Timeline



This article briefly summarizes and categorizes the chronological events of the Incursion Universe. As of now, these events lead up to the First Contact War between the Armada and the Huang-Di. All dates are categorized into years before, and after, the Battle of Yamiks, the spark of the 45-year-long Galactic Civil War.

Key:
 * BCW = (Before Civil War)
 * ACW = (After Civil War)

The Age of Dissidence (~35,000 - 1,245 BCW)
It is a common fact of ancient galactic history; that there once existed a galaxy-spanning empire consisting of too many worlds to count, and host to many unimaginable technological marvels. It was known that this Empire was ruled by (or had a predominant population of) humans, and that they had sprouted from a single habitable world.

However, most of the knowledge we know about the Old Empire became largely fragmented, after an unknown event caused its downfall. Sadly, scholars know just about as much as the downfall as they do of the original homeworld of humanity; absolutely nothing.

What ensued was every member world of the once vast and prosperous empire being cut-off from trade and supply. This in-turn led to wars, rebellion, and even nuclear exchange, rendering the surface completely inhospitable. But in rare cases; human-settled worlds had reverted to a Pre-Industrial Age. But even this number was considered to be relatively low.

One of these worlds was Eracustas, the fifth planet of the Sedaurus System. After roughly 35,000 years, human civilization had reached an Early Space-Age. In the years following this, mining operations and habitats were set-up on worlds in-system for resource collection. But the most important event that marked the end of the Age of Dissidence was all sovereign nations of Eracustas unifying into a single government; the United Nations of Eracustas (U.N.E.); in the year 1,250 BCW.

The Great Diaspora (1,245 - 834 BCW)
For the years following the unification, conventional fusion-drives were invented to revolutionize interplanetary travel. And soon, UNE presence had been established on every major planet in the Sedaurus system. However, it wouldn't be until 1,091 BCW that the first extra-solar colony ships would be sent to nearby systems. Since technology at the time allowed for only sub-light travel, it took 15 years to reach the Osiris system, the closest star at about 3.2 Light-years.

However, the UNE would quickly find other isolated human worlds within the first 30 lightyears of Sedaurus, as well as other factions and powers. On the second world of the Osiris system, there was one such world that housed the derelict wreckages of voidships belonging to the Old Empire. Due to being upon the world for so long, most of the internals were either completely fried, or gone entirely. However, engineering crews were able to piece together what was presumed the reactor of one of the ships, only to discover something miraculous instead.

During testing of the "reactor", a scientist was able to pour enough electrical energy into it, causing a tear in the fabric of reality. After extensive testing, it was discovered that this rift could be used for near-instant transport of objects across distances. This was tested and successfully completed in 1,007 BCW with a 5-hour-long journey of 8 light-years between stars. The device would later be known as the Holtz-Zechiel Warp Drive, named after the scientist who discovered its properties, and the captain of the test vessel.

From then on, new colonies and the trade networks between them were established by the UNE. Human populations across UNE space quadrupled, and power consumption and production increased exponentially. However, they would soon find themselves under attack, mainly by rouge pirate gangs from beyond UNE space. Alien life was discovered on other worlds, but only in the form of non-sapient flora and fauna.

However, one such xenos race was discovered in the Torith system in 889 BCW, with the discovery of ravaging, despotic, and purely chaotic species of reptilians that would later become known as the Reavers. Shortly after this, entire Reaver fleets had encroached upon UNE territory, laying waste to any populated world, void outpost, and passing ship in their stead. Until now, the UNE had little to no spaceworthy warships in supply, and those that did barely stood a chance against Reaver fleets.

However, one such man took it upon himself to build his own spaceworthy fleet of combat-ready voidships, based around his homeworld of Dianta. This man went by the name of Reyuis Crimson, and his hardened fleet, the "Crimson Lance", made quick work of driving the Reaver fleets away from UNE space in less than a year's time. People all around the UNE hailed the Lance as heroes, and the UNE legislation suggested that the Lance could be their primary armed force of voidships, to which Reyuis greatly accepted.

The Age of the Crimson Lance (834 - 602 BCW)
With the addition of the Crimson Lance as the UNE's Space Force, expansion and protection of UNE space skyrocketed. The Lance's leader, Admiral Reyuis Crimson, set up his homeworld of Ivanna II as the Lance's primary base of operations, housing recruitment offices, training camps and all-important manufacturing hubs for weapons, ammunition and voidships.

For nearly 200 years, nothing much had changed for the Lance or UNE, apart from growth and expansion of course. However, a young Crimson Lance Captain by the name of Hertalli Bacara was appointed as the new Vice-Admiral, after the previous one died from food poisoning (of all things), by Reyuis Crimson himself.

The Lance Incursion (602 - 588 BCW)
(see Lance Incursion)