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| 18s | for untold millennia the galaxy bore |
| 21s | witness to a vast and endless cycle a |
| 24s | nation would rise conquer the Stars |
| 27s | within their reach and eventually unite |
| 30s | every world through the might of their |
| 32s | armies or the efforts of their diplomats |
| 35s | yet such triumphs were never to endure |
| 38s | their glittering cities would become |
| 40s | wracked by plague a civil war would |
| 43s | shatter their planets or in their |
| 45s | arrogance their civilization would be |
| 47s | overcome or subsumed by machines of |
| 50s | their own design any survivors would be |
| 53s | forced to retreat into isolationism lone |
| 55s | bastions from which to observe the |
| 58s | greatest works of their fallen Empire be |
| 60s | pilfered by usurpers or simply fade into |
| 63s | legend yet for the first time in recent |
| 66s | memory when the cycle began anew the |
| 69s | wonders terrors and mysteries of the |
| 71s | galaxy were not left to a single nation |
| 74s | to inherit whether by a simple act of |
| 77s | fate or some cruel design a multitude of |
| 80s | nations took to the stars within mere |
| 83s | years of one another some in the pursuit |
| 85s | of utopian ideals others merely for |
| 88s | profit or plunder as this new age began |
| 92s | none could say whether these powers |
| 94s | would cooperate together in an |
| 96s | unprecedented display of harmony or if |
| 99s | the galaxy would descend into war until |
| 102s | a single banner flew above the ashes of |
| 104s | the others for a time the young races |
| 108s | merely analyzed and catalogued the stars |
| 110s | around them ignorant of their place in |
| 113s | the universe and the presence of one |
| 114s | another across the galaxy however their |
| 118s | ships slowly made contact and confirmed |
| 121s | the suspicion that they were not alone |
| 123s | in no instance were these initial |
| 126s | meetings more devastating than the first |
| 128s | contact between the Omni codex and the |
| 131s | way a boundless machine intelligence |
| 133s | that had long ago subdued and archived |
| 136s | their creators the Omni codex was |
| 139s | relentless in its pursuit of cataloging |
| 141s | and preserving selections of all life in |
| 144s | the galaxy |
| 145s | the humanoid Varga were to be no |
| 147s | exception their homeworld had been |
| 150s | brought to ruin by their own violent |
| 152s | tendencies and it was only through the |
| 154s | arrival of a great prophet that the |
| 156s | desperate survivors had been saved now |
| 159s | they searched for a perfect form of |
| 161s | existence known only as the way a state |
| 164s | of being that would transcend the very |
| 166s | fabric of the universe and the namesake |
| 168s | of their celestial Empire between such |
| 172s | antithetical ideologies there could be |
| 174s | no peace as the struggle for resources |
| 178s | and territory intensified or perhaps |
| 180s | driven by their unstable programming the |
| 183s | Omni codex declared war on the followers |
| 185s | of the way other contacts were |
| 189s | relatively peaceful with some even |
| 191s | resulting in declarations of |
| 192s | non-aggression or trade for the united |
| 195s | nations of the galaxy however first |
| 197s | contact brought with it uncomfortable |
| 200s | memories from the past the ung was the |
| 203s | result of humanity finally overcoming |
| 206s | the divisions and ignorant that for so |
| 208s | long had to find their species |
| 210s | ideological struggles had been replaced |
| 213s | with a free and open society one built |
| 216s | on the dream of achieving a prosperous |
| 218s | galaxy in a bitter irony it was the |
| 221s | union of supreme synthetic Republic's |
| 223s | that the ung first encountered a nation |
| 226s | built on the immortal concepts of |
| 228s | socialism and the overriding belief that |
| 230s | the flesh is weak star systems linking |
| 234s | the two nations were quickly fortified |
| 236s | and erased to claim the advantage |
| 238s | erupted across their border territories |
| 240s | the ideals of socialism had reached as |
| 243s | far as the jakirah patch and here the |
| 246s | asphodel anarchist collective embarked |
| 248s | on an aggressive campaign of expansion |
| 251s | inherently opposed to any form of |
| 253s | statism asphodel had granted its |
| 255s | citizens unrestricted personal freedom |
| 258s | but its outer colonies were soon overrun |
| 260s | with crime and narcotics it was quickly |
| 263s | determined that the anarchist socialist |
| 265s | model was not at fault but rather the |
| 268s | insidious machinations of a vast |
| 270s | criminal enterprise known only as the |
| 273s | family this underworld Empire operating |
| 276s | under the guise of a mega corporation |
| 278s | had spread its illicit operations to |
| 281s | asphodel worlds as more and more powers |
| 285s | came into contact with one another the |
| 287s | war between the Omni codex and the way |
| 289s | continued in the strategic cubsy system |
| 292s | the Omni codex seized a critical |
| 295s | Starbase and quickly fortified it |
| 297s | against any eventual counter-attack in |
| 300s | propaganda broadcast throughout local |
| 302s | space they coldly declared that there |
| 304s | would be no way through but conflict |
| 308s | could not be confined merely to this |
| 310s | corner of space when the world of Wegg |
| 313s | more home to the comparatively primitive |
| 316s | Zack plot civilization was seized by the |
| 318s | German to die collective the response |
| 320s | was swift an unknowable gist alt |
| 324s | consciousness the term ax to die could |
| 325s | not be entrusted to keep the Zack plot |
| 328s | free from domination and the socialist |
| 330s | to shelve a toha public was forced to |
| 332s | intervene pledging to liberate the |
| 335s | oppressed workers of the galaxy their |
| 337s | fleet of warships entered the star |
| 339s | system and quickly destroyed the local |
| 341s | turma to die garrison a terma to died |
| 344s | counter-attack was again beaten back |
| 346s | I'll be it with heavy losses and each |
| 348s | side agreed to end hostilities the Zack |
| 352s | plot had been saved and was soon |
| 354s | clandestinely indoctrinated with |
| 356s | socialist propaganda the ung likewise |
| 360s | found itself the target of those who |
| 362s | would see the workers of all worlds |
| 364s | unite after decades of tensions the |
| 367s | socialist assha Vita |
| 369s | a public launched an attack into the U n |
| 371s | G's border systems annexing several and |
| 374s | pressing their advantage to force |
| 376s | humanity to come |
| 377s | two terms the defeat was a blow to the |
| 380s | ung is morale but proved to be a |
| 382s | catalyst for the galaxy's first major |
| 385s | alliance eventually platy Corp a |
| 388s | corporate authority obsessed with the |
| 390s | need for self-improvement and perfection |
| 392s | the cupid or technocracy a science |
| 394s | Directorate which aimed to achieve |
| 396s | immortality through cybernetics and the |
| 398s | O'Bannon Republic a machine intelligence |
| 400s | formed from an autonomous service grid |
| 402s | joined together to serve as a bulwark |
| 405s | against the hostile forces of the galaxy |
| 409s | their victories over the way had |
| 412s | emboldened the Omni codex and in its |
| 414s | continued bed to catalog all life |
| 416s | declared war on reflects Inc a mega |
| 420s | corporation built on exploitation and |
| 423s | tyranny reflects Inc was helpless as one |
| 426s | of its worlds was conquered and its |
| 428s | population sent back to the Omni codex |
| 430s | homeworld for dissection and cataloging |
| 433s | true to their nature the Omni codex |
| 435s | relinquished control over the planet |
| 437s | once their gruesome task had been |
| 439s | completed elsewhere in the galaxy in a |
| 443s | rare victory for diplomacy I'll be at |
| 445s | diplomacy conducted at gunpoint platy |
| 448s | Corp accepted the demands made by the |
| 450s | socialist to show great el Republic |
| 452s | adopting a type of social welfare for |
| 454s | all its citizens as if to emphasize |
| 458s | their continued successes or perhaps |
| 460s | boast of the inherent superiority of the |
| 462s | socialist system which they had for so |
| 464s | long claimed the socialist to shelita |
| 467s | the public announced the establishment |
| 469s | of a galactic marketplace |
| 471s | becoming the unofficial center of the |
| 473s | galactic economy this achievement |
| 476s | motivated the other socialist nations of |
| 478s | the galaxy the union of supreme |
| 480s | synthetic republics the asphodel |
| 482s | anarchist collective and the cooperative |
| 484s | commune of crustacean planets whose |
| 486s | homeworld had long suffered under the |
| 488s | rule of capitalism before their own |
| 490s | Glorious Revolution to form the fifth |
| 492s | interstellar in a single stroke the |
| 495s | alliance founded by the ung had been |
| 497s | overtaken as the most powerful combined |
| 500s | force in the galaxy the formation of two |
| 504s | competing power blocks was not enough to |
| 506s | stem the tide of conflict however the |
| 509s | way continued to escape the |
| 511s | of the Omni codex only to have their |
| 513s | homeworld occupied forbidden from |
| 516s | accepting peace by the doctrines of |
| 517s | their faith the way continued there |
| 520s | possibly futile struggle sensing |
| 523s | weakness the batido empire a bandit |
| 526s | kingdom of slavers seize the opportunity |
| 528s | to attack the ways remaining colonies |
| 530s | abducting their populace before |
| 533s | retreating behind the safety of their |
| 534s | borders the aeternam a hive mind that |
| 538s | had so far lingered beyond the periphery |
| 541s | of known space also took advantage of |
| 543s | the situation its ships launched a |
| 546s | daring attack in the outermost systems |
| 548s | of the Omni codex aiming to cut off its |
| 551s | line of advance before the aeternum |
| 553s | strone added to the codex's collection |
| 556s | even the newly founded 5th interstellar |
| 559s | was not above the threat of war the |
| 562s | whole eval team kingdom led by religious |
| 564s | fanatics who viewed the galaxy as theirs |
| 567s | and theirs alone declared war on the |
| 569s | asphodel anarchist collective their |
| 572s | initial raids achieved little and after |
| 574s | a fierce counter-attack by the asphodel |
| 576s | destroyed much of the holy vault ins |
| 578s | fleet the conflict stagnated with |
| 581s | neither side able to breach the defenses |
| 583s | of the other only after a hidden |
| 586s | military buildup of warships |
| 587s | specifically designed to nullify the |
| 589s | weaponry of their opponent was the |
| 591s | asphodel anarchist collective able to |
| 593s | decisively beat the whole eval tin |
| 595s | kingdom in open battle and force a white |
| 598s | peace one in which both sides declared |
| 601s | victory in an attempt to compete with |
| 604s | the fifth interstellar and enforce their |
| 606s | will upon the galaxy the ung Zone |
| 609s | Alliance after much deliberation |
| 611s | declared war upon the dredge an enormous |
| 615s | colony of drones united under the will |
| 617s | of their hive Queen the dredge had long |
| 619s | been a threatening presence in their |
| 621s | region of the galaxy even going so far |
| 623s | as to destroy an alien derelict known as |
| 626s | the infinity machine before the |
| 628s | scientists of platy Corp could fully |
| 630s | unlock its secrets as such conflicts |
| 634s | captured the attention of the Galactic |
| 636s | community other nations were content to |
| 638s | remain within their borders or enact |
| 640s | their plans through less obvious |
| 643s | the uppermost leadership of the family |
| 646s | was rumored to have spent much of their |
| 647s | time aboard the opulent casino starbase |
| 650s | run by the migrant caravan years |
| 652s | reportedly boasting the family rules the |
| 655s | dice the universe answers every time |
| 658s | their winnings were used to spread their |
| 661s | network of crime and piracy across the |
| 663s | galaxy and their targets struggled to |
| 665s | find a way to contain their hidden |
| 667s | influence in a battle fought through |
| 670s | engineering the two cardian utopia an |
| 673s | isolationist power that longed for |
| 675s | nothing more than calm and peaceful |
| 677s | inward perfection defeated the union of |
| 680s | supreme synthetic Republic's in the race |
| 682s | to construct the first large-scale |
| 684s | artificial habitat it was in a remote |
| 687s | and largely forgotten region of the |
| 690s | galaxy that the strangest incident |
| 692s | occurred in the earliest days of the new |
| 694s | age as the other nations of the galaxy |
| 697s | encountered one another amongst the |
| 698s | Stars the cyber kinetic collective |
| 701s | former livestock that had broken their |
| 703s | shackles and now worked towards the |
| 705s | mastery of technology made contact with |
| 708s | something vastly different after several |
| 711s | of their greatest scientists were lost |
| 713s | within the guitar a black hole the |
| 715s | collective was approached by a being of |
| 717s | unfathomable intelligence known only as |
| 720s | the worm through the light of the worm |
| 723s | and the ominous mantra that what was |
| 725s | shall be the cyber kinetic collective |
| 728s | was reborn every citizen utterly and |
| 731s | mysteriously transformed the new age of |
| 735s | opportunity and danger that unfolded |
| 737s | across the galaxy challenged every |
| 740s | nation within it mighty alliances have |
| 742s | formed but whether they will remain |
| 744s | united in the face of adversity or |
| 747s | merely pacts of convenience has yet to |
| 749s | be tested conflicting ideologies have |
| 752s | created battlefields out of star systems |
| 754s | perhaps the first step to victory or |
| 757s | future graveyards of empires powers |
| 760s | vying for the mantle of leadership have |
| 762s | made their names known across the galaxy |
| 765s | but do they have the will to move the |
| 768s | wheel of history or are they merely |
| 770s | targets for those who have yet to step |
| 773s | out from the shadows |
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