ok, we have to start somewhere....where though?
Well, we are each controling a bunch of xenophobic space newbies. We will make a new galaxy, empires forged in blood. No deus ex machina though. I'll start:
New Kyoto: the city of New Kyoto lasted many years on their stockpiles and orbital gardens. Eventually those ran out, and the New Kyotians had to find more food. They dispatched a party to the nearby garden world of Spring Blossom to cultivate their fields. The Blossomites were genrous with their food, but the Kyotians were greedy. Before long the Kyotians had demanded more food than the Blossomintes could give them, and so they invaded. Numerous wars were fought for control of the planet, but eventually things cooled down. Then FTL travel returned. Now with accces to many more worlds, the Kyotians carved a large emipre ut of the surrounding systems, killing trillions with their advanced technology. They the transformed into the current day Kyotian Empire.
New Tokyo: The city of New Tokyo lasted for a long time on stockpiled food and orbital gardes, but eventually they had to find more. They looked to the Garden world of Lifeline. The people of Lifeline had warreed with themselves for a long time, and eventually they had bombed themselves back to the stone age. The New Tokyoin explorers who arrived on the world were revered as gods by the population, and showed the residents many helpful techniques such as farming, electricity, aqueducts, etc. They soon evolved into a psuedo Mayan people of intelligence, while the Tokyoins farmed on the other side of the world. By the time of the Stabalization, the Lifelinians were on per with the Tokyoins in terms of society and technology. Now able to travel among the stars, the New Tokyoins brought enlightenment and technology to many systems which form the present day Flaming Ninja Santuary worlds.
Samurye. 
