Timeline

# Timeline of the Story

The story of the precursors is told through multiple eras. These eras were based on certain findings and technological advancements which were brought on during the era. [note: this page is subject to change and should not be taken as 100% fact]

## Stellar Era (600BDT-400BDT) - Before Dimensional Travel

The Interstellar Era started with the innovation of Space Travel to become more reliable and friendly to the common Precursor. The local solar system was explored. This timeframe also saw the unification of the Precursor civilization into a single economic and social group. There was a formalized class structure based on aptitude and skill which placed certain individuals in higher classes than others. Individuals could advance or decline in class throughout their life based on their personal attributes. Architecture of the time was comparable to Modern Earth. The end of the Stellar era is the Interstellar Epoch, described below.

## Interstellar Epoch (398BDT)

This is the moment the starting events of our story take place. A group of scientists working for a large government run organization known as SPORC (Space Pioneer Organizing, Relocating and Colonizing) identified a major breakthrough in the quantum science of rocket propulsion and created a hyperspace rocket motor. This of course catapulted immediately into the forefront of all efforts, as the Precursor homeworld had become overcrowded and this offered a method to reach other viable planets in a timely manner. The player and a select crew were chosen to pilot the Hyperspace rocket in a direct path to the nearest possible viable planet. Because of the nature of the hyperspace rocket, there was no concern about fuel and the time would be near instant for the occupants. Upon taking off and reaching the relativistic speeds, hyper speed was reached, but the universe has a way of playing with everyone. All math stated that time would flow backwards during this moment. However, what really happened was space and time merged. The universe sent them in a spacetime bubble in an orbit around their star. Inside the bubble, time slowed to nearly stopping. However, from outside of this bubble, which from the outside seemed impenetrable as all things, including light that entered it slowed down and could take thousands of years to get through. The decision was made to abandon them, and a monument to the failure of humanity was constructed in their honor.

## Interstellar Era (398BDT-0ADT)

The Precursors continued to study and learn about other possibilities of interstellar travel, but having experienced the failure of the Hyperspace rocket they were much more cautious. Their math had been wrong, and now they had more data on which to draw from. While all attempts to retrieve the test pilot and crew were abandoned, study of the bubble continued, allowing for many advancements in quantum mechanics in a new subfield known as Hyperbubble mechanics. This new math eventually led to a series of accidental discoveries involving a toaster and literal metric ton of obsidian creating the first interdimensional portal.

## Dimensional Era - Nether (0ADT-250ADT) - After Dimensional Travel

The dimension found was hellish. Lava was everywhere and the creatures within dumfounded even the most intelligent biologists. During this time, the Precursors studied and expanded into what they began calling "The Nether". The exploration brought with it exploitation of the environment and resources. They did not find too many resources to utilize. An extremely rare resource, known as Netherite was found and was mined to near exhaustion. Further, they left the local populous in ruins. Tech during this period focused on traditional Netherite plated technology due to its fireproof nature and extreme durability. However, due to the nature of the Nether, very few if any of the Precursors set up residence in the Nether. All defenses set up were designed to prevent the native inhabitants of the Nether from reaching the Precursor homeworld through standard means.

## Dimensional Era - The End (250ADT - 253ADT)

In 250ADT, the first stronghold was built. They were designed after a combination of eye of ender and a hardened portal block were combined. Thus, the END was found. The name, The End was because it seemed so final. There seemed to be nothing to observe but the occasional floating island in an endless void. The major find here was the flying technology and dimensional fruit known as Chorus Fruit. Upon the discovery of the interesting effects of the Chorus fruit, scientists were able to find a method of dimensional travel which utilized more scientific methods to reach. Thus rapidly ending this era.

## Dimensional Era - The Plains (253ADT-400ADT)

The method of reaching the Plains was actually only a single permutation, which made all of the dimensions seem more like a 3D grid of dimensions, of which the End was 1 above, and the Nether was 1 below the Precursor homeworld. The Plains as it was dubbed due to its absolutely beautiful flowing plains when first entered, was +1 in the W axis. This discovery also meant that scientists knew at this point that the only way in was through one of these dimensions.

## Extradimensional Era - (400ADT-1018ADT)

Society changed greatly over this 600 years. The Plains had one of the most powerful minerals discovered thus far, and it was in such abundance that there was no fear of depletion. This material "Uranium" as the Locals in the dimension called it, allowed for new power which while possible before, was infeasible due to the difficulty in gathering enough of it together to create a reactor. With the addition of near limitless power, the need for using vast amounts of resources from the Precursor homeworld was immediately removed. Shift in collective mentality also meant that the Precursors were also trying to live more in tune with nature during this period. The shift to expand beyond the Plains was decided by the Scientists for Another Dimensional HOP (SADHOP) in order to satiate curiosity and improve scientific understanding of the universe. Three more planes were discovered, one which housed what seemed to be a magical forest another which had a booming civilization with cities as far as the eye can see, and the third, which would be the downfall of the Precursors, the Y'poch homeworld.

## The War (1018ADT)

Upon first contact with the Y'poch, there was no doubt that they were intent on the destruction of the invaders. The Precursors, up until this point, had not met a dimension with a race of beings of technological advancement near theirs, but the Y'poch were much further along than they were. Additionally, the Precursors were not ready. Thus, the Y'poch pushed them back relatively easily into the Plains. The largest battle of the war was in the Plains, which very quickly became a pock marked battle field with very little left. Both side lost many there, but the final battle was on the precursor homeworld, where the precursors were bombed and eradicated. The Y'poch returned to their homeworld as they had won and saw no further threat.

## The Crash (1310ADT)

The bubble popped. The pilot was now going Sub-Light speed and heading on a collision course towards the Precursor homeworld very far off from their last location only seconds before from their perspective. Upon crash landing, the Pilot and crew find that everything is changed and hundreds of years has passed.