Backstory
In the year 2150, Earth had become an overpopulated and desolate planet. Poverty, hunger, and radioactive fallout from the last World War were affecting everyone, leaving billions of people either dead or dying. Earth had given us everything and we took it all with no remorse or reparation. We had ravaged Earth with our pety wars and stripped it bare, human civilization was nearing it’s end.
It wasn’t until this time that we began to finally understood our impending fate and began to take destiny into our own hands. The few remaining nations of Earth created the Earth Alliance and scoured the visible universe in the hope that other planets would be found that could sustain our civilization. In 2159 we discovered a small corner of our own galaxy that could possibly sustain us, a journey that would take nearly a century. The undertaking was unprecedented. We built starships and rapidly developed technologies to sustain us during the journey. Never in all of human history had there been such cooperation and effort put into any endeavor. We launched 33 Alliance starships in 2183, crewed by whom we thought were the best and brightest. It was mankind’s crowning achievement.
During our journey, communication relays were launched that allowed us to remain in contact with Earth. For five decades we adapted to space travel, thriving in our technological prowess, and communicating back to Earth the wonders we encountered. However unlikely as it seemed to us, life was once again becoming worse on Earth. Several of the nations had fallen and what order there was soon turned into chaos. The Earth Alliance collapsed, and war once again consumed their minds. It was apparent that we had not learned our lesson after all. In 2235 we lost all communications with Earth. It was unknown what happened or why, but one thing was now certain, we were now truly alone.
It was in the year 2250 that we finally arrived to a planet that we would soon call home, a place we named Eden. Eden was the ultimate planet for supporting the human race. Some say it was more Earth like than Earth itself had ever been. It wasn’t long before we gained a strong foothold there. We planted crops, rebuilt our civilization, and even began building new starships and exploring new worlds. We renamed our government to the Colonial Alliance to signify our own endeavours and our lost ties to Earth. For 80 years we expanded our reach, colonizing and mining planets for the resources we needed, all the while leaving Eden as untouched as possible. After all of our effort, we came to the conclusion that we had saved humanity from itself.
In 2330, a year that will remain in infamy, the colony on New Japan was obliterated by an unknown foe. 10,000 souls were lost on that horrific day. During our entire journey we had never encountered any alien species, and it was completely unknown who could have caused such destruction. That was until we we received the following transmission two days later: “We are the Terran Hegemony. From the ashes we arose and washed ourselves clean of all that was impure. We will cleanse the Universe of all who are inferior. Everything that is yours is now ours.”