Background
This campaign is placed in the 26th century, starting in the season 2501. Humankind has gained access to quicker than lightly technology known as a stardrive, a merger of technology between homo & the alien Fraal. The period of star colonisation of inhabitable worlds, led by sestet moneyed power deflects. Fresh powers emerged, forming a Terran Empire around 2250. Tensions between a colonies led to a 1st astronomical war inside 2299, eventually ending around 2312 using the emergence of Twenty-six leading nations.

Another, potentially awful war began inside 2346, sparked by the rebellion of mutants. This led to the pullback of the man from either their maximal expansion, isolating numerous colonies. A war continued for complete Hundred years, allowing worlds devastated & nations & alliance within hard fiscal straits. A war ended around 2472 by using a sign language of the Galactic Concord. This agreement has held a peace, barely, for the go tercet decades.

In the course of the retiring 5 centuries, man own contacted many alien races. This began using number 1 call for by owning a fraal in the sol models, followed per weren, mechalus, t'storm troops, & sesheyan. The number of Fifty animate mintage altogether use at times been contacted, by having every existence rated at various levels of development. (A bit of come considered boundary line animate.)

Contents
A book is hardbacked by owning 256 web sites illustrated around color. These are divided into chapters covering the history of the setting; the description of the conditions, economy, & technology of the 26th century; descriptions of the various prima nations inside a range of above 1,000 light years; a supplementary elaborate view a mysterious distant area called a Verge, & eventually bet on-specific details covering the streaming video player coinage, careers, employment, skills, devices, & favorite game alternatives available for players.

the gage globe includes a kind of standard fare science fiction features. These include psionics, cybernetic implants, automaton, ballistic capsule, mutants, & advanced medicine. A level of technology is at Progress Level 6, by owning occasionally Progress Level 7 weapons & hardware existence available in situ. (Which are actually described in the Streaming video player's Vade mecum.) Characters come generally listed & keep around an allegiance to the company or even government. It might besides watch one of a new religions described therein book.

A below careers come available to players: Combat Specs — bodyguard, corporate security specialist, artilleryman, law hatchet man, martial creative person, alien combat specification, soldier of fortune, soldier, & spacehand. Diplomats — ambassador, clergy, Concord administrator, corporate executive, entertainer, number 1 call for consul, free streaming investor, officer, naval officer, leading nobleman, & defrauder. Absolutely free! Offices — bounty hunter, corsair, explorer, gambler, guide/scout, investigator, felon, newsman, runner, spy, & stealer. Tech Ops — crewman, comptech, gridpilot, doctor, engineer, independent pilot, medtech, scholar, & man of science. Mindwalkers — biokineticist, biowarrior, ESPion, religious mystic, telekineticist, psiguard, telepath, & mind knight.

Additionally to man, players potty do a character from either one of a handful of alien space-faring races that lie inside the known space.

A Verge is described, inside several lawsuits, planet by planet. the extra large planet descriptions give a wide overview of the globe, the food & drug administration, and web sites of interest. Maps of the independent worlds come as well indicate at the high shell.

Novels
Various authors keep close at hand written novels placed within this universe, including Diane Duane.