That took me so long to write ( about 10 minutes)

A.S.T is a country that seems new, but has been around for a while. Was first formed in 10 C.E (or A.D), and it was first originated underground. A.S.T stayed hidden for thousands of years, until some miners breached a spot in one of the older tunnels that had the deflector shields broken. After the miners figured out what they had found, they ran back and told their government. A.S.T sent a representative and said that they were not harmful, just scientists. Yet, people were wary, but they didn't suspect anything. A.S.T eventually discovered the warp drive, and they then incorporated it into their designs. A.S.T then explored the galaxy and beyond with the warp drive, eventually leading to an outpost in the asteroid belt and a space station on Mercury. A few years later, they discovered a planet that could house life. A city was built and Earth was plunged into a golden age of technology and discovery. Then the rebels came. They struck and controlled the major shipyards, and started attacking the world and beyond. A.S.T was crippled, and had to flee their bonds to Earth and journey. into the stars. No one has heard nor seen A.S.T, but their technology remains. All of their outposts have gone silent, and when a visit to one orbiting Jupiter, they found ruins. Nobody knows what happened to A.S.T, though, from time to time, the people of Earth receive a transmission bearing cryptic messages from beyond the galaxy. An exploration team is searching to find the signal leading to the nation lost to the stars. Will they find A.S.T, nobody knows.