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Thargoid Wars timelines, Aegis A multinational research initiative that…

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        3167 - 3174
        
        3252
        
        3253
        
        INRA disbanded.
        
        INRA seeks a permanent solution to future Thargoid incursions by wiping out the species entirely. Alliance co-founder Meredith Argent publicly accused INRA of attempting genocide. Public and governmental opinions of INRA rapidly deteriorate.
        
        3167 - Investigation into GalCops leadership found it riddled with corruption and was deceiving citizens about its economic stability
        
        By August 16, 3172, Galcop had become weakened and fractured, and Project Equinox was shut down. Unfortunately, this occurred just as project lead Dr. Cassandra Lockhart discovered that the Thargoids had been sowing the seeds for their future return all along, and her warnings were ignored.
        
        In 3174, GalCop is officially dissolved, paving the way for the formation of the Alliance in 3230
        
        3125
        Independent pilots claim they are being pulled out of hyperspace and attacked by octagonal ships. Those who survived the experience were convinced they had encountered an alien species, and named the aliens "Thargoids" after holo-images of the encounters appear to show the word "THARG" marked on the side of the vessels. As the news spread, leaked Federal intelligence reports indicated that the Thargoid attacks were likely provoked by human hostility; colonists in the Veliaze system, a location no longer present in cartographic records, had apparently come into contact with a Thargoid deputation and assaulted it out of ignorance shortly before the attacks began.
        Veliaze was later discovered to have been renamed to Epsilon Indi
        
        The Galactic Cooperative and the Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm played a principal role in defending human space from the Thargoids during the ensuing conflict. While INRA tracked the Thargoids and developed the technology to stop them, Galactic Navy forces patrolled vulnerable systems. GalCop reassigned many of its trade vessels to perform military duties. In the course of the Thargoid War, GalCop also captured a number of Thargoid spacecraft for research and experimentation.
        
        Eventually, the Thargoid conflict came to an end as the Thargoids departed from human space, ostensibly defeated by INRA's deployment of a devastating biological weapon called Mycoid, which is thought to have inflicted innumerable deaths.
        
        INRA recruited the famed CMDR John Jameson to deploy the mycoid weapon against the Thargoids. When persuading Jameson to accept the contract, INRA personnel emphasized the heroic role he would play in ending the war. Behind the scenes, they were contemptuous of Jameson despite his skills and reputation, and expected he would not return from his mission as it would take him deep into Thargoid territory with weapons that had to be launched in close proximity to their targets.
        
        After successfully launching the Mycoid-armed missiles at a Thargoid Mothership and making his escape, Jameson was horrified to learn from his sensors that the weapon did much more than disable the enemy vessel, and was in fact killing every Thargoid on board. Unfortunately for Jameson, INRA had installed a program that shut down his ship's systems to ensure that he did not return from his mission. With his ship locked on a collision course with the planet HIP 12099 1 B, Jameson recorded one final log for his son.
        CMDR John Jameson - HIP 12099 1B
        
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      - 3123
        GalCop discovers wreckage of of 2 ships that were destroyed by laser weapons more powerful than any existing at the time.
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        Carver's team discover highly unusual organic life on the planet, with crystalline or metallic elements and chemistry they could not make sense of. Soon after they discover a crashed alien ship and retrieve an artefact from it, which starts causing interference to their base systems despite seeming to be inert. On the 27th, Carver made a report to Azimuth and was then ordered to cease all communication and await the arrival of Adamastor. A few days later the artefact had become "noisy", followed by a report that lights had shone down on the growths and "the night was opening up like a giant mouth".
        Geological Survey 23b
        
        30 Oct 3111
        The Adamastor arrives in Musca Dark Region PJ-P B6-1 to retrieve the Carver expedition, and transport them and the samples to a "secure facility". On board were a group of mercenary soldiers, which was quite unexpected to the research team. The ship did not have appropriate shielding to prevent the alien artefact causing severe disruption to the ships systems, eventually causing the hyperdrive to fail completely. As the ship headed back towards Chukchan at sublight speed, Professor Carver escaped in a Sidewinder class vessel and crash landed in HIP 69200
        Adamastor
        
        30 Oct 3111
        Dr Murphy is left behind on the surface as the Adamastor departs. He was out at the "singing stones", witnessing the soldiers arrive and attack the base, presumably killing most of the team. The soldiers came to find him, but "then they were all flying up, little toy soldiers thrown in the air, pulled up into the lights.."
        
        31 Oct 3111
        Professor Carver leaves a log in her crashed Sidewinder describing how the Adamastor quickly left orbit, leaving most of the team, and some of their soldiers behind.
        Carver's crashed Sidewinder
        
        The Adamastor's sister ship, the Hesperus, is on a scientific mission in the Barnards Loop area when it is attacked by mercenary soldiers employed by business rival Pharmasapien. The speed at which they took over convinced the security chief there had to be sleeper agents aboard, and that the same thing was likely to be taking place on the Adamastor. Lieutenant Kelemen was able to gather most of the research team and help them escape in the Proteus, before encrypting the main computer logs. After the evacuation, Private Velasco was able to sabotage the ship and poison the air supply, killing the mercenary attackers along with herself.
        Hesperus
        
        3113
        Following Pharmasapien's attack, some of the Hesperus' science team escaped aboard the Proteus, an Anaconda class vessel. They landed on a planet that contained both crashed alien ships "resembling starfish" and ruins of an ancient civilisation. Their Xenoarchaeologist said it was as though he was "walking through the temples of forgotten gods". Seemingly, this was a battleground. The team retrieved a large crystal artefact from the ruins, suffering casualties to automated drone defences. While experimenting on the crystal, a massive radiation surge was triggered that killed the entire team. The priority of both the Adamstor and the Hesperus was to locate non-human technology that could be developed for the millitary market by Azimuth.
        Proteus
- - - - Unknown Probes discovered orbiting ammonia worlds
        
        Aug 30 - First alien crash site discovered in Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4. Wreckage later confirmed by Aegis to be a Thargoid Interceptor that crashed over 100 years ago
    - - Late 3302 to Early 3303 - Azimuth Biochemical conducts secret research that aims to achieve the first human-piloted Thargoid ship at Oaken Point in HIP 26176. Working with what is presumed to be a Thargoid Scout ship, many attempts were made to interface "volunteers", delivered to the facility in escape pods, with the vessel. After many attempts, the only test subject to achieve a connection and survive is Subject D-2, she found the connection "emotionally difficult to process". As they begin testing the V series of subjects, the Thargoid vessel no longer responds, and the project leaders order a replacement to be found. Black Flight operatives are tasked to search for one. Subject D-2 escapes the facility.
        
        Jan 5 - CMDR DP Sayre reports the first known encounter with an alien ship. The ship interdicted him from hyperspace before scanning him and then departing to an untraceable destination. The alien ship is later confirmed to be a Thargoid vessel, officially classified as a Thargoid Interceptor
        
        April 11 - Reports of unknown ships attacking Federation convoys. When dropping into the signal, CMDRs ships would be disabled and an unknown ship was seen jumping away from the destroyed convoy
        
        Azimuth Biochemical at Fort Asch in HIP 22460, attempt to capture a new Thargoid vessel. They study the two Thargoid ground sites in the system in the hope of attracting a ship. Investigations revealed that Dr Edmund Pearce had assisted Subject D-2's escape from Oaken Point. He confessed and was imprisoned pending interrogation and execution. Finally there was an encounter with a Thargoid ship, but not the type they were expecting, as the vessel was not hostile. Later, a Black Flight squadron encountered 3 Thargoid ships and were destroyed in less than 2 minutes. The Witch orders the base shut down and the system evacuated.
        
        Jun 2 - CMDR Mobiusetti witnesses the first known interaction between an unknown ship and a Barnacle in Pleiades Sector OI-T C3-7 A6, confirming the two were linked
        
        Jun 13 - Wreckage of a Federal fleet found in HIP 17044 with a transmitter that contained a recorded message. "UNKNOWN VESSELS DETECTED. SERVER PURGE FAILED. SHIP ASSETS LIQUIDATED. PAYLOAD DESTROYED. SHIP STATUS LOST." Shortly after a galaxy wide broadcast confirmed the return of the Thargoids.
        
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        Fort Asch
        
        Research site Bronze
        
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        Oaken Point
        
        Project Seraph
        
        Subject D-2's escape with Dr Edmund Pearce
        
        Beacon in HIP 26176:
        Set the escape pod to go. You'll find a ship waiting.
        Travel to Col 69 Sector JI-I C10-4.
        If you believe in anything, I suggest you pray to it.
        
        Beacon in Col 69 Sector JI-I C10-4:
        I can't stay here too long. Don't feel safe .. like something's about to appear in the sky any second. I've plotted a route to Wregoe DK-R B4-1. No reason for me to be there. Meet me, please don't be long.
        
        Beacon in Wregoe DK-R B4-1:
        
        You were supposed to be here.
        
        I'm trying. Project isn't going well. Hard to get away
        
        Screw the project! Said you would get me home.
        
        I'm sorry, one more stop and I'll find you I promise.
        
        Where?
        
        Synuefe GB-O C9-8
        
        I'll try. I'm tired. Scared to close my eyes.
        
        The dreams?
        
        Just meet me.
        
        I'll be there I promise.
        
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        CMDR Hyford
      - 3304
        
        Jan 4 - Three more Pleiades systems attacked
        
        Jan 11 - Two Pleiades systems attacked. Federation and Empire announce joint initiative to counter Thargoid activity in the Pleiades
        
        Jan 18 - Attacks continue in the Pleiades with two new systems hit. Thargoids appear to be sweeping through the region and heading towards the core systems
        
        Jan 25 - Two more Pleiades systems attacked
        
        Feb 1 - Two more attacked systems, contining the Thargoids move towards the core systems
        
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        Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-7
        
        HIP 17892
        
        Pleiades Sector KC-V C2-11
        
        Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-41
        
        Maia
        
        Merope
        
        Atlas
        
        Asterope
        
        Celaeno
        
        3305
        
        As the conflict entered 3305, Thargoid attacks began overwhelming Human defences. More stations were attacked in the first quarter, than in the whole of 3304, with volunteers struggling to provide aid. Aegis enters into a partnership with Ram Tah to manufacture Guardian related technology
        
        Apr 18 - Admiral Aden Tanner gave a statement: "What's surprising is that the Thargoids aren't targeting our most important social or military centres, such as the superpowers' home systems. There's no doubt that they're trying to weaken us, but evidently they're guided by different principles than those that typically govern human martial strategy. What we can say is this: with capital ships of limited use against Thargoid craft, independent combat pilots remain our best defence against the Thargoids." Aegis announces it has entered a partnership with Ram Tah to boost the production of Guardian based modules.
        
        Jul 4 - Reports emerge that harvests of Meta Alloys were in steep decline and many known Barnacle sites were exhausted. Alba Tesreau announced an initiative to locate alternative supplies by collecting and analysing exploration data at the Oracle in Delphi
        
        Jul 11 - Alba Tesreau reveals that the survey had located new sites in the Witch Head Nebula. The Alliance, Federation and Empire launch concurrent resource-gathering campaigns to build new infrastructure in the region. Aegis reported that the Thargoids had, in a matter of hours, completely withdrawn from the core systems and the Pleiades Nebula, with the exception of the Maia and Merope systems
        
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        3306
        
        Jan 9 - After 22 weeks without any Thargoid incursions, the number of stations still undergoing repairs had been reduced to 61, thanks to the tireless efforts of traders and the relief organisation Operation Ida
        
        Jan 9 - 6 systems, 3 in the Pleiades Nebula and 3 in the Witch Head Nebula come under Thargoid incursion: Asterope, Atlas, Celaeno, Shenve, Onoros and Haki
        
        Jan 13 - Alba Tesreau commented that the Thargoids were likely intent on reclaiming the Witch Head region for its plentiful Barnacle sites
        
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        Asterope
        
        Atlas
        
        Celaeno
        
        Shenve
        
        Onoros
        
        Haki
        
        3307
        
        Jan 1 - Simguru Pranav Antal of Utopia proposed a Galactic Summit between the three superpowers to resolve their differences
        
        Jan 8 - Professor Alba Tesreau urged the superpowers to attend the summit and recommit to supporting Aegis in light of the Thargoid resurgence, stating that coexistence would only be possible through greater understanding and rigorous research. Prime Minister Edmund Mahon, Princess Aisling Duval and Shadow-President Felicia Winters all signalled their support for the summit, and legislators were pressuring their leaders to attend. Sirius Corporation voiced its support for the summit, but then made its own play to host the summit in Sirius, which succeeded
        
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        3308
        
        Jan 3 - Prime Minister Edmund Mahon and Sirius Corporation CEO Li Yong-Rui sign a Strategic Defence Pact in which Sirius Corp would support the Alliance Defence Force in anti-xeno operation, in exchange for certain undisclosed financial opportunities. This was approved in a rare closed-doors joint vote of the Alliance Assembly and the Council of Admirals. The exact terms of the Pact are classified.
        
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