The Liaququ system history spans over 700 years and we can distinguish 4 periods:

  Colonisation & Terraforming - 2600 to 2630
  First Independence - 2626 to 2633
  Liaququ under Imperial Colonial Rule - 2633 to 3000
  Second Independence - 3000 to present day

 Colonisation & Terraforming - Liaququ's central star was known to prehyperspace Earth astronomers as Gamma Pavonis (see System Map > Gamma Pavonis), and its three gas giants were detected by astronomers as early as 2005 by indirect methods (star wobble) and 2011 (direct imaging). However, there was nothing special about the star, and due to the presence of a dust disk (see System Map) the system was believed devoid of life-supporting planets so exploring the system in the hyperspace era presented little interest to anyone. It was a frontier system in those days and besides, humanity had more important things to attend to, like the first Empire - Federation interstellar war. In 2552 however, a man known as Elijah Haskerling - a small-time pirate, sometimes bounty-hunter and always smuggler decided it was worth taking a look. Our Elijah was an amateur astronomer and his ship was equipped with a powerful telescope, so he was able to make out three rocky inner worlds, a couple of sattelites around two of the gas giants and, surprise!, a life-supporting planet, Liaququ 3. A practical man, Elijah decided to sell the information he gained. To whom exactly, we don't know. His name is lost to history. All that we know is that in 2597, the Summa Corporation CEO, Bo Kur, gained this knowledge. Bo Kur was an old man and desperately wanted to be remembered for all eternity, and this presented him the perfect oportunity to realise his dream. During 2598 he sold all Summa Corporation stocks to various others and purchased a small fleet of cargo ships equipped for colonisation & terraforming duties. He managed to convince some 6000 brave souls to join him and also he hired a large armed escort to protect the convoy from pirates, common in the sector. On 29th of December 2599, his fleet made the first jump enroute to Liaququ, from Barnard's Star to Epsilon Eridani. Arriving in Liaququ system on 4th of May 2600, he quickly discovered that altough Liaququ 3 did sustain life, it was only marginally inhabitable by humans. Huge amounts of money and almost 30 years (see System Map > New California) were required before Liaququ 3 would become a place for humans to thrive. Bo Kur died in 2627, before terraforming was completed, but he managed to fulfill his dream: Liaququ was recognised by both the Federation and the Empire as an Independent System in 2626, on 16 February.
 First Independence - From the acknowledgement of the young state in 2626, an almost anarchic regime engulfed Liaququ: the now 50,000 strong Republic had a constitution to draft, a President to elect, an infrastructure to set-up, a military and police to draft and train and the basic needs of its citizens to take care of. Fortunately (not quite), rich metal deposits were found on Liaququ 2 (see System Map > Strauss's Wreck), so at least Liaququ had something to trade for food and basic commodities, and a raw materials source for its developing heavy industry. The only problem was that Strauss's Wreck was just TOO rich in metals, and the Empire also had a developing industry in search of raw materials sources. And here was Liaququ, 6 light-years from its borders, no military, no military assistance treaties with the Federation, or with anyone for that matter, no military at all to be more clear. "Just reach for it and pick it when it's ripe" that's what the officers at the Imperial Navy HQ in Facece must have tought in the spring of 2633. And Liaququ was as ripe as an apple in August. On the morning of June 4th 2633, an Imperial battlegroup, 500 ships strong, escorting a landing force of nearly 100,000 Imperial Marines, hyperspaced in Liaququ System, near Godzilla. And the rest is, as they say, history.
 Liaququ under Imperial Colonial Rule - The Liaququ military was more of a police force than an army and was no match for the crack Imperial Marines. In less that two weeks Liaququ was "pacified": all resistance crushed, a 30,000 strong garrison (22nd Mecanised Legion) was set up, and Liaququ was formally declared Imperial territory.
 Under this quality, the citisens of Liaququ would endure hundreds of years of hardships and injustice. To begin with, Liaququ was under Imperial Colonial Rule: this meant that the population was not represented before the Emperor, in the House of Parliament on Achernar, that the system was ruled by a Governor with executive and legislative powers, personally selected by the Emperor, that Martial Law was in vigor, that the natives were forbidden to leave the system without a special approval from the governor, and that they could be thrown into slavery for as little as not obeying the curfew. Since Liaququ was a young and small system-state, little support from outside was received against this agression. The Federation issued a formal protest, as did a few other independents, but that's about all that they did. However, using weapons smuggled by daring commanders a Resistance movement began to make its presence felt. They hit the Imperials where it hurt them most sabotaging the deep mines on Strauss's Wreck. And altough the retaliatory raids were extremely brutal, the Resistance kept on making life hard for the occupants. Nonetheless, by 2750's Strauss's Wreck was almost mined out. The mines were rapidly becoming unproductive and by 2763 Imperial mining operations in Liaququ officially ceased. The Empire then quickly lost interest in this system as it had little else to offer and it had at best a mildly important strategical position. However, in those days giving up on a system was a very politically incorrect thing to do in the Empire and as such the occupation continued.
 However, since the system's economical output towards the Empire was now at negligible levels, serius cutbacks in the size and funding of the Imperial military presence on Liaququ were effected. This, coupled with an increase in the density of pirates and smugglers in the system, meant that the Resistance movement was growing stronger. By the 2900's there were less that 5,000 Imperial Marines stationed on Liaququ and well over 50,000 active members of the Resistance. It all culminated on 12th of April 2990 when 900 Imperial Marines relocating to a forward base were ambushed and massacred. It became obvious to the Empire that it had to step up in-system military presence, if any form of control was to be retained. Only now, the Empire had no desire in pouring defence funds in a world which only exported bad news and Marine corpses. Talks with the leaders of the Resistance were initiated in 2991 and by 2995, Imperial presence in Liaququ was formal at best. And on 1st of January 3000, 1,500,000 Liaququans cheered as the Empire officially relinquished control of the system to the newly formed Liaququan government.
 Second Independence - Liaququ had gained its long sought independence, but it helped them little: there was no industrial infrastructure except for mining, there was no agricultural infrastructure except to feed the miners and there was no transport infrastructure except to move the ore around. However there was hope: new technologies had been developed to mine the liquid core of a planet that offered the possibility of continued mining operations on Strauss's Wreck. Also, since 2805, a small contingent of Sirius Corporation workers had been refining military fuel on Rush's Mine, under an 50-50 agreement with the Empire. For exclusive production rights for the next 199 years, Sirius Corporation agreed to financially help the Liaququ government set up an economically viable infrastructure. The Liaququans were also determined not to be conquered again - this required a competent military to be created, in this case competent = money. Slowly, though, under an unusual long period of efficient management under competent leaderships, Liaququ began to flourish. And now, its new military had the opportunity to prove its worth as the newly found prosperity once again attracted the interests of the Empire and prompted two major invasion attempts - one in 3170, the other in 3205 - and countless other probing attacks from the Imperial Navy. So far it seems that the Liaququ Defence Force can stand its ground against its bigger cousin, the Imperial Navy.
 Tourism and agriculture also became major players in Liaququ's post-Imperial economy. Tourism especially has boomed, party based on the beauty of New California. A modern shipbuilding industry, an efficient mining industry that provides 70% of the necessary raw materials and a small but active milfuel refining industry (inherited when the Sirius Corporation ended its 199 year lease agreement with the Liaququ government) also add to the prosperity of the system. In short, the immediate future looks bright for the Liaququans.