The Beginning of the Epic

Most anyone looking at this probably already knows what we're up to here, but just in case:

We're a group of gamers (mostly) in the northeastern part of the US.  All of us enjoy 4X games, and a lot of us enjoy writing silly things.  We're all playing a game called Space Empires V, wherein we all take the role of the fearless leader of an enterprising species taking their first steps towards interplanetary colonization.  As time passes, our space-faring civilizations will grow into solar system spanning empires, get embroiled in intrigue and war, and research science-fictional technologies with which we attempt to achieve dominance in the galaxy.

There's only one thing better than flying a ship towards a poor species' home planet and vaporizing the whole system by creating a black hole where their sun used to be, and that is when a human intelligence is howling in anguish on the receiving end.

While we're in the midst of all this far future murder and mayhem, some of us will be posting vignettes and dramatizations of the events of the game.  We hope you enjoy these humble offerings.