Alitheia In Space II: Many Worlds
The year, according to the Interstellar Human Calendar, is 3220. But that hardly matters. Our beautiful Galaxy, known as Alitheia, moves the same way as it has since it began forming billions of years ago. There is a remarkable degree of eternity to be found in the stars that surround us, an eternity which holds an unimaginable amount of life and activity. Within the hundreds of billions of stars inside our galactic island, hundreds of trillions of lives are created, act and are acted upon, and perish.
This bustling ecosystem of intelligent life, a galactic community if you will, has played host to tens of thousands of interstellar empires during its history. Today, there exists a thriving community of independent nations, empires, planetary governments, along with a great number of different multinational corporations and nomadic cultures, all interacting with each other through the Many Worlds Consortium. Sure, individual nations and species may have their rises and falls, their golden ages and dark ages. Yet the galaxy is not a civilization: it is a ocean, a forest. Within it will always be the scavengers, the growers, the travelers. And the predators.
However, despite the consistency of the galaxy, things are not entirely stable as of late. On a grand scale, ancient species such as the Vresh feel themselves threatened by the activities of upstarts like the Humans, threatening conflict on a scale scarcely seen before. The various religions of the galaxy continue their ruthless and bitter struggle for the souls of the faithful, and the ears of the powerful. Even more troubling are recent events that alarm leaders across the galaxy: mysterious flashes of radiation and tachyons coming from intergalactic space that has been empty and silent since time immemorial, sinister and unorthodox actions being taken by the Many Worlds Consortium that cannot be explained by any member nation or administrative official. Something is changing in the galaxy, and it has the potential to make or break the fortunes of trillions...
You are a member of this galactic community, an inhabitant of Alitheia. How will you choose to act? Will you deftly lead your people into a new golden age of commerce and culture? Will you force weaker empires into submission and break the pride of your rivals?Or will you seek to uncover the mysteries of the universe and of the soul? These are but a few of the options open to you, as your ability to act is as limitless as the stars in the sky.
Welcome to the Galaxy. Welcome, to Alitheia.
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