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TWHON Era: ??? to ???

• According to what evidence exists in the recovered records of the Ancients A and Ancients B species, Those Who Have Only Names were a group predating the Ancients, with some degree of interaction or legacy involvement with all Ancient species.

Ancient Era ??? to ~2 Million BCE

• Several Million Years BCE

Ancients A, B expand throughout this region of the galaxy, interact with at least 4-6 other groups of similar developmental level

• ~2 Million Years BCE

Widespread cataclysms:

Abandonment of Ancient research labs on Uln homeworld

Evidence of interspecies warfare among Ancients

Slag worlds and planetary debris fields formed

Evidence suggesting that all Ancient species were rendered defunct over a very short period of time

Inheritor Era ~2 Million BCE to present (3276 CE at beginning of "Upon the Coldest Sea")

• ~960,000 to ~830,000 BCE

Alphan/Betan sublight expansion

Conflict between Alphan and Betan species leads to development of FTL technology

Both Alphan and Betan species rendered extinct due to conflict with Nano-Plague

• ~100,000 BCE

Rlaan Workers and Defenders speciate

• ~13,000-11,000 BCE

Humans develop agriculture

• 9783 BCE

Rlaan writing system formalized across entire planet

Rlaan Assembly formed

"Icarus Age" begins (11th Century BCE)

• 11th Century BCE

Rlaan begin sublight expansion

• 1st Century BCE

Aera begin clearing forests to create agricultural land

• 3rd Century CE

Rlaan research into FTL re-activates Nano-Plague

Rlaan expansion halted as Rlaan recover from Nano-Plague

• 5th Century CE

Uln reach Sul-Gatwa High Castle

Gatwa dynasty cements Ulnish supremacy

• 15th Century CE

Rlaan finish consolidating post Nano-Plague recovery, reintegrating surviving colony worlds back into the Rlaan Assembly

Rlaan encounter the Saahasayaay homeworld

New Rlaan Assembly expansion policies instituted, including stringent requirements for core-system development before expansion

• 18th Century CE

Uln begin sublight expansion

Negative Rlaan experiences with Saahasayaay lead them to concentrate on the construction of designer species from pre-sapients, including the Lmpl and Nuhln, rather than relying on encountering useful sapients.

• 23rd Century CE

Death-throws of the nation-states on Earth

Increasingly cemented meme-groups

Humans begin sublight expansion

Origins of the Forsaken

• 25th Century CE

Second generation colonies launched (Human space)

Massive construction projects common (Human space)

Cherryh station

Hephaestus

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• 26th Century CE

Humans begin forays into jump technology, in particular, the Unadorned and Andolians

• 27th-28th Century CE

Nano-Plague activates in Human space

Collapse of nanite-based technologies in Human space

Human societies stabilize, having adapted or failed.

"Interstellar Church of True Form's Return" founded

"Icarus Age" ENDS

"Diamond Dust Age" begins (28th Century CE)

• "Reconstruction period" begins

Beginnings of human interstellar economy.

Initial formation of Merchant Cartels

Displacement of Forsaken by FTL claim-jumpers begins.

• 29th Century CE

SPEC drive invented by Emilio Sofono

Displacement of Forsaken accelerates.

"Reconstruction period" ends

• "Exploration period" begins
• 30th Century CE

First Contact (for humans): Unadorned discover Mishtali

Joint Shaper/Light-Bearer venture discovers ancestors of Dgn and Shmrn in system dubbed "Beckett's Murky Venture".

Light-Bearers discover Ktah

Light-Bearers occupy Ktah

Andolians discover Ktah

First human interstellar conflict (later dubbed "The Fraternal War") begins

Hoshino uprising, Light-Bearer presence on Ktah neutralized, nuclear retaliation kills over 1 billion Klk'k.

Andolians liberate Ktah system

"Ktah restoration project" begins

Andolians reveal Light-Bearers' Space-Born project, muting Light-Bearer support from other factions

Widespread ramp up of space-based military assets begins (Human space)

Andolians systematically debilitate Light-Bearer faction, liberating Space-Born and Shmrn. Andolians now responsible for more human deaths than any other group in human history.

• 30th-31st Century CE

Surviving Light-Bearers turned over to Klk'k, Space-Born, and Shmrn custody.

Light-Bearer meme-group rendered defunct

Andolians cede control of several former Light-Bearer colonies to other factions, primarily Shapers as compensation for lost investements.

Independent Shmrn colonization effort begins.

"Andolian Protectorate" established as entity in control of Andolian and Klk'k affairs

Diplomatic talks concerning the formation of "Confederation of Inhabited Worlds" begin

League of Independent Human Worlds (LIHW) formed

"Exploration period" ends

"Diamond Dust Age" ENDS

"Confederation Age" begins (31st Century CE)

• "Paranoid Avarice period" begins (Human space)

Independent human meme-groups aggressively absorbed by larger meme-groups.

Andolians discover Purth, begin redesigning them

Aera encounter Bzbr, become increasingly worried about potentially abundant sentient species

• "Confederation of Inhabited Worlds" formed

Internal conflicts abate. Military buildups continue due to increased assessments of risk from potential alien sapients.

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Rlaan encounter Uln

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Humans (specifically Shapers) encounter Rlaan

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Aera encounter Uln

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Aera/Humans/Rlaan/Uln expand to each others' borders

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Aera colony passage negotiations fail

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Aera attempt to sneak convoy through Rlaan space

Aeran convoy destroys Rlaan civilian vessels

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Aera-Rlaan war

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Aera-Rlaan cease-fire

• 3276 CE

Aera invade Forsaken space

Confederation grudgingly mobilizes to support Forsaken

Aera/Confederation enter into a state of war

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The History of First Contacts

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