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present on earth since the early days.
In return for a place in this new era of earth's history, one only
needs to exhibit a desire to be a part of progress.
    Many of Earths basic values have not changed.
Merit still reigns and those who prove themselves, are guaranteed a
spot amongst the citizenry of the Imperium.
    People who remember the dark days well, make a point to teach their
children about the importance of service and a strict accordance to
the values that make up the collective ideals of the Imperium.
Instead of it being a burden, the idea of performing ones duty is
looked upon with reverence.
    From the time that a child can walk, they
understand what their place is and know that one day, they too will
serve the greater good of Imperium.
Special attention is paid to instilling pride in the people of
earth and in what earth represents and in doing whatever it takes
to maintain her current position, while elevating her to the top of
the chain.
For many families, this concept is passed down from generation to
generation, with each group of soldiers and good citizen's begating
the next. Creating more people with more zeal and more desire to
prove themselves and uphold the values of the Imperium.
    The structure that General Tollis put in
place, allows so that all men and women, regardless of who your
family was before the exodus or during those dark days, has the
opportunity to be respectable and to be part of the movement
uplifting earth to where she belongs.
Those who came from families that only a generation or two ago were
without honor, now have a chance to hold coveted places as citizens
of the Imperium.
General Tollis and his ideals have created a universal cohesion
that the people of earth have never experienced before. With
religion having been cast aside, many people look up to him as
their one true savior. His image and legacy have brought many
families into the light. He has been capable of instilling passion
in the masses and creating the kinds of soldiers who consistently
go above and beyond the call of duty.
    Nowhere is this as true as it was in the case
of Tiberon Auus.

TIBERON AUUS
    A lot of people like to talk about the good old days, back before
the world went to shit. For my family, there never was any. All
that happened when people began leaving our rock for another was
things went from bad to worse.
    My ancestors had been farmers, people who
worked the land. As the climate began to change and the planet
suffered, they were forced to move around, picking up what little
work they could.
    My once proud great-great grandfather went
from plowing fields and tending animals to working in a dark
windowless factory. Many others were forced into the same fate as
jobs outside of manufacturing parts for Apex, became virtually
non-existent.
    He passed this legacy of helplessness and
factory work on to his son, my great grandfather and the downward
spiral continued, until Apex eventually moved their operations to
one of the found planets, they had coined, "New Eden."
    If the new planet, they had taken up was
Eden, then what earth had become after that, can only be referred
to as hell.
    With over 90% of the population out of work
and no hope of future economic growth, panic set in and earth
became an endless wasteland, filled with desperate people
committing desperate acts.
    When I was young, my father would tell me a
story of how my great uncle, who had lost his leg in a manner that
no one would speak of no matter how many times I asked, had to fend
off a band of marauders who had come to take my great grandmother
and grandfather, who was only a small boy at the time. Apparently
these kind of raids were fairly common. Often bands of riders would
come into a small community and snatch up young boys to groom into
future members of their crew and the women for reasons that only
became obvious as I got older.
    Great grandfather, who was a tracker, had
been off on a job attempting to make what little he could, to