That_Angry_Man
Talking of history...
-23bn Ago~~ Anhysbys universe formed
-15.04bn Ago~~ Anhysbys universe first solar system formed
-13bn Ago~~ Forumverse Formed
-12.04bn Ago~~ first Anhybys precursor race evolves
-12.04bn Ago~~ Anhysbys precursor race develops FTL
-12.039bn Ago~~ Anhysbys precursor race expands
-12.037bn Ago~~ Anhysbys precursor race meets their "Them", they are destroyed
-11bn Ago~~ first universal cycle completed, They are destroyed and the cycle begins anew
-7bn Ago~~ Evolution of the second Anhysbys Precursor race
-6.997bn Ago~~ Second precursors find evidence of First precursors
-6.995bn Ago~~ Second precursors find evidence of Them.
-6.990bn Ago~~ Second precursors make a contingency plan to defeat them.
-6.987bn Ago~~ Second precursors construct first gateway
-6.965bn Ago~~ Second precursors control entire galaxy
-6.940bn Ago~~ Second precursors "ascend", Brain data placed in vault.
-4.6bn Ago~~ First solar system formed in forumverse
-2bn Ago~~ They are awoken by a signal from the brain vault
-2bn Ago~~ Next universal cycle completed, Next cycle begins
-130m Ago~~ Final precursors evolve.
-128m Ago~~ Final precursors invent FTL
-116m Ago~~ Final precursors learn of Them
-84m Ago~~ Final precursors reactivate Gateway network
-68m Ago~~ Final precursors begin to make a contingency plan to defeat them
-24m Ago~~ Final precursors make Anhysbys as a contingency plan
-21m Ago~~ Final precursors wiped out by Them
-19m Ago~~ First Anhybys Evolves to be simmilar to what we know today
-18m Ago~~ First Anhysbys reaches their moon, finds observation post to research them.
-18m Ago~~ The Anhysbys realise they were a experiment
-18m Ago~~ Anhysbys acquire Eho-Drive
-18m Ago~~ Anhysbys explore the cosmos
-18m Ago~~ Anhysbys conqure their galaxy
-16m Ago~~ Anhysbys conqure their universe
-15m Ago~~ Anhysbys deal with Them
-15m Ago~~ Anhysbys get everything they ever needed in one of their galaxies
-14m Ago~~ Anhysbys being slaughtered by Them
-14m Ago~~ Anhysbys run from them, and seal them in the other galaxies in their universe via the gateways
-14m Ago~~ 12 Galaxies remain in the Anhysbys universe
-13m Ago~~ The anhysbys stagnation wars
-10m Ago~~ Anhysbys place the tree planet in the forumverse to try and get rid of it's power
-8m Ago~~ Humans evolve
-7m Ago~~ The first Tau species evolve
-7m Ago~~ The anhysbys manipulating Tau's over their development
-1k Ago~~ The 200 year war on Tau-A1
-10y Ago~~ Expansion of the First tau empire
-9y Ago~~ Death of the First Tau empire
-9y Ago~~ Destruction of Tau-A1 and Akio's family
-8y Ago~~ The beginings of the ISC
-7y Ago~~ The manipulation of the ISC by the Anhysbys to eventually get the STE to happen
-7y Ago~~ Hart-Eter parasite is modified
-6y Ago~~ Hart eter parasite sparks the Rebellion of the TSC
-6y Ago~~ The TSC form into the STE
-6y Ago~~ Empress becomes Empress
-5y Ago~~ Empress accuires Blood feather
-5y Ago~~ The Anhysbys onlookers manipulate the political climate to cause the STE to leave TIE
-4y Ago~~ STE leaves TIE
-3y Ago~~ STE moves to a nebula
-2y Ago~~ STE encounters the Planet put there by the Anhysbys
-1y Ago~~ STE uses the tech relics on the planet to make the Echo drive
-1y Ago~~ The Anhysbys detect the STE jumping into Their dimention
-1y Ago~~ First STE ships destroyed
-1y Ago~~ The first person touches a psionic tree
-1y Ago~~ The Anhysbys attempt, and fail to save them
-11m(months) Ago~~ The Anhysbys steal Biomatter from TIE evac ships to make new semi-biological ships
-10m Ago~~ Akio starts wanting to touch the tree
-10m Ago~~ The Empress's feather starts acting again
-8m Ago~~ Anhysbys take part of the nebula
-6m Ago~~ STE begin downscaling fleet on order of Akio
-30d Ago~~ Akio meets Tharix
-20d Ago~~ Ixornvas attempts to take control of empress
-20d Ago~~ Akio fails to stop it, and realises he ***needs*** to touch the tree
-20d Ago~~ Empress is saved by others and the feather
-20d Ago~~ Akio touches tree, and sees all of this timeline and many other things
-20d Ago~~ Akio is approached by them, they for him, they know it all must end
-20d Ago~~ Akio is saved by the Onlooker
-20d Ago~~ Akio now has blue glowing eyes from this encounter.
-11d Ago~~ Empress wakes up
-0d Ago~~ Akio wakes up from another vision of them, they call for him
-0d Ago~~ Akio greets Tharix, begins rambling like a maniac
STE are awakened, all points on from here labeled as AFA "1y After awakening ect"
1d AFA~~ Akio orders a large fleet to be made to stop them
for anyone wondering what "Them" is
They are a concept, it is different for each individual
They can be anything that is powerful enough to destroy everything given enough time
and something you can do nothing to fully stop, only slow.
For the Anhysbys, it was nanomachines
for the second precursors it was psionic entities manipulating their brain vault
for the first precursors it was unknown extradimentional aliens
The cycle is just when said entities cease to exist or function
after all, everything must end given enough time.
And so, the cycle of a race becoming dominant begins anew, and the entities that caused it to happen stop existing, or return to where they came from.
However, most times they appear, will be due to a deal with something with influence far in exess of the dominant race of a universe or galaxy, this too can be anything, but for the Anhysbys dimention it was usually either extradimentional aliens, Psionic entities, or simply making a deal with themselves by making something with potentially devastating results: nanomachines, terraforming, genetic modding, ect.