At the end of the 22nd century, humanity began to leave their home planet of Earth to build a new civilization among the stars. The groups that left Earth set out with grand ideals and optimism, but they also brought with them old prejudices and the last leaders of Earth's nations. Earth itself was dying, it could no longer handle the demands placed upon on it by humanity.
As humanity expanded, tensions that were thought to have been left behind on Earth burst out into open. Who fired first is unclear, both the North American Union and the Union of Islamic Republics had been hostile toward each other for decades. Both sides blamed each other when the NAUS Illustrious was destroyed while patrolling the UIR-NAU border. Soon, both nations had rallied their allies and all of Terran space was engulfed in a great conflagration. The war spiraled out of control and both sides took heavy losses. After almost twelve years of conflict, the NAU and the European Union had beaten both the UIR and their ally the Chinese Federation. Now alone its fight, the Russian Stellar Federation chose to surrender rather than face an invasion and occupation like the UIR and the CF.
With the end of the war and the continuation of Terran expansion, new colonies were founded on the frontier that broke away from the old political order. Overtime, the borders of Terran Space were redrawn. Old nations collapsed from the inside and new nations were born out of their corpses.
Factions
The United Colonies of Earth
History
The United Colonies of Earth is a federation of planets founded in 2314 after the revolution in the NAU. The revolution was caused by a massive post-war depression, This depression could not have come at a worse time for the NAU because with the war over, billions of servicemen who had been mobilized during the war were returning home where they could find little work.
Soon, those who had fought for years and even decades began to feel as if the government and the general public had forgot about them. This feeling of disappointment turned into anger, and soon this anger led to widespread protests across the NAU by veterans and their supporters. Some of these demonstrations turned violent, and the leaders of the NAU attempted to institute marshal order.
The demonstrations of the veterans led civilians who had either been swept up in the wartime patriotism or arrested for the duration of the war under anti-sedition laws to begin to lead marches and demonstrations themselves as a feeling of general discontentment with the government spread across the Union colonies. Discontentment turned into rage and eventually acts of terrorism against government targets.
As the organizations dedicated to regime change multiplied and the government lost its control over the people, the NAU began to break apart into many competing states, each with their own version of "regime change". The NAU was officially disbanded when a force known as the Army For Cultural Change took over the NAU capital of Roosevelt and the government was forced to surrender to the rebels.
For over 150 years the new nations that were born from the NAU fought amongst themselves and other outside forces. In 2462, the large breakup state the Federated Worlds of Earth began a campaign to unify the former-NAU states and even capture some parts of the former EU territory. By 2473 the warring colonies including the Terran homeward of Earth and the FWE was reorganized into the United Colonies of Earth.
The UCE Navy
UCEN Ships
Misapprehension class carrier
Misconception class cruiser
Objection class cruiser
Grievance class frigate
Misgivings class destroyer
Complaint class gunboat
Annoyance class fighter
Misjudgement class fighter
Accusation class bomber
The Exo-solar Trading Union
History
When the Great War ended, most of the Russian Federation and the European Union had escaped the same kind of devastation as what had taken place in the NAU and the UIR. Becuase their economies were both largely untouched, both nations were crucial in the brief period of recovery that followed the signing of the Treaty of New Kursk and that ended with the NAU's civil war.
During this period of recovery, the two nation's economies became closely intertwined. It was during the post-war recovery that EU and the NRF signed their first trade pact. By 2453, the two nations had merged their governments with the signing of the Unification Agreement. The ETU quickly became the most economically powerful star nation through its aggressive trade polices (and in some cases direct military action) and shrewd diplomacy.
Today, the ETU is among the most influential Terran nations. Although it is small territorially small, its military power is rivaled only by the UCE. In addition to its own fleets, the ETU can also call upon the forces of several small puppet states it uses as a buffer between itself and the more aggressive elements of the New Kingdom.
The ETU Defense Force
ETU DF Ships
Blockade class freighter
Punitive class battleship
Embargo class tanker
Interdiction class cruiser
Severence class drone
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Admission class destroyer
Plebiscite class monitor
