United Nations History

(Updated as of Georgian Calendar – 2131 - 2140)

2030 – 2040:

The end of the Trade Wars between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China with America emerging as the victor. RMB value plummets while banks struggle to print out new money to stem the blood loss.

Economic sanctions against China by the UN and her removal from the United Nations Human Rights Council were made as Chinese influence in the United Nations shrank due to them being exposed regarding the mistreatment of minor cultures under their jurisdiction and their ruined economy.

Economic Sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea lifted as United States Intelligence Services overthrew their respective governments by instigating a military coup. 'Project Revival' was launched by the United Nations to rebuild the two nations' ruined economies and infrastructures.

United States Space Force completes the world's first Space Warship, the William H. McRaven Class Destroyer McRaven. It is 200 meters long and is armed with four 100 megawatt laser AA turrets and two Mk35 Railguns that fired 200mm projectiles at Mach 10. Fifty more ships of this class are produced and pressed into service within the decade.

2041 – 2050:

The People's Republic of China is overthrown; Republic of China becomes the internationally recognized government of China. United States Government worked with the Chinese Government closely to develop a Space Warship for the Chinese Government.

NATO nations begin introducing the Type-50 Destroyer as member nations begin fielding their own Space Force. Russian Government created the first Space Cruiser, the Gargarin Class Cruiser, which is 260 meters long and features 3 Railguns in addition to 1000 Kinzhal Mark 2 hypersonic missiles.

300 Boston Class Colonization Vessels carrying a total of 300 million humans, along with the necessary equipment to set up a mega city, began their decade long voyage to Mars with the intent of colonizing the planet of red sand. During the voyage, they would be under the protection of the German 4th Space Fleet and the United States 6th Space Fleet.

United States Space Force claims the Northern hemisphere of the Moon for the construction of a massive military installation after much deliberation amongst the United Nations Security Council. At the same year, the War in Afghanistan finally ended as United States Forces and Chinese Forces launched joint operations against the remaining ISIS holdouts, thoroughly destroying them.

2051 – 2060:

After pouring more than 3 trillion dollars into research, development and construction, the United States Navy introduced their first Space Aircraft Carrier, the USS Constitution. It has a length of 600 meters, a width of 150 meters and a height of 100 meters, making it the largest vessel in human history. It is armed with twenty 20 gigawatt point defence lasers and a 10 terawatt spiral mounted laser cannon. It also carries four hundred F-47 Eagle II Tactical Stealth Fighters in four separate hangar bays and twenty B-57 Stealth Bombers in two massive hangar bays.

On 2056, the United States completed the Moon Base. It is a 800km military production facility that runs 10km deep into the moon's surface. It can produce up to 100 Warships every week and is considered the greatest industrial achievement ever made by humanity. More than 30 million jobs were opened for the shipyard despite having intense automation and as a result, the US economy boomed.

By 2060, the United States Space Force had become the largest fleet ever to exist, having more than 600 unmanned destroyers, 120 manned destroyers, 100 unmanned cruisers, 20 manned cruisers and 5 Space Carriers in service. This number of ships is larger than the Chinese, German and British Space Navies combined, all of which had the largest fleets after the United States. The United States Marine Corp also began the construction of the first batch of Space Capable Amphibious Assault ships with the aim of bringing Marines to space.

2061 – 2070:

The Mars Colonization Fleet colonized Mars, a metropolis was built instantly as compartments linked together and soon, the planet of red sands was blistering with human activity. Under United Nations law, Mars became a Uncontested Planet. In other words, it is controlled by no one but the United Nations Security Council. Under orders from the Security Council, the United States 54th Space Fleet was sent to protect the planet, as were 10,000 US marines on board 2 Assault ships.

United States and German Scientists completes the first Warp Drive. After testing it on the retired McRaven, it was deemed a success and almost every nation had their ships refitted with these FTL engines.

In 2070, dozens of space habitats have been constructed in order to accommodate for the rising population of Earth. Space elevators were built to allow humans from planetside to reach some of the stations while a solar railway was constructed to allow citizens in Space habitats to move from station to station. At the same year, the United States began using diamond-infused platings for their ships' armour and titanium for the hulls. The result was a more expensive but durable ship. By that time, the US had a total of 10,000 ships in service.

2071 – 2080:

Martian Ruins discovered. Thousands of Scientists from various nations are sent to examine the ruins. After careful analysis and salvaging, the Scientists discovered a powerful but ultimately non-renewable energy source which they dubbed Element Zero due to the weight reducing properties it possess. Antimatter technology becomes more common as safety measures have been implemented and the technology in containing them improved.

Earth population reaches 15 billion. Thousands of Colonization fleets with Warp Drives are launched as billions of humans leave for the newly colonized Mercury, Venus and the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. More Space habitats are also constructed as more people leave for the vastness of the Solar System. Many nations begin the construction of orbital shipyards with the intention to maximize shipbuilding capacity.

Mars reaches a population of 600 million and begins the construction of the first United Nations fleet that is not contributed by any Nation. United States fleet reaches more than 5,000 ships, with China following up at 3,000 ships. United Nations fleet numbers at more than 2,000 ships as colonies and space habitats beyond Earth rapidly constructed fleets of ships with their factories.

United Nations Army formed under orders of the Security Council, who needed a military presence in the Solar System. Composed of primarily Martians and Americans, the army made extensive use of lightweight yet deadly infantry soldiers armed with the Lancer Assault Rifle and Talon Automatic Pistol. These soldiers are then distributed across Mars and later the other colonies.

2081 – 2090:

An unknown structure was found in orbit of Pluto. After launching a probe to conduct an analysis on the structure, scientists determined it was an FTL device built billions of years ago. The World Governments immediately dispatched every fleet they could spare to secure the structure while all representatives convened at a meeting in Geneva.

After the meeting, "The Act of Human Unification in Face of Potential Extraterrestrial Invasion" (HUPEI) or "The Unfication" was drafted and approved by all nations. The act solidifies the relationships between all World Governments and formed the Coalition of Ordered Governments out of the United Nations, and formally combining all armies, from Marines to Army, into a massive Army.

The nickname "Gears" was later granted to the soldiers of the COG army due to excerpts of the declaration of the formation of the COG Army: "The COG is the machine that protects the future of humanity and we are the gears that ensure it's continual existence from external threats." Within years, hundreds of millions signed up to join the fledgling military while Scientists strive to develop a Powered Armour for the Gears to use.

Within the decade, the COG Army reached a full 1.5 billion Gears and more than 300 million Commissioned Officers while the COG Space Command reached a total number of 1 billion enlisted crewmen and 100 million Commissioned Officers. Scientists also successfully developed a powered armour made of Carbon Steel platings and Chemically Enhanced Magnesium 'soft spots' while using a Titanium exoskeleton and synthetic muscles to enhance the user's strength, the armour was designated as Hercules Mark I and it was immediately pressed into service.

The King Osprey multi-purpose VTOL gunship is developed for the COG Army and mass produced. Arcturus Habitat built, it is the largest space habitat ever built with an area of over 6,000 square kilometers on it's outermost habitable layer and 1,000 square kilometers on it's deepest layer. It became the Military Headquarters for the COG Armed Forces and hundreds of Military Academies were built to train COG servicemen mentally, physically and intellectually.

Military factories are also built on every Human colony and Space habitat to increase production rate to meet the demands of the military.

2091 – 2100:

The Olympus Defence Line was built. Using the abundant resources from the asteroid field, the Military constructed a massive defence line of anti-electron beam platforms, missile platforms and Anti-matter minefields around the Mass Relay, then more defence lines composing of manned Orbital Defence Platforms and unmanned laser platforms around each colony and near Saturn. The final line is situated on Earth, where Arcturus also resides next to. It is composed of 50,000 ODPs and 200,000 Unmanned defence platforms as well as all Orbital Structures, which were armed with many missile pods.

COG Space Force renamed into COG Interstellar Navy and completes it's 200,000th vessel. New technology becomes available and the Navy began a series of modernization programs, the entire fleet they had at that time was retired and scrapped while new and far superior ships entered service. The COG also completes it's first Space Super Stealth Carrier. It is 3 kilometers long and can cloak indefinitely. It became the base model of all later carrier ships.

Average human lifespan reaches 300 years old when using conventional medication while human lifespan reaches an indefinite amount of years when paying for the far more expensive metabolism modification surgery. It is expected to become available to the public within 15 years.

Human population reaches 60 billion from 56 billion 6 years after the Ministry of Procreation enacted a series of policies and birth enhancement programs that encourage at least 5 children per birth.

The Great Economic Collapse began, it was the an reenactment of the Financial Crisis, which is resulted in such a huge economic collapse that the COG administration under President Paris issued insanely high tax rates onto the Colonies in the Jovian Moons in order to compensate for the loss.

Due to the absurd tax rates, colonists at the Jovian Moon Colonies began calling for independence and 5 full divisions of Gears were sent as peacekeepers to maintain order on the many moons in addition to the 50 Divisions of Gears garrisoned there, but as more and more people went extreme and launched lethal and damaging attacks on government buildings and other civil buildings, the Jovian Massacres began. The Gears opened fire on extremists and demonstrators alike, and nearly a million humans were murdered in the first night. The massacres continued for the entire week and soon, a total death count of 10 million was made, angering the other colonists in the moons.

The colonists rose up and formed the Union of Independent Planets. They drove the COG out and created an impressive army and navy within 3 years. The COG launched an invasion on the UIP, thus starting the Jovian Wars. almost a billion people were killed in the horrendous conflict on both sides as UIP spies hijacked COG defence platforms and launched terrorist attacks on COG installations.

The conflict finally ended on 2100 after the UIP obliterated Washington D.C. with a hijacked ODP, causing the loss of more than 300 million lives. The COG saw it as the final straw and launched the largest attack since the Normandy landings 3 months later. A full one hundred million Gears landed on the remaining unbounded UIP planets and killed every single person, whether they be citizens or soldiers. The conflict caused the lives of nearly a billion people and increased the COG's awareness in their internal security. The COG military and intelligence budget took over a total of 9 percent of the GDP after the conflict, with the intent on recruiting more soldiers, building more information centers, and controlling the populace by improving social welfare.

2101 – 2110:

COG re-population efforts began and fertility programs were launched to increase fertility rates on females while the COG military replenished it's losses. Genetic Modification also became common to the public and many underwent surgeries to increase muscle strength, enhanced reaction speed or improved eye vision. Lifespan is also improved to nearly 500 years old, allowing veterans to live longer to train new generations of Gears.

COG Navy began testing the first ever faster than light rail cannon. The 450 ton tungsten slug destroyed a decommissioned but fully equipped Military installation with one shot from Earth to Uranus. Navy immediately began commissioning new ships with new weapons while beginning to regulate the old ones to reserve.

Learning from the Jovian Wars, scientists developed the Lancer Mark 2. It features a Chainsaw Bayonet with mono-molecular aluminium silicon alloys as it's teeth, a larger ammunition capacity from 30 rounds to 75 rounds of .300 caliber rounds, a flashlight, a foldable titanium buttstock, electronic recoil dampeners and an integrated holographic sight. The cost of it was a weaker firing rate of 750 rpm as the recoil dampeners would risk overheating when fired at a rate of fire of 800 rpm.

The COG also designed the Lancer Mark 2A, which featured a grenade launcher instead of a chainsaw and a magazine of 50 .50 caliber rounds in place of the .300 caliber rounds. It has more recoil than the Mark 2 due to the larger caliber and had an even lower of fire of 700 rpm and are used by COG infantry squads as a tactical assault rifle.

In addition, multiple weapons such as the Markza Marksman Rifle, the Longshot Sniper rifle and the Gnasher shotgun were designed and pressed into service to increase the amount of tactical choices Gears could make in battle based on their loadout.

The Hercules Mark II Powered Armour was also pressed into service. It was 2 times lighter and less bulky than the Mark I and had better shrapnel resistance and ballistic protection than it's predecessor, it also has a new layer of Inconel melded with the armour platings to increase temperature resistance. Several hundred thousand Veteran gears from the Jovian Wars rather had their Mark I armours rebuilt to include the new upgrades instead of wearing the Mark II due to their familiarity and love for the bulkiness of it's predecessor.

Washington D.C. is also rebuilt with a memorial for the lives loss during it's obliteration. COG Special Operations Forces was formed with the purpose of fighting against external and internal threats that could topple the government or destroy humanity. The legendary COG Commandos and the infamously mysterious Onyx Guard were part of the COGSOF.

2111 – 2120:

Re-population and rebuilding of the Solar System was complete. Human population went up to 65 billion and a extrasolar colonization fleet of 2 billion people was formed with the intent to colonize a nearby star system. The fleet would go there by Warp and was escorted by the COG 6th Martian Fleet, they reached the system after 3 days of travel and colonization began.

The system they colonized was later names Tyrus and it became a military rapid response world for the Army and bastion world in the event that Earth had fallen due to it's close proximity to Earth and the fact that it does not have a Mass Relay, which meant it was almost impossible for an invasion force that relied on Mass Relays for travel to attack. The COG later built a massive military base and shipyard to increase production of weaponry there while freeing up other factories to produce civilian products. Fort Charon constructed to oversee defences of the Olympus First defence line, COG 5th American Fleet sent to protect the fort and became the permanent first defence line of Olympus.

The first ever Gear helmet is designed and produced for the COG Army. Aside from it's great ballistic and impact resistance due to it's it has an advanced HUD system that improves the user's aim and perception in combat while having a powerful filter that blocks out smoke and other toxins. It also allows the user to see through smokes or colored gas and has an integrated semi-sentient combat AI, giving the Gears an immense advantage in battle.

DB industries founded by Scientist and Engineer Damon Baird. The Company invented Fabricator Technology and revolutionized the manufacturing industry. Soon all factories were refitted with Fabricators and it allowed products to be produced at a much faster rate and at a much cheaper expense. DB Industries also created the first sentient AI, ADAM. The AI worked together with technicians and Baird himself to research new technologies.

COG colonization efforts borne more fruit as 2 more systems without relays were colonized, the two systems are named Sera and Nova Terra respectively. After the colonization, a total of 30 planets and moons are colonized by a total of 60 billion humans.

2121 – 2130:

The infamous Martian Ruin Crisis began. Special Operations Captain John Shepard led the fresh and green 156th Commando Company into the Martian Ruins after a group of scientists discovered a secret compartment in the Martian Ruins, which contained approximately 500 occupied stasis pods that still had life signs. Through some accident on the Scientists' end, the stasis pods were opened and the alien occupants slaughtered most of the Commandos within 2 hours with advanced weaponry that were kept with them during their time in stasis.

The remaining Commandos under Shepard dug down in the control center of the ruins and attempted to stall the aliens until COG reinforcements arrive. By the time reinforcements in the form of an Onyx Guard battalion arrived to save the desperate group of COG soldiers, only 4 (including Captain Shepard) out of 150 Commandos survived the onslaught while the 500 aliens were killed.

The survivors except for Shepard were each given a promotion while all of them received a Medal of Military Honor, then they were given the painstaking task of rebuilding the practically destroyed Special Operations Company with the help of members of other Commando companies.

After the battle, DB Industries was given permission by the Department of Defence to conduct autopsies on the alien bodies and analysis of their particle weaponry. The results concluded that the aliens were the owners of the Martian Ruins and that their particle weaponry's unlimited energy output was made possible due to a inbuilt energy converter, DB technicians immediately began new projects to understand and if possible, reverse engineer the energy converter technology for military and civic purposes.

Tyrus experiences multi year-long a massive population boom, the system rose from 3 billion people to more than 5 billion within a decade and the number was still climbing. 500 million of these people would later sign up for the COG Army, creating the new untested Tyran Infantry Divisions. It is expected that at least 1 Billion more Tyrans will sign up to the COG Army by 2139. By that time, the COG Army already had more than 5 billion Gears. Serans and Nova Terrans began joining the Army while their automatic shipyards produced one of the finest warships in the COG Navy. By the end of the decade, the COG Navy numbered at more than 30,000 in terms of manned carriers and more than 100,000 unmanned carriers.

The COG economy had also recovered by 95%, with experts expecting the economy to continue it's growth from their highest recorded economic statistics within the next decade.

Human population by that time had reached the hundred billionth mark, with the majority located in the Solar System at around 30 billion, of which 25 billion are scattered across the colonies in Humanity's cradle. The remaining 70 billion were equally distributed across the colonies beyond Sol, many of them being part of the private firms located in the colonies, whose task is to exploit the systems' resources for the COG.

2131:

COG 1st Tyran Fleet, attached with the 156th Commandos under Shepard, makes first contact with an unknown race while conducting a joint exercise with the Olympus Defence Line.