## History of the Federation, by Elton Collingwood. ### Early history (Founding and First Sol war) The Third world war came following the Augment war, wherein the [United Augmented Republic](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/uar) came together under commander Farsight and launched an all out war against the rest of Humanity, before fleeing to the [Twin Shadows Galaxy](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/twinShadows). Though officially WW3 comes after the Augment war, there really was no formal in between point. During the Augment war, a nuclear power plant in the central United States was hit by a uranium enriched god rod, as was a nuclear power plant outside Berlin. The result of these strikes was that a 2000km radius (Berlin to French border of Belgium) became a zombie infested radiation filled wasteland. During the Third World war, the factional alliance was easily described as North America, Western Europe, Africa, and Eastern South America against Eastern Europe, Western South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Australia was at this point returned to the control of the Emus, as the UAR had previously used it as their capital. On the Versian Side (Russia + allies), the orthodox Church took holy minitor warriors to what was left of Poland, while the west sent its three Holy Orders (the Jed-i Order, The Gray Order, and the Order of Sith), and a general unaligned holy order also began to spring up, though more to deal with the otherworldly begins (known as the witcher order) This holy war was also the first time that mankind would wield void power. The original Federation was founded following the third world war, as the remaining nations on Earth came together to form the United Federation of Earth. While what would become known as Vers fled towards Mars, the UFE focused instead of rebuilding and preparing for the next war. With major work projects like the Moon Mac project, or the Solar Auxillary Force, the UFE was shaping up to be a real system power when the First Sol War began. The UFE and Vers Empire would spend the next three years in an epic war over the land between Earth and 'Vers', culminating in the 36 Orbital Knights of Vers launching a crusade for the planet that was promised them, Earth. While a majority of the Landing castles the knights used to attack Earth were destroyed before they could arrive, a small section of six castles broke off to head for Luna. While the remaining castles made moves towards Earth. As the Six Luna-bound castles began their approach, the Moon Mac array began barrage the heavens with explosions. Successfully destroying two of the inbound landing castles. Meanwhile, the battle for the stars around Earth continued to get more and more heated. As tens of thousands died during insane offenses from leaders without even simulated experience. Through sheer luck, and the support of a rogue knight, the UFE was able to slow down the invading force long enough for the moon to offer its support. As four landing castles streaked across the endless night sky, the Deucalion, flagship of the UFE fleet, arrived delivering with it the destruction of a landing castle outright. With the support of the Moon Macs, the rest of the fleet was decimated until only the ruins of two landing castles remained. Both though, were able to burrow themselves into the surface of the moon. For the next two months a frantic corridor to corridor war was fought over the massive moon instillation. The two landing castles, the Luna Wolves and the Luna Guides, low on supplies, even lower on power suits and people to man them. The Luna Wolves brokered a deal with the UFE, in exchange for control of the moon, the "Luna Knights" would forever defend Earth, ensuring the planet would never be destroyed. In return for this, the Luna Knights would Secure the moon. Following the destruction of the Orbital Knights, the UFE were quick to invade Vers, leaving the fledgling nation with control over the planet. With this defeat, Tzar Victor Petrov would sign the Axion Accords, creating an alliance between the two baby giants, often ridiculed as "the space united nations" the comparison was not without merit. Though the [Axion Alliance](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/axiosAlliance) served more as a forum for leaders to voice their displeasure at one another then as a location to actually pass law. Following the war, Sigmar would leave the Vers Empire to found [Germushia](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/germushia) and the belters would begin to rise up to found [Artekka](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/artekka). Meanwhile Vers and the UFE would begin to launch colony ships to other systems. Following the third world war, the UFE's capital was declared to be in the City of Winnipeg. Which had played a vital role during the Augment wars and WW3, and was centralized enough to be able to reach most parts of the world at a fairly even speed, while also being in the middle of a fairly safe area from the effects of climate change that the various nuclear disasters had brought about. ### Rise of the First Empire Following the First Sol war, humanity entered into a golden age of space exploration. Sigmar was hit with his guiding light to head out and give the Germushian people a home. The belters united and designed their own Void Drive, heading out to gather more resources for the great project. The Versian government had once again calmed itself, and now had a dedicated goal, expand outwards. Instead of competing at how they could more wastefully use their citizens, the UFE and Vers began a rivalry focused on creating new citizens. As the sapling human nations began to grow, so to did their desire for bloodshed. The pirates and bandit groups who would take advantage of the vast then unexplored expanse that is the milky way served as a way to occupy the various calls for humans lesser nature to cause harm to one another. But this would not last. Over the following centuries from the Sol war, the various nations and other smaller ones spurred up and began their lives only to be crushed as quickly. The trading of territories would be paused for various events requiring the unity of humanity, such as alien invasions, plagues, and other horrors. But as the second millennium came to a close, in the Congress of the United Federation of Earth, a madman, a member of the ancient Sith Order, Darth Sidious, known as Congressman Sheeve Palpatine, would be elected Prime Minister, giving him executive control over congress. In the following days, the Vice President in charge of the Senate was assassinated, and the Senate voted to have Prime Minister Palpatine become Acting Vice President. Several more days later, the presidents capital ship vanished during an unexpected void storm around Earth. The result was that the Prime Minister was also the President and the Vice President. Many within the Senate pointed to the insane contradiction at the end, and a vote was held removing the Prime Minister of his title as Vice President, instead handing it to another member of the Senate, who was a supporter of the Prime Minister named Anakin Skywalker. Having effectively taken control of the government, Palpatine declared himself emperor, and his apprentice, Darth Vader (who was elected Vice President), the heir to the throne. This caused massive political upheaval and resulted in the First Imperial war, or the First Civil war. The UFE would declare a new emergency government on Terra Nova, on the far side of the Galaxy from Earth proper. Terra Nova would become the historic and constant home of the UFE to fall back to during times of war, even during the latest [Imperial War](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/imperialwar) and is now the capital of the [United Federation of Terra Nova](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/ufTn). Under Emperor Palpatine, the Imperial Cannon was Codified to contain: - A declaration of an Empire - The official declaration of the [Empire](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/transGalaticEmpire), explains how the government should be organized, with the emperor as the head of government and state with absolute power. A legislative branch in the form of the Imperial Senate, the executive branch being composed of the military, and the judicial branch being non existent, instead being folded into both legislative and executive. Declares the Book of Sith the state holy text. - The book of Sith - The ancient Sith holy hoser book, dating back to the ancient Canadian Sith Order from the days of the Third World War. Defines a lot of the religious and therefore social aspects of the empire. - The Tarkin Doctrine - Defines the military doctrine of the empire. Supremacy must be visible at all times. The military must appear as a single unified, unbreakable wall. An unstoppable wave of identically trained perfect soldiers. - An Empire of Nobody - Written by a heavy critic within the Senate of the Emperor. Outlines the fact that the empire is nothing without its citizens and thus is always subservient to them and their needs. If they are not happy then the empire can not function. This document would server as the outline of imperial society for all the future and is considered required reading for any nations leader in the Known Universe. (Authors note, yes, this reads like shitty fan fiction. I am aware. I am sorry. It was a while ago. I have taken a fair bit of work to try and make the actual characters and events different, really the names are closer to jlaw in Star Trek Beyond, where it was a stand in for Jenifer Lawrence or something and they basically hacked it last minute. I just haven't hacked these names yet because theres too much built around it now.) During the ensuing war against the empire, a small group of rebels would infiltrate the empire and assassinate the Emperor. The group was composed of: Geralt of Riva, Luke Skywalker, and Sigmarius. Combined their mastery of the void allowed them to open a direct void portal to the imperial throne room. Upon their arrival, the three battled Darth Sidious while his apprentice was off battling the main UFE fleet on the other side of the galaxy. Before the emperor could be slain, he declared that the imperial Senate was no longer in session. Meaning that the empire effectively could only be restarted by Darth Vader. Darth Vader, upon hearing about the death of his master declared an immediate cease fire. Ordered all imperial personnel and those who were loyal to the empire to board their ships and head towards a set of [coordinates](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/palpatinius) he broadcast on an open frequency. Over the next decade as various imperial personal declared themselves warlords, and random systems declared independence, the UFE began to attempt to retake the land it once held, including the jewel of humanity, Earth. Thankfully, the witcher world ship Rivea arrived at the behest of Geralt, and served as the unofficial occupying force on Earth until the UFE could arrive and properly secure the planet. ### The Witchers Take Control After Geralt got a taste for power, he decided that organizing the Witchers, from being separate orders each tied to their worldship, into a unified block would serve as a good long term decision. This would destroy universal confidence in the witchers for tens of thousands of years. As the world ships began to join Geralt's newly formed [witcher forum](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/witchers), the individually powerful micro-nations became oppressively powerful. Soon, Geralt began to see the issues with a true democracy composed of those who are, without question, better then your average human. To his disgust the forum became more and more insular and focused on how the witchers knew better then humanity on the course of action, after all, they had the foresight of the ancient forerunners. These initially small talks would be amplified by humanity. Some nations doing more then others to tarnish the name of the witchers. The damning moment was the destruction of the worldship Azunmith, home to one of the most outspoken pro peace witchers, by a fleet of Deutschland battlestars. The Ensuing war would come to be known as the Witcher war, or, the Witcher Purges. In a [New York Year](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ve28vLuEOU), the galaxy erupted into an archaic, bloody, inhuman war. As humanity united to try and fight back, they were reminded of their long forgotten sibling only a galaxy away. With several bloody sieges Humanity was able to capture a few world ships, using what time they could to gather whatever other ships they could, and send them en route to the Twin Shadows Galaxy. _"We need no justification needed for stepping on an ant. They need only to pretend to be convinced we are ants."_ - Federation Soldier (authors note, witcher world ships served as the foundation for the later worldships that the UFE would construct for Germushia during the berlinnic crisis. The witcher ships are noticeably different though. Due to their primary focus being a military instillation first, planet second. While also being tied to an actual planet or set of planets. Check out the witcher article for more information) ### A journey across the ocean and back the UFE, like Vers, Germushia, Artekka, and a collection of smaller states, got one of the stolen world ships. They had also used stolen imperial shipyards to finish constructing the colony ships the emperor had been building to use to invade the other dwarf galaxies. This combined fleet gave the UFE a fairly powerful presence during the great voyage. Between the First Imperial War, and the great journey, the UFE launches several of the imperial colony vessels out to the [Utopia Galaxy](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/utopia). For one century, humanity collectively flew, void jumped, shared supplies, shared losses, and shared victories until they arrived at the blessed newly found holy land of the twin Shadows Galaxy. Though initially expecting to be welcomed in with open arms by the United Augmented Republic, the long lost family members seemed distressed with the reunion. An agreement was worked out, the "old galaxy" people could stay for a while and rebuild. Upgrade their vessels and build a new military fleet. The UAR, under the command of Farsight, would also send a military fleet to attempt to assist, as farsight hoped to reunite with humanity. Humanity would spend nearly 800 years in the Twin Shadows Galaxy "rebuilding" and upgrading their fleet. Training a generation of military personal who were raised on the idea that they were literally bred to retake the homeland of humanity. The journey back to the Milky way was noticeably faster then the journey to the Twin Shadows galaxy. This was in large part due to the leaps and bounds superiority technology of the UAR. When humanity returned to the Milky way, they came ready for a fight. Dedicated and focused the space battles would last for months on end while the ground battles sometimes became each side throwing wave after wave after wave after wave of troops at each other. The war would culminate when the UAR and UFE launched an all out assault for Earth, which itself was situated above the massive Forerunner Ark, with the five tendril like arms reaching out to look as though it was holding, or devouring, the planet. The Ark, which had served as the capital of the Witcher empire for the last 1000 years, would be the battleground for two titans of legends. Commander Farsight's void portal ripped into the throne room of the Ark, where the 2.7 meter tall machine-man stormed in, void blade drawn, Geralt leapt himself into action. As the two's duel tore the room apart, and was eventually forced into the vacuum outside the towers window. The two dueled as they ran down the tower in tandem striking blows off each other and the building. Eventually the two would reach the bottom, the massive crystal array above which Earth floats. The harsh pull of Earths gravity threatening to tear the warriors upwards and down to the solid surface several hours away, if they go too high. Realizing the two could never defeat each other in a pure duel of the blades, farsight decides his only course of action is his own destruction. Throwing his blade at Geralt, before rushing the mad king to tackle him to the ground above. The two would spend the first hour fighting on their way down before they realize there is no altering their fate. Moments before the two decent into the hellish heat of reentry, the two realized they really were more similar than different. This realization would cause their souls to remain within the [Aether](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/aether), holding a connection to [The Void](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/void). ### The Rise of Lords and Ladies After the witcher problem was dealt with, the UFE along with the rest of humanity, would enter into a golden age. For nearly one thousand years the galaxy saw a form of peace. No two great nations had a war with each other. Several smaller nations rose up and were given their total right to independence. That would end when the empire decided to invade. Under heavy pressure from internal personnel to reopen trade, the empire decided that invasion was better then peace. While the war itself wasn't too much an issue and was dealt with fairly quickly. The admiralty realized just how much power they had, and how due to the weaknesses of those who didn't have to operate in the field, those who couldn't properly respond to what was happening in the day to day lives of the citizens, decided to overthrow the government. The 25 admirals of the UFE declared the president without power, shut down all trade and threatened to destroy any ship that dared attempt to leave. Only once parliament elected to declare the house of lords in existence, and the 25 admirals as its first 25 lords, as well as a shared leader, the DAM be put in place. Did trade resume and the galaxy return to normal. The original 25 charter lords are: 1. McIntosh 2. Johnson 3. Lewer 4. Dyson 5. Pawluk 6. Rosendal 7. Sutton 8. Downey 9. Lobato De Faria 10. Wong 11. Beck 12. Van Aert 13. Pidwerny 14. Roy 15. Harren-Dayen 16. Pratcshler 17. Mishra 18. Nyman 19. Bajus 20. Sarrason 21. Nawam 22. Hughs 23. Mueller 24. Laurencelle 25. Baron The reforms the Lords would introduce would server as the foundation for the UFE government system until DAM Goodwins reforms, and would itself take heavy inspiration from this system. The premise of the system was to introduce a new house to the government. During the great journey, the government had temporarily introduced the concept of starships representing their own systems in parliament, as their own unique entities, referred to as the star-council. The council was closed following the return to the milky way, and declared no longer needed. The lords used that precedent to create the house of lords, technically at the time a sub-body of the Senate, Though effectively independent. It would also create the office of DAM and the privy council, as well as the requirement for the number of lord seats match the number of parliamentary seats. These reforms allowed the Lords, and their massive (and very loyal) fleets to have large amounts of sway over policy and the nation. The lords though, were unable to sway the government from being able to maintain their own fleet, separate from the lords fleets. This agreement was created following a major conflict between a majority of the lords over three dozen misplaced cows, wherein a majority of the UFE fleet was destroyed, and the population rightfully pissed. Seeing the chance for an easy victory, the Vers Empire, itself having recent reformed with the new Reverse Dynasty taking the throne and wanted to cement its power with a war. The crippled and weak UFE passed several laws creating a fleet for the defense of the UFE from external threats, while the lords were free to pursue war within borders between each other so long as civilian casualties are minimized. This compromised has somehow withstood the test of time, as it allows the lords to keep the fighting between themselves, maintaining a near constant supply of trained and battle hardened troops to serve in battle if need be, or train those who will do so in their stead. ### Total Control The UFE, now under its new system flourished, and the UFE grew, sprawling across the milky way. The galactic north was divided between an Axios sect, the Germushian Empire, and the UFE, who controlled the edges. While the south was a battleground between Vers and the UFE, with the Axios state in that area being backed by Artekka. While in the galactic west, the UFE's second home _Terra Nova_ was threatened with the third and final major remnant of the Axion Alliance. [Zalyn](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/zalyn) held territories as well as enclaves of the now decimated and fractured Witcher empire dot the galaxy, as do the faintest bits of the millennium old Imperial warlords, supported by the [First Order](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/firstOrder) in the [Sheeve Galaxy.](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/sheeve) The various empires began a bloody period of war, as Vers expanded in their new galaxy, their care over the holdings within the Milky way waned. The yearning to control the jewel no longer mattered that much when your empire has an entire galaxy of heathen aliens to slaughter. This lack of care translated to little support during the UFE battles to take the various border territories. Here is the Germushian Liberation of Note and fame. WHich brought about the collapse of the Second Federation under DAM Rajah, and subsequent founding of the 'third federation' under Owen Dyson with the creation fo the fleet. A mjor political shift, harkening back to the ealrier 'first federation' which had existed before palpatine. In the Artekkian backed area of the Milky way, [Xiao-Ming](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/xiaoming) approaches the fledgling nation, offering it the chance to move to a new galaxy. The recently merged Mega-Corporation offered to procure a fleet of worldships to transport the Axios citizens from all three of the lands to a new galaxy, where they could found their own nation. The deal was quickly accepted and Xiao-Ming became the first corpo-national entity at the galactic scale. The loss of this company, taking all of its business aboard a fleet of ancient, repaired worldships, would cripple the UFE's economy. The fallout from this economy collapse would lead the wretched DAM Elizabeth Sutton to cut the federal naval budget. The resulting loss of defence would lead a war hawk Germushian Emperor, Tylisun Gauthier, to declare war against the UFE. Targeting attacks on major dilithium refiners and mines. As well as the use of suicide fleets to attack dilithium storage planets in an attempt destroy the UFE fuel reserves. The Emperors plan was a success, and the UFE's, fuel supply was absolutely decimated. A period of deep recession set in as starship owners couldn't afford to fuel their ships, meaning no one could collect the dilithium needed to fuel the fleets. Pressure in Parliament forced the passing of laws restricting the militaries ability to use dilithium to half the supply purchased by the government, the other half must be spent on powering stations, planets, and vessel used by the federal government for non-military purposes. At the same time, the civilian market was alloted only 10% of the total dilithium mined within the UFE. This heavy punishment of trade had deep fallout when it came to the worlds ability to survive. As the population across the federation starved, others suffered under constant siege from Germushian warships, slowly forcing their way into the UFE. The military was crawling, sparingly using ships in only the most defensive of situations as to keep the tiny amount of fuel left. Piracy ran rampant as fleets within "safe" core territories were forgotten. That was until those few witcher holdouts decided to strike back at the new king. Destroying the once precious safe havens. While Vers avenged their taken lands with sieges of their own. Not even the Axios Alliance could stop their limited number of people left from taking the chance to stab Caerser. ### Another Imperial Invasion! As war engulfed the milky way, the Empire couldn't stop themselves from taking the chance to strike back. Coming home to fulfil the final orders of Darth Vader, Darth Zalbesk and his army arrived to what seemed an easy victory. Constructing a masterful peace of technology not yet seen in the Milky way, the [Void Gate](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/voidGate). This gate would allow the Empire to bring in hoards of ships in 5 [Earth Standard Years](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/earthStandardTime) instead of the usual 50. This rabbit imperial dog hounded the various nations within its old home. Appearing in the galactic south, the Empires merciless assault on the Vers Empire would force them to stop their attack on the UFE. While the Germushian Empires true goal became apparent, to move and colonize a galaxy of their own. the [Rhineland Galaxy](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/rhineland) would become the new home for the Germushian Empire. Emperor Gauthier was left with his armies to distract the UFE while the recently crowned Emperor Downey would take the Germushian people to their new home. Vers, having ended their war with the UFE, now once again shared a unified enemy. Falling back on the old saying, the two enemies quickly became friends. The Versian military shared an outdated but functional [Aldnoah Drive](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/aldnoah), which when combined with the UFE's ampul supply of Versian Aldnoah from days gone by allowed the UFE to reenter the offensive with a fierce conviction. Devoting a majority of their dilithium fleets to the North, in order to deal with the Germushian threat, the Aldnoah fleets focused on the imperial threat to the south. Unfortunately, this would newfound energy would not be enough to allow for a victory, only a stopping to the defeat. In the UFE's darkest moment of need, their ancient great grandchildren, the [Peoples Federation of Utopia](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/ufu) had returned with a much needed fleet, and their own technological leaps. This turned the balance towards the side of the UFE. Allowing them to take the galactic north with the PFU fleets, while the internal warzones could be devoted towards the now refueling federation fleets. The lords, now once again being able to fuel their fleets, were able to join the war. The Utopian Voidgate was itself a massive improvement over the imperial counterpart allowing travel in 3 years instead of 5. The war would end for Vers when Empress Asseylum ReVers took personal command of the Versian Fleet within the Milky way on a suicide mission into the Imperial Voidgate, the camera footage and derby confirmed the complete destruction of both fleets. The next several years would be spent cleaning up the various imperial and other military groups that had risen up within the UFE, themselves now the sole major power within the Milky Way galaxy. ### A child comes home As the UFE cleaned up the milky way, they were presented with a new problem, the Peoples Federation of Utopia. This new ally, their child, was modeled after the old government, held the old governments values, and had its own culture. One which scared those in the upper echelons of the UFE government. This caused a set of reforms to take place, that served to define various sections of the UFE, the designations are: - Dominion - Any territories that the UFE controls which is not Earth. - Independent Dominion - A collection of territories (normally a galaxy or dwarf galaxy) that is given an autonomy to self govern. (This is what Utopia was defined as, and is now more often referred to as a "federation" - Depended Dominion - A title that is mostly used to define smaller holdings that have some level of autonomy, but are generally tied to and depend on a independent dominion for many services, especially defense. - Colonial Dominion - Colonies are given a similar degree of self governance as an Independent Dominion, but are heavily restricted in what they can do, and at any time their parent Independent Dominion can step in and take control. Following this setup, the ufe would begin to enter a golden age, under a new DAM, Eric Johnson, who would guide the UFE for the next seven hundred years in one of its most prosperous millenniums ever. ### The colonies are founded. For the next several thousand years, the UFE would grow and explore what was left of the Milky Way, moving to colonize the dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky way. The leaders came and went, lords fought and betrayals were had. - [Canaca](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/canaca) - [Dewara](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/dewara) - [Sheeve](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/sheevez) - [Tiwak](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/tiwak) In the middle of this time, a series of colony ships are sent to four major galaxies that were yet to be taken by humanity. These galaxies would be: - [Tihara](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/Tihara) - [Saldor](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/Saldor) - [Maldeth](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/Maldeth) - [Takara](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/Takara) ### The stable years Following the founding of the new colonies across this tiny millisecond of the universe, each colony had a voidGate built, while each major nation worked to construct tens of voidGates connecting themselves to each other, spurring on another era of trade and prosperity for the great nations of the day. The Vers Republic embraced their new found liberty with the disappearance of their royal family, while Germushia took the chance to build an entire new empire with glee, launching war after war against any Xeno Foe who dared take a world from the great and powerful humanity. While the Axios Alliance and Xiao-Ming took a different approach, either paying off the aliens or inviting them to join the corporate alliance. The UFE prospered as well in the millenniums of great trade. That is not to say that it was without troubles, simply that the nature and depth of the troubles failed to match the threat of total annihilation and destruction of a way of life. Everyone had ample room to expand, plenty of enemies to slaughter, and the distance was far enough that minor slights could never reach their recipient, while larger issues could be resolved with relative haste. Science itself saw a massive leap as well, the invention of the [Warp Drive](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/warpDrive), the discovery of ship to ground void-transporters. The ability to construct massive orbital shipyards that could produce what once took a decade in a year. Trade boomed, people lived good lives. ### The unstable years But like all good things, they can not last. The election of the eccentric and unwanted DAM Doctor Swansea. DAM Swansea's right hand man, Johnathan Reid, would become known for his brutish habits as the enforcer of Swansea's will.. The dislike for DAM Swansea culminated when it appeared that he was moving to de-power parliament, passing massive and horrifyingly invasive laws like the War Measures Act or the War Powers Act. Creating a specialized military organization at the direct command of the DAM, absolutely loyal to the DAM above even the state. Army No.501 would become famous for their brutal efficiency, and their trademark pitch black armour, and their ability to seemingly appear from the night. The creation of Section 31, a specialized internal beyond-top secrete above parliament agency based on Section 31 of the War Powers Act, which reads: N.31: During times of extreme threat, any action taken against anyone acting against the Federation of Just, so long as it is done to maintain the Federation. N.31.1: If any action should violate a Federal law, then said action shall be investigated by secrete committee which never happens if found the action would unquestionably benefit the security or stability of the UFE. Further stressing the UFE, DAM Swanseas actions to depower parliament from passing any new laws and passing all legislative power to the House of Lords, and make himself and the privy council absolute judicial authority, the already weary Peoples Federation of Utopia threatened open war if Swansea did not step down. ### Then, things get worse In order to prevent an all out civil war, Johnathan Reid murdered DAM Swansea, holding a snap election, using the newly passed election laws passed by DAM Swansea that would guarantee his Sovereignties victory in the House of Lords, and therefore the election, DAM Reid was quick to take the throne, and immediately repeal said law. As well as many of the previous bills passed under DAM Swansea, before eventually doing the absolute insane idea of declaring the entirety of federal legislation passed under DAM Swansea as the work of a trader, and therefore under Section no.31 could be justified in being removed from the legal system. This would keep the PFU in line for a while longer. DAM Reid would work towards securing a much stronger relationship with the Empire. Eventually falling in love with the Daughter of Darth Allusia, DAM Reid would resign from his position to marry Catharine Vers Allusia, heir to both the Imperial crown, and the Versian crown. Upon stepping down, the two would marry, Johnathan would take the Imperial crown himself and be knighted as emperor and Sith Master, himself knighting his wife empress and Sith Master. The two would then head to the Vers empire, and reveal to the Collosius that they were in fact the rightful leaders to this empire, and had the military might to support their claim. Because Emperor Reid was a vampyr, and would infect his wife with his curse, the two would live for millennium barely aging, and ended up having three children. Camilla, Samantha, and Asseylum. ### And worse Following DAM Reid leaving office, the UFE was thrown into disarray. A series of DAMs would take office often ruling for only a couple of decades before being overthrown or eventually voted out of office. This would culminate in DAM Jennifer Rosendal, who would attempt to fulfil DAM Swanseas goal, and once again tried to remove parliament from power, and did a surprisingly good job of it. With heavy support from the Lords within the Milky way, and the 501st having infiltrated most major positions within the military, and section no.31 controlling the rest, the resulting civil war was not just between the people and the government, but also the PFU against the UFE in a war of independence. This war would end in the UFE when DAM Rosendal was tracked to Kamino, the basing planet for the 501st, covered in 97% oceans, the DAM would spend 3 years fighting a submarine battle moving from massive underwater city to underwater city, loosing a fleet of ships until eventually being murdered during a coup by the ships fifth head cook during dinner after the DAM asked why the food tasted stale, having not resupplied in over nine months. The murder weapon was reported to be a long, thin loaf of bread baked three weeks before sharped into a sword by what was reported to be rats teeth. ### Nearing rock bottom As the UFE fell into a death spiral, the colonies began to whisper of independence, the First Order had increased their trade within the milky way, much to the fear of those within, while the economic minded DAM Zenin Pawluk took the profits from the trade increases. He would remove the 501st from being a legal entity. Instead replacing it with a private military company who was owned by the First Order, who received a no-bid contract on constructing a moon sized station to house a spec-ops unit of these private military contractors to deal with piracy and terrorist activities within the area. The elite teams would deploy in small squads aboard corvettes and cutters to quickly appear in systems and deal with various issues in a quick and discreet manor. With the Deutschlands discovery of hyperspace and hyperdrives, and Pablo Escobar selling the drives on the open market to the UFE, at the behest of the First Order, the UFE under DAM Zenin would be quick to adopt the new technology with few precautions. In service of making money, the UFE fleet was overhauled to use Hyperdrives manufactured by the First Order, at the recommendation by Pablo Escobar. (and a hefty payment of nearly 3.2 billion [credits](file:///C:/Users/thoma/RiderProjects/Known-Universe-RPG-Wiki/TravellerWiki/Pages/Wiki%20Pages/credit).) ### And now... another Imperial invasion! As Zenin worked to depower the UFE, Pablo Escobar would force Supreme Commander Snoke of the First Order to accelerate his plans. When Pablo spoke in front of the Universalis Confederation, revealing how the First Order had stolen a large chunk of his fortune, forced themselves into controlling his government, and were working on taking over the Universe, he was assassinate by Kylo Ren, who then fled to his Star-Dreadnought and ordered the destruction of the station holding the Universalis Confederation representatives. While it would ultimately be unsuccessful, it would give Kylo time to run. Upon his return to the milky way, he released a virus into the hyperspace network that would prevent the UFE fleet from being able to use the much faster transportation route they now depended on. At the same time, the virus carried a message to any imperial ship to execute order 66, which would declare war on the UFE and immediate make way to rejoin with the areas lead command ship and began an organized attack on the UFE. When Kylo Arrived at Earth, he brought with him a fleet of imperial ships and launched an all out assault on Winnipeg. Attacking each of the houses of government, at the same time the houses were voting to remove DAM Pawluk from his position. The vote passed within parliament moments before artillery shells destroyed the building. The more well shielded house of lords was instead the battleground for a nine week seige as the Lords and their "personal guards" numbering in the millions defended the government building and the void-transporter inside, beaming personal to Luna, and from their taking safe passage aboard a luna knights ship to their Sovereignties. Over the next decade the first order fought the disorganized UFE, quickly conquering all but the galactic northwest, with the temporary capital of the United Federation of Earth being Terra Nova. While the UFE fleet held the Imperial fleet in the North off from invading, mostly due to the patrolling star-holds, the south western front was a different story. The Federation fleet, focused on the south while the lords held the north, and the federation fleet was fighting for survival. While initially composed of nearby ships, stragglers fell in during the nine years of fighting to create the borders as they were when John Goodwin took control of the recently captured super star destroyer, renamed the Sovereignty. Lord Goodwin would renounce his title in trade for sole command of the SSD Sovereignty, as well as command of whatever fleet he could muster behind imperial lines in the Sovereignties name, acting DAM Donald Lewer agreed to the deal, and Lord-Admiral John Goodwin embarked on his 50 year journey to destroy Defense Station-1. For the first ten years, Lord Goodwin and his fleet of ships snuck behind enemy lines, using the relatively scattered fleets in the north to quickly make it to the south, and then taking a slow but steady crawl before arriving at the space between a number of key systems where DS-1 Lied. Lord goodwin would launch a doomed assault on the station. Foiled when Kylo Ren arrived with the First Terran Fleet, containing the Terra-Hold, 12 Star-Dreadnoughts each of which had 16 super star destroyers, who themselves had 26 star destroyers. The UFE fleet was outmatched and quickly fled. Using the skills it had gathered over the last 10 years to disappear. It would spend the next 40 years being chased by Kylo Ren, while working with local resistance and pirate groups to destroy imperial systems and weaken the war front while diverting resources to deal with them. This would allow the Federal fleet to push through the southern border and eventually reunited with Lord Goodwin. During the final battle, Kylo Rens Starhold was destroyed above the ice-planet of Helzith, where he was thought dead. Lord Goodwin would be welcomed back into the UFE and even have his title restored to him, and would join the war effort, helping in spending the next 30 years fighting to retake the UFE. Lord Goodwin was also the first lord to appear in the Sol system, and during the stalemated spacebattle convinced the Luna Knights to end their millennium long oath to not interfere and finally join the galaxy as a whole. The Luna Knight response was a over 10,000 drop pods launched from luna to Earth, and the death of Supreme Commander Snoke within two weeks. With the loss of both their leaders in such a short time, Governor Thrawn would take the throne of Supreme commander and order the First order to completely retreat back to the Sheeve Galaxy. Lord Goodwin would be elected DAM relatively soon after the war ends. ### Oh god another war? After DAM Goodwin took the throne, he repealed the War Measures Act and War Powers Act, along with numerous other pieces of worrying legislation. Following the reforms, heavy sanctions were placed on the First Order, but it would not be enough to prevent another all out war. Initially the UFE was against having any part in the conflict between Germushia and the Deutschland, or Xiao-Ming and Vers, instead choosing to keep its place in the background rebuilding. Unfortunately that would change when the Peoples Federation of Utopia declared any UFE citizen to be an enemy of the state and to be rounded up and placed on forced labour worlds. This would serve as the motivation the UFE needed to finally cast off the last remains of the bad governments and instead power words into a brighter tomorrow. After several years focusing on the Utopia front, the UFE was successful in retaking the lost lands, being named the United Federation of Utopic. The rallied around a call to help the Germushian people, and would serve as the major front in the Berlinnic Galaxy, while the Federal fleet would focus on the Axios Galaxy. The UFE would end the war a signatory of Suki Corridor treaty, and was a major part of making sure the corridor got their independence over a large enough area. At the same time the UFE was also able to secure some lands within the Berlinnic galaxy to be used as Colonial holdings. ### Reform! Rejoice! The war had crippled the UFE economy. Most trade was being done by military fleets, and most of the governments budget went towards starship maintenance or paying troop salaries. While the ancient government who still had many holdovers from the past regimes and tens of thousands of years of legislation. DAM Goodwin, wanting to retire decided to step down from office and hold an election. The election race was close between two major candidates, Emily Goodwin, Granddaughter to the current DAM running on a campaign of heavy reforms to the government. Her opposition, John Hellsbeck, was running on a platform of security above all else, with the not so secrete goal of making the UFE the largest power in the universe by incorporating the other nations by choice or force. When DAM Emily Goodwin was elected by just 9 seats in the house of lords, the future of the UFE was set. Within a year of her election, she did as she promised and executed heavy parliamentary reforms, converting the House of Lords into its own distinct branch of government fully separate from Parliament itself. At the same time she further enforced the belief that the Lords own and Legislate over the Lands while parliamentary legislates over the people and their actions. At the same time she issued reforms in how the Dominions should be handled, giving them an even higher degree of autonomy, by allowing each of them to be their own version of the federation parliamentary system, with a KinderDAM or JugendDAM being the head of state and government. As well, she created the Dominion of Terra Nova, being the Dominion in charge of the Milky Way, under the initial leadership of John Hellsbeck. DAM Goodwin then turned the UFE into just being the Sol system, and any of the lords of colonies who aren't part of any other full dominion. Beyond the reforms in government, DAM Goodwin's reforms in the military and navy were huge. Converting the UFE army from the 30,000 year old AR-52 rifles to a modern small scale, elite combat force deployed with the most advanced weapons and armour that can be mast produced. Supported by a network of drones and operators the new UFE army is the most technologically equipped in history. DAM Goodwin would also nationalize the hyperspace licensing bureau, creating four broad tiers of licenses: Civilian, Small-Trade, Medium Trade, and Large Trade. At the same time, the naval reforms allowed the UFE to downsize their fleet of sometimes ancient ships and sell those that could off to the other Dominions, while retrofitting and building new fleets to take their place. At the same time, DAM Goodwin legislated that for ever 3 military naval vessels of _any_ class one ship must be made for the scout services and sold at cost. These reforms, along with the passage of legislation allowing any federation citizen to take a pilgrimage to the jewel itself, as well as free once in your life relocation to any other world within your dominion free of charge. As well as subsidizing intergalactic trade with heavy subsides on voidgate transports. ### Wait, is that war on the horizon? Unfortunately, even with all the good going on within the UFE, the universe is an unstable place, and the Deutschlands desire to retake their lost lands, and the rest of _their_ galaxy has lead to another round of speculation surrounding a possible war. With the fracturing of Vers, the UfE is without any strong allies, while the enemy continues to pull new friends into their cause. While the Dominions and the Federation on paper could win, the various complications and requirements of the dominion's to defend their borders will make the upcoming war the largest threat to the Federation since the Witchers. Those within the UFE who are pushing for the federation to take a larger stand in the Universalis Confederation fail to realize that the Empire couldn't care less about what the Confederation has too say. While their focus on trade blinds them to the situation brewing within the Islands the Suki Corridor as a whole.