Timeline

#### 2163:

* First Bydo War starts and ends with the destruction of the Bydo Emperor (in reality a sockpuppet of Solar Pupil). This becomes the first conflict where a R-Craft is used, that being the original R-9A Arrowhead.
* During the war, a colony that had been developing a new AI is attacked and destroyed by the Bydo Empire. A completed defence AI codenamed MONARCH survives. It plans to not only get revenge on the Bydo, but also to enslave humanity as it sees them as unable to rule themselves properly.
* In another part of human controlled space shortly after the end of the war, the MAJOR AI which controls the terraformed planet of Eden (also know as the Paradise Planet) goes rogue. Two fighters of the newly developed LEO design are quickly sent to resolve the issue. The operation is both a success and a failure at the same time as while MAJOR is destroyed (or rather their physical body is destroyed and their data thrown into cyberspace), the planets surface is destroyed afterwards.

#### 2164

* The Bydo manage to infiltrate Earth and take control of the annihilation platform Mortiz-G while causing havoc in a Japan. 4 fighters (R-9A2 Delta, RX-10 Albatross, R-13A Cerberus and the TP-2 POW Armor) are sent to repel the invaders and destroy the infected machinery. Following some additional missions, the squad eventually have to attack their infected HQ before going into Earth's Desynch Space to destroy the gate that allowed the Bydo to invade. The Bydo Seed is destroyed and Earth is safe, but Cerberus is unable to escape and is absorbed into a Bydo Tree.

#### 2165

* Second Bydo War begins. Compared to the last war, the Bydo are much more aggressive and by the end of the war have claimed all of humanity's colonies. However, the new R-9C Warhead is able to destroy the Bydo Commander and cripples their combat abilities for a time.

#### 2166

* Shadow Armada is formed after MONARCH gathers enough resources to craft itself a new body and a rudimentary fleet.

#### 2169

* The Earth Allied Armed Forces initiate the Third Bydo War after discovering the home of the Mother Bydo, who is believed to be the true leader of the Bydo at the time. The R-90 Ragnarok is sent to a desynch gate that leads to the Star System where it is hiding. After travelling into The Galaxy of Abyss, Ragnarok heavily damages the Mother Bydo, but has to eject it's Shadow Force into the creatures mouth to seal it away once and for all. Said Force actually contained the remnants of MAJOR.

#### 2170

* After recovering from the loss of a significant commander, the Bydo launch a direct strike on the Solar System, starting the Fourth Bydo War. Thanks to the efforts of Admiral Jade Ross, the invasion is fought off. After retaking the dimensional catapult Glitnir near Pluto/Chiron, the EAAF use captured co-ordinates to reach the Bydo Home System. Jade Ross and his fleet are sent through the Tesseract and end up in the System where they proceed to fight through the defence fleets and reach the Bydo Homeworld. There they hunt down and destroy the Ebon Pupil on the planets surface. But after this victory, they never returned and the entire fleet is classed as MIA.

#### 2174

* A surprise attack by a Bydo fleet causes heavy damage to the EAAF. Oddly enough, it is the only Bydo fleet to attack. It is so successful in its attack that it eventually reaches Earth and lays waste to the current EAAF HQ at the time. But after doing so, the ships mysteriously leave, but not before being damaged by an EAAF counter-attack. This event becomes known as the Bydo Homecoming.

#### 2175-2176

* Due to the invasion of Earth and their extreme use of Bydo-derived technology, anti-EAAF sentiment grows amongst the human populace. In response to the EAAF and Earth Hegemony refusing to stop the use of Forces despite peaceful protests, many colonies (especially those on the moons of the giant planets) form into the Granzella Revolution Army (its namesake being a city on Mars). This leads to the start of the Solar Civil War between the two factions after the EAAF puts Granzella City under martial law. Geirrod Fortress becomes the new base of operations for the GZRA.
* GZRA almost wins the war, but are crippled when some of the colonies that made up the alliance defect and form the Solar Liberation League. The faction is lead by Admiral Kisun and claims to be trying to carry out the revolution but with Bydo technology. However, this is proven to be false when they sign a truce with the EAAF allowing them control of the outer planet. A GZRA fleets moves in and attacks Glitnir. The Civil War ends with Glitnir being liberated from SLL control before Coalition fleets enter the Tesseract to track down and destroy the remnants 6 months later. However, it turns out not only has their leader died, but the rest of their ships have been taken over by the Bydo.
* The Bydo Empire launches another invasion of the Solar System, starting the Fifth Bydo War. Once again they are somehow able to breach Earth defences and attack the planet itself and are also again repelled back to the fringes of the Solar System. At some point during this operation, one of the major Earth fleets is pulled into a Bydo pocket dimension after destroying the invasion fleets flagship. Here they confront and destroy another Bydo Core, the Amber Pupil. This fleet too is classed MIA.
* At some point following the end of the war, the GZRA creates Euclid which retreats into the Kuiper Belt to conduct experiments on dimensional rifts beyond the edge of the Solar System.

#### 2180

* The events of R-Type: Distortions begin.