Faced with extinction, the three factions put aside their differences and formed the Colonial Defense Coalition to turn back the alien menace.Īfter the Seraphim were defeated, the Coalition became the governing body of the galaxy. It only ended when an even greater threat appeared, an invasion by an alien race called the Seraphim. Unable to coexist peacefully, they spent the next thousand years fighting for control of the galaxy.ĭubbed the Infinite War, the conflict claimed billions of lives. Three distinct factions-the United Earth Federation, the Aeon Illuminate, and the Cybran Nation-emerged from the chaos. Eventually, the Empire grew so large that it became fragmented and consumed by civil war that stretched across the galaxy. At one time, the Earth Empire ruled the galaxy.
