Fiction:Light Sector Alliance/History

The Alliance has a long and turbulent history. It began as a small union of several small races in the centre of the Light Sector, a region of space in the Galactic South-East, which expanded slowly and gained more members before becoming a Sector-Spanning Culture and eventually becoming the protector of an entire galaxy.

Alliance time is measured in years Before and After Founding (BF/AF) and years Before and After New Draft. (BND/AND) The current year is 5672 AF or 0 AND.

Elliontics
900,000 BF: The first Elliontics where originally created in a different Galaxy, the Itovoar-X Galaxy, by the Grox, who had complete dominion over that Galaxy. They were modeled on a powerful nonsapient race from the planet Ellitic.

800,000 BF: The Elliontics, however, were not happy with being slaves for a race which was physically weaker than them, so they revolted and began a hundred year war against their Grox oppressors. Eventually they won through, but the war had caused so much damage to the galaxy that the Elliontics were forced to move to their theoretical homeworld of Ellitic. They uplifted the native Elliontics and ruled them as benevolent guides instead of the domineering Grox who created them. In time, the rest of the Elliontics caught up with the leaders and they journeyed into space.

Meanwhile, two other civilizations of Elliontics sprang up in Ellitic's surrounding systems. The Elliontic-II were very aggressive and warlike, while the Elliontic-III were the most peaceful of the three races.

The Elliontic-II became the dominant predator on their home planet and their tribal days were marred by long wars between tribes. Eventually one tribe managed to advance to a city, followed by several others. The original civilization eventually came across one as powerful as itself,the Yellow Nation, and war was declared. The conflict escalated and eventually nuclear weapons were invented. The war dragged on for twenty years, and the Elliontic Nation Capital was attacked many times before the Yellow Nation was eventually defeated. An Elliontic-I ship discovered them and invited them to join the Elliontic Empire.

The Elliontic-III, while still military-oriented, had a much more peaceful history. They united many of their world's nations, and reached space before the Elliontic-I found them.

Workan
5,000,000,000 BF: The Workan evolved from cells which inhabited the air rather than the sea. Beside this they evolved normally. During their creature stage they were physically weak, but had many strategies for escaping predators that helped them evolve and reach sapience.

5,000,000 BF- 260,000 BF: The Workan were mostly diplomatic and were much more advanced when they reached tribal sapience than most races. They were a nomadic gathering race, who eventually

200,000 BF-200 BF: After becoming a fully fledged civilization many nations had become capitalist. They slowly decayed and became corrupt until one nation developed a Socialist regime in 800 BF, led by Erok Hanox. Erok led a revolution on the Workan home planet of Woark, and in 500 BF the whole world was united as one nation, the United Socialist States of Woark, divided into smaller states. Eventually the USSW colonized their moon, and came into contact with the Elliontic Empire. They formed an Alliance and the Workans gained a lot of technology.

Generia
9,000,000 BF-600,000 BF: The Generia evolved as the only animal species on their home planet. They reached sapience slowly, powered more by expansion than anything else, and grew quickly once they did. Due to the complete lack of natural predators the Generia bred very quickly.

600,000 BF- 5,000 BF: The Generia's tribal Era was mysterious, and various cryptic clues suggest that they were uplifted to civilization by aliens. During this time Psykers and Magicians were thought to exist.

5,000 BF-300 BF: The Generia invented space travel at the same time as they entered civilization, due to overpopulation on their home planet. They were soon discovered by the Elliontic Empire.

Atrikee
80,000 BF-7,000 BF: The Atrikee were the children of an ancient race which inhabited their home planet millions of years ago, then left without a trace. The Atrikee have been sapient for as long as they can remember.

7,000 BF-250 BF: The Atrikee developed advanced organic technology and were already interstellar by the time they were discovered by the Elliontics.

The Light Sector Union
In 200 BF the four races all founded the first incarnation of the Light Sector Alliance; The Light Sector Union. The LSU's goal was to explore and unite the Light Sector as defined by Elliontic Astronomers. One of the first major discoveries they made was how to harness the gravity of black holes to create a dangerous but very fast method of travel. They expanded quickly but found no other civilizations, beside several Ruined Planets and the Alvomo and the Hive (see below). Fifty years into their expansion, the reason for all of the dead civilizations revealed itself. While exploring a region of space around a black hole, an LSU scout fleet was destroyed. A further investigation was attacked but managed to escape. The survivors told of mysterious flying creatures darker than space, which poured from the black hole and attacked the ships. The Union sent a full battle fleet into the system to combat the alien beings which were leaking into the sector. The resulting battle crippled the LSU's military capability and left them open to attacks. The war with the Rays, as they were nicknamed, lasted for 10 years was one of the most catastrophic events in the Alliance's history. Victory was won only by feedback; Large amounts of matter were sent through the Black Hole again and again, creating temperatures which even spacetime could not cope with. The remaining rays disassembled due to the abrupt stoppage of the flow of their lifeblood through the Universe and wherever they came from.

The Alvomo
After the war, in 155 BF the Union made a discovery that would jump their technology forward thousands of years. A scout mission was exploring a new region of space, supposedly uninhabited, for colonization areas. But there was one system that was strange. There was a lot of activity but no life signs. Soon the answer was found-The system was inhabited by advanced crystalline lifeforms. Probes discovered the crystallines when they were scanning an asteroid that had a strangely regular shape. It discovered that it had no molecular structure and was in fact a solid cloud of electrons held in place by a semisapient nucleus. After some time scanning the crystallines, they managed to make contact and discovered the Alvomo's (as they called themselves) remarkable ability to adapt. The Alvomo explained that they were a nomadic species which relied on time dilation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation) to travel the stars. From the Alvomo, the Alliance learned the secrets of time dilation travel and began adapting their ships to utilize it. After this, the Alvomo left the Galaxy, leaving the Alliance with the time dilation technology to build on.

First War With the Hive
The Hive, one of the Alliance's greatest enemies, was first discovered during the time of the Light Sector Union. Their first contact was found in 225 BF, when a Union vessel, the LSUS Universe, came under attack during an exploration mission from one of the Hive's puppet races, the Hervarons. The Universe was discovered two weeks later after it failed to report in. The scout ship sent to seek it out discovered the source of the attack, formerly the Hervaronian home planet but now a world completely covered by the Hive's organic constructs. The planet was attacked by a Union fleet bearing Planet Busters, and though the Hervaron planet was heavily bombed and scoured by laser fire the many of the key Hive structures could not be defeated. The Union was about to use Planet Busters but soon it was found that the Hervarons were innocent, and that they were simply being controlled by the Hive's extensive hive mind capabilities. Instead a long liberation campaign was fought to rid the planet of the Hive and restore the Hervaronian civilisation to its former state. During the month long war the Union learned much about the Hive and how it functioned. It was an aggressive expansionist hive mind which had clear social order and had the ability to absorb weaker-minded races under its control. These creatures were controlled by gargantuan nodes buried deep under the planet surface which were near indestructible, and grew up through the planet to establish its dominion with a network of mind control nodes. This left it with an obvious weakness, that destroying the central node would cleanse the planet from Hive control. The node could not be destroyed by conventional means, so the Union had no choice but to collapse the planet's core and burn the node with the immense heat, while fortifying the area around the core and replacing it with an artificial core, in this case a disarmed planet buster kept in a perpetual state of heat by the buildup of unreleased energy. This successfully removed the Hive's influence and released the Hervarons. This was not the last the Alliance would see of the Hive, though...

The Early Days of the Light Sector Alliance
25 years after the war with the Rays, the Light Sector had finally been fully mapped. In order to protect the Sector from threats such as the Rays, the Elliontics, Workan, Generia and Atrikee decided to take the Light Sector Union a step further. They drafted a constitution for an Alliance of species which any race could join (though species from the Light Sector were preferred) whose goal was to expand the Light Sector's influence in the galaxy and protect it from threats, and to bring prosperity and opportunity to the races of the sector. The Union was renamed the Light Sector Alliance and began to draw in new races. The first new race to join were the Flagmen, a friendly race who inhabited the system nearest to the Ray's black hole. The Flagmen designed a flag for the new Alliance. Under the new flag the Alliance expanded rapidly and hundreds of new races were discovered and united by the Alliance.

The Alliance needed a capital. Until about 50 AF the Elliontic homeworld served as a capital but due to the more multicultural nature of the Alliance a more neutral capital was needed. The first true Alliance colony, on a planet named Hearth (see above). A large complex of buildings was built to house all of the Sector's administration and the colony grew rapidly around this. During this time some of the Sector's most powerful factions were added to the Alliance; the Senshi and the Zarvos.

After the capital's construction, the Alliance grew at a regular pace, expanding slowly out of the sector and toward the galactic core. There they discovered the Grox, and joined the long war against them. Eventually they managed to secure an area of space which would stop the Grox from posing a significant threat to the Alliance in its then-current state. After the encounter the Alliance expanded more in the opposite direction, avoiding the Grox as much as possible.

Some time later, the Alliance stopped expanding in order to focus on technology and development. Many important technologies were developed during this time, such as stealth and cloaking devices, advanced weaponry, harvesting the power of stars to produce energy, shielding, and huge advances in robotics, including the ability to produce sentient robots and nanobots.

By 4000 AF, the Alliance had become a significant power, and was only a few steps away from becoming one of the Galaxy's major powers.

Invasion by Taberon
In 3950 AF, the Alliance was shaken by an event which still has a profound effect on people today. The Sector was invaded by Taberon Scabro, a demonic warlord from a dimension of pure corruption. The attack took place many years after Taberon and his army had first manifested themselves in the Universe, relying on local civilisations to give him a physical form. Eventually he created a body and inhabited it, and with it he gave form to all of his followers, building an army by taking over nearby races with the gaseous corrupt form of his servants.

When the first attack came, nothing could stop it. Taberon could tear through the Alliance's defences at will. Dozens of planets were taken within the day, and by the end of the week over a thousand star systems had been destroyed, captured or twisted by Taberon's foul corruption. These worlds had to be removed by extreme measures, planetary demolition at the very least, and even these missions were incredibly difficult.

Taberon proved to be the greatest threat ever seen to the Alliance, and dragged them into a long war which lasted fifty years. During this time the Chandralians, today one of the Alliance's most powerful races, were discovered as a race corrupted by Taberon. Many had resisted and flocked to join the Alliance's cause. The Chandralians were not trusted by all and disliked by many for their relentless hate of every non-Chandralian life form. Combined the two powers managed to slow Taberon's unending attack but not stop it. Only intervention by old allies from the Alliance's distant past, the Alvomo, who had returned to the galaxy after detecting the Alliance was in danger, managed to slow the Taberon offensive and eventually stop it. The Alvomo then used their technology to rip open spacetime and send the majority of Taberon's forces back into corruptionspace.

Recent History
The Light Sector has been involved in many recent events after becoming a major galactic power.

The Kread Galaxy
The Alliance's Modern Era began in 4100 AF with the discovery of warp travel based on the Alcubierre Drive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive). Soon ships were constructed that could use time dilation to travel to the most distant stars and galaxies. A fleet of these ships was sent from SC-1 to search for other life forms in other galaxies and distant stars. This was one of the Alliance's golden eras, a time of great hope, prosperity and affluence among the members of the Alliance which is slowly being brought back up. Many galaxies were discovered and explored, along with entirely new regions of the milky way. Comm Relays ensured all ships were kept in check and the homeworld was kept informed. Some significant discoveries included the Thee Empire, who remain a minor but powerful part of the extended Alliance, the Hanerith Galaxy, which would later be one of the most important parts of the Alliance, but most significantly, the Kread Galaxy. The first race to be discovered were the Sholians, followed by the Krenn, the Radreelen and eventually the Toro, the most powerful non-Grox civilization in Kread, and the Demonax, their most hated enemy. The discovery of the Toro was well timed, for the Demonax had invaded with a force powerful enough to drive the Toro all the way back to their homeworld of Thaorus and possibly wipe them out completely. However, the Alliance's intervention saved them in several long battles. They built up a friendship which has lasted through ages.

Second War with the Hive
In 4150 AF, the Alliance came into contact once more with their old enemy, the Hive. A huge asteroid was found drifting near Toro space, infested with Hive organisms. The asteroid was quickly destroyed, but this attracted other Hive elements to the Alliance. The Alliance and the Toro came into conflict with the Hive, many trillions of which had been sleeping underground in many planets across Kread, which soon became a full-scale war.

Thousands of Alliance ships were brought to Kread to fight the Hive, but they were still totally outmatched. In the middle of all the chaos, the Demonax launched a new offensive and took the Alliance and the Toro by surprise. Hundreds of ships were destroyed and a severe blow was taken by the already overstretched Alliance. But the Demonax had not thought that the Hive would attack them. Sensing that the Demonax weaponry was superior to the Alliance, the Hive temporarily turned their attention to the Demonax. The Hive grew in power as it assimilated Demonax weaponry, but the Alliance gathered its strength and attacked the Hive in many key locations they had left unprotected by attacking the Demonax. The Alliance slowly gained the upper hand, and after taking many losses they eventually managed to cut off the Hive. The Hive is still operating in Kread, though, and slowly preparing their return...

Project Lifeseed
A major part of Alliance history, project lifeseed began in 50 BND. It was a genetic experiment to seed the many dead planets of the Light Sector and Kread galaxy with new life.

Building on Creature Tweaker technology, the LSA eventually managed to create microscopic, single celled life forms which could consume waste products. After a further 50 attempts they created multicellular insect life, then mammals, and then even intelligent life. The project ended when many of the species created in lifeseed went rogue due to an error in their DNA, activated by heavy solar activity in the Light Sector. The project was cancelled, but revived in 0 AND.

The Intergalactic War
The first major recent event the Alliance (or more specifically, the Elliontics) took part in was the Intergalactic War against the Cognatus. Before this the Alliance had encountered some powerful cultures such as the Delpha Coalition of Planets but had never interacted with them to a full extent. The Cognatus had attacked the Alliance in their own territory, and so came across the United Republic of Cyrannus. The military might of the Elliontics won through against the Cognatus in several small battles, taking some planets but eventually being defeated by a full Cognatus fleet. The Elliontics still had a few systems in Cyrannus and provided backup in many battles. They helped to defend the planet of Tauron during the Intergalactic War's final battle. The Alliance was now in contact with many of the major cultures of the Universe, though was still beneath the immediate notice of many.

War of Ages
The Alliance was affected by the War of Ages, just like all the rest. The Alliance, strong though it was, was no match for the might of the Xhodocto. The Alliance could not do any more than try its hardest to defend itself. The Alliance took horrific losses, many billions were dead by the end of the war, and countless systems had been lost.

Eventually, the end of the war was near. The Alliance managed to seize the advantage and slowly began driving back the Xhodocto. They kept them at bay long enough, until the war ended and the Xhodocto retreated.

Colonization of Hanerith
Hanerith, a small globular cluster orbiting the Milky Way, was the target for the greatest LSA colonization operation in its history. The whole cluster, over 150,000 star systems, was explored, catalogued and colonized, discovering several spacefaring races such as the Haneria, distant cousins of the Generia.

Many major military bases, economic centres and political offices were set up all over Hanerith, allowing easy contact and co-operation between the Light Sector and Hanerith. Hanerith remains the LSA's main extra-galactic sattelite, though many colonies exist in other galaxies.

The Nanohorde Disaster
After the war of ages, the LSA came across another dangerous foe; the Nanohorde. Billions of Nanohorde were detected in the Yilise Confederation, a powerful part of the LSA, and were consuming many planets. 50 worlds were devoured, but eventually the Delpha Coalition of Planets managed to destroy the Nanohorde by opening a false vacuum.

New Taberon Conflict
Sensing that the Alliance had been severely weakened, Taberon Scarbro gathered together his power and made an attempt to re-enter the Universe, after being trapped by the Alvomo.

Though he lost many forces in his sacrifice to enter the Universe, Taberon remained very powerful. He attacked a colony of the Light Sector Alliance and declared war on the Delpha Coalition of Planets. Though a relatively small invasion, it caused a lot of damage in the Light Sector and Hanerith Galaxy.

The war effectively ended when Taberon retreated back to Corrupt-Space, despite his massive advantage, taking SC-1 with him. SC-1 was returned months later. The LSA is still in fear of another attack from Taberon, because enemies do not just retreat when they are winning.

InterGalactic Exploration Program
The IGEP was created after the War of Ages to try to rebuild the LSA in other galaxies and unexplored space. It went very well, but before the final step of the Program could be completed, the Second Coming occurred.

Second Coming
The LSA were attacked again by the Xhodocto in the Second Coming. This time, however, they were better prepared and managed to resist the Congregation, and even fight back. The LSA still could not mount an effective enough counterattack to drive off the Xhodocto, but they still managed to fend off the Xhodocto enough to survive and begin making small counters.

The Annihilation
The Annihilation caused huge amounts of damage to the Alliance before the Vi'Navitum arks arrived to bring them to the new universe. Even so, one of the arks was half-destroyed as Taberon seized the advantage to make one last attack, the inhabitants scattered through a hundred other universes.

Post-Annihilation
The Alliance survived the Annihilation, but only just. They were interrupted during the evacuation, and for months they drifted, separated from the rest of the Arks. Then, they slowly returned to reality. The whole universe was just as it was a second before the Annihilation. Then a message was broadcast on every device in the Light Sector, from the Technoosphere, notifying the LSA that they had been placed in a simulated Universe 1 second out of sync with the main universe, and that the real universe Light Sector was being used for undisclosed purposes. The LSA was granted access to the main universe by a wormhole orbiting SC-1. The other colonies of the LSA from out of the Light Sector were still in the main universe, such as Hanerith.

The Senate took advantage of this, and reformed the Alliance so that it was no longer ruled by a select few. The Senate was expanded so all races had a say. This was known as the 'New Draft', and began the year 0 AND, or After New Draft.

The Voyage of the A.S Tarascan
The Technoosphere universe was completely different. The Milky Way was not there, leaving the Light Sector to simply drift through space. To explore the new Universe, the final stage of the InterGalactic Exploration Program was implemented; an experimental ship named the A.S Tarascan, which used Displacement Drive technology which could take it theoretically to any location in the Universe. It was very risky and consumed huge amounts of energy, but was the best plan the Alliance had.

The Voyage began with the exploration of the planet Q4-RD.

Revival of Project Lifeseed
Project Lifeseed was revived after the Annihilation due to the huge number of dead planets in the simulated universe.