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It
had been thirty years since we first discovered the alien technology.
Centered on the Jovian moon Callisto, it fell like mana from heaven.
Eagerly, we sought out the alien plans and copied them, revolutionizing
intra-solar travel. A new age of prosperity dawned—or so it seemed.
Who
could have realized what would happen, afterwards? Outer
colonies formed, commercial stations were built and the solar economy
thrived. The United Earth League [UEL] struggled to control its colonies, but
ties to Earth became less important. Pirates hidden in the Asteroid Belt
attacked more and more and friction between the UEL and the now powerful
Mars Consortium hit an all-time high. A trigger, a spark, was all that was required to plunge us into bitter war... |
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