Thousands of years ago the Dynasty known as House Cyrann spread out from the Core Worlds, seeking new systems and natural resources to exploit. Amongst them was a multi-star known as Cyrannus in which was rich in metals and other rare minerals. Soon the Dynasty had planted settlements on a dozen different planets. The leaders of the Cyrann referred to these outposts as The Colonies.
Over the years these colonies grew to become nations in their own right. They numbered twelve – Aerelon, Aquaria, Canceron, Caprica, Gemenon, Leonis, Libris, Picon, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Tauron, and Virgon. While all had originally descended from the population of their homeworld Kobol, they each developed into unique cultures.
The First Cylon War changed everything. Kobol had developed intelligent machines which turned against their creators and attempted to eradicate all organic life in the universe. The various nations gathered together into a confederation known as the United Colonies of Kobol to face the threat. The Battlestars of the Colonies managed to keep the worst of the attacks away from their inhabited worlds.
The Cylons were stopped but the war resulted in the complete destruction of Kobol. Cut off the newly formed Imperium, the United Colonies continued to operate independently for many centuries. Their technology grew, developing their own limited form of FTL (faster-than-light) drives based on the old Spacing Guild Space Fold technology.
They believed that the Cylons had been destroyed during the War, but they were wrong. In the darkness of space, their Basestars survived and the machines developed new synthetic technology to create infiltrators that looked exactly like humans. They undermined the Colonies from within, allowing the Cyclons to attack without warning.
The Second Cylon War was short and devistating. Utilizing stolen FTL drive technology, they emerged in the Cyrannus system, launching nukes at every settlement they found. Though some human ships were able to jump out of the system, most were surprised by the attack and perished in white-hot nuclear explosions. Within forty-eight hours the United Colonies of Kobol were no more.
The fate of the Cylons remains unknown.
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