Alright, Mac and I (and now Cap'n Carno) have been working on developing episode III, and I'm still content to say that it will still be a few weeks before the actual webstory is underway. However, we wish for members who want to go ahead and pre-register for episode III to post here. At the moment, all we need is your name (doesn't have to be your real one), two initials in which you would like to use for map identification, and the government for whom you will serve.
Here is the basic storyline as well as some info.
The Human Confederation will be very much involved in episode III. We will be using two galaxies instead of one, and the jumpgates will serve as passes between the Milky Way and Sentarus.
Before the Confederation / Rebellion war, the humans sent out a colony fleet into the eastern portions of the galaxy. Since war would soon tear itself across the Milky Way, these colonists were seeking a peaceful settlement. The settlers (unknown to the humans) discovered the jumpgate built by the aliens, and the colonists were discovered by the aliens at this point. Instead of killing the humans, the aliens captured them and and brought them to the planet Dreden inside the Sentarus Galaxy: Home of the aliens. On Dreden, the humans were forced to labor, building war machines for the alien empire (Now remember that this all took place a few hundred years ago). The humans started growing numerous on Dreden, until eventually a full scale rebellion broke out on Dreden. The humans, thirsty for revenge after years of cruelty, took over all of Dreden and it thus became a human world. Dreden ship factories, which were formerly an important warship manufacturing site of the alien empire, was now in human hands. The humans now used these factories to build human warships and fighters of their own to defend Dreden. Now, around 30 or so years following the rebellion at Dreden, the "Dreden Rebellion" (which the aliens call them) has gained a formidable foothold in the Sentarus galaxy with their growing navy. Their technology equals that of the aliens, and they thus prove a deadly match. The Dreden Rebellion now wishes to reunite with their human friends of old back in the Milky Way, and they will fight until they gain control of the great Sentarus Galaxy.
Following the Battle of Levo during the "war that was never finished," the Human Confederation mounted large offensives against the invading alien fleets, and through heavy fighting which cost thousands of lives of both humans and aliens, the Human Confederation at last destroyed nearly all the aliens inside the Milky Way. A few, however, managed to escape through the jumpgate. This jumpgate was discovered by the Human Confederation, and this is where the adventure continues...
(Dreden Rebellion and Human Confederation are allies)
I currently have no shipyard or outfit graphics up, but perhaps you would like to see a map of the Sentarus Galaxy? Click (url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/SentarusGalaxy.jpg")here.(/url)
Post any questions you may have, and register in advance by posting the requested information. Thanks.
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-Cap'n Skyblade
-Battle for Sol - Episode III: The Worlds Beyond the Milky Way - coming soon -
(This message has been edited by Captain Skyblade (edited 08-15-2001).)
We can say that the pirate worlds were finally brought under HC rule at the end of episode II (once the aliens were defeated). After all, the pirates really couldn't stand up against the HC Navy alone.
