Difference between revisions of "Human wars"

|participants=humansHumans, [[varvax]], [[dione]], [[tenasi]], [[UrDail]], [[kitsen]], and more

|effects= Formation of [[Detritus|human preserves]] and the [[Superiority]]

|universe= [[Skyward UniverseCytoverse]]

| There haven't been any major conflicts since the human wars.

| [[Morriumur]]{{book ref|sky2|28}}

| We're still uncivilized, [[Sonn]]. We have some war machines that could blast down your ships without even pausing.

| [[Jason Write]]{{book ref|elysium}}

| They attacked us first, during the initial human war. Their leader claimed our shared past made us practically a '''human colony''' already.

| [[Hesho]]{{book ref|sky2|26}}

The precise timeline of the conflict is unknown. Likewise, it's uncertain what the inciting incident was; currently, it's believed it was humanity's desire to conquer all other species.{{book ref|sky2|10}} In the First War, however, humans allied with an alien race of [[figment]]s. The two species had access to highly advanced technology, including AI and miniaturized hologram projectors.{{book ref|sky2|35}} They conquered the [[kitsen]] first, claiming that their shared history made their [[Kitsen homeworld|homeworld]] essentially a human colony.{{book ref|sky2|26}} The First War ended in humanity's failure.{{book ref|sky2|10}}

During the Second War, humanity would build grand research facilities over abandoned planets and dying stars, such as [[Detritus]]. Their experiments resulted in the summoning of [[delver]]s, which freed themselves of humanity's control almost immediately, turning against their would-be masters and every other living thing.{{book ref|sky2|4}} Thirteen delvers were summoned in total; they would ravage the universe for several decades before eventually fading back to [[nowhere]].{{book ref|sky2|10}} As the delvers hunted by radio communication and [[cytonics]] -- both highly common technologies at the time -- this presumabypresumably spelled the end of the Second War.

The Third War occurred approximately one hundred years prior to [[Spensa]]'s birth.{{book ref|sky2|23}} Not all of humanity participated in it; some, like the crew of the ''[[Defiant (starship)|Defiant]]'', pleaded neutrality and fled instead. However, once the alien coalition -- either the precursor to [[Superiority]] or Superiority itself -- found them, they wound up going after them anyway.{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}} Humanity still managed to conquer and ally with the [[UrDail]];{{book ref|sky2|8}} despite that, they were still defeated and scattered to the winds, with the only survivors living in preserve-planets overseen by [[KRELL]].{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}}

| The Defiant hadn't taken part in the main war. They’d been condemned simply for being humans, and had been chased until they’d crashed on Detritus.

| [[Spensa]]{{book ref|sky2|28}}

The Human Wars have had a tremendous impact on the universe at large. Human languages, including English, ManadrinMandarin Chinese, Hindi and Spanish, are still commonly spoken throughout the galaxy, and are carried by most translator pins.{{book ref|sky2|10}} Moreover, [[delver]]s were first summoned by humans during the Second War, and continue to be a threat, leading to a change in how [[cytonics]] are perceived and used.{{book ref|sky2|19}}