Talk:Timeline

The Frontier

The Frontier is possibly a faction of humanity, or the official name of the guardians. The Frontier is divided up into four known main types: Venus, Abandoned Earth, The Moon, and Mars. However, there may be more released in the future.

Venus Awaiting reports from the Vanguard.

Abandoned Earth The wilderness beyond the walls of the City are ruined and corrupted, claimed by nature and our enemies. From the war-torn fortresses of the Twilight Gap to the skyward steppes of Old Russia, evidence of our lost glory still litters the Earth, waiting to be rediscovered.

The Moon Early exploration attempts have proven too dangerous. The City has since classified Earth's Moon as a Forbidden Zone.

Mars Awaiting reports from the Vanguard.

Rough timeline based on what we know

• Present Day - The Traveler is discovered on Mars, and the Golden Age begins.
• Few years later - Humanity begins colonizing the Solar System.
• Unknown time later - The Exo are first built for some unknown conflict.
• Several hundred years later - The Darkness sweeps over the solar system, destroying humanity's empire. This is the collapse, and the Dark Age begins.
• Unknown time later - Humans who have fled Earth become the Awoken.
• Later - The Traveler sacrifices itself to save mankind, driving back the Darkness.
• Later - The City is founded, after much conflict, starting the City Age. The first Guardians appear to defend the city against alien attack.
• 700 years later - Guardians have begun exploring the ruins of the solar system, with the ultimate goal of discovering the past and preventing the Darkness's return.

Worth/Age format

I have to ask, is there a reason for a timeline? It seems like a holdover from Halopedia (its own timeline), but so far, there hasn't been a single absolute date given for the series. The age system does provide possible entries for the template though. So under that paradigm, I'd suggest the following order:

• Pre-Golden Age (blanket term for events prior to the Traveler's arrival)
• Golden Age
• Dark Age
• City Age

And as such, events can be mentioned within them (Golden Age begins in 21st century, City Age extends to at least the 28th century, as per game timeframe, etc.)--Hawki (talk) 03:35, 5 July 2014 (EDT)