History in Explorer 2260

15 Billion BC
- +0 Seconds:
  Big Bang of known normal space universe.
- +30 Seconds:
  All the hydrogen and helium has formed.
13 Billion BC
- Amino Acids form in a White flare star system located in a galaxy in the process of being assimilated by the Milky Way. These will eventually evolve into the Ovaska
8 Billion BC
- The Ovaska make their first space flight (Estimated)
- A group of Ovaska evolve with highly developed telepathic abilities and form the basis of the Vaipen Hive mind.
- The new hive turns on the Ovaska and, after a war lasting over 2000 years, are driven out of Ovaska space and move into hyperspace seeking new territory where they evolve into a new form, The Vaipen; lighter but faster than the Ovaska, and the hive mind matures to form a highly cohesive society.
6.2 Billion BC
- A Supergiant star in the Orion arm of the Milky way enters the supernova stage, the energy release, more than the star released in it's whole life, forms a shock wave which spreads out into interstellar space causing massive hyperspace storms and realspace/ hyperspace rifts.
- The Vaipen are driven back into normal space, only able to use hyperspace over short distances, where they begin to set up colonies.
4.6 Billion BC
- The shockwave released 1.6 billion years hits a number of dust clouds deep within the orion arm. As they collapse the form the beginning of new solar systems.
3.5 Billion BC
- Amino acids have now formed on several worlds orbiting new suns within the Orion Arm.
- The Vaipen and Ovaska suddenly halt expansion towards the galactic hub
- A number of unknown craft emerge from hyperspace near Ovaska space, the only records that have ever been made available by the Ovaska show that, whatever they were, they were immensely powerful and wherever they went whole stellar systems were wiped clean. Nothing, not even the smallest bacterium remained.
- The Vaipen and Ovaska join forces to repel the new invader, most of their populations are eradicated without trace. In a last ditch effort the Ovaska used an experimental weapon (the details of which are not known) which managed to force the invader into hyperspace
- The unknown invader disappeared. Immediately afterwards, hyperspace storms began breaking out, some so large that they began to affect normal space. Although no known reason has been verified, some have speculated that they were the result of the Ovaska weapon. Massive storms sealed off a number of systems, Sol among them, for well over 2 Billion years. What happened during this period is unknown: the damage to Vaipen and Ovaskan society was so serious that they nearly perished and no records have ever been found from this period.
1 Billion BC
- The hyperspace storms have died down and the populations of the Vaipen and Ovaska have slowly started to recover. Across 10 thousand worlds the remnants of both races begin rebuilding and rediscovering the knowledge lost in the destruction caused during the storms
- Multicellular life forms have begun to emerge on a number of systems in the Orion Arm
500 Million BC
- The Vaipen and Ovaskan societies have almost returned to the same level as they had attained over 2 billion years previously. Both races begin restoring and advancing thier much diminished borders.
- Highly complex life forms have evolved on 30 systems in the Orion Arm
200 Million BC
- Jurassic/ Triassic periods on Earth, Dinosaurs are widespread, mammals are evolving rapidly
- Conflict, minor skirmishes at first, begin to break out between the Vaipen and Ovaska
65 Million BC
- End of the Cretaceous period of Earth history. Widespread extinction of life after a succession of natural disasters.
10 Million BC
- Intelligent life evolves in a number of systems, Earth included
1 Million BC
- The Vaipen and Ovaska declare war on each other. Massive war machines are constructed by both sides and used as primary assault weapons
- Millions of Ovaska and Vaipen die in the wars, whole solar systems are destroyed by the gargantuan Vaipen planetkillers.
- The Ovaska develop a new method to enter and leave hyperspace which apparently does not require large jump engines.
988,000 BC
- For some, unknown, reason the Vaipen and Ovaska halt the war but fail to retrieve all their war machines. Both races halt expansion of their borders.
50,000 BC
- Civilisation begins to emerge on Earth and 5 other systems, among which are the beginning of the Korhonen, Elarien, Mogensen and Rahn.
30,000 BC
- The Korhonen make their first spaceflight
- Civil wars break on on the Mogensen homeworld, hundreds of thousands die
20,000 BC
- The Korhonen, after relying on sleeper ships to make long distance travel possible, develop hyperspace technology
10,000 BC
- The Korhonen enter Sol and set up colonies on Mars and Ganymede
- Humans make the first spaceflight
- First contact between Humans and the Korhonen, some exchange of technology takes place but the Korhonen appear to keep their distance, remainint on their colony worlds
9,123 BC
- 3 Vaipen planetkillers enter the Sol system from deepspace, Pluto is fragmented in a collision with one planetkiller which has died during the journey. One section is trapped by Earth gravity. The resulting geological damage causes massive numbers of deaths and widespread destruction
- One planetkiller passes by Ganymede, erasing all traces of the Korhonen colony there before being trapped by Jupiter's gravitational field and destroyed
- The Second planet killer enters close earth orbit, much of the surface is decimated before a Vaipen hiveship enters the systems and deactivates the planetkiller.
- Much of the human race has been destroyed by volcanic eruptions, floods and the affects of the planetkiller. What remains reverts to savagery
- The Korhonen abandon the colony on Mars, no reason has ever been given
8,000 BC
- A strange, lifeless, hulk drifts into Korhonen space. It's origin is unknown and it was constructed of organic materials unlike any ever encountered.
- An Ovaska Battleship enters Korhonen space, destroys the hulk, and returns to hyperspace before the Korhonen realise what has happened. None of the ships sent in pursuit returned and no explanation was given beyond a statement made by an Ovaskan ambassador; "It is not time"
7,000 BC
- A highly infections, often fatal, plague breaks out on the Mogensen homeworld. The people unite and attempt to stem the tide of the plague. After 3 fruitless years they begin research and construction of spacecraft which are loaded with the plague victims and fired into deep space. In doing so the Mogensen make their first space flight.
- The Mogensen slowly recover from the plague but their world, damaged by thousands of years of warfare, is dying so they begin to use the research used to build the plague ships to construct colony ships to send to the nearest stars
6,000 BC
- The Mogensen 'obtain' hyperspace technology, but only basic theory, from an undisclosed, highly secretive, source along with instructions on how to construct rudimentary jump engines and jump gates.
- The Mogensen and Korhonen make first contact in Arcturus. After initial pleas-entries the Korhonen battle-cruiser attempts to destroy the Mogensen craft. The next 5 years are littered with reports of battles across hundreds of systems. The war is grid-locked after the Mogensen manage to aquire technology from a race unknown to either side before; the Elarien.
- An uneasy truce is signed between the Mogensen and Korhonen
- The Elarien attack the borders of Korhonen space armed with powerful, extremely accurate, weapons systems
- A Mogensen ship enters Earth orbit, contact is made between the remnants of the human race and the Mogensen. The Mogensen assist in rebuilding some parts of human society but are forced off earth by a viral strain which humans were immune to.
5,000 BC
- Civil wars break out on earth, much of civilisation breaks down
4,000 BC
- Large scale civilisations begin to re-form on Earth
- Ovaska halt the Elarien advance and force the Mogensen, Elarien and Korhonen to break off the conflict
4 BC
- Jesus Christ born, along with other religious figures across the galaxy

See Also: 4 BC to 2000 AD, 2000 AD to Present Day, Complete

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