If I remember correctly....it was the 23rd century or somewhere around there when the Coalition had a major victory against whatever the other side's name were. The opposing side of the Coalition took the sleeper ships and 5 broke the blockade....Hispania being lost of course....and that happened 800 yrs ago... we will never forget...yadda yadda yadda. So apparently it was 200 yrs shy of a millenium ago so there was no drifting for thousands of years. Also...on a side note....the Corsair's claim they have some sort of honor code and outsiders are out there to sully it. What honor code? they are cannibals and could care less if their own people die! They make no sense and frankly I'd like to blow every Corsair into oblivion for giving me idle threats and their twisted views. Also..I heard there is going to be an expansion pack soon but that could just be a rumor. Lastly, how does one transport illicit goods to law abiding planets? Does the planet turn hostile when the police search your ship and find contraband and you refuse to drop cargo? I've never tried it. I was just asking this as one time I was going through Kusari space and I'm a known outlaw among the Kusari Naval, Police, and Security authorities. They shoot me on site. Thats not the odd thing... the weird thing was that people who I am friendly with suddenly become hostile and attack me when Kusari factions come into sight of me. So I was just wondering if the planet would turn hostile when the cops did?