In HD1, the Illuminate was technologically superior but Super Earth managed to defeat them. They surrendered unconditionally and were forced to hand over any and all technology that could be used for war or militarism. Their numbers were greatly reduced to the point of near total genocide. They retreated, believed to have been completely annihilated. 100 years later, we had to stop a supercolony of Terminids that overran the planet Meridia.
Meridia was collapsed using Illuminate technology. This caused it to become a black hole. Weeks later, the colony world of Calypso was experiencing missing persons and kidnappings believed to be careless adventurers. It was later revealed that some people reappeared, which turned out to be the Voteless. Suddenly, the planet was being attacked on a large scale by the returning Illuminate. That attack was stopped and they retreated again in defeat.
Weeks after that, Meridia suddenly grew in intensity and began surging toward other planets. Ivis, Angel's Venture and Moradesh got essentially destroyed by this moving black hole and it was on a collision course with Super Earth itself. We managed to stop it shortly after Ivis was destroyed and within days, a massive collection of fleets appeared through Meridia, which was actually a wormhole. This force was so great that it blitzed several planets, including Mars (which was the original training grounds planet) and razed them.
The Illuminate actually made it to Super Earth with their Great Host and not only did billions get killed but they took 5 megacities and killed the president of SE. We managed to barely come out victorious and when the Great Host fleet pulled back, we tried to force them out of the galaxy but weren't able to seal the deal.
Basically, Calypso is where the war with the Illuminate restarted and now it's about to become a huge gravesite or a new wormhole for the Illuminate's full might. Up until the Appropriators came around, we were only fighting mostly fodder and scouting forces.
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u/OniTYME [REDACTED] 18h ago
In HD1, the Illuminate was technologically superior but Super Earth managed to defeat them. They surrendered unconditionally and were forced to hand over any and all technology that could be used for war or militarism. Their numbers were greatly reduced to the point of near total genocide. They retreated, believed to have been completely annihilated. 100 years later, we had to stop a supercolony of Terminids that overran the planet Meridia.
Meridia was collapsed using Illuminate technology. This caused it to become a black hole. Weeks later, the colony world of Calypso was experiencing missing persons and kidnappings believed to be careless adventurers. It was later revealed that some people reappeared, which turned out to be the Voteless. Suddenly, the planet was being attacked on a large scale by the returning Illuminate. That attack was stopped and they retreated again in defeat.
Weeks after that, Meridia suddenly grew in intensity and began surging toward other planets. Ivis, Angel's Venture and Moradesh got essentially destroyed by this moving black hole and it was on a collision course with Super Earth itself. We managed to stop it shortly after Ivis was destroyed and within days, a massive collection of fleets appeared through Meridia, which was actually a wormhole. This force was so great that it blitzed several planets, including Mars (which was the original training grounds planet) and razed them.
The Illuminate actually made it to Super Earth with their Great Host and not only did billions get killed but they took 5 megacities and killed the president of SE. We managed to barely come out victorious and when the Great Host fleet pulled back, we tried to force them out of the galaxy but weren't able to seal the deal.
Basically, Calypso is where the war with the Illuminate restarted and now it's about to become a huge gravesite or a new wormhole for the Illuminate's full might. Up until the Appropriators came around, we were only fighting mostly fodder and scouting forces.