Timeline

The timeline of the Amalgamation universe.

Note that most Citadel records prior to the War of Two Councils may be approximations, as many records were lost in the war. Also note that only relatively major events are listed. For more in-depth listing, visit each respective Age page.

## AGE OF THE PRIMORDIALS - 13.8 billion BC - 15 million BC

**C. 13.8 billion BC**

 The Big Bang

**C. 4.5 billion BC**

Formation of Earth

**C. 4.2 billion BC**

Earliest possible organic life-forms arise on Earth

**C. 3.2 billion BC**

Having accidentally traveled through time, a group of Mala’kak, or Engineers, ends up on primordial Earth. One among them sacrifices himself and seeds Earth with his own DNA, accelerating the evolution of life.

Several species, primarily the Engineers and Precursors, begin to routinely take lifeforms from Earth and seed them across the cosmos, to the point where the majority of organic lifeforms are Earth-originated, with most sapient species displaying traits like spinal columns and limbs.

**C. 1.6 billion BC**

Xenomorphs, originally conceived as bio-weapons, render the time-traveled Engineers extinct.

**C. 1 billion BC**

 The Leviathans reign as dominant race of the Milky Way, dominating every sapient race they find, and protecting them in return for tribute. The Precursors isolate themselves during this time, knowing the Leviathans cannot reign forever.

They eventually create an entity known as the Intelligence, in an attempt to make organic life eternal. Eventually, the Intelligence betrays them and creates the Reapers, wiping them out. The Reapers then begin their harvesting cycle, destroying sapient life every 50,000 years (with the exception of those who are not discovered by them, like the Precursors). They construct the mass relay network, in order to cause the majority of sapients to develop on a similar path every cycle.

**C. 580 million BC**

 Animals evolve

**C. 560 million BC**

Fungi evolve

**C. 542 million BC**

Chordates evolve

**C. 540 million BC**

Arthropods evolve

**C. 500 million BC**

 The Domain is possibly created by the Precursors.

**C. 434 million BC**

 Land plants evolve

**C. 430 million BC**

Arachnids evolve

**C. 396 million BC**

Insects evolve

**C. 370 million BC**

Amphibians evolve

**C. 330 million BC**

 Amniotes evolve

**C. 310 million BC**

Reptiles evolve

**C. 298-252 million BC**

Kaiju evolve

**C. 260 million BC**

 The *Gojira serizawaensis* species thrives, but eventually declines with the lowering of global radiation levels. Eventually, Godzilla is the only remaining member of the species, going into deep hibernation for hundreds of millions of years, waking sporadically or with detection of radiation.

**C. 252 million BC**

Permian-Triassic extinction event, aka the Great Dying, where 96% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial life on Earth are wiped out from not entirely known causes, including many Kaiju groups.

**C. 231 million BC**

Dinosaurs evolve

**C. 225 million BC**

Mammals evolve

**C. 155 million BC**

 Birds evolve

**C. 70 million BC**

 Precursors seed maniraptoran dinosaurs on Eayn.

**C. 65 million BC**

 Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. Non-avian dinosaurs rendered extinct on Earth. Partially caused by the impact of a 15-kilometer asteroid, partially by a Black Marker, and possibly other causes.

## AGE OF THE ANCIENTS - 15 million BC- 97,445 BC

**C. 15 million BC**

Forerunners are created by the Precursors, and seeded on Ghibalb.

**C. 12 million BC**

Quintessons colonize Cybertron and enslave its people. Eventually, the Cybertronians revolt.

**C. 10 million BC**

 Forerunners nearly wipe out the Precursors when they apparently failed the Precursors’s test to hold the Mantle of Responsibility.

**C. 9 million BC**

Cybertronian Golden Age, followed by the Age of Rust, followed by the Great Cybertronian War. Autobots and Decepticons continue to wage war for five million years.

**C. 4 million BC**

The Fall of Cybertron. With Cybertron’s energon resources drastically drained, a desperate few last battles are fought, and the Great Exodus begins. With the leadership of both factions in stasis on Earth, the war mostly grinds to a halt for several million years, though skirmishes still occur throughout the galaxy.

**3.8 million BC**

Protheans achieve spaceflight and discover mass effect technology from the ruins of the extinct inusannon. They go on to establish a galaxy-wide civilization linked by the mass relay network with the Citadel as their capital.

**C. 2.8 million BC**

 Genus *Homo*, humanity, evolves on Earth.

The majority of extant sapient species’ genera evolve on their respective homeworlds.

**C. 1.1 million BC**

Ancient humans achieve spaceflight, and colonize numerous worlds, but suffer several dark ages resulting in the loss of most of their historical records and knowledge before eventually encountering the Forerunners. Note that the ancient human civilization did not belong to one species, but actually several genera, including *Homo* and *Gigantopithecus*.

**C. 250,000 BC**

*Homo* *sapiens* evolves.

**C. 190,000 BC**

Maximals and Predacons arrive on Earth from the future via Transwarp. The Beast Wars are waged.

**C. 160,000 BC**

The Protheans encounter a race of Cybertronian-based lifeforms that endanger their existence. To combat this threat, the Protheans begin to assimilate many other spacefaring races into their empire. The Prothean Empire is able to fend off the machines, in a conflict known as the "Metacon War".

The Protheans extensively observed primitive species. They cultivated species they deemed to have potential and made numerous outposts placed on or near the primitives' homeworlds, with Prothean interference and activities kept beyond their subjects' comprehension.

**C. 150,000 BC**

 The Forerunners are believed to have risen as the dominant species in the Milky Way Galaxy by advancing technological discoveries gathered from the remnants left by prior ancient races. Believing themselves responsible for the lives of all those less advanced than they, the Forerunners adopt the ideology of the Mantle of Responsibility. They managed to become equal if not greater than the Prothean Empire which sparked a great feeling of rivalry between the two powers.

To compete against the Forerunners, the Protheans discovered the rachni and bred them as weapons of war, selecting for the most cunning and warlike queens and unleashing rachni swarms on their enemies. Eventually, the rachni became too difficult to control and turned on their Prothean masters. The Protheans attempted to eradicate the rachni, and destroyed as many as 200 worlds before they were satisfied the extinction of the rachni, but enough survived on Suen to replenish their population.

**134,445 BC**

 Tensions between the Forerunners and Protheans escalated at some point and caused a galaxy wide war, it entailed many alliances with numerous factions taking sides including the Isu, the Mala'kak ( or Engineers), the Ancient Humans, San'Shyuum, Chozo and Martians.

**107,445 BC**

The Flood appears and begins infesting Ancient Human space, causing humanity to invade a sector of Forerunner space to escape. This would spark the Human-Forerunner Wars.

**106,498 BC**

 End of the Human-Forerunner Wars. Nearly all traces of humanity’s interstellar civilization is erased, and they revert back into hunter-gatherer societies . The Protheans, being curious on what fate would be in store for the regressed humans, built an outpost on Mars to observe the humans as they developed and see if they would join their empire or not.

**98,300 BC**

The Prothean Empire collapses with the arrival of the Reapers through the Citadel. The obliteration of the Prothean leadership left them as easy prey for the Reapers with little problem from the remnants of their military. The Reapers decide to focus their extermination efforts on the Protheans, for a swift victory.

The Forerunners, weakened from their war on the ancient humans, the Prothean Empire, and their allies, unable to fight off the Reapers and even at full strength, decide to leave the Protheans to their fate, despite what the Mantle of Responsibility would've demanded.

Over the next several centuries, the Reapers hunt the Protheans system by system, world by world, and city by city.

**97,745 BC**

The Forerunner-Reaper-Flood War begins. Already fighting the Reapers, with the appearance of the Flood, the Forerunner Ecumene starts its slow collapse. Their time is lengthened, however, as the Flood and Reapers primarily focus on fighting each other.

**97,495 BC**

 With the last of the Protheans gone, the Reapers turn their attention to the rest of the galaxy. Martians, Isu, Engineers, and numerous other species all disappear in the time approaching the conflict’s end, either from destruction by Reapers, or absorption by the Flood.

The first test-fire of a Halo Installation is conducted. Installation 07 is fired on solar system setting, destroying life in the Charum Hakkor system.

Members of species throughout the galaxy begin to be taken to the Ark for preservation, as a precaution for what would await ahead.

**97,445 BC**

 The Forerunner-Flood War reaches its conclusion with the firing of the Halo Array, annihilating nearly all organic life in the galaxy. Most life-forms are returned to their homeworlds, reseeded by Forerunner Keyships.

Some errors by the Keyships occur, such as one crashing on Janjur Qom, and others crashing onto a number of other worlds, explaining the presence of plants and animals on worlds other than those that have fossil record evidence of them evolving on.

Cybertronians, immune to the Halo Array due to being mechanical life forms, survive effortlessly, though they recorded this event as a great tragedy for the galaxy. Their records are the primary basis for knowledge of the time period in the modern era.

The Chozo manage to shield themselves from the effects of the Halos, possibly within a Shield World. Some speculate that these events are what caused the race to universally become pacifists, or at least contributed to their decision.

## AGE OF NEW BEGINNING - 97,445 BC - 1 AD

**C. 13,000 BC**

On Palaven, the turians begin to develop civilization around this time, most likely the first in the current “cycle”.

**C. 3500 BC**

Human invention of the wheel.

**2996 BC**

Yautja contact numerous early human civilizations on Earth. Teaching humans to build pyramids, the hunters are worshipped as gods.

**C. 2000 BC**

Establishment of the Maya civilization

**938 BC**

San’Shyuum encounter the Sangheili, sparking the War of Beginnings.

**852 BC**

End of the War of Beginnings, and the signing of the Writ of Union. The formation of the Covenant occurs, its founding members being San’Shyuum, Sangheili, and Huragok.

**784 BC**

The Lekgolo join the Covenant, after encountering each other on the moons of Te. Despite initial difficulties in communication, the compliant Lekgolo were swiftly integrated.

**648 BC**

High Charity is completed, becoming the mobile capital of the Covenant.

Alleged destruction of Janjur Qom.

**580 BC**

 The Citadel is discovered by the asari. Exploring the mass relay network, they are perplexed by the mysterious structure.

**563 BC**
Birth of Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha

**520 BC**

 The Citadel is discovered by the salarians, who open diplomatic relations with the asari.

**C. 500 BC**

 The asari and salarians together inhabit the Citadel, and form the Citadel Council, intending it to be the center of the galactic community. They eventually encounter the volus, batarians, elcor, hanar, and quarians.

The Unification War occurs, cementing the Turian Hierarchy as the government of the entire turian race.

**480 BC**

Battle of Thermopylae

**470 BC**

Birth of Socrates

**450 BC**

Publication of The Art of War

**427 BC**

Birth of Plato

**384 BC**

Birth of Aristotle

**356 BC**

Birth of Alexander the Great

**289 BC**

Yautja discover and begin hunting Kig-Yar.

**100 BC**

Birth of Julius Caesar

**27 BC**

Establishment of the Roman Empire

**C. 4 BC**

Birth of Jesus of Nazareth

## AGE OF CIVILIZATION - AD 1 - 1940

**1**

 The Rachni Wars are sparked when Citadel expeditions encounter the rachni, a hive-minded insectoid race.

**80**

 The salarians uplift the krogans of Tuchanka to fight the rachni. Their absurd resiliency made them perfect soldiers to fight on the near-inhospitable rachni worlds.

**300**

With the end of the Rachni Wars, the Council gifts the krogan numerous worlds to inhabit. However, their population starts growing exponentially, which will cause massive future issues.

**476**

Beginning of the human Middle Ages

**570**

Birth of Muhammad

**693**

Beelo Gurji, a Salarian, becomes the first Spectre.

**700**

 To sustain their ever-growing numbers, krogans begin to annex territory of other races. The conflict that sprouted from this became known as the Krogan Rebellions. The Citadel is forced to ask for aid from the Turian Hierarchy in the war, which they receive.

**710**

 The salarians develop the genophage, a bio-weapon designed to cripple krogan birth rates. The war turns decisively in the Citadel’s favor.

**800**

The Krogan Rebellions draw to a close. The turians fill the niche in the Citadel as their primary military and peacekeeping force.

**900**

 In recognition of their part in ending the Krogan Rebellions, the Turians gain a spot on the Citadel Council. The volus, a “client race” of the Hierarchy, is enters the Citadel. The volus introduce the galactic credit, the primary currency of the galaxy.

**965**

Births of Thor and Loki

**973**

The Covenant encounter the Kig-Yar, and bring them into the fold.

**1014**

Beginning of the Kree-Nova War

**1096**

The First Crusade

**1112**

Yanme’e are incorporated into the Covenant as a slave race after a bloody first contact. After effective communication between the San’Shyuum and the Hive Queens was established, integration went swiftly.

**1162**

Birth of Temüjin/Genghis Khan

**1209**

 The Citadel and the Covenant come into contact. Tensions and hostilities with both powers sparks the War of Two Councils.

**1277**

War of Two Councils comes to an end with the death of the Red Blade, an Arbiter. An armistice was agreed upon between the two powers, in which they keep to their borders and avoid each other best as possible, lest another war breaks out.

**1347**

The Black Death arises in Europe.

**1428**

Establishment of the Aztec Empire

**1452**

 Birth of Leonardo da Vinci

**1490**

Drawing of the Vitruvian Man

**1506**

Painting of the Mona Lisa

**1564**

Births of William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei

**1600**

Collectors are sighted for the first time, in the Terminus Systems. Few outside the territory believe them to be anything more than fiction.

**1643**

Birth of Isaac Newton

**1662**

Extinction of the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus.

**1687**

Publication of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, introducing Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation (gravity).

**1769**

Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte

**1787**

Birth of Shaka Zulu

**1809**

Birth of Charles Darwin

**1832**

Birth of James “Logan” Howlett/Wolverine.

**1859**

Publication of On the Origin of Species

**1869**

Birth of Mahatma Gandhi

**1879**

Birth of Albert Einstein

**1895**

 The geth, mechanical constructs created by the quarians, achieve self-awareness. With the quarians fearing an uprising, they begin to dismantle the geth, which ends in the Morning War. The geth force the quarians off Rannoch and their colonies, causing them to form the Migrant Fleet.

**1914**

Beginning of World War I. Wonder Woman, Wolverine, and a number of other metahumans take part in the conflict.

Hydra and the Templars form an alliance to better secure world domination.

**1916**

Publication of the Theory of Relativity

**1917**

Birth of Howard Stark

**1918**

End of WWI.

Birth of Steve Rogers/Captain America.

**1922**

Founding of The Philosophers.

Birth of “The Boss”

**1923**

Yautja launch expeditions into Geth territory to hunt the machines.

**1930**

Birth of Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto

**1932**

Births of Charles Xavier and “Venom Snake”/”The Phantom”

**1935**

Birth of John/Naked Snake/Big Boss

**1939**

Beginning of World War II.

Howard Stark founds Stark Industries

## AGE OF HEROES - 1940 - 2034

**1940**

Johann Schmidt is injected with the Super Soldier Serum, but the unperfected serum horrifically transforms Schmidt, turning him into the Red Skull. He becomes the first metahuman created by human science.

Steve Rogers is transformed into the world's first true super soldier. Captain America becomes the first metahuman to be public knowledge.

Debated beginning of the Age of Heroes

**1942**

Formation of the Cobra Unit, the first Allied superhuman unit, during the Battle of Stalingrad.

**1944**

Operation Overlord: The Allied forces launch the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, landing in Normandy, France.

Birth of Revolver Ocelot

**1945**

 Trinity test. Humanity conducts its first successful nuclear detonation.

Emperor Shōwa/Hirohito of Japan surrenders to the Allies, marking the end of World War II.

Hydra is thought eliminated to all but the Templars, as the two organisations continue their efforts in secret.

Formation of S.H.I.E.L.D.

**1947**

The Cold War begins.

**1951**

Birth of Nick Fury

**1954**

Atomic “tests” in the Bikini Atoll are secretly conducted to attempt to kill two creatures, one later dubbed “Godzilla”, which survived, while successfully destroying “Shinomura”. Project Monarch later established to secretly study Godzilla and other similar creatures, which would come to be dubbed “MUTOS” or “Kaiju”.

**1960**

Birth of Kal-El/Superman

**1961**

 Humans achieve spaceflight

**1962**

Birth of Bruce Wayne/Batman.

**1963**

Birth of the Prophet of Mercy

**1964**

 Operation Snake Eater. Rogue Soviet Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin, a metahuman, creates Shagohod, humanity’s first combat robot. Naked Snake is deployed to eliminate him, the Shagohod, the Cobra Unit, and retrieve the Philosopher’s Legacy. He succeeds, and earns the title of “Big Boss”.

**1967**

Birth of Alexander “Lex” Luthor

**1968**

Birth of James Rhodes/War Machine

**1969**

Apollo 11 successfully lands on the Moon.

Birth of Bruce Banner/The Hulk

**1970**

Formation of the secret organization known as The Patriots/Cipher.

Birth of Tony Stark/Iron Man

**1971**

Birth of Clinton Barton/Hawkeye

**1972**

 Les Enfants Terribles Project. Following the example set by Captain America, more options for super-soldiers are explored, this time with clones of Big Boss.

Births of David/Solid Snake, Eli/Liquid Snake, and George Sears/Solidus Snake

**1973**

Exploration of Skull Island by Monarch.

Birth of Wade Wilson/Deadpool

**1974**

Peace Walker Incident. Big Boss successfully prevents World War 3.

Birth of Stephen Strange

**1976**

Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although technologically successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.

**1977**

Birth of T’Challa

**1979**

Weapon X Project.

**1980**

Birth Peter Quill/Starlord

**1983**

Birth of Jack/Raiden

**1984**

After the Great Exodus, Cybertronians find refuge on Earth, in secret. They come into contact with the rest of the galactic community after their reawakening, with the Autobots attempt to make peace but the line between friend and foe is blurred as the Galaxy, already skeptical about machines sees the Decepticons raid numerous colony worlds. Autobots attempt diplomacy with the Citadel Council but are denied an embassy in part because of their supposed violent nature, and part because of the Citadel's bias towards machines. The Cybertronian Wars slowly begin again.

Phantom Pain Incident. The clash between the mercenary factions Diamond Dogs and XOF involved the creation of Metal Gear Sahelanthropus, massively advancing robotics technology. Several metahumans, such as the Parasite Unit participated, including the powerful psychic that would come to be known as Psycho Mantis.

InGen successfully clones their first prehistoric animal.

Birth Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow

**1989**

Establishment of Outer Heaven, a “nation for all soldiers”, by Big Boss.

**1993**

Isla Nublar Incident. The theme park Jurassic Park is prevented from opening due to a storm causing a dinosaur outbreak on the island.

**1995**

Outer Heaven Uprising. Outer Heaven manufactures TX-55 Metal Gear. US Special Forces unit FOXHOUND launches Operation Intrude N313, in response, deploying Solid Snake. Snake kills Venom Snake and destroys the Metal Gear.

**1997**

Henry Wu creates the hybrid plant *Karacosis wutansis* (Wu Flower), the first completely new genetically engineered life-formed.

Isla Sorna Incident. An InGen operation to capture dinosaurs from Site B goes wrong and culminates with a *Tyrannosaurus rex* rampaging through San Francisco.

**1999**

Zanzibar Land Disturbance. Solid Snake defeats Big Boss and destroys Metal Gear D.

**2000**

Debated “true“ beginning of the “Age of Heroes”.

Birth of Peter Parker/Spider-Man

**2001**

Adventures of the original Justice League. Construction of the Watchtower.

**2003**

 Establishment of the Galactic Federation by races including the Chozo, Vhozon, and Jovians.

**2004**

Humanity encounters Xenomorphs for the first time in thousands of years, in a Yautja temple in Antarctica.

**2005**

 Shadow Moses Incident. Renegade members of FOXHOUND, led by Liquid Snake, threaten the USA with the threat of nuclear strike from Metal Gear REX. Solid Snake successfully defeats them. The truth is eventually exposed, turning Solid Snake into a hero.

Opening of Jurassic World. After the Masrani Global Corporation bought InGen’s assets, they managed to succeed where InGen did not, opening a dinosaur park and keeping it open for ten years.

The hidden Autobot City on Earth is assaulted by the Decepticons.

**2009**

Big Shell Incident. The terrorist group Sons of Liberty seize control of the Big Shell decontamination facility, in actuality a coverup for the Arsenal Gear, a submersible mobile fortress with the ability to manipulate the internet to further the goals of the Patriots. Solid Snake and Raiden successfully defeat the Sons, but not before Arsenal Gear crashes into Manhattan.

**2010**

Activation of GLaDOS, humanity’s first true AI.

**2012**

Thanos’ Chitauri attack Earth, but are repelled by a team of metahuman heroes, the Avengers. Assembled by S.H.I.E.L.D, they were the first and only metahumans able to respond, due to the Justice League being offworld, and others being unaware or too far away. The event is the first contact with aliens to be public knowledge.

**2014**

Guns of the Patriots incident. Captain America and Solid Snake work together to defeat of the Patriots AI system, in control of HYDRA, which in turn had been controlling S.H.I.E.L.D.

End of the Kree-Nova War.

Godzilla engages two Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms (MUTOs) in battles across the Pacific, eventually culminating in a clash in San Francisco, leaving the reptile victorious. This marks the entering of kaiju into public knowledge.

**2015**

Jurassic World closes after an incident, mostly ending public insight into extreme genetics research.

Ultron becomes self-aware and follows his programming of achieving “peace of their time.” The Avengers, Justice League and many other heroes join forces to defeat him, barely succeeding. The Ultron incident leads to extremely negative views on AI by humanity.

Birth of Wallace Fujikawa

**2016**

*some losers with too much time on their hands start to write this bullshit*

Destruction of Asgard

**2018**

The World Marshal Incidents occur. They include the involvement of many metahumans, mostly cyborgs and people with nanomachines. The cyborg Raiden destroys Metal Gear EXCELSUS and kills Steven Armstrong.

The Infinity War. Thanos' and Darkseid's armies reach Earth. Thanos uses the Infinity Gauntlet, wiping out 50% of all life in the universe.

Birth of Laura Kinney/X-23

**2019**

Birth of Samuel Hayden

**2020**

The Ceph begin several attempts to invade Earth, but Nanosuit operatives prevent their endeavors.

Birth of Tobias Fleming Shaw

**2023**

Birth of Terry McGinnis

**2027**

Birth of the Prophet of Truth

**2028**

Beginning of the Hero Civil War, after the Sokovia Accords are amended.

**2034**

End of the Hero Civil War. The supporters of the act emerge victorious, and the Age of Heroes comes to a close.

## AGE OF ADVANCEMENT - 2034 - 2183

 **2039**

Terry McGinnis ignores the vigilante conventions, and assumes the title of Batman.

**2042**

The Covenant discover Balaho, and its native Unggoy. The Unggoy almost immediately surrender, and are brought into the Covenant.

**2044**

Omnic Crisis.

**2045**

Formation of Overwatch, a United Nations-controlled metahuman force to combat the Omnics.

**2048**

Establishment of colonies throughout the Sol system begins, partially as a fallback if the Omnics conquered Earth.

**2051**

End of the Omnic Crisis.

**2060**

Humanity is in chaos. With overpopulation and political upheaval at a higher point than ever, the neo-communist Koslovic and fascist Frieden movements rise. A series of three-way wars between the two groups and the United Nations begin with the Jovian Moons Campaign.

**2062**

The Unggoy Rebellion occurs. Salarian saboteurs plant the seeds of rebellion in the minds of Unggoy across Covenant space. After much conflict, an Arbiter is sent by the Prophets to quell the rebellion. The Unggoy homeworld of Balaho is partially glassed by the Covenant in response to the rebellion. Its conclusion has Unggoy become somewhat respected by the Sangheili, and offered a chance to fight alongside them in battle

**2063**

The United Nations Space Command is established by the United Nations to destroy the Frieden and Koslovics.

**2064**

The Interplanetary War begins. The UNSC crushes both of their enemies’ forces on Earth, and begins their campaign to eliminate them in the rest of the Sol system.

**2070**

The Interplanetary War ends with the signing of the Callisto Treaty, and the formal surrender of both the Koslovics and Frieden. In the wake of the numerous wars, the United Earth Government Alliance is formed, becoming the governing entity of the human race.

**2074**

Reformation of Overwatch.

**2080**

Luna, Mars, the Jovian Moons, and numerous other locations in the Sol system are fully colonized by this point.

**2091**

Tobias Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa create the first human slipspace drive.

**2092**

Birth of the Prophet of Regret.

**2093**

A Prothean cache discovered on Mars reveals mass effect technology to humanity, propelling human science centuries forward.

**2094**

With information from Mars, humanity discovers that Charon, one of Pluto’s moons, is actually a mass relay. With its activation, Jon Grissom becomes the first human to leave the Sol system (by their own volition).

**2099**

The biggest corporate merger in history results in the foundation of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. "The Company", as it often is referred to as, becomes one of the primary mega-corporations of humanity, and one of the biggest financers of extrasolar colonization.

**2101**

Settlement of humanity's first extrasolar colony, the planet Demeter. Eden Prime and Terra Nova follow suit.

**2109**

Birth of Ripa ‘Moramee

The Interstellar Manufacturing Company (IMC) establishes its first colonies.

IMC produces its first Titan Prototype.

The UNSC begins constructing a massive space station and an enormous military fleet in the Arcturus system, due to its strategic location as the nexus of several mass relays.

**2116**

Birth of Thel ‘Vadamee

**2117**

Arcturus Station is formally inaugurated, and acts as the UNSC’s headquarters.

**2118**

Birth of Rtas ‘Vadumee

**2121**

Human space encompasses more than 800 worlds throughout the Orion Arm, ranging from fairly well-tamed planetary strongholds to tiny settlements. Outward expansion continued, and the Inner Colonies become a political and economic stronghold, though they rely heavily on raw materials supplied by the Outer Colonies. During this period, the planet Reach becomes the UNSC's primary Naval yard and training academy. Reach is a major producer of warships and colony vessels, as well as a training ground for covert operatives and Special Forces.

Birth of Oro 'Varamee

**2122**

Birth of Tartarus

UNSC Nostromo reaches LV-426, and is reported as missing with all hands.

**2123**

Birth of Catherine Halsey

**2124**

Establishment of the human colony of Sera.

**2134**

Birth of Steven Hackett

**2137**

Birth of David Anderson

**2141**

Birth of Isaac Clarke

**2147**

Births of Kelly-087 and Sam Gideon

**2148**

Births of Samus Aran, Jack-024, Jorge-052, Linda-058, Onyx-132, Ben-174 and John-117.

**2149**

Classified events occur on Mars. A mysterious marine in a Praetor suit fights off hordes of demons.

**2152**

 Sangheili Arbiter Fal ‘Chavamee refuses to continue following the belief of the Great Journey and challenges the word of the prophets, thus he becomes branded as a heretic. As a result of Fal's actions and after his death, the title of Arbiter, once a badge of immense honor, is stripped of its former prestige and becomes a mark of shame, given only to the most spectacularly failed Sangheili warriors.

**2154**

Conflict ends on Pandora between the UNSC and the natives known as the Na’vi.

The Mendel-Gruman Corporation’s plans with the Wolf Pack mercenaries to weaponize fauna from an unidentified terraformed world are stopped.

Doisac, the homeworld of the Jiralhanae, is discovered by the Covenant. While there was resistance, they were swiftly assimilated into the Covenant, and quickly became some of the Great Journey’s most devoted followers.

Births of John Shepard and Jane Shepard

**2155**

 Initiation of the SPARTAN-II Program, and the acquisition of 300 candidates.

Samus Aran is orphaned on K2-L when it is attacked by Space Pirates, and is then abducted by ONI for the SPARTAN-II Program.

Births of Rhodey Stark and Jeff “Joker” Moreau

**2157**

Humanity finally makes first contact with a spacefaring alien race, outside of the invasions Earth has suffered. Turians attack human explorers attempting to activate a mass relay, sparking what is known as the First Contact War to humanity, and the Relay 314 Incident to the turians. A three month long campaign on Shanxi ensues. Luckily, the Citadel Council establishes peace between the two before a full-scale war could break out. The Council invites humanity to join the Citadel Council as an associate member, due in large part to being impressed by their actions, and seeking to improve relations with a new species.

Establishment of Cerberus.

Establishment of the colony of Hadley’s Hope on Acheron (LV-426).

Establishment of Charon Industries.

Births of Carter-A259.

**2158**

Humanity has a peaceful first contact with the Galactic Federation, though tensions arise when several colonies break ties with the UEGA and are absorbed by the Federation.

**2160**

50 Spartan-II children are separated from the rest to test experimental augmentations at age 11. These augmentations were, to a degree, more life-threatening than the procedures that would be used later on the other Spartan-IIs, but yielded better results. Most of these children contained Meta-Genes of one variant or another, or were extremely promising in some other capabilities. Only 24 children survived the initial wave of augmentations, and these were trained separately from the rest of the Spartans until they received their augmentations, when it was safe to train them together again. The rest ended up either killed or crippled.

Samus Aran is one of the crippled children from the initial wave. While in transit to a medical facility, the ship carrying her is disabled by the Chozo, who rescue her non-violently. A Chozo by the name of Old Bird led the rescue and escorted Samus to Zebes for rehabilitation of her broken body, and further augmented it using Chozo technology. Samus remains loyal and grateful to the Chozo for fixing her, and spends the rest of her childhood years in their care.

Births of Emile-A239 and Spartan-A21

**2162**

 Humanity comes into contact with the Covenant on the outer colony world of Harvest. Unfortunately, soon after the first talks between the two groups, the Covenant’s Prophets order the immediate extermination of humanity, marking the beginning of the Human-Covenant War.

Neither the Citadel nor the Federation directly support Humanity in their conflict with the Covenant, as that would be a declaration of war in and of itself, though the Citadel begins discreetly supplying colonies with supplies and weapons. The Galactic Federation begins to pay reparations for the colonies which it took.

First Battle of Harvest. The planet where first contact occurred becomes an all-out warzone.

The Battle of Chi Ceti takes place, marking the first real ship-to-ship engagement between humanity and the Covenant. It is also the first uncontested human victory.

Ascension of the Prophets of Truth, Mercy, and Regret, the three new Hierarchs of the Covenant.

Samus enlists in the Galactic Federation Military

The UNSC begins purchasing Titans from the IMC, as they are seen by many as the an effective counter against Cybertronians and Covenant war machines.

**2163**

The rest of the Spartan-IIs are augmented at the age of 14, out of the 250 candidates 209 survive and pass augmentations, due to humanity’s greater experience with super-soldier programs and the first wave of augmentations performed on the other fifty children.

The Harvest Campaign begins, with a massive effort to reclaim the planet, which was still under Covenant occupation and not glassed due to excavation efforts for Forerunner artifacts.

**2164**

Ripa ‘Moramee becomes Arbiter

**2165**

Humanity gains an embassy on the Citadel

**2166**

Samus becomes a Bounty Hunter.

**2165**

Humanity continues to expand, founding more colonies and establishing trade alliances with many of the other species who recognize the authority of the Citadel Council, though the number they lose to the Covenant far outstrips their growth.

Humanity is granted an embassy on the Citadel, but tensions arise between humans and the batarians, as they compete for territory in the Skyllian Verge.

Madrigal is glassed by the Covenant.

**2168**

Harvest is partially glassed by the Covenant. Protests on Citadel in response to the glassing were unable to end ceasefire made between the Citadel Council and the Covenant Empire. The UNSC finally manages to retake Harvest in the aftermath, ending the five-year long Harvest Campaign in a UNSC victory.

Battle of the Etran Harborage. UNSC victory. The forces of the UNSC *Spirit of Fire* eliminate a Forerunner fleet reactivated by the Covenant, before going MIA.

Birth of Spartan-B312

**2170**

Batarian attack on Mindoir

**2169**

Initiation of the SPARTAN-III Program in response to growing threats, primarily the Covenant. Alpha Company begins training.

**2174**

Operation: PROMETHEUS: UNSC victory. Nearly all of SPARTAN-III Alpha Company is killed by Covenant forces.

**2175**

Samus conducts the Zero Mission, destroying the Mother Brain on Zebes.

Spartan-III Beta Company begins training.

**2176**

Batarian warlords, leading a band of pirates, slavers, and the like attack the human colony Elysium. The event would be called the Skyllian Blitz.

Initiation of Project Freelancer. Director Leonard Church feels that Spartans and biotics aren’t enough super soldiers to change the course of the war, and so creates a new program. 50 commandos are trained, and the UNSC Mother of Invention becomes their headquarters.

**2177**

The legendary Vice Admiral Preston J. Cole is presumed to have made his last stand at the Battle of Psi Serpentis. Over 300 Covenant ships were destroyed in the battle.

**2178**

The UNSC, having been preoccupied fighting the Covenant, launches a retaliatory strike against the batarians on the moon of Torfan, as retribution for the Skyllian Blitz. While humans and batarians would not officially go to war, there would be near-unanimous animosity between the two.

**2179**

Operation TORPEDO. UNSC victory. Nearly all of Spartan-III Beta Company is wiped out by the Covenant.

Samus returns to Zebes, decimating the Space Pirates there and killing the second Mother Brain, culminating with the destruction of the planet.

UNSC Marines investigate the the colony on the planet Acheron, which has suffered a Xenomorph infestation.

**2180**

Spartan-III Gamma Company begins training.

**2181**

Samus uncovers that the Federation has been cloning Metroids, subsequently cuts ties with it, and is considered an enemy of the state. Samus is then captured by the Federation and placed in stasis aboard a space station over Earth.

## AGE OF VINDICATION - 2183 - ?

**2183**

February 25

An experimental stealth frigate is designed in a cooperative project by humans and turians: the UNSC *Normandy**,* the lead ship of the *Normandy*-class. David Anderson is given command of the ship, Commanders John and Jane Shepard were assigned as executive officers, and Jeff "Joker" Moreau is assigned as the pilot of the *Normandy*.

March 25

Eden Prime Attack. Eden Prime is invaded by Geth led by Saren Arterius, after the discovery of a Prothean beacon. The Shepards pursue him, to no avail. Many believe this to be the beginning of the end for humanity, as there was no way for them to fight the Covenant AND the Geth, along with their numerous other issues.

March 26

The Shepards are appointed the first human Spectres, given command of the *Normandy*, and tasked with finding and apprehending Saren.

May 20

Rhodey locates the Watchtower, and begins formulating her plan for the Vindicates Initiative. She also begins modifying the Iron Man MK 7 armor on the station into IRONMAN GEN2 MKI.

June 21

Rhodey rescues Samus from the Federation base in Earth’s orbit. Samus becomes the first Vindicates recruit.

June 22

Saren Arterius’ Geth fleet, headed by the Reaper, Sovereign, attack the Citadel. Due to the actions of John Shepard, the UNSC Fifth Fleet aids the Citadel, defeating the attackers. Due to their selflessness, humanity is granted a seat on the Council.

July 1

Humanity's status as a Council race is made official, and the Citadel declares war upon the Covenant.

July 3

Stark Industries obtains the rights to produce *Normandy*-class stealth frigates; construction of the *Normandy* SR2 begins.

July 9

Battle of Cyone. One of the turians' prized Superdreadnoughts is boarded and captured by Shipmaster Oro 'Varamee, who had enlisted the aid of several Terminus Systems gangs to supplement his forces.

July 17

Battle of Sigma Octanus IV. Geth attack the planet, shortly before the Covenant arrive, escalating into a threeway battle. It nonetheless results one of the single greatest UNSC victories in the war.

July 23

A massive Collector ship launches a surprise attack on the *Normandy*, destroying it, and killing both Shepards.

July 24

Rhodey and Samus find what remains of the *Normandy*, and investigate the USG *Ishimura*, and recruit Isaac Clarke into the Vindicates.

July 25

Beginning of the Fall of Reach. Fighting is kept on one hemisphere, with the other being completely in the dark, as a preparation for Operation RED FLAG. Special Warfare Group Three unit Noble Team is critical in fighting back.

July 27

Rhodey, Samus, and Isaac infiltrate Cerberus’ Lazarus Station, in order to obtain information on human revival.

August 2

Liara T'soni brings both of the Shepards' bodies to the Watchtower, believing Rhodey to be the best bet for resurrecting them. Rhodey begins her revival attempts right away.

Oro 'Varamee attempts to recruit the Krogans of Clan Urdnot to aid the Covenant, to no avail.

August 6

Raid on Thedus. Cybertronians bearing Decepticon markings attack the human colony, taking energon for themselves. The IMC’s Titans finally get to be used for their intended purpose, engaging Decepticons, with a 39% success rating.

August 7

The Shepards awaken, and are recruited into the Vindicates.

The Vindicates launch their investigation of a Weyland-Yutani research station in inter-UEGA/Federation space. Fighting Xenomorphs there alongside UNSC and Federation forces, they eventually escape and destroy the station, gaining numerous recruits in the process.

August 8

Vindicate missions to find Oro 'Varamee, obtain a Rom-Kar mech prototype, investigate a possible Collector attack on Freedom's Progress, and see what occured on Thedus are launched.

August 9

Completion of the missions undergone the day before. Oro is added to the Vindicates' intelligence network, the turian mech is captured, Collector attack is confirmed on Freedom's Progress, and the Decepticon attack is repelled.

August 22

The Shadow Council meets to discuss the Vindicates.

August 30

The final day of the Fall of Reach. Several Covenant fleets besiege the planet, and the Fleet of Particular Justice chases the UNSC *Pillar of Autumn**,* with the Master Chief and Noble Six onboard. Noble Team proves instrumental in covering the cruiser's escape. Just as Covenant victory is assured, they are beaten back by the unexpected arrival of Citadel forces. Despite enormous casualties, Reach is saved from complete annihilation. Noble Team escapes on a turian vessel.

September 8

Siege of Atlas. Covenant forces regrouping after Reach headed to Atlas, where one of the bloodiest battles of the war would commence, dragging on for the remaining months of the war.

September 9

The Third Battle of Arcadia marked the first ground engagement where UNSC, Citadel, Quarian, and Krogan forces fought side-by-side. Regardless, it didn’t stop the full glassing of the planet.

September 13

Operation FIRST STRIKE. Spartan-IIs temporally displaced by a Forerunner artifact destroy the Covenant station Unyielding Hierophant, along with its enormous fleet. In terms of Covenant casualties, it is the single greatest victory for the UNSC in the entire war. The invasion of Earth is delayed.

September 15

Battle of the Ismar Frontier. With a decisive victory, taking the important mass relay, the Covenant gains a straight shot deeper into Citadel territory.

September 19

The *Pillar of Autumn* reaches Installation 04, a Halo Ring, and crash lands on it. The crew begin a guerrilla campaign against the Covenant on the Ring.

September 22

John-117 and Noble Six destroy the Halo.

September 24

The Covenant attack Illium, believing it to be an easy target. Their mistake is costly, with the battlegroup beaten back by allied Citadel and Eclipse warships.

September 26

An absolutely colossal turian battlefleet besieges the Sangheili world of Malurok. The attack is considered to be of equivalent damage to the Covenant as the Fall of Reach was to humanity.