Rinnarverse timeline B

This timeline of the Rinnarverse is an alternate timeline. The point of divergence was somewhere in the 3000s, when a new faction of Vetarbroitar emerged in the north of the Galaxy.

## Setting

In this setting, humanity has colonised most of the Milky Way, mostly through the usage of clones and rapidly-replicating machines transported by fleets of starships. Several powers began to dominate the Galaxy:

* Various warlords, autocrats, mass-murderers, and tyrants (east)
* The Reichs (northwest) - several warmongering fascist empires
* The Soviets (southeast) - several warmongering communist empires
* Germolid Cabal (north) - a slave empire owned by a supercorporation
* Amecons (west-centre) - descendants of the American Federation
* Amelios (north-centre) - descendants of the United States
* Earth Union (southern half) - a cybernetic empire claiming to "advance" humanity with an iron fist
* Vetarbroitar (northern half) - various scattered, unruly nations of cloned Norse warriors

Of these factions, the Earth Union and the Germolid Cabal were the mightiest of them all, followed by the Reichs and the Soviets. But with the rise of the cloned Vetarbroitar, the Milky Way becomes a three-way battleground between them and the Unionites and the Germolids. The Unionites seek to conquer the Galaxy under its harsh authority and hedonism; the Germolids seek to enslave the Galaxy's people for its CEO; and the Vetarbroitar fight among themselves or mustering a great fleet to destroy Earth.

In this timeline, the Earth Union was more united, allowing it to prevail over the Shielded Nations and focus on conquering the Milky Way; and the Germolid Cabal became a more serious threat to the peoples of the Milky Way. After a stalemate that lasted for centuries, the Earth Union has conquered the Nordic State, incarcerating and harvesting thousands of hostiles in prison camps.

With the defeat of the Nordic State, the Vetarbroitar rejoiced. However, the Vetarbroitar were faced with a new threat, that being the slaver fleets of the Germolid lords who also wanted to harvest that cloned race. They also built more fleets and armies in preparation for more Unionite assaults on their star systems, and the Unionites' attacks made them hate Earth even more.

### The Mover of the Heavens

But amid the growing fanaticism, several star systems formed an alliance. Its founders chose "Runni-vagna", later known as "Ruvania", after one of the titles of their chief god Odin, "Star-turner". They believed that since they were supposed to honour Odin, they should also pursue knowledge just as their god did long ago. Unlike many of the Vetarbroitar of their day, the Ruvanjar cared more about knowledge and advancement than revenge, devising and inventing newer and stranger machines until they became more advanced than their peers.

Several Vetarbroitar nations waged war against Ruvania and its alliance, angered by their mercy towards Earthlings. The Ruvanians won, but they lost half of their fleets, so they turned towards the Errai Rebellions. One of these rebellions became a reliable ally, being the distant manufacturing world of Tadmor orbiting the star of Gamma Cephei. The rebellions and Ruvania looked up to Tadmor's sun as a symbol of freedom throughout the Galaxy.

### The Rising Star

The fourth millennium was a time of upheaval. The Earth Union was at war with the other civilisations of the Milky Way, especially the Germolids and the Vetarbroitar. But with news of the star Gamma Cephei replacing Polaris as the new north star of Earth, rebellions broke out within the two galactic empires. These insurrections used images of stars as their emblems as they fought Unionite and Germolid troops to achieve their independence.

Among these rebellions was the planet of Ikhaya in the west of the Milky Way. Founded as a university-world, the mixed Ikhayans were neglected by the Unionite rulers. Although the Unionite governor forced them to be more like Earthlings and slaughtered the elderly, she left them to fend for themselves as they waged war on other star systems. When the news of Gamma Cephei reached their star system, the Ikhayans raised a star flag in place of the scarlet Unionite banner, declaring independence from the Earth Union.

The governor of Ikhaya was defeated and imprisoned for life, and Ikhaya declared itself a republic: impressed by the success of their revolt, many surrounding star systems and colonies joined Ikhaya. The rising state battled two invasions -- Unionite Suppressor fleets, and Germolid slaver ships -- and won.

### A Coming Dawn

In the Galactic east, hundreds of warlords battled each other, amassing armies of cloned warriors that grew crueler and bloodthirsty with each consequent, desperate spawning. Whenever they conquered an unfortunate planet, the surviving inhabitants were enslaved under brutal conditions, slaughtered and torn apart at the tyrants' fickle whims.

Fleeing from the oppression and death around them, several alliances were formed to the west of the warlords. One of them was the Harsparex Alliance, a league of worlds dedicated to scientific research. With the combined technology and armies of the Harsparex and their allies, they withstood waves upon waves of the warlords' fleets.

One particular warlord, Emperor Zalim of the Hazimar Empire, opened portals for his fleets to assault the Harsparex capital of Hadiqah Thaniyan. The president of the Harsparex Alliance, Mustapha Rashid, fought Zalim in a duel and slew him. Exhausted from the duel, he continued to lead his forces to defend the planet from Zalim's hordes, but his enemies left his homeworld in ruins. After Hadiqah Thaniyan was rebuilt in four years, the Harsparex sent fleets to protect the slave rebellions along the Hazimarid frontier.

## Trivia

* The author thought of this timeline at around April 2021. He thought that if the Vetarbroitar were to really honour their god Odin, they should have emulated his best values.