I haven't touched this in a while, and it doesn't look like I'll do it any time soon, so here's the working timeline I have. Feel free to complain about it.
2313: Discovery of Inter-system subspace travel. Start of the Unification War.
2316: End of the Unification War. Galactic Terran Alliance formed.
2319: September: First Orion class destroyer, GTD Orion, completed.
2320: March: First official contact with the Parlementary Vasudan Empire.
April: First diplomatic meeting in Antares.
July: The XXXX-YYYY Treaty is agreed to by diplomats. Taken to respective goverments. GTD Gaia completed.
December: XXXX-YYYY Treaty rejected by legislators on both sides.
2321: January: Prince ZZZZ killed during drug gang battle. Vasudan politicians blame GTA outright.
Febuary: Diplomats QQQQ and WWWW meet. Meeting ends in bloodshed. War declared by both sides the next day.
April: Vasudans launch raid on Sol system. Crushed by GTD Gaia and 1st Fleet.
May: Vasudans begin construction on their own destroyer, the Thanatos class.
September: First Thanatos, PVD Thanatos, completed.
2322: Novemeber: GTA officials determine the war will not be short. Authorizes the construction of the Leviathan crusier.
2323: March: First Battle of the Vasuda-Antares node. Marks the first time Terran warships enter the Vasuda system. Terrans only managed to hold the node for a week before being driven back.
2324: June: Battle of Vega III. In an attempt to get around the Terran hold on Antares, the PVN launches its first major assult on a Terran system at Vega. The battle was the bloodiest to date, with the loss of nearly 50,000 on both sides. The Terrans managed to drive the Vasudans back to Deneb, but didn’t have the strength for a counter-attack.
2326: August: The first Savior class destroyer, PVD Savior, come off the lines. Over the next two years, the Vasudans would completely replace their Thanatos class destroyers with these powerful ships.
October: First Battle of Antares-Vasuda node. To show off the new ship, Vasudan Prince UUUU orginizes an attack on Antares. The PVD Savior tears through Terran lines. The Vasudans gain a powerful foothold in Antares.
November: Battle of Gulnara. As the Vasudans poured into the system, the Terrans launched a massive counter-attack. Near the Antares IV moon, Gulnara, the Vasudan fleet is beaten back to the node. This defeat leads GTA command to believe that victory is on the horizion. Leviathan production is halted, and the GTA initiates a major offensive.
2327: January: Realising the end is coming, the Vasudan parliament “unofficially” moves to Alpha Centauri where it would stay until after the Great War. The Third Battle of the Vasuda-Antares node happens days later. Terrans establish a strong foothold in Vasuda.
Feburary: The last element of the Vasudan navy is forced out of Vasuda. The GTA begins building up forces for the invasion of Vasuda Prime.
March: Battle of Talania. In an attempt to avenge the invasion of Vasuda, a group of Vasudan Admirals, under the leadership of Prince TTTT, launch an attack on Talania, destroying the Terran 6th fleet and the supply base there. After the raid, PVN command realised that the attack had crippled GTA supply lines, and orders the group to capitalize on their intial success. By then, the GTA had reinforced (Talania), and the fighting was much fearcer.
April: With their defenses weakened, the Vasudans launch a renewed attack on the Terrans in Vasuda, finally driving them out by May. The GTA orders Leviathan production resumed with new weapons and technologies.
2328: Febuary: First Cease Fire established. After regaining lost territory, the Vasudans prepare for an assualt on Terran systems when a rare Vasudan holiday comes up. Forced by religious leaders, the Vasudans offer the GTA a short cease fire. The GTA eagerly accepts, and uses this time to establish new defensive lines. The cease fire is ended before the treaty is half over with no progress toward a lasting peace.
March: Battle of Ribos. Using information gotten via a spy amongst the Vasudans, the GTA counters an invasion of Ribos by easily destroying the pride of the PVN fleet, the PVD Savior.
2329: January: Second Cease Fire established. Following a series of crushing defeats, the Vasudan parliment offers the GTA terms for a cease fire during which a lasting peace treaty would be discussed. Negotiations lasted only an hour before breaking down, but the cease fire held until the begining of Feburary, during which the Vasudans strengthed their own lines.
August: Battle of Deneb-Sirius Node. After surprising Vasudan forces in Deneb, the GTA attempts to take the Deneb-Sirius node. The defeat at this battle begins a chain of defeats for Terran forces that would eventually force them into Beta Aquilea.
December: Third Cease Fire estabished. In an attempt to stave off certian defeat, the GTA asks for a cease fire during the holiday season. It is agreed to, and lasts the five days after Christmas. The GTA uses this time to reinforce its lines and prepare a counter attack it launches on New Year’s Eve day.
2330: June: Betelgeuse Siege. After a dramatic counter-offensive, the Vasudans had managed to capture and hold Antares and Beta Cygni. It is decided by Prince KKKK to lay seige to Betelgeuse and force the system to surrender. The seige lasts nearly six months, costing the Vasudans dearly. While they busied themselves trying to starve out Betelgeuse, the rest of the GTA attacked multiple supply bases in Antares, crippling PVN supply lines. By December, the Vasudans are forced to withdrawl from Beta Cygni.
2331: March: Fourth Cease Fire established. Concedered the last serious attempt at peace, Vasudan and Terran officials meet for the bulk of the one month cease fire. Serious talks of an end to the war come up, but are dashed when no agreement is made.
November: Fifth Cease Fire established. By odd coincidence, Terran and Vasudan election dates overlapped during 2331, encouraging the ruling groups to ask each other for a cease fire so they could remain in power. The cease fire lasts two days, and the ruling parties were both soundly defeated. There would be no further cease fires until the arrival of the Shivans.
2332: January: After being sworn in, Senator LLLL makes a speech proclaiming that the Vasudans should be “bled white” as the only way to win the war. Similar statements by Vasudan legislators trigger a stalemate in the war that lasts for the next three years.
March: Designs for the new Vasudan destroyer, the Typhon, are approved and construction begins in Altair. Any Saviors currently in production are scrapped and used to build the new warship.
2333: March: Nearly one year to the day, the first Typhon, PVD Typhon, leaves the Altair ship yards. Its first assignment is to take Vega.
April: The Vega Engagement. The GTA’s first encounter with the Typhon class destroyer ends with the destruction of the GTD Eisenhower and the 4th Fleet. The GTA launches a counter attack on Vega, forcing the Typhon to retreat but taking horrendus losses in the process.
2334: June: Battle of Vega-Deneb Node. The last major battle of the 14 Year War sees the Terrans take the Vega side of the node. The first Typhon destroyed in combat occurs during the battle.
September: In an attack that surprised both sides, a second Typhon is destroyed in Antares.
2335: January 8th: GTA launches Operation Thresher, also known as the Fifth Battle of the Vasuda-Antares Node. Initial losses cause Thresher to be declaired a failure only two days after it started.
January 15th: The Shivans attack Vasudan and Terran forces near the Antares-Ribos node. The loss of the PVC Taurus and GTSC Plato lead towards cease fire proposal on the 18th by the Vasudans.
January 25th: GTA and PVE sign a cease fire and non-agression pact based on the XXXX-YYYY Treaty. The 14 Year War officially comes to an end.
I'm still lacking some details I wanted to include (military structure, side comments, actual names), but I'm too busy to work on it right now.
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