In the beginning, the World was at peace. But this is not the beginning. This is many ages after.

The Coalition of Planets, ruled by the Tarsin Emperors and their vassal lords, dominates the political, cultural, and military scene. Chaos has ruled beyond its borders since a time immemorial, but the Coalition has been a stable light in a World of flickering shadows. Despite recent political instability and strife, Emperor Îanôs has driven the last Sarthîm barbarians from his Nine Realms, and the Coalition is ready to face whatever else the World can throw at it.

The United Nations of Earth and her Colonies (UNE) began in the late 22nd century, which started off as a uniting of several various agencies, organizations, and the super powers of Earth. It started with NAASA (current American/Canadian space agency) and SERSC (South East Regional Space Committee) merged to form the IDSA (International Deep Space Administration). As the world was on the verge of an all out nuclear world war, the IDSA lauched a mission of Canadian and American scientists and soldiers on a mission to Alpha Centauri AII, in hopes of inspiring the warring nations to give up on war. On Alpha Centauri, the space mission made contact with an outpost of the Tri-Planet Coalition, but overall the mission was a complete success. The successful space mission to Alpha Centauri persuaded the United Nations to join the IDSA's cause. Nations around the world flocked to the UN headquarters, tired of war and strife, and so finally uniting the humans of Earth and creating the UNE.
After designing the first stable and practical Tachyon Bubble FTL Drive, with help from Tri-Planet Coalition scientists, in 50 short years many star systems across the Milky Way's Western Spiral Arm were colonized and had begun terraforming as the UNE expanded outward past the boundaries of the Solar System, including Alpha Centauri, Proxima Centauri, Sirius and Epsilon Eridani. It seemed Mankind was to have a glorious future of peace among the stars, but as they say, all good things must come to an end...

All was well with the UNE until a Goliathan-Class Mine Cruiser was reported missing on the edge of known space. Minor military vessels were dispatched, only to find no trace of the Goliathan. This issue was dismissed as a terrible accident for nearly two decades, it was assumed their navigation system went wrong and sent them to their deaths, dashed against some distant planet or star, or perhaps flying forever into the void. However, this was not the case. In 2237, a small colony detected a heat flare comparable to that of any other UNE ship on the edge of their system, but it did not respond to hails; instead fleeing back the way it came.

Little did the UNE know that it was an Arkanin mining ship, which reported what it thought was an old Tarsin settlement back to Othaen. Othaen then cycled it through the regionalbureaucracy, from there it was sent to Tarsis, and cycled through again, working its way up to the Emperor. This process took two years, but when Îanôs heard the news, his loyal Chancellor of the Archive informed him of a certain Goliathan-class cruiser discovered twenty years before. An embassy was sent to these strange but very familiar people, things went horribly wrong, and within months, the UNE saw the first Coalition scouts turning up on the edges of its space. The war had begun, and with it, a new era for both sides. ((Continue to next story))