In 2595, a group of Aparatic Monks formed a sect that created a doctrine that because all life is sacred, the enhancement of life forms is a godly work. It was called the Doctrine of Physical Manifestation. It held that God will manifest his kingdom in the physical universe at a future point in time and that the kingdom of God can only be manifested in the physical world by perfecting the bodies that human souls inhabit. This belief was not part of mainstream Aparatic doctrine and was considered heretical.

The men and women who became the original Truppen did not do so voluntarily. The Aparatic Enhancement Project subjects had consented to be part of the Aparatic Makers’ heretical experiments to enhance and extend life.

Stelltron Corporation was by an order of magnitude, the largest corporation in the Estra galaxy, providing a vast array of products and services. The majority of their business was interstellar trade and shipbuilding. Their shipyards supplied untold numbers of merchant ships and warships to the governments, businesses, and the renegades of Estra.