The Outer Volumes Era
The early Eighth Millennium
to the Current Era
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The Outer Volumes EraThe early Eighth Millennium
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7700 - 10,400 : new empires and power structures emerge, and old ones further develop
Over and above the usual changing fads and shuffling of the
confederation of its member empires and power structures, the old order
that characterised the galaxy for almost five millennia is being
challenged by new power players. In the Hinteregions and the Outer
Volumes, the new empires like the peaceful Empledokcetics (benefiting
from the Verifex situation by selling radiation shielding of unique
picotech design) and the humorless Laughter Hegemony exceed anything
that has come before, matching even the strongest of the Inner Sphere
empires. And while the Daharran Advance is stopped, no-one knows what
to do about these other new powers. In the Hinteregions new Federations
emerge, the Orion Federation being among the most important, and starts
making inroads in both the Inner Sphere and along the periphery. The
Amalgamation, previously thought beaten, is back again, and the
Paradigm seems to be expanding as well. While many pray to the old
gods, there are those who turn to new apocalyptic cults for answers,
and the number of transcends seem to be increasing as well, although
the statistics are at times unreliable and open to varying
interpretation. The situation might be more stable were the Sephirotics
themselves able to work in harmony, but they seem to be going their own
way. Or is it just the superbright empires that worship them that are
acting that way? Seven to eight thousand years after terragen
civilization first ventured into space Earth, the situation is looking
tense.
The Age of Expansionist
Empires
