Zoi and the Zoian Crisis

Exploration of Zoi:

The Human Exploration Association  has discovered hundreds of systems using wormholes which were extremely expensive to upkeep. The IHF wanted to consolidate its power in new colonies instead of continuing to make new ones all over the universe. However, in 4389 telescope images found a planet full of forests and water. The owner of the telescope(which was in the Revi System) was an HEA official who saw this and requested funding of a new wormhole in the Revi System that leads to the exploration of Zoi. The IHF representative of Revi was for this but the IHF wasn’t a fan. It took a decade for the IHF to approve this project and sent funding and negative energy for the wormhole. In 4413, the wormhole was finally built and the first exploration ships were sent. As the planet was explored and samples were taken they found very interesting artifacts and structures that seemed very manmade. As exploration continued, scientists encountered an form of intelligent life. This news was brought back to the Solar System where the Council was immediately brought to attention. Procedure 166 was called up but the council coted against it as these natives were merely hunter-gatherers and weren’t developed enough to wage interstellar war.

The council passed a vote sending funding for further research and allowing traders to trade with the Zoians but not to take advantage of resources. They also mentioned that technology could be given to them to help their species.

The IHF sends preachers of humaneness to the Zoians to make sure they unite instead of wage war. They still had nations, countries, and cultures of their own but these teachings helped the Zoians to stay in peace and work together. The IHF sent genetically engineered horses to help their development in transportation.

In 4440, the IHF started to get more and more greedy as Zoi is rich in untapped resources but they are not allowed to mine it. The Humanist Party was pro-cultivation and got a majority so they voted that small amounts of the planet be mined out and stripped of resources.

Zoian Crisis:

In 4484, the Zoian Crisis started when a small wormhole funnel was produced that sent officials of the Moon nation of Rezta to talk with companies hoping to make a profit of of Zoian resources. The Reztans managed to make a deal with some of these companies to strip the planet of its resources by pledging allegiance to the Reztan Duke. Soon enough the Reztan fleet arrived and destroyed the outnumbered IDG gunships. The IDG tried to produce a fleet to retake Zoi but the Wormhole was destroyed, getting rid of the link between the Revi System and Zaler System. The Rektans gave every company owner a part of Zoi and declaring them as lords of their land. The Zoians were quickly over taken by a more powerful foe and their governments destroyed. The Zoians now worked as slaves for the Rektan lords. The Zoians were reluctant to resist as they thought of humans as their saviors and heroes. The IDG tried multiple times to retake the planet with TWHs but Zoi has a defensive blockade around the planet which caused it to be impenetrable. TWHs were destroyed quickly and supply lines to the attacks were not consistent.

The IHF was distraught because of all the territory they had been losing. The illegal nations were becoming more powerful and Zoi was impossible to retake. This led the IHF into a new path of warfare and reconquest and eventually led to the downfall of the IHF as a whole.