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THE AGE OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE ERA OF SILENCE:
Decades before the Pendulum wars, Sera was plunged in the millennia long conflict known as the Age of Armageddon, nearly destroying both the human race and Sera. The humans rejected war and embraced a new era of peace, the Era of Silence. Leading to a period of advancement of arts, science, and culture and the abandonment of war. But the shortage of energy lead the fragile planet to more problems. Imulsion, a phosphorescent and low-viscosity fluid that was discovered by an oil-exploration drill, was unusable as an energy source until Dr. Helen Cooper created the Lightmass Process, which enabled production of cheap energy from this previously useless substance, marking the beginning of the Gold Rush.
The full implementation of this process guaranteed a new energy source and led to the elimination of the need for hydrocarbon and nuclear-based fuel. However, the extremely low price of Imulsion energy and the massive loss of revenue and jobs in the traditional energy-producing industries soon caused Sera's world economy to collapse. The few countries that discovered an abundance of Imulsion below their land shortly thereafter found themselves at war with the many nations who were not as fortunate, and the Era of Silence ended as the Pendulum Wars began.
THE PENDULUM WARS:
The Pendulum Wars were a 79 year-long conflict waged by the two superpowers of Sera, the Coalition of Ordered Governments and the Union of Independent Republics, for control of the planet's natural resources, Imulsion being the foremost resource.
Tens of thousands of human lives were lost in the conflict and the environment was significantly damaged by devastating weapons.
The war was a deadlock for the majority of the years, until the COG broke the stalemate by going around the land warfare with the UIR and staged a daring raid in Aspho Fields and stealing the Hammer of Dawn technology, leading the COG to gain an advantage in the war. The Pendulum Wars ended shortly before the attack of the Locust Horde on Emergence Day.
EMERGENCE DAY/E-DAY:
Emergence Day was the day that the Locust Horde emerged from the underground hollows of Sera and launched an all-out assault upon the human race, changing the course of Seran history forever. In twenty four hours, the Locust had attacked every major city across Sera, and within days of the first Locust emergence the Global Communications Network had collapsed. The Locust had exterminated one quarter of the human population within weeks; making no discrimination between men, women and children. For the beleaguered human nations, having only recently seen the end of the 79-year-long Pendulum Wars, the attack was completely unexpected. The recently victorious COG were unable to unite under Chairman Dalyell.
Initial news reports instructed civilians to stay indoors and remain calm. As Emergence Day continued to unfold, the Locust began to butcher civilians in their homes, businesses, and on the streets. Calls to the COG Civil Protection Service were futile as the network was flooded with similar cries for help. With such high percentages of casualties, hospitals were quickly overwhelmed and forced to turn away more incoming wounded. Within days, billions were dead and thousands more were reported missing. Rumors began to spread that the Locust were eating Humans or even worse, taking Humans as prisoners.
Shorty after the event of Emergence Day, a new motto was adopted. "The Lucky Died on E-Day" , as grim as it sounds, conveyed thoughts that the future would be far worse than what humanity had just witnessed.
As the year went on, millions died daily. The Locust began invading cities, exterminating its population, and gutting it for supplies before moving onto to next city where the same tactic was used. After a year had passed, it was proven that only the cities of Tyrus that lie on the solid granite foundations of Jacinto Plateau were safe. When the COG became aware of the Locust plans to invade Ephyra, radical action was needed.
Emergence Day lead to a series of massacres unlike any humanity had ever known. For humanity, the Pendulum Wars had greatly weakened and divided their forces, giving the Locust an advantage in the war. However, after decades of a persistent state of war, humanity had been collectively battle-hardened. A year after E-Day, Chairman Richard Prescott attempted to unite humanity for a counterstrike against the Locust Horde, but was unable to gain support from the COG member states, forcing him to undertake the single greatest imminent loss of life during the war. Prescott instated the Fortification Act and gave Sera three days to retreat to Ephyra before he fired the Hammer of Dawn. At great cost to human life and infrastructure, the Locust were driven back by orbital weaponry and chemical warfare, effectively denying assets to the Locust horde.However, they were not defeated. Over the next decade, the Locust would continue their persistent onslaught against humanity, finally breaching Jacinto Plateau at the East Barricade Academy ten years after Emergence Day.
THE AGE OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE ERA OF SILENCE:
Decades before the Pendulum wars, Sera was plunged in the millennia long conflict known as the Age of Armageddon, nearly destroying both the human race and Sera. The humans rejected war and embraced a new era of peace, the Era of Silence. Leading to a period of advancement of arts, science, and culture and the abandonment of war. But the shortage of energy lead the fragile planet to more problems. Imulsion, a phosphorescent and low-viscosity fluid that was discovered by an oil-exploration drill, was unusable as an energy source until Dr. Helen Cooper created the Lightmass Process, which enabled production of cheap energy from this previously useless substance, marking the beginning of the Gold Rush.
The full implementation of this process guaranteed a new energy source and led to the elimination of the need for hydrocarbon and nuclear-based fuel. However, the extremely low price of Imulsion energy and the massive loss of revenue and jobs in the traditional energy-producing industries soon caused Sera's world economy to collapse. The few countries that discovered an abundance of Imulsion below their land shortly thereafter found themselves at war with the many nations who were not as fortunate, and the Era of Silence ended as the Pendulum Wars began.
THE PENDULUM WARS:
The Pendulum Wars were a 79 year-long conflict waged by the two superpowers of Sera, the Coalition of Ordered Governments and the Union of Independent Republics, for control of the planet's natural resources, Imulsion being the foremost resource.
Tens of thousands of human lives were lost in the conflict and the environment was significantly damaged by devastating weapons.
The war was a deadlock for the majority of the years, until the COG broke the stalemate by going around the land warfare with the UIR and staged a daring raid in Aspho Fields and stealing the Hammer of Dawn technology, leading the COG to gain an advantage in the war. The Pendulum Wars ended shortly before the attack of the Locust Horde on Emergence Day.
EMERGENCE DAY/E-DAY:
Emergence Day was the day that the Locust Horde emerged from the underground hollows of Sera and launched an all-out assault upon the human race, changing the course of Seran history forever. In twenty four hours, the Locust had attacked every major city across Sera, and within days of the first Locust emergence the Global Communications Network had collapsed. The Locust had exterminated one quarter of the human population within weeks; making no discrimination between men, women and children. For the beleaguered human nations, having only recently seen the end of the 79-year-long Pendulum Wars, the attack was completely unexpected. The recently victorious COG were unable to unite under Chairman Dalyell.
Initial news reports instructed civilians to stay indoors and remain calm. As Emergence Day continued to unfold, the Locust began to butcher civilians in their homes, businesses, and on the streets. Calls to the COG Civil Protection Service were futile as the network was flooded with similar cries for help. With such high percentages of casualties, hospitals were quickly overwhelmed and forced to turn away more incoming wounded. Within days, billions were dead and thousands more were reported missing. Rumors began to spread that the Locust were eating Humans or even worse, taking Humans as prisoners.
Shorty after the event of Emergence Day, a new motto was adopted. "The Lucky Died on E-Day" , as grim as it sounds, conveyed thoughts that the future would be far worse than what humanity had just witnessed.
As the year went on, millions died daily. The Locust began invading cities, exterminating its population, and gutting it for supplies before moving onto to next city where the same tactic was used. After a year had passed, it was proven that only the cities of Tyrus that lie on the solid granite foundations of Jacinto Plateau were safe. When the COG became aware of the Locust plans to invade Ephyra, radical action was needed.
Emergence Day lead to a series of massacres unlike any humanity had ever known. For humanity, the Pendulum Wars had greatly weakened and divided their forces, giving the Locust an advantage in the war. However, after decades of a persistent state of war, humanity had been collectively battle-hardened. A year after E-Day, Chairman Richard Prescott attempted to unite humanity for a counterstrike against the Locust Horde, but was unable to gain support from the COG member states, forcing him to undertake the single greatest imminent loss of life during the war. Prescott instated the Fortification Act and gave Sera three days to retreat to Ephyra before he fired the Hammer of Dawn. At great cost to human life and infrastructure, the Locust were driven back by orbital weaponry and chemical warfare, effectively denying assets to the Locust horde.However, they were not defeated. Over the next decade, the Locust would continue their persistent onslaught against humanity, finally breaching Jacinto Plateau at the East Barricade Academy ten years after Emergence Day.
