History

The Far Spinward Colonies are established, during a mass exodus from Earth as people look for a fresh start. Most of the Far Spinward colonies are affiliated with the Three Wolrd Empire.

Contact is lost with the Far Spinward colonies. The space between the outer rim and the colonies is scoured by massive solar ejections, gamma burst, and waves of radiaation.   The exploratory scout vessels Phebe, Cronus, Mnemosyne, and the American are sent to investigate. The scout ships go missing.

A Weyland-Yutani SEV expeditionary team makes first contact with the Arcturians. It is humanity’s first recorded encounter with sentient extraterrestrial life

In 2180, the United Nations proposed that a multi-national, multi-corporation expedition should travel to learn the fate of the Far Spinward Colonies and reconnect them to the Middle Heavens. Recession, and the recollection of the abundance in the old colonies, made this a mouth-watering prospect to the UA, 3WE, and UPP alike—the Great Mother Mission was established by the United Nations Interstellar Settlement Corps (UNISC), under the command of a UN bureaucrat, Governor Kholwa Abantu. Naturally the Interstellar Commerce Commission (ICC) were to be well-represented, to ensure fair play and all safety protocols were stringently followed.   A colossal Deucalion-class colony ship—the UNCSS Ìyánlá—was launched in 2182, with its four Magellan-class support ships: the UNCSS Umsindisi, UNCSS Solovetsky Island, UNCSS Chimata-no-kami, and UNCSS Typhoon. With the addition of three Throop Rescue and Recovery CM90V Corvus-class salvage vessels, the flotilla was ready to sail.