THESE FOUR PIONEER EMPIRES WOULD ESTABLISH THE FIRST COLONIAL PRESENCE IN THE SECOND RING, AND ALONG THE WAY MAKE DISCOVERIES JUST AS MONUMENTAL AS WHAT MAGELLAN STUMBLED UPON OVER A CENTURY PRIOR. WITH THEIR ALREADY MASSIVE TERRITORIES IN THE NEW WORLD FIRMLY SECURED,

THESE FOUR PIONEER EMPIRES WOULD ESTABLISH THE FIRST COLONIAL PRESENCE IN THE SECOND RING, AND ALONG THE WAY MAKE DISCOVERIES JUST AS MONUMENTAL AS WHAT MAGELLAN STUMBLED UPON OVER A CENTURY PRIOR. WITH THEIR ALREADY MASSIVE TERRITORIES IN THE NEW WORLD FIRMLY SECURED,