Created by Captain Michael Turlogh Kane on Aug 15, 2016 @ 9:58pm

LIMBO

When the Romulan Star Empire first explored the trailing edge of the Triangle some three centuries ago, they found a huge dilapidated space station that had lain empty and deserted for millennia. The station's builders remain unknown to this day, with various theories revolving around the Preservers, Iconians, or the ancient T'Kon Empire. After taking initial scans, the Romulans left and did not return, and no-one else in the Triangle ever colonised the station. This was mainly due to its location in the backwater Hammaker system, far from the nearest Minshara-class world and way off any existing shipping lanes.

However, following the disastrous contact between the Federation and Romulans of 2265 following a century of silence, the Hammaker system and the dilapidated space station, became the focus for a curious social experiment. A group of well-connected and influential Federation private citizens, led by one Wilton Tull, funded and led a colonisation effort to the system in a colony ship named Concordia. Tull and his followers were convinced that cultural exchange with the Romulans would go some way to curbing their imperialism; they thought that if it could be shown that Humans were no longer inherently hostile and were capable of making strides in art and culture, the Romulans would come to see them as friendly.

Despite the odds, the Concordia and her crew successfully reached the Hammaker system and colonised it in 2267, renaming the space station in honour of their colony ship. Tull and his followers spent years turning Concordia station into a shining fusion of art and technology, restoring the space station to its former glory. Hanging in front of the shimmering gaseous cloud, Concordia had pure and graceful lines. It had no weapons, and soon gained a reputation as a market freeport along with its cultural significance. More and more settlers flocked to the station, and as years passed, most of the original Human population died off. Unfortunately for Limbo, not all of the new settlers were magnanimous cultural idealists.

As the Triangle grew more lawless, more and more privateers and corsairs began to use the station as a freeport. Soon, they were immovable, and competing gangs of Orion, Romulan and Federation outcasts began to war for control of the black markets. The name Concordia vanished, and was replaced with Limbo.

In 2410, a disgraced Romulan Sub-Commander named Tella Yavin arrived on Limbo with a cadre of followers. Using a combination of violence, blackmail, and diplomacy, Tella Yavin quickly gained control of Limbo's black markets. She and her fanatically loyal paramilitary army, the Black Stars, has ruled Limbo ever since. In 2429, following the visit of the USS Phoenix to the station, Tella Yavin had her rivals assassinated and expelled all the Federation-born inhabitants of the station.