Secret Society

Despite the rise and fall of planetary and interstellar governments, the true powerbrokers of all worlds in the Astragius Galaxy for the past 3,000 years have been members of the Secret Society. In the beginning, they served the Quentian Overmen as a priest class who wielded power and considered themselves the Children of God. With the outbreak of the Hundred Years War, they infiltrated the militaries of both sides.

Shortly before the war's end, they developed the objective of creating an "Army of God." They would prepare for their god's second coming by building up a force to rule over the entire Astragius Galaxy. To support this goal (and line their own pockets) they began to operate a arms dealers rather than as a religious functionaries. Eventually few members of the Society truly believed that the Quentian Overmen were gods, or indeed anything more than a myth.

The current Secret Society may indeed have true links to the beliefs of their priestly origins, but if so, these beliefs are far overshadowed by their more secular ambitions.

Operation LIDO

The secret, illegal mission masterminded by Albert Killy of the Gilgamesh Army. In a raid on the Melkian Asteroid LIDO, AT pilots under his command stole both a huge gold stock and the freshly created Perfect Soldier Proto-One. The leaders of this operation then defected from the Gilgamesh Army and formed the Secret Society, each talking a responsible persona to hide behind (Borough becomes a holy man, Iskui a police Chief, etc.).

The Secret Society then went on to develop their own Perfect Soldier, Proto-Two, and pursue their own greedy interests in an attempt to stake their own claim on a galaxy destabilized by constant warfare.