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# Lore Primer

The year is [CURRENT YEAR + 535]. You live in an age of rediscovery and exploration, renewed colonial interests and corporate warfare. The galactic world stage is dominated by [**Nanotrasen, SolGov, and the Syndicate**](/qU2P_VB9R7CuC8cueS52uA).

## Who am I?
You are a contracted colonist: someone who has given up their former life to risk their life for a decent paycheck. People like you come from all walks of life, and some are more successful than others, climbing the corporate ladder to better paying yet somehow safer jobs. Some may even control an entire station, being granted the mostly titular title of "Captain." Most are low-ranked grunts who do all the actual work on the various stations scattered across the galaxy's many frontiers. Assuming you're new here, you're very likely one of those grunts.

## Where am I?
You are on an independently-owned orbital station, contracted out to the megacorporation Nanotrasen for the purpose of surveying, exploring, and developing a colony on one of the several planets in Nanotrasen's sphere of colonial influence in the *Schwarzkopf Cluster*, the most important of which is Kepler 453b, commonly known as *"Whitesands."*

## Why am I here?
For money, be it to survive, or simply because you have to. You accepted the offer, and have been given a position based off your skills. Although in some cases, crewmembers may have accepted the offer solely for a new experience, or for their own prior plans. In addition, the reasons for needing money can be varied- people come here from all corners of the galaxy, and will have their own diverse motivations.

## Why is Nanotrasen colonizing this wasteland anyways?
*Whitesands* was formerly a flourishing colony, born from a bleak, cold desert wasteland. Through the hard efforts of colonists, *Whitesands* was developed into a thriving, self-sufficient colony with profitable trade and the wonders of modern, orbital infrastructure.

However, it didn't last. Conflict erupted in the *Schawrzkopf Cluster* in the year 2470 between Nanotrasen and the Syndicate, culminating in a massive offensive to capture the colony. Nanotrasen intentionally destroys all orbital infrastructure around the planet to deny the enemy use of it, instantly cutting off Whitesands from the outside world and creating near-Kessler Syndrome levels of debris around the planet. Any remaining colonists on the surface were abandoned there, doomed to remain on the planet.

SolGov issued Nanotrasen an ultimatum: Nanotrasen must commit significant resources to recolonizing the system or be forced to hand the system over to SolGov's ownership.

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