The Darkness (a.k.a. The Intruders, The Madness) first intrudes into this dimension of space
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The Age of the Ancients
8687 AE 4771 AE
Four dominating races inhabited the galaxy: The Ancients, Ezsh'der the Doryu, The "Fourth Race", and The Darkness
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686 ANC
The Intruders arrive
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709 ANC
790 ANC
The First Great Horror
Disaster / DestructionThe armies and navies of the Darklings invade and infest the galaxy seeking to overrun the Three Great Races and conquer or obliterate all life
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1803 ANC
1840 ANC
The Second Great Horror
Disaster / DestructionThe Darkness returns with armies and navies of Darklings attempting again to conquer or destroy all life
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2874 ANC
3062 ANC
The Third Great Horror
Disaster / DestructionThe Darkness and it's new armies and navies try again for the third time to decimate and destroy all life that will not become part of "the Madness"
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3061 ANC
The Great Races destroy the Amber Crystal
Military actionThe Great Races track down the Amber Crystal holding open the dimensional tear and destroy it in hopes to permanently shut out The Darkness from ever returning
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3065 ANC
3070 ANC
The Exodus of the Fourth Race
Population Migration / TravelThe Fourth Race leaves the galaxy in pursuit of "other matters"
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3069 ANC
Nomad warns that The Darkness will return
Diplomatic actionNomad warns that "The Madness" (The Darkness) will return again for the fourth time. The Ancients propose building an impenetrable field of energy around the star systems that survived the war. Ezsh'der the Doryu, deeply fearful because of their great loss in the last war, feel that plan will take too long
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3072 ANC
Construction of the Great Frontier of the Ancients Commences
Construction beginning/endWith the departure of the Fourth Race, The Ancients devise a bold plan to encircle all the civilized worlds that they and Ezsh'der the Doryu have been protecting during the last war with The Darkness. They begin construction of a network of synchronous pylons to generate a barrier of energy
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3073 ANC
Ezsh'der the Doryu enslave worlds
Military actionDesperately paranoid, Ezsh'der the Doryu resolve to enslave all civilizations within their control in order to prevent "The Madness" from having anyone to turn into a Darlking when it returns again
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3078 ANC
The Council of Reconcilliation Fails
Gathering / ConferenceThe Ancients and hold a series of conferences with Ezsh'der the Doryu in order to persuade them against enslavement of civilized worlds under their control but in the end, Ezsh'der the Doryu refused. The Ancients alter their plans on construction of the Great Frontier of the Ancients to exclude Ezsh'der the Doryu and the territory they control
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3908 ANC
Construction of the Great Frontier of the Ancients Concludes
Construction beginning/endThe Ancients finish building an impenetrable barrier around all the star systems under their control, thus ending their 832 year project and forever shuting-out the Darkness as well as their one-time allies: Ezsh'der the Doryu
The Age of the Mori
4770 AE 314 PE
The civilization known as The Ancients decays into a lazy and technologically bygone race called the Mori
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1 MOR
111 MOR
The Great Decline of the Ancients
Civil actionOver a period of a hundred years, the Ancients' society fell into decline as political elitist with no real enemy anymore began divisions within the populous and the culture spiraled downward with less and less developing interest in science and engineering in favor of politics and bureaucracy
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2220 MOR
The Mori Forget their Technology
Life, Failure / MishapThe Mori no longer remember how to operate or fix any of the super-technologies created by The Ancients but still Benefit from their automation
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4590 MOR
Null 10:00
The Solar Winds are Discovered
Discovery, ScientificOn the zero'th day of the month of NUL, in the four thousand five hundred and ninetieth year of the Mori (180 AE), Sir Edwin Norfolk's shuttle is nearly destroyed in a transport mishap where he stumbles upon The Solar Winds
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4770 MOR
13 Ternary 12:00
The Extermination of Man
Disaster / DestructionOn the 13th day of the Month of Ternary in the four thousand seven hundred and seventieth year of the Mori (Year Zero, also known as the Year of Infamy), the Mori destroy all human life they can find, beginning with the surprise attack and subsequent destruction of the human homeworld of Earth.
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4771 MOR
18 Novenary 14:00
The Great Exodus
ExpeditionThe last surviving humans gather together into a mismatched fugitive fleet and escape the extermination patrols of the Mori as they search for any humans that escaped the destruction
The Age of Unification
314 PE and beyond
The Great Frontier of the Ancients has fallen and all races now interact
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6
13 Hebdoman 23:006
28 Hebdoman 9:00
The Madness Returns
Discovery, ScientificJasper Colkin went into a frenzy of engineering; ripping parts out of lab equipment and feverishly constructing some Frankenstein-like addition to the central power hub before he was sedated by the resident physician and taken into medical observation. He awoke remembering only that he really really needed to put those pieces together for some reason but he cannot describe why. Jasper was released after two weeks of observation showed he had returned to normal
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