Even before the end of the Second Great War, the GTVA realised that it

cannot stand against the Shivans superior numbers. Just before the Capella

incident they started the most abmicious project so far - project "War

Factory". The Alpha Centauri system has been converted into one gigantic

shipyard. Installations and construction rings have been built and towed

into orbit around the systems planets, and most of the population dedicated

itself to ship construction and reasearch.

Five years after the Capella incident the sol node has been re-opend and

Earth joind with the GTVA again. Becoause of the isolation, Earth scientist

have been reaserching into different areas and yielded different tech which

has only strenghtend the Alliance.

They allso built their own ships, in fear of another Shivan invasion.

The strenghtend GTVA has expanded during the next years and established

contact with the Aascart.

The Ascarts are an old race. They were as powerfull as the GTVA once, but

the Shivans crossed their path. After years of conflict their empire

crumbled as Shivan juggernouts ripped trough their defenses and their

homeworld. Only a small number escaped destruction, fleeing in transport

ships from the shivan armada. They collapsed several jump nodes and

travelled trough 24 systems before arriving to their current homesystem

Cyalinar (which means sanctuary). Today, their empire consists of 4 systems

and is an ally of the GTVA.

The remaints of NTF are now nothing more than pirates.

The HOL is a small terrorist group, or at least it seems so.

After the Capella incident, the belif in the "destroyers" has gained

momentum...