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March 1st, 2225 A new month, a new discovery. Following the immediate separation from the Terran Alliance, we had decided to invest entirely in research in development, pushing our scientists to improve upon the current Hyperdrive, to create a faster, more stable form of interplanetary table. With the amount of funds we were willing to invest in the project, failure was not an option. And there were breakthroughs, of course, each remarkable in their own right – such as t

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January 1st, 2225 It had begun. Not war – well, not directly anyway, but the prelude to it. For years, warfare between the major civilizations of our galaxy had been limited by the unreliable Star Gates, which in turn made intergalactic wars equally unreliable, and generally a waste of time and resources. With the invention of the Hyperdrive, all that changed. No longer bound by the Star Gates, the other civilizations were now free to expand, settling upon and fortifying

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Tarsonis, Planetary Capital of the Terran Dominion Originally Colonized By: TSS Rising Star Dubbed the “New Earth” by many, Tarsonis marked mankind’s first ever attempt at colonizing a foreign world. The Human Colonial Project, a

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It was the year of 2117. It was the year we found them. In truth, it was they who found us, but such details hardly matter, not anymore. It’s been less than a decade, yet those who still can find it hard to remember. Truth can be denied. Fact can be diluted by fiction. It’s all easy when you’re the sole government of entire planet, with entire libraries of propaganda hailing your name. Sometimes, it’s easier to question your sanity than to keep believing what you believe. As on

Game Diary: The Terran Dominion in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Well, I've been playing GalCivII for awhile, and it's certainly been a most fun experience. However, one thing I've noticed missing from these forums (except the Developer Journals) is a saddening lack of personal game diaries. So, I figured I might as well get the ball rolling, and start posting my diary/fanfiction/game example. For the most part, I've adapted the canon backstory to my own purposes, throwing out and changing whatever I feel like. Not to say I don't like what's there,