Mantle Across a Starry League
Disclaimer: I do not own any franchises that appear within. They belong to their respective creators and owners.
Summary: So, this started as just a small crossover, then I began adding nearly every other idea I've had for many fiction's. Sci-Fi that is. Originally, I was going to just make it BattleTech and Halo first, developing the nations of humanity with both the technological potential of both stories, and expanding into the stars at the speed that Humanity does in MechWarrior(which is fucking FAST).
Then, it would head to Mass Effect, where I would proceed to whup the Citadel Council's sorry ass. Of course, it evolved completely from there, and into what I am about to share. This began as a Timeline, and then I thought about how it would look like if I did it in the style of something like the Star Wars: The Old Republic timeline entries. Noting a possible date, or event, and relate it to the present in a mysterious way.
I am excited, as this is the culmination of a lot of work, and it took a lot to make this work at all. So, please don't look at it as a mishmash of fiction, that is just thrown together and won't work. I do happen to have ideas, and have added original content to the timeline already. The thing is with my stories, I just prefer to world-build first.
Many thanks to DragonheartODST for inspiration from his original idea, but he is sticking to a different path then I want to take. Even at the start, I wanted to include some different parts of certain scifis, when he took a different route. If you haven't read his fiction, "Book One: Dawn of a New Age", I highly recommend it, just for the sheer scifi fun.
As well, he is following the Halo: Reach game, and I have absolutely no intention of allowing that to happen in my story. As far as I'm concerned, The Fall of Reach, and Bungie are the Gods of Halo, and 343 made a new universe when they made Halo Wars, and had you fighting Brutes, and Elites waaaaaaay before they were supposed to appear.
Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this first set of timeline entries. It will eventually get to regular story, I just wanted a direct way to introduce you to nations, events, groups, and even tech, without using a long timeline that is bare minimum. So, I decided upon a military-style memo system, which would have a lot of identifying marks
As the narrator for the Star Wars:The Old Republic entries is General Shepherd(seriously, it's General Shepherd from the second Modern Warfare), my narrator is/would be Mako from Conan the Barbarian.
Chapter 1-Annals of the Galactic Archaic Age
"Nothing is impossible to him who will try."-Alexander the Great
~Timeline Entry 1~
FROM: Office of General Shepherd; Task Force 141-Spartan Branch; Epsilon Indi; Terran Hegemony
TO: Office of the Arbiter; Sangheilios; Sangheili Shogunate
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN; GALACTIC HISTORY; DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
ERA OF FINDING: 20,000,000,000 BCE
20 billion BCE is the first known date of significance in the recovered codex, we have placed within the Star League's library. One haunting, and legendary line of dialogue is associated with the findings from this period, our scientist's were able to uncover.
"Before Cybertron was, Vector Sigma was".
Around this time, a being of unknown power was said to have activated a special circuit key, allowing the attachment of a multiversal connection node to the "Vector Sigma Gestalt". An ancient and powerful super-computer, which exists across multiple universes, it is collectively networked, is certainly a force to be reckoned with.
I cannot even begin to tell you the implications this has for both of our societies. We have encountered the Cybertronian's before, and Vector Sigma has been a problem in the past. The reason I have not apprised you of their existence is twofold.
The information was classified at such a level, even I had trouble accessing it.
Apparently, the Cybertronian's erased their evidence of any conflict from our minds, and took technological evidence relating to their construction from humanity as a whole when we first encountered them. This will be elaborated on in further memo's from other department heads, if they have not already made their way to your office, I'm sure.
Regards, General William Shepherd,
Task Force 141-Spartan Branch,
Epsilon Eridani, Terran Hegemony
~~Timeline Entry 2~~
FROM: Office of Field Marshall Ironside; MI6-Knight Branch; Federated Suns
TO: Office of Romano Liao; Maskirovka; Monkey Branch; Ward; Capellan Confederation;
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN; GALACTIC HISTORY; RECOVERED EVIDENCE
ERA OF FINDING: 13,800,000,000 BCE
In line with the Terran policy of sharing archaeological evidence, and as part of rapprochement with our neighbours, the First Prince has urg- Ordered me to send these documents to your office, so the Chancellor may be aware of certain things, regarding the nature and history of the Cybertronian's. Apparently, they are far older then they have said they are.
This latest find proves their earliest history. 13.8 billion years before the common era. The Big Bang. As well, the recovered data has shown that "Near the beginning of the Universe", an entity known as Primus came into being, opposing the first one to exist, Unicron. Unicron wanted to rule the universe, as he was the first to exist, and therefore styled himself as its God, viewing every living thing as below him. Failing that, he would remake it in his image. Primus fought for all sentient life, and sought to stop Unicron.
Their fight rampaged across the early universe, disturbing the energies that the swirling and young existence of the universe was made of. Sectors were razed, others were warped with so much energy expended they became black holes as they collapsed inwards on themselves, while others changed and mutated from the bleed-off of the shockwaves, as these Titans fought for control of everything. Eventually, though, Primus brought Unicron to a stop, in a small system, at the centre of a young Galaxy.
Primus trapped Unicron and himself into planetoids. Unicron reformed his physical form into a being that can transform between robot and planet modes. Primus gave up his life, and infused the planetoid with his spirit and power, creating a race of beings that could resist and defeat Unicron while also creating the planet Cybertron. Apparently, the planet laid dormant until Oracle awakened it though, as none of the original Primes knew about it.
The 13 First Primes were created from this event, including Prima and Megatronus, The Fallen. The Fallen betrayed his brothers and sought out Unicron. This was the extent of the evidence recovered regarding the earliest days of the race known as Cybertronian's. I think it is extremely disturbing that they were birthed by beings that can shatter star systems, collapse reality into black holes, and create life. The threat rating something like Unicron would possess, should he return to known space, would be astronomical.
This was the catalyst for the First Prince, Director-General, and others to share this intelligence. Use it well, and may the Chancellor act efficiently and accordingly. Personally, I would prefer to see the Capellan Confederation burn in the blazes below Avalon, but it is not up to me. We are rediscovering information on a regular basis that shows the Transformers have been among us for quite some time, so I have been told it is important to proliferate knowledge of how strong they are amongst the keenest minds humanity has to offer. Even if their allegiance is to another realm.
Hail the Star League! Field Marshall Ironside,
MI6-Knight Branch,
Pattonburgh, Federated Suns
~New Entry!~
FROM: Office of ; MONARCH; Solomon Islands, USA
TO: Office of CEO Wesker; Umbrella; Raccoon City, USA
REGARDING: EARTH HISTORY; TITANS
ERA OF FINDING: 12,000,000,000 BCE
Our preliminary searches upon the Island in the South Pacific have yielded significant findings. We have canvassed a variety of caves, holding series of painting an hieroglyphs. They tell various tales, but we thought them fantasy until we met the creature known only as Kong, King of Skull Island. We have recovered dozens of bones from his families graveyard, and against all belief, they have been dated back nearly 12 billion years.
Billion, with a capital B.
This shakes our knowledge of what we know of the Earth, as from what our science can determine, the Earth was formed only roughly 3 billion years ago.
Once we shook our surprise out, we went to to the caves to compare the ages of the bones, to the carvings. I don't know how it is possible, but there have been enough to reconstruct the family tree of Kong's family, back to an ancient time. One, when gigantic beasts ruled the Earth, and had vast armies of their kind under their control.
We have labelled this as the "Time of the Titans".
With my greatest regards,
Dr. Houston Brooks, MONARCH,
Solomon Islands Research Lab
~~~Timeline Entry 3~~~
FROM: Office of the Arbiter; Sangheili Shogunate
TO: Office of the Wise Master; Arashikage; Gravenhage; Draconis Combine
REGARDING: XENOS; LEVIATHANS; GALACTIC HISTORY; SYNTHETICS; EEZO
ERA OF FINDING: UNKNOWN-BETWEEN 13.8 and 1,000,000,00 BCE
One of our more daring archaeological teams found this. It seems as though there are greater things going in the galaxy, past the Orion Arm.
Between the time of the Big Bang, when the Primus-Unicron Conflict occurred, and 1 billion BCE, a race known as the Leviathans dominated the Milky Way galaxy. They did this by enthralling every sentient race they came across and demanding tribute. Observations showed that races under the Leviathans created synthetic races that eventually rebelled and destroyed their creators.
In order to prevent this, the Leviathans created an AI simply called The Intelligence. The Intelligence constructed an army of 'pawns' to gather the genetic and cultural information throughout the galaxy, but in time it too betrayed the Leviathans, using its pawns to slaughter them for their genetic material to create Harbinger, the first Reaper.
The Leviathans then went into hiding on a distant world, and chose to remain there until the day The Reaper's are eventually defeated. Thus began the cyclical harvest of the galaxy's intelligent organic life by the Reapers, part of a vast experiment conducted by The Intelligence to fulfill its mandate.
The Intelligence built the Mass Relays and the Citadel Network to increase the efficiency of the cycles, allowing galactic civilization to develop faster and more consistently between harvests while restricting these target species within one specific technological branch, by one wonder element that solved most technological problems, Element Zero.
Around 1 billion BCE the Leviathans took down a Reaper-Leviathan of Dis. Its corpse came to rest on the planet Jartar, where it hasn't been disturbed for nearly a billion years. The site has been marked for multi-nation expedition once someone expands into that area.
Our findings in the Precursor archives regarding the Leviathans, their history, and the Cycle of the Reaper's is highly disturbing. The fact that many races have failed with synthetics is worrying, are all races so illogical when experimenting with new and radical technologies? We may have imitated the Forerunner's, but we still based our intelligence's on our brain patterns to avoid rebellions, and made sure to treat ours as comrades in all forms.
As well, if this cycle is still continuing, and Element Zero is being used to artificially guide the development of species in our galaxy, they need to be warned. We won't stand by and let another races light be quelled by darkness it knows not.
Yours in honourable regard, Arbiter San'thum,
Sanghelios, Sangheili Shogunate
~~~~Timeline Entry 4~~~~
FROM: Office of General Friedrich Steiner; HEIMDALL; Lyran Commonwealth
TO: Office of Dr. Miranda Keyes-Halsey; ONI Section 0; Epsilon Indi; Terran Hegemony;
:Office of the Wise Master; Gravenhage; Draconis Combine;
:Office of the Arbiter; Sangheilios; Sangheili Shogunate
REGARDING: XENOS; PRECURSORS; REAPERS; GALACTIC HISTORY; THE MANTLE; DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS; RECOVERED EVIDENCE
ERA OF FINDING: 500,000,000 BCE
A momentous discovery has been made by one of our teams on a remote planet. It is everything your – ahem – mother would have wanted the human race to discover. This is the data we recovered.
Another race, known as the Precursors, appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy from Dark Space around 500 million before the common era. Having travelled through much of the universe and seeded life, their arrival in the Milky Way instantly destroyed the Reapers' plans. In battles between the two forces, the Precursors slaughtered the Reapers and destroyed hundred of Mass Relays in an attempt to break the cycle.
Primarily, the relays in the Orion Arm, and the 'Inner Sphere', are destroyed. The Precursors establish the Mantle of Responsibility, and watch as other races evolve to see which will inherit The Mantle
Obviously, it is certainly fortuitous for us that the Precursors arrived in our galaxy. The human race, and several other species in the Orion Arm have been allowed to expand naturally – somewhat... My next memo shall surprise and astonish you, as soon as I can find it in the pile of outgoing I have, and send it through the next Hyperpulse burst.
To the Arbiter, and the Wise Master, this is the link as to why we never developed Mass Effect. Developing on our own technological path, we have invented things that these Element Zero, or Eezo civilizations would never think possible.
Good Day Sirs and Madame, General Friedrich Steiner,
HEIMDALL,
Donegal, Lyran Commonwealth
~New Entry!~
FROM: Office of President Bill Randa; MONARCH; Solomon Islands, USA
TO: Office of CEO Wesker; Umbrella; Raccoon City, USA
REGARDING: EARTH HISTORY; TITANS; DINOSAURS
ERA OF FINDING: 66,000,000 BCE
We have now firmly established how the Dinosaurs came to be extinct, and what happened to their apparent rulers. According to recovered evidence, we have found that the meteor causing the extinction of the reptile elder species, arrived around 65 million years before Christ.
If this is absolutely, 100% the truth, what place does God have in our universe, and why did these beings exist before us? It is clear to me now, that we are the meek, as everything I have found pointing to elder species reveals they are ALL so much more powerful or advanced than we are personally. I hope that with my continued proliferation of this data, that we will be able to develop significant and proprietary defences for our people, so no men and women will have to suffer what the families of the USS Lawton went through.
I believe we need to put more research and funding into this now, more than ever, to continue expanding our knowledge of these phenomena and find counters. The ability these ancient creatures possess is harsh and real, as we have seen on Skull Island by both King, and the Devils of Below. Learning about them, will be our key to a proper defence, and protection for our species. I believe there is far more to Dr. Brooks Hollow Earth propositions, more than just the conflict we saw on the island.
I believe, that each group of the types of species we have found, all have an extended family they ruled over. So flying creatures would have their own, reptiles would have various, sea-creatures would possess the giant phenotype of their species. A theoretical yes, but one supported by the cave drawings we have uncovered, and they have rung true thus far when compared to the history of Kong's ancestors.
If we are not careful, these ancient species will take back this planet.
Good day to you,
President of MONARCH, Bill Randa,
Solomon Islands, USA
~New Entry!~
FROM: Dr. Hermione Granger; The Adventure Team; Himalaya, India
TO: Knight-Commander Hadrian Potter; Number 10 Downing Street, United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland
REGARDING: ANCIENTS; ASCENSION; THE HOLY BUDDHA
ERA OF FINDING: 60,000,000 BCE
I hope this finds you well Harry. Our expedition has made headway into the secret, and buried tomb. Once inside, we beheld a fair amount of carvings, and saw that the place was embossed from head-to-toe with hieroglyphs I've never seen before. The closest thing they come close to resembling, as far as I can tell, are Sanskrit and Cuneiform.
Once I had started to work on the translations, as I was concerned we had not found the place we were looking for, I was quite joyous to find that it was indeed about the Buddha.
Nearly 60 million years ago, the Alteran race of Celestis discovered how to Ascend as beings of energy, shedding their physical form. A philosophical split emerged in their race, and the two split off from one another, the Alterans leaving the Galaxy and others re-branding themselves the "Ori". They separated because they did not desire to go to way over their differences, still fundamentally clinging to a very mutable belief in non-violence, and this way they would not come to blows if they didn't inhabit the same nearby space.
A single member of their race put his energy into reincarnation, rather than Ascension. Having examined Ascension from many angles, and determined his experiences in life, he did not feel that he was worthy of the power that awaited him. Prompted even moreso into his thought-patters by the current tense parting-of-ways their race was having with former kin, he had recognized that evolved as they were perhaps the Alterans had a little more to learn.
Accessing the ability of reincarnation apparently was difficult at first, but the man was so determined that he broke through easily, and was sent into the cosmic Wheel of Karma. Yes, literally, he threw himself upon the wheel of the universe, to learn and understand mortality in totality. Conducting this transformation, he was reincarnated and began another life on a far off planet that had a feudal human society, as an underprivileged slave.
I thought you might want to have a look at this preliminary data, as you are always interested in finding ancient artifacts. Although, it is momentous to see how old the Buddha is, and see how his journey began, it is even more surprising that he came from a previous evolution of humanity. I wonder what else I will find out here...
Best wishes,
Dr. Hermione Granger, The Adventure Team,
Himalayas, India
~~~~~Timeline Entry 5~~~~~
FROM: Office of Field Marshall Friedrich Steiner; HEIMDALL; Donegal; Lyran Commonwealth
TO: Dr. Miranda Keyes-Halsey; ONI Section 0; Epsilon Indi; Terran Hegemony
REGARDING: XENOS; PRECURSORS; ALTERANS; HUMANITY; FORERUNNERS; DAKARA; STARGATE; RECOVERED EVIDENCE
ERA OF FINDING: 50,000,000 BCE
Here is the awaited follow-up. As you can see from my heading, it contains some fantastic data, but the findings support it. The evidence recovered, is amazing, as well as the technological relics.
Their recordings of other species, and the specifications for some of their designs... Wondrous beyond what many of our scientist's could imagine. Here's my notes on the archives findings. You will be invited to come in person if you believe me. There is a reason this was only sent to you. The Star League council is still deciding if they want to reveal the contents of this find to our 'allies'.
The Precursors that guarded the galaxy at this point, were pleasantly surprised to find Alterans from the distant world of Celestis, which they had seeded long ago, arriving in the Milky Way Galaxy. By searching the Alteran's databases, they learned of a philosophical split amongst the Alterans, which forced the more logical and scientific oriented groups to flee in an attempt to escape their religiously zealous Ori cousins and settle in the Milky Way Galaxy.
The Precursors left the Alterans be and watch as they settled on Dakara and other worlds in the Orion Arm of the Galaxy. Meanwhile, they also uplifted a race, known as the Forerunners, on the world Ghibalb. Both species were selected for the possibility of inheriting the Mantle. An Alteran scientist named Amelius created the first workable Stargate around this time, increasing communications and trade across the entire Galaxy. The Alterans also build a device on Dakara capable of seeding life or destroying it soon after to use with the Stargates.
From what I have discovered, and discussed with the scientific cadre present, the Stargate is a device capable of wormhole travel between devices, using a set of astrological coordinates. Such a device would be enormously beneficial to humanity. You can see why I am inviting you to partake in this find, despite knowing it will become open to the nations. I want you here first, as just like your mother, you are a specialist and gifted in Xeno-Sciences. The Star League needs to know what makes this stuff tick, if what I've been hearing about the Cybertronian's is true.
Oh, and yes, I've been promoted because of the find. Move fast, and glory can be yours.
Good Day to you, Field Marshall Friedrich Steiner,
HEIMDALL,
Donegal, Lyran Commonwealth
~~~~~~Timeline Entry 6~~~~~~
FROM: Outworlds Alliance Ship Liberty; Office of Admiral Drenke; Outworlds Alliance
TO: Outworlds Alliance Naval Command; Office of the Joint Admirals; Outworlds Alliance
REGARDING: XENOS; UNKNOWN; REAPERS; ASTROLOGICAL DATA
ERA OF FINDING: 37,000,000 BCE
Sir, I'm going to be quick. We've found a derelict Reaper, it's clearly drifting, no power emissions, or signs of synthetics onboard. Observing all safety protocol's laid forward by the League's accords(with indoctrination now a well-known danger), we went ahead and approached until we were close enough to hack it's network with our AI. This is what we were able to recover.
An unknown spacefaring race fired a mass accelerator round at this Reaper near the planet Mnemosyne. The round penetrated the Reaper, disabling it, but it continues to move through space, eventually striking the planet Klendragon, and creating the geological feature known the Great Rift Valley in a nearby nebula.
What more should we do with this sir?
Yours in service, Admiral Drenke,
OAS Liberty,
Outworlds Alliance
~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 7~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of Professor Heber-Katz; Bio-research Div; Umbrella Corporation; USA
TO: Office of Zhao Yun Ru; Biology and Nanotechnology Div; Tai Yong Medical; China
REGARDING: HUMANITY; EXPERIMENTAL STEM CELLS; EARTH HISTORY
ERA OF FINDING: 15,000,000 BCE
I'm sure you know by now, that we obviously have evolved from other beings, in your studies. However, we now have a firm date of appearance for the ancestor of humanity on Earth, with this find. It shall aid the Megabiocorporations in a wave of new prosperity, and it proves that science is the truth of the universe, not some petty god who set everything into place 6,000 years ago. Samples are included in this package.
Regards, Professor Heber-Katz, U-Inc Bio-research Div,
Umbrella,
USA
~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 8~~~~~~~~
FROM: JOE COMMAND; Office of General Clayton Abernathy; GI JOE; USA
INTERCEPTED: Illuminati HQ; Office of ██████
TO: The White House; Office of the President Jimmy Carter; USA
: FOXHOUND COMMAND; Office of General Graves; USA
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN'S; TIME-TRAVEL; TRANSWARP TECHNOLOGY; MISSION REPORT
ERA OF FINDING: 12,000,000 BCE
Mr. President, I assure you, what I am about to report , is no joke. Let me start by first stating, that at this posting I have seen many things, and between them, our enemies, and our allies, I have learned not to discount anything I come across.
What I am about to tell you, is of the gravest concern. Recently, one of our heavy-hitting teams of allied Autobots went off the reservation. Completely disappeared. I was fairly steamed inside, but the allied commander, Optimus, was furious. He did not encourage in any way, singular expeditions by his soldiers. The reason being, I have learned, is our enemies like to ambush unwary parties out for strolls. What follows, is the sum of their mission report.
Apparently Oracle, a creation of Primus', and one of the Primes, reached a desolate planet at the centre of the galaxy around 12 billion before Christ, and changed it into a verdant world. He sensed that far in the future, a Transformer called Tornedron will be created to destroy Unicron, and will be created with the ability to absorb all forms of energy. Using Transwarp Technology, Oracle summoned Grimlock and other Beast Transformers from our present, to inform them of how to destroy this threat, and how to counter it's abilities.
The Prime called Oracle then allowed the Beast Transformers to see what was to come as soon as they left Cybertron for the future. The Quintesson migrated to Oracle's green planet, shortly after. Their First Great War began here, with these actions.
They obtained Oracle's shell, the Matrix. Oracle, who has the ability to give robots life, is joined with the node to the Ultra Computer Vector Sigma. While the Quintesson used this safety key to awaken (in fact to re-energize the desiccated corpse of Primus) Oracle's world into the machine planet Cybertron, it also awakened Oracle's brother's, the other 11 Primes.
Slow in awakening, The Quintesson had time to mass-produce civilian and military robotic life forms, the ancestor's of the Autobots and Decepticons, as slaves. The first of these was named A-3. The time between the Quintesson takeover, and The Prime Awakening gives them breadth of space to experiment and attempt to create Trans-Organics as a fusion between robotics and organic life, but fail and then seal them deep within the planet.
The First Great War boiled into a volcanic intensity, with all of the Cybertronian's rallying, underneath the Legendary Primes. Eventually they ended the Quintesson rule, after nearly a million and a half years.
The Beast Transformers returned to the future, and informed myself, and their commanders of what had happened, and what was to come. I can't stress enough to you sir, that we need to ensure you don't cut support from our program. Not with threats out there that can potentially manipulate time.
Thank you for your time, Sir, General Clayton Abernathy,
GI JOE,
USA
~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 9~~~~~~~~~
FROM: ██████████ HQ; ██████
TO: COBRA; Office of Cobra Commander; Homer Jay Simpson, Springfield; USA
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN'S; THE MATRIX; STARSCREAM
ERA OF FINDING: 11,000,000,000 BCE
Yes, Cobra Commander, we know who you are. We know where you live, where your organization sequesters it's power, and where you launch your most covert strikes from. We can kill you at any time. We simply don't care to, as you are useful to our plans.
Here is some information, which your allies may find... 'Interesting'.
Around 11 billion before the common era, Star Sabre, and the other 10 Primes Awoke. They discovered their brother Oracle, and enraged at his fate – fused with Vector Sigma – they smash the Quintesson Ruler's, and chase them off of the planet.
"The Golden Age of Cybertron" occurred during this time.
Unfortunately, over the next 500 million years, one by one, the remaining Primes disappear. Eventually, the militaristic Decepticons(who desire monarchy, and empire), and civilian Autobots(who would push for democracy, and republic) warred against each other. The Autobots, who lack combat capabilities, are massacred. Many flee their home planet. The Matrix is passed as a symbol of Autobot leadership. The holders' memory and wisdom are collected deep within it, providing it with ancient knowledge and power as time went on.
The Cybertronian Second Great War begins.
In order to fight the Decepticons, the Autobots develop the technology to transform their bodies. However, several centuries later, the Decepticons get the same tech. This, is the birth of The Transformers. The scientists Starscream, and Jetfire visit Earth for research purposes. Jetfire crashes into the Arctic and goes missing.
After many go missing, the Decepticons and Autobots declare peace, and settle into a Cold War, after fighting each other for a million years.
Do with this what you will, little commander.
Regards
~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 10~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of Cobra Commander; COBRA SECRET FACILITY #73; COBRA
TO: Office of the Blind Master; Arashikage; Japan
REGARDING: XENOS; PRECURSORS; FORERUNNERS; GALACTIC HISTORY
ERA OF FINDING: 10,000,000 BCE
This may the message we ever send. Safeguard this knowledge, and use it as needed. You are one of the few I trust.
In Africa, there is an artifact. Inside, there are computers older than anything ever produced by humanity. That we know of. We found a great deal of Galactic Knowledge, to fill in the gaps of vast time we have unaccounted for in our universe.
Previously, a long time ago, the Precursors were the race ruling the Milky Way Galaxy. They oversaw a vast collection of species, including the advanced Forerunners, on Ghibalb.
The Precursors inform the uplifted Forerunners, that due to various reasons, their people will not be inheriting the Mantle of Responsibility and may even be potentially devolved to a lower state as a precaution.
The Forerunners instantly strike back against the Precursors for unknown reasons and chase them beyond the Milky Way, to Path Kethona(Large Magellanic Cloud), where the Precursors are almost exterminated.
Those Forerunners that remain in Path Kethona regress to a lower technological state in order to atone for their actions. Both Forerunner groups in the two galaxies eventually forget about the war.
This will be pertinent in many ways, especially if we run into these aliens. Continue your agenda, push humanities technological envelope forward, we need to be prepared. We have the coordinates of Ghibalb, and ask that you safeguard it if we do not survive the coming battle.
Signing off,
Cobra Commander,
COBRA,
COBRA SECRET FACILITY #73
~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 11~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of General Graves; FOXHOUND COMMAND; FOXHOUND; USA
TO: Office of Miles Dyson; Cyberdyne Incorporated; Canada
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN; DECEPTICON; AUTOBOT; AI; MEGATRON; ORION PAX
ERA OF FINDING: 9,000,000 BCE
Recently, we have uncovered more information on the origins of the living machine-race known as the Cybertronian's.
Around 9 million years ago, while the Autobots, and Decepticons were at war, plans were under way to change the direction it went in. Deep within the bowels of Cybertron, the Emperor of Destruction, Megatron, was created. This was done to combat the power of the Autobot Council. Megatron immediately set out, and killed the Autobot Elders Leader, in a brutal and public display in the next engagement between the Decepticons, and Autobots.
The Matrix of Leadership didn't chose a new leader, until after several battle's with Megatron, in which he decimated the Autobot Army. Alpha Trion guards it in a secure location, until a new leader can be chosen. During the last one, Orion Pax is badly injured by Megatron, and through the efforts of Alpha Trion, and the Matrix of Leadership, the Last of the Primes is born. Optimus Prime arises to command the Autobot armies, and in the first of many battle's with Megatron, fights him to a stalemate. This allowed the Autobots breathing room, and the ability to regroup and become the faction we eventually encountered.
One capable of vast technological feats, full of advanced secret's, and shrouded in much mystery. Nonetheless, they are our allies against the Decepticons, and other threats, as they would see us enslaved.
The Third Great War begins between Primes Autobots, and Megatrons Decepticons.
If you can Miles, I need you to look into getting scans of Optimus's spark, and Megatron's. If possible, and safe, so we can compare them to your Positronic AI's. It is necessary, since these two are even more advanced then their brethren, and are still alive. All the recovered history we have of any one 'Bot more advanced than the current leaders of the two Robotic factions, is dead or ancient history.
Megatron used a brainwashing machine known as Robo-Smasher to bolster his ranks. At the time, his victims include the Constructicons and Omega Supreme. As the war intensifies, civilian's who lack transformative abilities(Cyberdroids) flee, searching for a new home. These include the immigrants to Paradon after the 4th Great War.
Megatron is a priority here, considering he has experience in re-aligning the programming of AI's. He may not see it as that, but it is vitally important we study what allows one machine-program to change and alter the perceptions of another. Lest a rampant AI turn against us, and launch our own defensive weaponry against each other.
Godspeed, General Franklin Graves,
FOXHOUND,
USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 12~~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of Field Marshall Friedrich Steiner; HEIMDALL; Donegal; Lyran Commonwealth
TO: Office of Dr. Miranda Keyes-Halsey; ONI SECTION 0; Epsilon Indi; Terran Hegemony
REGARDING: PRECURSORS; ALTERANS; FORERUNNERS; NEW XENOS; GALACTIC HISTORY
ERA OF FINDING: 5,000,000 BCE
Following up on my last exciting memo, I have been allowed to send another by the Archon. Considering this pertains to Ancient Humanities history and development, I think the more minds we have on it, careful minds, but more nonetheless is better.
Around 5 million years ago, a few other species not heavily affected by the Leviathans, and Reapers soon rose to prominence, thanks to the Precursors guidance and protection. These species later establish themselves as spacefaring, interstellar powers, without being greatly influenced by any of the aforementioned powers. More about these species is being uncovered everyday, but we know they came into contact with the Alterans and Forerunner's at some point. The nature of their contact is still unknown. I will see to it that we keep this dialogue open for the sake of the Star League, and humanity.
They are the Asgard, Nox, and Furlings.
A Good Evening to you, Field Marshall Friedrich Steiner,
HEIMDALL, LCAF,
Lyran Commonwealth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 13~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of the Blind Master; Arashikage; Japan
TO: Megacorporation Council; California; USA
: Office of General Graves; FOXHOUND; USA
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIANS; INSECTICONS; THREAT ASSESSMENT
ERA OF FINDING: 5,000,000 BCE
Honourable allies, and honoured enemies, I present this information to you, so you can understand the level of game you are playing at. Organizations that are more powerful than you have tried to manipulate those who are currently in disguise, as your allied heavy weapons.
They failed, and they died.
At the time of 5 million BCE, Godmaster, and Devil Z, powerful Cybertronian's in their own right, came to the Earth. Godmaster broke into 8 pieces, and fell asleep with Devil Z as his Godmessenger to watch over him. As well, the independent Decepticon team known as the Insecticons arrived on Earth, and decided to live in harmony with the planet, using food and elements as their fuel.
Should any of your allies ever try to gather these pieces, it may end the world, from the information we have discovered. Keep your enemies close, and your friends closer.
Good day to you, The Blind Master,
Arashikage,
Japan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of Thomas Marik; ComStar; Crawford's Delight; Free Worlds League
TO: Office of the Star League Court; Geneva; Terra; Terran Hegemony
: Office of the Arbiter; Sangheilios; Sangheili Shogunate
: Office of the Khan; Yurt; Unngoy Khanate
: Office of the Wisest Colony; Nyseria; Mgalekgolo Supremacy
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN; BRANCHES OF CYBERTRON; RECOVERED EVIDENCE
ERA OF FINDING: 4,000,000 BCE
My hallowed allies, and fellow beings of the Orion Arm... We have discovered evidence on the Combined-Powers Terran dig-site, we deemed immediately necessary for dissemination. As all FWL personnel send reports to my office, I have bypassed the Captain-General in this one case. However, we need this out as soon as possible.
Around 4 million before the common era, The Ark, and The Nemesis crash-landed on Terra, then called Erde-Tyrene. The resources on Cybertron dried up, so an Autobot space exploration team was led by Optimus Prime aboard their ship 'The Ark'. Megatron naturally pursued Prime like a rabid animal, with the Decepticon warship 'The Nemesis'. Both are pulled in by Earth's gravity and crash. The Transformers enter a long period of stasis lock.
A group of Transformers led by Fortress escape Cybertron in search of a new haven. They travelled to the desolate planet Master. The StarShip Brave Maximus, which has been travelling throughout time, crashed on Planet Master. Fortress uses it to refine his "Headmaster Theory", and builds the massive Battleship Maximus. However, shortly afterward, Brave Maximus was stolen and Fortress left very confused.
The Cybertronian Third Great War dies down with the removal of significant leaders in each faction.
This is the first bit of evidence recovered from the site, and I am getting more by the hour... Be ready for another Hyperpulse burst in a bit.
I beg your patience, Thomas Marik,
ComStar,
Crawford's Delight, Free World's League
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of Thomas Marik; ComStar; Crawford's Delight; Free World's League
TO: Office of the Star League Court; Geneva; Terra; Terran Hegemony
: Office of the Arbiter; Sangheilios; Sangheili Shogunate
: Office of the Khan; Yurt; Unngoy Khanate
: Office of the Wisest Colony; Nyseria; Mgalekgolo Supremacy
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN; BRANCHES OF CYBERTRON; TIME-TRAVEL; TRANSWARP TECHNOLOGY; RECOVERED EVIDENCE
ERA OF FINDING: 3,000,000 BCE
Now, this information may seem spotty, and outright strange, but this is the craziness we are dealing with when it comes to the Cybertronian Technologies, and Races. All I'm about to tell you is from recovered archaeological findings.
Around 3 million years before the common era, next-generation Autobots and Decepticons, known as The Maximals and Predacons, come from the future via Transwarp Technology, and scan the animals of Earth in order to transform into them. This shows the massive capabilities of Transwarp, and it's application to time-displacement/travel.
The Beast Wars begin.
The immortal life force of Starscream, who died in the future of 2005, crosses time and space to reach Erde-Tyrene. He possesses a Predacon and attempts to take over, but fails. He returns to being a ghost, and vanishes into the far reaches of time and space.
A dimensional fissure, the Blasty Zone, forms. Optimus Primal and the Predacon Megatron are transported to the year 2004(CE). Autobots and Decepticons traverse dimensions and battle the Beast Warriors.
Due to the Maximals', and the Predacons' interference in the Vok experiment on Earth, the Vok begin to terraform the planet. Optimus Primal sacrifices his life to stop this. As a result, Earth loses its second, mechanical moon, and a Quantum Surge is generated.
Humanity's ancestor's are born around this time, so the Cybertronian's say. However, from the recovered Alteran data-banks, we know different. This species may have been utilized by The Librarian, at some point. The Maximals assist in their evolution.
Ravage is sent from the future to kill everyone. He captures the Predacon Megatron, but is swayed to the Predacon side by a message from the Decepticon Emperor of Destruction himself. He sets about helping Megatron in his objective's,whatever they may be. It is not enough, however, and he is destroyed by Rattrap sabotaging his WarShip.
In the volcano, which will later come to be known as Mount St. Hilary, the Predacon Megatron unearths The Ark and attacks the original Optimus Prime, in an attempt to change history. As a result, a timestorm occurs, but Optimus Primal stops it. The Maximals then capture Predacon Megatron and return to the future.
My friends, these beings nearly shattered TIME ITSELF, in their foolish feuds. You must be wary when associating with them, should they reveal themselves in the near future. I am not saying we should be reactionary, as I have always looked to spirituality for guidance, and to react with genocide is anathema to me. However... As my Capellan friends and their Chinese ancestor's would say...
"Trust, but verify."
Cheers, Thomas Marik,
ComStar,
Crawford's Delight, Free World's League
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of Zhao Yun Ru; Biology and Nanotechnology Div; Tai Yong Medical; China
TO: Office of Professor Heber-Katz; Bio-research Div; Umbrella Corporation; USA
REGARDING: HUMANITY; EXPERIMENTAL STEM CELLS; GENUS HOMO; EARTH HISTORY
ERA OF FINDING: 2,800,000 BCE
I enjoyed your previous package, and the proto-human cultured cell's lead to many... Projects. As a return-in-kind, I have funded a dig in a valley thought to have the earliest example's of humanity, Genus Homo. There are some other concerning things however, that seem to be in this place, that we noticed.
Autobot City, is extremely close to this area, overlooking it from a local mountain.
Regards, Zhao Yun Ru, CEO-TYM(Head Bio-research Div),
Tai Yong Medical
Hengsha, China
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Timeline Entry 17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FROM: Office of General Graves; FOXHOUND; USA
TO: Office of the President Ronald Reagan; Office of the Joint Chiefs; USA
REGARDING: XENOS; CYBERTRONIAN; TIME-TRAVEL; EXOTIC ENERGIES; THREAT ASSESSMENT
ERA OF FINDING: 2,000,000 BCE
Good day Sirs, Ma'ams, Ladies, and Gentlemen. This memo is being circulated through the new chain of command to let you know of the potential threat we face from our enemies, and why the President did his deal with the Megacorporations. So, here is the full load.
In the late 2000's, the Sparkbots travel back to nearly 2 million before the common era. Before anyone says we should preemptively strike them, their antics has nearly caused fractures in the space-time continuum before. The good thing is, that what, they were trying to do, was try to release the scattered energy of Unicron, who is also taken care of in the 2000's...
One of the original Primes, Oracle, follows them after detecting so many Transwarp signatures upon the Earth, and seals them, and the Angolmois energy they are tying to release into our planet. He creates a portal through time and space, bringing the Brave Maximus to Erde-Tyrene, and giving him sentience as Fortress Maximus.
As well, having detected the timestorm from the Beast Wars, and meddling Transwarp technology, Oracle raises Tachyon fields over all Transformers, until they are destined to awaken.
This protected them from a myriad of Galactic Events, and Predations.
Maximus' duty is to stand guard over the Autobots, Decepticons, and other Transformers that have come to Earth. Oracle enters his body, and devises several layers of layers of safeguards to control Maximus's activation.
Now, I will say this as plainly as I can. No, our allies do not control time. Some of their Ancients were known to have enormous power, and if anyone went to the past, they used that power to boot people back to the future, or seal them in the past. They have not been spotted anywhere in the future. They are moreso... Guardian's, and only intervene when the factions that wish us harm, appear to gain an advantage. Never revealing their total abilities, and never trying to lord it over any of us.
Still, these Cybertronian's are extremely capable of nearly any technological feat we have ever though possible, even the one's that look like magic to us. As the man once said...
"Any sufficiently advanced technology, is indistinguishable from magic."
Thank you for time Sirs and Ma'ams, General Graves,
FOXHOUND,
USA
AUTHOR NOTE: Well, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this crossover. The main thing to pay attention to, is the era of finding here. This is the timeline of Galactic Events, regarding Earth, and any other important factions. Also, Easter eggs abound, from the names on the memo's, to their factions, to their nations.
I am being intentionally vague on when these memo's are sent, as you can tell there is loss and gain, even in this first chapter. If multi-crossover's are not your taste, then please avoid this.