Monolith

Monolith is a colony.

History

Monolith was a drifting Jericho colony of the Liu Family. Monolith used to carry weapons comparable with a whole fleet, and its population was not inferior to some planetary colonies. Although it was not the largest Jericho city, Monolith was considered a holy place. Legend says Bartle himself used it to leave Earth. Monolith served as a place of worship and was the main temple of the strange Jericho religion. It was a hub of industry and trade and had the most modern laboratories.

In 4612, Monolith left Bartle Sector. Its mission was known only to the Jericho Family Council and will likely forever remain a mystery. A few years later it re-emerged on the radars. Scouts of the Federation and the Empire discovered strange Jericho activity in Antaress. The combined fleet of several families surrounded Monolith. According to rumors, Monolith had an outbreak and by that time the virus, later called Liu Virus or Biomorph Virus, had already eradicated half the city's population.

It was unknown what had caused the destruction of the city – a joint attack by other families, self-destruction, or actions of some third party. At some point, the Liu Family was crushed and Jericho lost their main sanctuary. The area was immediately closed to all flights, and in a few years it was attached to the trilateral memorandum on the quarantine zones.