2236
September 20th: Espar IV is captured thanks to the early stage of Operation Torch. The third stage of Operation Torch is launched and 3 additional Fleets, 9th Fleet, 13th Fleet and 2nd Fleet, together the 4 fleets and 6 Legions Spearhead a advance to Palaven.
October 30th: Operation Torch despite its early success ends in failure as the veteran 9th Fleet is wiped out while the 2nd 5th and 13th fleet are heavily damaged by the Turian 39th, 1st, 2nd 24th fleet and the 12th Dreadnought Flotilla.
December 7th: The Turian Navy finishes its first Carrier and its complement of newly developed Fighter and Bomber craft, this comes as a response to the heavy Human use of Space Superiority craft and the Human carriers that far outclass anything in the Turian arsenal.
2237
February 2nd: The Citadel Council sends out Spectres to shadow Turian forces engaging Human forces as it has shown that both sides result to more brutal tactics in order to break either side.
February 28th: The Alliance deploys additional ARC teams to the frontlines as operation Torch has proven their effectiveness.
April 3rd: The war enters its 4th year with no end in sight as both sides are locked in brutal combat across space, the conflict is starting to affect almost every aspect of life in the Galaxy surprisingly of all, the fashion world. The first pictures of Human ARC special forces are leaked to the general public, because of that, the fashion world starts moving away from Skirts and dresses due to human commandos using them.[1]
July 16th: The Mars Equatorial shipyards are completed and the first keel of a Venator-class is laid down
August 8th: The Turian 1st Carrier group breaks through Alliance defences at the Anos Basin while the 1st fleet recaptures Espar IV from Alliance hands. Captain Victus in charge of the carrier THS Palaven is promoted to commodore
September 20th: The 20th Cruiser Group encounters a Turian scout flotilla in Alliance Space. The scout flotilla is destroyed. The 20th Fleet is rerouted from the frontlines and ordered to protect the space south of Harmony from Turian advances.
December 24th: The reinforced 5th Fleet returns to the frontlines and is ordered to Guard Artemis III from a suspected Turian attack.
December 31st: The first real battle test between a Turian carrier and a human one occurs as the 4th Battle of Artemis III starts. Alliance 5th Fleet engages the Turian 22nd Fleet and 1st Carrier Group.
2238
January 2nd: Additional Forces arrive at Artemis III in the form of the Alliance 19th and 3rd Fleet on the Alliance side and the 2nd Carrier group, 3rd Cruiser Flotilla and the 4th Fleet. At the same time the Turian 2nd Fleet engages the Alliance 20th Fleet above the Human colony of Atlantis. Alliance Intelligence learn that this is just part of a much larger operation intended to push Humanity out of Turian space and back to Shanxi.
January 5th: The Alliance sends additional reinforcements in the form of the partially reinforced 2nd Fleet to Artemis III. The XB-1 Droid is accepted into service as the B-1 Battle Droid and commission a new model to be developed. The DLT-19 blaster is adopted in the form of a light machinegun and the DLT-19x in the form of a sniper rifle, filling in much needed roles in the Alliance Army arsenal
January 10th: The Alliance forces over Artemis III repeal the Turian offensive with heavy losses thanks to the Turian Commodore Victus. The Battle cry of "For the Alliance!" is adopted by its defenders and quickly spreads across the entire Alliance Military.
February 1st: The Alliance 20th Fleet is forced to retreat from Atlantis but not before landing its entire complement of Troopers on the planet vowing to come back and liberate the colony.
February 5th: Further Turian forces arrive in the Atlantis system the defenders are slowly buckling under the pressure
February 11th: The Massacre at Atlantis, as it later came to be known, happens as Turian forces use orbital bombardment against stubborn defenders in response the Alliance forces on the planet approach Turian lines to the point that the Orbital bombardment kills 200 Turian soldiers and is ordered to stop.
March 5th: The last defender of Atlantis falls as the Alliance soldiers on the planet fought to the last making the Turians pay in blood for every meter of ground captured. Artemis falls to Turian forces. The war reaches 1 billion casualties.
April 1st: The Alliance 10th Fleet tries to sneak past Turian fleets and strike at their backside. They encounter the Turian 23rd Fleet and the Migrant Fleet that was passing through the Salarian border systems. In the ensuing fighting between the Alliance and Turians, 3 Quarian ships are destroyed by accident.
June 6th: Major shortages start occurring in Asari and Salarian space as resource, in particular metal, are bought up by the Turians from the Elcor and by the Humans from the Batarians. With the War now in its 5th year, many on the citadel, even its turian population, are slowly growing tired of these shortages and the increasingly depressing news from the front and are advocating for peace.
July 1st: Turian forces capture the colony of Tiptree in the outskirts of the Inner colonies.
July 15th: The Inner colony of Arcadia comes under attack. The Heavily populated colony sends out a distress call to the wider Alliance informing them of the attack. The Alliance 1st Fleet is moved from the orbit of earth as the closest fleet ready to respond.
July 16th: The Turian forces over Arcadia retreat upon the sight of the 1st Fleet, the largest as of yet alliance fleet seen by the Turian forces. The 1st fleet waits until it is relieved by the 21st fleet and moves back to the sol System.
September: Alliance Military sets out requirements for its new plastoid Armor mk.3 Development begins by several companies.
October 6th: The Alliance 21st Light Cruiser Group is deployed deep in Council space in order to conduct raids on Turian Element Zero Shipments from the Asari Republics.
October 15th: Alliance forces liberate Tiptree, during the battle a Council Spectre is discovered and killed.
November 1st: Yet another Council Spectre is discovered, this time on Artemis III. The Spectre is apprehended and handed over to Alliance Intelligence
November 2nd: The 21st Light Cruiser Group score their first kill, SSV Black Void destroys 2 freighters leaving asari space carrying Element Zero shipments destined for Palaven.
December 23rd: The 2nd Battle of Atlantis, also later known as the Battle of the Stars[2], starts when the Alliance 21st Fleet and the 61st Legion enter the system.
2239
February 15th: Atlantis is liberated at heavy cost. Being a Human colony the use of Orbital Bombardment was prohibited and forced Human soldiers to fight for every building and every room on the colony, resulting in heavy casualties on both military and civilian side.
March 5th: the 21st Light Cruiser Group pounces on a seemingly unprotected Convoy of Element Zero and other war material heading towards Turian Space. Once the Group starts their attack 5 Asari cruisers jump in system and contact the Light Cruiser Group. Alliance forces are told to leave the convoy alone or they will be forced to open fire on them. 6 Freighters are destroyed further 2 are damaged and forced to retreat. 1 Asari cruiser is heavily damaged and the 21st Group Retreats from the system.
March 15th: The Matriarch Council meets on Thessia to discuss their actions going forth …
2239 March 15th, Parnitha System, Thessia
"What about the damage they did to our cruiser? We have to take action or we will be seen as weak"
"And risk entering the War? Absolutely not!"
"There has to be a way to resolve this without bloodshed"
"Without bloodshed?! Since they started doing this we have lost 18 Freighters, each of them had 20 Asari onboard. They damaged further 31 to the point that some aren't even fit for scrap. Their little squabble with the goddess forsaken Turians is causing a economic depression not seen since the Krogan Rebellion! If this continues we will see our influence diminish!"
"What do you all think will happen if we declare war? These Humans have shown to be more than a fair match against the Turians, they fight without mercy ever since their colony was destroyed from orbit by the retreating Turians. Both of them are turning into animals, should be decide to join then the humans will be thrusted even further into the Batarian hands or worse will act like a cornered animal and any chance we have left at a resolution to this war that doesn't end in the destruction of one side will be gone. We have to make sure that a peace treaty can be signed between them or we are looking at a very possible threat of the Council being disbanded and our Influence being destroyed."
"So what do you propose Benezia?"
"Tell the Turian to guard their own imports using their own freighters, press on Tevos to force the Turians to the negotiating table and make sure the Humans sign it. That is the best we can do"
"So be it"
[1] This has real world precedence, During WW1 and WW2 certain food names were changed from German to sound more "American" one of which is still used to this day and that being the Hot Dog.
[2] The Battle of the Stars refers to the 2nd Battle of Atlantis and the Liberation of Atlantis in which during the Liberation of Atlantis 25 Stars of Tera were earned by various Soldiers. This marked a particularly special ceremony to be held as at that point in time only 6 Stars of Tera were earned during the War. The Ceremony was televised across Alliance Space.