Lore/Timeline
14 byr BCE - 11byr BCE
The Primordial Age
But of those early years none can speak, for the Universe was new, and the distance between galaxies was comparable to the distance between those of us gathered here tonight. In that forgotten age Light was omnipresent, and the chthonic forces of creation struck their hammers down hard against the anvil of space time, such that even today, you may still hear the echoes.
On the Nature of the Cosmos
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11 byr BCE - 2 byr BCE
The Foundational Aeon
Stop thinking about it that way. They aren’t ‘running away’ from each other. It’s, listen, it’s more like this. Red and Blue, yeah? Like the ends of a magnet. Yes, exactly. It’s like that gray bar in the center. It keeps them apart, but it’s also part of them. No, no. Forget it.
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2 byr BCE - 37,000 BCE
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I have just awoken from a terrible dream, and there is no one here who can console me.
[Pottery etching from an archaeological dig in the Cygnus Sector Dead Zone]
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37,000 BCE
The 'First' Age
In threes, you see. Always in threes. Two to oppose, and one to bind. Asking ‘Who was first?’ is pointless. It’s a taxonomic argument - generational semantics. There was no ‘first’. There were three.
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23,000 - 20,000 BCE
The Precursor Wars
And during my travels across the Foyle Expanse, I began to notice that same strange pattern. Here and there we’d pass by the Derelicts, or refuel in high orbit over vast, unnatural scars in the earth below - jagged, like wounds carved into the very stone by the gods. At one such location the survey teams reported these scars contained strong ore deposits, but the natives repelled us fiercely. They claim it is some holy place, and I lack the armament to convince them otherwise.
Journal of a Star-Crossed Trader
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20,000 BCE - 17,000 BCE
The Age of Silence
“Following this unknown but evident catastrophe, the galaxy experienced its own version of the Cambrian Explosion. Here the races were given the room and ability to expand and flourish. Is it a coincidence that so many divergent species developed along these parallel paths at – from a galactic standpoint – the same time? I dunno man, just like, don’t forget to grab some new solar panels when you go to the colony.”
Seldes VI Frontier Node
17,000 BCE - 14,000 BCE
The Age of Catastrophe
”It is our duty. It is the only thing we should ever hope to do - to preserve not only our existence, but the very existence of life itself! They MUST be stopped, here and now, by any means! No cost is too high! Now men, ready your weapons!”
The Last Stand at Narkassa IV
1969 CE
“We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is hard.”
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort
Humanity successfully completes a manned mission to Luna, the Galactic signifier that a species has joined the Galactic Community. Although the event itself is not witnessed, routine surveillance sweeps of the system conducted by survey drones record the evidence of this achievement.
2075 CE
“One year ago today, the tragic loss of the brave colonists aboard the ISRO Timingila reminded us all of an oft-forgotten truth. Although we are many nations, we are one people.”
Timingala Disaster One Year Memorial Service
After decades of touch-and-go space program development, missions to Mars become commonplace. Minor colonies in orbit around Luna and Mars – little more than glorified space stations – open up new opportunities for expansion beyond Earth’s rapidly decreasing capacity. The rush to escape Earth’s bonds ends in catastrophe. The ISRO Timingila, a colony ship overloaded with passengers, reaches Low Earth Orbit before experiencing a fatal malfunction. The ship breaks apart before reaching an escape vector – the majority of the debris is destroyed upon reentry. This disaster leads to the rapid reform of global space programs, creating more stringent standards for safety and station utilization.
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