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Imperial Colonies Factbook V.2 [FT FACTBOOK]

Orinon
16-05-2009, 04:17
OOC: Since my first Factbook is pretty much a pile of shit, i may as well do it again. Second time's the charm?

Imperial Colonies report on the state of affairs as of 22/4/2892

Part one: History of The Colonies...

The origins of the Colonies is disputed and often unclear. However, one thing is sure: Humans as we know them did not evolve on any of the Colonies. At some point of our history, we arrived on Terrva at some point in our past. How is not known. However, it is safe to assume that everything past that point is well known. All that follows is a rough timeline of our history

|1500 B.C.E - Arrival of humans on Terrva (Disputed)
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|1200 B.C.E - sizable population on Terrva.
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|1000 B.C.E - Ancient Greek- style civilisation established
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|2000 B.C.E - Greek- style civilisation starts to collapse due to infighting.
|1000 B.C.E - City- state civilisation established in place of Greek one, infighting between cities continues
|850 B.C.E - fighting ceases, city states remain peaceful for another 500 years before fighting resumes
|20 C.E - City states collapse
|105 C.E - several kingdoms founded by the few remaining city states, war breaks out.
|167 C.E - most kingdoms collapse, 2 remain: The Theiran Kingdom and The Aurona kingdom.
|256 C.E - Theiran kingdom collapses, Aurona kingdom expands.
|387 C.E - Church of Fallen Gods established formally
|439 C.E - Kingdom begins to collapse
|456 C.E - Early form of democracy replaces kingdom
|765 C.E - Civilisation begins to expand beyond the southern continent that it began on
|1009 C.E - population reaches 20 million
|1189 C.E - gunpowder discovered
|1276 C.E - first cannons used in a battle.
|1324 C.E - Discovery of Aurona and Sarvana by telescope
|1456 C.E - 50% of the landmasses on Terrva have humans living on them
|1560 C.E - population reaches 80 million
|1623 C.E - Guns begin to become more and more powerful
|1765 C.E - population reaches 120 million
|1845 C.E - population reaches 180 million, begins to climb rapidly, lightbulb invented
|1900 C.E - first motor vehicle invented, guns are now common place
|1920 C.E - Cars start to be mass produced, coal power stations commonplace
|1947 C.E - Nuclear Theory put forward, population reaches 220 million.
|1955 C.E - population spikes to 250 million as a baby boom occurs
|1962 C.E - first nuclear test, population continues to climb to 280 million, Shadow, Magni and Islandia discovered
|1970 C.E - First nuclear reactors come online
|1974 C.E - First man in space, population at 400 million
|1987 C.E - Population reaches 500 million
|2001 C.E - first space shuttle launch, Ventra and Aqutra discovered
|2003 C.E - population reaches 700 million
|2010 C.E - oil crisis, population reaches 1 billion
|2016 C.E - Hydrogen fuel is beginning to replace oil
|2025 C.E - population reaches 1.4 billion
|2036 C.E - population reaches 1.8 billion, hydrogen fuel has completely replaced oil-based fuel
|2050 C.E - population reaches 2.5 billion, manned space flight is commonplace
|2056 C.E - Thyrium Energy Theory put forward, population at 2.7 billion
|2062 C.E - Thyrium first used as a energy use
|2065 C.E - First Thyrium-powered spacecraft launched.
|2072 C.E - First man on Sarvana, population at 3.2 billion
|2078 C.E - Small colony established on Sarvana
|2082 C.E - First military space craft built, a Battleshuttle. Population at 3.5 billion
|2090 C.E - First men on Islandia and Shadow, population at 3.8 billion
|2100 c.E - Colony on Islandia established, population spikes to 4.2 billion
|2110 C.E - Construction of first cities on Sarvana and Islandia begins
|2115 C.E - population at 4.6 billion
|2128 C.E - First man on Aurona, spacecraft continue to become more advanced
|2135 C.E - FTL theory put forward, met with disbelief
|2144 C.E - First man on Ventra and Magni, construction of a city on Shadow begins
|2168 C.E - Considerable amounts of Thyrium discovered on Magni, construction of Atmospheric domes on the surface begins, population at 5.5 billion
|2180 C.E - First Deleris Class Frigate completed, population at 5.9 billion
|2190 C.E - Colony on Ventra established, civilian ships become more and more common
|2199 C.E - Shipyards on Islandia established, population at 6.5 billion
|2250 C.E - Magni surface now has 5 domes on it, population at 7 billion
|2270 C.E - FTL concept put forward again
|2290 C.E - First FTL drive completed and tested, test successful
|2321 C.E - Colony on Aurona established, population reaches 8 billion
|2331 C.E - First Auron Class frigate constructed, The Cylon Project begins
|2339 C.E - First Battlestar constructed, named Galactica
|2345 C.E - Cylon Project abandoned, Cylons dumped on Serenity and left to develop, population reaches 10 billion
|2400 C.E - Battlestars begin to be mass produced, population at 10.8 billion
|2450 C.E - Pegasus Class Battlestar built, named Pegasus
|2522 C.E - The Colonies are fully established, FTL is commonplace and the Battleshuttle is beginning to fade.
|2621 C.E - Aqutra begins to heat up, cities begin to flood, population at 11.5 billion
|2675 C.E - 100th Battlestar produced, named Galactica II
|2700 C.E - Colonies find Sol System, find Industrial Revolution-era humans, Production of ships is sped up by introduction of robotics in shipyards
|2708 C.E - Sapience Protocol Established - Any system containing sentient life is off limits to all ships
|2780 C.E - population of Colonies reaches 13.7 billion
|2800 C.e - Construction of First Endeavour Class Battlestar completed, Named Endeavour
|2880 C.E - Population reaches 14 billion
|2889 C.E - Present Day. The Colonies have developed over a period of almost 4900 years to this point. What happens next, no one knows.

END OF SECTION.
Orinon
19-05-2009, 08:48
SECTION 2: Ships and their armament

Most of Colonial weaponry are projectile weapons, powered by either gunpowder or magnetic propulsion of the projectile. That which follows is a list of Colonial ship weaponry.

Name: Sephron Anti-Missile cannon
Barrel Length: 1-2.5 metres
Projectile type: HE tipped bullets
Rate of Fire: 600 rounds pre minute
The Sephron cannon was on of the first weapons used in space, and remains almost unchanged to this day. Nowadays this gun is used as a anti missile system, with the fire control and aiming tied to the ships sensors.

Name: Verken Anti-Ship cannons
Barrel length: 5 metres
Projectile Type: Magneticly propelled HE armour piecing charges
Rate of Fire: 150 rounds pre minute
The Verken cannon has one purpose in its life. Blow the living crap out of anything not heavily armour plated. Even then, it can still make your life a living hell if enough shells impact on your ship.

Name : Magneticly Accelerated Hydrogen Charge Cannon, or M.A.H.C Cannon
Barrel Length: 10 metres
Projectile Type: Magneticly launched Hydrogen Charge,
Rate of Fire: 60 rounds a minute.
The M.A.H.C Cannon is the main battle cannon in the Imperial Colony's fleet. The rounds it fires are designed to, once inside a atmosphere, release a large amount of hydrgen gas. About 2 seconds later a small explosive detonates, igniting the gas and causing a hull ripping explosion.