CentaurusWhen the ancient world of Geodesa was threatened by an impending nova, their people set forth on a great arkship, traveling untold lightyears across the galaxy. For reasons forgotten by history, their course was diverted, but they arrived safely at Atma, whereupon they rebuilt their civilization, which within a few centuries would stretch across the stars.
Little is known of those fateful intervening years, for it was a time of great hardship for these survivors. A medical crisis (owing to Atma's indigenous radioactivity) cast the long shadow of extinction, and drastic measures were taken. Desparation led to great innovation in the field of medicine, and the people developed a naturalist religion, the Harmony.
Having survived their founding crisis, the Centaurans (as they christened themselves) once more set their eyes upon the stars, in hopes to reunite with their lost brothers. Two millenia later, that reunion finally came to be. Ever since, the Centaurans, though strange in their ways, have been brokers of peace throughout the galaxy.
Deltan FederationThousands of civilian and military vessels fled Geodesa as well. Journeying across space in thousands of small ships, they took hundreds of hyperspace jumps, traveling lightyears ahead of the hulking arkship. Under military command, they were to prepare New Delta, to lay the foundations in anticipation of the arkship, which was planned to arrive decades later.
The early colonists of New Delta thrived and prospered under their early military government, inspiring a legacy of loyalty, service, and self-reliance. They had suffered greatly, all to prepare for the arrival of the arkship -- but the arkship never came. The children of New Delta reached ever farther, charting thousands of star systems in the search for their lost brethren. Decades turned to centuries, the Deltan Federation grew into a great empire -- and then, reunion finally came.
Though reunited, the scions had grown so distant that they barely recognized one another, and the Deltan Federation found themselves at odds with not one foreign power, but two. Their empire had grown vast indeed -- so vast that the periphery became no longer manageable. The Star Fold rebellion was by far the bloodiest war in history, but at last the bloodshed became more than either warring party could bear, and the Centaurus stepped in to broker peace. This fragile peace has survived for over eight centuries, despite numerous hostilities. Larger conflicts have been avoided through increased military presence in the border regions and stringent controls over interstellar trade.
Star Fold ConfederacyThe Star Fold was first explored by fringe-space mining operations, happy to drill, pack, and sleep back. The major mining corporations of the time considered it hopeless – simply too far from Delta. Nevertheless, the Star Fold proved itself to be amazingly rich in resources, and so the situation quickly changed.
Over the course of a single century, a small temporary colony grew into major metropolis, and once the hyperspace gate came online, industrial complexes spread like fire. Growth was so rapid, and Delta so distant, that central government control became increasingly marginal. When the workers rebelled against their condition, the new corporations turned their ire towards Deltan governance. “They cannot control us through holes in space,” as it was said –- and with this, the hyperspace gates were closed, and the war began.
The newly emerging scion was severely tested, in civil war of terrible bloodshed. Both sides suffered crippling losses, but when desperation prevailed, the Centaurus intervened to broker a treaty. The war was lost by all, but the peace was finally won. As the war cooled, the corporations grew ever richer, and today the space of Star Fold is the wealthiest in the galaxy, though many say the most brutish.
Subject: Official Scions 
Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:46 pm
