History and Lore Eclipse

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Backstory

Congratulations! You have been granted the luxury to voyage into the unknown on the NEV Northern Light, one of NanoTrasen's newly refurbished state-of-the-art exploration and scientific survey vessels. Whether you're a NanoTrasen crew member, a disciple of Mekhane, an Aegis Merc, a Free Trade swabbie or a Lazarus Doctor, welcome!

Not every system is fully tested or optimized... and there are some unexplored deckspaces that we didn't have time to clear out. There's also a very minor roach problem, but that's nothing that will interfere with your mission.

Speaking of your mission, you are intrepid explorers! Your duty out here in the black is to survey and catalogue anomalies and planets for further exploitation. Land on new planets, explore abandoned structures, and most importantly take mineral samples for profit and Research and Development and secure valuable technologies and salvage.

Now, this mission lies deep in wild space, far beyond the borders of the known star nations, where rival corporations vie for strategic resources. You're going to be mostly alone out there.This space is dangerous, full of pirates and hazards and anomalies unknown. Not every planet will be uninhabited, not every alien lifeform will be friendly, so guard yourselves well!

And remember, this ship is your lifeline; if you abandon it, there's no telling what could happen to you, or the crew that're left behind in cryostasis. And if you abandon it and get back to secure space, there's no telling what NanoTrasen might do to you for losing one of their prized vessels.

This is your home for the foreseeable future. Don't let them take it, even over your dead bodies.

==Chronology==

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Date	Description
2133	Discovery of Bluespace's faster-than-light/teleportation capabilities. Creation of the first Bluespace tunnel. A tomato was elected as the first test subject, moments after entering the first wormhole, it appeared out of the second one, fried to a crisp. However, emergent technology of energy shields seemed to prove effective against more abrasive effects of Bluespace travel.
2139	First public commercial Bluespace gateway opened, connecting high orbits of Earth and Mars. Boom of business and infrastructure growth on Mars.
2157	First Bluespace drive is created, allowing for more freedom in Bluespace travel, instead of being confined to using bluespace gates and slings. The drives themselves are rather large and require heroic amounts of power to perform "jumps" between two points, leading to them being installed exclusively on rare and expensive Goliath-class ships.
2211	Advances in biochemistry and genetics have delivered the first in the world prototype of rapid human cloning. One's body could be rebuilt in a matter of two months from their full genetic sequence. This is considered a major breakthrough, although the process itself is prone to errors, carries over close to no memory and is very expensive.
2217	Xavier Trasen founds Trasen NanoMed on Mars, a small medical and research company, specialized in providing gene-therapy to less wealthy population.
2221	Trasen NanoMed secures patent on a revolutionary cloning techniques, allowing to shorten growth time of a clone to several days, instead of months. This made the process much cheaper, making it an affordable luxury to middle class citizens.
2312	NanoTrasen purchases several frontier systems, considered by prospectors to be rich in Phoron. Main focus is a gas giant, located in [REDACTED] system. Jesse Stewart, a high-ranking NanoTrasen official, is appointed to oversee the operations.
2317	Jesse Stewart resigns from his position as regional overseer and passes down the position to James Trasen.
2319	NanoTrasen purchases a defunct mining colony on planet [REDACTED], located in the neighboring solar system [REDACTED], with plans to rebuild it into a corporate hive-world.
Jan 1, 2320	Bluespace wormhole opens in space near [REDACTED] and ejects a mothership-class vehicle, which subsequently crashes on the surface of the planet. All identification markings do not belong to any of existing factions or corporations. No crew found. On-board machinery seems to have different connection protocols and ports to modern technology, however, some of the devices do have compatible ports, mostly with either state-of-the-art or in-development protocols. NanoTrasen claims the ship, referring to SolGov legislation on scavenging on owned territories. SolGov is not happy about it and sanctions NT to invite third parties for ship's repairs and research.
Mar 14, 2320	The NEV "Northern Light" leaves drydock to commence its voyage into unknown space three weeks ahead of schedule. Complaints from SolGov inspectors that the deadline was pushed up in order to avoid mandatory inspections fall on deaf ears as the populace celebrates this remarkable feat of engineering and corporate cooperation. The first jump proved disastrous, and several systems were heavily damaged, including the Cryo-Oversight Computer, The Bluespace Drive, And the Bluespace Communications beacons. The crew, lacking the resources and expertise to repair the damage, are forced to patch the systems as best they can, and carry on with their mission.
Oct 17, 2321	After weeks chasing bad leads, the crew finally managed to cobble together a relay system, allowing them to contact home for the first time. While the system proved to be unreliable and broke down after a short time, NanoTrasen began working on a permanent solution to re-establish communication with their lost vessel.
Nov 22, 2321	After an attack from Serbian Mercenaries, The crew of the Northern Light mounts an expedition to a well defended exoplanet to rescue their kidnapped crewmate, the CSO Mitsuji Kira
Mar 12, 2321	With enhanced communication with NanoTrasen, the Crew of the Northern Light was able to assemble a bluespace wormhole generator, allowing them to return to civilized space. They docked with a remote shipyard on the edges of known space to conduct vital repairs. NanoTrasen declined the request to return to SolGov space, fearing retribution from SolGov. This means the repairs to the Northern Light were not as extensive as previously hoped for.

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