Friday, October 30, 2015

Downfall and Invid Occupation

MASTER'S EMPIRE;

B.C.E. c.445000 I.C.
A Ci'Vonian fleet arrives on Tirol and launches a massive offensive against the Robotech Empire. The Tirolian patricians, long stifled by the Triumvirates, throw their lot in with the "Disciples of Zor".

The Zentraedi loyal to the Empire are sufficient along with the new Bioroid armies to defend the homeworld.

The Ci'Vonians are driven back, but at great cost.

The Elders and Masters force the Tirolian patricians go into exile among the retreating Ci'Vonians.


DOWNFALL AND INVID OCCUPATION;

B.C.E. c.450000 I.C.  c.PC 2875
Elders' empire is broken. Robotech Masters seize reins of power from Elders, who remain on as figureheads. Though the foundations are weakened.

The network among each colonized planet disintegrates.

Loyal Zentraedi crush the rebels and are programmed to remember the danger of contact with micronian races. Control of the Zentraedi faction is lost and the reissuing of the prime directive "Do not interfere with Micronian Worlds" becomes policy.

B.C.E. c.545000 I.C. c.PC 3000
Dissolution of Robotech Empire. Opposition between the Supervision "Disciples of Zor" and Zentraedi begins.

Ci'Vonian stronghold is annihilated by the Zentraedi fleet. Remaining rebel fleet limps away into the darkness, led by surviving Ci'Vonians.

Protoculture dangerously low. Imperial renaissance founders because of the power crisis.

B.C.E. c.553000 I.C c.PC 5000
In what still remains of the Robotech Empire, only a small number of separated colonized planets, colonization fleets, space colony clusters, and other populations at the edge of the galaxy are left.

Zor Derelda sent to seed other worlds with Flower of Life.

B.C.E. c.486000 I.C. c.PC 25000
Invid military campaign intensifies, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Ci'Vonian War.

Near annihilation of the Robotech Empire.

B.C.E 380,000
Annihilation of automated reaction weaponry production plants, Robotech Factory Satelites.

B.C.E 280,000 cycles before the present
Destruction of Glaug automated production system by all-front Invid attack on Roiquonmi weaponry plant.

B.C.E 3700 cycles before the present
Almost new Glaug units recovered from an opened weapons storage facility.

A.D. 999 A Rouge Zentraedi crashes on Earth.

A.D. Feb, 1999 c.574300 I.C.
Zor killed by an Invid ambush on a seeding mission.

Zor's battlefortress, The Alus(S.D.F.-1)activates the super-computer E.V.E. and sets on auto-pilot, sending the ship to Earth.

Invid closing on Imperial core systems.

Before the Fall

INTERSTELLAR REPUBLIC ON TIROL;

B.C.E 500,000s c.1238 A.L. c.PC 0
First year of Protoculture Calendar.
Tirolian civilization develops first fold-capable ship.

B.C.E c.PC 2400s - 2600s
Tirolians' first space colonization begins.

B.C.E c.1252 A.L.
Karbarrans first contacted.

B.C.E c.1255 A.L.
Ci'Va colonized, mainly by Tirolians of Rilacian origin.

B.C.E c.0 I.C. c.1261 A.L.
Tirol unites into the Tirolian Republic. Modern Tiresia founded on Tirol near the site of the old city.

B.C.E. c.1262 A.L.
Comprehensive Karbarran-Tirolian trade pact signed.

B.C.E. c.1280-1285 A.L.
V'loxian War. Karbarra severs ties with Tirol, and gives preferred trading status to Ci'Vonia.

B.C.E. c.1293 A.L.
Zor Derelda, a young Tiresian project scientist assigned to a deep-space survey team, discovered the planet Optera and its unique lifeforms and derives Protoculture from it. The discovery of protoculture, as a power source and as a catalyst for cloning, produced nothing less than a revolution in Tirolian technology, and soon, a revolution in the political sphere as well. The loss of Sekitan now proved advantageous to the Tirolians, as the replenishment of the protoculture matrix required large amounts of heavy water to be extracted from Tirol's (and its colonies') oceans - a technology Tirol had to revive and master after they lost the Karbarran ore.


ROBOTECH EMPIRE;

B.C.E. c.1293-1296 A.L. c.PC 2500s - 2600s
Cloning technologies accelerate at a great pace, thanks to discoveries associated with Protoculture.

B.C.E. c.1295 A.L.
Zentraedi are created; The mass production of giant biological weapons for proxy warfare, "Zentraedi," has begun. The "Zentraedi" contribute greatly to the expansion of the Robotech Master's sphere of influence.

B.C.E. c.1294 A.L. c.PC 2700s
Fold drives perfected. Robotech Master's second space colonization begins (by super-light-velocity spaceships using fold navigation).

B.C.E. c.139212 I.C. c.1296 A.L. c.PC 2800s
Unification of Stellar Republic by the Robotech Masters. The Robotech Elders overthrow the Tirolian Republic and install the Triumvirate system of Government.

B.C.E. c.152000-154100 I.C.
Karbarra invaded and conquered by the Zentraedi.

B.C.E. c.161000 I.C.
Zentraedi ordered to defoliate Optera.

The Robotech Empire starts to expand its influence over the Tirolian colonies and other worlds, an Imperial renaissance begins.

B.C.E. c.202000 I.C.
Elders and their Masters retire to their motherships and live in their new triumvirate clone-society, abandoning Tirol's surface.

The Invid begin a fold-guerrilla campaign of terror against the Masters' outermost worlds.

B.C.E. c.224000-239000 I.C. c.PC 2860
Within the excessively overexpanding Stellar Republic, internal rifts begin forming. The internal rifts eventually develop into large-scale conflicts that split the Stellar Republic into two.

Zor retires briefly to Ci'Va to continue his researches and collaborate with Ci'Vonian colleagues. While there, he pseudonymously pens a series of political and philosophical tracts favoring federalist republicanism over the current Imperium. Zor is recalled by the Elders and is severely reprimanded, but his writings strike a chord in the Ci'Vonian people and in the old patrician families on Tirol and elsewhere. Ci'Vonian nationalism blossoms.


CI'VONIAN WAR "Disciples of Zor";

B.C.E. c.250700-251900 I.C.
The Ci'Vonian crisis begins.

The Robotech Masters demand Ci'Va surrender its sovereignty to the Robotech Empire. Ci'Va balks, and a major fleet of Zentraedi warships is sent as a threat. The Zentraedi become contaminated by and enamored with Ci'Vonian culture, and eventually refuse to carry out their orders. When word arrives that an example is to be made of Ci'Va, a third of the planet's population is hurriedly evacuated by their new Zentraedi allies, just as the Grand Fleet arrives to destroy the planet. In all, 500 million Ci'Vonians and 1.7 billion rebel Zentraedi escape into the vastness of space.

B.C.E. c.281412 I.C. c.PC 2865
The Ci'Vonians, their many Tirolian aristocratic sympathizers and rogue Zentraedi armies, known collectively to the Elders and the Masters as "Zor's Disciples", declare war on the Robotech Empire.

The Masters dramatically increase the numbers of loyal Zentraedi and Develop a powerful biological weapons based on the Zentraedi, "Evil Series," begins. [Note: "Evil" pronounced as "Eh-vil."] Evil is the abbreviation of the Protoculture term for "advanced (Zentraedi) all-enivron biological weapon" to counter the threat.

Trial production takes place on a scientifically advanced planet (the first planet of the star system later known as Varauta), but because of unresolvable problems with the weapons' power exceeding the fighting capability requirements, trial production is halted.

PC 2868
On the [aforementioned] scientifically advanced planet, the existence of a sub-universe is confirmed. According to survey results, this sub-universe is abound with super high levels of extra-dimensional energy, and this energy is discovered to have the potential for application.

The trial production of super dimension energy gates which can supply energy from the sub-universe is begun, and genetically engineered biological super dimension organs are developed. These biological super dimension organs are extremely compact, and they are expected to supply enormous amounts of energy.
Because of power problems, the trial production begins implementing the technology from the terminated "Evil Series." No problems are uncovered in simulations.
The internal conflicts within the Stellar Republic revives the development of the "Evil Series."

B.C.E. c.301000-450000 I.C. c.PC 2870 - 2900s
Caught between the Ci'Vonian War on one front, and the attrition against outlying territories by the Invid, the Robotech Empire begins to show signs of collapse.

A Tirolian/hayonite survey ship stops temporarily on "Earth." By genetically reconstructing the native life, it plots the emergence of a sub-Protoculture adapted to the planetary environment, "Humankind," to prepare for future colonization. During its return to its home planet, the survey ship is destroyed by military ships opposed to the Stellar Republic. Records of Earth and Humankind are eventually lost.

B.C.E. c.PC 2871
On the [aforementioned] scientifically advanced planet, trial production of the "Evil Series" has begun.

Seven Evil Series weapons of seven types including a highly mobile, humanoid "Sivil" for search-and-destroy functions and a super-scale, high-powered "Glavil" for fleet warfare are completed.

The Evil Series tests are begun, but at the same time biological super dimension organs overload and extra-dimensional energy is released. The Evil Series' bodies are occupied by the spiritual energy life form from the sub-universe and thus creating, from the massive fighting capability of the Evil Series and the enormous potential of the spiritial energy, beings with extraordinary fighting ability and a coveting for life energy, "Spiritia." They covet Spiritia in order to continue existing as extra-dimensional beings in this universe. They begin invading the surrounding planets and systems using spaceships and weapons of people from the scientifically advanced planet that they brainwashed. (They later become known as the Supervision Army).

Three months later, the internal conflicts of the Robotech Master's Empire are halted as efforts are devoted against the extradimensional energy beings occupying the Evil Series, dubbed "Protodeviln." However, over 30% of the Robotech Empire and several hundred systems are under Protodeviln control and the Spiritia-deprived people number several hundred billion.

The Zentraedi faction fight but, due to the prime directive "Do not interfere with Protoculture," are unable to fight effectively against the brainwashed Protoculture people under the control of the Protodeviln.

B.C.E. c.PC 2872
Nine months after the emergence of Protodeviln, over 85% of life in the Protoculture is lost. Direct combat between the Protodeviln with their [army of] manipulated Protoculture people (Supervision Army) and the Zentraedi.

Approximately one year after the emergence of Protodeviln, their power begins to rapidly decline.
"Protodeviln sealing operation."

People (known as Anima Spiritia) who are significant in the war against the Protodeviln are determined to have influential powers over the Protodeviln. Protodeviln faction are completely sealed in special chambers through the efforts of Anima Spiritia.

Pre-History

B.C.E 20,000,000,000s
Big Bang. This universe as well as an adjoining sub-universe is born simultaneously.

B.C.E 1,000,000s
In the sub-universe, a spiritual energy lifeforms comes into being. It gradually evolves into a sentient lifeforms. In this universe also, life is born, evolves, and becomes the first sentient lifeforms.


PRETOXICAN EMPIRE;

B.C.E 300,000
Beginning of Pretoxican Culture. First Pretoxican Settlement of Space begins, using sublight vessels, using Sleeper navigation. The 'Settlers'.

2800 - 2900 P.T.
Pretoxican Republic established.


PRE-HISTORY ON TIROL;

B.C.E 512,100 B.C.E. c.3000 P.T.
Pretoxican Republic Collapses.

The S.D.F.-3 Pioneer crashes on the Third moon of Fantoma, completely un-salvageable. Humans are transplanted to Tirol. Zor'de drives away the enslaving P'tok demons, and defeated the armies of the evil King Moltok. The S.D.F.-3 crew settles on the planet of Tirol, they're descendants become the future Tirolians.

A Pretoxican Renegade's exploration vessel, The Tirolian deity Fanto, a.k.a. Haydon transplant lifeforms on the several planets in the Fourth Quadrant, interfering with the biosphere of each of Karbarra, Praxis, Garuda, Spheris, Peryton, and Optera.

B.C.E 511,800 B.C.E
'Settlers' vanish. Tirolians scatter over the planet, some carrying agriculture with them, others adopting pastoralism.

B.C.E 511,630 B.C.E
Traditional date for the birth of Zor'de, first incarnation of the Tirolian deity Fanto, who drove away the enslaving P'tok demons, according to the Tirolian epic Zor'deroma.


PRE-INDUSTRIAL ON TIROL;

B.C.E 510,000 c.1 A.L.
First appearance of walled city-states, in De'ver river valley.

Traditional date for the birth of Lanack, third incarnation of the Tirolian deity Fanto, who defeated the armies of the evil god-king Moltok and taught the Dev'erians the art of civilization, according to the ancient Tirolian epic Lanack Estdo're.

B.C.E  c.30 A.L.
Writing developed in the Dev'er river valley civilization.

B.C.E  c.225 A.L.
Earliest versions of the myths contained in the Lanack Estdo're and Zor'deroma are likely written down.

B.C.E  c.642 A.L.
Oldest extant fragments of the Lanack.
Estdo're and Zor'deroma are composed.

B.C.E  c.928 A.L.
Ein'liba Empire reaches its furthest extent.

B.C.E  c.1002 A.L.
Ein'liba Empire collapses.

B.C.E  c.1119 A.L.
Tiresians emerge as a powerful nation.


INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON TIROL;
B.C.E 505,000 c.1135 A.L.
Industrial revolution begins in Su'tone.

c.1171 A.L.
Tirolians launch first satellite into Tirolian orbit.

B.C.E c.1174 A.L.
Tirolian mathematician and physicist Rogelo Turbin formulates a Superstring Theory of Everything, uniting all four fundamental forces. This result is used to derive a classical General Relativity, and predicts the existence of a six-dimensional hyperspace in addition to four dimensional space-time. Fold drives become a theoretical possibility.

B.C.E c.1200 A.L.
Explorer Tovaal Lureq leads Tirol's first attempt at colonization of the other moons. Their ships, lacking power, cannot escape Fantoma's gravity to explore other planets.

B.C.E c.1231 A.L.
Monopoles are isolated in Fantoma's rings, paving the way for the first fold-drives.

The Robotech chronology

The Robotech chronology is illustrated below:

Year Generation / Saga (release date)
1999
2009 – 2014        Robotech: The Macross Saga (1985)
2022 – (2044)     Robotech II: The Sentinels (1987)
2027                    Robotech: The Movie (1986)
2029 –2030         Robotech: The Masters (1985)

20                        Robotech Visions (2015)

2031
2042 – 2044        Robotech: The New Generation (1985)
2044 –                Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006)
2045                   Robotech: The Odyssey