Earth

The cradle of humanity, and the capital of the Human Imperial Alliance, Earth was arguably the most important planet in the Galactic Mass, as it was the center of trade, politics, culture, and administration for humanity. The seat of the Human Federation, it would be invaded during the First Lauresh War in 2,644 as the former governing body collapsed. The next five centuries on Earth, termed The Lost Centuries, would consist of bloody warfare until Karvan the Uniter would succeed in conquering the planet in the year 3,110, and would make it the capital of the new Human Imperial Alliance.

The total chaos following the Age of Collapse would result in the exact coordinates of the Terra System and Earth being lost to all but the Sentient Circle of Lords who occupied the planet, and it is unlikely that Humans will ever step foot on their homeworld again.

Pre-Federation
Little is known about Earth's history before the year 2,379, the founding date of the Human Federation, due to the warfare that engulfed the planet during The Lost Centuries. Few monuments remain from before the Federation, as it is believed most were destroyed during The Lost Centuries. What little information known was guarded closely by Alliance recordskeepers, due to the rarity of such knowledge. The most important aspect of the Pre-Federation years is the date of Humanities first half of its Split Gaurada Point. Occuring in 2,294, the human scouting vessel Gaurada Indominus would uncover Gateway Station Alpha on its path approaching the Terra System's inner worlds. After this point, humanity would rapidly expand, before the ever-growing amount of planets and colonies boasting a human population would necessitate a more unified approach at inter-planet commerce, diplomacy, and warfare.

Federation Years
In 2,379, it is believed that human delegates, creating a constitution for their new government, would settle upon Earth as it's world of central governance. Mankind would continue to expand upon it's holdings, coming in contact with several other species, including the primitive Trod, and would create diplomatic relations with others. It would not be until 2,571 that humanity would encounter the Lauresh Imperium- an aggressive, expansionist government much more advanced than mankind. Small border clashes would occur, as the expanding Lauresh and humans fought over frontier territory, far from both's capital worlds. After several decades of tension between the two powers, the leaders of the Lauresh Imperium, ordered the invasion of the Human Federation from the safety of Laurata, the center of the Lauresh Imperium.

First Lauresh War
Lauresh forces would begin the onslaught during the year 2,642, smashing through human fortress worlds once though safe. The Federation would send out a desperate plea for military support from it's member planets, most of whom refused, as each planet was more interested in ensuring it's own safety rather than donating to a seemingly lost cause. As Lauresh forces blitzed through human worlds, the frantic Federation would invade Tirrinough, a Federation member world withholding a massive stockpile of weaponry and warships for it's own defense. Rather than a quick victory, the numerically superior Federation forces would quickly find themselves in a greatly divided state, as the entrenched Tirrinough military would refuse to give in to defeat. Now dividing it's resources even further, the Federation left the Terra System's defensive fleet and ground forces undermanned, leaving an opportunity that the Lauresh could not withstand exploiting.

The invasion was swift. Severely depleted on multiple battlefronts, and with heavy losses forcing older vessels into service, the Terra Home Defense fleet was outnumbered, outgunned, and demoralized. Many would flee their defensive positions to escape to the stars, leaving an already desperate navy absolutely gutted.