[ WP ] Through the eons , Earth has experienced thousands of apocalypses . This time around , it 's a pirate themed apocalypse .

In the golden age of mankind, their influence had spread across the entire galaxy - all were adopted and assimilated into their benevolent republic. Freedom and capitalism were spread to the once rigid and fascist-like races of the Milky Way, stealing away their brittle souls and blessing them with hearts of gold. The galactic community was prosperous during this age, most of all humanity and their capital of Earth - both receiving the immense benefits of ruling a galactic republic. 
 
 Ten thousand years of peace and growth - something never heard of in the entire existence of humanity. There were close calls at times with civil war and minor rebellions, but the republic never truly found itself in a state of war. 
 
 On the ten-thousand-and-first anniversary of the republic's formation, a child named Abigail was born on Earth to two landed merchants, both who recently settled down to make a family on Earth. Throughout her life she was treated with compassion and given the best life her parents could afford: the latest technology, high-class education, and spoiled to the brim on the fruits of their labors. 
 
 Speaking of fruits: where the republic was a basket of sweet apples, she was the sour apple at the bottom of the bin. Despite being raised on the values of the republic and humanism, Abigail's mind was a mess: in her youth she often verbally assaulted her peers, forcing her way to the top of any hierarchy through coercion and harassment. Major red flags in such a pacifist community, but her parents kept it on the down-low and claimed it was just a'mean streak' - that she'd grow out of it soon and be fine. From middle school to high school she continued her bullying, forming a gang of humans that had the same mentality as herself. 
 
 By the time her parents thought to get her tested for any psychotic mental deformities, it was too late: Abigail had mastered the art of deception and manipulation. She deceived the doctors and therapists she visited, portraying herself as normal and happy. As soon as she finished high school, Abigail took her notorious street gang and stole a military frigate, disappearing from the Sol system and to the outer reaches of the Milky Way. Patrols and expeditions found nothing despite advanced searches, soon giving up and bringing the news to her troubled parents. Her parents made an expedition to find her themselves, but returned to Earth fruitless. They died during the journey - their ship was under-worked and was brought down by a rogue meteorite. 
 
 Ten years had passed since their deaths, tensions growing on the edges of the republic as rim-world merchants began to report anomalies along their routes: planets that once held republic life were now destroyed, split apart by some unknown force. Mining stations and anything related to the republic were completely looted of anything useful. In some cases there'd be masses of bodies floating around the wreckage of a cracked-planet's space station. 
 
 Republic fleets scoured the affected sectors and tried to employ garrisons on nearby systems, but the massive cuts in funding for the navy severely hampered the patrolling power of the fleets. By the time republic ships arrived to protect a system, everything in the system would be looted and destroyed. It was n't until a stroke of luck that anyone had a clue of what was truly happening. During their routine trading, live-media coverage from a nearby merchant ship caught the event briefly before fleeing the system: 
 
 A colossal ship, roughly the size of a small moon, warped into orbit above the planet. Civilian ships and any orbital stations stood little chance against the foreign plasma weaponry, breaking through their shields and cutting sloppily through any metal hulling. The merchant ship suffered a glancing shot before it could warp out. It disintegrated during the warp due to the damage, but the video still got out. 
 
 The video went viral over the gWeb. Conspiracy theories spawned, people panicked, and millions of republic citizens in that sector of the galaxy began abandoning their colonies and homes in fear of the mystery ship. A second video was released right after from a mining ship, showing the dreadnought lowering itself onto the planet before ripping it apart, draining the core and leaving the planet a lifeless husk. This earned the rogue ship the nickname of the'Planet-Cracker'. 
 
 The republic met the Planet-Cracker in battle outside of Eden-5 following a successful republic ambush, marking the first armed exchange in the republic history since its formation. 
 
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 [ Hey! It's a bit lengthy, I know. Got carried away. May finish it up later if I get the time. ]
