The Shattered Realms

### Inhabitants

Intersoliary Council, Golden Suns Triads, Flynt's Crew, Sam Leje, Boglin, EDE, Gongo Oberstein, The Kleptari

**The Shattered Realms,** universe designation **Ptosai 1:1,** is a post-convergence reality home to many space-faring factions. While originally advanced and prosperous, over-expansion and the collapse of Sol into a black hole led to a pervasive state of lawlessness that exists to the modern age. While a government, the Intersoliary Council, still exists, much of the universe is home to pirates, gangs, and other such criminals. Travel to other universes does still occur, and many seek work and relations out of their apocalyptic reality.

## History

* **4 Billion Years Ago:** At some point before life formed on Earth, the Milky Way Galaxy was primarily populated by an unknown alien race, which attempted to terraform multiple planets for their own use via advanced technology. At some point, this species went extinct under mysterious circumstances.
* **472 BS:** Humans land on their Moon for the first time, beginning their space age
* **310 BS:** Human exploration vessels reach the Alpha Centauri system, setting up small research bases
* **73 BS:** Humanity invents rudimentary FTL travel and attempts to explore more of the Orion Arm, finding no intelligent life. Planets within ~20 Light Years of Earth have been settled, and the human population numbers 20 Billion within the Sol system, and close to 300 Million outside.
* **0 BS:** The Shattering Occurs. Human scientists testing experimental FTL technology create a singularity that partially consumes Earth's moon, and spirals towards Sol. Within ten months Sol is consumed as well. Fearing the Sun's destruction will create a supernova, human Ark ships flee towards a habitable world, Kepler-442b, 1206 light years away, which is outside of the theoretical supernova's range. Only one of the vessels, the UEF *Let There Be Light*, is confirmed to arrive, though damage to it's FTL drive means it must travel at sublight speeds. Humans in nearby systems welcome refugees and fleeing vessels, though ultimately over 17 billion people perish in this disaster.
* **32 AS:** New Jericho, a desolate world in the Alpha Centauri system, becomes what remains of humanity's new home. A dark age begins, as humanity spends the next several centuries living underground as the planet's surface is settled and tamed. Mass starvation and resource shortages occur, and FTL technology is lost.
* **33 AS-1300 AS:** Over the next millennium, various humans who fled Earth arrive in the Alpha Centauri system. Due to the use of cryosleep technology and time dilatation, many of these humans continue to bring knowledge and technology from Earth that keeps human society alive, eventually fostering a culture of nostalgia and reverence for their lost homeworld.
* **1376 AS:** Astronauts working around LHS 288 discover a mysterious crystalline compound that can store massive amounts of energy, eventually allowing for the re-development of FTL drives. Some time after this, first contact is made with intelligent aliens.
* **2000 AS:** The Intersoliary Council, a governing body for a newly united humanity, is formally founded.
* **3000 AS:** The *Let There Be Light* arrives at Kepler-442b, which comes to be named "Eltheria."
* **4401 AS:** Shiver Drives are discovered by the Intersoliary Council, though they are rarely used for fear of creating another cataclysm like the Shattering.
* **8113 AS:** Sam Leje is born on the world of Hypatia, in the Iota Draconis system.