1. As we have seen, our understanding of Prehistory stops around 1600 PTS. We were unable to guess the duration of this pediod which is a historic black hole in human History. Researchers are now use to call this period "Interhistory". We have good reasons to think that the messy colonisation process took place without any concertation, each spatial system being developed independently from the others.
2. The period that we will name “History ” starts around the year 01 UTS. The universal Time Scale, officially used in all the known universe, marks indeed the resumption of exchanges between various sectors of galaxy Origin. Consequently, the progressive reunification of Humankind which had scattered in different directions could take place.
3. Our knowledge of this period, which lasts until today, is much less lacunar than those concerning Prehistory. We hope that the reader will find there all the information he could seek…
4. We have only good knowledge of the History of Galaxy 0 as the cradle of humanity, thanks to the efforts of the former Guild agents. It seems that other galaxies of the Universe were marked by the domination of the former Renegade Organization, and by the low number of planetary exchanges… It however also appears that following the "Intergalaxia Experiment", many commanders arrived in other galaxies, and started to communicate.
In 01 UTS, humankind was present in many directions and on many planets. One estimates the number of colonised planets around 500 for this time. But we have no precise knowledge about the way this colonisation process took place. It seems that human entities had known a considerable autarky. All planets made the decision to give eup their old regional time scales as a consequence of the growth of sectorial communications. At the same time, one began to centralize all scientific information from all sectors of the galaxy. The very first Great Congress that took place on Leem was decided to indicate the time origin (0 year) of our current UTS (universal time scale).
According to what we know, the Independent Trade Union (ITU) had been the main actor of this first stage (cf article about "The Guild"). Indeed, the ITU was the only entity which had the occasion to perfectly learn the various dialects of the known universe. The Union also have great commercial means to govern the Assembly of all colonies representatives on "Leem", capital planet of Trade.
In year 01, the ITU was incontestably the most powerful and open human organization. But paradoxically, the membership criterias of the trade union remained obscure and very closed. No one knows how many ships belonged to the Union. Moreover, it is difficult to imagine its real power, since it possessed only one unoccupied planet bought a few years before..
Two political traditions were coexisting among all colonies represented at the Great Congress. Some colonies were strongly and hardly controlled by elected or dynastically designed elites (called “Dirigist colonies”). Some others had very complex many levels of government, so that no one would have been able to say who monopolized the power (they were called “Governance colonies ”. At the Great Congress assemblies that took place each year, the former isolated colonies became aware of the existence of these two political cultures. In the circular Assembly of Leem, these two large “political families” quickly became used to set-up in two distinct and segregated halfs of the hemicycle.
Whereas the Union sponsored the sharing of knowledge and technologies, aiming at developping new profit-making trade options, each of the two political families was reinforcing its internal links as well as the distance from the other one. Opposition of views between the two entities began to be clearly visible during the Congress sessions.
In 100 UTS, those internal links inside dirigist colonies was made official by a treaty, giving birth to a "Dirigist Union" whose goals would be "An unceasingly growing union between colonies of the Union".100 years later, this objective seemed reached, with the creation of the "Interventionist Federation" which as inaugurated on Keeh, which became the capital planet of this Federation.
As a response, governant-colonies signed a pact which would create the idealistic Eternal Alliance on Newdeun.
During the following 50 years, the relations inside the interventionist Federation on the one hand and inside the Eternal Alliance on the other hand were considerably reinforced, whereas relations between the two political entities gradually lost any interest. Consequently, the Trade union had lost the monopoly of the trade, and its resources were now limited to exchanges between the two communities, that he was the only to be able to deal with efficiently.
The global scientific investment funds collapsed, the Alliance and the Federation managing separately their scientific and commercial businesses… It is interesting to note that scientific advances during this period were consequent, whereas they had stagnated during the isolationist period.
In 142 UTS, the first significant diplomatic tensions between the Federation and the Alliance appeared. The two entities indeed claimed a certain number of colonies and lunar fields which were occupying a geostrategic position between the two organizations. In spite of the Trade Union's interested attempts to make them negociate, a reciprocal embargo was set up between the two powers, which cut any communication. The two organizations also decided to stop attending the Great Congress on LEEM. Instead, the Federation started to be in session on KEEH, while the Alliance chosed NEWDEUN. The defense and safety research programs, which had been slowed down since a long time became a new priority.
Thus, the first consequence of these tensions was paradoxical: the Independent Trade Union and its traders and merchands found themselves without any resource, and chose to solve their crisis by deep organisational and institutional changes. Thus the trade union was reformed within a “Commissionary Guild". The merchants of the Guild vested the internal markets of the Federation and Alliance, and worked on speculating speculative operations, exploiting trade imbalancesdue to the complete secession of exchanges between Alliance and Federation.
Beyond the organization of the Guild, it is all its philosophy which was deeply changed. The Union which had succeeded in making its interests coincide with the rise of humankind (with the First Great Congress) mutated in a cynical Guid, ceasing to believe in great principles to devote itself to its only material interest at any price. Thus, the Guild succeeded to a significant speculative coup which caused a rise of food price resulting in the death of thousands of colonists on a planet of the Federation. Of course, the Guild had set up its own scientific research programsin the greatest secrecy.
Refusing to accept this evolution of the Guild's policy, a minority part of the merchants decided to exile in secrecy towards the furthest systems of the galaxy. These commanders founded the Renegade Organization, whose History is today still mysterious, was yesterday directed by a commander named Drakaan in galaxy Origin.
This period of tension continued, and saw the massive rearmament of the Federation. All made it possible to believe that a war was imminent. On its side, Alliance had developed its first mecanoid armament programs in order to avoid human losses in the conflict which was announced inevitable.
The Guild had understood that there could be a strong interest in speculation on weapons price, and had gone necessary to the Alliance as to the Federation.
At this time, a second minority part of the Guild took its independence, refusing the new speculation policy about the weapons price. These commanders created the "Heirs of History Order", and decided to join the renegade people, without being able to found them. The Order, camouflaged as smugglers, took care on the economic system of Galaxy 0 until the Assassination of its chief Yik by Drakaan.
Indeed, during the arms race, Drakaan had tried a coup against Attilane, the leader of the Federation. This coup was prevented by Yik and the Heirs Order.
The War set the galaxy Origin on fire in 199 UTS, when federate cruiser squadrons attacked the border Alliance's advanced station Nool. During several days, federate cruisers and kamikazes squadrons faced mecanoid squadrons virtually controlled by the elite pilots of the Alliance of North.
The battle including all federed territories had no end, no winner, no loser, no treaty. During years, armies fought in vain.
In 204 UTS, all observers were thinking a great fight would start. But a few days later, the radio operator silence was here.
Keeh and its radio antennas had been destroyed by powerful atomic weapons after a missed speculative operation controlled by the elite trader Ghuo, presiding the Guild. As a reprisal, Attilane sent his best kamikaze squadrons on Leem in order to completely sack and destroy the Guild capitol whereas Calomu's ("Representissim" of the Alliance) appeals to cease fire. As a result, Attilane sent its last elite troops to sack Newdeun, the Alliance capital.
For many commanders in Origin, these revelations were the hope of a new departure. And when the leaders succeeded to repair the radiospacial antennas on Leem, Keeh, and Newdeun, and asked their affiliate commanders to carry on the war and required a tax and a military support, only a few commanders chose to trust them again.
Sedition was carried by galactic legends today forgotten who were young commanders, such as Fregger and Arkk, who did not hesitate to declare war to "the tyrants". The operation was such a success that Fregger was acclaimed as the new general of the Federation, whereas Arkk recreated the Eternal Alliance which had been disolved. Ghuo died burned in fusion metal according to Fregger's decision, while Attilane committed suicide in its gaol, whereas Calomu became aware of its failure at the very last moment and perished on a last heroic charge against Attilane.
But once again peace was weak. Power had an incredible influence on Fregger, who developed one of the greatest empires of galaxy 0. Only a young and ambitious commander had the means to face him. But the brave Mac Polar did not have enough time to achieve this goal, and finally chose to retire. He then began to organize tournaments known as "Mac Polar turnaments". Before his mysterious disappearing, Fregger gave rise to the second apocalypse with his hyperatomic weapons. Many systems were destroyed, whereas Arkk betrayed the Alliance unwillingly and created the Dark Alliance.
It is at that time that a magnetic anomaly from Keeh passed through the Galaxy to the furthest galactic systems. Curiously, that was the precise moment chosen by Yik the smuggler to appear for the first time.
The period which followed was marked by many apocalypses of an amazing violence. Legends FlyingBull and Fedayn succeeded some good coups, whereas the well known Greg helped with Obiwan, managed to embezzle the galactic tax that they had set up. The first ultremists also appeared. We can also underline the role of Forest and Archimage in the post-Arkian attempts to give a new life to the Eternal Alliance.
50 years of war marked the entire galaxy, just after the end of the former three entities composing it.
In 250 E.T.U., a gigantic magnetic storm swept all known systems. Some commanders survived. Many commanders were reported missing, others like Nanovitch were hurt but survived in a new form. Others changed their identity, whereas commanders who had previously disappeared like the Communist Union of Redsamouraï, chose to return. Civilisations were born again, as well as some great official coalitions. The "Coalition bleue", the "Culte des Divins", the "Ultremisme" movement.
One is still writing the History of the universe today...
A war concerning contraband issues opposed the Heirs of History Order to Drakaan's Renegate Organization. The following magnetic storm happened because of this war and had the same effects than previous Apocalypse.