"For decades after the loss of the Centennial City we've been without a true capital city"
-A historian's standpoint on the Capital Reformation of 2304

The Capital Reformation of 2304 was a hallmark event that happened in the Republic's history. It marked the end of one Capital City and onto a new one. It all started during the after the destruction of Centennial City and marked the beginning of Shanksville being the capital city. The destruction of Centennial City was an event that happened around Julius 21st 34 of 2304, when the Republic nuked its capital city to stop a zombie outbreak from escaping the city.

The Centennial City Disaster
Around Julius 10th 34 of 2304, the Capital City of Centennial City was attacked by the corporations that ruled the city. Fornaxxel Corporation accidentally let a zombie virus escape in Centennial City. It all started when an ambulance crashed into the new General Hospital in Downtown Centennial City, the drivers and occupant inside re-animated and began to attack civilians. The Superintendent AI of the city closed off the hospital in hopes of preventing a disaster however some citizens were infected and began infecting other citizens. Before long the entire Downtown of Centennial City became a zombie infested disaster. The AI tried to block off streets to prevent further spreading but the zombies always managed to find ways around. Fornaxxel Corporation offered free screening at the Int'l Airport to get uninfected citizens free from the hot zone. However with billions of people flooding the airport Fornaxxel couldn't handle and decided to abandon the airport leaving the citizens trapped in the infected city. Around this time, a Republic Strike Team infiltrated the infected downtown to retrieve the AI of the City, they got a first hand experience of what happened to the citizens. The Republic offered to get citizens out of the infected zones, however Fornaxxel forbade it since it was their disaster. However the Republic didn't stop there, they sent a cruiser to patrol above the Capital occasionally bombarding areas where it said the infection was strongest. When Fornaxxel fled, the Republic was forced to clean up, so on Julius 21st 34 of 2304 under the command of Supreme Chancellor Florence, the Republic nuked the Capital City. 12 nuclear missiles were launched at Centennial City, and on the dawn of 21st the city disappeared into nuclear fire. To prevent further outbreak the Republic bombarded the surrounding landscape turning into a desert wasteland.

From Centennial to Shanksville
Following after the resignation of Supreme Chancellor Florence the Republic was without a leader and a Capital City. This made the Republic vulnerable to attack however the Election of 2304 was under way and the Senate was drafting plans on what would be the next capital city. Plans to make Velvettrone City was considered however the Senate chose Shanksville; a port city on Isle Corona; to be the capital. This lead to the major terraforming of the Isle Corona Continent as plans of a better capital city. Corporations like Fornaxxel wanted to help chip in however the Republic learning from their mistakes with Centennial City denied help they wanted to rebuild the Capital City to their liking. By the end of 2304 most of the Isle Corona Continent was terraformed and rebuilt to what it is now Sector One, Two and Three. However it didn't stop there. The Senate planned on expanding the capital to the other continents to make more room for more citizens. The second continent to be terraformed was Isle Sirena Rivera, however most of Isle Sirena Rivera was blocked off due to the bombardment and destruction of Centennial City, so they worked around the desert landscape that was Centennial City. From Isle Sirena Rivera as an extension of Sector Three, they expanded to Isle Bastu and built Sectors Four, Five, Six and Seven. They designated Isle Bastu as the residential zoning, while they designated Isle Corona and Isle Sirena Rivera as a mixture of commercial and residential. From Isle Bastu they moved to Isle Velvettrone where they designated the remaining 5 sectors there. They planned on making Isle Velvettrone the industrial powerhouses of the Capital; ranging from shipyards to industrial factories; from the small city of Shanksville to the massive Capital City that is now seen today.

The After effects
When the last sector was finished building, the Republic reached a max limit of resources they exhausted. This left the Republic vulnerable to attack, and in sure the Reformation began to reap what it sowed when the Zecropolians invaded the Republic Territory around 2349. The amount of resources exhausted in rebuilding the Capital was troubling the Republic couldn't find ways to allocate resources. It soon came back to the trusting of the Corporations, luckily with Fornaxxel out of the way the Republic began to use the Corporations to their advantage. Soon resources were pouring into the Republic which allowed them to fight back the Zecropolians and win the war. However even with the Corporation's help the Republic took centuries to recover from the Capital Reformation. By the time the Shadow War happened the Republic just recovered just enough to function however with the Oltanians attacking from all corners of the Republic Territory they couldn't defend themselves. When the First Galactic War ended, the after effects of the Capital Reformation of 2304 has finally ended.

In the end the Capital Reformation of 2304 had a deep impact on the Republic, it marked the end of one capital to the current well known Capital City we see today.