23rd Century Earth

With the development of transcranial implants, man has enhanced his brain beyond what mere DNA could provide. Technological & scientific advancements have developed so quickly and easily, the global populace has tripled in size in less than a decade. To battle the growth of population & scarcity of resources man traveled to his next frontier to conquer: his own galaxy.

Corporations begin to merge into massive entities now referred to as MegaCorps after Earth's currency crash & patent wars of the late 21st century. Governments turn a blind eye to the monopolization for the wealth of technology to make life easier. The moon becomes our first colony, followed by Mars, and then hundreds of asteroid stations to mine the belt.

The UN calls a special conference of the remarkable breakthrough of the FTL drive theory. To encourage the creation of such a device the UN declares a challenge to the government that successfully completes a Gate their first pick of a habitable planet. Earth’s political wars comes to an end as the old nations band together into three new entities: Atlantic Alliance (America & Europe), Peoples’ Republic (Russia & China), and the Southern Confederation (Africa, Middle East, & India).

The highly advanced colonies of Mars decided they were sustainable enough for their own independence, but the Alliance disagreed after realizing neither the Coalition or Republic would fight for the colonies.But it was the Martian advancement in Edge technology that defeated the Alliance Armada which forced a shaky treaty between the two. The United Nations dissolves due to the inability of the major alliances to cooperate. The major breaking point was compromising on a unified Space Law. Afterwards Space is deemed lawless as the Alliances race to complete their own Jump Gates.