As soon as I can figure out how to use the Galaxy Forge and how to mod this game with my own races, I will be releasing a "Campaign" of sort. Pretty much, I will release a map with a background story. Then I'll release a new map with a story that ties into it soon after.

If anyone would like to contribute to the story and making the mod, I'd be glad to have the help. The background lore I will be building on goes as follows.

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Future-Verse XIIV:
Sins of Man (A Sins of a Solar Empire Mod)


History

2012: The Long Night

Earth was hit by 2 massive asteroids. Gog, the name given to the smaller of the asteroids, fell into the desert of Saudi Arabia. Magog, the more massive of the asteroids, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The effect of the two created a chain reaction that brought life on Earth on the brink of extinction.

From Gog, the shockwave it created hitting the crust triggered massive Earthquakes all around the world and set off many of the long believed dormant Volcanoes and Super Volcanoes. Magog’s impact spawned massive Tsunamis hitting devastating the coastal cities.

In the first 24 hours, a quarter of the human population was decimated. Within weeks and months following, only 100 million humans survived. After 10 year, the world was covered in ice as a new Ice Age settled, and only 40 million humans scattered throughout the world struggled to survive.

But as the Ice settled, humanity began to slowly adapt to its new environment. As humanity always done, smaller communities became larger communities as the more powerful groups swallowed up their weaker neighbors. Within 100 years, humanity has once again spread and settled most of the habitable parts of the world.

Over time, mankind has rebuilt technology it once lost and discovered new technology and energy source it never had access to before. Although bringer of death and destruction, Gog and Magog gave humanity access to new forms of energy as the two asteroids were rich with Crystals that would provide enough resource for humanity to finally reach the limit of its Home World.

Golden Age of Man

As humanity rebuilt itself, the days of two hundred nations are long past. Humanity now is divided into 5 major groups that were established by those survivors in the first few years of the Long Night.

Over the years, the 5 major groups eventually united to form a unified government. A government that was based on long established rule that was then necessary for the survival of man. A government where there are Lords and Ladies, a feudal society with a touch of democracy. Humanity prospered under this new Government, a unified government that became known as The Unified House of Man.

Science and discoveries brought by the Gift of the Destroyers, as Gog and Magog became known as, surpassed the technology before 2012. Technologies were being discovered that would eventually lead to interstellar travel.

A new grim discovery was made as crystals were being extracted from the impact sites. It was discovered that some of the crystals penetrated the Earth’s crust, and over time, has cause the core of the planet to cool and die. Earth would eventually die and be uninhabitable.

Good Bye Cruel World

As the first interstellar drive was created, massive colony fleets were built by the Unified House of Man. A new search for a new home was also under way. Three star systems were found with habitable worlds and so the massive colony fleet left Earth behind.

But not everyone left Earth; there were some who decided to remain on Earth and tough it out. But it was mostly the unwanted, the poor, and bane of society who remained, the few who never got the offer to leave the dying world.

Prosperity

As humanity seeded and settled in their new worlds, they prospered. In a thousand year, humanity has developed into an interstellar society. The Unified House has remained intact, although wars have been fought a few times by its members as they struggled for power and dominance over each other. New factions have grown within the Unified House as new worlds were discovered and settled. The Unified House membership has grown although the five original members have grown into power and became known as the Greater Houses, a government within the government.

The Coming War

As humanities spread began to hit the limits of their technology, resources are being fought. War has erupted between the different Noble Houses and even the Greater Houses has joined in on the fight.

Unknown to humanity, the brothers they left to die has returned. Those left on Earth banded under the rule of the old religion that was known as The Church. With their faith, they survived under the harsh climate of Earth. One day, a great discovery was made under the frozen wasteland of Antarctica that brought new technology and understanding of science to new heights. Over time, humanity on Earth thrived once again, but has never forgotten their brothers and sisters who left. Now they have amassed a great fleet to seek out those that left Earth long ago.

On the other end of the space, a race of unknown beings is racing through from the core of the galaxy outward. They destroy all that stands in their way as they strip mine all worlds in their path as they retreat toward the edge of the Galaxy and humanity lies through their path.


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Now, if I can get a few ship 3D modelers, the only changes I would make is for this unknown race to have their ships modeled after asteriods and rocks with engines and weapons. This is because instead of creating a hull for their ships, they take solid rocks, put guns and engines into them and use that as their ships. This new race would be insect-like similar to ants or bees.

I would like to disable diplomacy for them since they should not be able to communicate outside their race, but they should be able to gather resource faster and build quicker. Only way to beat them is to team up against them.

So, if this project sounds interesting to you. Let me know if you're willing to play it and/or willing to help out with the mods for it.