New Texas

New Texas is a Garden World, with 60% land and 40% water surface with 95% of the land surface belonging to one of three continents. Over 50% of the surface area of the planet would be considered semi-arid, but it has climates that resemble most of those found on Terra.

Like the region in the North American Continent of Terra for which it was named it's a study in contrasts. It's the Headquarters of ISAH Labs and also is the site of several other high tech research facilities. At the other end of the spectrum, it contains several sites where tourists can experience life as it was in the 19th century.

Initial Colonization
Ark Austin, San Angelo, Houston and San Antonio leave with 40,000 Colonists in 2126.

Three additional Super Arks leave Earth in 2132 with a total of 60,000 colonists.

These first waves of colonists all had to pass an "Are you a true Texan?" test with 75% correct answers before being allowed to board.

Initial contact with the Shiss
In 2156, Yellow Throat Shiss Raiders fleeing from a Nul battle, decided to raid a colony of naked ape like primates. They did not expect a frontier colony of primates to be armed to the teeth. The few Shiss trying to escape had their ship destroyed by a Davy Crockett. The news of this Texas style “First Contact” travels fast across United Earth.

The victory is celebrated with a monument that contains the phrase - We remembered the Alamo.