Timeline of the Great War

The following is a timeline of all noteworthy events of the ongoing Great War. This page is designed as a quick reference guide; for further details, see the Great war main page.

Year 1

 * Peacekeeper Alliance is founded by the Rach to defeat the Margan and protect nations who could not defend themselves.


 * Peacekeepers score several victories against the Margan. Alliance grows as emboldened nations begin to join.


 * Margan approach Zaretian Monarchy to propose an pact to combat the Peacekeepers. The two agree to talks on Zartar.


 * Raid on Zartar. Acting behind his generals, Rach Emperor Coradine sends assassins to Zartar supposedly to eliminate King Breys and High Priestess Massachiah during their meeting. The raid ends in disaster, with all Rach troops killed or captured and the Margan and Zaretians founding the Warlord Pact. The Great War officially begins.


 * The Peacekeepers are forced on the defensive, with the Rach suffering several catastrophic defeats at the hands of the combined Margan-Zaretian force.


 * The Saracin Empire joins the Warlords and begin attacking the Rach.


 * Raid on Station SRD72. Rach forces under the command of General Gorach and Ops Lead Kertak infiltrate a secret Saracin facility, stealing valuable military intelligence and discovering that a traitor had revealed the location of Norsus and its stealth generators to the Warlords.

Year 2

 * Battle of Zetta Secundus. Peacekeepers achieve their first major victory when Aeverian forces dealt a devastating blow to the Zaretian navy, causing Pact forces to withdraw to avoid overextending themselves.


 * The Magello Empire joins the Pact despite Emperor Zinmar's commitment to neutrality due to pressure from the general public and military officials.


 * The Repzork Empire joins the Pact to eliminate the Peacekeepers and dissuade the Nepharians from joining the Alliance.


 * Repzork and Magello forces help the Pact regain the initiative. Zetta Secundus is captured.


 * The Acropolan Empire and Conkirite Dictatorship join the Peacekeepers and Warlords respectively in a bid to gain the upper-hand in their ongoing war. With both sides receiving funds and supplies, neither side is able to break the stalemate.


 * Luminarian Schism. Following the ascension of Emperor Ulran, empire forces raze the frontier colony of Midale. The frontier worlds band together in self-defense.


 * Infestation of Ozelion. A Biomatter spore landed on the Minomit colony of Ozelion, producing a sizeable colony that was finally eliminated when a relief force arrived at the colony.

Year 3

 * First Battle of Aserai. The Zaretian Admiralty test their new naval doctrine by attacking the Dragoneteran homeworld of Aserai, dealing significant damage to the Dragoneteran fleet and to the planet itself. Aeverian forces respond, but are repelled. A Rach-Aeverian force eventually arrived to forces the Monarchy to withdraw. The admiralty considers the operation a success.


 * Incident at Dralix. While the assault on Aserai was underway, the Dragoneterans lost contact with the colony of Dralix. Expecting the planet to have been attacked by the Monarchy, they instead discover that it had been infected by the Biomatter. Search teams were dispatched to search for survivors, but all were lost save for one, which escaped with the help of special operations troops. The monarchy decides to keep the colony for study rather than cleansing it.


 * The Necraal Sovereignty joins the Pact following an alliance with the Zaretians. The Necraal begin working with the Kelmir to improve their robotic forces.


 * Dragoneteran-Tegotian War begins. While searching for the missing Captain Delarus, Dragoneteran forces discover the Bulorians, who had been enslaved by the Tegotians. The Dragoneterans, after having rescued Delarus, liberate the Bulorians. The Tegotians join the Pact in retaliation and begin an invasion.


 * The Dragoneteran develop an airborne Biomatter virus and deploy it against the Tegotians, severely hampering their invasion for a brief period. The attack draws fierce criticism from the Peacekeepers, who push the Dragoneteran to destroy the weapon and any research regarding it.


 * Second Battle of Aserai. Following the death of the Dragoneteran king, the entire Tegotian military is deployed at Aserai to defeat the Dragoneterans in one swift blow before foreign powers could intervene. The Tegotians are defeated, resulting in their empire collapsing into anarchy and civil war. Peacekeeper intervention sees the establishment of the Tegotian Republic, which withdraws from the war.

Year 4

 * Infestation of Rotunin. A spore of Hive Fafnir crashes on the neutral colony of Rotunin, causing the bloodiest infestation in history. The Peacekeepers respond by creating the Anti-Biomatter Task Force (ABTF). Various Warlord nations create their own task units for combating the hives.


 * The Skrey begin attacking Warbot Industries to acquire their robotics technology. This captures the attention of the Repzork, who bring the Skrey into the Pact after helping them repel a Biomatter infestation.


 * Operation Stormbreaker begins. The Empire of Diablos joins the Peacekeepers following a meeting with Alliance diplomats. Three months later, the Peacekeepers launch a massive combined offensive that sees the Pact retreat on all fronts. The Margan stay behind to hold off the Peacekeepers and buy their allies time.


 * The Sauran wing of Stormbreaker encounters the Asanian Syndicate and attempt to repel them from a planet the Syndicate was strip-mining. The Sauran are nearly repelled until the arrival of Diab and Kastalian reinforcements turns the tide.


 * Asanian forces attack a Diab colony. Margan forces, unaware of the Syndicate, arrive a short time later and makes contact with the Asanians. The two agree to an allince and the ASsanians join the Pact.


 * After weeks of fighting, Margan and Asanian forces are finally forced to retreat, and the Stormbreaker offensive resumes in earnest.


 * Stormbreaker is called off as the offensive grounds to a halt due to mounting casualties and overextended supply lines. Peacekeeper forces retreat to defensive positions while the Pact reclaims much of the territory lost during the offensive.

Year 5

 * The first phase ofOperation Downfall, Operation Sledgehammer, begins. Pact troops launch a massive offensive against all major Peacekeeper powers to prevent them from supporting the Rach. Operation Pierce the Veil, which aims to eliminate the remaining stealth generators protecting Norsus, begins.