Our ancestors seized new worlds, shaped and pounded them into paradise. The Solar Conglomerate governed, guided by wisdom, formed the Vanguard to proudly serve and protect humanity among the stars. Our worlds were built on the backs of corporate labour - patented gene-line clones or convicts forced into service contracts by the system... The Solar Conglomerate called it necessity, some called it slavery... labour forces were traded on open markets, corporations sold them as chattel to the highest bidder. Four centuries ago prison sentences were abolished – corporate service became the de facto punishment for almost all crimes. They called it Conscription. The first uprising was no surprise, the signs were there. The Vanguard was sent in to deal with the mess. Expertly trained military forces tried to quash the rebellion. But the Firebrand slipped away. The incidents grew worse ... Organized terror attacks grew more frequent ...There's an entire underground of renegades, hell bent on breaking loose of their servitude ... The Vanguard is no longer tactically in control ... We have rebellion everywhere. SolCon calls it sedition, the Vanguard calls it war. The clones and convicts, the drones and hybrids, under the boot of human expansion and corporate servitude for so long – They call it Freedom (From Background to the Seditions Wars, http://seditionwars.com.