The Trader Emergency Coalition (Tec)
The history of the TEC began more than 1,000 years ago during the foundation of the Trade Order by economically driven settlers. Established on strict principals of economics and codes of behavior, the Trader Worlds quickly began to expand – making the Trade Order an industrial and commercial juggernaut. However, outside of the Traders‘ core principals, each member world maintained its own interests, form of government, economic systems and culture.
It was during this early period of the Trade Order that something unique took place which would later reshape the galaxy. During an exploratory expedition to recruit new trading partners, emissaries from the Order landed on a dry, desert world orbiting a red giant. Here they discovered a colony of people practicing the most heinous forms of scientific and social deviancy, breaking the covenants of the Trade Order. When the emissaries returned, their news sent shockwaves throughout the Trader Worlds and the response was swift. For the first time in their history the Order forced their will upon a sovereign world, banding together and forcibly removing their twisted cousins from Trader space forever…and forgotten. Over the next thousand years the Trade Order went on in relative peace and prosperity – a golden age for mankind. War became a thing read about only in history books and seen in holo-vids. The occasional rare dispute was settled in Trader-sanctioned courts and merchant fleets filled the phase lanes with goods.
The Trade Order‘s golden age came to an abrupt end 30 years ago with the arrival of the Vasari Empire. With no defenses, the Vasari swept the Order‘s ships aside with ease, and within only a few short months defeat seemed like a real possibility. In a last ditch effort to turn the tide, the Trade Order sanctioned the creation of the Trader Emergency Coalition to combat the alien threat. The TEC quickly learned to marshal the vast industrial resources of the Trader Worlds towards military production and used their new war engine to keep the Vasari at bay. For a decade the newly formed TEC managed to stem the onslaught and even started to regain lost territory - until an ancient and forgotten enemy returned.
For the next 20 years, the TEC would fight a two-front war against the Vasari Empire and Advent Unity. Mighty defenses would be built during this time, along with deadlier weapons, until five years ago when all sides attempted to give diplomacy a chance. Now with negotiations at an impasse, the people of the Trader Emergency Coalition have reached their breaking point....
The TEC Loyalists[edit]
The Loyalist faction of the TEC have had enough of war and constant battle. Adopting a policy of isolationism, the Loyalists have chosen to focus on enhancing their defenses in order to ride out the rest of the war. This defensive posture makes their worlds proof against all but the most lethal incursions.
The TEC Rebels[edit]
Whereas their cousins have taken the path of isolation, the need for retribution and hatred of xenos species fuels the TEC Rebels. Having endured so much loss, pain and suffering, the Rebel faction has chosen to use the weapons the TEC has developed over the past several decades to eradicate all who oppose them.
