The Conjoiner-Coalition War began in 2190 and ended approximately three years later, with a cease fire that heavily favored the Coalition for Neural Purity over the weakened Conjoiners. The catalyst for the confrontation was Galiana's research into shared consciousness, called Transenlightenment. Various breakthroughs led to the creation of the Conjoiners. Because a majority of the outer planets' populations (Mars, Neptune, the gas giants Saturn and Jupiter, etc.) were connected to the vast intra-system data network through implants, the Conjoiners sought to share their revelation with the rest of humanity through what amounted to computer viruses that would hijack an individual's implants and cause them to connect to others'. Experiencing a kind of joy and sense of unity previously unknow