfortunate expedition taken into their territory. Evolving alone in an isolated system on the fringe of explored space, the Kocasslani regard their sector as literal "heaven" and see any alien presence within as damning.

Kocasslani culture has a strict caste system and cultural taboos that influence nearly all the members of this race. They are extremely hostile and isolationist, and as such they have lagged behind the rest of the galactic community in the area of technological development.

===Vox===

[[image:Vox Lineup.jpg]]

*'''Home System:''' N/A
*'''Homeworld:''' N/A
*'''Majority Languages:''' N/A
*'''Major Political Entities:''' N/A

A coalition of several different species and subspecies of avian aliens, the [[Vox]] are known throughout civilized space. They are usually in the role of raiders or swindlers. While most other sentient races have some individuals that turn to a life of piracy, it seems that with the Vox, piracy and theft are important aspects to their culture. They raid shipping convoys and newly established colonies for resources, before retreating back into interstellar space, where most governments do not have the jurisdiction, nor the military power to pursue them. Not much is known about the Vox, despite their ubiquity in known space. Despite the average Vox not being extremely intelligent, extreme caution is still advised if one is encountered.

==Governing Entities==

===Trans-stellar corporations===

The massive corporations rose in the wake of the discovery of [[Bluespace]] travel, allowing entire planets to be claimed as corporate assets. Trans-stellar corporations normally cooperate with local governments and frontier colonies to establish trade agreements and gain the rights to utilize certain resources. Extremely powerful, most have established their own colonies and exert power over them like any regional government would. Trans-stellar corporations usually employ private military contractors and security consultants to police the areas under their control.

There are a number of major trans-stellars, almost all of which are owned by humans. The eight major ones in human space, going in order from largest to smallest, are the [[Nanotrasen Corporation| Nanotrasen Corporate Conglomerate]], [[Osiris Atmospherics]], [[Einstein Engines]], [[Ward-Takahashi GMB]], [[Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals]], [[Hephaestus Industries]] and [[Gilthari Exports]].

Not everyone was in favor of the formation of trans-stellar megacorporations, and many smaller companies [[The Syndicate| allied themselves against them]]. However, these alliances were met with stunning and repeated failures, and by the end of the 23rd century, they had collapsed due to economic ruin and internal intrigue.

===Independent Systems===

Independent systems are the former colony worlds that declared independence from the Sol Alliance. After the Alliance's power collapsed, many of these flourished and grew in power, often laying claim to the entirety of their star system. However, not every nation gets along with its neighbors, and sometimes interstellar war can occur between two independent states, just as conventional war happened on Earth up to the late 21st century. These groups include (but are not limited to) the [[United Colonies of America]], the [[Eridani Federation]], the [[Raksa Pack]], the [[New British Empire]], the [[Mjolnir Coalition]], the [[Republic of Elyra]], and the [[Principality of Caladbolg ]].

===Sol Alliance===

Once the central government of Humanity, the [[Sol Alliance]] is now a shadow of its former glory. Reduced to the human home system of Sol and the closest systems surrounding it, the Alliance has lost most of its pull with the rest of humanity. While most transtellars publicly support the Alliance, and many of their corporate profits flow back into the Inner-colonies, some wonder at what point will these megacorporations start threatening (or outright buying) the weakened Alliance? NanoTransen has gone so far as to establish a foothold within the center of Alliance space, a move some are calling a bloodless coup.

[[Category: Lore]]

Timeline

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While [[History of Man| Human history]] is long and diverse, with multiple perspectives and a myriad of details that vary between accounts, here is a more succint summary of the more recent events in the history of mankind.

==The Second Space Age==
'''2045:''' Developed/Developing world stabilizes in population. Many third world/failing states collapse, their remnants being scooped up by larger emerging power blocs such as the North American Federation, European Alliance, Indian Confederation, Pan-Asia Cooperative, Russian Federation, Middle Eastern Alliance and South African Commonwealth.

'''2075:''' Human Population: 9.5 billion. Research into viable space travel yields results. Slightly faster than conventional space travel.

'''2085:''' Human settlements on Luna and Mars established, low populations. Earth Human pop: 9.75 billion.

'''2100:''' Stream of Earth-based resources begin to trickle. Governments begin to subsidize off-world colonization efforts. Large-scale colonization/mining operations on Luna, Mars, other near Earth bodies.

'''2125:''' Human pop: 10 billion. Earth’s resources begin to be stretched to the breaking point. Luna and Mars populations reach the millions, steady stream of resources back to Earth keep the nations there afloat. Tensions over resources on and off-Earth rise. Minor conflicts erupt, with widespread paranoia that the global economy will collapse.

'''2130:''' Scientists discover Warp Technology (NOT bluespace), Start of the Second Great Space Race. Spurned by fears of resource collapse and anarchy on Earth probes are sent out to chart nearest systems. Luna and Mars see large population increases. Human pop: 10.01 billion.

'''2140:''' Nearest systems to Sol mapped, Individual nations and private interests quickly fund and organize colonization missions to these worlds. United Nations convene and reform into the Sol Alliance (rename?), a unified, supranational body that will oversee colonization of Solar and Extrasolar bodies. Moderate opposition stemming from general anti-UN sentiment on Earth.

'''2155:''' Garden worlds closest to Earth see massive population increases as colony ships are developed which are capable of round-trips. Einstein Engines, the first megacorporation/transstellar formed, specializing in producing Warp engines and supplying colonists with cheap early/start colonization modules (housing, mining, etc.). Earth governments ensure order back home by enforcing strict resource rations. Skirmishes continue over minor resources. Sol Alliance either ignores or is powerless to stop this.

'''2185:''' Human pop.: 12 billion. Earth population: 10.2 billion, many emigrating. Earth begins to stabilize as birth rates are kept in check and people continue to leave for garden worlds. Earth relies on Mars, Luna and most developed garden world for resources. Resource skirmishes diminish; Sol Alliance is afforded more power over Earth affairs, as a result of its direct control of the Colonies Earth depends on for resources.

'''2200:''' Mars begins to be terraformed. Large influx of people from Earth to both support terraforming and in anticipating of living on a terraformed Mars. Earth pop: 10.75 billion. Human pop: 14 billion. Sol Alliance officially declares itself the ruling body of humanity. Earth-based governments allowed to retain control of their territories (think of the States in the US, somewhat-independent but reliant on the federal government). Some extra-solar garden world populations reach the 100’s of millions. Sol Alliance credits becomes standardized human currency.

'''2215:''' Second wave of scouting operations reveal systems further out from the existing extra-solar colonies. Second wave of colonization efforts. Human pop: 13.5 billion. Earth pop: 9.5 billion. First-wave colony worlds flourish. Mars terraforming operations fails, millions die in rapid environmental degradation. Exodus of Earth/Mars pop to inner colonies. Mining operations in far flung asteroid belts runs by myriad of corporations. Proper Sol Alliance fleets begin policing Sol and inner-colonies. First interstellar fleets form.

'''2250:''' New garden worlds discovered, Earth still dependent on resources from other planets. Depopulation of Earth leads to massive abandoned sections of cities. Earth Pop: 13.6 billion. Human Population: 17.5 billion. Colony worlds continue to grow exponentially, spurned on by cheap cost of colonization (Colonization efforts had essentially become comodesized).

==The First Interstellar War==
'''2260:''' Sol Alliance levy taxes on Earth for disproportionate use of resources (import a bunch, export little luxury resources). Earth-based ‘planetism’ increases. Sol Alliance stresses unity. Fringe elements in outer-most colonies begin to openly revolt against Sol Alliance administration, seen as the ‘Shackle of Earth-based oppression’.

'''2270:''' Earth based pop: 13.9 billion, Total human pop: 18 billion. Developing colonies better able to census planets populations: discovered that in total billions of more colonist exist spread across roughly 100 colonized worlds (besides Earth). Steadily improving habitation, agriculture and infrastructure technologies pave way for quick, efficient colonization. Earth begins to look on with envy and disgust, Sol Alliance attempts to represent the ‘unifying’ force in human space.

'''2275:''' Open hostilities break out in fringe systems, spurned on by extremist elements and anti-Alliance sentiments. Sol Alliance is slow to respond, paralyzed by confusion and uncertainty. As a result, other Colonies on the fringe begin to break away, seeing the Alliance as ineffective at supporting them.

'''2278:''' First Interstellar War breaks out. Most radical fringe worlds declare war on Alliance, attacking Alliance military garrisons and ships. Hit and run tactics are used, with the occasional suicide attack. Alliance forces are overwhelmed and in disarray. Political gridlock as Earth urges Alliance to completely annihilate rebels as more moderate inner colonies stress restraint. Earth resents ‘It’s colonies’ for disagreeing with it.

'''2285:''' Earth pop: 14 billion. total pop: 19.5 billion. More ‘outer’ but not ‘fringe’ colonies break away as Alliance proves ineffective in dealing with rebel threat. Rebels begin attacking each other, more extremist factions fighting more moderate ones. Fringe becomes very dangerous place. Several large coalitions in the ‘outer colonies’ officially declare independence (they were already practically independent), and begin fighting rebels elements who venture into their space. Sol, Inner Colonies: Sol Alliance. Outer colonies: mostly independent. Fringe colonies: Extremists, rebels, warring.

'''2286:''' Many Megacorporations profit off of the war, selling arms to one or both sides, trading in dangerous systems and staking claims in otherwise dangerous locations. Earth convinces Sol Alliance to begin wiping out extremist factions in the frontier to ‘eradicate the anarchists that threaten our peace’. Varied reactions: Sol is happy. Colonies horrified. Sol Alliance dominated by ‘Hawkish’ politicians issue proclamation that extremist and rebellious colonists will not be tolerated. ‘Independent’ outer colonies wind down militaries and aggression out of fear.

==The Resource Wars==
'''2290:''' Earth pop: 14.1 billion. Human pop: 20 billion. Colonies continue to see pop increases. Earth begins to suffer resource, labor shortages as a result of continued emigration. Earth feels effects of almost three centuries of continued colonization efforts, with the colonies starting to be unable to support it. Radical elements come to power in Earth-governments. Age old Earth national rivalries are revived. Sol Alliance begins to shift it’s power-base off Earth.

'''2300:''' Earth pop: 14.2 billion. total human pop: 23 billion. Sol Alliance moves to Earth-based orbital as capital, essentially evicted by Earth-based governments.

'''2310:''' Earth-nations becomes increasingly radical. Begin demanding exorbitant number of resources and taxes from inner colonies to keep itself afloat. Inner Colonies petition for more independence, as they are forced to ship a majority of their goods to Earth that, while buoyed by taxes Earth pays for these goods, are beginning to turn a loss for inner Colonies. It is more profitable for them to trade with each other or the outer colonies.

==The Fall of Earth==
'''2314:''' Solar Rebellion. Sol Alliance fleets crewed by Earth-based individuals break away and surround Earth. Earth-based ‘United Nations Interstellar Alliance’ issues ultimatum to inner colonies to give in to it’s demands for more resources and a lifting of Earth-taxes (for the amount of resources they suck up) or be attacked. Remaining loyal Sol Alliance forces (Non-Earth) supported by Inner Colonies quickly move in and attack ‘United Nations Interstellar Alliance’ Fleets. The ensuing Battle of Terra leaves both fleets decimated. Sol Alliance orbital HQ is destroyed in the crossfire. A mysterious virus suddenly emerges cross Earth and in UNIU forces in orbit around Earth. Millions die in the following days. UNIU thrown into disarray.

'''2315:''' Facing a defiant Earth, Sol Alliance forces overwhelm UNIU forces in orbit and stage an embargo/quarantine of the planet. United Nations Interstellar Alliance, stripped of a fleet, refuses to surrender. Alliance refuses to completely bombard planet.

'''2316:''' Earth-governments quickly lose faith is United Nations Interstellar Alliance. Age old national rivalries finally come to a head. Earth skirmishes over resources (Earth is effectively embargoed by Sol Alliance). virus continues to kill billions on Earth, scientists unable to find cure. Allegations that virus is a bioweapon deployed against UNIU denied by Sol Alliance. Civil War ends. Sol Alliance fleets crippled. Earth population: 11.5 billion. Total human pop: 20.1 billion.

'''2317:''' Sol Alliance reorganized with emergency government. Inner colonies bicker. Outer colonies assert their independence as a result of the chaos. Outer colony governments increase in territory (encompassing some former ‘fringe’ worlds). Remaining Earth-based governments either disintegrate or shrink in territory. cure for virus synthesised but is not shared with Earth, which is kept under quarantine since it’s population is deemed too large to effectively treat. Alliance embargo/quarantine fleet inoculate refugees wishing to escape. Mass migrations of former ‘Earth die-hards’ into space. Most extremists flee into radical fringe systems. More moderate people flee to Mars, Luna or inner colonies (the few that would take them). Slums spring up on Luna and Mars.

'''2320:''' Outer systems begin building up militaries. Sol Alliance reforms a stable government, rebuilding HQ in orbit over Earth. Inner colonies begin to freely trade previous Earth-destined goods among each other. New Trans-stellar corporations emerge to rival Einstein Engine’s previous dominance. These corporation make their start establishing new trade routes between colonies.

'''2330:''' Total human pop: 21.5 billion; Earth pop: 9.7 billion. Earth continues to die due to a combination of emigration, famine, warfare, and nuclear fallout. Earth has a ‘badlands’ reputation. Inner colonies refuse large-scale recovery operations on Earth out of spite. Luna and Mars have large ‘Earth-slums’ filled with refugees. Sol Alliance becomes inner-colony centric, with the innermost developed colonies having the most say.

==Tensions for the Sol Alliance==
===Formation of Nanotrasen===
'''2340:''' Trans-stellars begin operating more aggressively in outer and fringe system, helping start up colonies (loans, resources, ‘favors systems’) even outright claiming some smaller systems. Trans-stellars gain support of inner-colonies since many are based there and most of their profits flow back to the inner-colonies.

'''2346:''' Formation of Nanotrasen by Xavier Trasen. Based around advanced gene therapy. Became a scientific frontier company, rivaling Einstein Engines.

===The Warp Gate Project===
'''2355:''' Warp Gate project begins with the goal of connecting the most populated/wealthy inner colonies with permanent orbital gates, allowing for instantaneous transportation between them. Largely funded by Sol Alliance with support of Trans-stellars. Trans-stellars help rebuild Sol Alliance fleets. Military ‘indebted’ to Trans-stellars. Sol Alliance establishes formal relations with outer colonies.

'''2365:''' Pop: 24 billion. Earth population: 5 billion. Earth is still dying. Sol Alliance, in a gesture of compassion, funds colonization efforts to evacuate people from Earth. Earth population shrinks as people emigrate at a quicker pace or die off.

'''2370:''' Warp Gate project financially drains Sol Alliance. Support for project decreases, some inner-colonies (mostly those not receiving a warp gate in their system) riot.

'''2376:''' Second Sol Alliance Civil War. Handful of Inner-colonies declare independence in protest of Warp Gate project’s exorbitant cost. Hastily constructed fleets engage Sol Alliance ships in contested systems. Minimal loss of life on surface of planets: Fleets and orbital installations targeted mostly.

'''2379:''' Outer colonies, driven by increasingly nationalistic governments and the Sol Alliance Civil War begin to war amongst themselves for planets and resources. Border and fringe worlds shift between empires’ control. A few large-scale atrocities occur, with whole cities and even planets being bombarded from orbit.

'''2384:''' Warp Gate project completed; Sol Alliance Second Civil War ends with casualties in the 10’s of millions. Lingering anti-Alliance sentiment remains in some areas. Outer colonies continue to war with each other, but the extent of the conflict is scaled back. Trans-stellars use pretext of galactic turmoil to arm themselves, even providing large-scale mercenary services to empires (often in secret).

'''2390:''' Warp Gates bring an influx of wealth to the inner-colonies closest to them, but disenfranchises those farthest away. Sol Alliance, bankrupt (although recovering) from the Warp Gate project, allows some of it’s outermost worlds to secede. These worlds quickly join various outer colony nations. These new holdings of the outer colony empires greatly boost their economies (these worlds were built up by the Sol Alliance before seceding, and have on average larger populations and more developed infrastructure then their outer colony cousins).

==The Rise of Nanotrasen==
===Advancement of Trans-stellars===
'''2400:''' total human pop: 28 billion. Some of the most ‘inner’ colony worlds of the Alliance reach population in the several billions. War in the outer colonies die down. Anti-Alliance sentiment prevails in some Alliance systems. Trans-stellars capitalize on immense profits from the past decades, diversifying to a great degree. Some begin swearing allegiances to these corporations, sick of the outer colonies’ wars and/or the Sol Alliance’s slow decay.

'''2403:''' One such trans-stellar, NanoTransen, acquires the mining rights to the Romanovich Cloud in the Tau Ceti system (an Inner-inner colony system).

'''2410:''' Trans-stellars begin more heavy duty Sol Alliance lobbying efforts. In the outer Colonies, Trans-stellar begin to bully some smaller empires, threatening to cut off military, resource, supply and/or financial support unless they give in to demands. All Trans-stellars are of roughly equal power, having established a sort of ‘stability’ between themselves, specializing in certain fields.

Sol Alliance begins to stagnate; Intra-Alliance trade tapers off as more systems become self-sufficient. Potentially more profitable trade routes from inner to developing outer colonies (which are proving more profitable than intra-Alliance trade) are expensive and fuel intensive. Energy crises develop on several worlds as supplies of energy resources along with centuries old power generating techniques (fusion, traditional combustion) prove insufficient to deal with rising energy demand.

===The First Contact===
'''2413:''' First contact with Skrell people. Sends shockwaves throughout human space. Skrellians have an established ‘alliance of systems’ spread out over dozens of star systems. Sol Alliance and Skrellian Alliance quickly draft a cooperation treaty. Skrell and Alliance begin conducting joint research projects and colonization efforts. Human, Skrell populations intermingle. Skrell share the secrets of Bluespace and Bluespace drives with humanity, allowing for much more energy-efficient travel then warp drives. However, a large amount of traditional fuel sources are required to power bluespace drivers.

===Discovery of Plasma===
'''2417:''' In Romanovich Cloud of Tau Ceti, NT discovers the resource ‘plasma’. It’s extremely energy efficient properties alleviate the growing energy crises on several worlds. Plasma quickly becomes the prefered fuel and energy generating commodity. NT becomes filthy rich; Trans-stellar ‘stability’ shattered as NT quickly patents and monopolizes ‘plasma refining’ technique. Other transtellars petition Sol Alliance for sanctions, but are ignored. Foundation for the Syndicate forms in furious trans-stellars and the Alliance Senators that support them. Bluespace drives and the extremely profitable Inner-colony to outer colony trade routes made viable by plasma. Inner-colonies provide outer-colonies with luxury goods for massive profits.

'''2420:''' Pop: 33 billion. Earth a depopulated, environmentally collapsed shit hole that no one wants to waste anymore time on. Populations increase as outer planets become more developed.

==The Discovery of New Sentients==
===The Tajara===
'''2432:''' First contact with Tajaran people. NT scouts discover the Tajaran homeworld and people just beginning to explore their solar system. NT greets them as ‘representatives of humanity’. Over the course of the next few decades, NT ‘uplifts’ the Tajaran people by building a series of factories on their homeworld, employing numerous Tajarans and helping propel them into space. Tajarans become reliant on NT and subservient to them. Seen as 2nd class citizens somewhat by a portion of humanity.

===The Uneth===
'''2433:''' First contact with Unathi people. An exploration mission to an uncharted desert planet uncovers the Unathi race, a highly aggressive race that apparently survived a self-destructive nuclear war. With their homeworld rules by various small tribes, many Unathi are ‘picked up’ from their homeworld by various governments and corporations and ‘employed’. Some are granted citizenship. They enjoy a higher degree of respect then the Tajara, but are still looked upon with suspicion and distrust.

==The Syndicate==
'''2440:''' NT leverages it’s plasma monopoly to effectively take-over several systems in the outer colonies. NT begins increasing the size of its navy to rival that of some empires. Sol Alliance supports NT despite growing public outrage. Talk of NT buying Senators. Resentment of NT grows in some systems across human space. Extremist elements in fringe systems recruited by burgeoning Syndicate.

'''2445:''' Human pop: 40 billion. Medical and cloning technological advances cause population boom. Syndicate begins staging small scale assaults using sleeper cells against NT across space; targeting anything NT from plasma refinement centers to orbital corporate habitation complexes. NT uses this as pretext to continue to expand its military. NT begins to heavily lobby the local governments of Tau Ceti, their chief plasma mining system.

'''2450:''' Tau Ceti local government ‘extremely’ pro-NT. Allegations of bribery largely ignored or swept under the rug. Syndicate operations steadily increase in intensity. Earth still a shit hole.

'''2452:''' Pop: 41 billion. Fringe systems flare up as ‘terrorists’ (e.g. Syndicate) attacks NT corporate interests there. Outer and Inner Systems also see an increase in syndicate operations, but on a more covert scale. NT and Tau Ceti Local Government ‘Republic of Biesel’ petition Sol Alliance for establishment of ‘Tau Ceti Free Trade Zone’, jointly administered by the two. Sol Alliance reluctantly establishes the Free Trade Zone, giving NT a foothold in the center of Alliance Space. Riots break out amidst accusations of NT essentially ‘buying the Republic of Beisel’. NT puts down the riots quickly and effectively. Syndicate begins active recruitment of Tau Ceti Citizens discontent with NT. NT institutes Loyalty Implanting requirements for all executives, a ‘voluntarily and painless’ process. Implants are also used to quell the most radical opposition to NT rule, all kept hush-hush, though.

'''2454:''' NT establishes a series of orbital mixed-used stations in Tau Ceti to act as R&D, Medical, Population and command and Control hubs. Among these are the research/mining station NSS Aurora in the Romanovich Cloud and the new Command Hub of NT: the Odin, aka ‘CentComm’ or ‘Central Command’.

==Present Day==
'''2456:''' Current Date. NT is an economic powerhouse which the Sol Alliance relies on for plasma to keep it’s trade routes to the outer colonies alive and satisfy the energy needs of it’s largest colonies. Anti-NT sentiment grows in Tau Ceti, but many others continue to support the megacorporation keeping the gears of the (human) galactic economy going.

However, the Syndicate continues to position itself to strike back against the NT on a larger scale; and many more exotic, fantastical elements of the universe such as the Vox, undiscovered alien life, extremists, even ancient powers beyond comprehension may be moving to strike at arguably the most powerful organization in human space.