Population Migration / Travel
Greed will always impede on Peace
While the races had found each other, for better or worse, they saw how the Aether Streams stretched far beyond the two Confluences and a third large Confluence could be observed far far away. And so unable to compete in combat the C.T.U & the Collective began a new race, to see who could build a Aethership capable of traveling such a far distance first. This and a dash to discover new resources and develop new magics and technologies to further the cause.