Post Uprising period

1st December 1977

Two months after the successful Mykonos event, more widely known now as "The tri-shot event", a ceasefire between the Allied nations, the Soviet union and the Empire of the rising sun is successfully signed by their three respective leaders, bringing the nearly one decade long conflict to an end. President

Gunther Mannix of the USA gave his now famous speech in the White House after the ceasefire agreement:

"This is a great day for America, the future generations and every man, woman and child of planet Earth. After a long, brutal and agonizing war, it finally time to let the guns fall silent and rebuild. The Allied nations and, by extension the USA, came to an agreement with the Soviet union and the Empire of the rising sun to end hostilities. There is no victor or vanquished. We are all free to choose a path away from conflict towards the betterment of humanity. Instead of researching new and gruesome ways of killing each other, we will research new technologies to help the preservation and advancement of humankind. To paraphrase a wise Japanese philosopher:

The thousand-mile journey starts with a single step. Today, we made this first step. Today, us a day everyone will remember for the years to come. Thank you for hearing me and have a fine day."

5th June 1981

The ceasefire agreement gave way to the Cairo agreement, which officially united the three powers into a loose alliance that permitted free trade, technology sharing and easier transit in the whole world. Despite initial arguments by military hardliners, most notably commander Douglas Hill, the amount of people who supported peace was larger. Soviet commander Oleg Vodnik in his speech admitted:

"It's pretty hard to shoot people with whom you had drinks and fun. I find it revolting to order soldiers who are fed up with war to kill those with whom they shared vodka and all these other drinks. Also, commander Hanley! I want you to marry me!" Everyone thought Oleg was just humourous. He wasn't. Lisette refused. End of story.

1982-1996

The agreement holds and gave room to researching and improving upon various avenues of technology. Economy was in an all time high and many nations invested in what is now characterised as the "Technology fever". Chronosphere technology became easier, safer and less cost-prohibitive for public use so that transit hubs deployed worldwide to serve the needs of the people. New terraforming methods were made possible thanks to FutureTech, the newly founded Sato Industries and the SESD (Soviet experimental science division). The first test occurred at part of the Saharan desert in 8th November 1992. It was a resounding success, turning the arid and inhospitable domain into a grassland. Nanotechnology became widely spread to construction and heavy industries, creating new buildings, vehicles and ships at an astonishing rate. Gene therapy, while expensive, was introduced by the SESD and made most genetic disorders and hereditary diseases easier to combat

and quality of healthcare and longitude increased by far.

1997-2002

The technological advancement came to a temporary halt due to concerns about the exponential growth of the human population. True, from 3,5 billions to 6,1 billions in just 30 years could cause serious overpopulation. The three world leaders desided to follow the ancient Roman empire motto: "Expand or die."

All inhospitable habitats were terraformed to create new cities in order to accommodate the increasing population.

23rd March 2003

The planning started for the enactment of Operation: Conquest, a joint operation between the three power coalition, now being called the Terran Coalition, and the leading world industries, FutureTech, Sato Industries and the SESD. The plan dictates the creation of a colony capable of supporting life on the moon. Thanks to newly discovered nuclear power and the development of the first operational fusion reactor, the Pathfinder-1 can move at 15% speed of light, carries advanced nanocores that are capable of using whatever matter is around them to synthesise the needed structures and the first terraforming spire, a device capable of changing an atmosphere's humidity, heat and even the gravity using advanced

chrono technology, nanosynthesizers and a tesla-fusion reactor hybrid, later known as the first spinfusion reactor, capable of producing enormous amounts of energy endlessly and without any need for maintenance.

1st April 2009

The Pathfinder-1 launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, destined for a patch of even ground, in the moon's northern hemisphere. The event was televised around the world and a record number of 4 billion watched the launch from their TV's while 25000 watched it live. Touchdown is expected in two hours.

1st May 2009

One month after the launch, Operation: Conquest proved successful. The terraforming spire made the whole surface of the moon suitable for life, under the condition it would stay active all the time. For safety reasons, iron curtains were installed to most buildings to protect from possible meteorite strikes. Nanomachines turned the lunar regolith in

fertile soil, acceptable for growing crops. The first colony, Frontier Gulch, currently houses 15000 colonists. It is expected to grow in size. Three military academies open to train soldiers in different types of warfare.

The SMACC (Space Marine Academy for Colonial Conflicts) which mainly focused in defensive warfare against possible extraterrestrial assaults, engineering, medicine, piloting, escorting, raids and ambush tactics became the standard corps for colonial defense.

The TNI (ThanatoNaut Institute) focused in more aggressive assaults meant to quickly and effectively secure hostile zones, use of combat vehicles, power armours (tesla "tesla coils and emp launchers", desolator type 1 "chemical spray and corrosion cannon" or 2 "rad gun and plasma beam", incinerator "flamethrowers and magnesium infused missile launcers" and juggernaut "dual autocannons and SAM systems") and other heavy weaponry.

The CISP (Combat Infiltrator Saboteur Program) trained individuals in stealth, infiltration, hacking, hijacking, exfiltration, appropriation, sabotage, interrogation and assassination. Utilizing the new optical camo suits, top of the line hacking devices, high powered explosives, collapsable gliders, EMP bombs and chrono dislocators, these soldiers where capable of getting anywhere, wreaking havoc and getting out undetected.

9th November 2012

Following the success of Frontier Gulch, a new mission is organised to colonize Mars. What no one expected was the discovery of an alien complex that was mostly intact, but about 50000 years old with no trace of life. Scientists rushed there and, with the help of advanced AI's

managed to decrypt multiple data caches.

Some of them included the existence and possible applications of Element Zero (Eezo), the mass relays, advanced technologies, biotics, translation software, the existence of the Prothean Empire and, in one journal, the reason of their extinction. The Reapers, a race of sentient machines harvested the Protheans and every advanced civilization about 50000 years ago for unknown reasons and then disappeared. The attack was enormous in scale and efficiency and, even though the Prothean empire spanned the whole galaxy, they were eradicated. However, it was discovered that the Protheans expanded in only this branch of technology, which made them dependent on eezo.

12th December 2012

Following the discovery of extraterrestrial life and the possible threat of the Reapers, Yuriko Omega suddenly appeared in the conference of the Terran Coalition, years after her disappearance, with a squad of what she later called her psychic acolytes.

"I learned about the threat humanity could be facing. If the Reapers are real, we must all prepare accordingly. While many have wronged me decades ago, I cannot let the son pay for the sins of the father. So, this is my proposal. You give me a piece of land on Mars so I can keep training more people with psychic potential. You will not be allowed to take them away for experiments or to turn them into living weapons. In exchange, I will share with you some of the psychic technologies I researched and discovered over the decades. Also, any of my students who wants to join the armed forces must do so willingly. And if you want to stop me..."

at that moment, Yuriko raised one hand

and made every participant hover about 5 feet midair while grinning evilly:

"... you are free to try, but the consequences will be most unpleasant."

10th January 2013

The new OPC (Omega Psychic Compound) is finally completed just outside the limits of the martian colony of Crimson Town. True to her word, Yuriko provided scientists with the research and notes she accumulated over the years, leading to the development of the psychic radar, various medicines and improved gene therapy methods, which were the reason Yuriko didn't age as significantly as she would. Some psychic acolytes volunteered at the armed forces and created the psychic commando corps.

Capable of telekinesis, telepathy, mind control and even pyrokinesis, the PC's are truly terrifying adversaries. To combat the possibility of psychic domination, the Terran Coalition developed anti-mind control headgear. Yuriko nonchalantly said when she learned about it:

"You are right to be afraid. But trust me. While I admit having humanity as slaves and toys would be fun, I was once in the receiving end. That's why I value freedom and independence and I want to protect it."

2014-2070

The possibility of the Reapers's return, send the military to an industrial frenzy. Mining for eezo to create new space warships took priority over colonization. The historical Eezo rush lasted for decades and many lost their lives fighting over claiming eezo deposits on asteroids, moons and planets. Now, the human population reaches about 12 billion on planet Earth and around 7 billion in the colonies. Terraformed planets and moons now include:

Planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto

Moons: Luna, Mars moons (Deimos, Phobos), Jupiter moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto), Saturn moons (Enceladus, Titan, Atlas, Dione, Iapetus, Mimas, Pallene), Uranus moons (Ariel, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel), Neptune moons (Larissa, Nereid, Proteus, Triton) .

All these colonies are connected via long range chronohubs for transit and through the new QEC'S (quantum entanglement communicators) for fast and secure communication between the colonies, Earth, military spaceships and civilian spaceships that could afford them. Because of the enormous infrastructure, it was deemed impossible to be efficiently managed by humans only. This gave way to the creation of non-sentient AI's. While smart, the non-sentient AI's don't possess free will which makes them perfect for managing administration duties without getting bored or demanding freedoms like the sentient AI's. The sentient AI's are the smartest of the bunch, possess free will and are considered equal to human beings. However, they answer to certain regulations:

1: Sentient AI's must pass through a maturity period to ensure stable behaviour.

2: Sentient AI's are required to bind their code to a certain motherchip which makes the copying, modification and any sort of tampering with the code impossible.

3: If a Sentient AI commits a crime, its motherchip can be removed from its mobile platform depending on the severity of the crime. In case of minor crimes, community service according to the law.

In case of a major crime or repeat offenders, removal from mobile platform for some time, depending on severity.

4: Sentient AI's otherwise possess the same rights and obligations as any other normal human being.

17th October 2071

A breakthrough in chronotechnology made the creation of chronoraptures possible. Chronoraptures allow objects to travel through empty space more reliably than standard chronosphere teleportation.

In combination with the new Element Zero cores, the first human dreadnaught, the TCS Bastion managed to cover a distance of 4 light years with destination the Proxima Centauri (roughly 25300 astronomical units AU) in only 20 minutes, which meant the Bastion moved at about 250 times faster than a standard FTL drive made as instructed by the Prothean archives on Mars, now being known as the Martian Archives, and roughly 375 quintillion the speed of light.

The news spread around the Sol system like a wildfire, the Terran Coalition leadership announced:

"Now, all that separates us from the rest of the galaxy are a few light years and some empty space."

1st December 2100

123 years after the Unification, it was discovered that Plutos largest moon, Charon, was actually a mass relay entrapped in thick ice. Despite the fact that a mass relay wasn't much faster than the newly developed chrono-drives, it was desided to melt the ice and find out what exists at the other end. After a few days, the Charon relay was ready to be used. First, the TC navy sent a probe. The probe was sent to the other side and, as it was written in the Martian Archives, there was another similar mass relay at the other side. This enabled the ability for humanity to expand at a lesser cost and risk than using a chrono-drive.

1st January 2150

At this point, humanity has a total population of 70 billion humans and 8 billion sentient AI's installed in mobile platforms, all shared across multiple planets, moons and space stations, possesses highly advanced and sophisticated technology, expertly trained military numbering in about:

SMACC corps: 1.5 billion humans, 250 million AI's

(Motto: This is were you stop.)

Thanatonaut corps: 1.6 billion humans, 200 million AI's

(Motto: They call it invasion, we call it urban renewal.)

CISP operators: 350 million humans and 50 million AI's in the combat sector,

550 million humans and 150 million AI's in administrative and counter-intelligence duties.

(Motto: God will judge our enemies, we are just the ones who arrange the meetings.)

Psychic Commando corps: 40000 humans combat ready.

(Motto: Just put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger, saves us both the trouble.)

The newly introduced Biotic Legion:

35 million integrated to SMACC

45 million integrated to the Thanatonauts

20 million integrated to CISP

(Motto: We have some tricks in our sleeves.)

(Instead of exposing children to eezo, biology doctor Alexei Ivanof and Eezo researcher Antonio Morales found a way to directly infuse eezo in the nervous system without causing cancer or tumours. Psychological side effect, like PTSD, ADHD, OCD and insanity are still possible, but the worst physical side effects recorder are dizziness, nausea, insomnia and migraines.)

Finally, those who show extraordinary talent in warfare, go through the infamous Camp X. Trained from 18-21 years old by SMACC, Thanatonaut, CISP and, when applicable by biotic or psychic instructors,

this 6 year long course has one objective.

Bring the best of the best and make them even better. The fatality rate is 15% and the dropout 95% from what remains, but those that complete the training are assigned to the Hunter Division, the apex of the armed forces. Granted with great freedom and privileges, Hunters take the most dangerous and perilous missions that no one else is capable of completing.

Currently, there are only 652 Hunters in active duty.

(Motto: Boom, you're dead. Next!)

Total land forces: 4 billion humans, 550 million AI's

Ubernaughts: 5

TCS Alliance

TCS Coalition

TCS Union

TCS Terra

TCS Empire

350 crew members and 3 AI's each

(The crown jewels of the Terran Coalition navy. Each of the ubernaughts has a length of 3 kilometers, 2 decks to accommodate a maximum of 100 fighters or 20 frigates, six main guns (Spectrum cannons, magnetic accelerators, plasma launchers or tesla rods), capable of obliterating planetary bodies with one barrage, carrying the new nanocurtain shields that can survive 5 of said barrages, 500 broadsides, 1000 point defence turrets and enough room to accommodate 2500 soldiers, including their vehicles, power suits and weapons, also drop-pods for atmospheric insertions.)

(Motto: Ready to pull out your white flag?)

Dreadnaughts: 58

280 crew members and 2 AI's each

(The big brothers of the Coalition navy. With lengths between 1 to 1.5 kilometres, 4 main guns, nanocurtain shields, 350 broadsides, 800 point defence turrets, enough room to accommodate 1500 soldiers with their equipment and enough drop-pods.)

(Motto: Say hello to my little friend!)

Strikecraft carriers: 42

300 crew members and 4 AI's (excluding the strikecraft pilots)

(The long arm of the Terran Coalition navy. Lenght from 1.5 to 2 kilometres, 6 decks and maximum room for 750-1000 fighters or 150-200 frigates or 100-125 giga fortresses. 300 broadsides, 1000 point defence turrets nanocurtain shields and enough room to accommodate 2000 soldiers with their equipment.)

(Motto: Let's sweep out the trash!)

Cruisers: 175

200 crew members and 1 AI

(The epitome of weaponry, survivability and maneuverability. Lengths from 500 to 750 meters, 2 main guns, 250 broadsides, 400 point defence turrets, nanocurtain shields, a chrono dislocator made to quickly teleport the ship in short distances, enough room for 500 soldiers with their equipment and drop-pods.)

(Motto: Come and get it!)

Assault destroyers: 325

100 crew members and 1 AI

(Built for fast and aggressive action. Lenght from 250-400 meters, 1 main gun,

100 broadsides, 200 point defence turrets,

a chrono dislocator, nanocurtain shields, enough room for 250 soldiers with their equipment and drop-pods.)

(Motto:Hit, run then hit again!)

Frigates: 1000

Light variant: 20 crew members

Heavy variant: 40-50 crew members and 1 AI

(The fastest and stealthiest of the bunch.

Length from 100 to 200 meters, 1 main gun, 20-30 point defence turrets, a chrono dislocator, a stealth generator that masks emissions and hides the vessel from the visible spectrum, nanocurtain shields, enough room for 25-50 soldiers with their equipment and 1-2 vehicles for stealth insertion.)

(Motto: They won't see us coming.)

Fighters: 1-2 pilots

(Armed with 2-4 autocannons, plasma launchers, spectrum cannons or proton colliders and missile launchers, fighters are used to provide support to bigger warships or ground forces. Very fast and maneuverable, stealthed and capable of teleporting. Dangerous in large numbers.)

(Motto: Quantity is a quality of its own.)

AN

A bit of lore to the might of the Terran Coalition. Is it wrong that I almost feel sorry for the Reapers?