Prologue - Timeline
Halo, The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, Mass Effect, Babylon 5, Stargate, Mass Crossover.
I don't own any of these masterpieces, just the fics AU and that's still debatable.
Timeline
2,000,000,000 BCE:
The Ring Builders a great Hive Mind species and the first to use Wormhole faster than light travel, are a species of great technological sophistication, but despite that are destroyed by the Precursors who moved to the Milky Way after seeding other galaxies with life.
The reason they are destroyed is because The Ring Builders destroyed worlds with life on them using them and their biomass to build great wormholes with hyper advanced nanotech known to later species as the protomolecule. They were destroyed using Neural Physics which rotted the Hive Mind from the inside out causing the hive mind in insanity to use a weapon to destroy entire solar systems to save itself. It failed.
The Ring Builders left behind over a thousand unactivated gateways. They also sent a batch to the Solar System where it was caught in the gravity well of a moon of Saturn, Phoebe.
The Precursors start to seed the Milky Way with life then leave.
1,500,000,000 BCE:
The Leviathans an aquatic species with a natural affinity to Neural Physics make contact and conquer the land based sentient species on their homeworld, they use said species to develop spaceflight.
They are the first to invent Eezo faster than light Drives.
1,300,000,000 BCE:
The Vorlon an aquatic octopus like species are discovered by the Leviathans, discovered to be naturally immortal and what they thought would be kindred give sentience to the First of the Vorlon, Lorien.
1,250,000,000 BCE:
Lorien and The Vorlon wanting to rule themselves go to war with the leviathans and cause the leviathans to leave a large section of the galaxy to the Vorlorn.
1,249,500,000 BCE:
The Vorlon make contact with an insectoid race known to later species as the Shadows.
Many different intelligent species evolved and achieved interstellar flight during this time.
Non Leviathan species control 30% of the galaxy.
1,100,000,000 BCE:
The Leviathans seeing many of their vassals use of Artificial Intelligence turn against them create one of their own in the hopes that it would help solve the problem of Organics and Synthetics killing each other.
This turned out to be a mistake.
The Intelligence turned against them thinking that the Leviathans and other advanced races were incapable of preserving life. The Intelligence used the biomass of a leviathan to create the first Reaper, Harbringer. The Harbringer and the Intelligence then harvested all the races under the protection of the Leviathans creating a huge armada of ships. The Reapers were born.
1,099,000,050 BCE:
The Reapers invade Non-Leviathan space after harvesting millions of species in Leviathan space to form thousands of ships. The Reapers overwhelm many of the "First Ones" causing them to leave the galaxy leaving only the Vorlon and the Shadows to fight the Reapers. The Reapers win and force the Forlorns and the Shadows to escape to the Andromeda Galaxy using new FTL tech which they called Hyperspace, this form of travel also goes by the name Slipspace.
1,099,850,000 BCE:
After a few galactic harvests the Reapers decide to build the many different Mass Relay networks in order to bottleneck any future civilizations technologically. These Relay Networks were independent of each other and were not connected to each other. This allowed Reapers to constantly harvest and build their strength and started expanding to other galaxies.
500,000,000 BCE:
The Reapers control over 2,000 Galaxies as this point and are continuously harvesting their populations as well. But was never able to conquer the andromeda galaxy which "The Old Ones" had built into a fortress galaxy.
The Precursors learn what the Reapers are doing and go to war with the Reapers. Using Star Roads and a mastery of Neural Physics not even the Leviathans or 'The Old Ones" could comprehend they cause the Reapers to go insane and kill each other, liberating galaxy after galaxy they eventually liberate the Milky Way and destroying all the mass relay networks.
The Reapers go into hiding in the darkness between galaxies.
The Precursors develop the concept of the Mantle of Responsibility. The Vorlons were asked by the Precursors if they wanted the Mantle, but was refused. The Old Ones wise and weary (with the exception of the Shadows who constantly fight amongst themselves) remain in the Andromeda galaxy where they slowly ascend, finally doing so in 20,000,000 BCE.
15,000,000 BCE :
The Forerunners are seeded and uplifted by the Precursors. They are personally built by the Precursors to be the Guardians of the Mantle of Responsibility. They are given advanced technology and start colonising the Milky Way.
13,000,000 BCE:
The Alterans gain sentience in their home galaxy and achieve faster than light travel using Hyperspace/SlipSpace technology, but due to early limitations were forced to develop wormhole technology. They start colonising their home galaxy.
12,000,000 BCE:
The Alterans split ideologically becoming the Ancients and the Ori, civil war causes the ancients to flee to the Milky Way galaxy where they make first contact with the Precursors and The Forerunners. They colonise Terra (Erde-Tyrene/Earth), and Dakara.
They start to colonise the Milky Way also putting a star gate on every planet they colonise.
The Precursors seeing how technologically advanced the Ancients are passes over the Forerunners to ask the Ancients to be the wielder of the Mantle.
11,000,000 BCE :
The Ancients control a significant part of the Orion arm, and a small part of the Perseus, and Sagittarius Arms of the galaxy; while the Forerunner control nearly 25% of the Galaxy.
The Forerunner-Precursor war begins due to the Forerunners being thrown aside like trash when the Precursors found someone else to replace them. They eventually "drive" the Precursors out of the Milky Way and into the Galaxy Pax Kethona where the Forerunners "defeated" and killed most of the precursors except for a few.
10,000,000 BCE:
The Forerunner-Ancient war begins with the end resulting in the Ancients fleeing to the Pegasus galaxy where they took a new name, Lanteans. They leave because of the powerful bioweapon/ disease the Forerunner developed and unleashed on the capital of the Ancients, Heliopolis.
Before leaving the decide to use gene editing to put their DNA into several pre sentient ape species on the planet, but most prominently Nakalipithecus nakayamai. This would guarantee this species would eventually evolve into a sentient species.
1,000,000 BCE:
The Vorlons develop a gate to another dimension thinking its were the origin of all souls came from, this turns out to be a mistake as it leads to an alternate dimension where the native aliens launch an invasion into our dimension. These aliens are barely pushed back by the Vorlons and all gates are closed except for one which gets launched into slipspace.
170,000 BCE:
The species that eventually evolved from Nakalipithecus nakayamai gains sentience and is called Humanity, anatomically very similar to the ancients, they start developing civilization.
150,000 BCE :
Humanity achieves interstellar flight. Using slipspace as their main form of FTL.
145,000 BCE:
Humanity makes contact with the San'Shyuum.
They form an alliance that would be almost mimicked in the future by another alien alliance, The humans are the military part of the alliance and the San'Shyuum are the cultural and scientific producers of the alliance. This allows the Human-San'Shyuum alliance to be on par technologically to the Forerunner. The HSA controls the Orion Arm and a large percentage of the Perseus arm.
107,445 BCE:
Conflict begins between the Human/San'Shyuum Alliance and the Forerunners. This is caused by the rapid aggression and expansion of the ancients into Forerunner controlled space, unbeknownst to the forerunners the Humans were expanding into their space to replace the worlds and populations lost to the parasitic organism The Flood.
106,445 BCE:
Humanity and the San'Shyuum lose to the Forerunner Ecume, The Forerunner devolve them technologically and Biologically, the resulting Biological split and tribalism causes humanity to split into 4 different subspecies, Homo Sapien Sapien (Modern Humans), Homo Neanderthalensis (Neanderthals), Homo Heidelbergensis (Heidals), and Homo Erectus (Erectans).
103,000 BCE :
Homo Sapiens out performing the rest of the sub species both socially and biologically start to dominate Erde-Tyrene(Terra, Earth, Etc.), this causes 3 of the human sub-species to become endangered. The Forerunner despite their hatred for Humans decides to save these three Species from extinction. They are after all all sentient. They settle the Neanderthals on the former capital of the Ancients Heliopolis (Later called Kobol) which is located galactic "South" of Sol in the Perseus arm, the Heidals are settled on the planet Baile which is located to the galactic North East of Sol in the middle of the Sagittarius arm, and the Erectans on the planet Adroa galactic east of Sol towards the end of the Perseus arm.
100,000 BCE:
The Furlings and the Nox achieve civilization in the Milky way and are indexed by the Forerunners.
98,000 BCE :
The Asgard civilization starts on their home planet in the Ida Galaxy.
The Forerunner-Flood war starts
97,000 BCE:
In order to stop the Flood the Forerunners use the Halo Array to wipe out the food source of the flood, the food source being all beings in the galaxy with a nervous system. The Halo arrays wipe out most life in the Galaxy but is quickly re seeded by advanced AI who use genetically perfect clones to reseed all life in the galaxy.
The Forerunner added parts of forerunner DNA to the human genome so Humans can use the artifacts lefts behind by the Forerunners
96,000 BCE :
The Reapers come out of hiding but are very few in number number only 10 thousand ships that they only build one relay network and then return to Dark Space in order to wait for civilizations to rise with the network.
55,000 BCE:
The Protheans discover Eezo FTL travel and start exploring the relay network.
53,000 BCE :
Protheans discover the Ranchi and uplift them as tools of war.
48,000 BCE:
The Reapers harvest the protheans and their client races.
35,000 BCE:
The Nox achieve FTL but are pacifist and "Amish-like" in nature leading to them staying on their homeworld.
29,000 BCE :
The Furlings achieve FTL but are Utopian in nature and dont spread to more than a few systems.
28,000 BCE:
The Asgard discover FTL using Slipspace/Hyperdrive tech but cant colonise due to population shortage, so they become explorers.
An Asgard ship accidently drifts into the Milky Way due to an error in the ships computers. The Asgard make contact with the Ancients (Lanteans), The Furlings, and the Nox.
22,000 BCE :
The Goa'uld a parasitic species achieve interstellar travel
11,000 BCE :
The Gadmeer achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
The Lanteans fleeing the Perseus Galaxy due to a war with the Wraith settle on Earth finding the inhabitants abandoned there by their ancestors to be genetically compatible for mating.
10,500 BCE:
The Goa'uld find Earth, they finding the native inhabitants Humans to be the perfect vessels for the Goa'uld, they begin seeding humans into their empire (which encompasses a tiny portion of the Orion arm, and a very large portion of the Sagittarius arm, the Scutum-Crux arm, and the Norma arm.
2,995 BCE :
Rebellion on Earth drives the Goa'uld off the planet, due to the Goa'uld already having enough slaves they hardly care.
2,100 BCE:
San'Shyuum once again develop FTL with the help of a Forerunner dreadnaught.
900 BCE :
The San'Shyuum discover the Sanghelli and go to war over how to handle Forerunner artifacts, by 852 BCE they developed an alliance called the Covenant.
800 BCE:
The Yolu achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
784 BCE :
The Mgalekgolo are tamed by the Covenant and join their ranks.
580 BCE:
The Asari discover the Citadel.
520 BCE:
The Salarians discover the Citadel and 20 years later form the Citadel Council.
10 CE :
Salarians contact the Krogan
500 CE :
Due to an unknown natural disaster the natives of Kobol are forced to flee to a nearby custer of star systems.
700 CE:
The Turians make contact with the Citadel and force back the Krogan.
850 CE :
The Turians contact the Volus.
1000 CE:
The Gadmeer Empire fall to a superior foe.
1112 CE:
The Yanme'e join the ranks of the Covenant.
1115-1120 CE:
The Hanar and the Elcor are contacted by the Asari.
1230 CE:
The Minbari achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
1250 CE :
The Centauri achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
1342 CE:
The Kig-Yar join the Covenant.
1400 CE :
The Drazi achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
1460 CE:
The Abbai achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
1600 CE:
The Batarians make contact with the Citadel Council
1759 CE:
The Markab achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
1760 CE :
The Industrial revolution begins on Earth.
1883 CE:
The Quarians invent the Geth and after realising they created sentient beings tried to wipe them out, the Geth retaliated and drove the Quarians into Citadel space
1930 CE:
The Vree achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
1961 CE:
Humanity becomes a spacefaring civilization again
1981 CE:
The Hanar make first contact with the Drell.
2000 CE:
The Narn achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
2050 CE:
Human colonization of the Solar System starts.
2111 CE:
The Brakiri achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
2142 CE:
The Unggoy join the Covenant.
2161 CE:
The Llort achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
2186 CE:
The Hurr achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
The Pak'ma'ra achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
2191 CE:
The Grome achieve faster than light travel and start colonising planets.
2141 CE :
the Heidal Humans of Baile achieve FTL from a prothean data beacon.
2157 CE:
The Heidals make contact with the Turians and a first contact war ensues.
2165 CE:
The Heidals gain an embassy on the Council.
2186 CE :
The Heidals and the rest of the civilizations in the relay network fight a war against the Reapers, and succeed in destroying them with an ancient weapon designed by the Protheans.
2205 CE :
Solomon Epstein accidentally invents the Epstein Drive, giving Humanity grasp of the outer planets.
2350 CE:
Most of the Solar System has been colonized, human population 30 Billion +. Mars is independent of Earth, and Several Sub Luminal colonization efforts to other star systems started.
2355 CE:
The Eros Incident takes place, wiping out the stations inhabitants and exposing the Protomolecule to wider human civilization.
The same year Eros moves on its own and heads towards earth picking up speed, a brave ship crew and detective save Earth by "Convincing" Eros to crash into Venus instead of Earth. The violent storms on the planet give it enough power to finish its project.
2357 CE:
Protogen tries to create the next step in human evolution by combining the Protomolecule with a human host. Backfires and all subjects are destroyed by various means.
2358 CE:
A massive structure built by the Protomolecule launches from venus and enters the orbit of Uranus.
The gate is activated by a rock hopper.
The Ring Station is activated opening exactly 1,373 different wormholes to various star systems in the Milky Way
2362 CE:
Various terrorist attacks through the Sol System and the Coup of over half the navy of mars form the Free Navy.
War ensues.
2364 CE:
The Free Navy conflict comes to a close with the last remnants of the Free Navy fleeing to beyond the Laconian Ring.
2383 CE:
The remnants of the Free Navy isolating themselves in the Laconian system found an alien relic that allowed the quick construction of advanced ships (which designs were provided by the former navy of the MCRN), and colonized the local habitable planet in the system. The Newly named "Laconian Consulate" blitzkrieged the Earth-Mars Coalition and established the first Interstellar Human Empire.
2433 CE:
The 12 Colonies of Kobol sign the Articles of Colonization, effectively becoming one nation. This is done in order to fight off the threat of the Cylons.
2450 CE:
The Laconian Empire quickly stabilized its power over Interstellar Humanity and became the de facto government of all of Humanity. Religion makes a major comeback as a unifying force in the Empire.
AI created from flash cloned human brains become standard practice.
2452 CE:
The Colonials find a hidden backdoor in their new Battlestars firewalls, it is quickly fixed.
2453 CE:
The Cylons try to attack the Colonies but are driven back all the way to their homeworld, they are spared when the Cylons give up the location of Kobol.
2455 CE :
A Colonial expedition arrives at Kobol, plans are underway to Terraform the planet back to health.
2470 CE:
Tobias Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa invent the first ever Faster than Light drive. Capable of 1 - 2.5 light years a day this allowed humanity to colonize the star systems closest to the ring network.
2472 CE:
Kobol is Terraformed and migration en masse from the colonies spurs further colonization and exploration of star systems. Colonization of the Southern Perseus arm commences.
2492 CE :
Jiralhanae are discovered by the Covenant and join their ranks.
2500 CE:
The Laconian Empire now controls over 3,000 systems over a course of 1,000 light years in the Orion arm with a mixture of the ring network and the Translight Engine.
2503 CE:
The Laconian Empire makes contact with the 12 tribes of Kobol.
A/N Hopefully I got the dates right, but if I got them wrong don't burn me on the stake for it, I'm only human after all.
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