This is a story about the chain of events on Earth leading to the events in Starbound and Hope of the Galaxy (A different story of mine). Because I don't like to imagine apocalyptic scenarios for us Humans on Earth this timeline will stray from the normal Starbound Lore. This is not a prediction of the future (obviously) but a possible scenario for Humanity that aligns with the video game. This is not supposed to be realistic especially when we get in depth about the workings of countries and advancement in technology. Enjoy, review and fav! Thank you!
-The year 2025-
The NATO alliance breaks apart, the United States cutting off its membership dues, with the United Kingdom and France following suit. The alliance creates political tension between old rivals, mostly between the east and west. The newest president of the United States creates a political/military union with Canada forming the Pan- American alliance, or Panam.
North Korea collapses under political pressure from almost all sides and the South Korean government annexes all of the peninsula. A border conflict between the Unified Korean government and China ensues over which nation should occupy the new territory. Japan and Korea, even though both have a negative historical view of each other, ally each other to try and counter the Chinese. Taiwan also joins the new triple alliance.
Russia becomes another superpower, together with India and China.
-The year 2030-
The Panam alliance withdraws US troops from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. The United States and Canada enter a period of 'Protected Isolation' with a high military centered on the homeland, but little ties with foreign politics. Panam cuts off many allies but keeps a few such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Korea and Japan.
The United Nations holds a world peace conference between all the nations of Earth, it calls for a dissolution of all military alliances and ease of rivals. This fails. Panam, Western Europe, Korea, and Japan create the Global Strategic Defense Alliance.
With military forces pulled out of the Middle East and Arab countries, many large and wealthy nations in the region begin to scramble together the pieces. Kurdistan rebels gain independence setting up a powerful nation, similar to Israel. The Syrian government, without any aid, becomes more destabilized. Now the different rebel organizations turn their focus from the United States to overthrowing the Al-Assad legacy in the government . Kurdistan with an organized government and economy, secretly backs the rebels in Syria. It becomes another regional power, challenging the house of Saud in Saudi Arabia, and the Supreme Leader of Iran.
China aids unpopular governments in the Middle East, hoping they will turn into vital opponents. This comes as the United States withdraws its forces, leaving the region as almost free game. This is a Chinese version of the United States foreign policy during the Cold War, which the United States used to prevent fragile governments from turning to communism, even if it means funding the most brutal dictators.
Russia enforces its influence in the middle east by militarily occupying countries like Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Belarus unifies with Russia giving the other nations of East Europe a new threat. Many countries, such as Slovenia, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, and Romania quickly fall in league with the Russian influence.
The United Nations condemns Russia on its expansion, But is powerless without the enforcement of Western Europe and North America.
The United States and Canada begin to focus on civil issues, reforming the economy, boosting infrastructure, increasing productivity from industry. The economic output of Panam makes it a extreme global competitor with other nations like China and Japan. American companies draw back into the homeland, but it leaves many other countries with unemployed citizens who already didn't earn much money in the first place. It boost Canadian and American economies but leaves many other extremely fragile.
-The year 2023-
Many countries in Africa recover from the scramble for Africa that wounded the continent for centuries. Many nations such as, South Africa, Angola, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco and many others exploded economically.
NASA launches its first Lunar colonization project. Soon many other space agencies do the same. The population of Luna increases to 12,000 Humans. Mass terraforming projects begin. Colonies begin exporting valuable resources back to Earth. The largest an American/Canadian colony called Apollo with 7,000 Humans.
-The year 2031-
The population of Luna explodes, reaching 1.2 million. Mostly because of technological advancements in nations on Earth that drove the increase of colonist and encouraged colonists already there to reproduce at a record high.
Colonies begin claiming territory on the surface of Luna, often fighting each other over politics on Earth.
The first colonists arrive on Mars, and they began to colonize the surface.
China invests more into infrastructure in the Middle East, routing global trade to its ports. It signs military alliances with nations that are unpopular in the middle east, making enemies with Kurdistan and Saudi Arabia. But also allies such as Iran and Syria.
Palestine and Israel finally conclude a border agreement. Palestine gains mot of the territory, especially around the coast and Israel gets the area surrounding the dead sea and Jerusalem. Palestine, Jordan and Egypt enter into a triple alliance.
France, The UK, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and Poland enter into a new alliance to counter Russia. Much like its successor, NATO, called The Atlantica Alliance or AA.
Korean espionage agents damage Chinese infrastructure and management, stealing documents that are extremely important to the government.
India wants to counter China's growing power, and replace it with their own. They do something very unlikely and fund Muslim separatist living in Western regions of China such as Xinjang and Tibetan China.
American racial tensions skyrocket after many police brutality cases happen, seemingly at once. Protests break out in New York, Los Angeles, and Houston. The first indications of a riot begins in San Francisco.
Mexico and the Caribbean join Panam.
Environmental protection laws reverse global warming, or stabilize it at the least. Scientist predict a gradual cooldown back to normal levels.
-The year 2060-
Lunar population exceeds 750 million, as colonist from nearly all countries move to the newly colonized and industrial planet. Industrialization is slower on Mars, mostly because of distance, but its population grows to 10 million.
World War 3 begins, The Atlantica Alliance declares war on Russia. China declares war on Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Panam declares war on China in response, breaking the policy of neutrality.
The UN rips apart.
African nations begin to take sides in the 3rd world war. Panam officially agrees to help the Atlantica Alliance making Russia a enemy. Russia and china unite. Meanwhile Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan agree to help Russia and China. Kuwait, Kurdistan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey help the west.
-The year 2064-
After the third, and final World War, the population of Earth decreases by almost 15 million. The war was to the relief of many, fought without nuclear weapons. Cities such as Shanghai, Berlin, Seattle, Anchorage, London, Moscow and Tehran are severely damages.
The United Nations is re-instituted to prevent another global war. With more powers to enforce laws.
-the year 2080-
NASA gets a first glimpse of life outside the Solar System. The news of aliens cycle around and Humans on all planets begin to get anxious. The first attempt to unify Earth and the Solar System is made but comes to nothing.
All planets in the Solar System have at least 2 colonies in them. Save for Pluto, Venus and Mercury. Luna is almost completely terraformed, and so is Mars. Pluto has one colony on it.
NASA, RFSA, SEA, ISRO, CNSA and other space agencies around the world unite to form the Solar Space Agency. Or SSA.
-The year 2087-
SSA finds life outside of the Solar System as it starts to begin mining operations in the Kuiper Belt. The life seems intelligent with ships that can move about inside of space.
Another attempt to united all the nations of Earth fails. But the UN manages to ease almost all political tension on Earth. The Human population on Earth jumps to 20 billion people.
Earth is named capital of the Solar System, with no objections.
-The year 2098-
Alien space craft appear outside of Pluto. The SSA tries to make contact with them but hope fails. The mothership launches a swarm of invaders to attack a colony on Pluto killing thousands. Earth and the rest of the Solar System is shocked. The president of the United States, Russia, China, Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and India meet in New York to discuss how to respond.
The Solar Defense Force, or SDF, is formed. It is made of soldiers from nearly every country. The UN makes the SDF the official army of Humanity.
Fighting between the aliens and SDF begins around Pluto and Uranus. The SDF soldiers fight with state of the art weaponry and technology developed by the Academy. The Academy is a human research organization that helped spurred the colonization of the Solar System.
A few aliens are captured and vivisected by scientist. They are described as a plant-like race. This shocks everybody, an intelligent plant species was a marvel to everybody. They are dubbed 'The Weeds' by Humans.
-The year 2108-
After two years of fighting the Weeds, the SDF finally seem to be winning the fight. The fighting goes back from the Solar System into the asteroids of the Kuiper Belt. After a battle on one of the dwarf planets, it is seen the Weeds used the planets of MakeMake and Haumea as staging grounds for a invasion.
The Weeds invasion ends.
The UN holds the world peace conference 2100, it officially states that all nations on Earth will not fight. All soldiers must be given to the SDF. It is made illegal to fight other countries, or else the leader of the country will be replaced. Each country is turned into a district, a region with local government but is supremely managed by a whole governing body. The Earth is finally unified.
With the Earth Unified the Council of Sol is set up, it manages all planets controlled by Humans. It also acts as the government for Humans. Each and every planet in the Solar System is linked together by a series of trade routes and space stations.
-The year 2112-
Another invasion begins. The Weeds invade Mars and Earth. The SDF is blind sighted as they expected the aliens to come from a different direction, but space makes direction and time confusing letting the Weeds slip through SDF defenses.
On Earth the Weeds begin to invade China. Most Humans say that they were harvesting them for food. It becomes known as the scouring of China as millions of people are killed, and grouped together. The SDF pushes them out and the battle continues in Earths atmosphere. SDF wins the battle in the skies as the Human aircraft are faster and more advanced than the Weed aircraft.
The invasion on Mars is a bit more successful but still fails.
Weed invasions ends once again. Th. SDF and the UN Co-operates with the Academy and SSA to create spacecraft to follow the Weed attackers back to their home planet. They assemble a galactic fleet. The discovery of warp speed is derived from Weed spacecraft that have crashed on Pluto, and Mars. The new ships from the Academy and SSA can go faster than light and the first Humans in history travel outside the Solar System.
-The year 2130-
The SDF renames to the Inter Stellar Defense Force. The ISDF invasion fleet reaches the Weed home Star System. They invade what they guess is their main planet, murdering possibly billions. They then blast their way through Weed attackers and launch a Particle Annihilating Device at a largely populated planet, destroying it. All life on the planet is gone.
The Weeds find a way to contact the ISDF starships, the electronic signal is read as a surrender. The signal provides descriptions of who the Weeds are and why they invaded. It reads this:
This is an official notice of our surrender. We are the Florans and we did not mean to attack your race. We believed your people were not capable of being sentient and we intended to use you as a resource. We were wrong and after the second attempt to colonize you we realized our mistake and never came back. But now we know it is too late. Please have mercy we hope to have better relations in the future, humans.
This is the first contact between Humans and Aliens on a civilized scale. The aliens now known as Florans, surrender to Humans.
-The year 2200-
Intergalactic trade between Humans and Florans begins. New alien races are discovered, such as bird people called Avians, Ape like people called Apex, Robots named Glitch, and balls of stardust named Novakids. Hundreds more alien races are discovered and come into contact with Humans.
Earth begins colonization outside the Solar System to assert its own place in this new stage. They colonize Alpha and Beta Centauri systems.
The population of all Humans reaches to 598 Billion. The Human Empire interacts with other intelligent species in trade, and learns more about the Milky Way Galaxy.
-The Year 2203-
The first alien life forms arrive peacefully on Earth. Earth now being described as the most perfect planet in the galaxy. The people living in a post-scarcity democracy, managed to blend technology, religion and the environment together. Conserving the planet in its natural status but also with Humans cities blending in perfectly.
Humans don't take well to Alien life on Earth, particularly because the first intelligent life they met was hostile. Many Aliens are kept from entering the Solar System by the ISDF.
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