The Dawn of Chaos: Part I
To the Earthians, few really bother to consider Corroria a part of their world. The Corrorians have no obvious interest that would conflict with the rest of Earthia, so there is no logical reason to do anything about them due to the risk. Their technology is not understood and their continent is so heavily defended that it would be suicide to bother, and with the other scattered conflicts there isn't much of a reason to investigate.
"Corroria? Who cares about Corroria?"
This is not necessarily true throughout the galaxy, however. Well beyond the bounds of most Earthians is the vacuum of space, and the locally isolationist Corrorian Empire is a major player when it comes to the battles that occur out there. Allied with the Aphorites, the Corrorians have been at war with expansionist empires for many years. The Aphorites and the Corrorians were highly successful in defending friendly sectors from what is currently the biggest threat, the Karlorons, a great "plague" of expansionist insect-like creatures that move from planet to planet. It was not long ago that the Karlorons were pushed back away from the Regulus and Corrorian systems.
Things seemed to be very good for both the Aphorites and the Corrorians, until the Corrorians came across what is rumored to be an artifact from before the First Age. The Aphorites have noticed a change in the Corrorians... The empire previously considered a protector is moving toward what one could consider a conquerer.
To the Aphorites, the Corrorians are becoming exactly what the two empires previously considered mutual enemies... Corroria's goal is now shifting toward forced colonization.
What exactly caused this quick transition for Corroria? No one currently knows..
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It would not be long before the Aphorites would pull away from the alliance. This move, however, is extremely dangerous for the benign civilization from Regulus.
Almost as if it were expected that the alliance would fall apart, in a matter of days following the secession, the Corrorians turned on their long-time ally. Corroria mobilized a massive fleet of destroyers and have effectively blockaded Regulus 1, the rocky Aphorite homeworld... |
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