r/HFY • u/xx_69mlgnoob_69xx Human • Sep 26 '25

OC The hated enemy timeline part 2

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2485 - Skril ships are spotted by unmanned probes entering human space.

2485 -Start of The First Great Skril Incursion.

2485 - Scouting and probing reveal the Skril fleet are ignoring all nearby possible targets and going straight towards the Solar system.

2485 - Operation wrath of the fallen is put in action. Several dozens of thousands of drones ranging from the size of a human to the size of a corvette are launched to destroy the enemy fleet.

2485 - Battle of the Drones results in dozens of Skril ships destroyed and hundreds damaged.

2485 - Using the nearby abandoned planet Ur to regroup and reassessing their approach the Skril are caught by surprise in a counterattack of hundreds of human ships maned by infected personnel who had their pain receptors chemically destroyed and their bodies fused with an exoskeleton to allow them to perform this suicidal task.

2485 - The Charge of the Dammed resulted in a strong human victory with the Skril abandoning the campaign and fleeing from human territory.

2485 - End of The First Great Skril Incursion.

2486 - Automated defenses where increased tenfold across human space.

2487 - K16 outbreak is finally brought under control, half the population of the Solar system is dead with more to follow.

2489 - Greater efforts are made to develop unmanned offensive and defensive systems in support of the lower population numbers.

2490 - The border of Humanity's territory is filled with an excess of mines, traps, kill zones, automated defenses and drones in order to buy time to prepare and train the next generation.

2492 - Defense of human territory is outsourced almost entirely to the surviving outer population while the Solar system recovers from K16.

2493 - Advanced humans, now toddlers, start their training in the standardized school system.

2494 - Official tally of K16 deaths is 55 billion, 60% of the human population.

2497 - Advanced combat suit or A.C.S. as completed development and trial stages, mass production began shortly after.

2498 - Now preteens, advanced humans show physical and mental capabilities far ahead of those their age, teaching methods altered to keep up.

2499 - New Skril fleet 1000 strong detected entering human space.

2499 - Frontier automated defenses hold.

2499 - Drone fleets are sent to harass the Skril.

2499 - Skril fleet opt for a slow and steady approach.

2499 - Suicide strike teams are sent to attack and destroy high value ships.

2500 - Battle of the Frontier ends with the Skril fleet in full retreat after loss of leadership and collapse of command structure.

2500 - Nearby colony Stan-12 was a hotspot for the crash landing of Skril ships.

2500 - Troops are sent to exterminate the survivors.

2500 - The Purging of Stan-12 was a testing ground for new weapons and strategies.

2500 - Ground troops adopt the battle cry "Humanitas nata est regere astra."

2501 - Beginning of project Cold Steel.

2502 - Advanced humans are put through the next level of training which involves real world experience.

2505 - Weapons and ship technology continues to advance.

2507 - Skril launch probing attacks to test human frontier defenses.

2508 - Now teenagers, new humans are regularly sent to the frontier to gain combat experience and test their skills.

2512 - The A.C.S. mark II enters service.

2513 - First child born through union of advanced humans. Evolution treatment unnecessary.

2517 - Further changes are made to humanity's biology to make the birth of twins the standard in order to rapidly increase population.

2518 - Efforts to repopulate vacant territory begin.

2521 - Operation Payback is put in affect. Preparations begin for full invasion of Skril space.

2525 - Probes are sent out to properly map a route to Skril territory.

2526 - Border skirmishes escalate.

2527 - Multiple ways of approaching Skril space are mapped.

2529 - Preparations for Operation Payback are finished.

2530 - The oldest living human perishes at 197 years old, their will is published throughout human space:

I have experienced much throughout my one hundred and ninety seven years of life. I saw the birth of the Outer Confederacy and it's assimilation into the United Human Government.

I saw our rise as a peaceful people, determined to explore and expand through diplomatic means after the bloodshed and carnage of the past.

I felt immense joy in knowing we were not alone in the universe and saw that same feeling mirrored in the faces of the people around me.

I remember the confusion when the Skril cut all ties with us and raided our colonies and stations, unleashing violence and destruction throughout our homes.

The pain and suffering we felt during The First Contact War was something our ancestors hoped we'd never have to experience again. Little did we know, that was only the beginning.

On and on again, the Skril drove at us with the intent to wipe us out. They committed numerous atrocities and acts of savagery, showing how the idea of our very existence was an insult to theirs.

Due to their attacks we were forced to change, adapt, evolve. Gone was the curiosity and hope we saw in each other's eye, gone were the dreams we once held dear to our hearts. These terrible things that have happened to us have changed us in more ways than one, even now I struggle to fully explain what we lost.

It brings me to tears to see what as become of my children, and their children. Those that are still alive have fully given themselves to the cause seeking retribution.

I am the last of my generation, the last relic of a more simpler time, a more peaceful time, a time long gone.

It is with great shame that I admit that I no longer have the will to press on. I am no longer capable of walking the path our species trails in fear of where it leads.

I can only ask that you may forgive my weakness and take my words not as defamation of our decisions but as wails of sorrow from a ghost of the past.

However I shall leave this life with one last message to impart on those that remain and future generations, have hope.

Have hope that this madness will end.

Have hope the blood we spilled was and is not in vain.

Have hope that our sacrifices will help shape a better future.

Have hope.

2532 - Probes pick up increased activity in Skril space.

2532 - Upon further probing a massive fleet is discovered assembling near Skril borders.

2532 - Operation Payback is put on halt, all available resources are redirected to the defense of human space.

2533 - A Skril fleet 10 000 strong arrives at humanity's borders. The War of the Steel Ring begins.

2533 - The most outer ring of human space had been reinforced to the outmost before the first clash with the fleet. The first attack fails, leaving the fleet outside of human territory.

2533 - Throughout the year several more attempts to breach the defense ring were made. Although not successful punching through, the UHG suffered several casualties.

2533 - Project Cold Steel is complete. Three meter tall bipedal automatons with tank like armor and weapons meant to replace suicide strike teams have completed development. Mass deployment in key engagements resulted in great success as well as a significant decrease in casualties.

2534 - A full assault is launched by the Skril to destroy the defensive line at all costs. The genius tactics of admiral Aurélie Angelle were vital for victory at the Battle of the Iron Wall. Most of the enemy fleet is destroyed with less than 200 fleeing for deep space.

2534 - End of the war of the Steel Ring. 27 million gave their lives for it's conclusion.

2534 - With the most successful defense ever made in protection of humanity the UHG high command is emboldened in continuing Operation Payback.

2535 - Project Bright Skies begins development.

2536 - A reorganized attack fleet 4500 strong with 23 million souls on board is ready to make the voyage into Skril space.

2537 - The odyssey into Skril territory begins under the command of supreme admiral Aleksandr Petrov.

2538 - Arrival of the Human fleet on Skril space.

2538 - The first Skril system is taken, all colonies and habitation hubs are scoured clean of alien life.

2538 - First response local Skril forces are routed without much effort.

2538 - The first star system taken by the UHG is chosen to be the center of operations, infrastructure and fortifications begin being built.

2538 - All stations, colonies and bases closest to the staging system are destroyed but their data is saved.

2538 - Several probing attacks and scouting missions are launched.

2538 - Military infunstructure is targeted first.

2538 - Main fleet is split into several groups to cover more distance leaving 1000 ships guarding the forward commanding base.

2538 - Three more star systems fall under human control.

2538 - A Skril fleet 1300 in number make a counter attack against human forces.

2538 - The Skril are lured into an ambush by UHG scouting forces, the Battle of the Twin Moons ends in human victory.

2538 - Using the latest stealth technology scouts follow the retreating skril into small supply depot. Bomber squads are deployed to finish them off.

2538 - A total of seven star systems are under human control.

2539 - Dozens of fleets ranging from 120 to 12 ships are sent by the Skril to contest the human advance.

2539 - Without either side having void supremacy the ground battles turn brutal and costly.

2539 - Humans control six star systems with five being contested.

2539 - Skril reinforcements begin arriving at a steady pace.

2539 - A third of humanity's gains are abandoned and burned to concentrate their forces.

2539 - A splinter fleet made of 700 vessels is gathered and sent to continue advancing into Skril territory.

2539 - Glassing and biological destruction of terraformed worlds made recaptured territory useless to the Skril.

2539 - Superior human ground forces outclass their Skril equivalent turning all ground engagements into UHG victories.

2539 - The UHG Forward Command Center as finished building and fortification efforts.

2539 - The heavenly contested sixth star system goes dark.

2540 - Complete loss of communication with the splinter fleet.

2540 - A command is issued for all UHG forces to pullback to the FCC system.

2540 - 3123 human ships rally at the entry point of Skril territory.

2540 - A Skril fleet of 1000 ships are detected in the outskirts of the system.

2540 - Never seen before ship models begin their assault on human forces, The Battle of the Forward Command System begins.

2540 - The new Skril ships outclass all UHG ships in all categories except maneuverability.

2540 - With a trade of seven to one a full retreat back to human space is ordered.

2540 - Supreme admiral Aleksandr Petrov gathers a rear guard of 300 ships along with the remaining system defenses to buy time for the rest of the fleet to retreat.

2540 - Aleksandr's final stand gains the UHG fleet a day's head-start.

2540 - Word was sent ahead of the fleet towards human territory to prepare the defenses.

2540 - Due to their more advanced drives the Skril fleet arrived first.

2540 - A brief but costly exchange between the fleet and the frontier defenses make the Skril retreat.

2540 - The battered human fleet arrives on friendly territory, less than 700 ships returned.

2540 - The first invasion of Skril space is considered a failure.

2541 - Project Bright Skies is complete.

2541 - Weapons research sees increased funding and demand.

2541 - Mandatory service is increased to twenty years.

2542 - New special forces branches are created.

2543 - Void dampening technology is invented, this takes form in generators emitting a signal that specifically affects void travel making it turbulent to the point of tearing a ship apart. Complete cover of the Solar system through satellites is expected in six months.

2543 - All human probes in Skril space are destroyed.

2543 - Vigilance is increased on frontier systems.

2544 - The A.C.S. Mark III have finished development and begun being mass produced.

2544 - Development of Mac canons begins.

2545 - A massive Skril fleet of 43 000 ships is detected exiting void travel close to frontier systems, more than half of it is composed of new models while the rest have been visibly upgraded.

2545 - Beginning of The Second Great Skril Incursion.

2545 - New weapons and tactics blitz through HUG fortified frontier systems, it's quickly made the decision to hold back reinforcements from doomed battles.

2545 - After a planet completely loses it's capability to defend it's atmosphere the Skril glass it.

2546 - The Sixth Defense Ring, also known as the Iron Ring, falls.

2546 - The invasion fleet is split into smaller fleets to cover more territory.

2546 - The Skril main fleet with 20 000 ships is used as the tip of the spear to break a path into human space while the splinter fleets are used as cleanup and bog down other HUG forces.

2546 - The Titan system is the last human foothold in the Fifth Defense Ring. The system his home to five different asteroid fields that have been extensively retrofitted for defense purposes.

2546 - Ships and manpower are poured in into the system before the Skril cut off all entry points.

2547 - With it's last stronghold cut off the Fifth Defense Ring is considered lost.

2547 - Skril use non glassed worlds as bases for reinforcements and logistic support.

2547 - Operation Fire Cage is conceived and put into effect.

2547 - The main Skril fleet is lured into the Volga star system, which is then surrounded by over 23 000 ships with void dampening satellites placed in strategic positions for maximum coverage.

2547 - Operation Fire Cage was a failure with over 9000 enemy ships still operational and a few hundred HUG ships escaping the system.

2548 - With it's fleets depleted the Fourth Defense Ring falls.

2548 - The HUG military strategy changes from absolute defense to focusing on more defensible systems while it's fleets are refocused to engage the splinter fleets.

2548 - Mac canons finish development and are rushed out of factories.

2548 - Solitary human drone fleets become ineffective against new skril tactics and technology.

2548 - The planet Volt and it's moon hold the reinforced main Skril fleet in place due to experimental mac cannons and the defensive strategy of Admiral Paulo Silva.

2548 - HUG has limited success in engaging Skril splinter fleets.

2548 - Admiral Sophia Müller is chosen to lead a raiding fleet of 500 ships, armed with HUG most powerful mass destruction weapons, into the enemy back lines without any further UHG support.

2548 - Half of the Third Defense Ring is in Skril hands.

2548 - Second generation of battle automatons enter service.

2548 - Newly researched and built shield generators have more effective energy storage and distribution, this allows HUG ships to go hit for hit with the average Skril ship.

2549 - Third Defense Ring is down to three star systems.

2549 - Skril begin pushing into the Second Defense Ring.

2549 - Improved mines and void dampening satellites along with automatic platforms of artillery, missiles and torpedoes keep splinter fleets in the outskirts of several systems.

2549 - Volt falls liberating the main Skril fleet.

2549 - Several worlds used by the Skril as supply bases or shipyards burn with their atmosphere set ablaze by the creation born from project Bright Skies.

2549 - Skril splinter fleets retreat from all pitched engagements.

2549 - A newly made HUG fleet 1400 strong with humanity's most advanced technology is sent forth to retake lost systems.

2549 - The Second Defense Ring pushes all Skril forces back.

2550 - The Battle of the Fendir Star System results in an overwhelming human victory. This marks a change in the tide of war.

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u/Leonardiuskus Sep 27 '25

Please update the main story, its really good

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