Caspar

Caspar is home to a highly advanced civilization comprised of a broad array of beings from all races and creeds. It is adamantly independent of and indifferent to the galactic superpowers and their jostling. The peoples of Caspia strive to project and preserve their unique way of life, and invite offworlders, pioneers, and freethinking persons to share in it.

Ancient History
Third planet in the Caspian system, Caspar is home to a highly advanced civilization that has managed to develop in a rather short span and amongst many trying circumstances.

One day, four shiploads of pioneers, Sarians, left the nearby planet of Mergansar and arrived on Caspar and established a settlement.

32 years later, an Old Republic survey ship passing through the Caspian system landed on Caspar and its crew was shocked at the state of the civilization that they encountered, given that the system had never been discovered before. A few of the crew and Sarians hacked out a simplistic, initial way to communicate, and strong ties soon developed. The ship left some 2 months later, reporting, truthfully, that the system was ripe for settlement and that the Sarians were welcome to new peoples. Soon, the first pioneers arrived, and together with the Sarians, built Plaxton City just north of the Sarian settlement of Trinumvira.

Recent History
When the Galactic Empire overthrew the Old Republic, Caspar was again forgotten. Caspar was placed under token Imperial governship for around 7 years, and then, quite suddenly, all Imperial forces were withdrawn from the system, leaving the political structure in disarray and chaos. Very soon afterward, however, a small flotilla of ships under the command of Blake Roj straggled into the system, the survivors of Roj's Battle of Endor that suffered murderous casulties that Roj blamed Admiral Ackbar for.

Roj immediately tackled the leadership problems of Caspar, and guided it out of its instability into a prosperous, flourishing society that combines a Presidential democracy with rich military history and civilian-empowered commerce. Today, Caspia continues to welcome outsiders into its fold, and has expanded greatly with the discovery of new resources on its fifth planet, Kichnar. It maintains its adamant independence and individuality, treating the other powers of the galaxy with equal disparity.

In most recent times, Caspar has been a pendulum of activity. It sees spans of placid, almost boring stability, intermixed with bursts of either chaos or charisma. Separatist fanatics known as the Sar Bares Flir have plagued the peoples of Caspia on numerous occasions through bombings and other acts of terror, culminating in the First and Second Zealot Wars. These wars have shaken up facets of Caspian culture -- government, economy, military -- and forced them to restructure several times.

This hasn't stopped Caspia's development and expansion, however. While by no means a galactic superpower, Caspian influence has crept outward to a few surrounding systems, and become a frontier of sorts. Internally, several key economic and technologic entities, such as SubPro, FLS, CDMC, NCI, and NovaCom have become solid successes. More and more offworld influences and amenities are filtering their way into Caspia during the current times, and this is an ever-present basis of tension in such a unique star system.