I would like to make an announcement over the weekend I was accused of steeling someone else's idea if anyone feels that way please speak up! thank you. This Timeline will cover everyhting the OSA has done since their agreement with the Citadel Council. Next chapter will be the start of Commander Shepards story, and the Normandy will not be a regular UNSC frigate it will be the SR-2 version, why you ask, because I like the ship and everything else will be explained in the next chapter. Also the Normandy will have the technologies from the OSA so don't worry.
May 25, 2657/2157 CE- The Citadel ambassadors arrive at High Charity and are speechless of its size compared to the Citadel; while on High Charity, they are introduced to the many races of the OSA. One of the ambassadors was a Salarian who was concerned about the Yanme'e being an insect-like race such as the Rachni and was worried of the possibility of another Rachni War…the Yanme'e Ambassador placated his concerns of such an event, and the tour continued. After the tour, the ambassadors met the OSA Senate and began talks of future plans.
The ambassadors were unable to convince the OSA Senate—instead the OSA had created an embassy on the Citadel to stay connected with the Citadel Council. The next talks were about trade between the OSA and Citadel; there would be no technological trade for the following items: power generators, advanced computer systems of any kind, Slip space drives, weapons both military and conventional, medical technologies, and no Forerunner research and technologies. Last any trade would be done on a planet of the OSA's choosing; due to security reasons, the Exodus Cluster along with the Utopia and Asgard systems would not be a place for trade and the items for trade would be the following: resources, outdated systems, cultural media and food, and outdated civilian technologies. Much to the displeasure of the ambassadors, they accepted what they were offered.
May 26, 2657/2157 CE- The Citadel Council agreed to the terms and construction of the OSA Embassy is underway. At this point, the UNSC begins studying the Turian technologies captured from Bostra along with the Turian ships captured from Shanxi. Through the codex and the extranet, the first generation omni-tools are created. To this day, the omni-tool has become the most widely-used tool in the UNSCDF and civilian division along with the OSA races.
Citadel Council has created an expedition fleet to search for any Forerunner technologies around Citadel space. The Council hopes that the technologies said will bring them much change to the galaxy and increase their superiority over the OSA…if not level the playing field against them.
February 4, 2658/2158 CE- The OSA Embassy is finished; it is located away from the regular embassies and was given an entire building to the OSA ambassadors. The Exodus Cluster is finally colonized and the Mass Relay connected to UNSC space is secured; explosives are placed on the Relay as a last resort. Terra Nova is made OSA High Command's HQ to govern and watch over all OSA joint Colonies around the Mass Relay network, with Eden Prime being a major farming world.
ONI's Project Freelancer is completed, and fifty of ONI's best agents were augmented into Spartans and given codenames of the fifty states of the United States of America and a designated number. The UNSC discovered biotics and the potential it could bring to their soldiers; they begin a wide search on Shanxi for any civilians exposed to the mineral Element Zero from the Turian ships.
Turian hierarchy secretly begins the construction of dreadnoughts in the event the Citadel council comes under attack from the OSA.
July 15, 2659/2159 CE- Because of the dangers Element Zero causes to regular people and side effects to those who survive, the UNSC and OSA begin working on medical technologies that can help those who were exposed. After trial and error, they have made a way for those who were exposed to be able to use bioitic abilities and for any offspring to possess such abilities as well. The OSA builds Gagarin station to be a biotic research and training facility for all alien races in the OSA and it is placed near Shanxi.
March 8, 2660/2160 CE- The potential for biotics for some OSA species is firmly established; Humans are capable with assistance from the medical technologies, Jiralhanaes are natural when exposed to eezo, Sangheili are rare and few, Unggoy are capable with help, Kig-yar, Yanme'e, Mgalekgolo, and Huragoks do not possess any potential for biotic abilities; only the San Shyuum do not participate in these studies. The Biotic Acclimation and Temperance Training (BAaT) program is set up on Gagarin Station to train potential candidates and develop biotic implants.
August 19, 2660/2160 CE- The OSA colony Elysium is completed and is chosen as per the trade agreement between the OSA and Citadel. Tensions rise between the OSA and Citadel as the Citadel Council demands that no ODP's be placed in orbit of Elysium unless approved by Citadel inspectors; the OSA Senate had this to say: 'If the Citadel Council does not like that we put defenses to protect not only our people but theirs, that makes us question their motives. Nonetheless, if the Council doesn't like it, they don't have to build a hub on the planet to exchange goods and trade.''The Citadel Council responded to their statement ''We are all about protecting the races of the Citadel, but we won't risk the potential for an enemy to take control of these defenses so that they could be used on our people.''After much debate and many threats, the OSA Senate and Citadel Council had come to a compromise; there would only be one ODP stationed at Elysium without Citadel-approved inspectors checking it.
October 23, 2661/2161 CE- Cerberus is finally created with the support from ONI and UNION intelligence. Cerberus is well funded and is placed at a secret location near the Mass Relay network and begins setting up its own spy network and information gathering services for OSA High Command at Terra Nova. Cerberus personal is a mix of Sangheili, Unggoy, Kig-Yar, Yanme'e, but the majority of its agents are Human. Cerberus is controlled by the Illusive Man who gets regular updates on all Cerberus activities.
November 12, 2662/2162 CE- Asgard Station is finally completed, and is a 5-kilometer diameter Stanford Torus-type space station. It functions as the new HQ for the OSA High Command in the Exodus Cluster, and is the command center for the OSA fleet around the Mass Relay network. Furthermore, it guards the Relay connecting to Shanxi.
September 22, 2663/2163 CE- The Citadel Council begins funding synthetic insights to create counter measures against UNSC and OSA Artificial Intelligences.
The first experimental L1 biotic implants are created and tested in OSA species that possess biotic abilities. A series of experimental Mass Effect drive core failures are orchestrated over populated areas on OSA colony worlds, causing widespread exposures to element zero. This results in a second generation of OSA Races born with biotic potential.
December 21, 2664/2164 CE- A Turian is sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Donnel Udina, the Human OSA ambassador to the Citadel. Although the Turian claims to be acting on behalf of the radical Turian political party Eternal Palaven, no connection is found and the Turian is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Backlash from the assassination attempt has caused Human and Turian tensions to increase to a point where Human and Turian soldiers on shore leave begin fighting each other in clubs and bars at a regular basis.
To avoid the escalation of such infighting, the Citadel Council and OSA ambassadors set up different clubs and bars for Humans and Turians on shore leave.
April 12, 2665/2165 CE- OSA continues to expand, founding more colonies and establishing trade alliances with many of the other species who recognize the authority of the Citadel Council. Tensions grow between OSA and Batarians as they compete for territory in the Skyllian Verge. As an act of goodwill, the OSA does not establish colonies in the Verge, but that doesn't stop the UNSC. During an exploriation through a relay an OSA geological survey team discovered a unique world. This world had no plant life on it which would make virus and disease very low or none existent, and the planet itself was meant for a dextro immuno based species. The planet is not colonized because of this, but leaves an outpost to monitor any pirate activity.
After a UNSC research facility is destroyed on Sidon, evidence points to the Batarian Hegemony as an act of retaliation against the UNSC for setting up colonies in the Skyllian Verge. Batarian leaders denied the accusation blaming on mercenaries for the attack. To prevent the incident from escalating to a full-blown war, the Citadel Council along with the OSA send SPECTRE Saren Arterius and David Anderson in a joint operation to track down the real culprits. The investigation lead to a group of Batarian terrorists on the Batarian colony Camala; Saren and Anderson head to Camala, but the mission had gone south before it even started—a refinery exploded, killing thousands, but the Batarian terroists are captured secretly by ONI's Freelancers. Both Saren and Anderson blame each other for the explosion, with the Citadel Council and OSA Senate backing their own operatives' claims; neither is charged with the crime and the Batarian Hegemony is forced to pay for the damages done by the terrorists.
January 21, 2666/2156 CE- The planet Pragia goes under extensive terraforming by the OSA to undo the damge done by the Batarians two-hundred years ago.
Cerberus creates the Teltin Facility at an unknown location on Pragia as part of a project intended to improve biotic potential in humans.
The OSA hired an Asari from the indepent colony Esan to oversee the training of OSA species with biotic potenial at BAat.
September 7, 2667/2167 CE- L2 biotic implants are first developed and used in humans, later the other potential biotics in the OSA.
Cerberus and Shadow Broker agents clash for the first time; Shadow Broker agents had attempted to steal OSA secrets, but were stopped by Cerberus agents. ONI, along with Cerberus, retaliated against the Shadow Broker for the attempt by sending a team of Freelancers and Cerberus own Spartans to one of the Shadow Broker's bases. This is the start of the ongoing war in the shadows between Cerberus and Shadow Broker, with agents from both sides fighting in skirmishes across the Attican Traverse and Terminus Systems—marks of their battles are never left behind.
August 25, 2668/2168 CE- The successful training at BAat has allowed the recruits to begin their military training for the OSA. Another OSA colony receives secondary exposure to element zero. Permanent biotic inclination manifests.
October 28, 2669/2169 CE- The independent Asari colony Esan comes under attack from slavers, but unfortunately for the slavers, the OSA was protecting the colony to return the favor for the service they provided in the BAat program. The slavers were defeated and no Asari were captured and killed; the slavers were taken to a space station prison known only as Tartarus in a secret location in the Attican Traverse. This incident has caused tensions between the Terminus systems and the OSA.
April 9, 2670/2170 CE- The Human colony of Mindoir is attacked by Batarian slavers. Many colonists are killed but none were cpatured. The UNSC sent a team of their best soldiers and destroyed the slavers' base inside the Terminus systems. This event only increased tensions between the Terminus and OSA. This attack on a Human colony has encouraged the OSA to take charge of protecting all independent colonies near the Mass Relay network.
Another human colony, Yandoa, suffers catastrophic element zero exposure to its atmosphere when an Eldfell-Ashland Energy ship explodes in orbit. Many children would have suffered birth defects were it not for the advance medical technologies; thirty-seven biotic children are born.
L3 biotic implants are developed after L2 implants prove to be dangerous.
November 23, 2671/2171 CE- In protest at the refusal of the Citadel Council to limit human expansion in the Skyllian Verge, the Batarians close their embassy, withdraw into their home systems, and effectively become a rogue state.
Cerberus attempted to assassinate governors on every OSA and UNSC colony around the Mass Relays to allow for the right people with beliefs more in-line with the Illusive Man's ideals. Director of ONI gets wind of the attempted assassinations and sends in Freelancers to stop it. This act causes both organizations to mistrust one another.
December 14, 2673/2173 CE- The Citadel Council's expedition teams discover what they believe is an outpost of Forerunner origins. The Council sent their best scientist to unlock the mysteries behind the Forerunners. Before the scientists could get to work on the outpost an unexplained explosion caused the outpost and all secrets within it destroyed; Council began an investigation on the incident, but nothing came up; the Council is furious at the lost opportunity to increase their superiority, but pick up the pieces and continue their search.
February 17, 2675/2175 CE- Cerberus's information gathering and spy network has spread far from Citadel space to the Terminus systems; with this success Cerberus, begins funding a new project to set up secret outposts from ONI and the OSA's prying eyes.
After a Quarian asked to allow for her to do her pilgrimege on an OSA colony the ambassadors learn much of Quarian lifestyle and their culture. The OSA sends diplomats to the migrant fleet to offer help to the Quarian race. The Quarian admiraltiy board are hesitant to accept believing the OSA is just like the Citadel Council, and their paranoia about AI's turning on their creators. The OSA diplomats offer the Quarian people the planet the geological survey team discovered for dextro amino based species and also help fixing the Quarians weak immune systems. The Quarian conclave ultimately decides the fate of their people and the Quarian race is annex into the OSA.
Many in Citadel space is divided on the OSA helping the Quarians, some are happy the Quarians found a home, majority being Turians are not.
June 16, 2676/2176 CE- Piarate leaders and slavers planed an attack on the OSA colony Elysium to retaliate for the OSA's continued interference on their operations, with funding from the Batarians, Shadow Broker, Collectors and other organizations and corporations in Citadel space and Terminus systems the entire Terminus fleet will be lead by a Turian Elianos Haliat.
Cerberus learns of the attack and passed the intel to the OSA Senate. The OSA Senate then decides for a preemptive strike against the Terminus systems; they launch Demon squad along with Elite squad and Brute squad in an ONI prowler into the Nemean Abyss to place a NOVA bomb on Tortuga the staging area for the Terminus leaders and fleet. The NOVA bomb goes off and destroys Tortuga along with crippling the Terminus fleet. The OSA then sends their fleet to takedown any remaining pirates and slavers in the Nemean Abyss and Terminus Systems.
It is not long until the rest of the galaxy learns about the preemptive strike on Tortuga; many fear and respect the OSA on destroying Tortuga, but the Citadel Council is furious about it. The Citadel Council demands the OSA hands the information about this weapon to them as they believe it changes the balance of power in the galaxy; the OSA senate refused saying they would only use such a weapon on anyone who threatens the OSA. The talks about the weapon ends with the Citadel Council increaseing ship building production.
August 13, 2677/2177 CE- With the Terminus Systems in chaos and the OSA hunting down anyone who took part in the planned attack on Elysium; the UNSC recieves intel of pirate activity on Akuze they send a team of fifty marines, but almost gets wiped out by thresher maws if it were not for an N7 soldier that saved the entire team.
October 9, 2678/2178 CE- Aria T'Loak takes advantage of the power vaccum left behind by the Criminal leaders and effectivly becomes Queen of the Terminus systems; she along with the remaing pirates, smugglers, and thieves creates the Terminus Coalition. The Terminus Coalition is stationed at the OMEGA space station; their main goal is to continue their freedom from the authority of the Citadel, but agreed to never attack the OSA colonies again unless provoked by them.
Janurary 26, 2679/2179 CE- The OSA's war with the Terminus systems is over and begin to protect all independent colonies from the Terminus Coalition.
The Quarians have officialy been inducted into the OSA by building an embassy on High Charity; some are not pleased by this mainly the Jiralhanae's they are pushing for the Krogan to be accepted in the OSA as seen by the OSA intelligence the Jiralhanaes and Krogan have begun talking with one another.
November 20, 2683/2183 CE- Humans and Quarians collaborate on an engineering project co-sponsored by the OSA Senate: an experimental frigate modeled after Turian CIC designs with a prototype stealth system, the SSV Normandy. Humans, Sangheili, and Jiralhanaes collaborate on their own engineering project co-sponsored by the OSA Senate: a new more poweful dreadnought erver created with the technologies from all three races put into it and will be called project TITAN.
Archealogist uncover a prothean Beacon on Eden Prime. Citadel Council learns of the discovery and asks the OSA to allow them to reaserch it. The OSA Senate agrees, in order try and cool tensions between both galactic governments.
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