The year is 2284 and humanity has spread across the galaxy with reckless abandon. Establishing colonies, bases and even vast cities on every habital planet that was reached. Hundreds of space stations and star ports were built in systems that didn't have a planet that was habital or could be terraformed. Vast amounts of natural resources were consumed in the self-only race to expand humanity through out the stars. Humans also encountered and befriended several alien races. But the human race must have gone one planet too far.

In 2278, began the Solidarity War with an alien race called the Bogaar, which left the galaxy in chaos. Tens of millions humans and alien allies were killed in this power lope-sided five year long confrontation. With their superior smart weapons, the Bogaar relentlessly attacked human establishments. Nearly all of a vast armada of warships were layed to waste from the onslought. It looked as though the Bogaar would march all the way to Terra, but as suddenly as the war began, the invaders retreated back to their home-worlds sending a single, vague message that simply said not to enter their territory.

A year after, it is still not clear where the Bogaar territory boundries are. Ships that wander too close are quickly attacked and never heard from again. A wide DMZ has been established between the two factions. Within this de-militarized zone the fragmented human race venture lightly fearing provicating another war. This lawless area, now littered with abandoned colonies and mining facilities, has become a haven for pirates, smugglers and other low-life. A few locations provide some sanctuary and are typically seedy taverns aboard defunct space stations or rusty barges.

Besides the resources lost during the war, human men were the largest loss and are now a rare commodity. With a gender ratio of twenty to one, males of breeding age have all but become prostitutes. Pampered and protected. Even with Life Engineers franticly creating children in the labratory, it will be years before a balance is renewed. Women are strongly encouraged to bare children either naturally or artifically. But, women are now the working class holding the society together.

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Alien Races
	The Bogaar (Bõ - gar) are a smooth-skined reptilian race that are built for battle. Their entire culture appears to have mastered the forces of gravity~ be focused on gravity sciences and weaponry seeing it as the greatest force in the universe. A single trans-phase gravity weapon could destroy an entire fleet by popping into the middle of a group of ships. The weapon would create a massive gravity well and cause the ships to smash into each other. This weapon was also used to clear mine fields. Tactics soon changed to single massive battle cruisers. Bogaar also seem to take great pleasure in torturing their prisoners.
	a friendly zebra-like race of humanoids called the Allinav (a name given to them by humans because they smell of vanilla)

Storyline. Space is deadly.

NAV Beacons are found in every habitated system and are used for ship navigation. These beacons are laser arrays that send a narrow beam of light that ships may follow. Small amounts of data are imbeded in the beam with identification, status and information about other ships in that lane.

Minor Systems are typically void of any planetary bodies but may have large asteroids, small space stations or permanently moored barges that serve as outposts and way points for travelers and mining operations. These will have limited services and supplies.

Systems with Star Ports have larger space stations with ship docking capability including repair and refueling facilities. A Star Port is a trading center and defensive point.

Major Systems contain one to fifty planets. A few of these have breathable atmospheres with stable conditions to support life. These are typically heavily populated and have bases on the surface.

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