First Contact

First Contact was a two stage process during a period of time when the Central systems made themselves known to one another after picking up each others emitted frequencies across short spans of the galaxy.

Stage One
Secure radio links were formed between the Central systems. During this stage information was shared concerning systems, planets and species. It was deemed a prosperous time as hundreds of associations were formed between neighboring systems.

Stage Two
Stage two of First Contact was when systems shared coordinates of their locations to one another and lightspeed drives were calibrated with chips containing all known coordinates. Stage two was also the time of the first proper inter-system lightspeed jumps.