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Birth of the Gigaquadrant; 2754 to 2759 (686 to 690 ACS); Milky Way, Andromeda and Tigris
''Whilst intergalactic travel was known to have quietly persisted for millennia, a series of landmark events across four regions of the supercluster gave rise to a new phenomenon of established intergalactic civilisation. This would become known as the Gigaquadrant; it had been born of ashes, the survivors of a war that had ripped across the Gigaquadant many times before had developed a new awareness of scale and kinship. These nascent intergalactic civilisations were quick to establish themselves as the status quo for decades to come; spreading their ideals whatever they may be; be it post-scarcity economics, technological utopianism, galactic identity, schools of essence, warrior culture and martial creeds or the division of godspawn and the truly alien.''


 * The Great Expedition (2754) - Inspired by the first contact between the extragalactic Girdo and the Plazith-borne Delpha Coalition of Planets, the Seven Starr Alliance sets about arrangements to explore the nearby Andromeda and Tigris galaxies, electing greatest captain from each member to lead an expedition first to Andromeda and then to establish a colony and wormhole in Tigris. Using long-range hyperspace telemetry, the SSA uncovered evidence of other high-tier civilisations (Such as the Draconid Imperium and their secrets) as well as the signatures of war; explosions intense enough to make hyperspace reverberate, the likes of which had not been seen before.  Travelling to the source of the nearest explosion, the SSA discovered only wreckage and a few survivors - first contact with the Nomatari Sovereignty.  The leading captains in charge of the expedition, including Kilnok and Zaco representing the DCP and Oimonsk respectively had noticed that the SSA had deliberately delayed the construction of the wormhole, as the SSA had feared that something must have repeatedly scourged the universe by the lack of the appearance of any universal civilisation.  So it was decided to delay the information they had gathered of a tremendous war they had sighted out of both curiosity and expansionist interests typical of a Delphan commander and Oimonsk scientist, which would turn out to be a costly choice.
 * --Uncertain -- Soon the SSA discovered the Cianju and Rambo Nation, which had both been at war, despite both being attacked by the Congregation, the source of the immense detonations. Within moments of first contact with the Rambo, Captain Kilnok ordered his forces to strike the Congregation attacking the besieged Rambo world of Tircos.  The Congregation had been the most advanced and destructive force in the galaxy by using technology ancient to them, but was taken by surprise from both the firepower and ferocity of the DCP fleet which had some parity.  The arrival of the SSA offered some relief to inhabitants of Tigris, but it was ultimately thrust into a kind of war the SSA had never encountered; one fought with mysterious demons and essences that rapidly intensified during the war's progression.
 * Congregation attacks the Seven Starr Alliance (2755) - The worst-case scenario dreamed up by paranoid leaders of the alliance was realised when the Congregation stormed into Plazith through the wormhole sporting ships the size of small worlds and armed with the magical precursor techne. The Congregation ambled like random through SSA territories, including a portion of DCP space, destroying life indiscriminately.  Several small member civilisations were completely annihilated.  Congregation ships soon scattered, before turning back to Tigris with their mission of terror complete.  Plazith would be next.  But this awoke a sleeping giant, for the DCP began to assemble its biggest fleet in over 200 years, issued with new weapons and defenses that had been conceptualised or gathered as blueprints over the centuries, such as non-phasic shields, hyperspace missiles and black hole cannons.  With enough men to stand shoulder to shoulder on worlds, the DCP was prepared to send them to either success or military disaster.
 * Latter stages of the Tigris War (up to 2759)

=== Years of Hyperspace and Reflection; 2780 to 2815 (728 to 746 ACS); Milky Way & Gigaquadrant ===

''Empires on a galactic scale sprang up like blossom, while organisations of trade and commerce united or divided them. Many wars were fought by aggressive expansionists, only to be beaten down by the defacto powers. In the Plazith Rim, the Milky Way Cooperative united the galaxy and finally threw off old vices; in Cyrannus, the endless repeat of new galactic republic held much promise, while the Ottzello galaxy that had long deemed to be hopeless was united. Other galaxies also prospered. Resources on the level of stars fed these civilisations, with enumerable peoples living in new megastructures. But the age of the Gigaquadrant was about to take a new turn when the Technoosphere awoke within the artifices of galactic civilisation, greatly affecting public life by democratising even the most advanced of technologies. The public, military and scientific demand for two great advances of nanotechnology and hyperspace entered galactic consciousness. It looked as though one day the Gigaquadrant powers would rival the ancient precursors, and that demonic evil had been defeated for good. All was looking well until the Ayrai'Shikua delivered the annihilation, scourging much of the universe of life except for what was saved in the little time the Gigaquadrant had to prepare.''


 * Lunarai-Khan (2772) is created by Emperor Wormulus II from the genes of his treacherous son Eclipsos, but with aggressive characteristics removed (and rebelliousness retained). He is unconsciously nudged to be open minded to other ways of life, but that would only effect him later, to be part of a greater plan.
 * Station Halcyon is discovered adrift (2785) - Three years after the Annihilation, Station Halcyon is rediscovered by the United Republic of Cyrannus. The crew not only had survived failing power, minimal life-support and lawlessness, but had regained control of the pair of stations.  But life was not easy, the universe had been wrecked, and protection from the URC would come to an end when the republic senate was dissolved.  But the station continued to function despite Imperial manipulation, with its new administrator Xigor longing for the return of the DCP and SSA.

''The universe was now a lot smaller, but hyperspace still beckoned as a new frontier. The hyperspatial revolution became the backbone of recovery, but it also became a source of instability. Soon the defacto powers that had pioneered the revolution found themselves in an unpredictable territory; smaller civilisations with their own ambitions were carving out their own power, developing at a level the local hyperpowers failed to regulate. The Technoospheric Lords were also trusted too well by the hyperpowers, leading to the War of Hyperspace, the first of a new kind of devastating conflict involving attrition warfare with hyperspatial weapons. In a panic, powers like the Delpha Coalition of Planets became ever more paranoid, stepping up on their quest to vanquish rivals to hold onto power, all the while hurt the nations they wanted to protect and regulate, becoming blind to their own chaos. Yet, they held onto power at a bloodthirsty cost, exposed by a great foreshadowing of events as the DCP and allies faced the Vermulans and Dromanji crisis, culminating with a rifting terrorist attack on Station Halcyon. Enough was enough, the era of reflection had arrived: the hyperpowers had become a symbol of oppression and foolish hubris; rifts of old alliances was just the beginning.''


 * Dark Times in the Cyrandia Cluster (2790) - The Delphans take a neutral stance to the formation of the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus and subjugation of the Rambo Nation. Much of DCP's leadership were in favour of the Empire's formation, while Emperor Wormulus and his sons had a loyalty with the Republic.  The Rambo Nation question the DCP's inaction, while the external appearance of a relationship with the Empire causes controversy amongst the democratic nations of the Gigaquadrant.
 * Attero Dominatus reaches its climax (2795+) - The DCP pushes the Dominatus completely out of Plazith at almost a pyrrhic cost, before joining others to eliminate the Dominatus power in in their home galaxy of Mirus, which saw the war twist and turn between victory and failure until it finally favoured the allies.
 * Heralds of Mosivam retreat to the Ossuarium sector (2795) - An almost impenetrable region of spacetime bruised by the Dominatus war's use of hyperspace weapons.


 * The Milky Way Cooperative begins a controversial colonisation wave in Andromeda (2797) - Supported by the DCP, but unknown to the DCP was the undercurrents of Grox swayed to live in Andromeda believing the Meta-Emperor spirit has been revived there, in reality they were manipulated by a Technoospheric Lord (see Proselyter).
 * Gigaquadrant Conflicts - The time tested relationships of old alliances were thrown in question after the destruction of Halcyon B, and series of crises effected major galaxies. Most mysteriously DCP high command became haunted with Dromanji ghosts, who demanded penance for being wiped out decades before to be paid for by sending their best warrior on a series of dangerous trials.
 * Return of Mauloron (2799) - The Heralds of Mosivam were few in number and wanted a strategic leader. Using an Ossuarium rift to travel back in time they recovered the dying body of Warlord Mauloron who was pivotal in the DCP Civil War, and gave him a new form.  Mauloron was renamed Yutgap Fendo.
 * Third year of the Vermulan Wars, Mantisorac Horde and Dromanji crisis (2801) - In a foreshadowing of events to come, the DCP declared war on the enigmatic Vermulans out of the unfounded belief they were linked. On the other hand, it saw cooperation between the DCP and MSP, with Lunarai Khan becoming disillusioned with the DCP's foreign policy exceptionalism.  The war lasted three years and drew in many unforeseen participants that effected the inhabitants of the Plazith Rim and its satellite galaxies, which drew much negative attention to the DCP's interventionism.
 * Tensions escalate to the Great Xonexian Schism (2802) - A series of flashpoints between 2797 and 2802 created a factional rivalry between the Delpha Coalition of Planets and the Xonexi Allies. The DCP's Undying Council had come to believe an unseen evil was spreading, causing conflicts across the universe to decay intergalactic Order*1.  The DCP perceived the Xonexi Alliance as upstarts challenging the status quo (ignorant of the unseen evil) that must be ruthlessly crushed so as to strengthen the Gigaquadrant against the apocalypse.  Meanwhile, the Xonexi saw the DCP as stifling their progress and growth, and rivalry from the Draconis further fuelled the fire.  The DCP plays out a risky proxy war in the Orion Spur with the Xonexi Allies and loses; and coupled with the isolation (Mou'Cyran Accords) of the DCP's war-effort from their allies, they took direct action.  The Battle for the Milky Way saw the DCP wrestle for control of the Plazith Rim.  Overwhelming both the Draconis and Orion League in the galaxy, the Orion League was forced surrender and was promptly turned into the Human Superstate.  The French navy retreated to Mirus.
 * * 1 This is not entirely true of all DCP leaders. One flashpoint saw an attempted assassination on the Tybusen captain Lorrelas during a joint exercise, which was prevented by Warlord Kilnok who explained that the Undying council had become paranoid and demented in their centuries-long lives.  The Schism had affected not just alliances but also governments; unknown to the DCP and Cooperative, Technoospheric Lords engaged in a split in 2805, separating it between the Cooperative and Civilisation.  This would be a decisive factor in the evolution of the war.


 * Fated invasion of Andromeda (2805) - Not content with victory in the Milky Way, the Undying Council orders an invasion of Andromeda, which saw various campaigns as the DCP (and their "puppets" the Civilisation) push towards Inner Andromeda, but largely commanding from behind the scenes. This was because Emperor Wormulus II had never intended the war to go this far, and could only slow but not stop the runaway train.  Worse still, the Civilisation begins bombarding the Draconid Imperium with hyperspatial weapons, this was something the DCP wanted to largely avoid.  The DI retaliated and the campaign intensified.  It was during this, the influence of Yutgap Fendo had become revealed, who appeared to be one of the Heralds of Mosivam.  The council decides he is useful and let him continue, but the character of the Civilisation changes by the day, soon Grox members of its society began attacking the core to reestablish an empire, a move not initiated by the Coalition and a window of opportunity for the Xonexi Allies.  France had left the war to build forces in a Mirus (a front the DCP had ignored), and the Nomatari Sovereignty was considering an exit.  But with the invasion of the core, Uriel Ultanos of the Draconid Imperium summoned the Guardians of the Light to fight for the galaxy, giving cause for France to return.  The Xonexi Allies successfully repel the Civilisation forces from the core.  Yutgap Fendo demanded for the DCP to pull their weight and help the Civilisation attack in a third wave assault on Andromeda's industrial powerhouses, this time bringing wormhole busters used previously in the Dominatus war to destroy the Andromedan Galactic Commonwealth hyperlane network.  Even more ostentatiously, he wanted help in transferring an entire neutron star to the heart of DI space in order to manufacture deadly neutron effusion bombs (Operation Starshot) on an industrial scale.  The Undying Council was now in a panic as such a war would devastate untold trillions of people that included the DCP's former allies, but if they didn't the two galaxies would be locked in a war of attrition anyway.  The DCP and Civilisation begin a slow retreat from Andromeda
 * Lunarai's revelation - To propel a neutron star, the DCP re-purposed a Shkadov thruster around one in Delphan space. A series of hypermatter explosions were to slowly nudge the thruster into a wormhole mouth, tugging the star with it, and while this was underway, a fleet of superdreadnoughts were being assembled, armed with wormhole bombs left over from previous projects.  Emperor Wormulus II convened an emergency meeting with the Undying Council, but only his sons turned up.  Lunarai Khan began to argue with Wormulus, having learned what the DCP looks like from the outside he protested that DCP's cause for Order had long been lost.  The true reality of the chaos of all the events around the DCP was not because of a hidden evil hand, but were in part the DCP's making.  To Lunarai's surprise, Wormulus concurs; Order had simplified the Undying Council's view of the world, but there can be no positive change with an immortal leadership.  The Undying Council had become demented and paranoid and were ready to police the entire universe at any cost.  Wormulus explained to Lunarai the only thing he could do is absolve his power, and that Lunarai had been nudged all his life to be the DCP's escape hatch.  Without ceremony, Lunarai took his place as Emperor of the Grimbolsaurians, and announces his position on all channels.  A third of DCP was Grimbolsaurian, who held almost religious awe for Wormulus, this was enough confusion to stall Operation Starshot.  Lunarai then announces a truce with the Xonexi Allies, and directs the now-his Palace ship to Andromeda to begin negociations.
 * DCP loses control of the Civilisation and is defeated overnight -
 * Milky Way is liberated in Operation Geronimo, the Treaty of Halcyon is signed (2806)


 * Quadrant 82 Neutrality Zone (2815) - Under the new leadership of High King Rambert Ramerval, the Rambo Nation had become increasingly hostile towards the inhabitants of the Neutrality Zone. In a bid to ease tensions between their old and new allies, the DCP partners with the French Empire by sharing its expertise in the Dawnstar Project to build a self-maintaining shell of hyperspace fog designed to be almost impenetrable to hyperspace missiles around the GITO wormhole.  This was a measure designed to put off a Rambo assault that would put the DCP in a conflict of interest.  The DCP also promised to evacuate citizens if the wormhole's use of transport became compromised.

--- Future; uncertain ---



 * To trap a demon - A wealthy businessman and entrepreneur (who?) connected to contractors of the Dawnstar Project initiates a low-key sister project to create a new hyperspace star. The use of hyperspace stars had been banned and the only known cluster sealed off by the Technoosperic Lords, but the owner was able to use the legal loophole that this was artificial.  From the outside, it was designed to entrap damaged or disused wormholes from the recent hyperspace wars and Exodus Project; but it has a purpose to hold something far more sinister.  Overall, the project to initiate star formation within hyperspace was a success creating a star more luminous than any known before in the realm, and it proved to create a self-sustaining structure that required no further maintenance other than controlling its motion.  But this pinnacle point of hyperspace engineering belies the fact that the common Gigaquadrant still had much ignorance of the depth of hyperspace's layered existence and its structures.  Something-else lurched from the midst like moths to a flame, and its arrival was about to change everything.

Trivia
See also developmental timeline of the DCP and Xonexian Golden Age Timeline.

What this is
This is a page for my fiction currently under development. It is a timeline of events; past, present and future that links fiction currently being made between those events into a cohesive whole. This means that some plots on this timeline will be incomplete and uncertain, and such places will be marked out as such. This also means that once I feel some fiction is complete I will move it elsewhere. Part of my motivation behind this is that: A) my fiction has become complex and intertwined and I can longer treat them as separate entities; B) I haven't got enough time anymore to write large and well-developed stories for each and every one of them. It is my hope that the timeline will cement ideas I desperately want to do into actual events and provide a framework to write short stories on points of interest. Because my fiction timeline is largely shaped by the greater fiction universe, collaborative input is welcome. See my scrapbook for fiction experiments without clear canonical links to the fiction universe.

Disclaimer: There are some ideas I wanted to introduce as a future collaborative fiction. This may no longer be possible in the traditional sense, but I want to build the framework here. People are free to give feedback, but please be aware such events will be uncertain until they finished and given acceptance.