cover of Real Time by S.L. Field

Early War Era, circa 2363

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Early War Era, circa 2435

Cover of In Media Res by S.L. Field

Late War Era, 3398 – 3404

Cover of Gregory and the Gardener by S. L. Field

Primary War Era, circa 2949 -3320

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Primary War Era, confirmed 31700510 through 31700516

The Story

What Is The Thousand Years War?

In 2211 Humanity embarked on its Journey to the stars. A century later, we were already caught up in an existential war against a shadowy enemy. A thousand years later, we were still fighting. The Thousand Years War reached from the earliest years of human interstellar exploration to the establishment of a stable confederation of human civilization spanning dozens of star systems and hundreds of disparate planets, moons, and freestanding deep space stations. Yet everywhere humanity went, the enemy followed, as variable and ingenious as the humans it targeted.

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  • In Medias Res

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