Re: what we know..thus far...
With the Attack on the Avian Nest ship, and the capture of the Rava...The ESN has taken great strides in pushing back the demon infulenice in...what was viewed as..Earth's Space.
With Fuji, the furthest Carrier/station in this direction...Hack's Move to spread Earth's holdings, and create more of a Bufferzone has paid off. The ESN Heirachery helped solidify that. But Granting Hack the Rank of Admiral, thus giving him the power to enact treaties and secure Holding in the "frontier".
The Tortuga has become an ESN Member, and Elba has been added...the next step is the taking of Bura, which will complete the capture/annexation of this system's livable planets....and will also help the ESN and AP to begin work on the Burned out Planet now called Gobi....the Planet's surface is mostly Burnt crush, as the demons and thier allies had tried a weapon that they were working on, and it failed...or?..was overly successful...depending on your view...However most scientists think the planet can be 'brought back to life"...without too much time involved..howere..there is rumored to be Demon Troops Under the crust.
The goal is...Take Bura...then send troops in to extermonate any Demon/demon allies on Gobi..and add it too the AP's holdings. The Minerals and water , as with the two smaller planets, make them a valued resource out here.
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( for those who have back stories involving Characters)
In the Begining...Pre- Hermes..Angels in hand with Earth, built some transports and such to take Humans further out into spoace, to begin Terra forms and add to the Human presence in the Black...Mars and the Moon were first..some smaller Moons and plaents in other directions were set up as well.
The Anti-Angel...or Pro-Demon and even Earth First Groups..all had some type of resistance to the Angels and thier Ironfist-in-the-velvet glove work on earth...Some South Americans, Middle east..and for a while China tried to work against the Anegls and the ESN...AP..by and large the "civilwars" were short and bloody. With Earth at risk, there was no time to "be nice" to rebels, or those who tried to undermine mthe growth of the ESN.
Intrigue is Russa with Spec ops units s from the ESN, who actively tried to wipe out Pro demon, anti-angel groups...and some of the Governments that ..well..just plain didn't want to give up thier power....rebellions would rise...word would get to colonies and such...and ....for the most part..woudl be settled quickly..sometimes, it took force or arms...but? With the Human race in the balence, it was not hard to make the choice to eliminate those who caused problems with the ESN or coloney holdings.
Most ESN and AP people were screened and were accepted by thier own merit, rather then where they came from, or thier backround.....even China agreed to join the ESN after the launch of thier own warship, built with aid from unknown ( Demon?) tech...The ship headed out away from teh path that hte Hermes took..to investigate the area where ESN Everest held sway...theShip was attacked and destroyed by elements of the Demon Alliance...and all were lost. China Joined the ESN the day after the news was brought to them.
Though most colonies realize, the ESN and AP are thier lifelines...there are still some who have hard feelings, and even on Carrier/stations and Back home, there are those folks who view the Angels with a watchful eye......