The CB

The CB were a group of mysterious aliens that terrorized Terpinetine in it's early years, attacking ships and invading colonies. Later though full on war would break out between the two factions, leading to the destruction of CB and a new age for Terpinetine.

## History

As Tim Malor and his crew neared a crashed vessel in 2192 , they discovered pure debris, the ship had been blown to pieces long before they got there. Soon after, they were ambushed by CB ships. Malor's ship would be shot down within seconds and as the escape pods launched, and Tim Malor crashed into the hangar of one of the enemy ships. He had risen to Captain on the way to the wreckage and so the CB so an opportunity, they captured him and froze him so that they could take him back to their main ship. Luckily before they were able to do so, however, one of the chunks of the now blown-up Penumbra crashed into the ship, sending it crashing into one of the nearby planets, with a frozen Tim Malor still inside the ship.

Many more Terpinetine ships would pass through unfazed and settle distant planets, unaware that two of their ships had been destroyed. Factories on these distant planets were established and soon a line of newly produced ships and goods would flow between these new distant colonies and the Solar system colonies.

All of this would change though in 2206 when the alien threat finally struck again, attacking the poorly armed Terpinetine ships, destroying two more. This however, would be noticed and soon all-out-war had been declared on these mysterious beings nobody knew much about. These new beings are identified solely as the ‘CB’.

In 2208 more efforts were made to retaliate against this alien force but with so little known about it, this soon proved incredibly difficult. Many of these early battles against the CB were long and each one proving to be unsuccessful.  Around a year later in 2209, After a few scouting stealth ships happened upon a CB factory on an asteroid in the area, a small portion of the assault fleet flew into the area and a massive battle took place. The factory was destroyed and this huge victory for Terpinetine gave them the full trust of the NESA public, allowing a government takeover by the once peaceful company instating a nation run entirely by Terpinetine.

As the years flew by, CB would be an ever-dangerous boundary Terpinetine had to deal with. Many battles between the two sides had happened now and Terpinetine ships were now equally equipped to deal with the threat.

Now midway into the 2220s, Terpinetine pushed farther and farther back, allowing for more progress against the CB. After hundreds of battles and the fatigue settings high on both sides, the CB main supply ship was discovered far into unknown space in 2236. An expedition of the entire Assault fleet was created, along with hundreds of fighters, and dozens of light cruisers.

The supply ship was spotted in 2239 and it was clear the end might be near. As the fleet neared the factory it was clear this would not be a quick battle. An entire fleet of equally-equipped CB ships protected the supply ship.

The fleet chased the CB ships and Supply ship from system to system, going farther and farther out into unknown space, until contact with the fleet was no longer possible. Weeks, months, and soon years passed without any contact back. People soon thought that the fleet had been destroyed in their hunt until many, many years later a few damaged ships finally re-entered the Solar system, in 2257. The survivors claimed the fleet was almost destroyed in the process but in a distant world, a huge war had taken place [Battle of Sterlay] and at last CB had been defeated. Massive celebrations throughout the system took place as the many sacrifices had not been in vain, CB was finally gone.