This discovery brought them no joy.
Quite the opposite.
The civilizations on all three planets briefly descended into panic.
The existence of the chain of suspicion led all three civilizations to shut themselves off from the outside world.
Anyone who sent messages to another civilization without authorization would face execution-even though none of the civilizations would believe any messages the others sent.
Even as they slammed the door on communication, all three civilizations poured their entire planets' resources into developing aerospace technology.
The power of an entire civilization was formidable indeed.
By sacrificing development in every other industry, these three civilizations entered space far too early, with severely lopsided development.
War naturally followed.
The flames of war spread throughout the stellar system.
They nearly brought all three civilizations to their knees-until their eyes turned toward the vast expanse beyond their stellar system.
The three civilizations finally came to their senses and made peace.
Time was the best medicine.
After long ages, the three civilizations had all but forgotten that period of history and merged almost seamlessly into a powerful alliance-the Enrojet Alliance.
The merger of their civilizations spurred rapid technological progress within the Enrojet Alliance.
In just two thousand years, it advanced from a level one civilization to a level three civilization and successfully ventured beyond its stellar system.
During its explorations, the Enrojet Alliance encountered its first opponent.
It was a level two civilization.
The two sides clashed over mining rights to a stellar system.
Under normal circumstances, how could a level two civilization possibly rival a level three civilization?
Thus, the Enrojet Alliance took in its first member civilization.
As time passed, the Enrojet Alliance eventually advanced to a level five civilization, and its membership grew to more than three hundred civilizations.
To manage its ever-expanding ranks, the