"Greetings citizen, I am Exuberant Lore Keeper: AI monitor of Imperial Information Website Wikipedia, where you will find all the knowledge the Imperium has accumulated over the span of Mankind's existence as a modern civilization. The link you are now at is a short, non-detailed but important time line regarding the Imperium's rise from a global power to a galactic superpower. Please enjoy reading the article!"

1945-1946: World War 2 ends with significant civilian and military casualties. Almost immediately, the Soviet Union and the United States of America became bitter rivals and formed their respective blocs: communist bloc and capitalist bloc. Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech caused an outrage amongst Warsaw Pact Nations, resulting the official start of the Cold War.

1947-1960: A series of proxy wars are fought between the US and USSR, resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties. While the infamous Berlin blockade also significantly increased the tensions between the two blocs. It was also at this time that the communist bloc formed the Warsaw Pact Nations while the capitalist bloc formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin died at age 74 on 1953, Nikita Khrushchev succeeded him. Talks regarding the fate of the then-divided Germany broke down when a US spyplane was shot down at Russian airspace. Cold War continues.

1961-1970: US spyplanes discovered a nuclear missile base on Cuba, resulting in a massive naval blockade ordered by President John. F. Kennedy, who demanded that the Cuban Government disarm their missile and nuclear arsenal. They refused and the United States launched the invasion of Cuba, 9 months after the invasion Cuba has been annexed to the United States.

Soviet Union criticises the attack as "an unprovoked attack on the Cuban people and their culture". Shortly afterwards, the Union begins massive military build up, as did the United States.

1971-1990: World War 3 begins when the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Alaska, US army repelled attack with the help of Delta Force. When the war began, China invaded south-east Asia and Japan, North Korea invaded South Korea, while Europe once again became a ground of mud and blood. Despite going on fiercely, the nations of both sides still refused to use their nuclear armaments due to the risks of creating a nuclear winter.

In 1976, war effort starts to tip in NATO's favour as Powered Assault Armour is developed and refitted on all infantry units, significantly boosting their combat performance and survivability in heated fire fights. M1 Abrams entered service and deployed against Warsaw troops, which thoroughly decimated their tanks as the Titanium-made American main battle tank wrecked havoc across the battlefield.

In 1980, fusion reactors has been developed and replaced nuclear reactors in NATO territory. Warsaw is also captured at this same year, remaining Warsaw Pact forces gathered at Moscow defence line, fully expecting NATO to pursuit. They didn't.

On the Eastern Front, Japan's Navy began to push back the Chinese Navy with support from the ANZAC Navy while South Korean Front became a stalemate when Canadian Forces and 2 Divisions of United States Marines arrived to assist the South Korean Army. Soviet Union and China diverts a task force to support the Korean Front in hopes of ending the stalemate soon and take South Korea for it's strategic value.

In 1990, Warsaw Pact forces were caught surprised as NATO forces launched a massive blitzkrieg via armoured assault, airborne assault and air strikes. After a full month og fighting, much of the surviving Warsaw Pact Forces mutinied out of resentment against the Khrushchev regime, beginning the Second October Revolution. Khrushchev is overthrown and a federal democratic Russia is formed. World War 3 officially ends, Imperium of Man formed from NATO and all other nation around the world in order to unify humanity with a centralised rule.

1991-2000: A mysterious individual known only as the Emperor became the leader of the Imperium through merits in the fields of science, politics and military tactics, After his ascension to Imperial Chancellor, he began a series of reforms that left almost all of Earth's various nations' culture untouched while, unknowingly to the rest of the world, usurped their power and became the sole ruler of all humans.

In 1995, he and a thousand experts in the field of genetics initiated the 'Primarch' project, whose purpose is to create 23 transhuman generals to lead the Imperium's future armies. Their genetic templates were based on the Emperor's own gene code, which was stated by some of the geneticist as a 'beautifully pure and sophisticated' genetic sequence, exclaiming that only God may have such perfection.

As a result of the geneticist's words, a religion centred around the Emperor began to rise. The Emperor openly criticises the religious cults and instead of venerating himself as a God, he promoted the Imperial Truth, which is the belief that no obstacle cannot be overcome with logic, reason and technology. The Emperor also encouraged scientific institutes and organisation begin researching technologies to solve the problems of pollution and famine.

2001-2010: Replicator and Nano-processing technologies invented. When introduced, these technologies not only increased the efficiency of manufacturing and made supplies near limitless, but also revolutionising the way human industry and economies work.

In 2005, the Emperor officially proclaims his rule as Emperor of Mankind. While the proclamation was shocking to most, it was a welcomed proclamation as during the rule of the Emperor, there was no famine, no conflict and no division. Only unity, progress, and advancements. During his 15 year rule, the average human lifespan was increased to more than 150 years old thanks to concentrated efforts of the world's scientific community, while new technologies such as cybernetics and cloning technology, helped the blind and crippled to regain their ability to see and use their limbs respectively.

Genetic breakthroughs after analyzing the Emperor's genes also found ways to negate many previously incurable diseases, which took the lives of millions. In addition to that, genetic breakthrough also helped the Imperium develop a moderate enhancement in regards to strength, intelligence and reflexes. Making the entire Human population 'superhumans', realizing the long dream for a individually strong species.

2011-2020: In 2011, the Primarchs are born from their incubators and are raised by the Emperor, Malcador the First and the rest of the Emperor's personal advisors. They are put to schools in Hive Himalayas to interact with the very people they serve and protect. Then they are trained to hone their psychic might inherited from their 'father'. And at finally they will be trained in the art of Warfare and Leadership, making them some the most powerful beings ever to exist in Galactic history.

In 2015, Doctor Catherine Elizabeth Halsey suggested multiple supersoldier programs, namely the 'Custodian', 'Master of the Stars', 'SPARTANS' and 'JAVELIN' programs. After much review and calculations, the Emperor diverted gigantic amounts of fundings and personnel to help complete all 4 programs. At the same time, the Physics Research Division has completed the very first AI, Adam.

*PLAY VIDEO*

"Am... am I alive?" Adam asked, looking at the scientist in front of him.

The scientist smiled at him, "Only if you think you are." He replied.

*VIDEO END*

The short dialogue between organic and synthetic life sent ripples across Earth, most of whom are highly supportive while the remainder remained sceptical about the AI's sentience. A week later, the Emperor announced the official formation of the 'Sapiens Creata' species, which meant 'Wise Created', people have come to call them Created. Immediately, The Physics Research Division created Eve, the second AI based on the Bible's first human female. When the 2 AIs had an affection for each other and 'mated', Eve gave 'birth' to Romulus and Remus.

The news had more than been able to convince the Human populace that the AIs they created, were not only smart, but also had feelings like they do. And as such considered sentient.

In 2018, AIs have become an important element in Imperial society, their skill sets devoted to monitoring, coordination and analysis, greatly increasing working efficiency and effectiveness on a fields. It was also at this year that Luna, moon of Earth, is terraformed by the Imperium. Upon completion, hundreds of thousands of Humans migrated to it's prefabricated cities, giving birth to the first Human Void colonist.

From late 2018 to 2020, Earth experienced a massive baby boom, the average birth numbers of babies increasing by a massive 400 percent. The Emperor also began developing gene-crafted humans, which are non-identical but 'perfect' humans for use in the military and other projects. Primarchs also began exhibiting their transhuman powers, earning much awe from the people.

2021-2030: Luna has been fully colonised, hundreds of billions now lived in the small satellite while tens of trillions lived on Earth. Problems of pollutions and wildlife protection solved as Imperial Military began 24-hour all day monitoring all around Earth, ground troops deployed near country parks to protect endangered species and apprehend poachers while wet naval forces began apprehending illegal fishermen at open waters.

In 2021, Gene-crafting technology completed. Emperor ordered the mass production of hundreds of trillions of gene-crafted humans produced in order to significantly increase the Imperium's military prowess. The first batch of the 'products', which numbers in the millions, was completed in 2 months thanks to various methods to accelerate their initial growth rate. 2 months after they were born, they already have the size of a 4 year old child and are having Secondary School level education. During their education, they socialised with their own 'kin' and as a result, formed a 'family'.

In late 2021, the Gene-crafted humans have completed their education as Secondary School students and are sent to train in the completed JAVELIN Program, they are pushed to the limits in physical and mental training. Many were broken and rebuilt from scratch mentally by the intense training but as time passes by like the flow of water, the bond between gene-humans grew, increasing overall effectiveness in coordination.

In 2027, their training were completed and they proceeded to accept the Javelin augmentations. The process was smooth and fortunately no one died or rejected the augmentations, creating the very first supersoldiers for Humanity. They then received extremely harsh and brutal training again to help them adapt to their new powers and prepare them in case of a need for combat.

In 2030, The Primarchs have completed their education in all fields of science, and are personally trained by the Emperor and his group of advisers on various tactics and to teach them on harnessing their powers, which is a very hard task for the Emperor since the Primarchs are almost as strong as him. At the same year, the Imperial Bureau of Scientific Development and Applications (BSDA) has successfully developed the Slipspace drive, a method of faster than light travel. The invention of the Slipspace technology was celebrated across Earth and Luna. Hundreds of colony vessels carrying billions of civilians and hundreds of prebabricated cities are launched from the shipyards of Earth to the once-red desert planet.

2031-2040: Every habitable planet and satellite across the Sol System is terraformed and colonised. Human population skyrocketed by another baby boon that increased the already-high birth rate by 200 percent. The boom caused concerns over Imperial officials, who recognised its risks if the Imperium cannot provide sufficient care to their rapidly growing population. As such, hundreds of trillions worth of funding from the Imperial Treasury Reserves have been diverted to construction efforts of more prefabricated cities and the industrialisation of Luna, Earth and Mars in order to create job opportunities to the newborn infants.

In 2033, 'Master of the Stars' program completed. Hundreds of billions of gene-crafted humans and tens of billions of birth-born humans are recruited to the program to become the main fighting force of the Imperium. At the same time, the 'Custodian' and 'SPARTAN' programs are completed and billions are recruited to the program to begin training. Javelin supersoldiers also number at more than 15 billion members ranging from birth-born to gene-crafted. Despite the differences in background and lifestyle, both types of humans got along well and some even formed small brotherhoods and sisterhoods.

In 2036, Doctor Halsey and a group of other Imperial scientists developed a brand new alloy dubbed 'Vibranium', which is named after a fictional metal in the old superhero comics that were popular in the past due to their similar properties. The alloy was lightweight and very easy to produce. Imperial Construction Divisions immediately began using the new metal to rebuild their old cities and produce new ones while BSDA began using it to produce brand new technologies for the planned Imperial Armed Forces.

In 2040: An unknown scientist accidentally invented a time-dilation field while testing his modified version of Slipspace drive. The scientist was personally praised by the Emperor for such an amazing invention and was given the order to oversee it's real production model. It was also at this year that the Plasma Reactor was developed, which replaced Nuclear power sources across the Imperium.

2041-2050: A city on Mars began planning a rebellion for independence after the Imperium refuses to abide by the request. Javelin Division Alpha is sent to destroy the rebels. The 200,000 strong supersoldier army invaded the rebellious city in a lightning assault and were victorious. During the battle, the rogue city governor took the 20 billion innocent civilians hostage by threatening the detonation of a nuclear bomb. Luckily that didn't come to fruition thanks to the supersoldiers.

*PLAY VIDEO*

"Sta... stay back!" The Governor shouted, his left hand gripping the detonator button for the nuclear bomb. While the other holding a pistol that is pointing at the 5 Javelins in front of him.

"Calm down, sir! This is your one chance to end this alive and well!" One of the Javelins shouted desperately.

"I said STAY back!" The Governor said forcefully, the Javelin was about to refuse again when someone contacted him. Then he signalled his team and fell back, the Governor turned around and was about to leave when suddenly, a Javelin de-cloaked in front of him and with a hard kick to his left, dropping the detonator. The Governor then fired his sidearm at the onyx black supersoldier but was shocked to see that the magnetically accelerated armour piercing round merely bouncing off at an energy shield. The Javelin then proceeded to kill the Governor with a hard punch to the neck, twisting it to abnormal angels and letting the body twitch uncontrollably.

The Javelin then turned to his supposed squad leader and saluted," Sir, target elimination confirmed." He said in a calm, yet emotionless voice.

"Good, let's secure the room. The Army should be here in a moment."

*VIDEO END*

The battle earned them the nickname 'Super ninjas' by Imperial citizens as they killed the leader of the rebellion using no weapons. The battle would later be known as the Martian Insurrection, afterwards 2 billion Army personnel are sent to maintain peace and order to the cities there.

In 2044, Pirates began becoming common on shipping lanes between Earth and her Colonies, disrupting supply lines and creating disorder. The Emperor answered the outlaws by unveiling the Imperium's first warship: IMS New Age. It is a 800 meter warship armed with a few dozen laser batteries and hundreds of missiles, it's first battle was against 20 pirate vessels modified out of civilian freighters. The battle was a huge success as the New Age mercilessly pounded the pirates with it's advanced weaponry and outright obliterated them. By the end of the year, pirate activity has plummeted.

In 2046, Gene-breakthrough by BSDA allowed them to create the Immortality Serum for immortality, nanite injections, cybernetic augmentations, mechanical augmentations and biological augmentations for higher intelligence, higher muscle density, stronger muscle strength and bones, and massively increased reaction speeds. The enhancements were made available at clinic and tens of billions visited the clinics every year, estimated time for completion at 20 years.

In 2047: The Primarchs have completed their own training and are sent by the Emperor to help train the large numbers of Custodians, Masters of the Stars and Spartans. New groups of candidates also joined various programs to serve the Imperium while hundreds of millions began enlisting in the BSDA to use their intelligence to help the Imperium advance technologically.

In 2050, Time dilation field generator completed, it is then installed inside the Imperial Palace, keeping it safe while using it's powers to create a slipspace bubble that creates a time difference ratio of 100:1 between affected space and realspace, effectively cheating on the flow of time. At the same year, first group of Masters of the Stars completed their training; they later called themselves Adeptus Astartes, which has the same meaning, and was approved by the Emperor and his biological sons.

2051-2100: The Age of Expansion. The Time Dilation field expanded, and many worlds became affected by the field. The Emperor ordered a massive expansion effort to colonise all these worlds so as to maintain the rapid and massive population growth. Millions of colony vessels are built and in each of them carried billions of citizens and dozens of prefabricated cites, as well as the necessary terraforming equipment in case the planets are uninhabitable. The colonist are sent to cryogenic sleep to preserve supplies while the massive fleet used their improved slipspace drive to reach their intended destination.

In 2053 realspace, all worlds chosen for expansion terraformed and colonized by the Imperium, the number of humans are now in the tens of quadrillions without any signs of stopping. By now, around 2 trillion Astartes have been recruited and trained while the other supersoldier branches now number from 100 million to an overwhelming 100 billion. It was also at this year that the 'ORION' program was initiated by conducting more augmentations on the already augmented troops of the Imperial Army, granting them strengths above regular civilians and thus, easier to do their duties.

In 2057 realspace, Slipspace technology is improved again, this new version allowed for 100 light years per second, effectively creating instantaneous FTL travelling. Every Imperial world had an economic boom thanks to the new slipspace drive. It was also at this year that Project 'Olympus' was initiated. It's objective is to make every world into a impregnable fortress. The undertaking of the project is given to Primarchs Rogal Dorn and Perturabo to complete.

In 2060 realspace, after years of attempted particle manipulation, the Imperium finally succeeded in creating a replicator. The replicator effectively ended the need for automated factories and processing facilities as the replicator can do it all. Records show that during a (time dilation) 50 year test, It's efficiency in production of high military grade parts for personnel weaponry and starships were increased by 300 percent. As such replicator technologies quickly replaced factories and were even installed on starships.

In 2073 realspace, first contact occurred. A Forerunner fleet accidentally hit an Imperial patrol ship and caused 200 deaths, tensions quickly cooled when the Forerunners were able to explain their actions and soon they became best allies. Forerunner science groups openly work with Imperial science groups to help understanding their respective technologies, military exercises and occasional military exchange programs are conducted between both sides, greatly strengthening their bond as brothers in arms. Project 'Olympus' also completed, forming a impregable galactic fortress, relations between the 2 Primarchs also strengthened by the cooperation. Project 'Utopia' initiated with the intention of standardizing Imperial governance, all Primarchs participate in the project along with their Astartes 'sons'.

In 2075 realspace, Project 'Utopia' completed, every planet is now governed by an Astartes Captain-Governor, while a sector under an Astartes Senior Captain-Governor and all the planets split into 5 different segmentums under the rule of an Astartes Tetrarch. First contact with Sangheili as well, Sangheili warrior culture made them respect the humans and Forerunners as a military force. They initially conducted joint military practices but soon they even made exchange programs scientifically and militarily, creating an impressive and tight triple alliance.

In 2090 realspace, both the Forerunners and Sangheili created the 'Promethean' and 'Ghost' programs respectively as their supersoldier programs. Joint scientific efforts also created the Ultimate AI revolutionary technology, allowing the AIs of all three empires as a whole to self evolve, allowing them real life like any organic has: change. These efforts also created numerous other technologies such as Quantum Shielding, Hardlight Barriers and even a Power Generator with 2 miniaturised stars in a repeated supernova stage to create 2 foes of energy, which is enough to provide sufficient power for an entire planet for practically 100 years without repeating the process again.

In 2100 realspace, The Imperium expanded to more than 150 million worlds, the Forerunners 90 million worlds and the Sangheili 92 million worlds, making them the largest empire ever to exist. First contact with Eldar also occurred, the Eldar agreed to join the three species as military, economic and scientific allies, their domain of 60 million worlds further expanding the already massive joint-species coalition.

2101-2169: Age of Peace, The Emperor made a proposal as to create a coalition that would would spritually unify them into a single political entity and as a result, the Coalition of Unified Species is formed. The Imperium also continuously expanded outwards, creating an empire with over 500 million worlds. The other powers followed suit and the Forerunners now have more than 300 million worlds, the Sangheili 305 million worlds and the Eldar more than 200 million worlds.

During the peaceful reign, the 4 military powers developed Hardlight Armour, enhanced Vibranium, Slipspace Deflector Shields and even massive particle cannons. While the Imperium still made use of projectile weapons like the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon for both fleets and ground forces, they are so effective that the newer technologies like Plasma lances, particle beams and hardlight cannons are as effective as them despite being considerably more primitive.

During this time period, the 4 species improved upon slipspace engine that allows for more than 10,000 light years per second and lauched numerous colonisation efforts on the Andromeda Galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud. The Imperium colonised a total of 300 million worlds, the Forerunners 120 million worlds, the Sangheili 122 million worlds and the Eldar 80 million worlds.

Numerous gigastructures in the form of system wide shield worlds, ring-worlds, dyson spheres, hyper-forges and even giga-shipyards are built in each star system to maximise the Coalition's population capacity, industrial input and output. Every gas giant encountered also has their atmosphere stabilised by artificial means to allow for mass colonisation, creating more than 1 billion new worlds for Coalition colonisation (which they did).

Population check of total population of all 4 species numbers in the mid-hundreds of septillions, with the number increasing to the high hundreds in the next few millennia.

2170: *CONTENT TO BE ADDED*

"This is the end of the brief history script, goodbye and looking forward to seeing you again!" The datapad's mic said.

*MARK: -24:00 HOURS*

With that, the datapad closed. Captain Albionus sighed; the datapad still hasn't been updated with information regarding the discovery of this unidentified object. looking at the 'tuning fork' in front of him, it was slightly smaller than the size of a Forerunner Trinity class Heavy Cruiser by approximately 2 kilometres . But compared to his 30 kilometre large and 2 quadrilliom metric ton heavy Manticore Class Super-Heavy Cruiser, the 15 kilometre object was nothing. He looked at the data the scanners showed and raised an eyebrow in interest.

The object in question was more than 1 billion years old. And it contained a large amount of an unknown element that the Imperium has never seen, let alone the rest of the Coalition. "Interesting," The Captain mused. Just then one of the command crew, a regular human, reported: "Sir scans show that the object is some form of faster than light travelling device that is linked with other forks to form a network of planets. I would have more if you allow Xerxes to hack into it's records."

"Permission granted," Albionus said. Then the metallic humanoid next to Abionus saluted, "with pleasure milord." Then the AI froze as if it was in a stasis field. The Captain saw it happening and decided to wait it out.

*MARK: -2:00 HOURS*

Albionus waited, waited and waited when finally Xerxes' body became active again, "Sir, you won't believe what I found inside, it is a gold mine!" Albionus face-palmed, "Explain," he ordered.

"This structure is dubbed as the Mass Relay, it allows for instant travel between systems that have these, and with them. It forms a network like our scannerman said earlier," He said, earning a chuckle from the crew and a grumble from the crewman he was referring to before continuing.

"The Relay's element is called Element Zero, which reduces an object's mass to negative zero, propels the object that interacts with the unit into FTL. Which by the way, it's a by-product of our Nova Generators as this Element can only be made when a star is in supernova stage. Also, the transition between relays can only jump into the system with the paired relay. Making it somewhat like a interstellar choke point." The AI finished his explanation.

"When can you activate it?" Albionus asked the AI.

"Around 2 hours from now, why ask?" The AI asked, clearly perplexed by the Captain's question.

"Theoretical: This object is made by unknown faction a billion years ago, though it is unlikely that they are still alive, securing the other side would further secure colony from external threats.

Practical: Go through this 'Relay' and secure the star system of that end." The AI nodded.

"Very well, shall I call for additional ships as well?"

"Do it." Albionus replied despite being very confident that the 300 ship strong fleet defending Shanxi is more than sufficient to fight off any and all threats to the colony, he still wasn't going to take risks. "Overconfidence is the fall of the mighty" He whispered, referring to Guan Yu of Ancient China and Marcus Licinius Crassus of Ancient Rome. As he was wondering if his choice was correct, Xerxes cut his thoughts.

"Done, Captain Remus and Captain Tarius of the Ultramarines 174th Heavy Battlegroup and 15th Carrier Battlegroup respectively are en-route. ETA is 120 minutes as they have just finished patrolling the Armageddon Sector for any signs of anomalies. Remus' battlegroup has 1 Crusader Class Super Heavy Cruiser, 10 Decimation Class Heavy Cruiser, 30 Firestorm Class Heavy Frigates and 20 Viper Class Heavy Destroyer. Tarius' has 1 Athena Class Supercarrier, 4 Thunderchild Class Heavy Carriers and 20 Strident Class Heavy Frigates. They also have a fleet of 200 droneships with them."

"Good, I'll be at my armoury, alert me when the Relay is opened." with that, he stood up and left the bridge, not waiting for the AI's reply.

*MARK: 00:00 HOURS*

"Captain, the Relay is ready to activate on your word." The AI said in the Captain's neural lace. The Captain was polishing his Master-crafted Heavy Bolt pistol and hardlight broadsword at that time.

"Very well, I'll be there in 5." He replied, and then holstered his pistol and made his way to the bridge. As he walked, he couldn't help but feel rather unpleasant by his own decision to go through the Relay but quickly shoved it aside, 'I'm an Astartes, I have a duty to ensure the colony and by extension, the Imperium's safety.' He thought to himself. But he soon cleared that from his mind as he stepped into the Bridge.

"I take it that you're done?" He asked the AI.

"Yes, also Captain Remus and Captain Tarius' fleets have arrived, they are hailing us."

"Accept hail" Soon the Hardlight projector flickered into life and the hulking figures of 2 Ultramarines Captains materialised. They both wore the 'Lorem Terrae' badge, the Elite of Terra. "Hail Captains! I did not expect the Elites of the Prime Chapter to come here!"

The 2 Captains gave a chest salute, "Captain Albionus! It is an honour to serve with a son of Athenus! Your feat against the pirate invasion fleet on Terra Nova is well known across the Legion." The Athenian nodded, "The honour is all mine." He replied gratefully before Tarius spoke up.

"Now let us get on with business, shall we?"

"Yes, please do so" Remus added. And Albionus nodded

Albionus repeated the information regarding the Mass Relay to the captains. Afterwards, Remus sighed, "This is troubling news indeed brother, a race that existed that early is a grave threat to our dominion if they are not friendly." He turned towards Albionus.

"What is your theoretical and practical?"

Albionus repeated his intentions and reasons for it. After that the 2 captains nodded, "A sound explanation, Captain" Tarius praised the Athenian. The Captain merely nodded before looking at his tactical display.

"Remus and my fleets will go through that thing first, afterwards Tarius will follow suite after we're through. That way, our main fleets will secure the system from any and all unknowns while our support fleets will stay behind us to deploy their fighter complements." He looked at the captains.

"If there aren't any problems now, we'll start the operation immediately." With that, he disconnected with the captains and ordered his fleet through, the others following suite.

The hulking warships of the Imperial Fleet began coming to life, their dark matter and graviton engines propelling them to speeds physically impossible for their massive size, they interacted with the Relay and moments later, they vanished into the cold unfamiliar void with a blue glowing trail following them, dissipating in seconds, leaving the void back to its original form: cold, black and unforgiving.

WIKIPEDIA

COALITION OF UNIFIED SPECIES

SHORT VERSION

The Coalition of Unified Species, or CUS for short, is the unified political body of the Imperium of Man, Forerunner Ecumene, Sangheili Empire and Eldar Empire. Their leaders always meet on the Greater Ark but otherwise stay on their capital worlds. The military command structure demands that any the lower ranking units from other species must comply with orders of another species' soldier whose rank is higher. Their military command is called USECOMM (Unified Species Command) and are responsible for their military deployment. The USECOMM is mainly divided into these subcommands: MILKCOMM (Milky Way Command), ANCOMM (Andromeda Command), TRICOMM (Triangulum Command), LAMCOMM (Large Magellanic Command) and SAMCOMM (Small Magellanic Command). The subcommands are further divided into mega-sectors by affiliation, meaning Human territory will remain in human hands, the others the same as well. These mega-sectors will then become sectors, subsectors and finally systems. Each system is protected by a formidable fleet of 300 ships to hold until reinforcements arrive, which are usually in the hundreds of millions.

Civilian citizenship are determined by the territory they are born in, while application for another citizenship usually requires light investment in business or contribution in scientific development for the nation of choice. As a result of this policy and the People's desire to invent, led to a massive scientific and business community of various fields. All citizens, no matter their origins, must abide by the law of the state. If they break the law, they are punished according to the law of the place they broke. Every citizen are also unconsciously uploaded with combat flash training to allow for a sub-standard, but by no means, weak performance in battle.

Private Military Contractors are welcome in the CUS, they are highly sought after since mobilisation cost are rather high and PMCs are known to have army veterans fighting in unorthodox ways, which attracts military units to study such tactics and possibly employ them. Despite the supposed "highest bidder is the master" motto usually seen in past PMCs, CUS originated PMCs are first and foremost loyal to their entity of origin, meaning the PMCs are in reality, an extension of the CUS' will in private corperations.

CUS governments heavily encourage citizens to create businesses by sponsoring 90 percent of the business (while allowing the business to remain in private possession) and provide advisers to help the business flourish. Some genres of companies, specifically those of the military-focused industries and technological development industries, are always 95 percent sponsored by government funding, as well as having a permanent 60 percent control of the company and under guard by OMI agents to protect their technology from any sinister parties.

CUS economies rely on shipbuilding industry, services agencies, technological development, firearms production, vehicle production and architectural construction to maintain, expand and strengthen them. As replicator technology has already removed the 'scarcity-unlimited wants' factor in raw materials, as such their main efforts are focused on tertiary production (servicing final products) as the replicators primary production (harvest in raw materials) and bypasses secondary production (processing raw materials to semi-finished or complete products) on a number of fields but not all of them, with shipbuilding being an example.

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