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====== History of the One Time ======

This is a brief history of time, starting with the
oldest known member of the One Time, and proceeding up
to the present day. As described in the sidebar,
though the first race existed 9 billion years ago,
far less time than this has passed within the One Time.
It is estimated that about 100 million years has passed
since the first wormhole was created.

====== The Ancestors ======


===== ~9 billion years ago =====



The oldest known civilisation arises, the //Yi'klari//,
whose 'sun' is an exploding (possibly quasar) galaxy
150,000ly from their homeworld. They have long since
passed on, leaving only a few wormgates and relics.
Little is known about them (at least by humans), but it
is almost certain that they were not carbon based. Some
say that their homeworld is not their true home, and that
they were already advanced when they colonised it.



===== ~5 billion years ago =====



The arise of a great civilisation in this part of the
universe. Seems to span several thousand galaxies. They
are called the //Koo'Cha'Morini//, which means
"They Who Have Gone". Nothing is known about them
except for a few clues.



Several hundred of their galaxies have had their stars
turned into red dwarfs, with Dyson Spheres constructed
around them. This region of the One Time is off limits
to the younger races, since it is feared artifacts from
that civilisation may be misused by those unable to
properly comprehend them.



===== ~1.5 billion years ago =====



The last relics of the Koo'Cha'Morini date to this
time. They seem to have vanished over a period of
500 million years. Why is not known, though there are
some signs of a great war.


====== The Elders ======


===== ~700 million years ago =====



The Elders arise in a distance galaxy. Like the
Koo'Cha'Morini before them, they build a galaxy
spanning civilisation.



===== ~550 million years ago =====



The Elders contact the Others, a race about which little
is known. A great war is fought, and civilisation all but
collapses. A few of the Elder flee to nearby galaxies in
order to avoid the war.



Towards the end of this war, the Elders home galaxy is
destroyed, apparently by the weapons of the Others
(one of the reasons that Other Tech is so dearly sought
after by some people).



===== ~475 million years ago =====



The Elders reach our galaxy, and find some signs of the
Koo'Cha'Morini here as well. A small empire is build up,
and the Elders begin the cultivation of other races in
order to help them if the Others follow.



===== ~250 million years ago =====



The first wave of the Others reach this galaxy in their
search for the surviving Elders. They are destroyed,
but more follow.



===== ~240 million years ago =====



The 3rd generation reaches 'sapience'. Since all
information about this time comes from the Elder's
records, 'sapience' could mean anything from
stone age to ultra tech. It is assumed to be at the
higher end of the scale.



The 3rd generation species were the Jee-ini'ka, the
K'l'n and the Arkal.



===== ~235 million years ago =====



The Others arrive in force. Estimates put the length
of the war at around 30 million years. Whether it was
fought inside or outside the galaxy is unknown.
Anyway, the Others are utterly defeated.



===== ~150 million years ago =====



The Elders depart, leaving the 3rd generation to fend
for themselves. The cultivation of the 4th generation
begins.


====== The 3rd and 4th Generations ======


===== ~50 million years ago =====



The K'l'n and the Arkal leave this galaxy for other
pastures. It is thought that the three races split to
persue different ambitions.



===== ~30 million years ago =====



The first of the 4th generation races arise. Over a period of
several million years, all three fourth generations reach
sapience. They are the Atharmi, the Gral and the Nay'tol.



===== ~15 million years ago =====



The 4th generation are considered 'mature' enough to look
after themselves, and the Jee-ini'ka also pass on to
who knows where. Cultivation of the 5th generation
begins.


====== The Younger Races ======


===== ~10 million years ago =====



It seems that the Gral came across Other tech, and war
began, between the Atharmi and Nay'tol, v the Gral. A
big war, with lots of wholesale destruction and pretty
special effects as suns are destroyed and whole stretches
of the galaxy laid barren. The Gral are eventually
defeated, and scattered, though not utterly destroyed.



===== ~5 million years ago =====



Nay'tol become the Singers, and loose interest in the
affairs of the Atharmi, though some (small) contact
remains to the present day. The Atharmi carry on alone
in their uplift of the 5th generation.



===== ~50,000 years ago =====



Several races arise under the instruction of the Atharmi,
but things fail. One of the races comes across a
defunct Berserker of the Gral, and figures out how to
use the Tech. War, the last few million years
of work is flushed down the proverbial drain as the
races are decimated in open warfare. The Atharmi step
in and wipe out all traces of these races, seeing them
as an embarrassing failure. No records of them
survive to the present day, though some Tech is (very)
occasionally found. The Atharmi start on a hurried
attempt for the 6th generation.



===== ~12,000 years ago =====



The Tlal and the Wanara races are cultivated. Things
proceed more or less as planned.



===== ~7,000 years ago =====



Tlal and Wanara surrender their biological bodies and
merge to become a single race - the modern Tlal.
These new Tlal help the emergence of the Scree.



===== 3,272 years ago =====



Atharmi make Contact with the Scree, and it is at this
point that I can start to become more detailed in the
goings on of things, since the events from here until
the present day are recorded and available at any
good library throughout the One Time.



The Atharmi consider the current civilisations to be the
6th generation, which seems to suggest that they are
lumping the Tlal in with us. There are also a *lot*
more 6th generation races than there are races for any of the
previous generations. This suggests one of two things
(at least):



a) something is up, and the Atharmi want as many races
around as possible. Reasons range from the Atharmi
feeling guilty about their previous failure, and want
some redundancy in this generation, to the fact that the
Atharmi think something BIG is about to happen, and
again need as many races around as possible.



b) All generations have had this many races, but only
so many actually go on to achieve maturity. Either
the others are destroyed (giving the reaction of the
Atharmi to the fifth generation, this is not too far fetched)
by their 'parents', or they wipe themselves out. The
result is only the successful races from each generation
ever get mentioned in the history books - at least
those available to immature races at any rate.