The Sildor Commonwealth
We are the Sildor Commonwealth. Where we come from, is shrouded in mystery. The thing we
do know, is we did not origin on our home. Not home planet. Home. Because what we live in, is not a planet. It is a marvel of engineering. Not our doing, however.
We live in the only surviving, or rather, still functioning ring section of what we call a ring world. We have lived here for millennia, alone, without the makers that legend tells us once watched over us. Who they were, how they looked, or where they went, we do not know. Even less, we do not know why we were placed on this ring world, or where we originated. Legends, again, talk of Earth. The mystical origin world where we once thrived. Legends might be wrong. It is a name, a story. In essence, we know little of what we were.
Our home, the ring world, as of 2359.
We know who we are, though. We are Sildor. An egalitarian species, and we love the alien world of the stars. The planets, the fauna, the animals. And the aliens out there. It has been over 150 years since we took the stars. We have spread our wings, expanded far and wide, created a federation, befriended aliens – both individualists like ourselves and hive minds.
It would take well over 100 years before we waged war, and then it was on the two empires that constantly warred against their neighbours and sent countless refugees our way. The exterminating robots and their fanatical purifying neighbors. War is not something we wish, but it was necessary in the end. War should never be taken lightly, and only be done when strictly necessary.
Our capital world, still with plenty of space, as of 2359.
In the following, I will record the species of our Commonwealth and our neighbours – both friends and foes. I hope it will be of some assistance for future scholars to know how this galaxy of ours look in this year 2359, who lives in it and – perhaps – how the history of us Sildors have been after we entered the hyperlanes some 150 years ago.
As I write this, the first of the ruined ring sections on our home ring world has finished repairing, the other one planned to begin reconstruction soon. The third and final, it seems will never be repaired. It is too damaged. But we have recently discovered another ring world in the Cybrex home system, hopefully it will soon be a new home for our Commonwealth.
The galaxy as it stands in 2359.
Our species also recently discovered how to build other amazing megastructures, and only a few months ago the first gateways began construction. Soon, we hope to build the science nexuses and sentry arrays we recently discovered how to construct. It truly is an amazing time to be alive.