The Banu are the first sentient species Humanity has met. Discovered by a NavJumper named Vernon Tar who was out exploring when he accidentally stumbled upon an unknown ship, which he fired upon. This action nearly started a war, fortunately, all shots missed the target. Tar relayed his coordinates to the United Nations of Earth (UNE). A delegation party led by General Neal Socolovich was immediately dispatched to the system to undo any diplomatic fallout and open communication.[1] They later discovered the Banu pilot, who was helping them with understanding each other, was on the run from local officials for embezzling funds. Once the two civilizations came together and signed the first Interstellar Peace & Trade Accord, they began to trade technology and help each other expand into the universe. Once the Banu spread out, they formed the Banu Protectorate to oversee all of their systems.

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