In the early days of the Solar System, the freshly-formed planets were barren. Empty of life. The newborn Sun shone brightly across its nine children.
One day, from the deepest depths of the Sun, a celestial people emerged. The Sols, as they later came to be known, were shapeless beings, composed of pure energy. They did not need food or water to survive. They were simply alive and stayed that way. Immortal.
And they loved being alive. Their society was a peaceful paradise. They had no wars; hardly a disagreement among them. Childlike and creative in nature, the Sols played together. They invented games and competitions. They created art like nothing ever seen on Earth, beyond even the comprehension of anyone alive today. For a very long time, the Sols enjoyed this way of life. Until one day, a new thought occurred to one of them: we’re not alone in the Solar System.
This idea caught on and spread throughout the Sun until all the Sols agreed they should travel to and explore the Nine Planets, in search of other life. In search of new friends. What they found instead, were thousands of primitive species all across the Nine Planets. None were developed nearly enough to become the friends the Sols sought. And so the Sols agreed it would be best not to meddle in their development and decided to wait until some other species also grew the urge to venture out into the Solar System, searching for friends.
For a very long time, they waited. Observing, but never meddling, as the different species evolved, grew into civilizations, and began developing technology. Watching as outsiders, the Sols learned many new things about war, conflict, love, power, money, and more. As the years passed and the different civilizations grew and forgot their pasts, the Sols watched, learned, and always remembered. They grew wiser.
Eventually, the first of these civilizations began to look outside of their own atmosphere. The Peoples of the Moons of Jupiter and the Peoples of the Moons of Saturn began terraforming and colonizing other nearby moons. When they discovered each other, they began to fight. The much wiser and less naive Sols decided to reveal themselves and put a stop to the fighting before an all-out war could begin.
With the help of the Sols, the Jovians and the Saturnians formed The Solar System Alliance. Shortly afterwards, another joined the Alliance: the Neptunian Republic. Later, the Federation of Mars, the United Kingdoms of Mercury and Venus, and the Plutonian Empire became members as well. The development of life on Earth had begun much later than the other Nine Planets and so the Sols declared the planet a sort of Nature Preserve. They allowed no one to interfere with Earth until the people of Earth were ready to venture out into the stars.
For centuries, the Sols maintained peace throughout the Solar System. They guided the Alliance to new discoveries and exploration through cooperation with each other. Eventually, feeling the Alliance no longer needed their constant guidance, the Sols decided to return to their State of Observation, leaving the peacekeeping to the Alliance itself.
Unfortunately, their optimism proved wrong and it wasn’t long before war broke out among the Planets. The Alliance crumbled as the more power-hungry members invaded and enslaved the others. The future of the Solar System looked bleak, but the Sols held out hope the Planets would resolve their issues without their help. Until one day when the fighting found its way to Earth.
The Sols could not bear to see the development of the last planet interrupted, and so they returned and put a stop to the fighting.
Deporting all alien life from Earth, the Sols called for a gathering of the Nine Planets on neutral ground: the Asteroid Belt. Here they worked together with the Nine Planets to create the Treaty of the Asteroid Belt, and thus, the New Solar System Alliance was born.
Learning from their mistakes, the Sols entered into a Mostly Observational State, with the caveat that they would return periodically to check in on the New Alliance and assist with the transition of political powers.
For nearly 3,000 years, the Solar System was at peace…