1884 - A ten kilometer square area of northern japan simply ceases to exist, becoming rolling hills where once a thriving village stood. Gensokyo* is created and is separate from the rest of the world in nearly all senses.
1936 - By this time Youkai* sightings outside of Gensokyo have dropped more than 1000%. Magic has been lost to all but 0.0000001% of human population outside of Gensokyo. Magic and species other than human are completely considered fiction.
2009 - Yukari Yakumo*, Begins meeting key figures, both from the Lunarians* on their Capitol of Luna, Prominent Youkai leaders, and Human leaders from dozens upon dozens of countries outside of Gensokyo. Those who do not know what is going on become nervous in Gensokyo.
2023 - The Hakurei border* breaks apart suddenly dropping Gensokyo back into the real world, and releasing absorbed magic back into it. Chaos ensues for a time as humanity discerns the reasons for this and deals with the sudden re-emergence of Youkai, the creatures of myth and story.
2024 - Yukari Yakumo, along with the leaders of Luna, and prominent Youkai leaders meet with nations of the world at a UN Meeting, and explain what Gensokyo's release could mean for the world. After nearly three months of meetings and debates, an unsteady alliance is formed.
A year later as the alliance become far more comfortable with itself, it is realigned and reorganized, changing its name from the Tri-racial earth alliance, to simply the Alliance*.
2026 – 2103 - A time of cultural, Scientific and arcane Renewal comes. With access to magic and Lunarian science, Human technology takes off. Luna and Gensokyo also profit due to Humanities Technology, and its production capabilities and ample resources in compare to Luna. Humanity, Youkai and Luna, despite many Terrorist attacks and problems, become closer, and hate and anger between all groups falls considerably during this time. it becomes known that humans can become Youkai by association to magic, and it legislation is drafted to guarantee the rights of such people.
During this time the alliance begins work on Spacefaring projects, pushing into the asteroid belt for mining of heavy metals, and proving that the combination of Lunarian science, human ingenuity and magic can work in harmony.
A Lunarian Spaceship engine is redesigned by a group of Magicians and human scientists and turns out to be over 100X more effective in generating power that can be used for technology of magical purposes. Lunarian Scientists are annoyed, but respect the work and agree upon it replacing old style engines one they confirm its safety and viability. It is then given the name, a MAGTECH Reactor*.
Alongside the MAGTECH Reactor, a Lunarian and Youkai research group devises a way to traverse greater distances in space in the blink of an eye. By working with the boundary principle* and the power granted by the MAGTECH Reactor, they manage a 'boundary slip*' moving their test ship from Luna to Pluto in a total of seven seconds. They name their creation a BOUNDARY DRIVE* and it's testing goes well, and even better when working in tandem with a MAGTECH Reactor.
Cooperation in the fields of biology and medicine devise work around's for humanities frail biology. Alteration to the genome and DNA/RNA Helix's allowed implanting of some very small Lunarian and Youkai Genome fragments. The result is a greatly enhanced human lifespan and limited boost to natural regeneration. The human lifespan is increased sevenfold, and wounds heal faster, and some small loss of extremities can be regenerated (IE – Toes, fingers. sometimes hands and feet.)
Gensokyo's combat rules (Collectively called the Spellcard rules*) are accepted by much of the planet as an alternative to deadly combat, allowing problems to be still dealt with violence, but with little to no life lost.
2106 - With the advances in technology, magic and medicine it becomes clear that overpopulation is becoming a more present danger than the small amount of violence that till shows on earth. Plans to Terraform mars are drafted, and the project is set into motion in the same year due to Lunarian tech and zealous Human Aggression to get it done.
2107 - Mars terraforming project is complete. It now has a fully breathable atmosphere and many small plants are growing in abundance. It is figured that larger plants and animals will be safely able to be planted on the planet within a year, and that crops could be planted and farmed in as little as two without too much worry of the new biosphere.
Alliance Racial work is perfectly completed, and there is little to no direct animosity between species. All species are considered mostly equal, if skilled at different things in general.
2114 - Space stations are built across the solar system around Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, acting as both trade and mining hubs where resources are gatherers, stores, and in some case processing facilities. These massively boost earth and Luna's Resources and balances the increasing demand.
An expedition on mars discovers ruins that are not Lunarian, and do not match any information from Lunarian Databanks. The ruins are fully excavated later that year and the archives within tapped. Information about a race called, Protheans*, and an element they used Called Element Zero* is revealed to the public. The amount of Element zero in its stores however is pitifully small. The alliance considers Element Zero and Prothean technology interesting, but not more efficient or better than their own technology in any way , but decide to look into the technology to the best of their ability, just in case it can be utilized in some way, even if minor.
2115 - Following data from the Prothean Archive, An Alliance Science ship fired a hollow point round, containing the alliances remaining one kilogram of Element zero alongside one of the last existing Nuclear armaments into Charon, Pluto's moon, releasing a dormant Mass relay from its icy casing and reactivating it. In the next week the same ship goes through, and discovers how the mass relay network works, returning the information to the alliance. Plans are drafted by the Alliance to utilize this network alongside Boundary Slips to speed up exploration of the galaxy and to speed up colonization of other planets.
The possibility that the Mass relays are Prothean Made is dismissed by most scientific minds in the Alliance, and it is decide that while the mass relays could be utilized more, that overusing or becoming dependent on them should not be allowed. Once a planetary system is found and mapped, travel to it is primarily done by Boundary Slips, not the relays. Some Alliance Scientists try to devise a way to destroy or, permanently deactivate Relays if the need arises.
2116 - Three colonies are founded in distant systems, and their population explodes due to Effective Terraforming. Two of these colony systems were found Via Relay, and one by Boundary slip and Careful mathematical probability crunching.
With Colonization started, the alliance Heads decide that keeping their people safe in case of danger is paramount, and R&D begins research on weaponizing Technology and magic for use on ships, as Regular Solid munitions are collectively considered a bad idea due to the zero gravity of space, and simply a waste of metal resources. The process is fast due to the adaptability of Magic as a weapon and Technological advances in past years.
Within the next ten years, another seven Planets are terraformed and Colonized. Four by Boundary Slip, and three by Relay.
The Alliance forms its own united military and navy alongside the weaponization of magic and technology in the event of violent encounters in space. Enrollment in this militia is widespread and well respected, the alliance offering training, and ever the cost of secondary educations as a seemingly unneeded incentive. Many major Youkai are part of the alliance military due to their power and capabilities.
2123 - The colony of Shanxi is founded after being discovered by Relay Exploration. Colonisation takes place quickly due to Shanxi's natural Green world status.
2137 - Exploration ships, sidelined a couple years before due to excessive expansion and Trade route complications, are allowed back to exploring. An Exploration vessel called the 'Dawnseeker' leaves the Shanxi system by Relay and attempts to activate a dormant relay two systems over.
First contact with an alien race occurs - - - -
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"Dammit, why are they firing on us? They don't even know who we are!" A young girl roared in annoyance as she scowled at the Alien ship on the screen before her. The bride of the Dawnseeker was abuzz with activity, and not just because nearly everyone in the bridge had wings.
A shock went through the ship, causing those in chairs or on the floor to shift a bit. Those floating in the air were unaffected, but still knew it was going on as the shock vibrated through the air.
"Ugh, Damage report please!" The captain called out, her head of short green hair carefully cut and unmoving, unlike her heart as it beat faster and faster, or her wings that kept a steady balanced beat to keep her aloft.
"Our Shielding has taken the brunt of the hits, it's at 42 percent now Dai!"
Daiyousei scowled at that number. Their Astral Shielding was meant to block astral debris, not combat grade weapons. Either it was stronger than it seemed, or the attacking aliens weapons were not as powerful as they expected alien weapons could be. 42 Percent was still really bad though, and they had only take two hits so far, the others flying past them off into the black void of space. "That's bad. How's our Hull integrity?"
" Hull integrity is still full! Our shielding hasn't let anything through!" a pink haired fairy, who happened to be floating upside down above Daiyousei, called as she poked at a pair of screens that constantly floated in front of her, projected from the metal headband she wore.
"Well that's something then. How soon can we Jump back to Shanxi?" Daiyousei asked earnestly.
"We should be able to in just a-"
Suddenly a massive crash echoed through the shop, just as alarms began blaring dully in the bridge.
"What happened?!" Daiyousei asked as Fairies that hadn't been floating around climbed up off the ground and began hovering to stop them from falling over again.
"We took two simultaneous hits! Shields are down; Hull integrity is also down to 73%. The MAGTECH Drive seems to have been damaged by the shot though. It's stable, but its power output has dropped down to 23%!"
"How much do we need for the jump again?" Daiyousei asked hopefully.
"Thirty to jump safely, twenty seven to jump unsafely!" a Fairy called out in anger, taking it out on her screens until they cracked and disappear; only to reappear a second later, angering her even further.
Daiyousei sighed as she looked at her screen. If they could not jump normally, they'd have to use the relay they came into the system with, but it was too far away from them to reach. The outcome was clear. "Everyone on board is tethered to New Eden*, correct?"
There was a murmur of agreement from the bridge.
"Good. It looks like the Dawnseeker is going down. "As per protocol, prep the MAGTECH Drive for critical meltdown." Daiyousei said with a small smile. "I'll see you all on New Eden, right after I get chewed out for getting a ship blown up!"
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"Rrr, Dam that ship, take it out already!" Virek Cathris, Captain of the Turian Cruiser, Hunters Pride, called out as his ship continued to purse the alien craft. It didn't match any other ship on record, so it was probably a new species or a new Batarian design. The fact of the matter however was that it tried to activate a dormant relay, something completely against the law. Activation of relays was illegal, and the response was written very clearly in the rules. Contact and order them to stand down. if they did not, destroy them. And the ship in question had ignored their hail, so now they were attempting to destroy them.
Unfortunately, the ship in question was not making things easy. In addition to being barely a hundred meters in size, it was wickedly fast, and turned at angles and speeds that would shear any other ship in half. It was strange, especially since the two shots that had hit it so far, seemed to have been stopped by a shield, but it rippled a green color when struck, not the usual blue of a kinetic barrier.
"Sir, our scans of the ship has finally come back!" An officer called out.
"Finally! What can you tell me about it? It's obviously not Batarian."
"No sir. It does not math any ship design on record, it's simply too small. Its Shields are releasing an energy we've never encountered before, as is the whole ship, and there is no mass effect field around it. The entire ship is devoid of element zero!"
Virek stopped for half a second as he considered this information. A ship so small would not need Element Zero to get it off the ground in all likelihood. However the speed that it moved at, along with how quickly it could bank and turn . . . just how powerful was its engine to give it so much power? "These primitives do not understand the use of element Zero and have violated Citadel law. Realign both main guns and fire at the ship again!"
"Yes sir, firing!"
Virek watched as she slugs traveled toward the Alien ship, and struck it dead on. Unlike before, there was no flicker of green, and the ship shuddered, twisting and slowing considerably from the looks of how it now moved.
"Sir, scanners indicate the alien ship has lost nearly 80% of its previous power output, I believe we struck their engine.
Virek smiled as an idea went into his head, it wasn't a normal Turian Directive, but was far more likely to be looked upon well in the long run. "Good. Hold fire and move us in. We shall board the ship and take these Aliens Prisoner. We can show them how they should be acting and get information on their world from them to-"
Then The Alien ship blew up. It wasn't a small explosion either, as the entire ship was just suddenly consumed in a massive blast that refracted itself in every color, before it just as quickly disappeared, leaving nothing behind at all where it once floated.
"Spirits, did we make them go critical, or did they do it themselves?" one Turian asked, yet no one knew the answer.
"Dam. Move us in. we should at least see if we can get anything, wreckage fragments, or even a scan of what energy remains. The Hierarchy will not like this!"
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Gensokyo – The name given unto the ten kilometer square area of japan that disappeared in 1884, Gensokyo existed on its own as the land of fantasy until the border around it broke. Because of this it had no contact with the outside world during this time, and while technology did not advance, magic did.
Youkai – Supernatural Beings that exist in legend, myth or folklore. Youkai existed all across the world for much of history, but as magic dwindled so did they. When the Border of Gensokyo broke, magic was re-released, and Youkai (many who lived as humans and did not even know they were youkai) came back into the public eye. Nearly all magical creatures that are not classified otherwise are considered youkai, and humans enhances and changed by magic are also considered youkai.
Yukari Yakumo – Known by many names, the most well-known one being the Border of Phantasm, she is a supremely powerful Youkai from Gensokyo. She both assisted in the creation, and destruction of the Hakurei Border That held Gensokyo apart from the rest of the world and is considered to be a master schemer, and obscenely powerful. She acts as the Alliances Youkai head.
The Hakurei Border – a Great Magical Boundary that once separated Gensokyo and the rest of earth. It was held up by the Hakurei Miko, one who was in each generation, considered to be one of the most powerful humans in Gensokyo able to take on nearly any Youkai that would endanger Gensokyo. with the Border gone, the Hakurei Now exist as High ranking Special operations forces with the Alliance military, focusing on Defensive operations.
Lunarian – The native inhabitant of Earth's moon, Luna. Lunarian's outwardly look human, but have a natural lifespan far greater than past humans did, Some considering them all(wrongly) to be immortal. Lunarian Technology has long been far more advanced than anything humans could create, but the limited resources of Luna, along with a historically isolationist attitude led to the limiting of their peoples and an inability to expand without assistance. Their old isolationist attitudes are gone now with their joining of the alliance. A Race of Rabbit people have live on Luna alongside them since time immemorial.
The Alliance – originally called the Tri-racial earth alliance, it began as a simple alliance of nations and changed over time into a combined governing body of all three groups. Simply called the alliance, it is the total and complete government of earth, Luna, and all their colonies and peoples. it is run by three heads, one Lunarian, one Youkai, and one human, so as to have a perfectly neutral view.
MAGTECH Reactor – A Blend of Magical Synapses, Circles, and machinery, combined with Lunarian Generator tech, the MAGTECH Reactor generates phenomenal amounts of power continually. This power is both magical attuned, and electrically charged, allowing it to be use to power technology both scientific and magical in nature. The Rector once activated cannot be shut off and creates power constantly without the need for fuel or additives, but this also means that it cannot be shut off, and Reactors that are damaged must be ejected and destroyed a safe distance away and replaced instead of repaired. MAGTECH Reactors take anywhere from a couple hours with one high ranked Magician*, to an entire week with an entire conclave of magicians to bring them online.
Magician – A Human, or Youkai, who has become so attuned with magic that it seeps into their very being, enhancing their prowess with magic, and their lifespan substantially. Many magicians are researchers, technicians, engineers or scientists, but some also are supremely powerful in combat as well.
Boundary Drive – The Boundary Drive is an advanced piece of Equipment that plots a course through the boundary between real and non-existent space, creating a sort of gateway into a tube of nonexistence between two points. Based of Yukari Yakumo's own ability to manipulate such boundaries, it is simple in comparison to her capabilities, but is a safe, if power-hungry form of travel. Without the MAGTECH Reactors, it would be nearly impossible to power them, and if power somehow ran out midslip, the ship would cease existing and never be heard from again.
Boundary Slip – The term for a ship of any size activating their Boundary Drive and Slipping, out of real space into nonexistence, or from nonexistence to real space. A Ship in nonexistence does not exist in the material universe, and cannot be scanned, located or even noticed until it comes out of its Boundary Slip.
Spellcard Rules – A Form of Magical Temporary contract that inhibits both sides from using power that would deal lethal damage, and protects the environment from collateral damage. In Gensokyo it meant the classification and rules around using Spellcards*, but has changed as the world has.
Spellcard – A Spellcard is a form of Condensed magic or capabilities that allows the casting of powerful, lengthy or otherwise difficult spells and powers in a shortened timeframe. While connected to the Spellcard rules, they do not have to be used in conjunction with the Spellcard rules. Spellcards must be prepared ahead of time, though once prepared they can be used many times before they must be prepared again.
Prothean – A race of aliens that supposedly existed many millions of years before that appeared to have disappeared. Their technology was based on Mass Effect fields primarily, and as such, holds little worth to the Alliance.
Fairy's – Fairies are a youkai species that are elemental, and connected to a place. As long as that place in nature, or civilization, stays healthy and whole, the Fairy will reincarnate infinity; and cannot be killed. When fairies are killed in space, their bodies burn apart, and they reincarnate within the next 24 hours. Fairies can change what place they are tethered to (and what planet) by preforming a special ritual that they instinctually know when they are born. Fairies were once considered to be the weakest youkai, but their inability to truly die makes them well respected, especially as scouts in space, and stewards of the lands on planets.
New Eden – a large green world that colonized more rapidly than others due to its calm and pleasant atmosphere and lack of dangerous wildlife. New Eden has become the de facto capitol of Fairy's, many having come from planets to settle there, and becoming home to many newly 'born' fairies as well once colonization took place. Because of how many fairies join the military as scouts, it is the centre of The Alliances' Exploration teams and contains a small shipyard that builds and maintains such craft. It is a beautiful world of green rolling hills and cities so spread out that it is difficult to tell if cities end, or if they are encircling forests and lands. The answer is in a way, both.
Turian – A race of Avian Descent Bipedal aliens, hailing from the Planet Palaven. Turians Are Dextro-Amino, meaning they cannot eat the same food as many other species. Their bodies are covered in plating that evolved to protect them from the harsh radiation of their home star. Their culture is very military, with military service being standard for all people, making them a very strict race. A Turian that cannot obey its superiors is looked down on, and only by following the rules can any Turian raise up their meritocratic government.
Authors note – Had this idea floating around in my head and finally just couldn't stand not doing anything with it. I hope people like it, if so; I'll definitely continue writing it. Though updates would be irregular in all likelihood.
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