The Sol Event

The Sol Event is the name given to the unknown event that wiped out contact with Earth and the other Inner Colonies on November 1, 2529. Astronomers tried for many years to understand what happened but contact was never regained.

In the scientific community, the event was widely believed to have been a massive solar flare that took out all the technology on Earth and its neighbors, with damage too severe to be able to recover from in a short amount of time. It also could have possibly been destroyed by a hostile life form but the exact cause remains unknown.

After several years of research, astronomers archived the planet and quit the project. Earth museums popped up all over the system and items originally made on the planet became artifacts. After centuries of no contact, Earth became an urban legend.