Pre-stellar History

The Vailation race evolved on the planet Vale. They were on the verge of perfecting interstellar travel when a war broke out between the 3 major governments at the time. They did not trust each other with the technology and wanted to keep to themselves. They used highly destructive weapons which ended up leaving more than 2/3 of the population dead. The survivors formed tribes and tried to recover from the devastation. On the southern continent, the tribes came together to create a new government. They sent diplomats to all other tribes to convince them all to unit as one people. Some of the ideas of the old governments had survived in two tribes. Both refused the ideas of this new nation and waged war on the new united people. They were greatly over power and defection was common. The new government was formed and for the first time the people of Vale were united. 30 years later, the Vailations went into space and began to colonise their system.

Interstellar History

About 20 years later, scientist discovered a way in which they could predict the formation of wormholes. They realised that there would be one forming within their system in two years and that it would lead to a star, Xulin, which had been shown to have two planets in it which could support life. Realising the potential, they set about making plans to create the first colony outside their system. They built two special colony ships and in two years time, sent them through the wormhole. They arrive safely and successfully set up the two new colonies.

Myterious Attackers

In the following years, all seem to go well. Experiments were going well with warp drives and there had been preparations for another colony outside the system, then, without warning, contact with the two Xulin colonies was mysteriously broken. A recognisance ship, equiped with the new warp drive, was sent to the colonies to discover what was wrong. On arrival at the colonies, each was discovered to have been completely devastated. After a long, fruitless hunt for survivors and any indications as to what had happened, the recognisance ship return to Vale to report the tragic news. Upon enter the Vailation system, a large fleet of unidentified ships attack the recon ship. Being back in communication range again, the recon ship sent a warning to Vale. The recon ship was destroyed and study of the communication showed that these attackers had superior technology. Realising that these invaders would be unstoppable if the reached the Vailation homeworld, the government took a gamble and mobilised the entire Vailation starfleet against them, hoping that they could scare them off with the impression that they had superior numbers. After a vicious battle, their plan seemed to work. Them began retreating one by one. Even in the light of such a victory, there had been many Vailation lives lost and there was always the threat of another attack which, due to their fleet being all but annihilated, they would not be able to stop them this time. This race became known as the Trilets.

A Time to Prepare

Due to the looming threat of such a deadly neighbour, the Vailations quickly evolved socially. All work was done not for currency, but Vale. Poverty was all but wiped out and there were jobs for everyone. Most of these had a part to play in the military. The Vailations rapidly advanced technologically and completely colonised their system and set up advanced defences. During this period of Vailation history, 'The Rock' was constructed. It was a marvel of engineering. The Vailations had taken the largest asteroid they could find, had hollowed it out, and turned it into a giant weapons platform. As time passes and there is still no attack, the Rock is converted into research station and later, two cities are built within it.

The Great War

40 years later, the Trilets attacked. The Vailations defended themselves well and forced them back. The two sides were evenly matched. The Trilets seemly had not advanced as quickly as the Vailations. It was a stalemate. After 2 years of combat, the Vailation sent a communication to the Trilets requesting a stop to the conflict. The Trilets agreed to negotiations. After a few months of talks, it became clear to both sides that a major misunderstanding had occured. The Trilets believed that the Vailations were invading their space and the Vailations had not been advanced enough to detect the Trilets. It was agreed that if both allied and help one another, they would better able themselves to prevent further misunderstandings due to technological underdevelopement. Over the years these two races forgot the wars and became good allies.

The Expansion and the Mysterious Attacks

In later years, these two races came into contact with two others, the Sisimians and the Tytherians. These four races came together to form the Interstellar Alliance of Planets (The I.A.P). And so follows many years of peace and prosperity. The I.A.P. came into contact with many other races and always set up peaceful relations. Over 75 years after the I.A.P. was formed, a Vailation named Alan Solyph, came to power as the leader of the I.A.P. He was the youngest leader the I.A.P. had ever had. He was a brilliant man. He was skilled in almost every aspect. He was highly intelligent, a great diplomat and was trusted by every race in the sector. Not long after Alan Solyph's rise to power, the I.A.P. faced a crisis. The outer colonies were being attacked and pillaged. Yet, every time a ship was sent, there was nothing but the destruction left. The attacks appeared to be completely random and no one could predict the next target. There was unrest due to these attacks, but this deteriorated into public panic as the mysterious attackers, assaulted a heavily armed outpost, destroyed it and were gone before any assistance could come. The people of the I.A.P., and its allies, demanded that something had to be done. Alan Solyph assigned the I.A.P.'s top experts to try and predict these attacks. As the I.A.P. tried to find a lead, the attacks came in greater frequency and were more wide spread. Then the message came. It was broadcasted on all channels and reached every nation. "WE ARE THE AUTOCRATS. WE ALONE WILL RULE THIS SECTOR. ACCEPT OUR CONTROL OR DIE"...

Close to Defeat

The I.A.P. lost all but two of its allies over the next 30 years as the Autocrats invaded and gained control of them. The I.A.P. was taunted by communications constantly as they were the only ones left to resist autocrat rule. The Autocrats continued to push the I.A.P. lines back. One well remembered battle happened at the Tytherian planet, Shelty. The Tytherians put up a good fight and managed to hold of the Autocrats long enough for reinforcements to arrive. Ships arrived from all over the territories of the I.A.P. The counter offensive was commanded by the I.A.P. leader, Alan Solyph. Although the I.A.P. won the day, it was still remembered mournfully. As the autocrats retreated, Alan Solyph's ship was hit by a kamikaze and was totally destroyed. This victory provided the I.A.P. with hope and they attacked with new found vigour. Unfortunately, this was still not enough. As the Autocrat forces advanced towards the hub of I.A.P. space, the government collapsed, divided by those who wished to fight to the death and those who wished to accept Autocrat rule.

Coming of a Saviour

A small group of scientists, who had been working on the theory of hyperspace to provide an escape route, when they created a temporary rip in the fabric of space, much deeper than intended, and opened a doorway to a parallel universe. After a bit of study, they realised that it was possible to lock onto an entity on the other side a transport them across. Believing they had found a way to save the IAP, and without thinking of the consequences to the other universe, they tried to pull the other Alan Solyph to their own universe with the firm belief that he would unit the people of the I.A.P. Unfortunately something went wrong. The rift collapsed and the machine exploded. After coming around, the scientist discovered that they had not got Alan, but a woman named Kathryn Solyph.

Fighting Back

The scientists quickly realised what had happened. This was the parallel universes equivalent of Alan. After a lot of explaining to one very angry abducti, Kathryn Solyph agreed to help them. It was clear that the two Solyph's were nothing alike. While Alan wished to unite all peoples, Kathryn wished to safe them from eradication. Apparently in the alternative universe the IAP was never formed and the sector was gripped in a huge war that had been raging for centries. As a result of war and the rush to be better than your opponent, the Vailation race were much more advanced there. Kathryn Solyph provided the IAP with plans to upgrade their weapons and shields and several new technolgies. The two most important being the stargate and the cloak. The stargate meant that ships could immediately be sent to planet if it was attacked and the cloaking device give the I.A.P. the upper hand they needed to successfully attack and destroy the Autocrats production facilites. The Autocrats were driven out of the sector as the I.A.P.'s old allies rose up against their oppressors and joined them again to see off this evil race. When the Autocrats defenses failed and were overcome, the allied forces invaded the Autocrats core worlds. Surprisingly there was not a single Autocrat to be seen and all useful equipment had been taken. There was no sign of them...

A Time of Peace

In the years after the defeat of the Autocrats, Kathryn Solyph tried to return home, but could not recreate the experiment. It was also discover that the accident during the cross over had not been totally sucessful. But it wasn't necessarily bad. The transfer had altered her down to a genetic level. She was faster and stronger, both physically and mentally, and the ageing process in her seemed to have come to a halt. The masses proclaimed her their hero and saviour and asked her to be the IAP's new leader. Turning down the position, she settled on the Trilet homeworld to escape the attention of the media and come to terms with what happened. The I.A.P. became stronger than ever and capitalised on their new ability to build stargates. Trade increased as the I.A.P. spread out of the sector and met new races.

A New Opportunity

Not far from the Sisimian homeworld, a spacial anomaly formed. After sending through probes, it was determined that it was a hole in space which lead to the far side of the galaxy. The I.A.P., seeing this as an opportunity to increase their trade to include this far off sector, set about building a fleet of colony ships to travel through the anomaly and colonise this new region. The anomaly was unstable and shifted its size and shape regularly. The I.A.P. search for the best pilots in the sector to fly these ships through the anomaly. In response, many people from the races of the I.A.P. showed up to apply for the roles of pilot and colonist. Among these was Kathryn Solyph. 5 pilots were selected, including Solyph, and 30000 colonists were assigned to each ship. The new ships were of a revolutionary design and were named Settler's. Each ship also came with 5 auxiliary ships to allow the colonists to introduce themselves to new races as soon as possible.

Into the Unknown

The time came for departure and the ships began to move through the anomaly. As the ships passed through, it suddenly shifted and began to collapse. 3 ships disappeared into the anomaly before it collapsed. The collapse of the anomaly resulted in the formation of a black hole. The remaining ships vanished into it and the Sistimian system was torn apart by the gravity of the black hole. At the other side, the anomaly had the opposite effect. It exploded with intensity of a super nova. The three remaining ships were scattered. Kathryn Solyph's ship managed to get to a nearby planet before the engines failed. 100000 colonists had been killed and 1 of the settlers auxiliary ships had been destroyed. They survivors set up their colony and proclaimed Kathryn Solyph their leader. She accepted. Soon contact was established with the second settler. It had crashed onto a barely habitable planet. Just 10000 colonists survived the crash and with only one auxiliary ship. They set up their colony as best they could and waited, hoping for contact from the third ship.

New Friends

Not long after settling, the second group of settlers detected ships coming from a nearby starsystem. After communiactions, they established an alliance with a group know as the United Empire. Trade was set up and it became known that the UE had also just arrived in this new sector having just escaped from war. The two became close and intercolonised in both territories. The UE were already part of an alliance of races which had fled a previous sector together. These included the Triad and the Terran Imperium. The IAP was soon accepted as an ally to the Alliance.

Back Home and a New Member

After the collapse of the anomaly and the destruction of the Sistimian system, the colony transports and all on board were presumed dead. After a gloomy mission to search for any survivors, the IAP's resources were concentrated on acquiring the remants of the Autocrat worlds. All people in the sector were involved in a rush to expand and obtain new worlds. During this race, the IAP developed a strong relationship with the Endomites who were interested in joining the IAP. The Endomites had unequaled skills in colonisation and were soon accepted in organising the IAP's colonisation of Autocrat space. During this time a new High Commander was elected. This happened fairly quickly as High Command was extremely divided as to whether the Endomites should be made members of the IAP or not. The main problem was the vast differences between their people. A High Commander was needed to settle the dispute. After much discussion, High Commander Rennalds accepted the Endomites application to enter the IAP.

Surprising Message

Nearly 65 years after the mission into the anomaly, a transmission was recieved from Admiral Solyph on the other side of the galaxy. A huge information file was also recieved. The message told of the lose of life after the transfer and how only two survived. The message included detailed files on relations with several new races in this new sector, now know to be the Plymouth Sector. Admiral Solyph also asked that transmissions back should be coded and sent only to her as she had concerns about security as there was a races known as the Xen'Gnash who were gaining control of the minds of major governments. The request was accepted and transmissions continued.

Getting Home

A few years later, Admiral Solyph sent a transmition back giving detailed plans to build a hyper gate, an Imperial device used to traverse sectors, in the hope that IAP scientists could somehow boost its powers and provide a way home. Scientists quickly learned the new technology and came up with many alternatives to the huge gate components. A major break through came when they came up with a way to create a two way stable gateway to a location over 500'000ly away. Due to the need for a device at both ends to create the link, the plans were sent in the next communication to the Plymouth colony. Although it still feel short, it was hoped research on both ends would lead to a better solution. Admiral Solyph was also given permission by High Command to proceed through the Imperial Hypergate and set up a new colony to continue testing of the device.

Here We Go Again...

As the Tumachi advance continued in the Plymouth sector and research being focused mostly on Hypergate physics, people started to get worried about not having enough weapons and ships to protect themselves. Research was soon diverted to war efforts. High Command agreed that the threat was becoming too great, and with the scientist confident that they would soon be able to establish a temporary link to the Plymouth sector, they ordered the construction and preparation of a large fleet of warships and supply ships. As preparations continued, even more diturbing news came back home. The Silvanians had been over run by the Space Pirates and Emperor Jameson of the Empire had declared war on the Plymouth colony. The Plymouth colony immediately responded by starting construction of their own battleships using information and blue prints from home as High Command placed more people to work on the Hypergates. The new gate was constructed and it would soon be ready to be used.

An End to an End?

The IAP fleet arrived in the Plymouth sector several years after the Great War, arriving just in time to help the IAP reclaim and rebuild their territory. Even through hyperspace the journey was a long one. A new Command Center was constructed on Invisible and with the help of the new Enigma box, communications home were cut down to less than 10 years. The government in Plymouth was reformed to match that in Dayen. However, this happy reunion was soon flatten as the more scanner data of Galacatan 001 came through the Enigma box, as sector after sector was revealed to under Dominion control...