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The year is 2279 A.D. Life in the future is much different than the life you now know. New discoveries and breakthroughs are extremely rare, as all intelligent species have gained full understanding in the laws and properties of physics, and the universe. Life expectancies peak around the 300 year range as the aging process is slowed dramatically through genetic engineering, and nano-technologies allow the rebuilding of deteriorated cell tissue. But this is probably too much for you, before you can gain full understanding of the future I must give you some insight into the past...
2186 A.D.
- All sentient species are visited by diplomats from a mysterious species known as the Valari. These diplomats impart knowledge of Coultonian Physics and Fold Space Technology to each species with the hopes of forming an intragalactic nation guided by the hands of the Valari.
2193 A.D.
- The Valari's dreams are realized as the Galactic Union for Evolution of Sentient Species (GUESS) is formed between the Valari, Kreel, Masumatra, Oomari, Sirnef, Toags, Turians, and the Zeeb with the expectancy of the Gorgoths joining GUESS within the year. By sharing technologies and breakthroughs with each other, the members of GUESS came to know a time of peace and prosperity that was unprecedented.
2194 A.D. (The Year of Sorrow)
- Toag trading colonies are annihilated on the far reaches of the galaxy by the emergence of a strange new species of gelatinous microbes calling themselves the Drall. As the rest of GUESS mounts an offensive to throw back the Drall, the Gorgoths take advantage of the Valari's weakened defenses and attacks their homeworld, the very center of GUESS. Despite being more technologically advanced than the Gorgoths,the Valari's strengths lie in matters of peace and diplomacy, where the Gorgoths excelled at death and destruction. With most of their forces in the far reaches of the galaxy, the remaining Valari are crushed by a massive fleet of Gorgothian Dreadnoughts and their homeworld is disintegrated by a Gorgoth-induced supernova on their homestar.
2200 A.D.
- After many failed attempts to throw back the invading Drall and Gorgoths, the Masumatra leave GUESS, attributing its failure to the weakness of the Valari.
- The Oomari retreat to defend their own system and further research their newly-aquired fold space technology.
- The Toags are found trading weapons, technologies, and allied defense plans to the Gorgoths, and are expelled from GUESS.
2210 A.D.
- With no hope of stopping the growing chaos enveloping the galaxy, and few star systems left to them, the Valari gather the last of their kind around one of their remaining planets. With retreat as their only hope, they engage a prototype device that opens a wormhole to an unknown destination in space and retreat through it. When the Gorgoths attempt to follow the Valari through the wormhole it becomes unstable and collapses.
- Without the Valari to lead it, GUESS crumbles.
- The Drall suddenly stop invading the Toags a few light-years outside of their homeworld and begin building up defenses.
2212 A.D.
- The Masumatra attack the Turians, realizing that they are the weakest of former GUESS species.
- The Gorgoths attack the Sirnef infecting them with the Tricalypse virus which eventually kills the entire species.
2216 A.D.
- The Sirnef Empire collapses and is reborn in the form of mechanical androids connected through a massive omni-net.
- After a short resistance and multitude of defeats, the Turians concede defeat and join the Masumatra as a subservient species.
2220 A.D.
- The Gorgoths now turn their focus to the growing Masumatra, as the Sirnef shield their remaining systems with Scythe ships. Both sides are equally matched and a stalemate ensues.
2230 A.D.
- The Turians betray the Masumatra and the Gorgoths finally break through their defenses. The Turians flee Earth and found the planet Tur.
2231 A.D.
- The Masumatra are surrounded and systematically exterminated by the Gorgoths.
2242 A.D.
- The Toags foreclose on the Zeeb homeworld and throw them out.
- Turians complete designs on their Nightmare class battleship and start massing forces on the Gorgothian border in an attempt to retake earth.
2260 A.D.
- An unknown presence emerges from deep in Gorgothian territory and declares war on all sentient species.
- The Gorgoths withdraw the forces they were massing on the Turian border to confront this new threat.
2270 A.D.
- Through torturing captured troops, the Gorgoths learn the true name and nature of the species attacking them. The Shy'dow are found to be an interdimentional colonization attempt by a warrior race of predators.
2276 A.D.
- The Ji presence is discovered by the Gorgoths, who fail to take the Ji homeworld, and are crushed by the rabid little creatures. The Ji then begin a massive expansion campaign to protect their homeworld.
2278 A.D.
- The Kreel, Oomari, Toags, and the Zeeb form a loose alliance to help defend against the Gorgoths and the Shy'dow. The Toags attempt to trade with the Shy'dow and are slaughtered by them before commnunications are engaged. The Toags swear undying vengeance.
The Present
As you can see, the galaxy is now a swirling mass of chaos and death. With the Emergence of the Shy'dow, only 10 sentient species are left in the galaxy. Each species seeks to expand its borders through exploration, diplomacy, or open warfare. As the leaders of each species realizes that they may be exterminated in the upcoming war, they send out colonization fleets to unknown sectors of the universe using copies of the wormhole device the Valari used. War escalates, alliances crumble and are formed anew, brother fights brother, enemies become allied, chaos rules. This is the Future, where your future may seem to shine brightly only to burn out like a gutted candle. The only glory you know is through conquest, where you can carve a name for yourself in the archives of Space. Choose well...
Soros Kastrian
-The last Masumatra