Talk:General History of Laurasia, AH 322-840

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In 85 BH, the First Laurasian Space Age commenced as the first Laurasian rocket was sent into orbit by Americanian scientists and engineers. This rocket orbited Laurasia for five days before being pulled in and destroyed by the force of the Laurasian atmosphere. Nevertheless, the Americanian government became convinced of the potential of space, in order to implant a Laurasian presence in space and strengthen the position of Americana herself. In the three decades after the first rocket launch, major Laurasian milestones in space occurred: the first Laurasian astronaut was sent into space (83); the first Laurasian astronaut orbited the planet (80); the first permanent satellite was dispatched into space (76); astronauts landed on Calaxis I (73) and Calaxis II (69);  the first Laurasian space installation, the Neuron Plantita Station, was constructed in orbit of Laurasia (66); the first probes and spacecraft to the outer Laurasian Star System was dispatched (62); astronauts landed on Laurasia's two other moons, Hepudermia (58) and Jadia (56); and the first moon bases were established on Calaxis I and Calaxis II (53). All of these innovations ushered in the initial stage of colonization for the Laurasian Star System. In 83 BH, Americana's government had established the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), which coordinated the country's ventures and launches. This was followed by the establishment of the International Space Service (61), which became responsible for maintaining space installations and organizing new missions amongst all the nations of Laurasia. The Service was followed by the World Assembly (59), a diplomatic assembly amongst nations.

The ventures into space intensified during the second half of the 1st century BH. Rocket technology, which had originally been developed during the 100s BH, was already proving outdated and inefficient, as they consumed massive amounts of fuel energy and pushed ships at slow speeds. As such, NASA and the Space Service launched elaborate research projects, aiming to create a new design of vessel. This resulted in the development of the first Laurasian generation ships in 47 BH. These ships were equipped with extensive entertainment modules, living quarters, the first Laurasian shield generators, food production compartments, and other such rooms. They were designed to provide for the needs of colonists on the ship, whose purpose was to exit out of the Laurasian Star System and spread to surrounding star systems. The first generation would teach their children on how to run the ship, colonize a world, and take extensive maps and charts of regions they traveled through. The previous generation would die out and the new one would assume control, passing the line on to the next generation until the trip was finished. Each generation ship was equipped with the new fusion reactors, which relied upon advanced elements mined on Laurasia's moons. These were safer and far more energy-reliable then the previous nuclear reactors. Each ship had “booster devices”, designed to give a ship a coordinated and radical push in space, at lightspeed. These vessels quickly entered service in the space fleets, and were used as the primary means of colonization and exploration by the Laurasians for nearly eighty years, from the time of their final commissioning in 45 BH until 33 AH. Thousands of star systems to the north, west, and east of Laurasia were either discovered or colonized through these means.

The Laurasian Space Age, and further technological advancements in science and medicine during the 1st century BH, including the discovery of the thyrra liquid restoration process (43) and the development of advanced antibiotic drug treatments (38), not only lengthened the life expectancy of Laurasians, which increased from 50 years in 85 BH to 80 years in 1 BH, but also rapidly increased the Laurasian population, accelerating from 25 billion in 85 BH to nearly 50 billion in 1 BH. This was besides nearly a billion Laurasians living on the four moons, those 15 million at the various space stations, and those dispatched out of the Laurasian Solar System. Crime and poverty were at their lowest levels in all of Laurasian history, and disease was largely under control. This did not, however, stop the rivalries of the various Laurasian nations, as war continued unabated, as before. Americana instigated a massive military buildup in 39-33 BH, intent on bringing the Haustian Nations and their colonies to heel. Those nations, however, built up their forces as well, and the Laurasian colonies in space became heavily fortified. During the last three decades of the 1st century BH, several conflicts, such as the War of Darsis (30-27 BH), the Jadian Campaigns (24-19 BH), and the Second War of the League of Cambrai (16-9 BH), took place, delaying Laurasian colonization efforts for some time and causing the Great Depression of Laurasia (8-4 BH), which rose unemployment levels across the planet to their highest levels since the 3rd century BH. However, as the 1st millennium BH was brought to her close, and as the Millian Empire in the Inner Territories invented the hyperdrive (AH 1), a Laurasian presence in space was firmly established.

In the first half of the 1st century AH, further wars and conflicts occurred amongst the various Laurasian nation-states, fueled by continuing rivalries over colonies, natural resources, and territories on Laurasia itself. The Third World War (6-17 AH), lead to the Americanian acquisition of vast territories in the Haustian Continents, including Chilsia and most of Wallachia. This conflict also ushered in the final dissolution of the World Assembly, which as an international organization had proved ineffective in maintaining the peace. It was replaced by the Committee of World Discussions in 19, which proved to be a mere talking shop for much of its existence. This period, however, also saw first contact made with the other Human species of the north-western Core Worlds, in particular the Metallasians (15), the Courdites (18), and the Gourdinians (24). These contacts lead to a exchange of various technologies, the establishment of the first formal trade routes in the north-western Core, and diplomatic relations amongst the various associated species. Laurasian technology also continued to advance accordingly, as the earlier laser weaponry was replaced by more advanced photonic and advanced blaster weaponry (10-45). Warships increased drastically in size, being equipped with celluloid computer systems and improved fusion reactor variants. The development of carbonite freezing (25), lead to Laurasian scientists and engineers instigate extensive research projects, in order to replace the aging generation ships. This ushered in the development of sleeper ships (33). These ships were equipped with “dimensional ripple” devices, which allowed them to achieve limited FTL speed by generating a effect that created a tunnel through space, allowing the ship to course across most of a light year at a time. These vessels, although faster then generation ships still took many years or decades to reach their destination, and as such its inhabitants were put in suspended animation by carbonite freezing. However, they quickly became the forefront of Laurasian colonization and exploration forces, and remained in use for fifty years.

On Laurasia, the rise and consolidation of Americana continued, until after various minor wars during the 30s and 40s AH, and the Explosanian Colonial Wars of 48-54, Americana finally obtained her greatest territorial and political extent on Laurasia in 55, governing nearly 60% of Laurasia's land surface and holding another 30% under vassalage. Americana also controlled 55% of all the Laurasian colonies and worlds in space. Thus, she came close to unifying all of the Laurasians under her rule. The Americanians, had, however, overextended their military and economic resources: as early as 30, the country was experiencing severe internal stresses and also was buckling under political disputes and intrigues. Although the country's economy enjoyed great prosperity throughout the 50s and 60s AH, this was backed on shaky foundations, as the stock market fluctuated and the construction, mining, agriculture, and space resources sectors suffered serious internal problems. This was tempered by three conflicts in succession: the Dispute of Darcia (59-63), the Qauedian War (61-79), and the Americanian-Arasian Conflicts (63-72). These conflicts drained Americanian military power and left the nation exposed to its core. Finally, the Stock Market collapsed in the Fall of 9 October 68, ushering in a major Great Depression of Americana (68-82). Unemployment levels skyrocketed, as industry, agriculture, and space sectors ground to a halt. The military deteriorated, as the government became bogged down in corruption, doing little to solve the economic crisis. Bank and business failures increased in rate, while many Americanian colonies and stations in space, fell into disrepair. This Depression affected other Laurasian nations as well, but not as severely. Americana was forced to borrow large sums of money from the economically durable Cellini Nations, quadrupling her debt between 68 and 76. The last three decades of the 1st century AH was dominated by the wide-scale disintegration of Americanian authority and power, but also by continuing innovations in FTL travel, weaponry, and communications, as also by intensified relations and contacts with various other Core Worlds. The Cellini Nations increased their economic clout in the 70s AH. They established prosperous Laurasian settlements and colonies on the worlds of Kalaria, Ney, and Ux-dey. The massive loans they provided to Americana and other Westar nations tied those in debt to the Cellini Nations, and allowed them to gain a monopoly in those nations' economies. The Cellini Nations also began to gradually absorb many of the Americanian vassals, such as Caudisa, Mexicana, and the nations of the Syrenes Sea, in a series of military campaigns, diplomatic treaties, and interventions conducted between 74 and 99 AH. Americana herself suffered a devastating civil war from 79-86, which disrupted Americanian society and permanently weakened the military structure. Americanian territorial losses began during the 90s AH, as Chilsia and Wallachia first regained autonomy (94-5), and then reasserted their independence in 99.

In this time, however, space travel was further refined and modified, as scientists of NASA, the Space Service, and other organizations began major development projects on Calaxis II in 76, seeking to develop a new brand of travel drive and replace the earlier sleeper ships. This ultimately resulted in the development of the “jump drive” (83), which relied upon dimensional ripples and a push effect to generate a coordinated sling, accelerating the ship at FTL speed. In order to insure the safety of the drive, a “lighthouse” network would have to be constructed, comprised of jump beacons and receiver nets, in order to maintain the stability of the other sites. Nevertheless, this vastly decreased travel times, from weeks or months to a matter of days, and allowed the Laurasian nations to make contact with Briannia (87), Rebecca (89), Sauvania (92), Heuthros (94), Horacia (96), Clancia (99), and Teth (102), alongside numerous other worlds of the Core Worlds and Central Core. Intensive Laurasian colonization efforts had now also transformed the region surrounding Laurasia (the future Imperial Laurasian Province under the Empire), into a developed and civilized hub of trade, culture, and economics. By this time, Laurasian population had further increased from 50 billion in 1 AH to 107 billion in 100 AH.

As the 2nd century AH commenced, affairs for Americana turned to worse, and then desperate. Territorial losses for the Republic continued, as the final remaining Americanian vassals reasserted their full independence between 102 and 109, while the Americanian states of Numbia and Screland declared themselves to be independent republics. The Americanian economy suffered high unemployment and numerous other issues, as the government proved unable to pay back the loans borrowed from the Cellini Nations. The most powerful of the Cellini Nations, Charasia, was already proving her weight, as she signed treaties with both Numbia and Screland (104), instigated a massive military buildup (105-7), and made military base arrangements with Chilsia (108). The Charasians then began providing secret support to extensive rebellions and uprisings within the Americanian dominions. Riots and demonstrations impacted the cities, forcing the Americanian President, Antigonus Diodutus (in office 109-123), to instigate martial law in 110. More and more states seceded from Americana between 110 and 116, until she had been reduced to a shadow of herself.

In order to protect the secrets of the Americanians, President Diodotus ordered all remaining Americanian-operated bases and stations in space to be demolished, and for all Americanian colonies to be abandoned. While the bases were successfully destroyed and abandoned in 115, most of the colony worlds instead were seized by Charasia or various other Cellini or Haustian nations. Diodotus, however, retained Americana's remaining nuclear weapons, intent on destroying both his country and severely weakening others in any event of invasion. Charasia and her allies, however, waited to take advantage of the situation, applying economic pressure on the Americanian core territories and imposing a blockade. Charasian agents managed to disable most of the Americanian nuclear arsenal, and upon the completion of this, massive Charasian, Cellini, and Haustian armies flooded into the remaining territory of the Republic (about 25% of what it had controlled at its height), beginning in November 117. Americanian resistance proved extremely strong, however, and massive battles were fought, leading to the deaths of nearly 100 million people. Eventually, however, Allied strength proved two strong, and Columbia, D.C., was besieged and captured on 19 February 123, bringing an end to the Western Republic of Americana.

For the next century and a half, from the destruction of Americana in 123 until the late 3rd century, Laurasia Prime and her colonies in space were dominated, in succession by Charasia (123-99); Koriana (199-250); and then Potaria (250-331). During this time, the Haustian Nations once again became major powers, although they never recovered the same level of prominence or strength as they had enjoyed in previous centuries, before the rise of Americana. Under the aegis of the Charasians and their successors, the Laurasians created extensive charts of known space, continued to colonize and develop star systems, and nurtured trade relations with the other Core Worlds. The Rebeccan Galactic Trade Route was founded by the agreement of the Laurasian nation-states with the states of Rebecca in 147, linking Laurasia Prime to Rebecca. This lane eased traffic, transportation, communication, and trade. The Rebeccan Galactic Trade Route would slowly be extended over the centuries, until it finally reached the Outer Borderlands in the late 8th century. During this time, Belegoth's Station was established (156), in order to facilitate the new trade route. The first leg of the Clancian Trade Run was established (157), followed by the establishment of the Metallasian Trade Corridor with Metallasia (159). During this time, the Laurasian economy prospered, as major corporations such as Christiania Pharmaceuticals (161); Katherine Drive Yards (165); and Laurasian Transport (169) were founded, eventually to grow into galactic mega-corporations. Laurasian interest in history also spiked, and records about the Founders, Shardasians, and other ancient civilizations were uncovered on Ux-ney, Caladaria, and other worlds during the 170s and 180s.

Laurasian technology continued to advance during this time, as the first Laurasian androids were constructed (133), while photonic weaponry was replaced with modern quantonic equipment (146-51). Research projects, spanning out over many decades, eventually lead to the development of hyperspace cannons (180), which linked Laurasia and her colonies to Courdina, Gordasis V, Briannia, Horacia, Rebecca, and Neustroni. These cannons accelerated ships into hyperspace, then inducing a drag effect to bring the ship back into realspace. The Core Worlds were now interconnected, at the same time the Millians were conducting their major explorations of the Outer Borderlands and waging wars against hostile powers such as the Roastafarians and Cyrians. Charasia, seeking to assert her dominance on Laurasia and establish herself as the successor to Americana, become involved in the Laurasian Espionage Game (129-33); the War of the Syrenes Sea (139-45); and the Great Solar Conflict (149-56). The Charasians, under their Great Leader Secranius (ruled 143-67), obtained their peak (157), but their communistic form of government, and the harsh oppression directed at conquered peoples, even more brutal then that employed by the Americanians, gradually drained their strength. Charasia was devastated by a major civil war which broke out after Secranius died in 167. This civil war, which became known as the Humagian Contention, lasted for a decade, severely weakening the Charasian government. Although the Red Tiger faction leader, Houdinius, emerged victorious in 177, Charasia had been permanently ruined by the conflict. The nations of the Syrenes Sea regained independence (179-85), which was followed by a major economic depression (186-89) and then by another civil war (190-95), which followed Houndinius' death. Charasia lost her position on Laurasia to Koriana, which had been a splinter-state of Americana. Koriana restored capitalism on Laurasia, and gained major power in the War of the Two Coalitions (209-13) and then by the Charasian Conflicts (219-22), which lead to Charasia's final dissolution in 222 and its absorption by Koriana. Koriana experienced major political struggles and military decline from the 230s onwards, however, and itself dissolved into numerous competing states (250-53). Koriana was succeeded by Potaria, which retained dominance on Laurasia until shortly before the Arachosian conquest.

The second half of the 3rd century AH witnessed three major events in the galaxy: first, Millian contact and relations with the Core Worlds; second, the arrival of the Arachosians in the Galactic Borderlands and Wild Marshes; and third, the first intensive wars amongst the Core Worlds. After over two and a half centuries of territorial expansion and exploration since the invention of the hyperdrive, Millian scouts finally blazed the Kimanian Run in 272, from the Millian baseworld of Kimania in the Middle Territories, which lead directly into the Core Worlds. This allowed Millian colonization in the southwestern quadrants of the galaxy, and then penetrations into the Core Regions. Bypassing the Athenians and the Venasians, the Millians seized control of Ipsus V, and in 276, made first contact with Laurasia, Briannia, and the other Core States. The result of the first contacts was the establishment of trade routes and the exchange of technology. The Rebeccan Galactic Trade Route was extended by scouts and explorers into the Outer Core, linking to Ipsus V and allowing direct relations with the Millians. The Millians provided the Core Worlds with the hyperdrive, finally integrating them into modern galactic civilization. Cultural contacts took place as well, and the Laurasian nations, alongside other Core Worlds, established embassies on Way'tosk. These nations also gradually adopted the Hyperdrive Calendar system: Potania and the other Laurasian nations adopted it in 303. While these contacts improved galactic trade and knit the inner regions of the galaxy, it also left them exposed and known to lurking threats in the outside, who would sweep in and conquer over fifty years later: the Arachosians.

As a result of the Core contacts and relations, and the successful Millian campaigns against the Lavellans (276-79), which resulted in the acquisition of the important Denom Nebula outposts, the Millian Empire obtained her greatest territorial extent in 280, governing nearly 300,000 worlds, colonies, stations, installations, factories, and outposts, scattered throughout the entire breath of the galaxy, but primarily concentrated in the Way'tosk region and the Inner Territories. There were tens of thousands of contacts, exchange programs, alliances, and economic agreements with various species across the galaxy, ranging from the Venasians to the Laurasians themselves. However, Millian prosperity was based on shaky grounds, as the numbers of the Millian species had declined drastically between 230 and 280, now comprising less then a third of the empire's population. Millian taxes and trade had decreased in volume, and cultural activities were no longer as vibrant. When the Millian emperor Huganitus (r. 275-82), was assassinated in 282, major civil war broke out. The Decade of the Four Emperors (282-92) was followed by the Civil War of the Descents (299-304), and then by the major Cheyennan Revolt (306-09), all of whom weakened Millian military strength and caused a lapse in the empire's power. This was tempered by the activities of the newly arrived Arachosians, in the outer regions of the galaxy, who were swiftly building up a powerful empire. The Arachosians were of extra-galactic origin, hailing from the Felix Galaxy. Their evolution and progression had been in coordination with that of the Millians, until they obtained a Space Age c. 1000 BH. The Arachosians then jumped ahead, inventing a jump drive within two centuries and conquering the majority of their galaxy between 800 and 600 BH. They became despised, however, for their ruthlessness and dictatorial rule, and eventually, in 585 BH, the subjugated species of the Felix Galaxy rose against them. The Arachosians, overextended, were overwhelmed and driven out of their Galaxy (576).

Thus forced into exile, the Arachosians would spend the next eight and a half centuries in transit across the Extra-Galactic Void. Several generations were born, and died, on the long trip, as the hordes traveled in the space between the galaxies and tried to find a suitable one for them to take possession of. During this long journey, they penetrated into the Calathrinan Galaxy (c. 390 BH) and the Crones Galaxy (c. 325 BH), managing to raid numerous planets and carrying off millions of Calathrinan and Voth slaves (to form the cream of their servant caste, whom they would bring to the Caladarian Galaxy), but were eventually defeated and thrown out by the Calathrinan and Vo'ring Empires of those galaxies. They skirted the outer edge of the Teggedon Spiral (c. 120 BH), having brief blows with “mysterious beings”, but turned away and continued their journey. In the latter 1st century BH, they dispatched probes and scouts to the Caladarian Galaxy and the Angelina Spiral, attempting to see if those galaxies were “useful for their purposes”. The probes and scouts sent to the Caladarian Galaxy arrived in 200 AH, in the edge of the Galactic Borderlands. Over the next three decades, they gathered extensive volumes of data and info about the Caladarian Galaxy, remaining undetected by the Millians or any other species. This information they sent back to the main Arachosian forces, who were now nearing the Caladarian Galaxy. Once the forces had received the info in 235 AH, the king of the Arachosians at the time, Shamashi-Adad (r. 230-46), reorganized his forces and made preparations for a forced entry into the Galaxy.

After many centuries, the first Arachosian forces entered the outskirts of the Caladarian Galaxy in 249, penetrating the Galactic Barrier by ways of the Vector Prime star system, on the extreme edge of the Galactic Borderlands. Gradually, the Hordes moved through the gap, establishing themselves firmly in the Galactic Borderlands, alongside their Calathrinan and Voth servant race-fleets. Over the next three decades, the Arachosians undertook rapid conquests and subjugations throughout the Galactic Borderlands, conquering thousands of different star systems and subjugating the Kalbachans (253), Rasdallans (257), Homi (259), Niss (263), Sassi-ruuk (266), and various pirate, marauder, and criminal groups, who lurked in isolated clusters. The Arachosians impressed the vast majority of these species into their military forces, built extensive defenses throughout their domains, and focused on maintaining their military strength. By 280, the Arachosian Stellar Empire had been constituted and was one of the most powerful nations in the Caladarian Galaxy.

With the Galactic Borderlands under Arachosian domination, extensive campaigns and offensives were launched (280-310), against the Gedrosian Confederacy, the Mauryan Empire, the First Huntite Empire, the Lavellans, the Wakedian Empire of Robert, the Rileans, and numerous other major powers in the Wild Marshes and Outer Borderlands. These campaigns tripled the size of the Arachosian dominions, extending her reach over the southern and eastern spans of the Outer Borderlands, and gathered vast military resources and material for their use. Between 310 and 322, the Arachosian Stellar Emperor, Adad-nirari (r. 299-322), stormed into the Middle Territories, conquering the Eutagans, Benzites, Acamarians, Cadarians, and numerous other major states, establishing a direct boundary with the inner dominions of the Millian Empire and further extending Arachosian territory. The Millians, distracted by their continuing political intrigue and weakened by economic depression, were not able to react.

Finally, major conflicts among the Core Worlds took place, more intensive or devastating then any preceding ones, including the Potarian Core Conflicts (283-87), the Gourdinian Crusades (289-93), the Briannian-Rebeccan Conflicts (285-97), and the War of the Matrix (300-12), which severely weakened the potential of the Core States to resist any outside invasion. The economic strength of these states declined, and they became ever more divided amongst themselves. Among the Laurasian nation-states, the Potarian Conflicts seriously weakened Potaria, and as the 4th century began, the Potarians were losing their predominance on Laurasia, as numerous Potarians vassals became independent and many Potarian colonies fell into disrepair.

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