Almatus

"'Almatus began as a bread-basket world. Commonly compared to Harvest and Arcadia; Almatus was similarly peaceful up until the insurrection broke out. Full on Rebellion in 2525 wreaked havoc upon the colony as its two major cities were polarized towards and against secession. The Covenant's onslaught into Human Space quickly prompted the sovereign colony to go dark"

Establishment
Almatus was established in 2424 within the Outer Colonies of the UEG during a second boom of colonial growth beyond the Inner Colonies. The namesake of the planet comes from the Latin term for builders, alme, and the Latin term for safe, tutum, symbolic of building a safe place for Humanity among the outer reaches of the cosmos. The idealist and poetic population began as three colony ships who arrived bearing 33,000 colonists of various backgrounds, all sharing the idea to start a new world which would offer comfort and security to their fellow man.

Early Development (2424-2494)
The first several decades of Almatus history was filled with the agrarian endeavors of the colony as it became one of the more noteworthy agriculture suppliers to the UEG. Almatus rich and expansive valleys and fertile plains were the staple of the Almatus economy, which funded large metropolises. Almatus grew to rival even some Inner Colonies. The beauty of Almatus brought many new colonists ranging from 26thcentury hippies hoping to escape the Inner Colonies to political elites on vacations with their mistresses.

Insurrection (2494-2525)
While the Insurrection was still building up to its ultimate burst in 2494 Almatus had begun to swell with similar disdain for the UEG. The Colonists were outraged, not from their own conditions but for those of others among the Outer Colonies. Fear that such oppression if allowed to continue would spread across Human Space Almatus populations were split in support of or against the UEG.

Two major cities on Almatus; Pompeii, the capitol of the planet and Herakles, a large neighboring city, went into conflict in 2503 when the polarization of Almatus population boiled over into riots on both sides. As a small death toll began to build Almatus agreed to restructure its own colonial government to be more representative of its population and advocate more for the wishes of all of its inhabitants. The decision to restructure the colonial government seemed only to soothe the growing beast back into a slumber. The riots once again erupted on Almatus, with greater fever in 2525. When word of the Covenant reached the colony the rioting intensified into a full coup of the colonial government leading to the colonies take-over by insurrectionists some time prior to 2536. Following the change in government Almatus cut all ties with the UEG and went dark.

Human-Covenant War
With the newly formed Almatus Sovereign Republic the colony went dark and underwent a massive internal period of strife and rebirth as it became self-sufficient. Avoiding the war entirely through the shut down of all long range out-going communications system the Almatus Republic successfully outlasted the war and gained its dependence in one fowl swoop.