Colonization

## Planet's Formation

With an estimated formation time of 5 billion years ago, 2B-76A is a phenomenon that baffles scientists to this day. 2B-76A belongs to the Sigma-Lambda system, a binary star solar system in which 2B-76A is perfectly placed to create the conditions that the planet is known for. Further insight into 2B-76A has been halted by any company that isn't in direct trade with The Corporation due to The New Oceania War for Independence. However, the research that has been conducted seems to point to a similar development that Earth had, with the most striking similarity being a mass extinction event that occurred 70 million years before initial colonization. Fossils found in sedimentary rock suggest that there was once land on 2B-76A and the animals that had existed on that land were consistently about the size of lions and other large cats on Earth. That changed when scientists looked at the sedimentary rock in some of the deepest parts of the ocean, where there was no land. Fossils in locations at these depths show that there were once a few species that were nearly twice the size of a megalodon, and the other species were still consistently larger than any sea life found on other planets. Scientists discuss what happened to these goliaths, with some believing a mass extinction event similar to that of the dinosaurs on Earth; this theory is backed by how all fossils exist at the same level of sediment. This theory is also supported by the aforementioned land that used to exist on the planet. If there was some massive extinction event such as an asteroid shower that wiped out the land masses and ruined the pH of the ocean that this species needed to survive, it would explain the sudden drop in this species' existence.

## Discovery

In 2047, The Space Coalition Counsel finished developing a warp drive, a device that allowed for wormholes to be established in two set locations. Despite its relative uncertainty, the process was still much faster than the alternate process of the spacecraft, which would take 2.5 years to reach 2B-76A. Thus, in the following year, four entrepreneurs proposed a plan to colonize 2B-76A, a planet that they had employed a group of scientists to locate. Once, these businessmen had gotten approval from the counsel, the plans were made to start the colonization two years later.

## Colonization

Starting in 2050, the four founders of The Corporation gathered employees from their own companies and coerced them to join them on their colonization journey. Once the warp drive was established, the colonizers began their quest in a cypress jungle to quickly establish a fundamental society. Meanwhile, a ship was sent to the new planet to give other materials that would aid the process of establishing The Corporation. For the next 45 years, many people who were struggling financially, or who wanted to have a fresh start, would go through warp drives and ships to arrive on the new planet. Also, due to Earth's overpopulation, a surprising amount of people decided to go this route, and this led to the initial population spike in the fresh colony. The implementation of the Indebted system began a big shift in the colony, people began to see the practices that were happening on the planet and decided to stay back on Earth. However, the population had already expanded to the point where children who were born on the planet had begun to exist. The first generation of New Oceanians was defined by a strong sense of loyalty to their planet, leading to more nationalist ideas. So, when the United Nations began to get involved with the planet, nationalism exploded and led to the New Oceania War for Independence.