Lore Update #2: Hyperabridgement of Galactic History: The Earliest Years
In the beginning, all human life was existent on Old Terra. For thousands of years, humans didn’t leave the relative safety of their home planet, which had many names. The most common name, when they achieved space travel, was Earth.
It was in the 20th century Anno Domini* (as we once counted time) when humans first achieved an escape from their planet. Nowadays, this is known as the 1st century A.L. (After Luna).
Still, it would take years until Luna was colonized. From ancient folk songs and religious scriptures, we can form a vague idea about this time. The 1st century A.L. was apparently a brutal age of war - the entire planet was engulfed in war twice, and there were many smaller wars. The reason why there was not a third planet-world war seems to have been a fear of apocalyptic destruction. It seems as if this was when nuclear weapons were invented, and everybody knows how deadly those can be. Even their inventors grasped the concept - a famous quote from around this time is “now, I am become death, destroyer of worlds” (some believe that this was a quote in and of itself. If so, it must have been an extremely relevant one). It seems as if there was an ideological conflict, but neither side wished to escalate it, as that would lead to nuclear war. This doctrine was apparently known as MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction.
Eventually, the ideological conflict was resolved. We don’t know much about how this happened, and, indeed, much of our history, myths, and legends refuse to speak at length about what occurred in its immediate aftermath. The next period for which we have any information - even unreliable - is the middle of the 2nd century AL (or the 21st century AD, as it was then known).
It was in the 20th century Anno Domini* (as we once counted time) when humans first achieved an escape from their planet. Nowadays, this is known as the 1st century A.L. (After Luna).
Still, it would take years until Luna was colonized. From ancient folk songs and religious scriptures, we can form a vague idea about this time. The 1st century A.L. was apparently a brutal age of war - the entire planet was engulfed in war twice, and there were many smaller wars. The reason why there was not a third planet-world war seems to have been a fear of apocalyptic destruction. It seems as if this was when nuclear weapons were invented, and everybody knows how deadly those can be. Even their inventors grasped the concept - a famous quote from around this time is “now, I am become death, destroyer of worlds” (some believe that this was a quote in and of itself. If so, it must have been an extremely relevant one). It seems as if there was an ideological conflict, but neither side wished to escalate it, as that would lead to nuclear war. This doctrine was apparently known as MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction.
Eventually, the ideological conflict was resolved. We don’t know much about how this happened, and, indeed, much of our history, myths, and legends refuse to speak at length about what occurred in its immediate aftermath. The next period for which we have any information - even unreliable - is the middle of the 2nd century AL (or the 21st century AD, as it was then known).
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