Chapter 1: The Beginning
May 27, 2040: No one knew where it came from but within a month approximately 50% of the human population died due to an infection of a previously unknown disease, within a month of its first known case, and this day marks the last known fatality of the disease.
May 28, 2040: The first person develops an ability of compete unaided flight.
December 3, 2045: After five years of the first "metahuman" all surviving humans developed super human abilities that varied from individual to individual.
December 4, 2045: Despite multiple global protests, the surviving governments unite under a single banner, The United Earth Government.
January 5, 2046: The human population managed to spike past what it was to the pre-disease level and renewed interest in space travel had top scientists to look into setting colonies on the Earth's moon and Mars.
January 6, 2050: The moon has successfully terraformed to support permanent human habitation.
August 15, 2051: The first dozen unmanned terraforming probes had landed on Mars and Venus.
August 16, 2052: Lunar rebels declared their independence from Earth and started the First Metahuman war.
October 29, 2053: The War ends with over a billion dead on both sides as the UEG becomes the Systems Alliance.
November 2, 2053: The first Martian colonists set foot on Mars.
May 16, 2056: A revolutionary new power source powers every major city and allows ships to travel faster than the speed of light in 'hyperspace', you the source of this power, artificial miniaturized stars.
August 31, 2057: The first FTL drive core is tested; the rocket goes to Alpha Centauri A and returns in 59 minutes and 42 seconds, and plans on colonizing Pluto and beyond are being planned. A near Lunar sized craft has started construction.
December 15, 2059: The FTL core is upgraded, now the travel to the Alpha Centauri A is in 40 minutes.
January 27, 2080: Mars is fully terraformed, human population is now 14 billion. 8 billion are still living on Earth, 1.2 billion on the moon, 3 billion on Mars, the rest is spread out on other various moons in the solar system, mainly on Jupiter's many moons.
August 10, 2085: An artificial massive spherical mobile space command center, a hundred less kilometers shy of Lunars full diameter is constructed. It is designed for long term space exploration and creating new human colonies, it is called the Enterprise.
September 4, 2090: The First Fleet is completed after ten years, in total have 500 hundred ships: 300 frigates, 100 destroyers, 85 cruisers, 6 carriers, 5 dreadnoughts (one still under construction) and 4 super-dreadnoughts.
September 6, 2091: Enterprise has finally been green lit to leave the Star System for the first time after a decade of screening it's crew as it is complemented by 150 of Earth's fighters. Medi-gel is invented.
September 7, 2095: Prothean ruins have been discovered while constructing a new Martian city.
January 31, 2096: The first planet outside of Earth's solar system has been found by the Enterprise and is discovered to be habitable to humans and a thorough survey of the system discovers no intelligent life, it is dubbed Midgard by the Enterprise crew.
December 2, 2096: The Prothean archives have been completely translated, although most of it was corrupted, they discovered Element Zero and that Pluto's moon is covering a device called a Mass Relay.
Midgards first colony city has finished construction.
February 20, 2100: Enterprise has intercepted a signal of unknown origin, and when arrived at its supposed origins, only empty space awaited them there.
August 19, 2100 The ice covering the Mass Relay has been cleared and tests are being conducted on the relay.
October 23, 2100: Enterprise has established a total of a dozen colonies outside of Sol.
September 31, 2100: Venus has been colonized and made the central hub for Sol's growing Naval construction.
June 19, 2103: The Seventh Fleet is now complete, the total of ships increases to 15,000. The population in the Sol System rises to 50 billion.
February 14, 2104: Prothean kinetic barrier technology has been adapted to full energy barriers and being added to Earth's Naval forces with plans of miniaturization to the human soldiers are in development.
August 14, 2104: Enterprise found intelligent life but it is in what mirrors Earth's Middle Ages. The System Alliance sends science vessels for long term observation.
December 6, 2105: Hard light weapons have been developed.
December 7, 2105: Plans to add said weapons into standard issue weapons have been put forward.
August 24, 2108: A third of Orion Arm has been explored.
August 24, 2109: Complete Prothean DNA has been discovered on a dig site on the forest moon of Pandora.
September 30, 2110: Scientists are divided on whether or not humans have the right to bring back the Prothean race.
March 17, 2113: Computerized Prothean data on Dagobah has suggested that they were wiped out by an outside force. Debate is on what this force was.
June 20, 2120: A downed Krogan ship found on an uninhabited planet and first contact was made.
May 19, 2130: Unknown audio signals have been picked up. Language is completely unknown to linguistic experts.
June 20, 2140: Concerns of another wave of Genesis virus have gained traction.
January 14, 2150: The outermost Colony of Shanxi transmissions has ceased, Enterprise, who was passing through the system anyway, has been orderedto find out why…
3 Days Earlier…
-Turians 7th Patrol Fleet-
General Desolas Arterius was bored, he was not entirely sure what he did to get this boring post overseeing a patrol unit all the way out here. 'I'm a general not an admiral. I shouldn't be out here patrolling some inactive relays. All of this because I killed a well-connected Batarian who was playing pirate. At least I have a dreadnought,' he thought as he stared out into space wishing something would happen.
"SIR! Relay 314 just went active!" An officer said, gaining the general's attention.
"Finally, something to do, tell me do you know who activated it? Is it those suit rats or some Batarian pirates?" The general asked as he walked over to a monitor to see if he could get a reading on the ships.
"Negative sir, it was activated on the other side," another officer said, causing the bridge to become deathly quiet. "Contact 5 ships just came out of the relay. 3 of the ships are 250 meters long, another one is 300 meters and the last one is 800 meters. They don't match up with any known ships General," the first officer said, causing the crew to understand what this meant. "Only the 800 meter one show signs of weapons."
"We have first contact," Desolas said as he stared at the images of the vessels on his monitor. "Charge weapons, raise barriers, and someone try to get a communication to that ship," He ordered as he thought about what he was going to say.
"Sir are we going to open fire on them for activating a relay?" Asked an officer.
This caused Desolas the stare at said officer. "Not if we can help it I know they have no idea about the rule the citadel placed on opening new relays and that would just start a war. Also make sure to send them our first contact package," the general said.
Desolas could imagine it now the Turians would be the ones to bring them into the fold and if he played his cards right he might just get a promotion and who knows the Turians might get a new client race. 'Take that asari,' he thought happily before an officer broke him out of his trance-like state.
"Sensors show ships have negligible eezero readings," an officer stated.
"Cruiser Thresher Maw, confirms," another added.
"Sir, something hacked our databases," an officer said. "Our firewalls are completely intact and our VI's are not responding."
"Fire a warning shot," Desolus commanded.
Without hesitation his Dreadnaught fired its MAC cannon, and too late he realized his mistake as the round made contact with the one of the smaller of the ships and it was destroyed despite its barriers' best efforts.
-System Alliance Cruiser SSV France-
"Captain!" One of the deck officers shouted, "The survey vessel Defiant is destroyed!"
"What about the First Contact package," Captain Archer asked.
"It stopped when the Defiant was destroyed," came the reply.
"Covering fire, as the survey vessels go through the Relay," Archer replied.
"Yes sir," was the reply.
-Turian Fleet-
"Sir the small dreadnaught is broadsiding us," one of the deck officers said.
Desolas could see the 2 massive triple cannons on its side with three more on top and bottom of the ship and each of the cannons turned to point at his fleet.
"Order the fleet to activate barriers and fire on my command only," he ordered as his bridge crew followed his orders.
He saw multiple flashes of light coming from the unknown ship and before anybody could react, the cruiser Thresher Maw was destroyed, along with multiple of his frigates. He then felt his ship shudder as it was hit.
"Where are the barriers," Desolas shouted in frustration.
"They're active but our sensors aren't picking up what their shooting us with!" Came a reply.
"Spirits help us!" Came his reply. "Return fire!"
When the fighting was done, as the damaged unknown war ship went through the relay, Desolas frowned as he had 138 ships before this disaster, he was down to 93.
"Send word Palavern at once!"
Codex:
Frigates: 200-300 meters in length, primarily used as a scouting and anti fighter/bomber role, lightly armored and lightly shielded, primarily powered by the sun tech.
Destroyers: 250-450 meters in length, heavily armored, heavily shielded and covered in 'heavy' weapons as it is meant to take on warships several times outside its weight class, powered by sun tech. The primary warship of the alliance.
Cruisers: 450-850 meters the mid ground between destroyers and battleships, 'average' armor and shields equipped with anti capital ship weapons and anti fighter guns powered by sun tech.
Escort Carriers: 500-650 meters, usually delegated to border patrols, other missions that don't require a full size carrier, or to supplement fleets that don't have designated carriers.
Carriers: 1-1.5 kilometers long, primary mobile launching platform for fighters, bombers and landing craft, powered by sun tech.
Battleship: Each fleet is primarily centered around a dozen of these Flying Fortress of steel, 1-1.5 kilometers long.
Dreadnought: The flagship of each fleet, a happy marriage of a carrier and a battleship 1.5+ kilometers, powered by sun tech.
Enterprise: A solely unique ship in all of the alliance, built to explore and colonize planets, but carries enough fire power to lay siege to a whole system by itself, powered by multiple sun reactors.
Hulks: Individuals with heightened strength and durability.
Flyers: Self-explanatory, individuals with the ability of flight.
Mercurians: or Mercs, individuals with heightened speed.
Elementals: Individuals who can control the elements.
Telepaths: Individuals who can read minds and move objects with their own mind. Incapable of changing the thoughts of another sentient being.