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The '''Bremen system''' is a [[:Category:Main Sequence K-type|K-type]] [[Main sequence star|main-sequence star]] located at the outer reaches of [[Sharon's Nebula]], with rightful claims to be "the smallest star system with the biggest impact on galactic affairs". For just over five centuries, Bremen and its unassuming planet of [[Rytif]] have been a surprisingly important element in everything from intergalactic warfare to the overthrow of the [[Messer Era|Messer regime]]; today, it has surprised the galaxy again by becoming a wholly unexpected center for high tech spacecraft industry.

Bremen is home to a growing aerospace industry instigated by [[Silas Koerner]] — a descendant of the system's most wealthy original homesteader — and his [[Consolidated Outland]] group. Bremen has become the first 'outer world' to produce a complete spacecraft, with thousands of [[Mustang (series)|Mustang]]s flying off the assembly lines every day. With a rich history and a variety of natural resources at hand, Bremen seems set to remain something of an unexpected powerhouse in the modern, post-Messer Empire.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14149-Bremen|text=Galactic Guide: Bremen System}}</ref>

== History ==

Bremen was first visited by legendary for-profit explorer [[Bao Yun]] in [[2441]]. Yun's crew charted the star's four worlds, identified the only green band terraforming candidate as "unremarkable" and promptly sold his spotter's rights to the [[United Nations of Earth]]. The UNE expansion council marked Bremen for development and standard terraforming of Rytif soon followed. Within two decades, the system was ready for a slow influx of [[Human]] settlers. While most homesteaders were attracted to risky, resource-rich systems, Bremen was seen as a "safe" alternative by some.

Then, at the dawn of the [[27th Century|27th century]], man found himself again making war on aliens. With the [[Second Tevarin War]] in full swing, the burgeoning [[United Empire of Earth]] was in great need of dependable resources to support the conflict against [[Corath'Thal]]'s armadas. With the core worlds focused on producing ships and weapons, the UEE reached out to its more distant colonies. Aiming to both incorporate these worlds in the war effort and to take some of the burdens off the overtaxed planets closer to home, planners were surprised to discover that Bremen II's ecosystem was uniquely capable of growing low perishable foodstuffs.

In a matter of months, Bremen was outputting the majority of food provided to UEE military units on the front. The population skyrocketed as speculators arrived to purchase farmland, and many of the 'timid' original colonists found themselves millionaires several times over (including, notably, homesteader [[Arcturus Koerner]], the planet's de facto Governor). For seven years of war and an ensuing two decades of peace, Bremen's farms, packagers, and shipping facilities were an economic powerhouse like nowhere else in the industry.

By [[2640]], however, the system's population had again begun to dwindle. Humanity's fortune was on the rise, and the newly fortified Empire now craved more variety than Bremen's simple sustenance could offer. The planet seemed to be resigned to the dustbin of history, its part in a popular war nothing more than a footnote. Ultimately, it was exactly Bremen's return to its prior, unassuming status that led to its most important role yet. In [[2792]], anti-Messer activists began using Bremen as an operation hub to organize the overthrow of the regime. Revolutionary minded expats who had previously escaped to the [[Xi'an Empire]] were smuggled back to launch their conspiracy from Bremen.