Post by Cpt Micha on Jul 14, 2008 17:21:52 GMT -5
The year is twenty four ninety three.
The Earth United Systems, was established in the year 2267 after the founding of the Lunar, Martian and Phobos Colonies. The E.U.S hosted somewhere around thirty colonies by the year 2340. Each colony in theory has it's own government as well as it's own vote in the E.U.S. (though in truth it's really just a puppet government under Earth gov)
The Outsystem colonies were fairly recently established, even with Ftl and the newly discovered jump gates colonization is a slow expensive affair. There is usually a considerable technology gap between colonies and the EUS systems.
In the year 2479, the colonies gradually began to rebel from E.U.S control, until they are all engulfed in a state of rebellion from the core system. There are many reasons for this, taxation, exploitation, unfair laws etc etc.
Phase Three Colonies often only have twenty second, or late twenty first century technology at their disposal as they are on the frontiers of space colonization. Phase Two is significantly more advanced than Phase Three but often have several missing technologies enjoyed by the E.U.S.
Defensive technology has advanced to such a state over all, that melee combat and weapons have made a resurgence as have the special combat training for them. Combat often also takes place in very close proximity on ships furthering their use.
There has been no "Official" first contact though sightings are as abundant if not more so than ever. That is not to say there has been zero contact with alien life, indeed there are many species of flora and fauna that have been encountered which have been anything but terrestrial.
This setting is best described as early to mid PL7 gravity age setting.
The Earth United Systems, was established in the year 2267 after the founding of the Lunar, Martian and Phobos Colonies. The E.U.S hosted somewhere around thirty colonies by the year 2340. Each colony in theory has it's own government as well as it's own vote in the E.U.S. (though in truth it's really just a puppet government under Earth gov)
The Outsystem colonies were fairly recently established, even with Ftl and the newly discovered jump gates colonization is a slow expensive affair. There is usually a considerable technology gap between colonies and the EUS systems.
In the year 2479, the colonies gradually began to rebel from E.U.S control, until they are all engulfed in a state of rebellion from the core system. There are many reasons for this, taxation, exploitation, unfair laws etc etc.
Phase Three Colonies often only have twenty second, or late twenty first century technology at their disposal as they are on the frontiers of space colonization. Phase Two is significantly more advanced than Phase Three but often have several missing technologies enjoyed by the E.U.S.
Defensive technology has advanced to such a state over all, that melee combat and weapons have made a resurgence as have the special combat training for them. Combat often also takes place in very close proximity on ships furthering their use.
There has been no "Official" first contact though sightings are as abundant if not more so than ever. That is not to say there has been zero contact with alien life, indeed there are many species of flora and fauna that have been encountered which have been anything but terrestrial.
This setting is best described as early to mid PL7 gravity age setting.