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| In the year 122PE, researchers on one such station picked up a very strange signal: a ripple in their instruments which was too ordered to be natural. When other labs began to confirm their readings, something even stranger became apparent---all the instruments were picking this up simultaneously, with no light-speed delay. Rumours abounded of first contact with an advanced alien race, speculation as to their culture, appearance, and whether this marked humanity's first step into a galactic community. Until the signal was decoded, and the language was recognised. The Consortium had developed a method of communicating faster than light, and were beaming out instructions to the other outposts of humanity. This had two profound effects. The first was a golden age of technology, as researchers from six different systems were suddenly able to collaborate and share the advances of the last hundred years. The second was a new age of expansion---[[:technology#communication|FTL comms]] allowed the government in Elysium to retain control over far-flung outposts, meaning that going to new systems was no longer some flight of fancy for those seeking a new life, but a way to bring prosperity to the Empire. And the Elysians had had an opportunity which the other colonies had not---a reason to develop terraforming technology. | In the year 122PE, researchers on one such station picked up a very strange signal: a ripple in their instruments which was too ordered to be natural. When other labs began to confirm their readings, something even stranger became apparent---all the instruments were picking this up simultaneously, with no light-speed delay. Rumours abounded of first contact with an advanced alien race, speculation as to their culture, appearance, and whether this marked humanity's first step into a galactic community. Until the signal was decoded, and the language was recognised. The Consortium had developed a method of communicating faster than light, and were beaming out instructions to the other outposts of humanity. This had two profound effects. The first was a golden age of technology, as researchers from six different systems were suddenly able to collaborate and share the advances of the last hundred years. The second was a new age of expansion---[[:technology#communication|FTL comms]] allowed the government in Elysium to retain control over far-flung outposts, meaning that going to new systems was no longer some flight of fancy for those seeking a new life, but a way to bring prosperity to the Empire. And the Elysians had had an opportunity which the other colonies had not---a reason to develop terraforming technology. | ||
| - | Burgeoning [[:technology#communication|communication]] with Consortium, the [[the_enemy|Tel]] culture and others has grown since this "first contact". Initial wary cultural exchanges paved the way for trade and movement of people between the states. {{ nexus1.jpg?300|picture by Daniel Rusanov}} | + | Burgeoning [[:technology#communication|communication]] with Consortium, the [[the_enemy|Tel]] culture and others has grown since this "first contact". Initial wary cultural exchanges paved the way for trade and movement of people between the states. {{ wiki:nexus1.jpg?300|picture by Daniel Rusanov}} |
| In the early years, as trade routes were established and borders defined, all was well. Most systems harboured only a single habitable planet, even with the ability to terraform, and after a few initial skirmishes an uneasy agreement was made defining when a claim on a planet had been properly staked. By the standards of later days, this "stage 1" terraforming was simple---taking only a decade or so, and only working on the low hanging fruit (planets which needed only minor atmospheric tweaks to sustain human life). | In the early years, as trade routes were established and borders defined, all was well. Most systems harboured only a single habitable planet, even with the ability to terraform, and after a few initial skirmishes an uneasy agreement was made defining when a claim on a planet had been properly staked. By the standards of later days, this "stage 1" terraforming was simple---taking only a decade or so, and only working on the low hanging fruit (planets which needed only minor atmospheric tweaks to sustain human life). | ||
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| For the past thirteen years, hostilities have been fierce. Weapons of mass destruction ((Although the cataclysmic WMD which ended New Prima has not been seen again)) have led to rapid back-and-forth shifting of frontlines. Overall achievements remain unclear and multiple peace negotiations have stalled. The battle fronts remain grossly similar to those at the war's start: the Elysian government controls almost all of their historical areas. Many remote outposts have changed hands multiple times. The Tel still claim control of NevTyun---they would defend their star's reach to the death---but the borders are fiercely contested; Elysian fleets encroach on the outer asteroid belts. With their superior stealth technology, punitive hostilities against shipping lines have led to starvation and poverty in multiple Tel planets. Billions of lives have been extinguished in the most ferocious [[npcs:zhar_ro|battles]]. The conflict continues unabated. | For the past thirteen years, hostilities have been fierce. Weapons of mass destruction ((Although the cataclysmic WMD which ended New Prima has not been seen again)) have led to rapid back-and-forth shifting of frontlines. Overall achievements remain unclear and multiple peace negotiations have stalled. The battle fronts remain grossly similar to those at the war's start: the Elysian government controls almost all of their historical areas. Many remote outposts have changed hands multiple times. The Tel still claim control of NevTyun---they would defend their star's reach to the death---but the borders are fiercely contested; Elysian fleets encroach on the outer asteroid belts. With their superior stealth technology, punitive hostilities against shipping lines have led to starvation and poverty in multiple Tel planets. Billions of lives have been extinguished in the most ferocious [[npcs:zhar_ro|battles]]. The conflict continues unabated. | ||
| - | All of which is figuratively a million miles, and literally many more, removed from the inhabitants of a small [[the_prison|prison]] on b-Exagora. Some fought in the conflict. Some were captured in battle and reassigned to b-Exagora for their labour. Some were imprisoned for crimes completely unrelated to the war. While the [[the_enemy|Tel]] in the prison are technically hostages, their leverage is minimal. [[prisoners_of_war|Prisoners of war]], they know they will not return. From the other side, deserters and [[cpp|conscientious objectors]] are reduced to rubbing shoulders with [[true_elysians|patriotic Elysian citizens]], lay criminals caught red-handed in hot blood or cold fraud. Anti-war, pro-democracy activists are held as [[cpp|political prisoners]] and their notions of rights are no more sacred than the lives taken by the most unhesitating, [[npcs:magnus_gail|uncompromising]] [[npcs:aina_rabemananjara|killers]] housed in [[the_prison|Redemption Reform Facility]]: an isolated planet in the process of terraforming through forced labour. | + | All of which is figuratively a million miles, and literally many more, removed from the inhabitants of a small [[the_prison|prison]] on b-Exagora. Some fought in the conflict. Some were captured in battle and reassigned to b-Exagora for their labour. Some were imprisoned for crimes completely unrelated to the war. While the [[the_enemy|Tel]] in the prison are technically hostages, their leverage is minimal. [[prisoners_of_war|Prisoners of war]], they know they will not return. From the other side, deserters and [[cpp|conscientious objectors]] are reduced to rubbing shoulders with [[patriots|patriotic Elysian citizens]], lay criminals caught red-handed in hot blood or cold fraud. Anti-war, pro-democracy activists are held as [[cpp|political prisoners]] and their notions of rights are no more sacred than the lives taken by the most unhesitating, [[npcs:magnus_gail|uncompromising]] [[npcs:aina_rabemananjara|killers]] housed in [[the_prison|Redemption Reform Facility]]: an isolated planet in the process of terraforming through forced labour. |
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