In an unheard of display of cooperation, the Draconis Combine, Capellan Confederation and the Free Worlds League have united under the dictates of the newly signed Treaty of Kapteyn. The Treaty is a non-agression pact by the 3 major powers to protect them from the perceived alliance of the Lyran Commonwealth and Federated Suns. Whatever conflicts are brewing in the years to come, they are sure to be on a scale not seen since the First Succession War, or possibly even the Amaris Revolt.