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Long, long ago, there was a great war in the stars among different factions of 'gods'.
Think ww2, but bigger. A free federation of civilizations against a tyrannical evil, basically.
Ashtar and his crew are some examples of Federation dudes from back in the day.
They're not the only unit that existed at that time, and they're not the only unit still kicking.
For example, there's the old legend of First Lieutenant Colonel Tiberious Gloriam, who was firstly Captain, and captain of a... rather run down and poorly equipped ayy sort of patrol corvette.
His sorty was part of the probing action against the enemy in preparation for a very large offensive. Largest of the war maybe, but that's debatable. It's up there, anyhow.
When they made contact it was an ambush from a vastly superior enemy force. Most of that unit didn't make it.
Long story short, those scouts not only beat back the ambush, but managed to punch a hole in the enemy line, which they were apparently right the fuck up on top of.
So, afterwards the captain was promoted, but having seen such fierce action and desiring no more of it, he is said to have retired to a very remote, primitive, savage world on the very outer fringe of known Federation space to live an existence of peaceful contemplation.
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