History of Space Travel in Andorith
Andorith's appearance in the Voidsea is relatively recent. Andorith has a longer history of planar travel, and a bustling sea port. The space port was only established after King Al abdicated the throne.
Timeline
Stars Are Places
During this time Andorithians realized that stars are places it was possible to go to, and that they very much wanted to go to them. This period is marked by early attempts at spaceflight. These attempts were costly, deadly, and generally poorly thought of in the modern day. The most notable attempt from this time was Jotenheim's Catapault, a magic powered launcher that sent the first Andorithian, a ghoul named Haketh, into space.
First Contacts
During this period Andorith took to space and encountered new sentient beings, ideas, and physics concepts. Andorithians generally look back fondly on this period of time despite the hardships, including both Alien Flu, and the controversial destruction of a ship that seemed bound to break quarantine. Despite these troubles, Andorith approached and made contact with the Blissovians and Thampur within a year of each other, and during this period also met with the Guri and Anterik.
Golden Age of (Space) Piracy
Generally considered a dark period in Andorith's history in Space, warring factions gave money and guns to privateers to fight proxy battles on their behalf. These proxy conflicts accelerated in the aftermath of the The Scattershot War, a multipolar war called that officially ended after the involved parties had endured enough attrition to not want to continue the war, but not enough that they didn't still want someone to go win it for them. These ongoing conflicts led to the rise of the Coral Rings, a short lived pirate government founded devotees of Queen Perfection with Eyes of Fire. Coral Rings was overthrown by a rare joint operation by enemy factions, paving the way for the next era.
The Second House of Custom's Interplanetary Reconciliation
Following the, mostly, successful suppression of piracy in the resource rich Folenger's Belt, the House of Customs Authority made a second attempt to codify space mining and trade. This strong approach is looked upon negatively, despite the establishment of the first routine commercial spaceflight routes, beginning with the trip from Andorith to the moon of Thanlemus to allow devotants of Queen Perfection with Eyes of Fire to travel to the infamous but holy Jenny City.
Mage Cult "Sisters of Jenny" begin a purge of Ley Engines
This period is generally looked upon in a positive light, despite the defining feature of conflict between the Sisters of Jenny and the newly developed Ley Engines. The Sisters of Jenny rightly feared that the new Ley Engines, while obviating the need for a talented Ley Sniffer to detect fluctuations in ley lines to power their craft, would damage and destroy ley lines they used due to their pulling and shredding effects on the ley lines. During this period the Akashics also made formal contact with other species via a meeting with members of the Sisters of Jenny on board the derelict and mysteriously reappeared Drapery of Autumn.
Andorith Finds Its Galactic Niche
Andorith is used to being the center of the multiverse, but curiously enough in their own galaxy this isn't necessarily true. Rather, Andorith has had to find it's niche, rather than sit at the center. Despite this break from the norm, this is considered a positive time, perhaps due to the engine standardization which leads to faster build times for ships across the galaxy network. The big three engines are established during these times, Ley Sail and the modified Ley Engines which do not damage ley lines, both frequently supplemented Steam for when no ley lines are handy, though Steam ships sometimes run with no other engine aboard.
The Present Day
The events of Starforged Campaign happen during this time.
