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And so it was in the Sea of Tranquillity that the Pioneers raised high the banners of Capitol, conquering Luna and then Mars. And the corporation grew to dominate mankind, since their message was clear and just and without confusion; and the culture they spread was generous and inviting. Wherever they went, they established a human presence, and it was far and wide. Our Brothers followed in their trail, but were rejected and scorned and mocked by the presumptuous Capitolians. And in this way the first signs of the Darkness were discovered, and the pioneers shivered and sought shelter in their shiny buildings protruding from the Lunar desert. Then our glorious Brothers exposed the vulnerability within Capitol and its teachings, and the giant began to stumble. Soon engaged in wars all over the solar system, Capitol was slowly bleeding to death. But they clutched for any straws they could find and managed to continue their struggle in spite of what our Prophets and Seers predicted. The pioneers possessed a strength we hadn't reckoned with and their bravery was unequaled among the other megacorporations. This propelled Capitol towards its position as a leading power, and that same strength kept it going long after it had been written off by its competitors. And so it was when Capitol took the last steps into the cataclysm that was the age of Nathaniel.
The Eighth Chronicle, The Megacorporations and the Cartel
\Lucretfi Marcellianus
