▁forces . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war ▁ended , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁colon ies ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁se ced ed ▁from ▁the ▁council ▁and ▁formed ▁a ▁loose ▁conf eder ation ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Aur or an ▁Empire . ▁Once ▁again ▁the ▁council ▁was ▁thrust ▁into ▁war , ▁this ▁time ▁to ▁reg ain ▁the ▁lost ▁colon ies . ▁Although ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁defeat ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁groups ▁which ▁made ▁up ▁the ▁Aur or ans , ▁one ▁group ▁known ▁as ▁Ar met is ▁eventually ▁turned ▁to ▁terror ism . ▁One ▁former ▁council ▁member ▁who ▁was ▁dis en ch anted ▁with ▁the ▁Col onial ▁Council ▁gave ▁Ar met is ▁the ▁codes ▁to ▁the ▁hyper gate ▁system . ▁Ar met is ▁destroyed ▁Earth ' s ▁hyper gate , ▁which ▁sent ▁shock ▁waves ▁throughout ▁the ▁entire ▁hyper gate ▁system , ▁cri pp ling ▁it ▁and ▁isol ating ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Council ▁world s . ▁ ▁It ▁took ▁two ▁hundred ▁years ▁before ▁Earth ▁based ▁ships ▁were ▁capable ▁of ▁exceed ing ▁the ▁speed ▁of ▁light . ▁They ▁re contact ed ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁world s , ▁which ▁formed ▁an ▁al liance ▁with ▁Earth ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁fear ▁of ▁the ▁expand ing ▁Aur or an ▁Empire . ▁Earth ▁forces ▁attempted ▁to ▁in va de ▁the ▁Aur or ans , ▁with ▁little ▁success . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁pool ▁their ▁resources ▁and ▁form ▁the ▁Federation . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Federation ▁created ▁an ▁investig ative ▁body ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Bureau ▁of ▁In ternal ▁Investig ation . ▁The ▁Bureau , ▁as