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May 25th: The Armistice between the Human Systems Alliance and Citadel Council runs out and Hostilities begin again. The War on Magna continues.
Turian and Council morale are high since they see humanity as a new space faring race. All members of the Citadel with the exception of the Vol Protectorate pledge neutrality stating this is a Turian conflict
June 8th: Turian Colony of Magna is completely occupied by Human forces. Further Alliance Fleets are reporting ready for combat and the Alliance Military is reporting 60% mobilization.
June 17th: Turian 23rd Fleet arrive in the Tau system to liberate the colony of Magna. It is faced with the Alliance 2nd, 3rd and 5th Fleet and the 2nd battle of Tau begins.
June 20th: The Turian 23rd Fleet retreats from the Tau system once it reaches 65% loss rate. This defeat shocks Citadel Space, due to a mix of both overconfidence and arrogance they thought Humanity to be easily defeated and that their early gains were due to the unknown factor. The Turian Hierarchy begins Mobilizing for Total War.
July 13th: Human and Batarian Diplomats meet in secret and begin discussing trade deals and concessions.
July 20th: Alliance 6th and 9th Fleet Arrive in the Tau System, Together the 2nd and 5th Fleet move unto the Colony of Artemis III while the 3rd together with the 9th move into the Turian frontier with the 6th Fleet protecting the Tau system
August 13th: Turian reinforcements arrive to the besieged Artemis III colony. Turian forces are able to land on the planet while their fleets fights Human forces in space. The Battle of Artemis III Begins.
August 30th: Human and Batarian diplomats come to an agreement. With the ongoing offensive on Artemis III and a planned offensive to the Turian-Salarian Border the Turian frontier Would be cut off from the Hierarchy proper. Humanity promises to allow Batarian Slave raids into the Region once it is cut off but in exchange it wants the Batarian State to forbid any raids on Human colonies and outlaw Human Slaves aswell as the trade off Heavy Metals needed for the Human War machine. The Batarians want Humanity to not openly citisize The Batarian Slave trade and requests Human officers to act as advisors to the Batarian Military. Both sides accept.
September 15th: Turian Intelligence begins exploration of believed Human space, taking the location of relay 314 as its base they start searching for Human Worlds.
October 3rd: Alliance 2nd, 5th and 9th Fleet Push to the Turian-Salarian Border beginning the Battle of the Horsehead Nebula.
November 12th: Turian Forces pull out of the Horsehead Nebula but during the battle Alliance 2nd Fleet Retreats due to Heavy Losses. Turian Frontier is cut off from the Rest of Turian space.
November 20th: The first slaver Raid happens on Turian worlds in the Frontier. Only Minor worlds are targeted as major industrial centers are saved for Human forces.
December 13th: The War on Artemis III grinds to a halt as the fighting devolves into static defense. This causes the Alliance to prepare a Special Forces branch.
December 24th: Alliance 7th Fleet pushes into the Anos Basin and is repealed by the Turian 20th Fleet
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January 13th: Both the Systems Alliance and Hierarchy enter War economy, on both sides massive amounts of orders are placed for Ships, Vehicles and equipment. Recruitment reaches its peak on both sides and both sides are ready for a Total War.
February 15th: An alliance Light cruiser detects a ship refusing to identify itself. The ship is destroyed by the Cruiser and is revealed to be an STG stealth craft. Work begins on War Plan Green, the invasion into Salarian space, in case they join the War.
March 6th: Alliance Military authorize the deployment of the Experimental Droid Platform Project. Serries XB-1 droids are deployed on Artemis III and used in Wave Tactics.
March 10th: The XB-1 Droids prove effective in the beginning but soon the shock on Turian forces diminishes as they find ways to combat them. The Sight of a XB-1 Wave is seen as a prelude to far more dangerous Alliance Army formations. XB-1 Droids are used as shields by Alliance forces.
April 1st: Alliance Forces begin the April fools offensive as they move to secure the entire Turian Frontier. Alliance 10th Fleet spearheads the offensive alongside the newly created 628th Legion.
April 2nd: Turian Forces launch the Traverse Counter-Offensive with the 33rd, 34th and 12th Fleet jumping into Rho Alpha surprising the Alliance forces stationed there. Alliance 11th Fleet is destroyed in the battle and the Rho Alpha is once again in Turian hands. Turian reinforcements stream in to attempt to halt the April Fools offensive.
April 12th: The 2nd Battle of Artemis III begins as Turian reinforcements attempt to free the besieged planet.
April 20th: The 3rd Battle of Artemis III ends in failure for the Turian Navy and in the destruction of the 13th Fleet once Alliance reinforcements from the 4th Fleet arrived to reinforce the 11th Fleet.
May 25th: With the War entering its second year Turian forces launch an attack on the Human Colony Outpost[1] of Demeter Surprising Alliance High Command. The 15th Fleet is Rerouted to defend The Frontier.
June 6th: Demeter Falls to Turian forces. Turian Intelligence managed to recover information from Demeter about surrounding systems and the rough size of the Alliance. They combine all the information in the Alliance Report#3[2] which is later forwarded to the Council after being reviewed by the council of primarchs.
June 16th: The colony of Harmony is discovered and the Battle for Harmony begins as Turian forces land on the planet.
August 12th: Alliance Forces reinforce Harmony with the arrival of the 15th Fleet.
September 1st: Turian forces on Artemis III surrender after a year of fighting. The major colony is quickly fortified by Alliance forces and used as a staging ground for further offensives.
September 15th: Alliance diplomats meet in secret with majority of Krogan Clan Leaders.
September 20th: The Alliance hires large amounts of Krogan soldiers as mercenaries to aid in their war against the Turians but have to start developing a cure for the genophage.
November 1st: The Notion of a fast victory is completely destroyed after over a year of fighting as the Galactic trade suffers its first hit. Emboldened by the ongoing war in the galactic south, many Terminus pirates and slavers launch raids on Council border territory. The Asari have to alocate more ships to anti-piracy tasks as more and more Turian ships and Fleets are pulled back to fight the ever-growing war.
December 22nd: The ARC program is launched with its first class of 200 Soldiers
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January 5th: Alliance forces stationed in the Horsehead nebula and Artemis system launch an attack on the Anos Basin and Rho Alpha in an attempt to close the pocket on the Turian frontier once again and take control of the strategic Anos Basin Mass Relay hub in an effort to secure the sector up to the Relay hub at Artemis.
February 1st: Both the Anos Basin and Rho Alpha are secured by alliance forces at the cost of the majority of the 8th and 11th Fleet. Turian 12th fleet and 24th Cruiser Flotilla are destroyed
February 16th: Krogan mercenaries slated to join the war on Harmony are assigned to what remains of the 15th fleet as Harmony falls to the Turian advance a day prior and the 15th fleet alongside the battered 211th Legion retreat to the Abys Fields with Turian forces in hot pursuit.
February 20th: While pursuing the retreating Alliance forces the Turians stumble upon an Alliance Blacksite. They quickly land on the moon in an attempt to take control of the blacksite. The blacksite commander detonates a 80 Megaton Nuclear bomb destroying the blacksite alongside invading Turian groundforces.
February 28th: Following the use of a nuclear bomb the Hierarchy adopts a policy of no mercy.
March 1st: The use of a nuclear bomb on their own world shocks the rest of the Galaxy. While many in the Terminus Systems are happy to see Turian patrols gone and to see them finally being put in their place, the Council Space is slowly turning against the Humans, especially on worlds with Turian population. On the Citadel itself small riots break out calling for the rest of the council to join in the war.
March 15th: Turian forces find the colony outpost of Octavian. They launch an invasion on the colony but trigger a trap placed by Human forces. The seemingly small colony has been entirely evacuated and the remnants of the 15th fleet, 211th Legion and the Krogan Mercenaries pounce on the Turian forces.
March 20th: The Battle of Octavian ends in a Human victory with all Turian forces either surrendering or being destroyed. The Turian 8th Dreadnought group is destroyed.
April 20th: An uprising on Artemis III is violently put down by Alliance forces. The "Put the bird in the Cage" campaign starts across Human space with the Public outlook being futher turned against the Turians and by extension the Council. Cries for a Total War are made across the Alliance.
May 1st: Entering the 3rd year of the War the Alliance finally captures major Turian worlds in the Frontier leaving the rest for Batarian Slavers to take whole. Alliance offensive into The Serpents Nest is launched alongside a counter offensive to retake both Harmony and Demeter as part of Operation Slight of Hand
May 5th: Emboldened by the counter offensive an uprising on Harmony happens. As Alliance forces advance the decision is made to retreat from Harmony and fortify Demeter. Turian forces however detonate an anti-mater bomb on Harmony killing 2 Million.
May 15th: In response to the massacre at Harmony Alliance 5th fleet preforms a partial Base Delta Zero bombardment on a Major Turian world in the Serpents Nest called Septimus resulting in the deaths 50 Million Turians rendering 1 of its 2 continents completely uninhabitable.
May 30th: Seeing atrocities commited on both sides the Council calls for peace talks. Both sides meet in space between the Citadel and its closest Star.
June 1st: Neither side can come to an agreement with humanity demanding the demilitarization of the Turians while the Turians demand subjugation of Humanity. As neither side agrees on anything the war rages on.
July 2nd: In a suicidal Mission the alliance 14th Fleet and remnants of the Alliance 15th Fleet breach the Trebia System. Quickly dispatching the small defense force the Alliance 14th Fleet preforms a Base Delta Zero on the Capital of Palaven Killing 3 Million. The Alliance 14th Fleet retreats while the 15th Fleet remains in system for a last stand. Its Krogan complement land on Menea as wreck havoc across the moon. As Turian reinforcements arrive the 15th Fleet fights till the last ship using Palaven as a shield, forcing Turian ships to get closer to them.
July 10th: Enraged by the raid on Palaven Turian forces on Demeter bombard the planet from orbit, killing all inhabitants. The causulties of the war reach 500 Million.
August 1st: John Shepard is born
September 9th: The colony of Zeus and Posidon are found and invaded.
September 15th: Operation torch begins with a stealth ship inserting a ARC team on the Colony world of Espar VI
[1] A Colony Outpost is a Human world that has a population of less then 100 thousand people and is largely administered directly by the Alliance before the planetary government takes over.
[2] Alliance Report#3 was the third report made by Turian intelligence on the Alliance. Where as the Report 1 and 2 were about the Alliance Navy and army respectively. Report #3 was about the findings on Demeter. Detailing the amount of Worlds Humanity possessed and their estimated industrial capacity
If you want to know how a ARC looks like just google Star Wars ARC trooper.