Timeline

#### **February**

* 3rd - The Skyllian Blitz was initiated, a large coalition of pirates and mercenaries swarmed the human colony of Elysium, partly backed by the Batarian Hegemony.
* 11th - The Skyllian Blitz is repelled, the Alliance taking back full control of their colony.

### 2185

#### **August**

* 20th - 15 innocent civilians are killed in a violent political confrontation on the Citadel that becomes known as the Coffee Shop Massacre.

#### **September**

* 2nd - G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. was created by the Citadel Council and announced to the public.

#### **December**

* 25th - Councilor Leral Veran is assassinated by the Taetran Insurrection during the Second Coffee Shop Massacre.
* 31st - The Genophage is cured.

### 2186

#### **January**

* 25th - The Krogan Empire, Batarian Hegemony and Skyllian League create the Terminus Confederacy.

#### **February**

* 2nd - The Migrant Fleet allies with the Terminus Confederacy.

#### **April**

* 24th - The Terminus Confederacy officially declares war on the Citadel Council. The Vol Protectorate, the Courts of Dekuuna and the human Systems Alliance declare neutrality. The Hanar Illuminated Primacy side with the Council.

#### **August**

* 1st - G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. splits from the Citadel Council control.

* 3rd - The G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. Initiative and Systems Alliance enter the war to unite the galaxy.

#### **October**

* 10th - 25th - Second Skyllian Blitz - G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. wins.

#### **December**

* 31st - Every G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. ship, every station and the colony of Haven is destroyed by the Outsider.

### 2187

#### **February**

* 9th - The existence of the Reapers are confirmed by meeting Prometheus on Tarith.
* 14th - Omega is taken by the Reapers, with most of the population assumed lost.
* 17th - The Rachni are rediscovered on Altahe and ally with G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. Emissary is sent to the GSV Arcadia.

#### **April**

* 4th - Baghul and the Blood Pack ally with G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. Cerberus’s offer of alliance is rejected.
* 20th - Bastion technology is obtained by a G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. strike-team. The Reaper Purity is slain.

#### **May**

* 1st - G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. learns of the Reaper’s intent to annihilate the galaxy.

#### **June**

* 20th - Monarch’s forces decimate the Alliance’s 5th Fleet and Eden Prime in a matter of hours. A Crucible Engine, the literal heart of a Reaper, is recovered.
* 20th - The Illusive Woman is assassinated. Critical Reaper tech and intel regarding the Omega 4 relay is obtained. Cerberus forces are splintered into leaderless cells.
* 25th - Galactic Summit. Temporary truce is agreed to by all factions except the Hegemony.

#### **August**

* 8th - Assault on the Omega-4 Relay. The Reapers are defeated in a massive energy wave released when Dust, a Jardaan AI, activates the Relay Network Weapon. All fleets suffer heavy casualties, and survivors retreat before the relay is destroyed. The GSV Arcadia and GSV Providence are lost, and the GSV Osiris is launched through the Relay, and assumed destroyed.
* 11th - The crew of the GSV Osiris reestablishes contact from Rannoch.
* 20th - The Omega Four Relay is redesignated the Sahrabarik Exclusion Zone and declared a historic landmark. Civilians have refer to this area as the Omega Graveyard.
* 27th - Batarian rebels on Camala stage a planet-wide uprising, declaring independence. More uprisings take place across batarian space. The Batarian Civil War begins.

#### **December**

* 31st - Humanity is awarded a seat on the Council. Dr. Xiao Kun becomes the first human Councillor.

### 2188

#### **February**

* 1st - All G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N. files are sealed and secured within the Citadel Archives. All former Operatives are debriefed.

#### **March**

* 5th - The Batarian Provisional Government is formed on Camala and opens diplomatic relations with the Council. The Batarian Civil War is mired in stalemate. The batarian rebels ask for military support, but the Council declines.

#### **October**

* 4th - The Council-backed Batarian Provisional Government cedes Lorek back to the Asari Republics.
* 25th - The Batarian Provisional Government is granted an Embassy on the Citadel.

### 2189

#### **February**

* 16th - Facing mounting civilian casualties, humanitarian crises, increased raiding, and booming refugee populations, Council forces enter the Batarian Civil War in support of the Batarian Provisional Government.

#### **November**

* 2nd - Seeing the writing on the wall for the Hegemony, many loyalists flee to the Terminus Systems to form the Hegemony-in-Exile. Part rump state, part slaver consortium, part pirate republic, the Hegemony-in-Exile leans fully into slaving and bandity, raiding colonies.

### 2190

#### **March**

* 8th - With most of batarian space now under Council control, Hegemony remnants dig in on Fortress Khar’shan, daring the Council and rebels to follow them.
* 11th - The joint refugee-relocation center in the Attican Traverse, Karakoram Station, is destroyed in an anonymous terrorist attack, resulting in an estimated 8,000 casualties.

#### **July**

* 22nd - A Council Invasion Fleet gathers in the Harsa System, operating in tandem with batarian rebels, preparing for to blockade Khar’shan.
* 23rd - The Council Recovery Corps is formed.

#### **August**

* 8th - The CSV Resurgence in unveiled as the Council Recovery Corps' flagship. The vessel is hijacked by terrorists and Cerberus operatives attempt to assassinate director Julian Stoker.

#### **November**

* 2nd - The 2336th Annual Citadel Gala Red Carpet is held.