United Coalition of Earth

> Driving forward what matters most
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- the UCE’s slogan

## Summary

The UCE was the predecessor to the current dominant superpower in human civilisation, the UEE, controlling more than 80% of the Cradle. More than 70% of the Galaxy’s population are also pledged to the UEE, and more than 99% use StarNet, the UEE’s bio augmentation company and reincarnation of the Internet.

## History

The UCE was founded in 2122, to regulate the growing number of extrasolar human colonies. In 2123, a problem arose of the old Internet being obsolete, with data taking to long to travel between star systems. For several years, the Internet was largely offline as it was rebuilt as the GalCom we know today. In 2127, the GalCom network went online, and the UCE officially gained full control over settled space. In the 2140s, UCE constructed vast ships capable of reaching the Walters’ Colony, and assisted in the construction of a fully-functioning colony. This was the most remote settled system at the time. Around this time, the UCE acquired Neurolink, immediately putting their resources into the mass roll-out of mandatory chips. Several years later, the technique of IBA was discovered, and became the primary method of interrogation, and thus, the Justice System was streamlined, as humanity moved towards its bright future. Until now, the UCE had been using New York City as their capital, as the UN had before them. As New York becomes a city-state, it is deemed inadequate as a headquarters. Alinity City was founded on an artificial island just off the coast of France, and construction begins soon after. It is 2190 by the time the city becomes habitable, and the first citizens move in. The project founded in 2077 is finally coming to a close, to repair Earth and restore its habitability, which was diminished in the mid to late 21st Century. As the 23rd Century nears, the UCE begins to question the Tau Ceti Colony, as it appears to be attempting to leave the Coalition. Tau Ceti’s government announces that it will be partnering with Alterra, and the UCE’s first true war begins. The two superpowers clash, thrusting the Settled Systems into the greatest conflict since World War II back on Earth. The two sides are surprisingly well matched, with Alterra employing the support of the Galactic Corporate Alliance, and the UCE, the UEN (United Earth Navy). Project Kronos is founded by the UCE, creating genetically modified super-soldiers, with extreme intelligence, speed, agility and strength. The modified soldiers rendered Alterra’s usual base-genome human soldiers obsolete, giving the UCE an instant advantage. Less than a year later, a truce was reached, with Alterra maintaining a strong corporate presence, but the system’s government remains affiliated with the UCE, and a major player in the Coalition. By 2217, the UCE finishes its final recovery from the war, it opens an active initiative to settle not one, but three new systems, expanding humanity’s occupied sector by more than 30%. As this happens, a second superpower begins to gain support. The Empire of the Seven Sisters was founded in the Sirius system, its culture revolves around the seven artificial planetoids orbiting the gas giant Sirius III. Records are incomplete for the time between the formation of the Empire of the Seven Sisters and the reformation of the UCE.