Ark 2

Prologue

January 2171 - Many technologies previously considered military are spread to all branches of the System Alliance economy. All Quarians on the pilgrimage have been recalled to the fleet. Establishing a boundary between the System Alliance and the Turian Hierarchy. Increase in military spending in all countries of the Citadel. The SDF is undergoing major reforms in weapons and equipment. Official creation of the 4th fleet. Increased colonization expansion in Skylian Verge and the zone between the System Alliance and Perseus Veil spaces. This causes political conflict with the Batarian Hegemony.

February 2171 - Official announcement of the restoration of the Quarian Republic with Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib as president. An official announcement of the alliance between Humans, Quarians and Geths, called the Arcturus Coalition, signed at Arcturus station. This leads to great shock and horror throughout the council space.

March 2171 - The Volus Protectorate negotiated a deal with System Alliance to terraform 2 worlds within the Protectorate space for a Volus-friendly atmosphere in exchange for GARDIAN laser technology and large quantities of materials. The GARDIAN system becomes the standard on all System Alliance ships.

April 2171 - The first prototypes of new types of ships and fighters for the Council races begin testing. The Salarians have created a working ultraviolet antiship laser that is set to become the standard for all ships in the Salarian Union.

May 2171 - A group of Quarian extremists attempt to attack one of the geth outposts on Rannoch, but are stopped by the Geth Platforms guarding the outpost. Because after destroying the platform, geth simply moves to another, and the Geths themselves used only stun weapons, there is no loss.

July 2171 - 27th The Turian fleet is rebuilt. The Citadel's forces are augmented by 33rd, 34th Turian fleets, 21st Salarian fleet and 18th Asari fleet.

August 2171 - The Geths create a Rapid-Fire Plasma Cannon. The Hanars negotiate the terraformation of one of their moons into a drell-friendly ecosystem. The Alliance System agrees to the agreement with Hanars.

September 2171 - The Quarians finally split their fleet of 50,000 ships into the appropriate components. Over 30,000 were unfit for further service and were scrapped. 12,500 were used as research, transport, mining ships, etc. 2,500 were split into the 20 fleets of the Quarian Republic navy, now, under command by Commander-in-Chief Admiral Han'Gerrel. The remaining 5,000 were repaired at the docks (the Geths had given up some of their docks to the Quarians under a peace treaty) and sold to various markets, mainly at the System Alliance.

November 2171 - Prototypes of the new Turian ships were tested and put into mass production. Celebrating the first anniversary of the end of the First Contact War.

December 2171 - Prothean artifact excavations are blocked by a Hanar group.

January 2172 - The Quarians were able to invent a new version of the Shock Cannons with the help of initial notes from human scientists. It causes the beam to break into many smaller ones, which gave it the nickname Shock Shotgun. It is to be introduced as standard on the newest heavy frigates of the Quarian Navy.

February 2172 - Turians create the Thanix cannon.

March 2172 - Formation of the 35th Turian fleet.

April 2172 - Formation of the 36th Turian fleet.

May 2172 - Salarians are now able to modify kinetic barriers to absorb some of the heat energy from energy weapons. Their effectiveness is 30%.

June 2172 - The first Volus dreadnought with a new 8th Fleet is built.

July 2172 - Quarian Republic territories and System Alliance are now connected.

August 2172 - Formation of the 15th Batarian Fleet.

September 2172 - Human invention of the energy shield. Unlike Modified Kinetic Barriers, they absorb 100% damage from energy weapons.

October 2172 - Formation of the 36 Turian fleet.

November 2172 - Formation of the 19th Asari fleet.

December 2172 - Formation of the 22nd Salarian fleet.

January 2173 - Formation of the 6th Elkor fleet.

February 2173 - Increase in pirate attacks by the Terminus Systems.

March 2173 - The Coalition decides to form and finance its own mercenary group called Raynor's Rayders after the StarCraft mercenary group (I know, I'm not very original), which is set to operate on Terminus to capture information about new raids and protect independent human colonies.

April 2173 - The Citadel begins its expansion onto the Attican Travers.

May 2173 - Formation of the 37th Turian fleet and the 16th Batarian fleet.

June 2173 - Asari officially retires all older dreadnoughts in exchange for a new Ascencion class.

July 2173 - Cooperation between Geths and System Alliance creates a new plasma warhead for rockets, torpedos, bombs and missiles.

August 2173 - Collaboration between the Quarian Republic and the System Alliance creates the first Quarian aircraft carrier and new Siracusa-class artillery cruisers.

September 2173 - The Geths deliver some of their stealth technology in exchange for the SDF Shock Cannons(SDF Shock Cannons are weaker than SA Navy). Blueprints for the first stealth System Alliance Vessel.

October 2173 - Formation of the 20 Asari fleet.

November 2173 - The Citadel secured 30 garden worlds on Traversa and halted its expansion.

December 2173 - The 5th System Alliance fleet is created.

January 2174 - System Alliance creates new defense platforms - Masseffect Defense Platform (MDP). They shoot 60 kg pieces of metal at 5% light speed. They are able to pierce any ship with one shot. Due to their appearance, they are often mockingly called Super MAC. Together with them, a new defense tactic is being developed, suggesting that each such platform should have 4 smaller ones equipped with energy weapons and the GARDIAN system.

February 2174 - Formation of the 17th and 18th Batarian Fleets and the 38th and 39th Turian Fleets. The Geth Consensus, seeing such a great militarization of the Citadel races, decide to create an additional 10 fleets.

March 2174 - Formation of the 23rd Salarian fleet and 21st Asari fleet.

April 2174 - The independent Asari colony is attacked by 5 pirate ships. A call for aid is picked up by a new SDF frigate SSV Yamen of the same class. After a short clash, the frigate is able to defeat the pirate flotilla on its own by destroying or taking over 4 ships, with the last one being able to escape. 2 hours later, a geth flotilla arrives, deploying the platforms and eliminating the remnants of the pirate forces on the ground. Subsequently, the colony asked the Coalition for protection, and the Coalition leaders agreed to leave a Geth flotilla over the colony. This movement had a mixed reaction in the spaces of the Citadel. Some saw it as the annexation of an independent colony, others praised the Coalition for its swift and determined defense of the colony. The Citadel authorities, however, saw this as a confirmation that the Coalition had an overwhelming technological advantage.

May 2174 - Formation of the 40th Turian fleet.

June 2174 - Formation of the 19th Batarian Fleet.

July 2174 - During a pirate raid on one of the System Alliance colonies, one of the older SDF ships is destroyed by a Thanix weapon. Coalition citizens blame the Citadel for supplying pirates with weapons, but the Citadel denies all accusations. As a consequence, the modernization of the SDF is accelerated.

August 2174 - Formation of the 22nd Asari fleet.

September 2174 - Rise of the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Geteth fleets.

October 2174 - The Quarian Republic enters a dispute with the Salarian Union over the illegal interception of one of the ships in the merchant fleet. The Union says the ship was carrying an illegal substance. After a 2-week investigation of the Coalition and the Citadel, all the allegations of the Union are dropped, and the Union itself is forced to pay reparations to the Quarianas.

November 2174 - Formation of the 20th Batarian Fleet.

December 2174 - Formation of the 24th Salarian fleet.

January 2175 - Formation of the 6th System Alliance fleet.

February 2175 - The 3rd Hanar fleet is formed.

March 2175 - Formation of the 41st and 42nd Turian fleets.

April 2175 - Establishment of the 9th Volus fleet.

May 2175 - All SDF forces have been upgraded.

June 2175 - The Hanaar after long discussions decided to open their own Prothean ruins, believing that the information carved on it pertained to this situation.

July 2175 - Citadel Council decides to resume conquering Traversa.

August 2175 - Significant increase in pirate raids on Coalition territories in Traversa. Up to this point, most human colonies have at least one 1 MDP platform and 4 smaller ones, so most attacks are successfully repelled.

September 2175 - New space fighters are tested by both Quarian and Human. Both sides are slowly shifting to their production.

October 2175 - Formation of the 43rd Turian fleet and 23rd Asari fleet.

November 2175 - Formation of the 34th and 35th Geth fleets.

December 2175 - Quarian Fleets 1, 2 and 3 are upgraded and older ships are replaced with newer ones as part of an overall fleet upgrade.

January 2176 - System Alliance creates a new school for people with biotic potential. The teachers are mainly Asari from the colony saved from the pirate attack 2 years earlier.

February 2176 - Formation of the 24th Asari fleet and 26th Salarian fleet.

March 2176 - Formation of the 21st and 22nd Batarian fleets.

April 2176 - Formation of the 7th Elkor fleet.

May 2176 - The pirate attack on several independent Asari colonies. The pirate fleet that is making the attacks is tracked down by Raynor's Raiders and the Coalition task force carries out a joint attack on their outposts in the system. All 42 pirate ships were either destroyed or seized.

June 2176 - A group of Coalition archaeologists finds photos of Protheans in ruins on Mars. This triggers an official Illuminated Primacy (Hanar government) request for permission to go on pilgrimages. The Alliance system agrees.

July 2176 - Formation of the 44th and 45th Turian Fleets.

August 2176 - After securing the 14 garden worlds, the Citadel forces began engaging in regular skirmishes with the forces of the Terminus. After heavy losses, it was decided to stop the expansion again.

September 2176 - Formation of the 10th Volus fleet.

October 2176 - Formation of the 7th Alliance fleet. Another 5 Quarian fleets are upgraded.

November 2176 - Hanaars found a particle weapon project. Most of the council races consider these weapons too expensive to be mass-produced and are only slightly better than Tanix weapons. The only ones who decide to do it are Hanars and Drells.

December 2176 - Formation of the 25 Asari Fleet.

January 2177 - An enlarged version of the Shock Shotgun is created in collaboration with the Quarians and System Alliance. This version consumes a huge amount of energy, so it can only be fired once every 15 minutes and leaves the ship almost without power, but the destructive power is downright unique. It got the nickname "Fleet destroyers".

February 2177 - Formation of the 46th Turian fleet.

March 2177 - Another 2 Quarian fleets are modernized.

April 2177 - Quarians work with the Geths to create plasma rifles and Gatlinguns. Plasma Gatlinguns are becoming the standard equipment of Quarians and Geths fighters.

May 2177 - Formation of the 26th Asari and 27th Salarian fleets.

June 2177 - Formation of the 36, 37 and 38 Geth fleets.

July 2177 - The pirate invasion on the joined colony of Asari and Batarian is repelled by the nearby Quarian patrol. This, combined with recent anti-piracy efforts on Travers, and the relatively decentralized policy, increases the number of independent colonies willing to join the coalition.

August 2177 - Formation of the 47th and 48th Turian fleets and the 8th System Alliance fleet.

September 2177 - Another 3 Quarian fleets are modernized.

October 2177 - Relatively low population, huge birth rate, and the assumption that the Geth threat is no longer possible cause the Conclave (Quarian Parliament) to vote to reduce the number of fleets. As a result of the vote, the number of fleets will drop from 20 to 16, and the number of ships from 2,500 to 1,800. Most of these ships are stored in a special base so that they can be quickly reactivated in the event of war.

November 2177 - The Alliance finally decides to increase the number of FTL ships to all fleet, SDF and allied ships. Eventually, it is planned to be revealed once every Coalition warship is equipped with it.

December 2177 - Formation of the 49th Turian fleet and the 23rd, 24th and 25th batarian fleets.

January 2178 - Krogan Group enters into negotiations with System Alliance to terraform Tuczanka in return for services. The negotiations are successful and the terraforming device is sent with an escort to the KDM. After long and tedious negotiations with the Citadel forces stationed there, which almost ended in a firefight, the terraformation of Tuchanka is started.

February 2178 - Captain Kodai moves from SDF to System Alliance Navy. Knowing his contributions to anti-piracy and actions in the First Contact War, he is assigned as captain on a new Category 3 cruiser.

March 2178 - Nihlus Kryik becomes the youngest Specter in history, in age 31.

April 2178 - Formation of the 50th Turian Fleet and the 26th Batarian Fleet.

May 2178 - Formation of the 27th Asari fleet.

June 2178 - The number of colonies on the Traverse that joined the Coalition is now 28, with a few others expressing the same intentions. Mostly Asari colonies, but also some Salarian, Turian and even Batarian.

July 2178 - Formation of the 28th Salarian fleet.

August 2178 - The STG team is caught attempting to steal Coalition technology. During the attempt, 8 System Alliance officers and soldiers are killed, and 20 others are wounded. The STG team is sent to prison on a special colony. The Union demands the agents go back to them, but the Coalition refuses. The tensions lead to a skirmish at the border in which one human ship is damaged, one salarian destroyed, and another two damaged Asari and Quarians try to calm their allies and de-escalate tensions.

September 2178 - Establishment of the 11th Volus fleet and the 8th Elkor fleet. The last Quarian fleets are being modernized.

October 2178 - All Hanar ships have been upgraded to possess particle weapons. All Drell guards are also equipped with these weapons.

November 2178 - Rise of the 51st and 52nd Turian fleets and the 28th Asari fleet.

December 2178 - Formation of the 8th System Alliance fleet and the 27th Batarian fleet.

January 2179 - Formation of the 39th and 40th Geth fleets.

February 2179 - The Vanaheim region receives news of an attempt by Batarian Hegemony to annex an independent salarian colony, which has economic ties to the region. Six SDF ships are dispatched to defend the colonies, resulting in a clash between batarians and SDF. Despite being outnumbered by 2:1, the batarian force is defeated, losing 6 ships and a further 4 damage at the cost of 2 damaged SDF ships. This leads to a further increase in tension between the System Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony. The secret is who sent the message.

March 2179 - The latest System Alliance colony is attacked by pirates. The ground attack is repelled by the group of Krogans, and the pirate forces flee as soon as SDF is spotted in the system.

April 2179 - Formation of the 53rd and 54th Turian fleets, 29th Asari fleet, 29th Salarian fleet, 28th Batarian fleets and 12th Volus fleets. The Elkors are building their first dreadnought.

May 2179 - Batarians issue official notice to withdraw all Humans from Skyllian Verge. The Alliance system declines, but under pressure from the Citadel Council and a new FTL soon on all Coalition warships, it agrees to halt expansion in the region. Batarian Hegemon is still not satisfied.
June 2179 - First operational AI System Alliance. In the AI test "Do I have a soul?" the researchers replied, "We don't know. But we think so. " AI names herself Gaia, as the first female deity in Greek mythology. Soon after, about 100 more AIs are created, spread across different branches of the economy or the military. All AI, according to the Coalition document, can choose their destination themselves. The public at the Citadel is shocked and horrified at the creation of AI. AIs prove to be very quick to help block a hacker attack.

July 2179 - A terrorist from a separatist group, previously operating within the Hierarchy, is hiding in one of the human colonies. Specter Arterius is dispatched to capture or eliminate a target. During the mission, poisonous gas is sprayed on the colony. This resulted in the death of 237 colonists and 512 have serious complications. The Coalition learns about the activities of Specter after the fact. Due to this action, each Specter must now have an observer assigned by the Coalition.

August 2179 - Formation of the 9th System Alliance fleet, 29th Batarian fleet, 30th Asari fleet and 30th Salarian fleet.

September 2179 - Warning by Raynor's Recruiters about suppressing pirate attacks on systems between Geth/Quarian space and System Alliance space leads to the reinforcement of these areas by 4 Geth fleets and 1 System Alliance fleet. All attacks were successfully intercepted.

October 2179 - Pirate attacks almost cease, but many analysts and agents say it's just the calm before the storm.

The first week of November 2179 - Records reports say that nearly 400 ships have disappeared from Terminus space. All Coalition forces are on high alert. The new FTL is installed on all Coalition warships. The scheduled disclosure date is November 11th.

November 7, 2179 - Contact with the Elysium colony, capital of his region and largest colony on Skyllian Verge, is lost. Immediately, the 5th Fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Hackett is dispatched to investigate what happened, presuming the worst. At the same time, a group of 40 unidentified ships appears in the Pater System, Janus region. SDF Battle Group 4 is appointed to investigate the activity of these ships, and a flotilla under Captain Kodai and the Geth flotilla is assigned to reinforce the system as needed.