Congrats on your desire to become a player in the AOW:4025 universe! Starting a faction is an important step, and this introduction is meant to give new players an idea of the game universe, and what belonging to a particular government within the game will mean to your game. We encourage all new players to read through these introduction page before creating their new faction, but if you know what you want you can skip to the creation process at the end at any time. Is AOW: 4025 Finished/Gold? No, currently All Out War : 4025 is in Beta status. In beta status the game is being tested by the players. During this time we will be trying to find as many bugs as possible. Pre-History In 2044 astrophysicist Carl Vidro published a paper that described definable pairs of points in space that, while being seperated by as many as 100 light years, could be moved through instantaneously. The practical application of his theory was not proven until 2073 by a consortium of private space companies, the biggest player being the Karamehmet Corporation. The "V-Jumps" as they became called, instantly jumpstarted a long period of constant growth and the settlement of the stars. Earth's population had long since passed the breaking point, and after the completion of the first settling ships in 2108, goverments began the mass transportation of people to new colonies. Over the next two millenia 10 billion people were transported off Earth to the growing list of settled planets. As of 4025, there were 76 planets boasting over 100 million people, and several hundred planets in total settled. Between 2108 and 4025 countless governments rose and fell, but three that had their roots in the start of the colonization eventually coalesced into major powers and led the majority of humanity. They are the Toukon Ryu Dynasty, the Karamehmet Hegemony, and the Kingdom of New Iberia.