It was a time of geniuses, of people stretching the limits of their imagination and wondering about the possibilities for their race.

—HISTORY OF THE GREAT SCHOOLS

One might think that humanity would have peace and prosperity after the defeat of the thinking machines and the formation of the Landsraad League to replace the old League of Nobles, but the battles had just begun. Without an external enemy to fight, we began to fight ourselves.

—ANNALS OF THE IMPERIUM