Ionian History
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The following is a timeline of the complete history of the Ionians.
Ionian History
5000 B.C.E. Beginning of Recorded History
First ever writings have been dated back to this time.
5000 – 3500 B.C.E. Agricultural Age
Ionians discover the benefit of agriculture over nomadic hunting/gathering, and develop tools to assist in the process. They also domesticate numerous species.
3500 – 2500 B.C.E. Early Ionian Ages
First Ionian civilizations develop. Weapons begin use during the first major conflicts between minor governments. Technology develops to Roman Empire levels until major powers form. The two major powers begin to form into the Delian League and the Lydian Empire and the War of Mycale begins in 1513 B.C.E., lasting decades.
2500 – 2200 B.C.E. The War of Mycale – The Dark Ages
Decades roll by as neither side gains any foothold. Famine, pestilence, illiteracy, crime, and are common on both sides, and technological advancement is nonexistent. Finally, in 2219 B.C.E., after nearly three centuries, Lydia captures the strategic Delian capitol of Delos, ending the war of Mycale.
2200 – 1900 B.C.E. Order of the Lydian Empire
Under the Emperor Gyges and his lineage, for a time, the world of Ionia flourishes in the original Lydian territories. However, feeling that the Delians must be punished, Gyges and his heirs force 300 years of horrors upon them. Delian standard of life becomes worse than the hardship during the war of Mycale, and are now treated as slaves. During this time the academic disciplines of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology develop so that Ionian technology level goes from that of Earth’s during the 8th to 17th centuries.
1900 – 1650 B.C.E. The Ionian Revolt
In 1892 B.C.E., after over 300 of slavery, the legacy Delian League is revived by Histiaeus of Miletus and his instigation of the Ionian revolt. Histiaeus of Miletus, son of the great physicist Autolycus of Pitane unites his torn people and forms a new government, the Ionian League. With his father’s knowledge, Histiaeus devotes himself to ending Ionian suffering with a new weapon, the atomic bomb. The recently lax military of Lydia is held back long enough for the research to be completed. Two bombs are created, and are used to destroy the capitol and the major base of the Lydian Empire. Crushed, the Lydian Empire surrenders and the Ionian league begins its global government.
1650 – 1300 B.C.E. The Age of First Steps
In 1618, the Ionian League begins its space program, and by 1597, the first successful mission to Miletus (nearest planet) occurs. There are practically no improvements conceived on the existing Ion Drive that powers starships until 1432, when Cratos, a young physicist develops the Impulse Drive. With space travel time drastically reduced, Ionia launches thousands of ships out to colonize the remainder of the Attica System. By 1337, all seven planets of the Attica System are each colonized to the minimum point of one billion and total Ionian League population is 19 billion.
1300 – 0 B.C.E. The Age of Great Strides
Power and Propulsion
In 1317, Cratos dies leaving his work on a new propulsion device for his apprentice, Zelus, to work on until the design is proposed to the Ionian Council of Seven in 1283. In 1274, the design is implemented on what would become one of the most important ships in Ionian history, the [i]I.L.S. Inceptio[/i]. The ship is a perfect success in its first warp flight from Miletus to Chios. The Ionian League immediately begins developing ships with this new Alpha drive, but halts production after a decision by the Ionian Council of Seven. However, with the invention of this new propulsion system, the Ionian League soon began its exploration of the Ionian Quadrant, with the founding of the Ionian Fleet.
In 851, an unknown physicist named Pallas theorizes the existence of a molecule, present at the creation of the universe, which is capable of supplying enough power to support an entire planet, and possibly a civilization. His idea is rejected, but he continues his research for most of his remaining life, until 703, when he successfully creates the molecule, dubbed The Omega Molecule, in a chamber that he names the Palladium Chamber, after himself. He immediately becomes one of the greatest physicists in Ionian history, but dies a year after his invention is created. For ten years, scientists continue work on the design until 693, when all seven Ionian League planets have their own Palladium Chambered Omega Cores that power the whole of each planet’s needs.
Shielding
In 1272, Zelus quits his propulsion research and begins to develop a means to protect a ship better. He works on his idea until 1263 when he completes his design of the first deflector shield. Not satisfied with his work, he holds on to this design until 1251, after adding a refractive effect to the device, which adds shielding against long-range sensors. By 1249 the design is present on nearly all starships. He continues his research with his new idea, a way for the shield to adapt to different frequencies. Almost going bankrupt, he finally completes his prototype adaptive shielding in 1196. In 1189, the design is perfected and is used on the newest starships in the Ionian Fleet, and Zelus finally retires.
In 755, a child prodigy named Bia becomes the youngest person to receive the Ion Prize when she develops a deflector shield that combines the properties of Adaptive and Refractive shielding, which she dubs Multi Aegis. In 708, she continues her shield work and with an experimental type of shield that harnesses the power of an Omega Core and has the same properties of her Multi Aegis design. Basing her new shield on the work another current design, the Omega Adaptive shield (which combines properties of an Omega-powered and Adaptive shield), she is able to add the benefit of refractive shielding to it with the help of the creator of the Omega Core and longtime friend, Pallas. They decide to name it the Omni Aegis. However, due to the massive size of a Palladium Chamber, the design goes unused on ships for many years.
Starship Materials
In 1156, the majority of the asteroid belt surrounding the Attica System is found to be an unknown metal that is for the moment unalterable. It is named neutronium for its lack of elementary charge. In 1082, Monotanium, a strong metal with the natural ability to scatter targeting beams, is discovered. It soon becomes the primary material for all starships. In 734, Bia develops her polarized ablative monotanium armor plating design, which disintegrates to dampen energy weapons.
In 721, Bia develops a plasma heating process that will allow neutronium to be used as a hull metal. The following year, she creates a polarized alloy of Neutronium and Monotanium, which she dubs Neutronium Multicallum, but is unable to add the ablative effect to it. She continues work on the design until 713, when she finally produces an ablative, polarized alloy of neutronium and monotanium, which she dubs Neutronium Omnicallum. The process is perfected within one year and all ships begin to be produced of either Neutronium Omnicallum or Neutronium Multicallum.
Transporters
In 674, with the advent of the Omni Aegis, Bia decides on what will be her last work before retiring to be the creation of a transporter device capable of penetrating anything that it needs too. Along with the Ionian League University, she comes to the conclusion that light is able to slip past anything except stellar phenomenon, and begins work on a device that converts the matter to be transported into light which bounces between atoms at high speeds until it reaches the destination point. It takes Bia and her colleagues over thirty years until they complete a finished product in 638. The design quickly replaces all transporters on ships, stations, and planets alike, until it becomes the standard design.
0 – Present
Unknown.
See Also
Ionian History
