Post by Tokrochiru on Dec 4, 2011 0:52:02 GMT -5
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
Please note that this is a very bare timeline, and only covers the most important stuff that has happened over the thousands of years that have passed since the start of recorded history. A lot more has happened than what is listed here, but listing every single major event that has occured over a 40000+ year span would be both difficult to write, and boring to read. So here's a simplified look at what's happened so far in the universe.
Time measured in years ARH (after recorded history)
0 ARH - Earliest known archive of recorded history is written by dolish hands. Describes a vague, unclear political conflict that led to the destruction of most societies at the time. The conflict took place thousands of years before the record was made, during a time when the Dolish still had ships capable of FTL travel. Apparantly the conflict took place across the entirety of the Tunpera galaxy. Rachani are mentioned in the record as their "partner species," and reside with them on planet Draus, where the record was found.
1791 ARH - Earliest known skalotion historic record. It describes that their economy at the time was in a violent state of libertarianism, where everyone was expected to take care of him/herself and do whatever it took to survive, regardless of how it effected others. It also describes how an accidental attempt to create a weapon led to the creation of the FTL drive, and the inventor sold the invention for a fortune and a half. It appears that the skalotions only invented history around the same time they learned how to travel across the stars.
1792 ARH - Skalotions begin traversing the galaxy with no particular goals in mind. Halfway through the year, skalotions make first contact with a species of technologically inferior aliens. After discovering alien life, the skalotions begin searching for more species across the cosmos. Some of the skalotions leave with the intent to pillage, while others merely wish to barter. Regardless of intent, however, encounters turn violent more than not due to the skalotions' naturally aggressive temperament.
2060 ARH - First known record of dolish reinventing the FTL Engine.
2061 ARH - All dolish from planet Draus unite to form the Dolish Confederation.
2062 ARH - First known dolish record of contact with an alien species. Skalotions are discovered at the northernmost regions of the galaxy, and the first few encounters end violently. After about 4 unfriendly encounters, the dolish manage to find a group of skalotions who aren't instantly hostile upon meeting them.
2063 ARH - First mention of the seemingly unreachable Seraph systems. Protected from all sides by an inexplicably and remarkably humongous field of asteroids, named the Seraphine Asteroid Barrier. Measures are taken by skalotions to break through the field.
4074 ARH - First known historic record of human history is made on planet Dirivat.
4327 ARH - First known historic record of shadar history is made on planet Shadaran.
Huge time gap. Dolish Confederation allies itself with other minor species and governments while the skalotions simply wander. Neither species expands their presence at a particularly notable rate
30420 ARH - Dolish make first contact with the shadar and teach them how to create the FTLE. The Shadarian Monarchy begins to expand its presence across the rest of the galaxy at a phenomenal rate.
31195 ARH - Humanity discovers how to create the FTLE on its own. First contact is made with skalotion merchants, and the exchange goes rather well, all things considered.
33797 ARH - The United Consortium of Humanity (abbreviated UCH) begins to expand its presence across the galaxy at a rate that surpasses the shadar. Space-travelling species all across Tunpera take note and observe.
35082 ARH - Both human and shadar kind begin competing with each other for territory. Political battles are fought between the two completely different governments, with neither side willing to make space for the other.
35501 ARH - War breaks out between the Shadarian Monarchy and the United Consortium of Humanity. The Dolish Confederation refuses to get involved, while various skalotion mercenary factions are hired by both warring sides.
40094 ARH - Both the Shadarian Monarcy and the UCH suffer terrible losses due to warring for five hundred years. Both sides agree to the truce, and spend some time to repair the damages caused by the war.
40122 ARH - Skalotions finally break through the Seraphine Asteroid Barrier. Colonists begin pouring into the Seraph Systems by the billions, with the hopes of starting new lives in a place untouched by the current governments.
40243 ARH - The UCH's government collapses, and humans scatter about, looking for a new home. Many move to the Seraph Systems, alongside colonists of many other species.
40246 ARH - Many shadar abandon the monarchy and fly off to the Seraph systems.
40247 ARH - The Lokhan are discovered. They are shown the wonders of Faster than Light Travel and are set on a path toabandon their previously honor-oriented, tribal ways, and embrace a new way of living.
41179 ARH - Migrants to the Seraph Systems group together and begin forming a government.
41315 ARH - The Galactic Democracy of Seraph is formed. The government is based on an old Dolish concept of a government where every part of the populace shares equal rights. Dolish immigrant leader and ambassador Dugall Dochan is elected the first president of the GDS.
41586 ARH - The shadar prince Vashassin Rorduk gains control of the Shadarian Monarchy and begins conquering nearby territory. Other cultures respond, as one would expect, negatively.
41726 ARH - Vashassin Rorduk III turns the Shadarian Monarchy inside out by declaring that it shall no longer be considered a monarchy, but what he calls a "United Empire." Conquered peoples and systems are set to become citizens of the Shadarian Monarchy, now renamed the United Empire of Rorduk (UER for short). Annexed citizens now share equal rights with unconquered ones. The whole ordeal is met with much internal backlash, but because Rorduk III has supreme power over his own faction, none of the citizens are able to fight the change.
42104 ARH - Laws are set in place by the UER's most recent emperor, Nolaas Rorduk, to put more restrictions on what an emperor can and can't do. Emperors can now be removed from power if his retainers believe him to be mad.
42108 ARH - The UER military makes the first prototype E.A.T.U (Experimentally Augmented Tactical Unit) with the hopes of creating a new kind of soldier that will give them an edge over other forces. The UER also begins looking into the idea of creating magically augmented soldiers, but with little success.
42378 ARH - The GDS government finds sentient beings capable of controlling them and offers them protection in exchange for vowing to use their powers to "uphold the Seraphine way of life." Through this process, the GDS eventually obtains a small army of magi, but keeps the knowledge that mages exist in the first place from the public, supposedly for the mages' protection.
Please note that this is a very bare timeline, and only covers the most important stuff that has happened over the thousands of years that have passed since the start of recorded history. A lot more has happened than what is listed here, but listing every single major event that has occured over a 40000+ year span would be both difficult to write, and boring to read. So here's a simplified look at what's happened so far in the universe.
Time measured in years ARH (after recorded history)
0 ARH - Earliest known archive of recorded history is written by dolish hands. Describes a vague, unclear political conflict that led to the destruction of most societies at the time. The conflict took place thousands of years before the record was made, during a time when the Dolish still had ships capable of FTL travel. Apparantly the conflict took place across the entirety of the Tunpera galaxy. Rachani are mentioned in the record as their "partner species," and reside with them on planet Draus, where the record was found.
1791 ARH - Earliest known skalotion historic record. It describes that their economy at the time was in a violent state of libertarianism, where everyone was expected to take care of him/herself and do whatever it took to survive, regardless of how it effected others. It also describes how an accidental attempt to create a weapon led to the creation of the FTL drive, and the inventor sold the invention for a fortune and a half. It appears that the skalotions only invented history around the same time they learned how to travel across the stars.
1792 ARH - Skalotions begin traversing the galaxy with no particular goals in mind. Halfway through the year, skalotions make first contact with a species of technologically inferior aliens. After discovering alien life, the skalotions begin searching for more species across the cosmos. Some of the skalotions leave with the intent to pillage, while others merely wish to barter. Regardless of intent, however, encounters turn violent more than not due to the skalotions' naturally aggressive temperament.
2060 ARH - First known record of dolish reinventing the FTL Engine.
2061 ARH - All dolish from planet Draus unite to form the Dolish Confederation.
2062 ARH - First known dolish record of contact with an alien species. Skalotions are discovered at the northernmost regions of the galaxy, and the first few encounters end violently. After about 4 unfriendly encounters, the dolish manage to find a group of skalotions who aren't instantly hostile upon meeting them.
2063 ARH - First mention of the seemingly unreachable Seraph systems. Protected from all sides by an inexplicably and remarkably humongous field of asteroids, named the Seraphine Asteroid Barrier. Measures are taken by skalotions to break through the field.
4074 ARH - First known historic record of human history is made on planet Dirivat.
4327 ARH - First known historic record of shadar history is made on planet Shadaran.
Huge time gap. Dolish Confederation allies itself with other minor species and governments while the skalotions simply wander. Neither species expands their presence at a particularly notable rate
30420 ARH - Dolish make first contact with the shadar and teach them how to create the FTLE. The Shadarian Monarchy begins to expand its presence across the rest of the galaxy at a phenomenal rate.
31195 ARH - Humanity discovers how to create the FTLE on its own. First contact is made with skalotion merchants, and the exchange goes rather well, all things considered.
33797 ARH - The United Consortium of Humanity (abbreviated UCH) begins to expand its presence across the galaxy at a rate that surpasses the shadar. Space-travelling species all across Tunpera take note and observe.
35082 ARH - Both human and shadar kind begin competing with each other for territory. Political battles are fought between the two completely different governments, with neither side willing to make space for the other.
35501 ARH - War breaks out between the Shadarian Monarchy and the United Consortium of Humanity. The Dolish Confederation refuses to get involved, while various skalotion mercenary factions are hired by both warring sides.
40094 ARH - Both the Shadarian Monarcy and the UCH suffer terrible losses due to warring for five hundred years. Both sides agree to the truce, and spend some time to repair the damages caused by the war.
40122 ARH - Skalotions finally break through the Seraphine Asteroid Barrier. Colonists begin pouring into the Seraph Systems by the billions, with the hopes of starting new lives in a place untouched by the current governments.
40243 ARH - The UCH's government collapses, and humans scatter about, looking for a new home. Many move to the Seraph Systems, alongside colonists of many other species.
40246 ARH - Many shadar abandon the monarchy and fly off to the Seraph systems.
40247 ARH - The Lokhan are discovered. They are shown the wonders of Faster than Light Travel and are set on a path toabandon their previously honor-oriented, tribal ways, and embrace a new way of living.
41179 ARH - Migrants to the Seraph Systems group together and begin forming a government.
41315 ARH - The Galactic Democracy of Seraph is formed. The government is based on an old Dolish concept of a government where every part of the populace shares equal rights. Dolish immigrant leader and ambassador Dugall Dochan is elected the first president of the GDS.
41586 ARH - The shadar prince Vashassin Rorduk gains control of the Shadarian Monarchy and begins conquering nearby territory. Other cultures respond, as one would expect, negatively.
41726 ARH - Vashassin Rorduk III turns the Shadarian Monarchy inside out by declaring that it shall no longer be considered a monarchy, but what he calls a "United Empire." Conquered peoples and systems are set to become citizens of the Shadarian Monarchy, now renamed the United Empire of Rorduk (UER for short). Annexed citizens now share equal rights with unconquered ones. The whole ordeal is met with much internal backlash, but because Rorduk III has supreme power over his own faction, none of the citizens are able to fight the change.
42104 ARH - Laws are set in place by the UER's most recent emperor, Nolaas Rorduk, to put more restrictions on what an emperor can and can't do. Emperors can now be removed from power if his retainers believe him to be mad.
42108 ARH - The UER military makes the first prototype E.A.T.U (Experimentally Augmented Tactical Unit) with the hopes of creating a new kind of soldier that will give them an edge over other forces. The UER also begins looking into the idea of creating magically augmented soldiers, but with little success.
42378 ARH - The GDS government finds sentient beings capable of controlling them and offers them protection in exchange for vowing to use their powers to "uphold the Seraphine way of life." Through this process, the GDS eventually obtains a small army of magi, but keeps the knowledge that mages exist in the first place from the public, supposedly for the mages' protection.