Two thousand years ago,
when Mumfawi exploration missions encountered those of the Galatian Empire,
neither side wanted conflict, so a Treaty was signed establishing a border
with mutual agreement to ignore each other. Centuries passed when the Mumfawi discovered
the Galatian Empire had collapsed and been replaced by the much weaker Grand Alliance.
An empire ruled by vicious oligarchs who forced waves of refugees to flee into Mumfawi space.
This created a crisis for the Mumfawi, who had never envisioned aliens living in their space.
ANCIENT LEGACY
When the
Ancients fled the galaxy they left behind unwanted possessions,
including the jaguar-like Grahwah, telepathic genetic constructs
created as companions. Abandoned on primitive Azad, with only the
promise that someday other sentient beings would join them. Isolated for millennia,
the Grahwah survived using telepathy and the instincts of their animal ancestors
until their masters' promise was fulfilled. Space-faring Human refugees arrived,
and the Grahwah released a gas left by the Ancients to trigger telepathy in the Humans.
Azad was transformed, and the telepathic bond of Grahwah ferocity
and Human cunning built the formidable Azadi Empire.
Azadi alone still held true memories of the Ancients from the Grahwah,
since Humans only had distorted myths of forgotten gods and spirits.
But Grahwah memories did not extend to other possessions discarded by the Ancients.
WARSHIP VIPERIAN
The
ancient Unistar Empire tore apart in its third millennium
leaving the Outer Sectors to fight over the spoils. In the
following centuries of chaos illicit colonies in remote space
flourished, some turned their backs on the old order while
others embraced the opportunities offered by constant war.
The mercenary warship Viperian is a witness to a watershed
time when order begins to emerge from chaos, but what form
it may take is unclear.
NAREVAK
The
Unity Confederation and Alliance of Free Planets vie for economic and
political control of planets in the Unaligned Zone. Fiercely independent
Narevak keeps both at bay with a formidable Fleet, and accepts refugees
from other unaligned systems and both Powers. Most are telepaths fleeing
persecution by Unity authorities and Alliance people who have crossed
one of the ruling Oligarch Corporations.
