McKenna's dream of reuniting all of humanity under Terran rule finally came into fruition with the creation of the Star League, which unified humankind under Terra and House Cameron. Terra's environmental scars from centuries of industrialization and overpopulation were erased and the planet was converted into a beautiful capital world. In addition, national loyalty to individual Terran nations was weakened and finally replaced by allegiance to Terra as a single world. In particular, arms manufacturing was concentrated upon Terra. Under the Cameron dynasty, Terra solidified its position as the military, political, and economic center of the Hegemony. After a disastrous setback at Syrma in 2338 and McKenna's subsequent retirement, however, the Hegemony's new leader Michael Cameron focused upon consolidating Terra's empire and establishing relations with the neighboring states that had sprung into existence. Trade and diplomacy persuaded a few systems to join the Hegemony, but most of its new acquisitions were conquered by the Terran-dominated Hegemony Armed Forces. With the former Alliance's borders secure, Terra set about expanding its sphere of influence. Having reestablished order upon humanity's homeworld, McKenna next solidified his control of the other worlds that had made up the Alliance. The old nation-state members of the Alliance became provinces under a single world government crafted by McKenna, who established the Terran Hegemony upon the ruins of the Alliance, and was elected its first Director-General by the Terran public. As repression and tyranny grew unchecked on Terra, the Alliance Parliament became riven with factionalism, until civil war erupted on Terra in 2315, leading to the downfall of the Terran Alliance.Īs the Alliance Global Militia had remained aloof from the Alliance government's petty infighting, its leader, Admiral James McKenna, was able to use his fleet to end the civil war on Terra and dissolve the Alliance Parliament.
From 2236 until its final destruction in 2315, the Terran Alliance focused inward on Terra. Following the Alliance's humiliating defeat in the Outer Reaches Rebellion of 2235-36, Terra spitefully declared all colony worlds beyond a 30 light-year radius independent, whether such worlds wanted independence or not. This mass migration, eventually dubbed the 'Great Exodus', was responsible for the depopulation of Terra and solved the overpopulation problem the planet had been facing since the twentieth century. During the twenty-second and early twenty-third centuries the Alliance Parliament oversaw humanity's initial colonization efforts among the stars. Terra was the seat of the Terran Alliance (renamed from Western Alliance in 2086).
Since the dawn of interplanetary travel, seven flags have flown over Terra.
President of the Terran Congress Chris Windsor-Cameron ( 3076)
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