Nightingale: Birth of the Alliance

Early in the 21st century mankind broke out of Einstein's cage, with the developments of the Quantum Engine and the Jump Drive humanity gained the power to leap to our nearest star systems.

A small asteroid carrying a rare mineral called Neridium smashed into a small town in Oregon. Despite the loss of life it was determined the unique properties of the mineral could lead to vast advances in reaction drives and even open the possibility of an FTL technology.

In 2062 over 300 unmanned jump probes were launched, dubbed Project Far Leap; they sought out stars and planets that humans could live on.

But disaster struck in 2093, when the long feared climate disaster came, greenhouse gasses had rendered the Mother World nearly uninhabitable, humanity pressed out into the solar system.

By 2129 humanity finally found the answer, known as Project Gaia, humanity tried to terraform the earth back into a habitable state. but it failed, when the mix of increased solar radiation and greenhouse gas combined with the special chemicals used to terraform it sparked a chain reaction in earth's atmosphere, plunging earth into a new ice age and creating the Barrier.

That event is now known as The Desolation. with humanity cut off from Mother Earth's resources the 13 million survivors were forced to dig in and try to continue humanity.

Then, like a shining star in the night sky, in 2179 a probe from the now mostly forgotten Far Leap project reported back, a habitable world had been found.

So the United Sol Confederation which sprung up after the UN fell in during the Desolation Initiated "Exodus". A plan to build 50 colony ships out of the remaining supplies and fill them with as many humans as could make the long voyage to that new home. of the almost 15 million they selected the best and brightest 130 thousand to crew the colony ships, then sent them out into the long night, leaving behind a barely alive humanity in search of a planet they called Nova.

After a few decades of living on Nova, humanity meets its first alien race, drawn by the translation flares and a human scout ship they become members of the larger galactic community. and during an attack by a major nation, humanity forms the Grand Alliance, a coalition of 4 major races; The Garn, Human union, Kalanarii Tech union, and the Tarri confederacy.

The GA fought against the Trandaki, and under the leadership of a human admiral, the combined forces of the GA beat the enemy and became a solid government instead of just a mutual defense pact.

You are a retired soldier from a major war a few years back, one that united 5 races into a single coalition government, you left and used your back pay to buy a small merchant ship. So you set sail in this new and frightening frontier. In a sector recovering from the ashes of a major war, the new government is stretching its reach and power as outlaws are looking to make money in the aftermath of the war.

Step into a new frontier, filled with aliens, amazing ships and technology and many hidden secrets. Explore a whole sector filled with storms, pirates, and unknown enemies in this first epic tale in the Nightingale Universe. Fight pirates, defend what is good and decent, and in the end make a fortune being a Leader among the stars.