![[Spoilers#^LKS]] At the end of [[The Collapse]] (~20 [[AR]]), the scattered remnants of humanity were led to the [[Core Worlds]] by the [[Lacir]]. This became known as The Great Confluence. What remained of humanity settled across the seven planets of the [[Demetus Cluster]]. With no way to maintain or rebuild their existing technology. Humans regressed to pre-industrial and agrarian societies. Efforts were made to reverse engineer the technology lying in ruin around them, but some groups preferred to forego their past and live a simpler life. Thousands of colonies across the galaxy were left entirely or partially behind. Many were destroyed by [[Morocaschic]] remnants, others failed due to the lack of inter-system trade. A few survived through the coming centuries and were forcefully rejoined with humanity during the [[Consolidation Wars]].