Before United Commonwealth of Planets

## 13 Billion Years Ago

* The Nammu (Preservers) scatter genetic material within the Black Eye Galaxy, populating it with humanoid life.

## 500,000 Years Ago

* The Cronus inhabit the Black Eye Galaxy. Controlling much of the Black Eye Galaxy, the Cronus encounter *Voyager VI,* a *National Aeronautics and Space Administration* probe which appears to have fallen through a *Black Hole* into the Black Eye Galaxy. The Cronus repair the probe, modifying it into the colossal entity known as *V'Ger*.
* *V'Ger* leaves the Black Eye Galaxy on a quest to *"Learn all that is learnable and return that knowledge to the creator"* and find its creator.

## 200,000 Years Ago

* The Iconians establish an outpost in the Black Eye Galaxy. Establishing a colony on both Australis in the Omega Quadrant and Leahval in the Tau Quadrant.
* The Iconians construct the three known *Iconian Spacegates* (One of which becomes known to the United Commonwealth of Planets as *"The Iris"* in the Australis System) in the Black Eye Galaxy, linking it to many other galaxies that the Iconians had explored, including both the Milky Way Galaxy and the *Andromeda Galaxy* using the Chioni Commune as a *Servitor Species*.
* The Soul War starts between The Glare and the Iconian Empire, resulting in the destruction of the *T'kon Empire*.
* Due to the encroaching influence of Void Space, the Iconians abandon the Black Eye Galaxy, electing to *"bury"* their gates in subspace so they could not be used by The Old Ones to gain access to other galaxies.
* The Q Continuum enters the Black Eye Galaxy, sealing a malevolant entity, created by Q experiments with biological ascension known as *"The Void Mother"* behind a *"Great Barrier"* at Berenices A in the center of the Black Eye Galaxy.
* The Q Continuum are prevented from entering sections of the Black Eye Galaxy due to weaknesses in the barrier which has allowed pockets of Void Space to form outside the barrier, disrupting the Q's powers. These breaches allow The Old Ones to be created.

## 10,000 Years Ago

* Insidea becomes uninhabitable to the Stratis people, through a climatic disaster, possibly brought on by the expansion of Void Space within the Black Eye Galaxy.
* The Stratis people make contact with The Old Ones known as *Eshu*.
* Unable to defend themselves against only one Old One, having never encountered one before, the Stratis Empire eventually dissolved until only Stratis remained, with many of their former people now corrupted by the powerful psionic fields projected by Eshu.
* Facing total defeat and eventual annihilation, the Stratis enacted a desperate plan to copy their consciousnesses into a computer mainframe and proceeded to destroy their original bodies, making it appear to Eshu that the Stratis Empire had been completely destroyed, becoming the Strategos Collective.
* The more radical sect, The Cult of Transmutation officially breaks away from the Strategos Collective.
* *Eshu* is killed by an unknown method and discovered 10,000 years later by the United Commonwealth of Planets, becoming the research facility known as Memory Omega.

## 5,000 Years Ago

* Sierra Varamek is born within the Nox-Veredian Empire.
* At the height of its power, the Nox-Veredian Empire controlled over one half of the Black Eye Galaxy. Promoting worship of The Old Ones and the *"The Void Mother"* as celestial, godlike beings.
* The Nox-Veredian Empire is defeated in a war, known as the *300 Years War* with the Strategos Collective.
* Lor'ia'tu was completely changed by the Nox-Veredian Empire, who selected the *Sigma Omega Star System* to conduct experiments into negative energy and gravitational based technologies due to the systems proximity to the emerging Void Space emanating from the centre of the Black Eye Galaxy.

## 1800 Years Ago

* The Aventis (Children of Avalon) arrive on Aventis (Aventis II) by a wormhole created by Calibur

## 1300

* Devlyn Kardrack is born on Verakia.
* Sierra Varamek destroyed the surface of Verakia Prime, ending the decline of the Nox-Veredian Empire, Devlyn Kardrack is forced to flee Verakia.
* Forced to abandon Verakia, Devlyn Kardrack retreats to the Australis System and discovers *"The Iris"*, an Iconian Gateway to the Milky Way Galaxy.

## 1312

* The people of Curnaris (Omega Xi IV) are enslaved by the Xen'Trist Prime.

## 1403

* The Rothian Federation achieve warp drive.

## 1410

* The Ascendancy War breaks out in the Lambda Quadrant between the Qox'cotel Protectorate and the Esthorain Illuminate.

## 1421

* The people of Curnaris (Omega Xi IV) lead a rebellion against the Xen'Trist Prime, creating the Interstellar Alliance, leading to the liberation of many worlds such as Yinxu.

## 1447

* The Kabbalis Consortium achieve warp drive after successful first contact with the Symphony of Lor'ia'tu. The Kabbalis become part of the Symphony for a number of years, eventually being able to *"buy"* their freedom in 1503.

## 1694

* The Rothian Federation conquers Palas, a rather isolated world on the edge of the Zeta Quadrant. This leads to centuries of war to retain control of the planet from the Aventis Empire, who would try to liberate it later.

## 1809

* Dissatisfied with the decision of the Interstellar Alliance, not to eradicate the once powerful Xen'Trist Prime, the Yinxu Empire, former members of the Alliance declare war on the rest of the Interstellar Alliance in a period known as the *Rage Wars*.

## 1905

* The "*Wainara Riots*" occur on Roth Prime, in which protests, objecting to Waitang's massive influence over the Government were slaughtered by Government troops, Government officials slowly began to be replaced by Waitang sponsored advocates. This event is usually marked as the end of the *Rothian Federation*.

## 1925

* Writer *H.P. Lovecraft* was receiving telepathic visions that directly inspired *The Cthulhu Mythos*. The Old One was found to have crashed into Earth's oceans after failing to cross the Galactic Barrier into the Milky Way without taking leathal damage and was abducting ships with the legendary "*Bermuda Triangle*" to recover its strength. The threat was ended when the U.S.S. Hiryu dropped a modified mine into the already weakened creatures maw.

## 2001

* The Rothian Corporation is formed by *Waitang Energy Enterprises*, under *Emperor Taltrix I*.
* Asturia joins the Rothian Corporation as a protectorate.

## 2004

* The Aventis Empire is formed by *Emperor Excalis I*, succeeded in unifying all 51 Individual Nation States

## 2189

* The Black Eye Consortium is established, a powerful alliance of several economic unions, consisting of Vexari, Khydallan and Rokal species.

## 2200

* The Zoranastris are declared officially extinct, destroyed by the Rothian Corporation for their rebellion.

## 2215

* A Black Eye Consortium vessel crashes on Bassar, exposing the then feudal and stagnant Bassari with advanced technology and warp drive capability.

## 2231

* The formation of the oldest known Bunuaa'n megacity known as Rabbiris takes place on Bunuaa. This is the oldest known record in Robun society.

## 2268

* A damaged Gloreen vessel, which had discovered the "Iris" in the Australis system and used it to explore the Milky Way Galaxy, accidentally encountered the Galactic Barrier on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Galactic Barrier severely damaged the Gloreen vessel and caused the Amoeba Class vessel to absorb significant portions of the negative energy within the barrier itself, damaging the vessel and killing the Gloreen crew aboard. the *U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701* was forced to destroy the Amoeba Class starship, when the Amoeba Class attempted to induce a cellular mitosis in order to save itself from destruction. The *Enterprise* used an antimatter warhead to penetrate the nucleus at point blank range.

## 2302

* The Austurian city of *Melth'han* was invaded for just 2 days as Aventis Monarch Penda I attempted to get treatment for her son and heir, petitioning *Pu'rik Industries* for help. This event became known as the *"2-Day Invasion"* and despite the Aventis leaving honourably, after *Tavus* had recieved treatment, it soured relations between the Austurian and Aventis governments for years.

## 2333

* The Bassari Socialist Republics is formed on Bassar.

## 2371

* The "*Public Entertainment Act*" is passed in *Ek'kon Empire*.

## 2392

* The *Ek'kon Empire* is destroyed in "*The Great Rising"*, which caused the prisoners of the *"Maw"* facilities to bomb Ek'kon, irradiating the entire surface of the planet. The survivors and former prisoners band together to the different sects of The Condemned

## 2419

* The United Commonwealth of Planets is formed.