The Second Senate

After the lesson of the Terran Empire, the Senate passed legislation for larger defence forces far in excess of previous levels, though it maintained its strict policy against mass destruction weaponry. The Senate once again became a large, well maintained political body governing galaxy affairs, but still left factions to run their own affairs for the most part.

The Senate saw increases in small conflicts with "foreign" Empires and Factions and also an increase in piracy as the galaxy became richer.

The major increase, however, is in intrigue within the Senate itself, as younger factions sought to upstart the founding factions, to gain access to their more advanced technologies and histories. The last of the First Founders leave the galaxy, taking their final secrets with them.