Human History

Because Starpath has been a ongoing community game spanning several years and several different threads some lore related to Humanity, Sol and Human history as a whole might contradict itself or be severely outdated (date of writing is 2021-03-16).

Some creative decisions are thus subject to editing, change, replacement or to be outright removed in its entirety. This will mostly apply to early Human history within Starpath as well as some events related to Sol.

## Major Events

### World War 3

World War 3, also referred to as 'WW3' and 'World War III', was a global conflict on Earth. It started in 2070 and officially concluded four years later in 2074. World War 3 was the result of several other conflicts and dramatic changes beforehand, with the increased stress and pressure on Earth, its people and resources eventually boiling down to the largest and bloodiest conflict in known Human history.

Ultimately attrition, loss of manpower and withdrawal of public support forced all three major sides of the war into an uneasy treaty with one another.

### Post-WW3

#### UNGSI

Based upon the United Nations- a international organization that had been the laughing stock of the world leading up to and during WW3- the United Nations Global Space Initiative was a revamped version of the UN with more powers, larger pool of resources and more cooperation between membership states.

Following WW3 the nations of Earth struggled to rebuild what had been destroyed. Because of renewed cooperation or perhaps simply out of desperation the UNGSI managed to intensify efforts for Humanity to expand to new horizons with the main goal being to funnel resources back to Earth and speed up the effort to rebuild what had been lost.

In 2090 UNGSI successfully managed to establish a colony on the Moon using rudimentary and early-prototype spaceship designs, including shuttles and freighters capable of orbital re-entry. Similar technology and designs would later be used the same year during Humanity's next conflict, pitting UNGSI military forces against the artificial Men known as Artisynths.

#### Lost Technologies

Following WW3 several prototype technologies, general advancements and parts of Human history were forever lost as cities were turned to ash, the internet turned into a battlefield for rampaging electronic warfare-measures and historical sites desecrated. Some inventions and historic data survived locked away within nuclear-proof vaults only to be uncovered one or two millennia later.

### Pre-Sol

#### UNGSI Expansions

Despite the initial resistance and shortage of resources UNGSI managed to organize and further Human endeavors in space. In 2120 the UNGSI managed to colonize Mars and deploy its first FTL-capable spacecraft for long-range colonization. This great advancement would become the spearhead for a Golden Age of Humanity.

#### Human Colonies

With FTL-based spacecraft capable of traversing throughout the Sol system UNGSI colonial efforts were increased exponentially with UNGSI maintaining a rather aggressive initiative to grab as much land as possible despite having enough resources for Earth to rebuild proper and enough space to have eradicated overcrowding by 2116.

Human colonies on other worlds would eventually be expanded to territories beyond the Sol system, seeing nations raise theirs and UNGSI's flag on worlds beyond.

#### The Golden Age

Referring to a period sometime between 2130 and 2230 the Golden Age of Humanity (also known as 'The Golden Age') marked a period of undisputed peace and unchallenged expansion for Humanity. UNGSI colonial efforts were designing ships, creating waiting lists for optimistic citizens and settling worlds far away from Earth.

Resources were plentiful and scientific developments were increasingly innovative and adapted to the challenges faced by colonies far and wide. It was also during this time that several colonies decided to (democratically) shed their national identities and become independent membership states of the UNGSI.

#### First Contact War

During the peak of the Golden Age came the First Contact War. In 2204 a routine Survey, Explore and Map (SEM) mission carried out by a UNGSI team turned into an firefight as the team made unexpected contact with sentient alien lifeforms in the shape of Upyri separatist militants. Suffering heavy casualties, the UNGSI team sent out a distress signal which summoned additional forces belonging to UNGSI's Colonial Defense branch.

Reinforced with additional infantry platoons, armored cavalry groups and air support squadrons the UNSGI forces engaged the militants head-on just as forces belonging to the Upyri Federation and envoys from the United Galactic Community intervened.

This would mark Humanity's first military and diplomatic contact with other species inhabiting the galaxy while also doubling as the historic moment where Humans learned that they were in reality not alone in the galaxy.

##### **Humanity First Movement**

A bi-product of the First Contact War, the Humanity First Movement started out as a unified voice of protest against other non-Human species but quickly derailed and transformed into a pro-Human racist group inciting violence and stigma towards other species.

#### The Unification War

In a dramatic turn of events, following a Golden Age mixed in with several larger interstellar conflicts, several politicians within the UNGSI orchestrated a plan to unify and consolidate Humanity on a whole new level to better survive the current galactic climate in which a de-centralized government might be perceived as weak or vulnerable.

Through brute force the Sol system and several nearby colonies were put under the control of the newly formed Sol System Government, also known as the 'SSG' or 'SolGov' for short, while other, more distant worlds, declared themselves independent.

Public support for the movement was mixed, with some arguing that a single, larger galactic entity would indeed have better chances in the galaxy whereas some argued that by doing just that the very same politicians had ruthlessly put an end to the UNGSI's beautiful golden age. Armed resistance sprung up during the change with some armed elements maintaining a hostile attitude towards Sol even after the event which later came to be known as the Unification War.

### Post-Sol

#### Allied Systems Insurrection

Shortened as 'ASI' or as the 'Allied Systems', the Allied Systems Insurrection had many other names, nicknames and abbreviations depending on whom described it. Objectively it was a mixed civilian-military effort between several former UNGSI-colonies to unify and openly resist what they perceived as a tyrannical and dictatorial movement, namely the Sol Systems Government.

While varying in size, origin, motivation the ASI was quite successful as a whole up until it stepped into war with Sol, allowing the latter to legitimize the deployment of the SDF war machine without much in the way of public disapproval.

##### **Okonjo-Eri Bill**

Introduced by two leading councilors of the SSG, the Okonjo-Eri Bill was a proposed bill that would allow ASI member-states, organizations and groups to parley with the Sol System Government regardless of any previous military actions. It would also legitimize the affected ASI-parties, making diplomatic solutions much more viable the ASI would no longer be legally seen as terrorists or unlawful combatants.