The year is 2438, exactly four hundred years after the discovery of
ancient technology on the planet Mars on the second manned shuttle to
the red planet.

Mankind, in our arrogance, took the technology and turned it into the
fuel of our weapons of destruction against each other. WW III lasted
nearly twelve years and lost nearly 200 million souls from across the
globe. It wasn't until one of the presidents of the United States, in
conjunction with the Prime Ministers from both Germany and England
were able to call a peace forum together that a conclusion to that war
was found.

By the year 2099, the first fully functional spaceport was created on
our moon. Luna Base, as it was once called, served as an international
space port for all of the Earth. It was also the cause of the first
interstellar war, and World War Four. This war was fought almost
entirely in space, though many ground troops died, mostly the fight
was against technology's power in space. Trillions of dollars were
lost during the war and none of the sides ended up the winner. The
end of that war was literally the lack of firepower in the year 2138.
The final ceasefire was declared on May 3rd, 2140 at the White House
when all of the main leaders of each of the countries, along with all
of their cabinet seats signed a document that allowed for nearly full
use of the Spaceport by all countries.

Not long after the signing of the Colonial Treaties, more colonies
begun to form on the other satellites in the system. The Under-Ice
colony of Europa, Io's subterranean colony on it's orbit around 
Jupiter. There are even rumors of unclaimed colonies that have begun
to be sighted on the Asteroid Belts.