United Republics of Federated Systems/Sporecraft

United Republics of Federated Systems
The United Republics of Federated Systems (U.R.F.S.), also known as the United Republics, the Federated Systems or simply as the Systems, is the offical name of a medium-sized intersteller federal republic that is centred pridominately on the Cygnus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. The U.R.F.S. is predominatly formed up of a population of Terran humans, who orginated on the planet Earth in the Sol Star System.

The U.R.F.S. has been in existence for almost nine centuries, having emerged as the largest and most powerful of the human succesor states to the various goverments on Earth at the start of the 22nd century. The capital planet of the Republics is the planet Terra Nova, found in the Helios Twin Star System.

Exodus From Earth
The twenty-first century was unprecendented in the amount of damage caused to the natural ecology of planet Earth. The continued usage of fossil fuels throughout the early twenty-first century had a terrible effect on the levels of climate change on the planet. There was an increase in the use of renewable energy sources, but despite thier effectiveness they only occured on a small scale. The escalation of the Second Cold War (2027-2099 CE) between the People's Republic of China, the European Federation, the South American Union and the United States of America led to an increase in nuclear tests, causing more enviromental damage. There was further devastation caused by increased deforstation in the Amazoian Rainforest, the Congo and Indonesia.

First Contact
The first contact between humanity and an extraterrestrial race occured in October 2098. The Impus starship, CSS New Venna, discovered the planet on the 30th of September. When the craft made first contact, there was widespread fear of an alien invasion. The Alien Scare helped to bring a conclusion to the Second Cold War. After launching a global survey, Admiral Lanus'har'dar of the New Venna opened up cordial relations with the United Nations, the closest thing the Earth had to a global goverment. Lanus'har'dar acted in the name of the Council of Shamans, requesting to establish an embassy in New York (the city where the UN met). Lanus'har'dar also requested permission to set up research stations on the Moon, to study both it and the Earth. These requests were agreed upon within the span of three weeks.

The Impus soon warned the U.N.