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Here are links to what has been added so far. More articles will be added as the comic progresses. Index:Overall Timeline (Opens in a new window) Planet Svarr A brief explanation on intestellar communications Body augmentation The Grand Unification Capabilities of genetic modification These pages are still empty, but I linked to them so that I could test them: Military stuff Social Stories Summary of what has happened:The dinosaurs came and went. So did the humans. Around eighty million years after the fall of man, the one was born. The one was a cat, just a regular cat. But he had a small genetic mutation. He had opposable thumbs on his forepaws. This let The One have a slight advantage over the other Felines. And that’s where it might have ended, except that the mutation was a dominant trait. As the generations passed, the cats started using their front paws more to hold things and less to walk on. The more time they spent holding things, the more time they spent standing upright. The pelvis slowly rotated to accommodate the new stance, the fingers longer, and the claws less pronounced. It didn’t take long for tool use to start, and as the tools became more complex the brain became larger. Through the ages, the Felines progressed. From simple farming communities through a medieval system and onto a more advanced scientific era. It was then that Feline Astrologers discovered The Rogue Star. When they saw that a wandering star would enter the Solar System, they were dismayed. So momentous was this news that it altered the calendar. That year became known as Year Zero. The news was spread far and wide and for the first time in recorded history the Felines were united in purpose. To leave the planet of their birth. Fortunately, the star was spotted with ample time to spare. First with primitive rockets and then with massive arc ships, the Felines started to spread out from their homeworld. Little success was met, until Y785, when FTL flight finally became possible. Almost two hundred years passed and despair was starting to set in. Then, in Y943 the first compatible world was discovered. Dubbed Salvation, great plans for an exodus of the population were started. It wasn’t until Y1311 that a second compatible planet was found. Then came the heady days near the end of Y1316, when 73 compatible worlds were reported within four months. At this time (Y3544) the Felines inhabit, to a greater or lesser degree, over 400 worlds. Weapons: Originally, all warfare was conducted as hand-to-hand combat. Early weapons were either extensions of the claw or basic cutting implements. Ranged weapons were not introduced until quite late. Land wars were mainly massed troops, with very little officer corps. Air wars came before ocean wars as Felines avoid water. Flight was achieved long before any boats were made. Galactic wars started with spaceships just used as transports as they were too expensive and rare to be used in actual combat. After the great dispersal, warships become more commonplace and cheaper. Stellar war effectively ends with the introduction of the FTL missiles. The capacity to destroy ships at great ranges with no capacity to defend makes JJU the new pan-world government. |










