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Terra.
M29 on the starmap.

Terra was once one of the most beautiful planets in the milky way galaxy. After thousands of years of harming the ecology, Terrans finally found the technology needed and the resource source to bring their planet back to a beautiful state. Being the capital of the largest political organization, it was necessary that it be kept well, and so, for nearly 1500 years, it was the Gem of the Milky way, and the beloved home of Terrans.

In 4033, Drathonians betrayed the Terrans, simultaneously attacking hundreds of Terran controlled planets and colonies, but they focused on the capital and Terran homeworld. The first wave was a large scale bombardment of Nuclear warheads, followed by raking attacks from Starship main weapons, scoring deep fissures all over the world, dotting the planet with craters. Finally, the Drathonians focused on Great Britain, blowing it clean off the surface of the earth, blasting a hole nearly to the core, then launching a barrage of Nuclear warheads, blowing The eastern and western hemispheres in twain, and blasting the European subcontinent from the Asian continent. Although blown completely through, the Planet's gravity remained intact, keeping the three pieces floating only a few miles apart, and keeping just enough gravity to support a small amount of life.

Currently, no one officially lives on the planet, and no one keeps any sort of military presence nearby, though small groups of survivors are known to stay on planet. Every once in a while, Drathonians come to Terra to deface whatever remaining landmarks there are, and some Terran ships come to try and glean possible soldiers from survivors.

I had to be able to explain why los Angeles was still mostly in tact for Blackbird's Backstory, as well as the fact that Great britain was the capitol of the capitol. makes sense for the Drathonians to shoot it.