魯珀特二世死後，經由公司的監管，帝皇的遺產「權杖」系統盡數由博識學會繼承。超越人智的遺產令學派間傳言——憑藉「權杖」的算力，便能創造出屬於他們的完美學者，一位擁有無盡生命、知識庫和研究工具的，屬於博識學會的「天才」。
為實現這一目標，同時也為了學派間各自的利益，學派戰爭拉開了序幕。
以星際能源學派為首的各大學派，為爭奪更多的「權杖」配額，在遺產的瓜分中相互攻詆，純粹的科學研究逐漸轉化為各逞陰謀的競賽。而星際和平公司等外部勢力的介入，則為學派戰爭染上一層代理人的陰霾。學會的知識與理想不復純粹，只留下諸般醜態。
博識學會的內部混亂為虛構史學家帶來了可乘之機。時至今日，有關學派戰爭的史料早已被篡改得面目全非。人們能得到確證的只有「權杖」在戰爭中全線癱瘓的事實。遺產在不明不白中腐朽，戰爭也只能在一地雞毛里落幕。
滑稽的戰爭幾乎沒留下任何有價值的事物。唯有一位孤獨的求知者在不輟追尋後，將一道「孤波算法」的難題留於後世，作為鬧劇散盡後碩果僅存的寶藏。
After Rubert II's death, with the IPC's supervision, the Emperor's legacy, the Scepter system, was completely inherited by the Intelligentsia Guild. This legacy that far surpassed human intelligence fueled rumors among the schools — With the Scepters' computational power, they could create a perfect scholar that swore allegiance to them, a genius belonging to the Intelligentsia Guild possessing unlimited life, inexhaustible knowledge repository, and endless research tools.
To realize this goal, and for the interests of the various schools, the Scholars' Strife lifted its curtains.
To contend for even more Scepter allocation, the various schools, with the School of Interstellar Energy Resources at the head, attacked one another to get more shares of the legacy. What was once a purely scientific pursuit gradually devolved into some cloak-and-dagger competition, and with the intervention of the IPC and other external powers, a shadow of a proxy war was cast over the Scholars' Strife. The Guild's knowledge and ideals were no longer pure, leaving only ugly conflicts behind.
The Intelligentsia Guild's internal strife brought many opportunities for History Fictionologists. In this current era, historical records related to the Scholars' Strife have been distorted beyond recognition. The only piece of truth that people can glean is that the Scepters were completely disabled during the war. The legacy rotted under uncertain circumstances, and the war came to a close in a chaotic mess of unresolved conflicts.
The farcical war left almost nothing of value behind. Only one lone seeker of knowledge left behind the "solitary waves theory conundrum" for future generations at the end of their relentless pursuit, the only treasure that bore fruit after the dust settled.
