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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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