BOOK III: 4000

4000

It was a long pereiod of tranquility and peace, with only a few small conflicts in Andromeda and encounters with Dai Thaan and other Pirates.

It was estimated there had been 2500 Dai Clans once but only about 173 where thought to remain, their Attacks became much more sporadic and rare.

Arsenal system had become the most heavily defended system in the known Galaxy. Earth, Sares Prime and all of the other main worlds maintained seurity screens around their solar systems. Earth went so far as to place a special shielded base inside their Sun to onstantly monitor the terrans home star.

The average Union Citizen was very proud and happy. Content and true poverty did no longer exist.

The Blue Merchants changed this period of peace as they contacted both the Union and the Centrum Galacticans that they lost control over their warrior species. The beings with the numerous organic looking ships, the Piostla. Previously under cotrol of the Blue Merchants had for some un explained reason, declared war against all life forms not Piostla.

The Piostla war of 4100 was short but very violent and cost many lifes on all sides. The Pisotla indeed had living ships. The Piostla itself developed from a tree like life form and considered themselves plants. Their Psionic Spore bombs and strong psionic weapons causes much havoc as it turned Union ships against each other.

The Saresii finally developed a new Psionic shield that where very effective and ended the Piolsta reign of terror.

The Blue Merchants claimed to be ashamed of this and declared themselves into exile and left to what is know Downward space, space that was virtually unexplored and unclaimed.

No other explanation was given why the Piostal suddenly turned.

Both Union and CG agreed to maintain the peace contract and Free space even without Blue Merchant enforcement.