History of the Nova's Eye:
Born a Genesis Engineering Corp Z7-9000L Series J Heavy Space Bulk
Carrier from the Genesis Engineering Corp's Ship-Conyards, the
Nova's Eye was aquired by the upstart transport company,
StellarLine Co. The company was one of the few willing to offer
shipping services to the area known as Rougespace. Rougespace is an
area independent of Earth's control, formed millennias back by
spacefarers who were left stranded after a routine charting mission
went wrong.
Surviving members of the expedition were able to sustain themselves
on habitable planet in the system they were sent to chart. But
mission control on Earth never heard from them again, and the
mission was assumed a total loss. It was another 3 generations
before Earth could muster up the determination and resources to
plan for another charting mission, due to the outbreak of civil war
and a grab for power by different factions.
The survivors of the mission manage to colonize the planet, and
began to flourish. By the time the new charting mission arrived in
system, the descendants of the mission survivors had not only
flourished, but advanced technologically beyond earth, a result of
having to adapt to their new home. It was established that The
descendants would remain independent, largely due to 2 factors,
being that they have determined they do not want Earth's rule, and
that rougespace, as the area will come to be known, was too far for
a war ravaged Earth to effectively police and govern.
The Nova's Eye, then named SLC #27, was one of a convoy of 12 ships
which made a bulk jump into the rougespace system, Centuri Nu. The
convoy was interdicted on the fringes of the system by unknown
forces, and several of the Heavy Space Bulk Carrier were destroyed.
7 of them, not including the SLC #27 managed to jump in-system to
Centuri Nu. The SLC #27 suffered reactor damage and complete
electrical destruction occured as a result. Its electrical and
navigational systems shut down, along with the communications. With
the electrics destroyed, and the reactor damaged, the life support
systems malfunctioned, and pumped Carbon Dioxide through the ship's
interior. Death came swiftly for the crew of 1300, and the ship
drifted through rougespace, unmanned and unpowered. When a military
response force from Centuri Nu arrived, alerted by the 7 surviving
SLC ships, there was no trace of the unknown interlopers or the
doomed SLC #27.
10 years later, a young salvage ship's Captain named [email protected] stumbled
across the SLC #27, which had encountered an astroid field and
crashed on on of the larger astroids. It was salvaged, and taken
back to Centuri Nu for refitting and refurbishment. According to
salvage rules, [email protected] was entitled to ownership of the salvaged ship
as long as he paid the salvage tax of 20% for all salvaged
materials to the Centuri Nu System Government, which he duely
did.
[email protected] later started running supplies across rougespace from Centuri
Nu to other rougespace systems, now colonized by the people of
Centuri Nu. It was realised that negotiation problems often arose
among the different rougespace systems, and that their individual
governments were unable to trade peacefully. A war lasting 6 months
broke out between the systems of Upsilon Gamma and Zeta 219,
necessitating the intervention of several other systems. Full blown
rougespace war was narrowly avoided when cooler heads prevailed,
and it was then HENG together with several other merchants and
traders decided to propose the formation of ICRC as a solution to
avoiding inter-system disagreements on trade and commerce.
Furthermore, in the recent years leading to the formation o the
ICRC, several pirate gangs have sprung up, making space travel for
unarmed merchant ships dangerous. The increasing number of pirating
incidents and activity was one of the factors that led to the
formation of the ICRC.
