The History of The Communion
Date System: #Millenia Before Third Communion – (Duration of Era)
The first period of recognised civilisation, spanning all the way from the Neolithic era to the globalisation of Centarion.
Due to the constant conflict, this period was in schism – humanity’s default state of being according to the Communion.
8000 Years
The first true period of unity, marking the rise of the new world order – the Communion. This society was forged from the suffering of the old when division became too dire and unity became dear. The diplomats of the last free city, Xarinthia, played a mighty hand in bringing about the unification of the one hundred nations into one state. The fledgling Communion was thereafter protected by the Xarinthian Alliance, who later became known simply as the XA. Their city became the Capital of the world, and the world was renamed Centarion in honour of the old nations. Then as attention turned to the sky, the solar system became known as Centar.
4000 Years
As technology spiralled and new corporations formed, humanity naturally spilled into space. Suddenly, there were new worlds to explore, new resources to harvest, new lands to claim. Such a new frontier sparked a long lost instinct – greed and separation. Unity fell apart, and Centarion and the XA watched as humanity broke into unspeakable conflicts.
There were a number of planets in the Centar system along with hundreds of moons. Nearly each was contested by the new Interplanetary Nations. The Schism came to an end after the cataclysmic War of the Planets.
1000 Years
Humanity’s golden age. With the unification of Centar, all helped to restore Centarion to its rightful place as the seat of the Communion. Resources from all over the solar system were brought in for ambitious projects that would see the species reach new heights.
Work on existing skyscrapers saw them rise into the edge of space. They became known as skybreakers.
Work on a new surface which would eventually cover the entire planet started. This was called the Great Resurfacing.
Perhaps most importantly, construction began on the moon of Centar’don. This project was proposed by one of the oldest recorded megacorporations – the Titan Conglomerate. Work on the moon would stretch on for millennia, however, the nature of the work would eventually become highly secretive and controversial. This coincided with the rise of the Olympus Corporation, a former subsidiary of the Titans who bought themselves out and then rose to the top. It also coincided with the discovery of interspace – interstellar travel – and therefore the birth of the next schism. Although, shrouded from history, towards the end of this era there was a military conflict forming between the Communion and the Megacorporations; interspace played into the hands of the corporations who used it to derail society, ultimately destroying the Communion.
4000 Years
This period was punctuated by a massive expansion of the human race. Many megacorporations beat Centarion to colonising new star systems, however Centar ever remained the fulcrum of civilisation. In time, the remnants of the Second Communion would seek to take back control of humanity – and it did so as an empire. Much of the conflicts of the Third Schism saw the Centar Empire as the belligerent and the many independent colony worlds as the victims of a ruthless conquest. Eventually, the colony worlds banded together with the help of the XA who had rebelled against Centar to form the Third Communion, which defeated the Centar Empire. Thousands of years later, much of humanity is unaware of Centar’s bloody spell as an Interstellar Empire.
6000 Years
14000 Years