One Thousand Lies

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Prologue:Tension

-Spiral Era 1-
The birth of mankind. The Guado. The 'Primitives'.

-Spiral Era 1000-
Mankind had exceeded the Creator's expectations in every way. Guadosalam had flourished, and mankind had no choice but to expand into the outside world.

-Spiral Era 1100-
Laws of evolution dictate that organisms must change to adapt to their environment. Out of the dark, dreary shell of Guadosalam, the Primitives shed their…'unique' hair, long nails, long arms, and their horrid fashion sense. The 'Naturals' were born.

-Natural Era 3000-
For all their technology and population, Spira still didn't have a governmental system. Exponential population growth plagued Spira, and they simply couldn't cover enough ground. Laws were introduced for the first time ever, going above and beyond common chivalry: You may have one child, and one child only.

-Natural Era 3050-
Spiran Law 01 began to have its effects felt. Mankind wanted nothing but the best for their children, and now was the time to bring into practice the age-old proverb: Quality over Quantity. Advances in modern lifesaving technology brought about demand for life-improving technology: Genetic Modification.

-Natural Era 3051-
Genetic Modification had practically been perfected, and put into use just in time to save a child's life. Gina and Geoffrey Glenn were heartbroken; each of their children ended in miscarriage due to a fatal disease in the mother's womb. Perfected Genetic Modification was the only choice, and they were the guinea pigs. Young George Glenn had his genes altered inside his mother's womb, given a perfect immune system, effectively halting the disease in its tracks. The first artificial human was born. The first Coordinator was born.

-Natural Era 3150-
As Modified Humanity became a reality, so did the possibilities. Coordinators had superior characteristics to Naturals, particularly temperature resistance and water retention. For the first time, humanity could survive in the desert. All able-bodied Coordinators (aka. ALL Coordinators) were sent to Bikanel Island, the largest desert island in all of Spira, with the objective of colonization.

-Natural Era 4000-
Advances in transportation technology had brought about supersonic travel across Spira, although not even Coordinators could handle it. A crack team of scientists in the newly-formed Coordinator nation of Al Bhed had begun working on even higher Coordinators. Their theory was that Coordinators still had some Natural flaws in them due to being born in a womb. These scientists endeavored to create a completely artificial birth.

-Natural Era 4030-
After years of horribly failed experiments, the first completely artificial human had been born: Amuro Ray, child number 720 (one menstrual cycle per month, each containing two eggs, for 30 years, just in case you were wondering) of Dr. Ulen and Katherine Hibiki. The first Newtype was born.

-Natural Era 4250-
A sizeable amount of Newtypes had been produced; enough to fill 3 full supersonic transports. Their destination: Remote Island Zanarcanada. Their mission: Break through the natural walls and colonize.

-Cosmic Era 1-
It was absolutely remarkable. In exactly one year since their launch, the first team of Newtypes had completely sanitized the natural Zanarcanada, and laid down plans for the foundations of the new Spiran nation: Zanarkand.

-Cosmic Era 25-
A handful of artificial 'children' of the Hibikis, previously thought to be dead, had somehow taken refuge among the icy peaks of Mt. Gagazet, suspiciously close to Zanarkand, however, these 'Ronso' have not been deemed a military threat.

-Cosmic Era 50-
The extremely efficient Newtypes had completely built their nation right to the borders, however, tensions were mounting between them and Bevelle, and so they had begun developing unknown military technology and creating additional colonies on remote islands around Spira.

-Cosmic Era 51-
Tensions had reached an all-new high, and the Naturals had formed military alliance treaties with the Ronso and the Primitives, and had begun developing nuclear weapons, as well as a new superweapon: Vegnagun. Meanwhile, Zanarkand had begun construction of a fairly powerful military force that could contend with any conventional weapons the primitive people could throw at them. However, the Al Bhed had declared complete and utter neutrality, aggressively refusing alliance treaties from the Naturals and Newtypes. They had also taken up a pacifistic stance, allowing weapons inspectors from both sides to search for any weapons and find none, therefore deeming the Al Bhed completely neutral and therefore not a target during the almost inevitable war.

-Cosmic Era 70-
The Newtypes, as superior as they were, were extremely systematic and predictable. So systematic, in fact, that they had an infinite attention and patience span. They were always ready to launch their unknown armies, but never did. The Naturals, however, had enough of the Newtypes' smartass attitude, and, on the 14th of February, fired the first shot. Their 'unmatched' military force, consisting primarily of nuclear-driven Mobius 3's (the most powerful weapons of the time, mobile armors equipped with large amounts of assault cannons and missiles, with the capacity for a small nuclear payload), launched a 'raid' on the Zanarkanadian colony of Omega. That 'raid' consisted of a single, extremely powerful, NUCLEAR MISSILE. Omega was instantly destroyed, though not vaporized, leaving a series of underground tunnels. The Newtypes were infuriated at this ruthless attack on a civilian colony. Brutal man-on-man warfare broke out, and Spira would never be the same again.

End Prologue

A/N: More of a history lesson than a fic, huh? Well, I just figured that something this in-depth would be required; else the AU factor of this story would instantly turn everybody off. Gundam SeeD had a really deep (read: CONFUSING) storyline, so infusing FFX-2 with it without an explanation would be pretty horrible of me, ne?
Read and Review please (Flames ARE welcome, but try to keep it at least SLIGHTLY constructive), and even if you didn't like how this history lesson went, please do read the subsequent chapters until around Chapter 3, as the action WILL heat up, and my version of Shuyin & Lenne's story will be…interesting, to say the least.

TO BE CONTINUED