Hello all! Ric here with the next part of the Entire Star Trek Timeline,
technically part 3 after a more in depth look at the Fall of Iconia. We ended the last section
around 200,000 years before the Earth year 0, so picking up where we left off, let’s start
with something that is a little vague. It’s probable that around this time,
the Sphere creation encountered in 2257 began its journey to observe and collect knowledge,
but its origin is a mystery. Partially artificial, part alive, it could be either a probe or an
entity that continued to evolve with time as it built up a library of knowledge. Travelling
around it observed many things, cataloguing knowledge on artificial intelligences,
the histories of passing planets and peoples including the history of Kaminar. The age estimate
of the Sphere started at around 100,000 years old, but as sifting through its information continues,
that estimate is gradually going further back. Another sphere that probably came into existence
around this time is the Jenolan Dyson Sphere, although this is
only mentioned outside of the shows. Also around this time, the planet of
Talos 4 (the first planet visited in a Star Trek series) suffers a world war which leaves
the surface uninhabitable. The surviving natives retreat into underground bunkers and begin to
build their cities there. The survivors may not have had the technological knowledge to maintain
these underground cities and over time much of the technology they relied on began to decline.
In response the Talosians instead focused on developing their psionic powers, becoming
incredibly powerful telepaths and creating massive illusions that were real enough to pass
and even feel real. Their society however would eventually begin to stagnate over the next 100,000
or so years., although some sources say that this war could have been much earlier in the timeline.
The Preservers are very active all throughout this time period and up until around 18,000
BC. Many people suspect that these are the same species, or at least direct descendants of the
Ancient Humanoids, remember them from part one of this series? In a way, continuing their mission
to cultivate humanoid life as best they can and prevent the extinction of them. If not a direct
link, then at least they shared a compatible goal. If so, then their footprints are all throughout
galactic life, but eventually they faded from history too. To give some context, Preserver
technology was found on Amerind, Andoria, Magna Roma and they may be responsible for the further
dissemination of humanoid forms, especially those early TOS aliens that looked exactly like humans.
In the Delta Quadrant, an ocean planet is created when all the water of an M class
world is removed and artificially suspended in a forcefield creating
a water world held together by a core reactor. Also in the Delta Quadrant, at around 100,000
years ago an unknown species that utilised singularities eventually creates a network
of communications arrays across a very large area, suggesting they had advanced spaceflight
capabilities too. This species was gone by the time of Voyager’s discovery of that network.
Additionally, El Aurien hearsay has the Borg originate around this time period,
but that’s unlikely considering their rate of growth in later years.
I thought I’d mention it just in case however. At around 50,000 years ago, the Horta species,
a sentient mineral lifeform entered their incubation period on Janus 6,
a time where they all died out except for a single individual who maintains guardianship of the egg
clutch and waits for them to hatch again. The planet Cheron was the subject of an
uprising between its several indigenous races after the oppression of one side from another.
Lokai led the revolution but was pursued by Bele for treason where the two would engage in a game
of cat and mouse for the next 50,000 years while the planet itself wiped itself out in an ensuing
race war leaving these two the only embittered survivors who continued their pointless struggle.
The First Federation is supposedly founded at this time, although this is not mentioned on
screen so take that with a grain of salt. At the time, their territory did not reach the
borders it would later establish and aside from being a very advanced and powerful civilisation,
their claimed territory remained rather modest. At around 45,000 years ago, the Sky Spirits
from the Delta Quadrant visited Earth and had a massive impact on what would become the native
American populace. At the time, these humans were nomadic hunters without a spoken language,
although their respect for the land and life impressed the Sky Spirits who influenced their
genome to develop them further. We will come back to these people at a later date.
By around the 19th century The descendants of the Sky People’s influence, named the Inheritors,
had spread over the land and developed their own customs but eventually they were displaced by
later human civilisations, becoming a small and scattered people who preserved their ancestral
heritage as best they could into the 25th century and beyond. This was unknown to the
Sky People who failed to locate the Inheritors and they assumed they had been wiped out,
never visiting Earth again after this date. I’m mentioning this here in case I forget
about coming back to them in a later video. On Earth, the Neanderthals collect their Darwin
award and go extinct around this time, but it’s a gradual process and it’s not
like they all died out. After all, it’s likely they ended up mingling with other early humans
alongside failing to thrive by themselves. At around 30,000 years ago, the Verathans
had expanded their interstellar Imperial civilisation over around 24 star systems
and created a robust trade and communications network in the Gamma Quadrant spanning 19 known
dynasties. However they would not last and by the 24th century, they had gone extinct. Maybe the
Dominion took out the last of them who knows. On Bajor at this time, a Pah Wraith known as
Kosst Amojan and a Prophet arrive on the planet and are sealed inside a stone tablet to prevent
their reckoning. This tablet is then buried within an ancient Bajoran city which persists for 7000
years and its events folded into mythology. Meanwhile, Humans are learning how to
better do civilisation and stuff with elements of deep sea fishing, creating fibre based clothing,
making early sculptures and painting shells. And we have the last Glacial Maximum around
26,000 years ago with the surface of the planet being up to 25% ice at times.
Tagus 3, remember that ancient planet I mentioned in the last part with a consistent 2 billion years
of civilization? Well they finally allowed the first outsiders onto their world to conduct
archaeological surveys around 22,000 years ago. On Bajor once more, the Holy City of B’hala
is founded and persists for 2,000 years before becoming uninhabited and lost and at this time,
it’s unlikely they had the orbs of the prophets yet, however their beliefs were
already being shaped by the legends beforehand. On Trill, the first joining takes place. I’ll
leave it there because the exact nature of how the Trill came to be is all the subject of apocrypha
but it was either convergent evolution, an accident or… something I don’t wanna contemplate.
The Kurlan people existed in this time, and relics of their spirituality continue
to exist for many centuries while the people of Sigma Draconis begin to expand their technology
into interstellar travel, however this would not last for them as their ice age reached intolerable
levels and they were forced to retreat underground where their society devolved and while the women
were sheltered underground, the men ended up staying on the surface leading to a divide
that lasted far longer than they anticipated. Additionally, there are a species of space-faring
people who created a symbiotic bond with Gomtuu’s species, which they used to explore
the galaxy at faster than light speeds. Over the next 2000 years however, they would fall
leaving only one known surviving living vessel. We are now passing into an era of less than
10,000 years ago and it’s in this era that we see the beginnings of one of the major
powers of the Star Trek galaxy as we see it, although this is only based on a single line
of dialogue and contradicted by other sources; it’s possible that the Dominion, as a concept
from the Founders began around 8000 years ago. We also see several artificial intelligences
get their emergence in this era with the Custodian of the planet Aldea being installed
by the inhabitants to watch over them and maintain their culture for the next 10,000
or so years. Another computer was Vaal, the dictator supercomputer of Gamma Trianguli VI,
however its creators are unknown. And finally the species known as the
Fabrini lost the primary sun of the Fabina system and as such loaded a nearby asteroid
with a reactor, computer and life support system before riding it out of their system
on a generational move to a colony world. In this epoch we can see that numerous
recognisable names and cultures are beginning to be mentioned, with most of the players that
we know from Star Trek having their early roots in this period. Vulcans, Klingons and of course
Humans are all preindustrial, and still evolving to reach something recognisable. Of course,
this is far before most of them are aware of interstellar life, but big changes are happening
across the board such as Bajor beginning to be heavily influenced by the Prophets and form its
identity while most other planets are evolving into cultures. Humans were emerging as their
competitor lines were being absorbed or wiped out, and the Vulcans were still twatting each
other with rocks and sticks. You know, when viewed in this fashion, it’s not surprising
to see the Q’s take on humans. Seriously on their scale of time, they looked away for one
second and suddenly the primates have spaceships. Meanwhile, the galaxy is host to its own powers
and Empires, much as before and some of these will continue to exist into the Star Trek Timeline but
most fading into more recent legend. It’s about now that the timeline is going to slow down quite
a bit as observable history begins on numerous planets. Alongside the past 2 timeline videos,
there is a collection of apocryphal additions that I could make to this time,
which I have refrained from including simply because they could be rendered untrue,
but we have several other empire’s rising and falling in this time. The chief idea being
that there were 3 periods between 100,000 and 30,000 where next to all interstellar travel is
non-existent for a stretch of time. This is likely not due to any menacing thing, but simply points
where the biggest powers on the block failed and a younger race had yet to emerge with Warp drive.
So, thanks for watching this next part in the entire timeline of Star Trek,
I’ve been Ric and I’ll see you again for another video, until then, goodbye!