Federation, The (Human)

The Federation was founded in 2241, marking the end of national sovereignty and the most important step forward in space exploration since the first Mars landings: universal taxation. Legislated by representatives from the four major alliances of Old Earth—the Northern Stars, Pangean Alignment, Central Bloc, and Eastern Collective—the Federation was a sprawling bureaucracy that funded advanced research, terraformed planets, and established laws deemed of import for the common good of mankind.

The Federation is credited for curbing interstellar corporations’ early ambitions to establish feudal fiefdoms among the stars, culminating in a crushing victory during the First Interstellar War. The restrictions of the technology Tier System and prestige of the Federal Fleet ensured the Federation’s almost uncontested supremacy across human space. The lack of colonial representation, however, led to the Federation and the Perseid Initiative’s dismantlement after the havoc wreaked by the Second Interstellar War. Its spiritual successor is the Federal Fleet.