Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25606723-20150903213430/@comment-25606723-20150903213500

In the year 2035, 2 great scientists, the names of which have wasted away with history, invented the first Antimatter Drive, which was implimented into a new prototype starship. This began the 1 st  Great Mechanical Revolution, which lasted from 2037-2049. In this time was invented Mechanical Exoskeletons, Functioning Independent AI, primitive Laser and Rail weapons technology, and better Cybernetic Limbs(functioning without mechanical connections to the brain). During this period, many great countries grew corrupt in the desire for power, and some, such as the United States, were headed by people who believed that life is worth nothing, and they supported the Genocide of the weak and called it 'Natural Selection'. The fear of growing old and weak now dominated the minds of most citizens. By the year 2060, most people in the US committed legal suicide by the age of 43 average. Although this was not as prominent in other parts of the world, it still happened all the time.



During this time many sook to find a new residence in the stars, after all, they did have spaceships. But in the year 2075, the main world governments took a Census on all starships, and within the year only the government could legally own one. Now the main governments at the time were the Russian-German Empire(RGE), the ISIS terrorrist organization, which had spread throughout the Middle East into Africa and Asia, and the United Dictatorship of America(UDA, the former USA), which now controlled most of Mexico.



In the year 2090, the RGE invaded the rest of Europe, which by this time was quite weak in comparison. The only united countries there were the Nordic Conglomorate, which consisted of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark, and they lasted the longest. By 2098, The only remaining resistance was in northern Sweden and Finland, and Iceland. The war was considered to be over in 2100, when the Resistance was almost entirely squashed. The RGE, now renamed the New European Dominion(NED), also probed into Asia, but found that they were not the only ones expanding their borders. ISIS now controlled almost all of Asia, and they would not give ground.



It should be noted that warfare at the time was much different than warfare now. Spacial Missiles and Nukes were near impossible, as there were AI Missile Interception Satalites(AIMIS) that patrolled the skies above any major country. Infantry was seldom used, and when they were, they were equippeed with Millitary varient Armored Exoskeletons and either L.Sniper62s Varient(A primitive, though highly accurate semi-auto sniper rifle varient) or high powered SMGs with rocket attachments. HoverTanks and low flying stealth bombers were the most common type of warfare back then. Biological warfare was also in use, as Humanity had not yet developed the medicine we have today. The earth was also guarded by a sieries of Orbital Defense Platforms(ODP) which immideately shot down any ship leaving the atmosphere. These were put in place to discourage Orbital Railgun Bombardments and to prevent ships from other countries from entering the atmosphere.



In the year 2110, the remaining European Resistance formed an alliance with the now weak Canada. Their purpose was to find(via long-range scanner) and reach a habitable planet and set up a rebel colony without any of the governments noticing. In 2119 they found the planet Sierra, the first of the colony worlds. They named it Sahara because of its Desert-like qualities. It showed high readings of Silicon, and had several plains of rock and sand. The planet is riddled with extremely sensitive caves, which sometimes only take a mere touch to collapse. In many of these caves natural springs pop up. Sierra is slightly closer to its Sun then Terra. In 2123, a stealth ship capable of evading the ODPs was developed, and the first of the colony ships set off. They brought supplies for 15 years on Earth, as well as Biodomes and vegetables. When they reached the planet, they found an inhospitable wasteland before them. Their Exoskeletons were lined with coolant, so the heat diddnt provide much of a problem(Exoskeletons are the standard means of doing labour), but the Desert Stalkers did. They were named that because they would destroy intruders by burrowing through the sand behind them, then grabbing the unfortunate who ventured into their territory with one of their grisly claws and stinging them with a poisoned tail. They are scorpion-like with a Silicon shell which will reform quickly when destroyed, and they eat Silicon. They are EXTREMELY territorial, and will often leave mutilated bodies behind because they dont eat meat. The Colonists had trouble with them at first, but they learned that the creatures would not venure out onto the Stone Flats. The second planet found is named Tlaloc, after the Aztek god of Earthquakes, because the planet had excessive tectonic activity. Continents would vanish overnight into the Great Seas that covered the planet. Only one continent was at all stable, and that was at about the same degree above the Equator as the US used to be(That system was the closest to Terra's found yet, and Terran plants thrived there). Earthquakes were constant there, and Settlements were built to withstand class 7s. The only life there was a type of squidlike creature that eats a type of giant seaweed. The third planet is an Ice Giant named Skadi, after the Norse Giantess. It had an extremely cold and barely inhabitable Tundric Band about its equator. It is a little farther from its sun than Terra. These three were found and colonized by the year 2040.



During this time, Terra degenerated into a state of constant war. The UDA conquered Canada and most of South America and ISIS was mopping up the NED. By this time all of the Resistance, now renmed the Sepratist Colonies(SC), had been evacuated off Terra. In the year 2168, a part of the UDA rebelled, and flung America into turmoil. The New States of America, as the Rebels were calling themselves, took a little over half of the UDA millitary with them when they rebelled. They were winning, with heavy losses, for 10 years, until ISIS judged the time was right to crush both warring sides. By this time ISIS controlled all of Africa, Asia, Europe,Antarctica, and Australia. They easily smashed the now weakened Americans, and named themselves rulers of Terra, and all paid tribute to them. They renamed themselves the Terranic Dominion of Sol(TDS(Sol=Terra's Solar System)) and amassed a mighty army(They were no longer a religeous organization from about 2100 onward) of men from all around Terra and built a mighty starfleet. They terrorized the occupants of Earth, and took what they wished.



Here begins the Great Interplanetary War, which is still unended.

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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">In about 2189, a Sepratist fleet, Salvation, was deployed to take back Terra. Now there was a great bockade surrounding the planet, more than 3 times the size of their fleet, and the ODPs had been turned outwards. But the SC were masters of Cloaking Technology, and they flew between the great cruisers of Terra and boarded some, and turned them against the others. The boarded ships assaulted the others by surprise and destroyed many, but they were destroyed swiftly after. But the SC lost no troops or ships, for they had planted AI gunners in the Cruisers. Therefore the Sepratist fleet escpaed unscathed, while the blockade was weakened. And the leaders of the Dominion were wrathful, and doubled the blockade. This was the first battle of the Great War.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Then the Sepratists were surprised at the strength of Terra, and saw that is was united and was stronger than they, and they relied on stealth to aid their few numbers. Now there were many more assaults on the blockade similar to the first, and this greatly angered the leaders of Terra, and they began to devise a strike force to seek out and destroy these attackers, be they Aliens or Rebels, for they knew not which for no ships had come out of cloaking during the assaults. This strike force found Sierra, for it was the closest to Terra, and assaulted it. Now the defenses of Sierra were strong, and the fleets of the Sepratists constantly battered them from behind, and they saw that the enemy was human. They retreated to Terra and reported this to the Dictator, who was greatly pleased. Now a fleet of great magnitude is inbound for Sierra, and who can tell the outcome...

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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Now we come to the end of this tale, for Sierra has not yet been assaulted, and we have no knowledge of the outcome. For the year 2200 is here, and new things will awaken with its coming...

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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom:0in;">GOOD LUCK.