It was a sad day in earth history, the Aschen after years of pulling what resources they had after the SGC had ended their stargate program launched a fleet in order to take earth in one fell swoop. They didn't count on Earth advancing to the point of having a fleet to defend itself and the amazing luck of having all of its ships in orbit at the time of the attack. Despite the surprise of the attack earth's fleet of six BC304 and a dozen Al'Kesh made quick work of the 4 Aschen war ships. However they weren't quick enough, since the invaders wanted to cause as much damage as possible managed to launch several of their viral bombs towards the most heavily populated area on the planet. Most of the Asian population was wiped out. The Chinese and Indian governments no longer existed as well as most of the Middle East and eastern Eurasia. The Aschen Holocaust cost earth an incalculable amount of lives within weeks.

The stargate program was released to the public soon afterward and the IOA had reorganized their governments and the rest of the UN under the new Tau'ri Federation. The outcry for retaliation was unanimous and all eighteen vessels were dispatched to Aschen home world in order to eliminate the threat one and for all

During a recon mission before the attack the information gathered made the task force to pause. It was discovered the Aschen ran their government similar to the George Orwell novel "1984". The Government controlled every aspect of life for its citizens, altering facts as they'd seen fit. All technological advancements were horded and all resources were strictly controlled and the general population went about a daily prescribed routine.

Because of the seasoned and cool heads running the show like General Hammond, O'Neill and Landry it was determined that the general population had no idea of the attack and only the government would be destroyed. The decision to change the battle plan did not sit well with the Federation Represenitives, sighting that none of the lives lost were aware of what earth had cost the Aschen and that Earth should show the same level of restraint was quickly shot down by the US who actually controlled attack fleet.

The entire attack was composed of the Al'Kesh using plasma bombing runs only taking out government and military instillations. There was some collateral damage in the way of civilian casualties but in the end the people used this as an excuse to rebel against "Big Brother". After years of ferreting out remnants of the old regime the war was declared a success. The people after centuries of strict rule didn't really know how to govern themselves or had the means to sustain their world and soon afterward was annexed into the Tau'ri Federation. Using Jaffa Ha'taks large portions of the population were spread out to the other planets that made up the old Aschen Confederation. As a thank you and repayment for their freedom all technologies were turned over to Federation scientists and experts were assigned to start deconstructing the Asgard and Ancient databases.

The Aschen were actually a society seeded by the ancients when they returned to the Milky Way ten thousand years ago and left behind one of their legacy databases. All Aschen technology was based on Ancient design and soon the Federation was growing by leaps and bounds technologically. The first was the neutrino-ion generator and the gravetic drive system. With depleted modules for study the Aschen managed to construct a fully functional ZPM.

The real goldmine had been with the Asgard Transporters along with construction droids had ushered in a new industrial age for earth. Federation scientists expanded on the same basic design to make industrial replicators. With the combining of the world military there was no need for hulking terrestrial naval vessels they were broken back down into their basic elements and reconstituted into new alloys for construction. The technology also paved the way for the Earth Reclamation Act and soon landfills and ocean pollution disappeared entirely and thanks to bio engineered plants the earth was soon becoming a paradise.

New ships had been designed along with new fighters and weapons. The Prometheus and Daedalus class was redesigned and commissioned as exploration vessels. Many civilian models were commissioned for cargo and transport vessels. Mining colonies were the first of the colonies to be established. Ship construction yards were set up on Luna and Mars. Medical technologies advanced in all fields and soon many diseases were eradicated and the average lifespan was doubled.

Now that Earth was truly a galactic power allies were soon vying for earth's attention and promises to be up held. The Federation, Jaffa Free Nation, Langeran Commonwealth, Hebridian Alliance, and the Tok'ra joined together in the Galactic Alliance which would help protect and guide the sentient life in the galaxy.

Later on the Independent Republic of New Haven joined the Alliance and began efforts to include commerce into the Alliance mission. New Haven was founded by collection of businesses, farmers, and everyday people of many different backgrounds. All of them earth born but wanted to find their own way in the galaxy in the true explorer spirit. The initial population was roughly 20 thousand, and later swelled to well over 6 million with in a few short years. Because of their efforts space travel was made easier for everyone and not just people involved in military operations or government sanctioned positions.

Orban and Pangar had requested to be made members of the Federation bringing the total world count to 13 member worlds, 6 separate mining colonies, 3 moons dedicated to military and scientific pursuits, and a population of over 32 billion people.

It took several years but now earth and the rest of the galaxy was in a position to defend itself and right now the only known threat was the Wraith. With Atlantis fully powered and manned and a fleet under permanent assignment they were dealing massive blows to the Wraith and their strangle hold on Pegasus was loosened considerably

Meanwhile in another galaxy another culture of humans was having problems of their own. Their civilization was spawned almost 6 thousand years ago and now they were facing the twilight. Decade's years prior this group of humans created the instrument of their downfall. With the development of the first true AI machine soldiers known as Cylons were created to fight their wars for them.

When the machines rose up against their master a devastating war was fought. Things looked bleak for the humans of the 12 Colonies of Man until the Cylons simply halted their campaign and left the colonies altogether and an armistice was declared. The humans grateful for the end of bloodshed made efforts of the next forty years to ensure the peace between the two factions, but their efforts were ignored by the Cylons.

With the fortieth anniversary of the armistice upon them the Cylons struck in force on all 12 colonies at the same time. Over a period of several days the Cylons would attack everything belonging to the humans with the strongest weapons at their disposal with the goal to completely destroy the human race.

Their attack was not completely successful as several groups of ships had escaped the Colonies spreading out in all directions. Some had been found and destroyed, but others have thus far managed to elude the Cylon tyranny with the hope of just surviving. The most famous of the groups was lead by the Battlestar Galactica and was a real thorn in the Cylon's backside. The other groups were simply running and hiding and stay hidden they did until….