Sirian Colonials
Sirian Colonials
In a Mirror universe during the 2100-2200 AD period, the Sol System was in a state of civil war with two factions battling for domination of Sol. The two sides were the Alliance(composed of the US, Western Europe, and Japan) and the Coalition (composed of Russia, China, and the Middle East). For decades, millions died in the inconclusive conflict until the Coalition finally managed to gain the upper hand.
In desperation, the Alliance secretly constructed large sleeper ships in the hopes of fleeing the Sol System with hundreds of thousands of colonists to begin a new civilization free from the strife and prejudices that had plagued Sol for so long. The ships were using engine technology extrapolated a crashed human ship from they believed was from the future [ Alisa III ] Each sleeper ship was christened after its patron nation. The five ships were the Bretonia (holding British colonists), the Rheinland (holding German colonists), the Hispania (holding Spanish and Italian colonists[crammed in at the last moment when the Italian ship was damaged before launch, possibly sabotage]), the Kusari (holding Japanese colonists), and the Liberty (holding American colonists).
As the five sleeper ships launched from one of the moons of Jupiter, a Coalition fleet arrived and tried to attack the sleeper ships. Even though Bretonia had its starboard engines damaged, they broke through the Coalition blockade and headed for the Sirius Sector of the Gamma Quadrant region. On an interesting note, rumors in certain quarters of Malta speak of three other sleeper ships being constructed by the Alliance. The truth of these rumors is unknown, as is the identity of the supposed three other ships. If said ships did exist, they were presumably destroyed by the Coalition along with other scattered parts of remaining Alliance forces in Sol or launched at a different date and/or location to the known five, at least one of these ships escaped: the Gallia (holding French colonists)
During their journey The Iconian gate on Palma caused a malfunction when attempting to lock onto something onboard, causing the small flotilla of colony ships to be pulled into this time and place, they dropped out of hyperspace near palma and spread out over habitable Minshara class worlds nearby.
After the sleeper ships arrived in the gamma quadrant, they went their separate ways. The first ship to arrive was the Liberty, one year after the Exodus. They settled in the center of the Sirius Sector navigation block where they took advantage of the high amount of Earth-like planets, main sequence stars, and metal-abundant asteroid fields. Being the closest to the Jumpgate leading to Algol they were the first to begin trading with the palmans and sending an ambassador to Freeport Alpha. It is said that the Liberty launched before the other ships to arrive in Sirius sector first, so they could choose the best place to settle before any other ship would arrive. The Rheinland arrived 3 years after the Exodus and settled near the Walker Nebula to take advantage of its high amount of metal deposits. They founded Planet New Berlin. Shortly after, the Kusari arrived and settled in the Crow Nebula, where they took advantage of the large amount of gases to make H-Fuel, a necessary fuel for ships. They founded Planet New Tokyo. The Bretonia was the last to arrive because its starboard engines were damaged by the Coalition during the Exodus. they were forced to travel slower than the other ships and arrived 20 years after the Exodus. Since the most favorable areas were already settled in by the Liberty, Rheinland, and Kusari, the Bretonia was forced to settle in the Barrier Nebula, a giant belt of ice asteroids that had very few hospitable planets. This was a very unfavorable place to settle, but the Bretonia managed to make the best of it by taking advantage of the abundant amount of asteroids containing metal. They founded Planet New London.
Gallia was perhaps the luckiest of them all, the iconian gate displaced them into the north western area of the sirius sector navigation block to an area rich in oil and a few years earlier then it should have been possible since they were following the other colony ships undetected, it is highly likely that Gallia was responsible for the damage to the Hispania.
The Liberty sleeper ship was turned into a building that proudly flaunts Liberty's flag to show how far Liberty has come. The Bretonia, Kusari, and Rheinland sleeper ships were all stripped down for the metal used to quickly rebuild their civilizations.The wreck of the Hispania still drifts in orbit above Planet Malta.
The Hispania sleeper ship was sabotaged and thought to be lost. Half of the Hispania colonists used some of the escape pods to leave the ship and search for a hospitable planet on their own. They eventually found Planet Crete in Omicron Gamma. Later, these colonists would become the Corsairs, the largest pirate group in Sirius. The other half took their chances with the wreck and drifted into Omicron Alpha, near Planet Malta. Since the ship was so heavily damaged, it couldn't land, so the colonists used the remaining escape pods to land on Planet Malta. They then became the pirate group known as the Outcasts. The Corsairs and the Outcasts believe that the saboteur who damaged the Hispania was from one of the other four sleeper ships who was trying to eliminate the competition for the best places to settle in Sirius, which is why the two pirate groups refuse to make peace with the four houses.