The Prehistoric Age (unknown duration):
This period of time encompasses the time from the formation of the human species to the founding date of the New Texan Republic. Although the duration of this period is unknown and impossible to determine due to the use of a dozen different calendars, it is believed to be around 500,000 years.
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The Ancient Age (1200 BCA – 1 CA):
According to the Dallas Archive, the following timeline has been reconstructed:
* 1200 BCA – New Texan Republic is established;
* 1123 BCA – The Sudan League is established;
* 1120 BCA – Indo-Ozzy Union is established;
* 1118 BCA – The Eurasian Technocracy is established;
* 1102 BCA – 923 BCA – planetary expansion and division of Earth into four spheres of influence;
* 901 BCA – 889 BCA – First Atomic War between the ET and the SL, resulting in the ban of all religious movements within the Eurasian Technocracy.
* 810 BCA – 802 BCA – Second Atomic War between the SL and the IOU, resulting in a ban on biotic augmentation of humans;
* 799 BCA – 730 BCA – the planet is ravaged by a series of out-of-control man-made plagues resulting in a series of localised armed conflicts between the isolationist NTR and the rest of the world;
* 726 BCA – 720 BCA – Third Atomic War between the NTR, IOU, ET and SL, resulting in a dead zone forming on the borders of all four superpowers;
* 718 BCA – New Texan Republic establishes a permanent colony on the Moon;
* 715 BCA – The Indo-Ozzy Union and the Eurasian Technocracy establish permanent colonies on the Moon;
* 712 BCA – The Sudan League’s attempt to establish a permanent colony on the Moon fails due to an unstable fusion generator. In the aftermath of the incident, the colonies of the NTR, IOU and ET declared independence;
* 709 BCA – 705 BCA – a prolonged war between the newly established Lunar Nation and the Earth superpowers, resulting in the recognition of the Lunar Nation as an independent state;
* 680 BCA – the Lunar Nation goes dark, and further contact is impossible;
* 678 BCA – a manned expedition sent to check the status of the Lunar Nation is destroyed by automated defences on the Moon’s surface;
* 677 BCA – a planned invasion of the Moon is cancelled due to the satellite network guarding both Earth and the Moon being hijacked by an unknown entity;
* 677 BCA – 570 BCA – the Earth's electronic network is plagued by a proto-AI, resulting in significant technological regression;
* 572 BCA – a new Global Network is created by joint efforts from the New Texan Republic and the Sudan League;
* 570 BCA – the Eurasian Technocracy develops a virus which disables all versions of the proto-AI roaming the old World Wide Web;
* 569 BCA – the Indo-Ozzy Union begins secret development of a proto-AI based on recovered code from the proto-AI which devastated Earth’s net;
* 502 BCA – 495 BCA – Fourth Atomic War waged between the NTR, ET, SL and IOU, resulting in the complete depletion of nuclear capabilities of all superpowers;
* 494 BCA – the Sudan League abandons its work on developing a proto-AI;
* 490 BCA – The Rejuvenation Project begins with the aim of restoring the planet to its former glory;
* 287 BCA – The Rejuvenation Project concludes achieving all of its goals. All evidence of nuclear conflicts has been removed from the surface of Earth;
* 280 BCA – the New Texan Republic, Eurasian Technocracy, and the Indo-Ozzy Union merge into the Earth Union, and the SL becomes increasingly religious and isolationist;
* 265 BCA – the technological development of the Earth Union has returned to the same level as that before 680 BCA;
* 262 BCA – the Earth Union launches its first solar fleet with the task of reclaiming the Moon, only to find that the proto-AI has taken full control of the planet’s natural satellite;
* 262 BCA – 242 BCA – the Lunar War. It takes the Earth Union a total of 20 years to fully eradicate all sentient machines from the surface and underground cities of Luna. The proto-AI named Alpha is captured, contained and transported to Earth;
* 242 BCA – the Sudan League takes control of Alpha after a surprise attack on the facility constructed to contain it;
* 242 BCA – 201 BCA – a long war of attrition between the Earth Union and the fanatical Sudan League. During the conflict, the SL deploys the cybernetic units Shaitan, a fusion between man and machine developed with the help of Alpha;
* 201 BCA – 92 BCA – a brutal campaign of genocide is carried out by the Earth Union against all remaining Sudan League residents, who by this time are entirely under the control of Alpha. A total of 8 billion people are killed before Alpha's final destruction. At the end of the conflict, the Earth Union is the only political entity on the planet;
* 90 BCA – the Moon is officially renamed as Luna during the second colonisation and made into a semi-independent state;
* 75 BCA – mankind focuses its efforts on establishing permanent colonies on Mars and developing an FTL engine;
* 1 BCA/1 CA (Colonisation Age) – the Ling-Osmund fold engine is created and installed in the test craft Mustang. The ten-person crew of the Mustang makes a successful round trip to Alpha Centauri in just 2 years. The Colonisation Age begins.
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The Colonisation Age (1 CA – 796 CA):
A period of time marking great technological advancements and the colonisation of the Solar System and neighbouring star systems, also referred to as the Age of Peace.
* 2 CA – the test craft Mustang returns from its maiden flight to Alpha Centauri with all of its ten crew members alive and in good health. Mass production of smaller Ling-Osmund fold engines begins;
* 16 CA – 101 CA – nearly a third of Earth's population resettles on Mars;
* 22 CA – the Solar System can be crossed in 26 hours; however, due to prolonged short jumps, crews of spacecraft begin to suffer from a genetic mutation named Hynkov Syndrome. Although debilitating, the mutation is considered safe. Still, the Earth Union enforces mandatory rotation of crew and planet stay;
* 25 CA – the Newman fold engine is designed and adopted to replace the Ling-Osmund engine;
* 30 CA – six more space-fold engines are introduced;
* 72 CA – the Krent spacecraft AI is created to automate cargo transport within the solar system;
* 75 CA – a large spike in Hynkov Syndrome cases;
* 78 CA – first cases of physical mutation of people suffering from Hynkov Syndrome;
* 80 CA – the ban on genetic manipulation of humans is lifted;
* 92 CA – the Aslan Shield is developed, reducing the cases of Hynkov Syndrome among spacecraft crew;
* 100 CA – the Horita space-fold engine is developed reducing the time needed to cross the Solar System to 20 hours. Further improvement of the space-fold engines is deemed impossible;
* 110 CA – the Ceres Mining facility is established, and extraction of resources from the Asteroid belt begins;
* 155 CA – 410 CA – terraformation of Mars. As a result, the Red Planet is covered in micro-jungles, vast grasslands and shallow oceans dedicated to producing food to feed the ever-growing human population;
* 217 CA – the Milo Orbital Construction Complex is constructed in a geo-locked orbit around Earth;
* 227 CA – the Diomedes Orbital Construction Complex is constructed in a geo-locked orbit around Mars;
* 230 CA – the Anabel and Luciana deep space mining stations are launched from the Milo and the Diomedes, respectively and sent into the Kuiper Belt;
* 242 CA – colonies are established on Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto;
* 250 CA – the Cassini moons of Saturn are colonised;
* 270 CA – research facilities are established on Neptune and its moon Triton;
* 289 CA – Uranus and its moons – Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon and Miranda – are transformed into a large deep-space exploration facility, referred to as the TOUMA telescope;
* 313 CA – a mining crew from the Anabel discovers a damaged, unknown alien construction masked as an asteroid on the edge of the Solar System;
* 313 CA – 315 CA – five excavation missions are carried out at the alien construction – dubbed Sarcophagus – with the fifth one finally managing to breach it, discovering a satellite-like construct within showing signs of combat damage;
* 314 CA – colony ships are sent to Alpha Centauri;
* 316 CA – a research facility is constructed around the Sarcophagus;
* 333 CA – the first case of Void Fever Syndrome is observed within the Sarcophagus research facility;
* 340 CA – the Alpha Centauri colony becomes self-sufficient;
* 342 CA – artificial gravity generation becomes possible, allowing the construction of space habitats;
* 343 CA – 355 CA – seven artificial cities are constructed in geo-locked orbit around Venus;
* 346 CA – 366 CA – two cities-sized stations are constructed between Earth and Mars, and twenty-one smaller habitats are constructed within the depopulated Asteroid Belt;
* 371 CA – 373 CA – Void Fever Syndrome pandemic spreads through the artificially created habitats, the Earth Union Army is unable to contain the violence in time, resulting in massive casualties among the civilian population;
* 375 CA – the Earth Union Army is restructured, replacing all personnel with genetically enhanced soldiers;
* 386 CA – cybernetic implants of the cerebral cortex are introduced in an attempt to combat Void Fever Syndrome;
* 399 CA – 450 CA – further cybernetic implants are introduced into the human body;
* 411 CA – advances in genetic manipulation allow for the colonisation of Venus without the need to terraform the planet;
* 426 CA – the alien artefact from the Sarcophagus is reverse-engineered – the no-void is discovered;
* 434 CA – another alien no-void artefact is discovered on the edge of Alpha Centauri;
* 450 CA – the Neptune Research Institute creates the first human-designed no-void entry relay;
* 459 CA – the Solar no-void point and the Alpha Centauri no-void point are operational and linked. The spacecraft Canary is the first human ship to enter the no-void and make the journey between the two points, which takes just 4 hours;
* 461 CA – the Canary II begins a ten-year-long mission of mapping the no-void network. Its journey is followed by an armada of colony ships and escorts;
* 465 CA – 649 CA – the Earth Union has colonised a total of seven hundred and fifty-two-star systems stretching from the Gould Belt to the Orion Nebula through the unprecedented use of cloning technology and genetic and cybernetic augmentation;
* 648 CA – human population surpasses the trillion mark;
* 651 CA – the Canary VI reaches the Cygnus X – First Contact;
* 653 CA – delegations from the Earth Union and the Jaha Confederacy meet on Angel Moon, marking the first in-person meeting between humanity and an alien species. A border is established, and humanity’s expansion towards the galaxy’s core is blocked;
* 660 CA – trade between the Earth Union and the Jaha Confederacy is established;
* 699 CA – Second Contact. The Earth Union comes into contact with psionic Qua at the Rosette Nebula;
* 712 CA – Third Contact. The Earth Union makes contact with the Zora Kai at the outer edges of the Orion Nebula;
* 715 CA – Fourth Contact. The Earth Union makes contact with the Drei 400 light years away from 47 Tuc, resulting in a short conflict between the two races. The Earth Union realises that despite its unprecedented colonisation and engine technology, its military technology is severely lacking behind that of its neighbours;
* 721 CA – the borders of the Earth Union are firmly set from the Gould Belt to the Orion Nebula and from 47 Tuc to the Rosette Nebula. Further expansion is impossible without resorting to military conquest;
* 780 CA – space-fold engines are banned within the limits of star systems due to severe mutation risks as a result of Hynkov Syndrome;
* 788 CA – an outbreak of Void Fever Syndrome at the Tarantula System results in the detonation of the fusion core of the Capital Habitat. Among the dead is the Crown Princes of the Zora Kai, whose ship was there for resupply;
* 788 CA – 794 CA – First Void War. Although surface battles are fairly contested, the Zora Kai fleets utterly dominate the Earth Union Armada when it comes to void combat. The Earth Union is defeated, losing all of its star systems between the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades Stars;
* 794 CA – 796 CA – The Earth Union is engulfed in a civil war. The Colonisation Age is over.
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The First Hell (796 CA – 1001 CA/1 AT):
A group of fanatic believers in human supremacy detonated a 155 mega-ton nuclear bomb at the central government building of the Earth Union on the homeworld. A separate group implanted an AI virus in the planet’s defence network, triggering a worldwide extinction event – the First Armageddon (later renamed the First Hell). It is believed that out of the fourteen billion people living on Earth, a little less than two million survived. In the aftermath of the total collapse of the Earth Union, its neighbours quickly conquered all human colonies. The conquest of the Sol was prevented by the sacrifices of the Solar Colonies led by the newly established Martian Central Government.
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The Age of Terra (1 AT – 1010 AT/1 FTE):
A period of time marking the reclamation of Terra and the systematic reconquest of the lost human colonies.
* 1 AT – Earth is reconquered and united under a single banner once again by the survivors of the First Hell. The planet is officially renamed to Terra, and the Terran Republic is formed;
* 32 AT – the Terran Republic annexes Mars and the few remaining habitats within the Sol System;
* 37 AT – 129 AT – the Terran Republic scavenges any scrap of resources, burned spacecraft husk and junk from within the Sol System. Using semi-preserved warships and the Martian Archive, the Republic begins reverse engineering alien technology on a massive scale;
* 105 AT – 129 AT – Luna is transformed into a giant factory, producing warships and equipment at unprecedented levels;
* 120 AT – 150 AT – the Sol System is transformed into a fortress system. Production of military equipment does not stop. The Qua establish diplomatic contact;
* 131 AT – intact cloning facilities are extracted from the ruins of the Neptune Research Institute;
* 155 AT – worried about the growing military strength of the Terran Republic, the Que returned four resource-rich systems to humanity as a gesture of goodwill;
* 170 AT – the Terran Republic demands the Drei relinquish control of ninety-two systems;
* 173 AT – 190 AT – the Drei Genocide. Chemical, biological and nuclear weapons are used without restraint against the Drei worlds. In space, the newly designed human ship outmatched the Drei’s despite being at a numerical disadvantage. By the end of the war, the Terran Republic has gained control over one hundred and seventy-nine systems. The Drei are wiped from the galactic map;
* 193 AT – 256 AT – expansion and improvement of the Terran Republic’s military and re-integration of former human colonies;
* 200 AT – the Terran Republic begins experimentation on developing psionic powers within humans;
* 211 AT – the Qua join the human psionic research;
* 240 AT – the first psionic humans are born. Only one in a million children born from non-cloned parents have psionic potential;
* 252 AT – the Qua return thirty-one human systems to the Terran Republic in exchange for a non-aggression pact;
* 260 AT – the Blue Bible Group and Kōng Cathedral are recognised as official religions of the Terran Republic;
* 267 AT – the Jaha Confederacy launches a massive attack on human worlds with AI-controlled drone fleets, while the Terran Republic’s Armada is responding to fleet build-up on the border with the Zora Kai;
* 267 AT – 450 AT – the Secret War. Fearing a war on two fronts, the Terran Republic begins a long-term campaign of sabotage against the Jaha Confederacy. During that time, human agents manage to trigger fifteen wars between the Jaha and the Zora Kai, while infiltration cells maintained a constant terror campaign within Jaha-controlled space.
* 304 AT – secret contact with the Ul is made;
* 308 AT – 450 AT – Terran Republic spies sell information regarding vulnerable Jaha Confederacy systems to the Ul. Raids of Ul slaver ships become a common occurrence;
* 316 AT – 330 AT – border skirmishes with the Zora Kai increase, and control over border systems is exchanged over a dozen times;
* 331 AT – the Terran Republic launches a conquest into Zora Kai space to finally settle the ownership of the border systems. The Zora Kai do not retaliate;
* 333 AT – human spies reveal that the Zora Kai are engaged in an all-out war with three other alien species at the Vela Ridge, Perseus Transit and NGC 4147;
* 334 AT – the campaign against the Zora Kai is put on hold due to Ul slavers raiding human colonies within the Terran Republic;
* 340 AT – 390 AT – a campaign is carried out to eradicate Ul and Ul-Batyr elements from human space; however, the Ul ships prove to be too agile and fast for the Terran Republic’s fleets. Ul raids become a constant threat;
* 388 AT – the Terran Republic becomes aware of the Xith Stratocracy;
* 402 AT – the Jaha Confederacy’s AI goes rogue;
* 410 AT – 450 AT – the Terran Republic is forced to stop its expansion and focus on building fortress systems along its borders due to constant raids from Ul, rogue AI drone fleets, Zora Kai and probing incursions from four newly discovered alien species who have occupied territories belonging formerly to the Drei;
* 450 AT – the Jaha Confederacy collapses. The majority of its territory is now controlled by the rogue AI named Aho-Ja. Fifty former human colonies conquered by the Jaha declare their independence under the name Earth Union;
* 455 AT – Aho-Ja begins a campaign of extermination against the Terran Republic while ignoring the Earth Union. The Athena IV System’s no-void point is destroyed, forcing humanity to restart its research into no-void technology;
* 475 AT – 696 AT – the Aho-Ja Crusades. The threat of the Jaha AI becomes exponentially greater, resulting in twelve different species joining humanity’s efforts to eradicate it;
* 510 AT – the Council of Thirteen is formed, a federation led by the Terran Republic; it also includes the Qua, Zora Kai, Ul, Ratatatar, Oa, Ijanar, Ser-Atok, Puuh, Molech, Ju-ju, Fartan and Har’ra. The use and development of unrestrained AI are banned within the new federation;
* 525 AT – four AIs developed by newly emerged species join Aho-Ja;
* 530 AT – the Earth Union and five other minor independent nations begin to aid Aho-Ja;
* 580 AT – sixteen more species join the Council of Thirteen in order to contain Aho-Ja. A third of the galaxy is engulfed in war;
* 682 AT – the Xith Stratocracy joins the war against Aho-Ja after their expansion fleets reach the edge of the conflict zone;
* 688 AT – with help from the Qua and the Xith, the Terran Republic develops a computation device capable of pinpointing no-void entry points;
* 696 AT – Aho-Ja is defeated at great cost. The Xith expansion is put on hold due to exhausting their military strength, and the Council of Thirteen and every other species suffers from extreme attrition from the prolonged war against the rogue AI;
* 697 AT – 715 AT – despite sustaining severe losses, the Terran Republic launches a campaign against the Earth Union, resulting in forcefully annexing it;
* 710 AT – the Council of Thirteen is disbanded due to growing tensions between member species; however, an effort is made to avoid armed conflicts;
* 714 AT – 902 AT – the Great Salvage takes place. All galactic nations race to claim as many derelict crafts and empty systems as they can short of sparking a war. Despite that, numerous small skirmishes occur. The Terran Republic begins to fortify its borders aggressively;
* 720 AT – a galactic ban on the creation of sentient AI is agreed upon;
* 902 AT – the Terran Republic now controls a total of nine hundred star systems and is considered a major power within Quadrant III of the galaxy;
* 902 AT – 970 AT – small pockets of AI fleets are systematically dealt with within the borders of the Terran Republic;
* 955 AT – the Terran Republic begins experimentation with short-range no-void technology;
* 962 AT – a newly formed religious movement supported by the human psionics called the Psicast Temple conducts a series of bombing attacks against facilities researching no-void technology;
* 962 AT – 990 AT – a pseudo civil war is waged by the Psicast Temple;
* 990 AT – the Psicast Temple is recognised as an official religion within the Terran Republic;
* 999 AT – the Central Seat of the Psicast Temple is constructed between the Blue Bible Group’s “God’s Basilica” and the Kōng Cathedral, creating the Divine Triangle on Mars. Pilgrims make the journey to the planet in the millions;
* 1009 AT – a secret no-void device suffers critical failure during testing on Mars, and all life is eradicated in 16 seconds, and the planet is rendered uninhabitable.
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The Second Hell (1010 AT – 3523 AT/1 FTE):
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A group of Earth Union loyalists hijack the automated defences protecting the Sol System, demanding the restoration of the Earth Union. At the same time, religious zealots believing that the Mars incident was a deliberate attack from the Terran Republic detonate a stolen no-void bomb in Terra’s upper atmosphere with catastrophic results. The Sol System’s defensive grid goes into alert, considering any craft within it or approaching it as an enemy. As a result, the Sol System became completely isolated from the remaining human territories, which, after losing contact with the Terran Republic’s government, split into numerous small states. Reclamation of Terra is abandoned because of the enormous cost it would take to overpower the defensive grid just to take control of a ruined system drained of almost all of its natural resources. It takes a little over 2500 years before Terra’s surface is stable enough to allow the few remaining survivors to exit the underground shelters and begin resettling the planet. The Age of the First Terran Empire Begins.
The First Terran Empire (1 FTE – 1900 FTE):
A period of time marked by alternating periods of war and peace while humanity regains its place among the stars. It is also a period of time that sees unprecedented advances in technology.
* 1 FTE – 97 FTE – the survivors on Terra terraform the planet, restoring it to its former glory. The technology level they show is far more advanced than the galactic standard at the time;
* 100 FTE – probes are launched from Terra’s orbit into the no-void towards the closest neighbouring human states, demanding that they accept the Terran Creed and bend their knee to the Terran Empire or face conquest. The threat is ignored as idle, and little attention is paid to what is happening within the Sol System;
* 105 FTE – the Terran Empire releases a newly developed AI against the automated defence network protecting the Sol System. In a few months, the network is under Terra’s control;
* 105 FTE – 135 FTE – the Terran Empire strip mines the rings of Saturn, any stellar body under 1000km in diameter. The Qua begin to pay attention to what is happening in the Sol System;
* 136 FTE – a second wave of probes are launched from Terra’s orbit to all former Terran Republic territories with the same message that they accept the Terran Creed and submit to the Terran Empire or face the consequences. Although most ignore the message, some begin diplomatic contact with humanity’s birth planet;
* 137 FTE – a Terran Empire fleet devastates Alpha Centauri without facing any opposition in space, thanks to the use of their AI. 70% of the planet’s population is killed, and the rest are either enslaved or taken back to Terra. The occupation of Alpha Centauri begins;
* 138 FTE – 175 FTE – the Terran Empire conducts a series of raids and occupations of human-controlled systems. Imperial spies instigate wars between neighbours and religious groups;
* 145 FTE – Qua spies discover that one in every three people born on Terra are psionic;
* 155 FTE – a Qua diplomatic delegation is allowed to visit Terra. This is the first time an alien species has been allowed to step on the homeworld since the dissolution of the Council of Thirteen. The Qua diplomats are shocked to learn that the Terran Empire has developed vat-growth technology;
* 155 FTE – thanks to significant advances in the medical field, the average natural human lifespan is increased to 175 years;
* 175 FTE – the raid campaign of the Terran Empire comes to an end with more than a hundred systems under Imperial occupation;
* 176 FTE – the Terran Empire declares a Holy War against the Psicast Temple;
* 180 FTE – AI-controlled cybernetic units are used against Psicast Temple militants on the planet of Iridan;
* 190 FTE – examination of the Terran Empire’s AI conducted by the galactic superpowers determines that it is not in violation of the ban on autonomous AI as it uses a living human brain to function;
* 210 FTE – seven smaller human states, controlling ninety resource-rich systems, are annexed by the Terran Empire. The galactic powers do not intervene because this is considered a human problem despite Qua protests;
* 265 FTE – the last elements of the Psicast Temple are destroyed, and the Holy War against them ends. All psionically gifted humans not born on Terra are marked for execution;
* 266 FTE – the Terran Empire declares a Holy War against the Blue Bible Group;
* 300 FTE – after a number of brutal battles, the leaders of the Blue Bible Group surrendered. The remaining organisations and sects of the Blue Bible Group are incorporated into the Terran Creed.
* 301 FTE – the Terran Empire declares a Holy War against the Kōng Cathedral. Unwilling to suffer the same fate as the Psicast Temple or the Blue Bible Group, the Voice (the leader of the Kōng Cathedral) strikes a deal with the Terran Empire. The order of the Black Confessors is created with the task of hunting and studying rogue psionically gifted individuals;
* 350 FTE – 791 FTE – the Slow Conquests. The Terran Empire begins a systematic conquest of the former Republic star systems;
* 802 FTE – the C.H.A.O.S. Plague is developed;
* 815 FTE – the C.H.A.O.S. Plague is deployed on several Ul core worlds. The plague proves far more potent than initially thought, decimating the Ul population. The Ul are forced to burn their own worlds to stop the spread of the plague. This puts a stop to Ul raids on Terran Empire worlds;
* 833 FTE – 1011 FTE – the Terran Empire declares a Holy War against the Zora Kai, resulting in the conquest of the Orion Spur and Canis Major and the Zora Kai becoming a subservient species of the Terran Empire;
* 1020 FTE – the Ul become a vassal state of the Terran Empire;
* 1022 FTE – out of fear that they might be next on the chopping block, the Qua become a vassal state of the Terran Empire;
* 1025 FTE – 1200 FTE – the Terran Empire conducts a purge and falsification of all historical records, artefacts and logs relating to human history before the Second Hell. Only a few records regarding humanity’s involvement in the war against Aho-Ja are permitted;
* 1182 FTE – Zora Kai scientists discover evidence that Terra-born humans are beginning to show genetic deviation from the rest of humanity. They speculate that in a few more generations, the deviation could be enough for those born on Terra to be classified as a different species of the Hominidae family;
* 1236 FTE – 1301 FTE – the Terran Empire begins forced indoctrination of the population into the Terran Creed. Xenophobia and human supremacy are on the rise;
* 1313 FTE – 1370 FTE – after a series of localised wars, the Oa, Ijanar and Hor’ra become semi-vassal states of the Terran Empire;
* 1396 FTE – 1405 FTE – Terran Empire battle groups assist the Thuss and Moari in their fight against the Xith expansion;
* 1417 FTE – the no-void relays designed by the Terran Empire become a galactic standard;
* 1464 FTE – the secrets of cryogenics are cracked;
* 1507 FTE – a significant slowdown in technological development on a galactic scale becomes noticeable;
* 1510 FTE – Ul freedom fighters obtain and modify an original strain of the C.H.A.O.S. Plague;
* 1510 FTE – 1873 FTE – the Ul researchers working on the C.H.A.O.S. Plague lose control of the modified strain, and it begins to spread out of control throughout the galaxy. All species are forced to become increasingly isolationist to stop the spread of the Plague. A galactic Dark Age looms over the horizon;
* 1542 FTE – the C.H.A.O.S. Plague mutates. Mortality rates drop, however, the infected become increasingly violent and animalistic. Humanity proves surprisingly susceptible to the new mutated strain;
* 1590 FTE – all contact is lost with the Xith Stratocracy as the C.H.A.O.S. Plague engulfs the entire galaxy;
* 1625 FTE – individual star systems begin to disable their no-void entry points in an attempt to stop the spread of the C.H.A.O.S. Plague;
* 1632 FTE – the Imperial family of the Terran Empire is executed by order of the religious leaders of the Terran Creed for failing to protect humanity from the C.H.A.O.S. Plague. Reverent Einor Gurája becomes the new leader of the Terran Empire;
* 1666 FTE – millions of non-infected humans are placed in cryo-sleep as a failsafe in case the Terran Empire fails to stop the spread of the C.H.A.O.S. Plague. The Terran AI is tasked with protecting the underground vaults buried deep into Terra’s crust;
* 1690 FTE – it is discovered that psionically gifted humans are more resistant to the C.H.A.O.S. Plague than regular humans;
* 1715 FTE – one in three humans within the Terran Empire are psionics;
* 1722 FTE – according to the last will of Reverent Einor Gurája, the Kynja (fanatical military order of the Terran Creed) begin controlled reduction of the non-psionic population;
* 1739 FTE – 1747 FTE – a civil war breaks on Terra after a young garrison general opposes the Kynja. During the conflict, civilian casualties are ignored, and in most cases, the civilian population is used as shields by either side. At the end of the civil war, the Kynja are beaten, their order is disbanded, and all psionically gifted individuals are expelled from Terra. Specialised detention camps are constructed on Luna for those who refuse to leave on their own accord;
* 1748 FTE – Constantine-Alexander is crowned as Emperor of the Terran Empire. The focus is shifted from trying to contain the C.H.A.O.S. Plague to developing a cure;
* 1750 FTE – the Blue Bible Group is restored and recognised as a minor semi-autonomous religious sect, and control over the Terran Creed is given to the Voice of the Kōng Cathedral;
* 1774 FTE – Emperor Constantine-Alexander starts the Immortality Project in a secret research facility deep under the surface of Terra;
* 1788 FTE – a young scientist by the name of Dragan Hix begins work on a cure for the C.H.A.O.S. Plague. Although unsuccessful, his research yields valuable findings, and he is assigned as the lead of the Immortality Project;
* 1789 FTE – using Dragan Hix’s work as a base, Esther Cain develops a cure for the C.H.A.O.S. Plague. She is declared a Saint and assigned to work as a co-lead at the Immortality Project;
* 1801 FTE – 1873 FTE – cures for the C.H.A.O.S. Plague are developed for all species and distributed across the galaxy. By 1873 FTE the C.H.A.O.S. Plague is eradicated;
* 1807 FTE – the Immortality Project achieves the perfect transfer of consciousness and memory from a diseased person into a newly vat-grown clone body;
* 1811 FTE – Dragan Hix secretly links his mind to the Terran AI;
* 1813 FTE – Esther Cain creates a self-repairing organic nanomachine;
* 1819 FTE – Dragan Hix and Esther Cain begin genetic experimentation on the cryogenically frozen people in the Security Vaults;
* 1826 FTE – Dragan Hix and Esther Cain develop the “perfect being” genetic template; however, during initial testing, Esther Cain suffers a fatal brain aneurism. Attempts to use the Immortality Project to transfer into a new vat-grown clone body reveal a flow in the transfer process – it only works with specific genetic markers, which Esther Cain does not possess;
* 1850 FTE – Michael is created by fusing the “perfect being” template with the Cain nanomachines. A few hours after exiting the growth vat, the supposedly empty body becomes self-aware;
* 1851 FTE – inspired by his success, Dragan Hix repeats the experiment seven more times, resulting in the creation of Barachiel, Raphaela, Ulrius, Aniel, Seltieallia, Gabriel and Remiella. This, however, depletes the stocks of Cian nanomachines, and it will be another thirty years before he can repeat the experiment;
* 1852 FTE – Dragan Hix begins work on a more efficient method of utilising the “perfect being” genetic template. Work on the Immortality Project slows down;
* 1860 FTE – further experimentation and research into Michael and his siblings reveal that their bodies reject any form of cybernetic augmentation. Small genetic adjustments are still possible but are becoming increasingly difficult;
* 1881 FTE – using all available stock of Cain nanomachines, Dragan Hix creates an entirely organic copy of the Terran AI;
* 1886 FTE – Dragan Hix manages to transplant parts of the newly created organic AI into his creations;
* 1889 FTE – growing impatient with the slow progress of the Immortality Project, Constantine-Alexander confronts Dragan Hix and mortally wounds the scientist in the ensuing argument. The previously docile “perfect beings” react with extreme violence. The wounded Emperor manages to escape Dragan Hix’s Research Vault thanks to the sacrifice of his cybernetic bodyguards. Upon exiting the facility, the order is given to seal the entrance by any means, and as a result, the grav-lift is blown, and the tunnel caved in;
* 1900 FTE – trapped 16021 meters underground, Michael and his siblings exact their revenge through their shared link to the Terran AI as the clock marks the beginning of the new year. All of humanity’s weapons of mass destruction are to be released at the same time. The First Terran Empire is destroyed in the blink of an eye. The Third Hell Begins.
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