Xena

In an age long forgotten to the inhabitants of Xena, a minor Goa'uld ruled over the planet, primarily stripping its naquadah deposits before the native inhabitants overthrew the occupying Jaffa while their master was embroiled in a war with another system lord. With the planet mostly devoid of advanced resources, the Goa'uld left the planet abandoned and the stargate was left dormant since. In the following centuries, the planet developed much like Earth, however never devolved into a dark age and kept its technological advancements going throughout, leading to a golden age of the planet until the Ulysses Disaster of 1693 when a large asteroid struck the planet. The combined nations of Xena made numerous attempts to destroy or fragment the asteroid, however this only widened the impact area as the chunks blown off flew in different directions instead of burning up in the atmosphere. Superpowers bore the brunt of the impact, shifting the balance of power as refugees fled to smaller, more stable nations. With a planet-wide refugee crisis, minor powers began forming coalitions and initiated the First World War over resources in 1701. As the superpowers of old collapsed under the weight of forces like the Republic of Belka, Kingdom of Erusea and their allied states, all eyes looked to the untouched continent of Verusea.

Verusea, untouched by the Ulysses Disaster, became a beacon of normalcy in the post-Ulysses world. As such, the vast factories, consumer goods and now population was sought after by the Osean Coalition, led by the Republic of Belka. Launching it's invasion in 1713, the Verusean continent was plunged into a brutal 13 year war as Belka subjugated the continents largest power, expanding its sphere of influence. With peace finally established in 1727, the world began the process of rebuilding and growth, although it was a turbulent period as resistance forces world wide fought to liberate their home nations from what they saw as puppet governments. Unconcerned with these rebel forces, the new superpowers looked to the stars, establishing space programs and launching the first Coalition Space Station in 1867.

In 1903, a breakthrough in science led to the first viable form of faster than light travel within the solar system, the quantum drive. Although only reaching three times the speed of light, the breakthrough paved way for faster and more efficient forms of travel. Experiments began to be held to move past the solar system, and led to the creation of quantum relays, a sort of jump point to accelerate travel immensely and turn a generational trip to another star system into a few hours long travel. While such advancements were not capable of being placed on starships, the inhabitants of Xena could finally grasp the stars.

A brief period of expansion came to an end when expedition forces establishing a new quantum relay were attacked by unknown warships, destroying the expedition in 1953. While interstellar warfare was limited to small craft previously, the world was gripped by the shock of being assaulted by an alien species. In 1963, the Republic of Belka, Kingdom of Erusea, and Imperial Yuktobanian governments signed the Federal Charter of 1963, all but signing their nations over to the Republic of Belka. With this, the Federal Republic of Belka was declared, renewing the fight of resistance forces as the planet was firmly placed under Belkan control. Rapidly militarizing in response to the attack, larger warship prototypes were being constructed to combat the unknown threat. Finally the enemy was identified, the Goa'uld Montu, who intended to bolster his minor standing with the System Lords by subjugating Xena and surrounding systems, however found himself gripped in a brutal stalemate, one that the Federal Navy would slowly be gaining the upper hand as they studied the ruins of Goa'uld technology, and advanced their quantum research.

### The Stargate

The stargate remained dormant and untouched since the eviction of the unknown Goa'uld from the planet. Remaining unburied and accessable within the ruins near the abandoned Stonehenge weapons site, one of the many defense platforms against the Ulysses Asteroid, its coordinates were forbidden by the Goa'uld after their defeat. In modern times, a small camp used by the Delarus Independence Force at the ruins housing the gate, although they have taken note of the ancient relic, have not attempted to learn about it or use it as the language used is presumed lost to time.