Timeline

DviddLeff · 2011-11-05, 04:46 AM

Based around the multiple back stories so far, here is the timeline and a few relevant notes:

2345, November 28: Wormhole first spotted
2368, January 18: War breaks out on Earth, 6 great countries fight.
2444, March 16: wormhole spotted the second time. Probes sent through, multi-spectrum scans come out and scan Earth. Pluto is then destroyed the day the wormhole closes.
2444, December 19: Wormhole discovery announced, war ends.
2445, May 13: Armistice signed
2465: Terran Republic formed.
2542, July 3: Wormhole reopens for a third observed time.
2582: By this year mankind has colonised and terraformed multiple planets and moons in the solar system, including trans Neptunian objects.
2638, May 13: Human fleet of 128 ships sets out from Earth for the wormhole.
2670: Humans land on Auraxis
2845, June 21: PlanetSide 2 Backstory Parts 1, 2 and 3: Searhus: first armed conflict, uses weapons of mass destruction, between TR and NC.

Notes:
• Cyssor has habitation.
• Kane Prison Compound on Searhus “Mt Lavastorm”
• NC: Businesses and mercenaries.
• Vanu species died off 500 years before the conflict starts coinciding with the wormhole first being spotted, their cities on Auraxis are being excavated.
• Vanu the individual is apparently talking telepathically with VS command
• NC live underground

Graywolves · 2011-11-05, 07:05 AM

2830: TR Take up the religion of Graywolves.

Xyntech · 2011-11-05, 07:15 AM

I hadn't payed attention to the timeline before now. So the Vanu civilization died out at the same time as the first portal opened? Nice.

Graywolves · 2011-11-05, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Xyntech

I hadn't payed attention to the timeline before now. So the Vanu civilization died out at the same time as the first portal opened? Nice.

Then what scanned us the 2nd time!?

FastAndFree · 2011-11-05, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Graywolves

Then what scanned us the 2nd time!?

ALIEN ZOMBIE GHOSTS

Actually, I don't remember it being stated that we were scanned again when it opened the second time

TRex · 2011-11-05, 07:44 AM

so the nc are in fact prairie dogs

Graywolves · 2011-11-05, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by FastAndFree

ALIEN ZOMBIE GHOSTS

Actually, I don't remember it being stated that we were scanned again when it opened the second time

I thought the 2nd time was the only time there was a scan

DviddLeff · 2011-11-05, 10:28 AM

Yes second time was the only time we were scanned, the first observed time it closed before humans could do anything. Third time appears to be the time we locked it open somehow and sent ships through, or simply sent ships through before it closes.

MgFalcon · 2011-11-05, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by TRex

so the nc are in fact prairie dogs

My thoughts exactly!

Tapman · 2011-11-05, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by DviddLeff

Notes:
• Cyssor has habitation.

I believe that Cyssor was described as being a civilian location back in the original Solar system, I think that it could be reasonable for the name to be used again on Auraxis though, New Cyssor?

DviddLeff · 2011-11-05, 04:05 PM

Which story was that in?

Tapman · 2011-11-05, 05:41 PM

PlanetSide 2 Backstory Part 1 – Jake Duffy, Terran Republic Quartermaster

[Genny] took out her tab and flipped through the vids of her family back on Cyssor and hopefully safe.

Wording makes it sound like a civilian settlement on a terraformed moon or planet. It has been stated that we are only going to have one planet at release with however many continents they want to start with. That led me to the first impression that it was something from pre-wormhole.

I guess it could make sense to have a civilian population separate from Auraxis especially after war breaks out, and it has been discussed and acknowledged that space combat and other moons and planets with different environments could be cool as fuck. I would be OK with making Planetside's largest land-mass continent into a small moon available later on, perhaps if they ever do an NPC invasion type event they could have a story that Cyssor had to be secured and evacuated, whatever faction/outfit saves the most civvies gets a medal. Once the civilians were moved to a safe place, the remaining soldiers can get right back to it and use the space as expanded disputable territory. You would have to make the NPC's pretty fierce if you want the three factions to not kill each other constantly during it even if you forced them to start from three farthest points from each other. I'd be down to murder the fuck out of some asshole space bugs a la Starship Troopers, make sure that we can shoot their limbs off and explode them!

Xyntech · 2011-11-05, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Graywolves

Then what scanned us the 2nd time!?

Well Vanu is currently talking to people on Auraxis, so I assume that just because there appears to be no living aliens on the surface of the planet doesn't mean they are entirely out of the picture.

Graywolves · 2011-11-05, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Xyntech

Well Vanu is currently talking to people on Auraxis, so I assume that just because there appears to be no living aliens on the surface of the planet doesn't mean they are entirely out of the picture.

That wasn't any problem for Obi-wan in Star Wars.

IceyCold · 2011-11-05, 08:12 PM

I've been wondering this too, maybe the Vanu were gone before the second scan. Just my thoughts:

Whatever scanned Earth and destroyed Pluto, might have also wiped out the Vanu or at least forced them to evacuate. In that case, "Vanu" might actually be contacting Humanity on Auraxis in the attempt to warn them. Or if you hate Vanu, they could also be hoping to use Humanity as their pawns to fight their war.