The first Solar Consortium lasted from 2112 to 2152 CE as Earth added Luna, then Mars to its holdings. It was replaced by the Stellar Consortium in 2152 after a treaty with the Centaurans. The second and better known Solar Consortium, which came together in the wake of the end of Kretonian rule of the known worlds in 2806, consisted primarily of Earth and Mars, with Luna forming the Free Luna Protectorate in protest of Earth's violation of the GELT treaty. The government was largely xenophobic and isolationist in attitude until the return of Sanctuary in the year 3000. It was locked in a cold war with the Free Luna Protectorate for almost 200 years, neither gaining much ground in the conflict. There were some skirmishes and a few botched invasion attempts of Luna by the Consortium (most no