Editing The Alliance (MT/TNE) (section)

==Dethenese Technical Alliance==

The Dethenes Technical Alliance (now known only as the Alliance) is a collection of four worlds (Dethenes, Bincia, Elyan and Kri) that had been a sub-polity within the Imperium since the long night.  

Dethenes was a highly advanced world (Tech level G)with a robust democracy of 70 billion people spread over the entire system. Sentient AI systems were already in place in the system-wide net, co-ordinating the huge amount of in system traffic. One of the major factors that led to the collapse was Virus arriving in system along with the warning messages carried. In Dethenes, the first arriving virus ships failed to replicate themselves through their usual means. Local AI's alerted the System Navy and arriving infected ships were isolated or destroyed. 

Darker version

Local Imperial fleets and ships were not so lucky, however and the Virus gained a foothold in system through the huge amount of shipping that passed through Dethenes System. Despite the massive efforts of local AI's and system defence forces, the mainworld was bombed and attacked from orbit by virus infected fleets of the local Imperial Naval base. Over 90% of the world population died, and the survivors live amongst a TL15 virus infected nightmare.
The belts unite to reclaim the local system from virus elements in a bloody sixth month war. The remaining 6 billion amongst the Dethenes system become the core of the Alliance.

The other worlds

Importantly, all the Starport and major computer systems of the other worlds in the Technical Alliance were Dethenes-built. While virus invaded the many lower tech systems, crucial defence and operational systems remained in the hands of the human populations. On all worlds, the virus collapse was met with stiff resistance.

While the last of the Imperium collapsed around it, Dethenes fought a brief series of vicious wars in-system with invading virus fleets, but never suffered the effects of virus invading it's planetary computer systems. The rest of the Trade alliance were swiftly re-enforced once Dethenes was able, and suffered little to no virus invasion. The alliance closed its borders for good and began to wait out the collapse.