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Fidelis Project

At the end of Exodus Century when the interstellar portals started to fail after the collapse of industry and manufacturing on Earth, Beta Sector started the Fidelis Project on Zeus.

The Fidelis Project got its name because it’s based on faith and loyalty. Every Betan world is sending precious experts and resources to Zeus and trusting them to recreate interstellar portal technology.

–Tad,

Zeus sent a delegation to Adonis to talk to Tad and to recruit him to head up the project. Their plan was to have every Betan world send their best portal technicians and other scientist to Zeus to recreate portal technology using simpler parts that can be manufactured on the colony worlds.

Tad came to New York to visit the old Wallam-Crane Museum and to recover an early prototype of the Rosetta component, which allowed portals to be dialed to their connecting destination instead of the more sophisticated component that could no longer be manufactured.

There’s a component in every portal that’s tuned to its own position in space, and is key to successfully locating and connecting to destination portals.

–Tad to Blaze,

Second Roman Empire

2605 – Beta Sector declares the Second Roman Empire

In the prior two centuries when humanity was striving to survive, Beta sector created the clan and craft alliance system.

In the early 2400’s they created the Fidelis Project to bring together all of its scientist to recreate portal technology and other needed sciences. The other sectors never admitted that it was this project that saved humanity and Beta Sector came to resented it.

The final breaking point for Beta sector was when Alpha and Gamma sectors trying to impose their moral codes and marriage criteria on Beta Sector, predominantly by enacting laws in the Parliament of Planets that would impose a 2 person marriage definition for every sector and planet, thus negating Beta Sector's triad marriages. They also tried to pass laws that would disallow Betan betrothal contracts.

This lack of respect for Beta Sector's laws and society caused them to break away and form their own government loosely based on the ancient Roman Empire.

2658 – The Second Roman Empire ends.

Faron Augustus became the third Emperor of the Second Roman Empire and his brother Ceron challenged him. The Emperor sent troops to arrest Ceron but he fled to Artemis’s solar array and held the planet hostage. After turning the power beam onto the surface and killing thousands of people, the citizens of Zeus overthrew Faron and said they would crown Ceron with the laurel leaves, but sent an urgent plea to the Cross Sector Military. The Military responded by sending enough ships via drop portal, and bouncing their signal across half of Beta Sector, to surround the Artemis array. Ceron died during the action to arrest him.

“We would not abandon Fidelis when the revisionists demanded conformity with other sectors. We declared the Second Roman Empire and stood alone. When that empire ended with the reunification treaty of Artemis, other sectors swore to respect our customs and honour our betrothal and marriage contracts..."

Reunification Treaty

The reunification treaty of Artemis spelled out certain conditions and one of them was that the other sectors wouldo respect and legally recognize Beta Sector's betrothals.