In NY, long before the GMG, Liberty tried to use the anomaly found in the Badlands to fuel their waning resources of H-Fuel. However, there was an accident and the project was abandoned. Maybe a couple ships blew up while trying to harness the energy from the anomaly.
In Texas, sometime in 530 A.S., Liberty tried to create a long distance jump gate to bypass the clouds of dark matter in Texas. However, when the ships attempted to pass through the dark matter in the jump gate, it malfunctioned and created a massive, system-wide explosion that decimated every planet, station, and ship in the western half of the Texas System. Jump gates are required to stop at the Kepler and Galileo systems because of the massive amount of dark matter clouds there.
Originally, before the Dark Matter Storm of 784 in Kepler, the jump gate was just required to stop at Kepler because Deep Space Engineering wanted to setup Ames Research Station. As a result, that system became a trade route between Kusari and Liberty. However, when a dark matter storm was expected in 680, Liberty created an expensive alternate route to Kusari by setting up a jump gate to Galileo and trade lanes to go around the dark matter. However, when the storms didn't arrive, Ageria Technologies and Interspace Commerce, who had lost millions in the Galileo project, used many high-ranking executives as scapegoats and fired them. Later, these executives founded the Lane Hackers. However, the Dark Matter Storm arrived 104 years late and destroyed the trade lane in the eastern half of Kepler, taking 2 or 3 transports with it. Apparently, trade lanes and jump gates don't function in dark matter clouds. Basically, Kepler was just a stopping point because of DSE wanted to setup Ames Resesarch Station, but if Liberty wanted to, they could pass Kepler. Although, if they had not seen the Dark Matter Storm coming, it would've led to another incident similar to the Dallas Jump Gate Incident of Texas. When Liberty created an alternative jump gate, they were forced to stop it at Galileo because of the dark matter clouds there. As a result, additional trade lanes had to be built to go around the clouds, which was very expensive and led to the formation of the Lane Hackers.
Carlos Rivera: Corsair Brotherhood Pirate - Retired, shifted to Tripoli Shipyard's Research and Development engineering teams Anthony Cameron: Guild Core Bounty Hunter - Killed in Action, committed suicide after being trapped in Omicron Minor following its destruction Juan Ruiz: Outcast Ghost of Razgriz Pirate - Killed in Action, killed by the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army during Bretonian piracy raid Michael Winchester: Liberty Security Force Agent - Missing in Action, likely killed during Rheinland espionage mission or trapped in Rheinland Space Eric McCormick: Order Pilot - Retired, shifted to planetside training of new recruits
Let's just say, I've got a lot of time on my hands...;)
Ahh, I'll tell you. I was listening to rumors on the bars in the bases of the Kepler, Galileo, and Texas Systems. They give you a lot of insight into the story of some factions, wrecks, and systems.:)
Carlos Rivera: Corsair Brotherhood Pirate - Retired, shifted to Tripoli Shipyard's Research and Development engineering teams Anthony Cameron: Guild Core Bounty Hunter - Killed in Action, committed suicide after being trapped in Omicron Minor following its destruction Juan Ruiz: Outcast Ghost of Razgriz Pirate - Killed in Action, killed by the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army during Bretonian piracy raid Michael Winchester: Liberty Security Force Agent - Missing in Action, likely killed during Rheinland espionage mission or trapped in Rheinland Space Eric McCormick: Order Pilot - Retired, shifted to planetside training of new recruits