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The Intervention has fundamentally redrawn the map of human space, weakening many, or even most of the former great powers and pushed smaller colonies, nations and corporations to the fore. Guerrilla resistance has also left much of humanity in a state of lawlessness and disorder, prey to pirates, terrorists and guerrilla bands, many of whom are left over from the fight against the aliens. | The Intervention has fundamentally redrawn the map of human space, weakening many, or even most of the former great powers and pushed smaller colonies, nations and corporations to the fore. Guerrilla resistance has also left much of humanity in a state of lawlessness and disorder, prey to pirates, terrorists and guerrilla bands, many of whom are left over from the fight against the aliens. Many of these are now themselves maturing into states of their own, while some continue to raid and slaughter at will. | ||
Despite this, power has shifted away from Earth and it's inner colonies and into deep space. Earth took the heaviest damage in the war, with the loss of it's space elevators and the widespread use of nuclear weapons. Meantime, the colonies, though law had somewhat broken down, are fairly undamaged, and fresh. | |||
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When their fleets began to falter, the Asian Alliance was the first brave enough to take the traditional refuge of a power that cannot defend its self with normal military options and launch a full scale nuclear attack on the combined alien fleets and their bases and fortresses deployed within Sol, freeing the system though at great cost. | When their fleets began to falter, the Asian Alliance was the first brave enough to take the traditional refuge of a power that cannot defend its self with normal military options and launch a full scale nuclear attack on the combined alien fleets and their bases and fortresses deployed within Sol, freeing the system though at great cost. | ||
The Asian Alliance sees its self as the most advanced and progressive power in human space, with a liberal policy on genetic engineering, cybernetics and computer science (though these are mostly products of the stresses of the intervention) and excellent art, science and aesthetics. | The Asian Alliance sees its self as the most advanced and progressive power in human space, with a liberal policy on genetic engineering, cybernetics and computer science (though these are mostly products of the stresses of the intervention) and excellent art, science and aesthetics. Or so they claim. Other powers tend to believe the Alliance's claims of liberalism are more propaganda than fact. Further, the Alliance is bound by the need to rebuild its self after the war, and by it's truce with the aliens, which keeps it from openly acting against them. | ||
The Alliance's military spearheaded the deployment of specialist craft in the war, and continues to innovate in military tactics, experimenting with battlecruisers, heavy frigates, and mass use of small craft and mobile weapons. | The Alliance's military spearheaded the deployment of specialist craft in the war, and continues to innovate in military tactics, experimenting with battlecruisers, heavy frigates, and mass use of small craft and mobile weapons. | ||
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The Intervention has fundamentally redrawn the map of human space, weakening many, or even most of the former great powers and pushed smaller colonies, nations and corporations to the fore. Guerrilla resistance has also left much of humanity in a state of lawlessness and disorder, prey to pirates, terrorists and guerrilla bands, many of whom are left over from the fight against the aliens. Many of these are now themselves maturing into states of their own, while some continue to raid and slaughter at will.
Despite this, power has shifted away from Earth and it's inner colonies and into deep space. Earth took the heaviest damage in the war, with the loss of it's space elevators and the widespread use of nuclear weapons. Meantime, the colonies, though law had somewhat broken down, are fairly undamaged, and fresh.
The Asian Alliance
The Asian Alliance, encompassing China, India, Japan, United Korea, ASEAN and various other, lesser states is Asian are Earth's one remaining super power after the massive destruction caused by the Intervention. With alien fleets pouring out of Earth's jump gates, India and China, the world's greatest powers, together with their neighbours put aside their differences to defend Sol and the inner colonies.
When their fleets began to falter, the Asian Alliance was the first brave enough to take the traditional refuge of a power that cannot defend its self with normal military options and launch a full scale nuclear attack on the combined alien fleets and their bases and fortresses deployed within Sol, freeing the system though at great cost.
The Asian Alliance sees its self as the most advanced and progressive power in human space, with a liberal policy on genetic engineering, cybernetics and computer science (though these are mostly products of the stresses of the intervention) and excellent art, science and aesthetics. Or so they claim. Other powers tend to believe the Alliance's claims of liberalism are more propaganda than fact. Further, the Alliance is bound by the need to rebuild its self after the war, and by it's truce with the aliens, which keeps it from openly acting against them.
The Alliance's military spearheaded the deployment of specialist craft in the war, and continues to innovate in military tactics, experimenting with battlecruisers, heavy frigates, and mass use of small craft and mobile weapons.
Inspirations: Mass Effect Humanity, UN Spacy (Macross).