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Timeline
5,000 BE
The Nation of Pelles develops a voting system.
980 BE
The Nation of Gorasnaya begins its rise to power.
980 - 480 BE
The Silver Age is ongoing. The Kashkur Empire prospers while Gorasnaya continues to expand.
480 BE
Gorasnaya becomes a formidable empire. At its height, its territory encompasses some 400 Million people. From this point on, the empire begins a slow decline in size and population.
130 BE
The Archipelago War is fought.
117 - 80 BE
The Era of Silence begins. Humanity abandons warfare and enters a golden age.
Imulsion is discovered.
Imulsion is converted into a fuel source through the newly discovered Lightmass Process. The Gold Rush begins.
The Era of Silence ends as the demand for Imulsion outstrips the production capacity, resulting in a economic collapse.
80 BE
The Pendelum Wars begins as the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) and the Union of Independent Republics (UIR) fight for dominance across Sera.
21 BE
Marcus Fenix is born.
19 BE
Dominic Santiago is born.
17 BE
Siege of Anvil Gate.
Battle of Shavad.
Battle of Ragani.
4 BE
Battle of Irohma Island.
3 BE
Sarfuth-Maranday Border Incident occurs.
Development of the Hammer of Dawn at Aspho Point is discovered. COG begins plans to steal blueprints.
2 BE
The Battle of Aspho Fields.
0 BE
Development on the Hammer of Dawn is finished.
UIR Third Fleet engages COG forces at Bonbourg. Hammer of Dawn is deployed for the first time.
The Pendelum Wars end.
Emergence Day
Six Weeks after the end of the Pendelum Wars, a subterranean group of humanoids, named the Locust Horde, emerge and slaughter 25% of the Human population all across Sera.
The Locust-Human War begins.
First Battle of Jannermount.
Battle of Porta Ogari.
Battle of Nordesca.
E-Day Plus
Destruction of Halvo Bay.
Battle of Autrin.
Battle of Jasper.
Battle of Kaia.
1 AE
The Hammer of Dawn Counterattack commences, scorching and destroying some 90% of the Planet, as well as killing billions of humans.
Battle of Andius.
Battle of Oblivion.
5 AE
Fall of Landown.
10 AE
Battle of Ephyra.
14 AE
The Lightmass Offensive commences. The Locust Horde suffer large amounts of casualties, as well as the loss of one of their commanders.
The Locust Counterattack commences.
Siege of Jacinto begins.
15 AE
Operation: Hollow Storm commences.
Siege of Nexus, the Locust Capital.
Jacinto City, the last bastion of the COG for the past 14 years, is sunk in an attempt to destroy the Locust in the hollows once and for all.
The COG relocate to the Naval Base at Vectes.
The Lambent invade the surface of Sera and attack both Locust and Humans.
16 AE
The COG is formally disbanded. Vectes is abandoned.
The Battle of the Deadlands.
Battle of Anvil Gate.
Battle of Mercy. Dominic Santiago sacrifices himself to save the rest of Delta Squad from encroaching Lambent and Locust Forces.
The Battle of Azura. The remnants of the COG Gears and UIR launch an all out assault on the island to activate the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon. Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad are able to reach the weapon, where renowned scientist Adam Fenix sacrifices himself to activate the weapon, killing all Lambent and Locust forces across the planet, rendering the two species extinct.
17 AE
Azura and Vectes are established as settlements for the Remnant Gears and UIR forces. Contact is established with numerous other settlements all across Sera.
25 AE
The settlements at Vectes and Azura unite and begin to establish trade with other settlements across the world.
30 AE
Several of the world's surviving scientists come together at Azura and begin to help try and develop means of reversing the immense damage done to Sera by the Hammer of Dawn Counterattack.
Governments begin to slowly form across the planet as the settlements across the world continue to grow and unite with other local settlements.
42 AE
Thanks to the research put in by the scientist at Azura, the deadlands of Sera slowly but surely begin to become capable of supporting life once more. In time, animal and plant life will eventually return to the deadlands.
50 AE
Marcus Fenix passes away in his sleep. He is survived by a wife, two sons, and a daughter.
The settlements at Vectes and Azura join with several settlements in the former country of Tyrus to create the New Republic of Tyrus.
The Government of Nova Gorasnaya is founded by 8 settlements in Gorasnaya.
78 AE
The Human population has estimated to have surpassed 180 million, in comparison to the estimated 78 million that were alive at the end of the Locust-Human War.
100 AE
Several Continents on Sera undergo massive geological change, due to several large tunnels dug by the Locust collapsing in on themselves, which end up reshaping entire continents.
Surface conditions of Sera continue to improve steadily as life slowly returns to the Deadlands, decreasing its size over time.
136 AE
Several cities have returned to near post-war conditions, including Ephyra and Hanover.
Humanity has reclaimed some 40% of Sera that they formerly inhabited.
175 AE
The world population is estimated to have surpassed 1 Billion.
Humanity enters a minor golden age as Science begins to flourish once more. New forms of energy and new technologies are discovered over the next 30+ years.
220 AE
A border skirmish between Nova Gorasnaya and Ostruth (A Country formed out of the ruins of former Ostri Republic and Sarfuth.) leads to the countries of the world coming together and reestablishing the Coalition of Ordered Governments, albeit with major reforms in order to ensure democracy and freedoms are protected. Large amounts of funds are spent in encouraging countries to work together, with some reasonable success.
237 AE
An expeditionary satellite sent to neighboring planet Risea leads to the rediscovery of the fact that Risea has sufficient levels of Oxygen and is suitable for human habitation. Plans are set in the future for a possible colonization of Risea.
248 AE
Plans and construction is completed for several spaceships that will transport people and resources to Risea in order to colonize it. Recruitment drives begin to find willing colonist for the mission.
250 AE
Preparations are complete. The Spaceships are launched with their cargo and passengers at Risea. 3 months later, some 2,000 people become the first people to colonize Risea, establishing the town of New Jacinto.
Sera's two moons, Menulis and Mjesec, are also colonized as numerous mining communities are set up to harvest the two moons' resources.
250-270 AE
Over the next 20 years, more and more colonists are sent to Risea as the demand for manpower and resources continue to climb. By the end of 'The Great Migration', some 2 million people call Risea home, with more arriving every 3 months.
Numerous mineral deposits and reserves found on Risea lead to a golden age for humanity.
The Coalition of Ordered Governments reforms into the Unified Seran Government (USG) to maintain and exert control over all of Human territory, and to act as the official representation of Sera and her colonies. Most people, however, continue to call the government by its previous name.
283 AE
The Coalition spends large levels of research funding in developing large scale terraforming technology in order to assist in restoring Sera's battered surface back to livable levels.
Large amounts of resources are put in developing a large starship capable of traveling the star system with relative quickness.
295 AE
The first large starships, capable of carrying 2,000 people each, are constructed. They're capable of making trips to Risea and back to Sera within 2 weeks. The COG Military purchases orders for 20 of the ships.
301 AE
An insurrection begins on Risea as several factions try to declare Risean Independence from Sera and the COG. The Kodiak Insurgency has begun.
301-320 AE
Over the next 20 years, the COG sends thousands of troops to Risea to restore order to the colony. Large scale fighting and guerrilla warfare break out all over the colony.
The Battle of Fredric's Point.
The Battle of Sofya.
At the end of the insurrection, control and order are restored to the colony, at the cost of some 10,000 soldiers and 100,000 civilians. It's not known how many insurgents died, as numbers range from as low as 7,000 to as high as 15,000.
The COG, realizing that their military needs to improve and refine their tactics, increase their budget on defense spending.
325-330 AE
Several sets of Alien Ruins are discovered in Risea's Northern Hemisphere, leading to increased interest in the area by the scientific community. The ruins are discovered to be extraterrestrial in origin, belonging to an ancient alien civilization called the 'Protheans'. While none of the ruins have any functioning power, the scientific community still devote several AI into deciphering and understanding more about the Protheans and their technology.
Further investigating leads to the discovery that Risea is not the homeworld of the Protheans, rather a colony of sorts they were using to observe early humans.
348 AE
Sera's population is estimated to be 2.75 Billion, while Risea is estimated to have 32 million living on it.
Some 72% of Sera is habitable once more as the Deadlands continues to decrease in size.
350 AE
Several major scientific breakthroughs in quantum physics are made, resulting in the COG gaining increased interest in developing an FTL drive capable of traveling to nearby star systems.
The USG begin the construction of several new second generation ships to serve the COG's needs throughout the star system.
360 AE
A prototype FTL drive is constructed. Testing commences.
A new element is discovered in the Prothean Ruins, dubbed 'Element Zero'. Unfortunately, there are only very small deposits of the resource on Risea, making it insufficient and inefficient as a potential fuel source. The element, however, does help in leading to the discovery of Kinetic Barriers, which enter mass-production immediately for the USG Military. They are still largely an untested and unrefined technology, however, being more effective within the Navy due to large reactors powering them.
361 AE
The first warship equipped with the new FTL drive, a Frigate named the Zephyr, successfully traverses 'Hyperspace' to an neighboring star system, Keilor, some 8 light years away.
With the galaxy now opened up to the Coalition, volunteers for colonization missions skyrocket, resulting in millions enlisting to colonize the neighboring star systems.
Numerous Drydocks on Sera and her moons commence to construct ships for colonization and the USG Navy.
362-380 AE
The USG proceed to colonize 5 star systems in the local cluster.
The USG Military increases in size in order to protect Sera and her new colonies. The largest increase is to the Navy.
390 AE
The USG establish orbital defenses to each of their colonies to better protect them from a potential attack after a series of raids by pirates. The Hammer of Dawn, having gone through numerous refinements and improvements over the centuries, become a large centerpiece to planetary defense.
Constructions begins on three 'Dreadnought-Class' Warships, designed to act as flagships.
395 AE
The first of the new Jacinto-Class Dreadnoughts, the CSS-Jacinto, is completed, measuring in at 2.05 Kilometers in Length. It is the most powerful warship ever constructed by the USG.
400 AE
Sera's population is estimated to being roughly 4 Billion, while the colonies are estimated to have a combined population of 160 million.
410 AE
Strange energy readings are detected coming from within Prism, a dwarf planet that's furthest from Sera's Sun, Onyx. A small Naval taskforce is despatched but are unable to determine the cause or the source.
412 AE
More strange readings are detected coming from Prism. This time a large taskforce is sent to investigate. When one of the shipboard AIs detect a signal coming from the core of the planet, they attempt to interact with it. The result leads to Prism breaking apart and revealing a massive fork-shaped object that had been hidden within it. A majority of the fleet is sent to safeguard against a possible alien attack, but nothing happens in the months following the incident. A monitoring relay is set up on a moon closest to the relay to monitor for unusual activity.
Research and studies into the mysterious new object have led scientist to conclude that the object is a massive transportation 'Relay' of sorts.
An explorative taskforce is sent through the relay, who end up some 8,000 lightyears from the Onyx System in another Star System, named Sigma Argolis. Though the discovery is remarkable, nothing noteworthy is discovered within the system, save for a couple planets unsuited for colonization and a gas giant. A monitoring station is set up on one of the moons of the gas giant to monitor for any unusual activity.
415 AE
Present Day- Contact is lost with the Sigma Argolis Monitoring Station. USG Forces begin to mobilize.
United Seran Government Populations:
Onyx System
Sera: 4.12 Billion
Menulis (Moon): 2 Million
Mjesec (Moon): 1.6 Million
Risea: 112 Million
Keilor System (8 Lightyears Away)
New Pelles: 16 Million
Gilgamesh (Moon): 430,000
Lokono: 3 Million
Helios System (10.4 Lightyears Away)
Deliverance (Moon): 2.3 Million
Hadur System (11 Lightyears away
Svetovid: 9 Million
Icarus (Moon): 800,000
Arawak System (9.5 Lightyears Away)
Beruna (Moon): 1.3 Million
Khufu (Moon): 600,000
Muria (Moon): 860,000
Mayara System (14 Lightyears Away)
Myar: 6 Million
Severa (Moon): 200,000
Caracalla: 5 Million
War... War never changes...
1 Seran Year= 13 Months/457 Days
1 Seran Week= 10 Days
1 Seran Day= 26 Hours
Sera Calendar
-Fall-
1-Storm- 37 Days
2-Gale- 36 Days
3-Hail- 36 Days
-Spring-
4-Rise- 37 Days
5-Bloom- 37 Days
6-Bounty- 36 Days
7-Harvest- 37 Days
-Winter-
8-Frost- 31 Days
9-Thaw- 30 Days
10-Ice- 31 Days
-Summer-
11-Heat- 36 Days
12-Haze- 37 Days
13-Brume- 36 Days