First League

**The First League** was a precursor civilization - a confederation of dozens of ancient empires. It was founded roughly two million years beforegame, and at its height, covered nearly half of the galaxy before collapsing.

The First League also interacted with many non-League civilizations. "Associate Nations" would be protected by League fleets in return for trade.

Their capital planet was the third planet in the Fen Habbanis solar system. It served as the heart of the First League for most of its history, and was the hosting planet of the Great Senate.

The Navy of the First League was known as the Grand Navy, intended to combat piracy and safeguard member nations from external aggressors. Dozens of naval bases housed vast patrol fleets., known as the Outer Rim Patrol Fleet arm.

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## History

Relics from the First League can be found all over the galaxy, from dozens of different time periods.

### Founding of the First League

The League was founded by several empires that already existed at that point. The Migir-Yan Diplomatic Corps was the driving force behind the League's creation, and the original proponents of the idea. This concept received heavy backing from the commercial empire of the Chassago, who helped establish the First League as a galactic superpower. Additional founding members included the intelligent V'ropaks and the militarist Khamdai.

As a consequence of unification, all First League members opened borders to each other. This greatly bolstered the trade value of the League, but also encouraged a criminal underworld which persisted throughout the entirety of the League's history.

### Blockades

At some point, the First League engaged in extensive trade blockades with a 'non-compliant' civilization. A major colony of the unnamed civilization was blockaded by the Grand Navy on at least two seperate occasions. Violent efforts to break the blockade occured several times.

### War against the Rikim

During the peak of the First League, a massive war was fought against the consolidated powers of the Rikim, groups of nomad warriors who had formed under a Great Khan.

### The Waning Years

The last few centuries of the First League's existence are referred to as the Waning Years. During this time, League members began running various experiments and tests.

### The Collapse

The First League called upon all its member worlds to staff and bolster the Grand Navy for war.

After the First League officially dissolved, a large power vacuum was created. Many of the League's research stations and observatories were raided by pirates and the League's enemies. Fen Habbanis, losing its vast food imports, experienced mass starvation and anarchy, and was claimed by various crime organizations. Continous dwindling meant that within several generations, most First League worlds were abandoned.

1. ↑ *The Migir-Yan diplomatic corps is believed to have been the driving force behind the creation of the First League.*
2. ↑ *All surviving accounts indicate that the Chassago were expert traders, and their trade barges were often the first point of contact between non-affiliated races and the First League. It is doubtful whether it could have expanded as rapidly as it did without the benefit of the extensive Chassago trade network that already existed before its foundation.*
3. ↑ *The archaeological mission to the asteroid has revealed much about the criminal underworld active throughout the First League two million years ago. As member nations opened borders to one another, crime flourished alongside trade. Smuggling and piracy appears to have been serious problems that occupied a large portion of the sizable League fleet.*
4. ↑ *This planet lies deep inside what was considered First League space two million years ago, and it appears to have been either a major colony or the homeworld of a species described as "non-compliant" in surviving League records.*
*The two parties appear to have been engaged in some kind of trade war, and the League's Grand Navy maintained extensive blockades of the planet on at least two separate occasions. Orbital debris indicate that the blockades were violently challenged several times.*
5. ↑ *This particular civilization appears to have met its end when a band of slavers invaded during the power vacuum that resulted from the First League's collapse.*