The year is 2780, and mankind has spread across the Milky Way's Orion Spur, Sagittarius Arm, and Perseus Arm. Three vast interstellar powers and numerous smaller star-nations preside over a complex interstellar system of power, politics, corruption, intrigue, war, and trade. Despite seven centuries of progress, humanity hasn't changed.
Ships travel between thousands of habitable worlds, some naturally hospitable, others the result of massive terraforming projects. Some are elegant military sentinels maintaining the peace. Others are massive cargo ships carrying goods from every corner of humanities growing interstellar reach. Others still are pirate raiders, searching for easy hauls and black markets good to sell in the underground.
At the nexus of this vast interstellar system is the Intersystem Alliance. Governed from the human homeworld Earth, the Alliance is the descendant of the United Nations. One of humanity's oldest interstellar powers, it has reigned supreme over the Orion Spur for nearly five hundred years and is a beacon of hope in a increasingly grim universe.
From the Sagittarius Arm, the great emperor of the Star Kingdom of Sagittarius rules from his throne on their capital of Edo. The noble empire has maintained a strong friendship with the Alliance though recent economic tension has strained their long standing peace.
In the dark corner of the Perseus Arm sits the Coalition of Independent Systems. Once a vast interstellar conglomerate dedicated to preserving its member nation’s independence, a series of rebellions and revolts have left it a corrupt, socialist state spiraling into decay. Within its borders, the Coalition’s vast Navy quickly crushes citizens who rebel while the totalitarian government plots to sway events in their favor. Meanwhile, micro-nations pick away at the rotting corpse of an empire as it struggles to hold onto the life breath it has left.
It is a vast universe with many dark corners, locked doors, and unanswered questions left to explore. It is the universe of The Chronicles of Man.
