Sector Sol

Introduction

Welcome to the world of Sector: Sol. This is a game set in the far future of the solar system that we call home. It is the year 2215, the solar system has been colonized from the hot rock of Mercury to the outer extents of Uranus and Neptune. Military outposts and scientific research stations even go out to the extent of the Kuiper and Oort Body with probes going past the Heliosphere commonly.

Faster-than-light travel is possible through the gate network; however, it does not extend past the reaches of the system. It is, as of yet, impossible to reach neighboring systems through its utilization, but scientists are hard at work trying to solve the enigma.
A trip from the metropolis that is Earth to countryside that is Jupiter is no more extravagant than we would consider a simple plane trip from the United States to the European Union. Passenger vessels are common, and there are even the rich elite that commute from the Moon to Earth and back again as their daily routine.

Things have changed from what we know now. The world shudder under the Third World War, but cooler heads prevailed, and the fighting ended before the introduction of thermonuclear weapons became widespread. Sadly, there are still wastelands where so called 'tactical' devices saw use. The benefit of the war was that it shocked the population of the world out of the stupor that had lead to it. A new era of peace came to being, and a worldwide effort to reach for space was born. A provisionary government was estabilished, and the Earth Aerospace Union was formed, a collaboration of all of the major powers' space programs. In the year 2050, the first manned mission to Mars was completed, and the world rejoiced. This sparked a new era of space exploration. Technology skyrocketed to new heights, and with it the hopes of a world soared. In the year 2100, the first colony was established on the Moon. There had been outposts established earlier, but those were simply scientific and military interests. In October of 2100, the first civilians set up shop, and the Luna Colony was born. In the years to follow, colonies were established on every rock that we saw fit. Mining outposts in the asteroid belt, a mining interest on Mercury, the large metropolis that was founded on Mars, a collection of colonies around Jupiter, and so on and so forth. Humanity broke free of the imprisonment of the gravity of the Earth and stretched its legs.

Not all is well, of course. It would be too good to be true if everything was grand and glorious. No, things are not so great. As far as the normal person it concerned, things are grand, but there are undercurrents flowing throughout the system. Rumbling in the distant can be heard by those who know what to look for. Mars has just reached its prime with the completion of the atmospheric repurposing project. In the last five years, it has been possible to move freely outside of the domes with nothing but simple cold weather gear. This has caused a major boom in the population of the colony as well as started a movement for self-governance. The Martians feel that because they have reached such a milestone, it is now time for them to grow up and start seeing after themselves. Much to no surprise, the Earth Governance feels otherwise.

The Martians are not the only ones that feel this way. The Jovians have secretly been supply an underground movement that has gotten stronger in the last year to make a free Mars for all to enjoy. The many people of Saturn, for they are not a unified colony but a conglomeration of many, have openly spoke out at Governance assemblies for the right of Mars to govern itself.

We stand at a precipice. The rumble of a vie for independence sounds in the distance, and there is something else over the horizon. There is a darkness approaching that is only heard about in the darkest corners of the Cognitive Network (CogNet). There have been a large number of accidents in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Body regarding scientific missions and probes. Always it is the same military unit, or so people believe, that is tasked to investigate and rescue any survivors. Conspiracy theories abound, but there is one theory that most people ascribe to. We are not alone.

Welcome to the Sector, citizen. Watch your back, and keep an eye on the shadows. Things are never as the seem.