Anonymous
6/26/2025, 3:41:12 AM No.16707649
Prologue: Orbital Era (O.E.)
After centuries marred by endless conflicts, environmental crises, and socioeconomic turmoil, humanity finally ascended, taking the monumental step toward becoming a Type I civilization. United under a common goal to harness Earth's total energy potential, global governments embarked on unprecedented projects to establish a sustainable space-based economy. Colonies blossomed on the Moon and flourished throughout Earth's orbit, forming intricate networks around the stable Lagrangian points. With the dawn of a unified planetary identity, national borders dissolved, replaced by economic zones governed from humanity's new capital: the Lunar city of Von Braun.
Thus ended the Anno Domini era, giving rise to the Orbital Era (O.E.). The Lunar Republic emerged as a beacon of hope, a democratic federation representing Earth's various economic zones. Yet beneath the Republic's enlightened façade lurked the shadows of corporate influence. Powerful space-based conglomerates quickly entrenched themselves in governance, steering the Republic toward policies favoring corporate interests over common welfare. Democracy steadily gave way to oligarchy, subtly shifting control into the hands of influential industries and elite oligarchs whose loyalties lay with the Earth sphere alone.
Far from Earth's oversight, another civilization had quietly taken root. Mars, once the red wasteland of human ambition, was terraformed into a self-sustaining cradle by followers of the late visionary Elon Musk. Named ELON in his honor, the Martian nation thrived independently, bolstered by the physical separation and autonomy granted by the vast emptiness of interplanetary space. Over generations, ELON expanded beyond Mars, planting seeds of humanity's future throughout the outer solar system and giving rise to diverse, autonomous communities orbiting Jupiter, Saturn, and the asteroid belt.
After centuries marred by endless conflicts, environmental crises, and socioeconomic turmoil, humanity finally ascended, taking the monumental step toward becoming a Type I civilization. United under a common goal to harness Earth's total energy potential, global governments embarked on unprecedented projects to establish a sustainable space-based economy. Colonies blossomed on the Moon and flourished throughout Earth's orbit, forming intricate networks around the stable Lagrangian points. With the dawn of a unified planetary identity, national borders dissolved, replaced by economic zones governed from humanity's new capital: the Lunar city of Von Braun.
Thus ended the Anno Domini era, giving rise to the Orbital Era (O.E.). The Lunar Republic emerged as a beacon of hope, a democratic federation representing Earth's various economic zones. Yet beneath the Republic's enlightened façade lurked the shadows of corporate influence. Powerful space-based conglomerates quickly entrenched themselves in governance, steering the Republic toward policies favoring corporate interests over common welfare. Democracy steadily gave way to oligarchy, subtly shifting control into the hands of influential industries and elite oligarchs whose loyalties lay with the Earth sphere alone.
Far from Earth's oversight, another civilization had quietly taken root. Mars, once the red wasteland of human ambition, was terraformed into a self-sustaining cradle by followers of the late visionary Elon Musk. Named ELON in his honor, the Martian nation thrived independently, bolstered by the physical separation and autonomy granted by the vast emptiness of interplanetary space. Over generations, ELON expanded beyond Mars, planting seeds of humanity's future throughout the outer solar system and giving rise to diverse, autonomous communities orbiting Jupiter, Saturn, and the asteroid belt.
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