A Factioned Galaxy

Neutral Rim

A large expanse of space encompassing hundreds of inhabited worlds which separates the Solar Alliance from PACT. Following the Alliance-Imperial War, the Treaty of Vespa was signed, which created a buffer zone between the two powers from the former core worlds of the Holy Ryuvian Empire. However, these supposedly neutral worlds fell prey to PACT's growing ambitions.

The New Empire

The New Empire ruled over the galaxy for over 500 years following the collapse of the Holy Ryuvian Empire, largely continuing the traditions of the Ryuvians, despite the relocation of the capital from Ryuvia Prime to New Eden. The New Empire was an aristocratic monarchy, where the nobility ruled over the peasantry merely via the virtue of their birth. A communist revolution movement, called Compact, eventually toppled the monarchy, and established a new government, the People's Alliance (PACT). However, the revolution proved to be bloody, and the madwoman Alice Ashada impersonated Veniczar Arcadius following his death to lead PACT into an invasion of the Neutral Rim Territorries.

The Holy Ryuvian Empire

An ancient and all-powerful civilization from which all of modern technology derives from. The Holy Ryuvian Empire ruled the galaxy for countless millennia under an iron fist, as the nobility monopolized the empire's powerful technology to rule over the masses. However, the royal court eventually succumbed to corruption and internal strife. Over-extended beyond its capacity, the Ryuvian Empire collapsed, and power transferred from Ryuvia Prime to New Eden, which continued Ryuvia's traditions.

The Prototypes/Alice Ashada

A genetically modified race of super humans who were created by a secretive order of scientists in the remote world of Diode. The Diodians sought to create a new race who would lead humanity to a new age of scientific advancement. From their research was born the Beta and the Alpha, two female super humans born with intellectual capabilities far beyond our own. However, the Beta murdered the scientists and became a Compact rebel known as Alice Ashada. She was corrupted by the bloodshed of the Compact Revolution and eventually became a nihilist who took control of PACT with the sole aim of destroying all of humanity.

The People's Alliance (PACT)

PACT, or the People's Alliance, is a totalitarian and communistic state formed in rebellion against the New Empire. Under the leadership of Veniczar Arcadius, PACT undertook an expansionistic policy and invaded the Neutral Rim Territories to ostensibly liberate those worlds from Solaris influence. However, it turned out that the Prototype Alice had merely impersonated the deceased Arcadius to exact her revenge against humanity. Following Alice's defeat in the Battle of Cera, PACT has been under the leadership of Veniczar Fontana, a moderate, who seeks to restore stability to the Neutral Rim Territories.

The Solar Alliance (The Alliance)

An alliance of over a hundred worlds, led by the wealthy planet of Solaris. The Solar Alliance was founded by wealthy merchant corporations in a rebellion against the imperialism of the New Empire. The Solar Alliance is the beacon of free enterprise in the galaxy. Following PACT's invasion of the Neutral Rim, the Solar Alliance backed you and liberated countless Neutral Rim worlds from PACT. However, with each world they liberated from PACT, they also expanded their military occupation of the Neutral Rim, allegedly to protect the safety of its inhabitants.