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	While you are encouraged to start playing immediately after reading the [[New Player Lore Guide]], this page provides a more in-depth summary of the setting, its history, background, and factions. It is therefore significantly longer than the New Player Lore Guide, and shouldn't be read before playing a few rounds on the server. It will be divided into three sections: an overview of the history of the Spur, an overview of the contemporary Spur, and an overview of the alien species and the entities they've created.		While you are encouraged to start playing immediately after reading the [[New Player Lore Guide]], this page provides a more in-depth summary of the setting, its history, background, and factions. It is therefore significantly longer than the New Player Lore Guide, and shouldn't be read before playing a few rounds on the server. It will be divided into three sections: an overview of the history of the Spur, an overview of the contemporary Spur, and an overview of the alien species and the entities they've created.

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	While you are encouraged to start playing immediately after reading the [[New Player Lore Guide]], this page provides a more in-depth summary of the setting, its history, background, and factions. It is therefore significantly longer than the New Player Lore Guide, and shouldn't be read before playing a few rounds on the server. It will be divided into three sections: an overview of the history of the Spur, an overview of the contemporary Spur, and an overview of the ~~entities that make up the shakers~~ and ~~movers of~~ the ~~setting~~.		While you are encouraged to start playing immediately after reading the [[New Player Lore Guide]], this page provides a more in-depth summary of the setting, its history, background, and factions. It is therefore significantly longer than the New Player Lore Guide, and shouldn't be read before playing a few rounds on the server. It will be divided into three sections: an overview of the history of the Spur, an overview of the contemporary Spur, and an overview of the alien species and the entities they've created.

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	~~Andddddd that's basically all~~ you ~~need~~ to ~~know before hopping into a round! It is encouraged that you~~ start ~~by learning through~~ playing ~~rather than~~ reading - ~~doing~~ the ~~latter immediately tends to overwhelm folks~~. ~~Aurora~~ Lore is the ~~combined work~~ of ~~dozens~~ of ~~people over~~ the ~~course of over a decade~~, ~~which means it cannot truly be defined in any one category - it is comprised~~ of ~~dozens of themes, narratives~~, and ~~writing styles - if you can think~~ of ~~an origin~~ that ~~fits within~~ the ~~wide sandbox outlined above, it probably exists somewhere. That said, here are the primary human factions~~ of the ~~spur~~.		While you are encouraged to start playing immediately after reading the [[New Player Lore Guide]], this page provides a more in-depth summary of the setting, its history, background, and factions. It is therefore significantly longer than the New Player Lore Guide, and shouldn't be read before playing a few rounds on the server. It will be divided into three sections: an overview of the history of the Spur, an overview of the contemporary Spur, and an overview of the entities that make up the shakers and movers of the setting.

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	Now we're in the current setting. The year is '''{{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}} + 442}} CE''' (Common Era), and the Orion Spur stands on the edge of a new age. The worst of the phoron scarcity seems to be receding '''for now''', though instability and uncertainty persist. Through the cooperation of its constituent corporations, the SCC controls all but a sliver of economic productivity, and so long as they continue to cooperate little can be done to change this. However cracks are already starting to show, and the SCC's members are at best, semi-unified and continue to quarrel amongst themselves, looking out for their interests first. '''Hephaestus Industries''' – after years of careful planning – have acquired what even '''NanoTrasen''' struggled to seize after forcing the Alliance to allow Biesel’s secession: the monopoly over an entire nation in the '''Izweski Hegemony''', to the alarm of all the other SCC members, who revised their approach to Hephaestus to ensure they do not gain too much power, with rumors of megacorporate backing for the Trinary Perfectionist attack on Burszia; but there is no rumor more likely then the ones circulating Zavodskoi Interstellar, already bitter rivals with the Industrial Titan, who have recently been accused of hiring pirates to attack Hephaestus assets, alongside supplying anti-Hephaestus terrorist groups within the Izweski Hegemony. The relationships on which the SCC depends are tenuous ones, '''only held together by Miranda Trasen using every tactic she can think of'''; assurance of mutual profit, NanoTrasen's power, a healthy amount of fear, political corruption, bullying, threats, bribery, blackmail, corporate espionage, the occasional convenient death, and masterfully playing the constituent corporations against each other. Through all these tactics she manages to just hold it together, and the power it gives her makes her one of, if not the most, powerful individual in the entire Spur; though only time will tell how long she can continue to hold the conglomerate together, maintaining her position.		Now we're in the current setting. The year is '''{{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}} + 442}} CE''' (Common Era), and the Orion Spur stands on the edge of a new age. The worst of the phoron scarcity seems to be receding '''for now''', though instability and uncertainty persist. Through the cooperation of its constituent corporations, the SCC controls all but a sliver of economic productivity, and so long as they continue to cooperate little can be done to change this. However cracks are already starting to show, and the SCC's members are at best, semi-unified and continue to quarrel amongst themselves, looking out for their interests first. '''Hephaestus Industries''' – after years of careful planning – have acquired what even '''NanoTrasen''' struggled to seize after forcing the Alliance to allow Biesel’s secession: the monopoly over an entire nation in the '''Izweski Hegemony''', to the alarm of all the other SCC members, who revised their approach to Hephaestus to ensure they do not gain too much power, with rumors of megacorporate backing for the Trinary Perfectionist attack on Burszia; but there is no rumor more likely then the ones circulating Zavodskoi Interstellar, already bitter rivals with the Industrial Titan, who have recently been accused of hiring pirates to attack Hephaestus assets, alongside supplying anti-Hephaestus terrorist groups within the Izweski Hegemony. The relationships on which the SCC depends are tenuous ones, '''only held together by Miranda Trasen using every tactic she can think of'''; assurance of mutual profit, NanoTrasen's power, a healthy amount of fear, political corruption, bullying, threats, bribery, blackmail, corporate espionage, the occasional convenient death, and masterfully playing the constituent corporations against each other. Through all these tactics she manages to just hold it together, and the power it gives her makes her one of, if not the most, powerful individual in the entire Spur; though only time will tell how long she can continue to hold the conglomerate together, maintaining her position.

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= General Setting Info Dump cause I haven't figured out a title =
Andddddd that's basically all you need to know before hopping into a round! It is encouraged that you start by learning through playing rather than reading - doing the latter immediately tends to overwhelm folks. Aurora Lore is the combined work of dozens of people over the course of over a decade, which means it cannot truly be defined in any one category - it is comprised of dozens of themes, narratives, and writing styles - if you can think of an origin that fits within the wide sandbox outlined above, it probably exists somewhere. That said, here are the primary human factions of the spur.

===The Solarian Alliance===
The Solarian Alliance was once the sole government of humanity, but after a devastating civil war and two centuries of decline, it has become a shadow of what it once was. All human nations are in some way breakaway states from the Alliance, including the Empire of Dominia which was founded by colonists sent from the Alliance before being cut off. Most of the planets of the Alliance have long and rich histories, rife with heroism, treachery, hope, horror, corruption, and tragedy. It is possibly the most populous nation, still holding most of the earliest human colonies close to the Sol system itself, and therefore also the largest.

===The Republic of Biesel===
The Republic of Biesel is the most recently founded nation in the spur, only coming into existence in (date). Since then, the young Republic has faced crisis after crisis, being beaten into the dirt only to get back up over and over. This perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds has seen the Republic through most crises, but it remains uncertain if it will see them through the Phoron Scarcity, given that the Republic's wealth, prosperity, and very existence are thanks to this rare element. Still, while they continue to hang on, ideals such as freedom, inclusivity, and a duty to protect those first two values from outside sources have all become tenets for the young republic's emerging culture - one that is still very young - yet exists all the same.

===The Coalition of Colonies===
The Coalition of Colonies was the second interstellar human "nation" to form, though to call it a nation is a stretch. There is very little centralized authority, and factitious infighting is a staple of Coalition politics. This is a result of its formation, as a group of disparate frontier rebels fighting against the Alliance's extortion of the colonies to try and soften the blow of a financial crisis in the core worlds. Governments of all types can be found within the Coalition, from the continual martial law of Gadpathur, the Democracy of Xanu, and the Syndicalism of Himeo; all operate under the umbrella of the Coalition of Colonies, but could not be more different from each other. The Coalition prioritizes freedom of above all - but the freedom of states and planets to choose as they see fit - rather than individual freedoms.

===The Serene Republic of Elyra===
The Serene Republic of Elyra came into being in the aftermath of the Interstellar War, as a wounded and battered Alliance continued to face civil unrest in its southern reaches. After the death of a scholar during a protest - the Elyran Revolution would occur, and the new nation would be formed. Isolationist in nature, it has maintained an ethnically homogeneous population and culture throughout its history, and it is next to impossible for outsiders to be granted Elyran Citizenship. As such, it people and culture are extremely similar to those peoples and cultures that can be found in the Modern Day Middle East, North Africa, Anatolia, and Persia regions.

==The Empire of Dominia==
The Empire of Dominia is an odd nation out when it comes to humanity, as it did not come to be through direct revolt against the Alliance, though its formation still saw plenty of bloodshed. After the disaster of the Interstellar War, Elyran Independence, and a continually worsening economy, the Alliance cut its losses, ceasing to try and expand into the Southern Spur. However, expeditions had already been sent, and would now receive no assistance from the wider alliance. It would not be until the 2300s that the planet Moroz would be united through a brutal series of wars (Known as the War of Moroz), under an autocratic, imperialist, and theocratic state, known as the Empire of Dominia. They are easily the strangest of the human nations, having very different cultures, religions, and similar due to developing in isolation for so long.

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