Greater Terran Confederation

The Greater Terran Confederation was once the only first Rate Superstate in the Milky Way Galaxy until the rise of the New Rubarth Empire with which it is a bitter Rival, the Confederation is known to be stagnant socially, economically and technologically which is what caused the uprising which resulted in the foundation of the New Rubarth Empire.

The oldest human state is very strong. The Greater Terran United Confederation's heritage is unsurpassed, but so are their rules. Most of the power and wealth in the first-rate superstate fell into the hands of age-old ancient clans who had risen into power all the way back to the Age of Stars or earlier. These ancient clans were not only incredibly old and powerful, but also incredibly savvy about maintaining their lead. Hardly any other clans were able to rise up in the Terran Confederation because the older ones selfishly occupied all of the resources.

The Terrans never changed the way they operated throughout their entire history. The corruption, decadence and inequality that had marred them in the past had never gone away. The contemptuous way the ancient clans of Terra treated everyone else directly led to a great rebellion that saw a huge chunk of their territories splitting off to form the New Rubarth Empire. It was only after the New Rubarth Empire rapidly rose to the point where they started to surpass the wounded Terran Confederation that the ancient clans finally started to get their act together. Even then, the ancient clans only initiated the bare amount of reforms that only modestly increased the treatment of non-aristocrats.

The Red Ocean Promise. Essentially, the Terran Alliance promises that in 100 years, it will elevate the five strongest members of the alliance into the ranks of the ancient clans.

The Terran mechs were generally more conservative in their design approach. Their mech designers had to abide by a huge list of standards and requirements that heavily constrained their creative output. Although this limited the diversity of Terran mechs, the advantage was that every Terran model was consistent and reliable. The logistics of maintaining large amounts of Terran mechs also became a lot easier. Not only did the different models utilize a lot of common parts and materials, the expertise needed to handle them also remained the same. The Terran Confederation always thought of itself as the center of humanity. Throughout the ages, the fortunes of the empire centered around Old arth had risen and fallen, but it had always retained a lot of strength. This had given the Terrans the delusion that they were the most powerful group of humans around. Having witnessed the fall of many rival human nations and having almost suffered this fate as well, the Terrans were more concerned with avoiding mistakes than to take large risks to increase their power further.

During the early days of the Age of Conquest, the Terran Empire rose up as a united human star nation that effectively mobilized every human under a single banner. The Terran Empire obeyed the rule of a single emperor who reigned with absolute power. The reason why the humans back then supported this shift was because they were in an awful situation back then. Only by setting aside their historical regional and cultural differences would they be able to make the best out of their limited manpower, technology and resources and make real gains in the large and dangerous Milky Way Galaxy. The Terran Empire was a success. It grew rapidly under the wise and competent leadership of the leading figures of the time. Each of them were heroes and visionaries who all made undeniable contributions in the rise of humanity. Though the Terran Empire eventually deteriorated over time to the point where the Rubarthans successfully rebelled against the increasingly more tyrannical ruling powers, it at least did the job it originally set out to accomplish. The Rubarthans had the luxury to launch their rebellion and cause a lot of internal conflicts because the human race had grown far enough to no longer hold much fear that the aliens would be able to exploit the infighting.