Human beings have evolved and developed on Terra over the past several million years. It thus came as a surprise to Terrans when they traveled to the stars and found that humans were already out there, ruling vast empires among the stars. It took many centuries before it could be established that all of those humans had indeed originated on Terra, and had been transported to many different worlds by another starfaring race many thousands of years ago.

	The Third Imperium, established over eleven hundred years ago, is a human-dominated interstellar empire encompassing more than 11,000 worlds in about 21 sectors.	Stellar Map	Ships
	Of the three major star faring human races, the Zhodani are the most alien. Their culture early on developed the science of psionics and integrated it into their society. The result was radical differences between what Terrans consider normal, and what Zhodani consider normal.	Stellar Map	Ships
	The Hierate is that region of space controlled by the Aslan race. Due to the nature of Aslan government, it is a rather loose confederation of worlds with little central direction. The binding force of the Hierate is less that of government or nationalism, and more that of common heritage, culture, and tradition.      The Hierate includes more than 4,000 clans spread across about 7,000 worlds in 17 sectors.	Stellar Map	Ships
	Another human-dominated interstellar community, the Solomani Confederation borders on the Hierate and has a long history of rivalry and enmity with Aslan worlds on the Hierate frontiers.      The Solomani Confederation covers about 2,400 worlds in six sectors. It claims nearly a thousand more worlds in Imperial, Aslan, and neutral space.	Stellar Map	Ships
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updated: March 29, 2005