User:XW3 AR3 L3GION/Republic of Souls

"It was humanities first discovery of an alien species, outside of the Covenant Empire, of course. Little did we know that the United Federation would be dragged into another war."

- UNSC Scientist

The Republic of Souls, commonly known as the Souls Republic, is a small interstellar federal republic on the edge of the Orion Arm. The Republic is home to the Soulsi, a race of sentient cyan coloured-skin humanoids. The Republic is comprised of twelve colonies and twenty five systems, all of which was allocated by the United Federation.

In 2684, the United Nation Space Command sent a research team to the MGM88-2A, a lush world on the edge of humanities territory believed to be suitable for human colonisation. The research team, little over one hundred members, settled on the southern hemisphere and founded the town of Willow. It was three months into the expedition when several members of the research team, including the head researcher, mysteriously disappeared into the jungle growth. This was a cause for concern amongst the Department of Colonial Affairs, who requested the UNSC Defence Force to send a detactment of soldiers to enforce the settlement. The UNSCDF tasked a company of lightly armed Marines to defend the settlement from an believed Jiralhanae pirate raid.

However, after two weeks of searching the scientists returned with Soulsi chieftains. The Soulsi, naturally curious, kidnapped the scientists to learn more about them. During their discussions, some Soulsi believed they were sent by their gods but the head scientist, quickly corrected the natives. The head scientist showed the Soulsi the wonders of technology and the advantages it brought. The Department of Colonial Affairs was contacted again as well as the Unified Earth Government and after a few hours, they had given the order to begin the cultural, technological and agricultural uplift of the Soulsi.