Block One: Empty Universe

Ok Humanity, its the day where we release Block One for you to start creating. So without any ado, here it is! Happy Writing!

* All times and dates are marked by the Terran calender using UTC +/-0 as a base for date regardless of time of day or relative date of the incident on the planet(s) where events happened. Also dates are listed using the European standard of dd/mm/yyyy.

2030 - 2106 - (Official opening of EC1 03/12/2030) A Lunar colony,“Earth Colony 1” is established accommodating research teams from every country working together on many varied projects. Over time it becomes a beacon of learning for the planet where the brightest scientific minds work to unlock the secrets of the universe. For the time technology and trade between nations flourish. During this time trade unions are built to their height. The European Union (EU) leads the way for the American/Asian Union (AAU) and the Muslim/Arabic Trade Federation (MATF). The only thing separating most peoples of the earth are philosophy and ideology.

2107 - As ideologies clash amongst the trade unions and tempers flare on Earth, EC1 declares its independence from the trade unions and people of Earth. A joint task force from the AAU and the EU launch an assault of EC1 condemning their neutrality and willingness to accept "Any who want to live as one away from the world, as evolved humans" as a slight towards all humanity. In what was known as, "The Great Abeyance," the scientist/citizens of EC1 displayed the hidden defensive capabilities of the colony on 23/05/2107. The defensive systems of EC1 cause an entire shutdown of all fighters being launched toward EC1. Later this same year, due to the failure of the task force to recover the station, the first missiles begin to fly and ground troops are assembled by MATF in an all out attack of EU and AAU countries on 13/08/2107. The EU recovers quickly enough to begin to move troops into MATF lands and dubs the war "The Third Great Crusades." Only two months later on 11/10/2107 the AAU, hit hard and feeling the hubris of their attack on EC1, joins the war which is known as "World War Three" on their media networks. The AAU's part in the war was almost entirely humanitarian, as they fought only defensive battles while trying to evacuate as many refugees to EC1. There was almost no place left on earth that wasn't considered a war zone by mid 2108 as all three sides fought each other.

23/04/2110 - The "Hand of God” meteor impacts 100 miles south of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea decimating Southern Turkey, Syria, Israel, and northern Egypt ending what historians now call the “War of Ideology.” (2107 - 2110) This would have been an Extinction Level Event for the earth if not for the millions now housed on the ever expanding moon base EC1.

2110 - 2140 - The Meteor is studied and found to be made or a rare heavy metal that does not naturally occur on Earth dubbed "Divinium." This element allows for the building of two large crafts capable of space travel within our solar system without taxing Earth's natural resources. These ships dubbed the United Earth Vessel Existence and the United Earth Vessel Ptolemaeus launched on 11/06/2124 and 09/12/2124 respectively. These new ships begin to scour the Sol system for any traces of the element.

2143 - (Official opening of EC2 13/10/2143) Earth Colony 2 is erected on mars and terraforming of the red planet begins. During this process many pre-Terran  humanoid artifacts are found burried in elaborate cave systems deep in the planet (17/02/2143).

2145 - "Divinium" is found to be in abundance in Sol system's astroids belt. Mining opperations based out of EC2 on Mars begin to collect the mineral resources of the astroids.

04/07/2148 - Maiden voyage of the United Earth Vessel Serendipity. Its destination is Alpha Centauri which it should reach in just over 4 years due to its new Divinium light speed drive.

09/05/2150 - Roughly halfway through the voyage to Alpha Centauri the UEV Serendipity encounters a derelict vessel many times larger than itself and containing exactly One Thousand exo-suits built for a humanoid species.

- End of Block One - "Splintered Humanity: Empty Universe -

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