There is no corner of the universe where humans cannot be found.
Since the development of the revolutionary mass-drive,
humanity has been relentless in its exploration, colonization and at times, conquest of space.
In the modern era, they are recognized as the most numerous and diverse species in the galaxy.
In even the most distant star system or free port, they can be found working as traders,
cartographers, explorers, mercenaries, scholars, smugglers, and countless other trades.
While there is no particular field in which they exhibit a natural inclination or talent,
there also seems to be no limit on what the best or brightest amongst their number might achieve.
The diverse skills and vast variation of intellect displayed among their
race is believed by many to be the determining factor behind their success,
enabling them to overcome calamities in which a more particular species might have perished.
Yet the ubiquity of humanity across the galaxy has come at a cost. Of the untold billions
of their race across the galaxy, only a small fraction are loyal citizens of the government
that today rules their homeworld. Some might feel a vague and ineffable sense of camaraderie
or allegiance to their distant kin, but the fiercely independent spirit of humanity has
long since conquered any nationalist sentiment. It would be foolish however to not recognize the
human race as a true power in the galaxy, for more so than any other civilization,
the galaxy has been upended by the actions of the Sol Federation of Nations.
How the Solar System came to be united under the Federation remains a hotly debated and nebulous
topic. Reports of great conquests and astonishing discoveries together with triumphs of commerce,
engineering, and scientific progress, intertwine with sagas of bloody conflicts, disease,
famine and death. Much remains left to be rediscovered.
Even their homeworld of Jord once went by another name. A planet of immense continents and oceans,
the diversity of the human race is reflected across Jord itself.
Few worlds in the galaxy hold as great a range of climates, seasons, and ecology. Its uniqueness
is widely attributed to its single enormous moon, which imparts upon Jord,
dramatic tidal forces within its oceans, and often unpredictable weather. Yet regardless of climate,
great cities of mankind have spread across every region, each a marvel of trade, industry,
high culture, and knowledge. The skies above are crisscrossed with a dizzying array of starships,
making their way to immense orbital facilities, colonies in the Solar System, or beyond.
It is from New Moscow, a modern metropolis with an ancient history, that the Sol Federation of
Nations is governed. A federal republic, executive power is centralized under the
office of a bi-annualy elected High Minister. While the High Minister has unparalleled control
over the nation’s economic, scientific, and military potential. Holding the power
of the High Minister in check, and at times competing with them for influence, are three
distinct, governing houses, The House of Law, the House of the People, and the House of Industry.
But neither humanity’s industry, commerce,
or diplomacy is solely responsible for its status as a great power across the galaxy.
It is the battle fleets of the Federation that are renowned on a thousand worlds,
great armadas centered around enormous carriers without equal. Each has the potential to unleash
entire armies without warning and drown out the stars themselves in formations of attack craft.
The conquest or liberation of many worlds has been heralded by the deployment of orbital drop-pods
bearing the distinctive Sol emblem, and humanity’s martial spirit has earned it many allies and
rivals across its history. Today, its fleets are moored in the vast anchorages in orbit of Jord,
or in fleet base Churchill Prima, over Mars, preparing for the next great campaign.
As the galaxy begins to emerge from the dark era that has surrounded the collapse of the
Lazax Empire, newly inaugurated High Minister Juan Salvador Tao
prepares for the new age that is rapidly evolving before them. Power is shifting quickly across the
galaxy, and it is in this environment that the Federation of Sol is uniquely suited to thrive.
Humanity was the last species in the galaxy to gain a seat on the old Imperial Council,
but the first to reject the rule of that fading Empire. It was Federation ships that first fired
upon the Barony of Letnev upon their blockade of the Quann Wormhole. It was Federation armadas that
raced towards the Imperial Capital of Metacol Rex, and it was Federation Armies that would usher in
the period of carnage that ended the last of the Lazax race. Now, the time has finally arrived to
seat a new power on the throne of the galaxy, and the children of Jord are determined that
they will once again be the force that shapes the next millennia of interstellar history.