Creature:Kadelban/Great Expansion

The Great Expansion is the name given by the Kadelbans to the early period of the First Age. It lasted 50 years and was essentially a mass economy boom on united Kadelbe that allowed the manufacture of many colony packs and ships. The Great Expansion saw the fastest amount of colonies ever set up in a period of time by the Kadelban Empire, almost one every 2 months.

Beginnings
The Great Expansion began when the Kadelban Empire came into being, 2 years into the Space Phase. Now that the countries of Kadelbe were sharing their resources, there was quickly too much on the Empire's hands. The Kadelban Empire's only colony was Iphneus and the natural urge for domination gripped the planet's leaders. A mass amount of factories were built and spice pumps and rigs began to expand and work over their capacities to allow the construction of ships and colony materials. The ships began to depart and arrive at Kadelbe at a constant speed and soon, star systems were terraformed and colonised all of the cluster.

Endings
The end to the Great Expansion started at the end of the Selznik war. With many outlying colonies devastated, spice pirated and factories silent, the constant sprinting Kadelban economy suddenly tripped over. Not enough resources were being met with demands and the Empire began to lose money. Unrest was caused in the population of the Empire as recession was announced, Kadelba lost their jobs and businesses closed down. Outlying colonies became prime targets for the Cloppity Empire, which had been bullied by the Kadelbans for the last 30 years and could now exact some revenge. The borderline colonies fell as weaponry ammunition was depleted and ships ran out of fuel. Eventuall, the Kadelban fleet was ordered out to hold the outlying colonies, while the Empire tried to recover. They failed. Cash flowed into the negatives and corruption and disorder filled the streets of the Empire's cities.

Miraculously, the Shaggles Alliance finally answered the Empire's calls for help. The Shaggles Sovakan ships reinforced the Kadleban colonies, supplies were handed over to the government and order was restored. This marked the beginning of the Empire's hostile expansion plan, but the Great Expansion ended 48 years from when it started.