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The EarthStar Republic, a tyrannical, militaristic government, have, for decades, exploited the outer colony worlds for the benefit of the rich Military, Corporation, and Core worlds, stripping the minerals from the planets and leaving them bare and polluted. Angered by increasing oppression, taxation and bullying by the Central worlds, the Outer Colonies have revolted. Using ancient and retired war machines of the EarthStar Republic they attacked by surprise stealing young, as yet unspoiled, virgin planets from the Republic. However their old fashioned, antiquated ships were soon destroyed when the Republic regrouped and sent a task force to conquer the insubordinate worlds and annihilate the populations. In the space of 7 months half the rebellions planets had been conquered and then beset by severe orbital bombardment to exterminate all life on the planets. In this dark hour Damien McAvera, noted former shipwright come engineer and now famous politician, united the leaders of the rebellion to form a combined military. The United Rim Alliance. Then he bent his formidable intellect to the problem of defeating the Republic Navy. After 3 weeks he set his engineers to work. What they built became a legend. His engineers had crafted a fleet of graceful and powerful warships. The sleek vessels carried weapons that surpassed those of the Republic. Engines that enabled even the largest of their capital ships to stroll pass those of the Republic with ease. Shields that protected them from all but the heaviest weapons, and tactical computers and targeting matrixes without equal. They struck fast, hard and with the fury of an avenging angel. Every world that had been decimated was reclaimed and every outpost long since destroyed was rebuilt. It looked as if the Rim Alliance would conquer the republic, but then the Republic played its trump card. Its Hirac Delest Its prototype ship the dreadnought. Larger than any ship then built it carried weapons that could blow chunks off moons, shields that enabled it to fly into the very heats of dying suns without harm, and armour greater than any ship then possessed. Hundreds of these ships were mass-produced and they held back the armadas of the Alliance. The Dreadnoughts supported by the other ships of the Republic enabled the EarthStar Republic began to take a more active role. No longer was it confined to defending its worlds, now it could strike back. Since that day many battles and campaigns have been waged by both the Alliance and the Republic. Weapons and ships have been upgraded or replaced yet in the 30 years since the development of the Alliance Warships and the Republic Dreadnought, no side has seemed capable of besting the other. The Alliance Nova Carrier and the Republic Neutron Frigate have both impacted in the last 6 years and have raised the technological standards of both sides substantially. Into this turmoil and darkness you are thrust. A young merchant captain with potential and drive. When you were 18 your father bought you a Trading Shuttle and sent you out into the universe to make your way. Will you help bring down the oppressive Republic or will you help them to crush the traitorous ungrateful Alliance, or does the idea of making a fortune and living the life of a merchant appeal to you? Perhaps you will aid the Galactic Police in their bid to defeat the many pirate factions, maybe you will lead the Pirates to a new era for them. The choice is yours; no matter what you do you will leave your mark on the galaxy. Just hope your mark isn't a faded bloodstain set across a blackened world in the light of some distant star... |