CHAPTER ONE
Its 7700 AD and the human race has been colonizing their galaxy for 4,000 years. It seems like the Golden Age of space faring is never goining to end. Then a massive natural wormhole is discovered, leading to an unknown sector of the universe.
This portal held endless possibilities of a new beginning for civilization and was hence dubbed ''EVE." Lured by the promise of free settlements, enterpreneurs and independent organizations poured through the wormhole to stake their claims in this new land.
Scientists warned that the wormhole would close again within a few decades. Racing against time, construction began on a manmade portal to allow safe passage between the home system and EVE.
A WORLD BEYOUND WORLDS
Suddenly, the scientists' worst fear were realized and the wormhole closed. Nonetheless, construction continued and the gates of EVE opened and operated perfectly for seven decades. Disaster struck once again. An unexplined phenomenon engulf the gates of EVE rendering them inoperable. Restoration efforts proved futile due to the malevolent magnetic storm perpetually surrounding the gates. The results were swift and devastating, The fledgling settlements found themselvers cut off from the old world, on which they were still heavily dependent. Lack of oxygen, water and food had a catastrophic effecton the colonies and only the stongest managed to survive and reproduce. Scientific knowledge and high-tech idustry dwindled with each generation. Tools and materials once taken for granted diminished and disappeared.
Of the surviving colonies, several small, independent factions and states were formed. For thousands of years, these scatterd groups lived and grew in isolation from each other. Environmental differences led to evolutionary changes, making each group distinct in apperarance and behavior. Ultimately, five of these colonies emerged to become the major empires that hold the balance of the power in the world of EVE today.
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