War of the Ancients (Local Universe)

Description

Template:NEW Conflict Template!The War for All (Commonly called The Fourth Intergalactic War, The Invasion, or The War of Last Resorts) was a massive universal war that lasted for over 10000 years. (between 184367 CE to 195372 CE.) The vast majority of the universe's nations, including the full force of The Galactic Counsel, united against the extra-universal threat that is The Seekers.

This war is commonly cited as the most destructive war in the history of the universe. The War for All claimed the countless lives of many organisms, and what seems like even more ships. The economic damage from the war was also horrendous, something that the universal economy hasn't even fully recovered from.

Pre-War

If we want to know about why The War for All first started, we have to go back. way back. All the way back to 175000 CE.

The War for All had its roots when The Seekers were testing a cross-universal device millennia prior. At the time, The Seekers were not very paranoid about extra-universal invaders themselves, and decided that it was best for them to spread. By then, they were a large force in their universe, and shared it with about 4 other empires who still exist to this day. These empires are:

• The Elite Nora
• Sowa Republic
• The Araxis Confederation
• The Suralis Pact

The other four empires know about our universe, but have made no moves to invade it. Contact has been made with all, and they are quite stagnant as of 200000 CE.

The other four empires mostly described us as 'young', or 'on the way to a path of greatness', seeing us as perhaps younger versions of themselves, they opted out of combat when The Seekers asked for small amounts of aid.

In general, all 5 main nations of their universe lived in harmony. They induced checks and balances upon each other, and mostly stayed away from conflict.

The five nations decided that it was best to spread out through a theorized multiverse. If they could channel enough energy to create a massive long-distance wormhole, they thought that it would hit other universes. And so, the conquest began. The Seekers were the main brawn of the project, finding useful shortcuts, and checking for any errors. The other four empires, most notably The Suralis Pact, tested the new theory regularly.

The Beginning of Multiverse Travel

By 180000 CE, The 5 nations had almost cracked the code. They had officially sent probes and test subjects to the other side, captured photographs, and were almost ready to send colonists. They saw that the other universes they saw were mainly empty, and depleted of resources, for some reason. This factor didn't deter them from reaching their final goal, which was reached at around 176000 CE. By that time period, The Seekers had successfully found an acceptable universe for which colonization was possible.

By 178000 CE, mainly after the discovery of only 2 optimal universes, the 5 nations of their universe had expanded to an average of 0.2 other universes. The explorations of many others saw that most universes were very empty, and resource deficient. They contained a meager amount of small civilizations, that they could simply ignore. All in all, an advanced civilization was very hard to come by. In fact, the only above Type-III civilization seen at that point was discovered by The Sowa Republic. They saw a small Type-IV civilization, and contacted it to minimal avail. The other empires contemplated that they would use up all of their universes resources, and eventually have to back down from the project.

This discovery sparked a few hypotheses. The most theory one was that they were very alone, and perhaps insanely lucky for the amount of resources they had. They thought that these new universes were just not enough to sustain them, yet they still kept exploring, for the small amounts of hope still drove them.

That was until around 179900 CE, where The Elite Nora fine-tuned their Universe Portals. They discovered that on a few certain settings, you could find mineral-rich universes, that had a small amount of empires in it. As soon as this discovery was made, everyone, especially The Seekers, opted in for this new change. No longer would they be confined to a small bubble. They would expand, and harmlessly take over universes, while respecting the infant civilizations they would come across. The issues with this would be minimal, and utopia would be established!

The Discovery of New Elements

If we want to see any other interesting events, we have to skip forward about one hundred years. By 180000 CE, The Seekers and their allies had a large amount of universes under their belt. Expansion was endless, and essentially required for the next step in their evolution. After setting up shop in a few local universes, they saw a few very rich universes on their journey, containing materials and organisms hitherto unseen. A few of these include:

• Strange Matter
• Psionic Matter
• Shroud Material
• A.I. Civilizations
• Towering alien ruins
• Strange Stars
• Natural Wormholes

This brand new discovery shocked all five empires, who saw nothing alike it in their time of existence. They marveled at the fact that A.I's can make their own empires, peacefully or not. They were in shock and awe at the vast amount of untapped strange matter and shroud matter that existed seemingly under their noses. These new universes were jackpots, treasure troves, a recipe to become a Type-Omega civilization. This was the key to greatness.

At once, all 5 empires decided that it was best to team up and harvest all of these materials using special Harvester Ships. These would search for any traces of special matter, and send a transmission to the main operatives base that it was there. Quite simple in retrospect, but it succeeded greatly.

As a result of these new materials being discovered, The Seekers took great delight in a new plan. This new plan stated that perhaps all five empires could team up, colonizing countless universes, and giving the young empires in them their own space. Their own bubbles of utopia. A win-win scenario, The Seekers thought. The 5 nations would endlessly expand, faster and faster, for they were the greatest, most sublime empires to exist. If any other major empires were detected, they would be uplifted, and they would join the great effort that was multiversal travel, and conquest.

Discovery of our Universe

By 183891 CE, The Seekers were setting up an operation at the edge of their universe, Universe 7-L. While fine-tuning their Universe Portals, they discovered trace elements of Shroud Matter, Strange Matter, and Antimatter clustered into one spot, our universe. This occurrence was a large reveal to The Seekers, as almost every other universe only had one or two of the resources clumped together, not all three. This meant that the new universe, if real, was a perfect candidate for exploration, colonization, and uplifting. This event excited the crew managing the Universe Portal immensely, and they took great delight in sending in probes to see what was up. They even told high powers, like Admiral Chul-Ikmo, a well respected fleet manager. Some word even came to the emperor, Ghru-Ssk-Alos himself! Surely, this breaking news of a perfect universe would last quite long.