Author's Foreword
This story is based off of information given in the official Halo Timeline given out by Bungie and Microsoft some years ago, in order to show fans what had happened in Humanity's history up to the events that occur in Halo. While anyone can research this information by using sources ranging from Halopedia to Bungie itself, the clear consensus is that very little is known about the early pre-UNSC history of humanity. Thus I have taken the liberty of creating characters that although aren't in official Halo Canon, nonetheless serve to flesh out the story as it is told in the Halo Canon.
2160 A.D. originally started out as a Halo 2 machinama project for my clan ODST. We were able to release a trailer before the release of Halo 3, but by that release we figured that we would have to put things on hold until we could figure out how best to use Halo 3 to film 2160. Unfortunately, in October 2007, due to ideological differences between the members, ODST disbanded with me remaining as its sole member. But I felt that I had left the viewers who had liked the trailer without a product. Thus, I set forth to create a novella from what notes we had for the creation of the film.
What you the reader see before you is the finished product of long months of research and hard work. I hope you will enjoy reading into this fascinating but untouched period in Human history, as much as I have written it. Enjoy.
Timeline
2011: International Space Station completed
2016: American scientists and military personnel establish a colony on Luna
2033: American and Russian personnel establish a colony on Mars, on the Argyre Planitia
2069: European Union establishes a colony on Io, one of the Jovian Moons
2070-2080: Colonies established on other Jovian Moons: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
2102: Rich mineral deposits found on the Jovian Moons by German surveyors, contract for mining goes to the Unified German Republic
2109: Vladimir Koslov born in St. Petersburg, Russia
2111: With the hundredth anniversary of the completion of the International Space Station, the United Nations signs a treaty governing its sovereignty over colonial matters; all member nations sign the "Sovereignty Pact"
2128: Vladimir Koslov joins Russian Military, he becomes an exceptional leader
2145: Vladimir Koslov publishes The Neo-Communist Manifesto, where he preaches about a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union. The book is widely popular among the miners and lower class populace
2152: Vladimir Koslov declares war on the Russian Government, starts the Second Russian Revolution
2155: Koslovics win and establish the Federation of Soviet Democratic Republics (FSDR) where the Russian Federation used to be
2156: Anti-Koslovic sentiment brings forth the establishment of the Frieden party on the Jovian Moons
2158: Frieden party gains covert funding and support from corporations of the Unified German Republic
2159: Friedens attack Koslovic miners; widespread violence occurs all over the Jovian moons
December 2159: UN Secretary General Lestat, wishing an end to the unnecessary violence, sends Colonial Advisors Wilson and McDonald to Io to negotiate peace