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Terran Supreme Councilor William Breckenridge
was elected in 2260. Breckenridge gained
fame during the Imperial Wars of 2221-2229
as a CAV pilot in the Terran 43rd Legion. After
his service, he returned home and was easily
elected to the Plebeian Council, the lower of
the two representative houses of the Terran
government. After several years of sterling
service, Breckenridge was elected to Primus of the
Plebeian Council and not long after to Supreme
Councilor. All Terran Supreme Councilor’s are
elected by popular vote from current members
of the Plebeian Council, and no Terran may
serve as a national offi cial without having
served a term of service in the Federal Forces or
Civil Service. The Terrans fi rmly believe that no
one truly values their citizenship without having
Unable to come to terms, early in their history,
with their secular and religious positions on life
and government, the Terrans suffered through
what they call the “Era of Strife.” This era
occurred about two hundred and fi fty years ago
and brought their planet to the edge of global
war several times. Divided into nation states,
the nations of Earth waged war between each
other in a vein attempt to impose their will and
beliefs on each other.
One of the largest nations, the United States
of America, was savagely attacked and drawn
into a protracted war with the nations of the
connected continent to their south. With little
support from the United Nations, the primary
planet peacekeeping organization, the U.S.
found its resources stretched to the limit. U.N.
confl icts with the U.S. led to the U.S. withdrawal
from the U.N., and without the resources of the
U.S., the U.N. quickly became ineffectual. Its
death knell was sounded by a terrorist attack
that destroyed its headquarters and no effort
was ever made to reconvene.
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sacrifi ced and earned the rights associated with it.
The Senate is the other house of the Terran
legislature, and the Consul, or president of
the Senate, wields great political infl uence.
Senators are elected or appointed by each
member state depending on their preference.
The Supreme Councilor is advised by a cabinet
of advisors called the Consistory made up of
experts in their individual fi eld, be it science,
education or transportation. Lastly, the judiciary
branch, or the World Court, decides matters
of constitutionality and is enabled to overturn
the decisions of a lower member state court or
Magistrate.
The next two centuries witnessed great
accomplishments as the emerging nations of
the world once more turned their gaze toward
the stars. Creating a joint venture organization,
the nations of the planet formed the Terran
Exploration and Research Administration. (TERA)
TERA was a politically independent organization
dedicated to rebuilding the permanent space
station that once orbited Earth. It succeeded
tremendously. TERA also was able to establish
research colonies under both of Earth’s major
oceans, on its moon, and on Mars, the fourth
planet in their system.
Utilizing primitive propulsion and cryofreezing
technology, TERA was able to establish colonies
on Alpha Centauri, Dorado, JOC 45, and later
on, Cestus and Vela. They were soon to learn
they were not alone in the galaxy.
In 2176, an alien race attacked the small Terran
colony on Vela. It was the Rach, one of the most
militaristic and aggressive races in the galaxy,
that made this attack. The Terrans couldn’t know
the Rach already had a small military outpost