Editing Quest:Void Quest (section)

==The Universe of Void Quest==

''Humanity, Fuck Yeah!''

Humanity advanced, expanded, and grew larger. There were few who could even pose a threat to human domination. The Ophidian Empire, as it came to be called, became the largest power in the galaxy: mostly by quashing all opposition. Humanity harnessed Artificial Intelligence, the power of Singularities, FTL-communications, and warp travel. The largest weapons became black holes. There was peace in the galaxy, more or less. Pax Humana.

The government of the Ophidian Empire was a kind of Holy Roman Empire of feudal states with a strong overgovernment that was charged with protecting the federated states from aliens and other threats. Humans developed a strong double standard. Non-humans and dissenters were considered degenerates. Sterilizing a planet was considered an acceptable tactic against such degenerates, not so much against humans.

The Ophidian Armada was the enforcer of humanity's manifest destiny, and the ''Harbinger'' was the first of the largest and best warships ever developed. The ''Harbinger'' was sent off to put down the Hundred Worlds Rebellion, circa OY-19381. The Houses, wary of the power represented by the Harbinger-class strike cruisers, set out to sabotage the ''Harbinger''s maiden voyage. In the end of the operation, the ''Harbinger'' needed to make a blind jump to escape a double supernova and was thus designated as MIA.

What happened next is not entirely clear. The Houses maneuvered to gain more power. The Gate system was completed and implemented, ending the Armada's dominance on long-distance shipping. By OY-19439, the outpost at Orrin is abandoned. A civil war happened between the three main powers in the Ophidian empire. An AI rebellion occurred. The Armada and its EIs declared themselves the true successors of the Ophidian empire, but were eventually defeated at FarCom. Humanity entered a period of decline. According to the logs from Orrin, the last logged battle status report occurs in OY-19454. By the end of the conflict, planets were sterilized more and more often. 

In the intervening millenia, non-human races developed civilizations. They became scavengers of the technology of the ancients, using isolated Gate networks, planetary constructions, and space stations for their own purposes. The Galaxy is currently without a clear known and expansionist dominant power.