Escape Velocity Nova Intro text, transcribed
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Three Deimos-class colony ships.
Mankind has colonized the stars. The early explorers launched themselves and their followers into the void with little or no idea of what the future would hold. Many were never heard from again, until a genius named Omata Kane came to the fore.
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A leaf of a Hypergate.
Kane designed and orchestrated the construction of the Hypergate system. The Hypergates were a means of linking systems light-years apart with wormhole technology.
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A Leviathan docked at a Commerce Station.
A great boom of civilization began, and the dark reaches of space were suddenly not so dark, nor so distant. The ruling body of humanity, the Colonial Council, grew rich from the colonies; the life's-blood of the council was the Hypergate system.
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A Pirate attack.
But the Colonial Council grew corrupt, and the sickness of that corruption spread through every layer of society. Pirate attacks flourished, and politicians became military governors. The emasculated council could do nothing.
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A Hypergate is destroyed.
Terrorists destroyed the Sol Hypergate and crippled the network. Overnight, entire systems were cut off from civilization, and society was thrown into a state of anarchy.
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A crashed IDA Frigate.
Few could have foreseen the events that followed. Warlords arose, empires sprung up and collapsed just as quickly, and all the while the people of the galaxy suffered in a new dark age. Planets sank into feudal states, and much technology was lost, seemingly forever.
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A Federation Navy flotilla.
Yet from this chaos rose order. A newly reformed council advanced faster-than-light technology, and slowly regained contact with the lost worlds of humanity. Over time, the core systems of human space formed a new ruling body, the Federation.
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Schematics for the Auroran Cruiser and Polaris Arachnid.
Life is now a cheap commodity in a dangerous universe. To the south lies the Auroran Empire, a savage race. The mysterious Polaris hold the east, while the north and west are unexplored...
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A shuttle departs an unknown spaceport.
You have just purchased your first ship, a shuttle that you hope will lead to better things. You are ready to start your maiden voyage. The universe, with all its diverse beauty and terrors, awaits you...
...Captain.