History of Earth is a section of the History and Lore category in the Journal. It details the humans' response to the cataclysmic events that were destroying the Earth at the time.
Lore[]
Apocalypse Doorsteps[]
Found on a crate near Shira, during Arrival.
- G9 Closed Meeting - Transcripts
SCIENTIST: I'll take your questions now.
(Voices of country delegates yelling.)
CHINESE DELEGATE : Are these earthquakes natural?
INDIAN DELEGATE: Was last year's underground nuke responsible?
SCIENTIST: We don't know. It is unclear whether this is caused by natural or man-made forces.
GERMAN DELEGATE: Can the destruction be contained?
SCIENTIST: We… don't know. But our models suggest the next tectonic wave, a 9.7, will strike South America in 3 months. There will be more tectonic movements after that, and they will grow stronger, and more frequent, until the continents start repositioning-
CANADIAN DELEGATE: But sea levels are already rising, we cant take—
AMERICAN DELEGATE: How long until Earth no longer supports life?
SCIENTIST: Our best estimate… Earth will be incapable of sustaining life beyond the end of the century.
(angry shouting interrupts meeting)
The Group of Nine have agreed to the following:
The findings of the research commission shared among the G9 are to remain classified to the highest order. None of the matters discussed are to be made public. Any breaches of this directive, leaks to the press, social media and any other outlet, regardless of intention, will lead to exclusion from further programs and may be considered as casus belli (act of war).
GUEST, SYBILLA MAY FLORES: We cannot stay. There will be nothing left on Earth to accommodate us.
INDIAN DELEGATE: What is it you're suggesting we do instead?
GUEST, SYBILLA MAY FLORES: An arkship, built in orbit capable of transporting us to the nearest habitable planet. The arkship will be powered by nuclear energy, with capacity for 500,000 passengers. An auxiliary scout ship, the Caravel, will also be built, to reach the destination planet before the arkship to establish a safe zone and prepare the ground for the first human settlement outside Earth.
(sounds of disapproval, contempt)
FRENCH DELEGATE: I believe you are in the wrong meeting, Ms. Flores. The Star Trek convention is down the road.
EU DELEGATE: You're wrong. A Floating City, built on the surface of the ocean. That is the only realistic option we have. My people have already begun drafting the plans…
GUEST, SYBILLA MAY FLORES: For once in your lives, take the science seriously. You cannot have a city in the middle of the ocean. There will be no oceans left.
The Formation of the Outriders[]
Found ???
Missing information.
The Coming End[]
Found next to a body on the left, just past the "footbridge" explorer flag in The First City.
- "The Point of No Return", Article, Year 2048
The latest earthquake's epicenter was recorded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, down the faultline that courses between Africa and South America. Although the Richter scale does not technically have an upper limit, seismometers have failed to provide consistent readings on just how intense the quake was.
As residents of neighboring coastal areas will attest, however, their houses and workplaces crumbled first, before their ruins were swept away by the following tsunami. For those cities that still stood, no effort at evacuation could have prevented the ensuing catastrophe. Rio de Janeiro was struck approximately 2 hours and 17 minutes after the earthquake occurred. Many flocked to the city's hills, seeking the highest altitudes they could reach. But the ocean water reached even the feet of Cristo Redentor, atop Corcovado mountain, which stands more than 2,000ft above ground. Most of the city population, which numbered at 12 million, is missing, together with tens of thousands of travelers.
Fortaleza. Cape Town St Lucia. Lagos. Puerto Rico The same story repeats for many cities and islands caught in the path of this megatsunami. This disaster followed several others that have occurred in the last decade. Their increasing intensity, combined with an overwhelming number of scientific studies urging for action, forced world leaders to confirm that more disasters like this will follow, ultimately rendering the planet uninhabitable by the middle of the 23rd century.
Perhaps the world's leaders believed 200 years would be so far removed in time to allay people's worries. Perhaps they thought that promising to save billions of our great-great-great-grandchildren would satisfy us. But for half the world's people, as things currently stand, their cups aren't exactly overflowing. And in a dying world, they all know which lives hold priority.
The Great Extinction[]
Found ??? Missing information.
Fragments from a Junior High Science Textbook, Published, Chicago, IL, Year 2065
World in Anarchy[]
Found ??? Missing information.
Fragments of an old newspaper article Year 2065
State of Emergency[]
Found ??? Missing information.
Article by Juri Galyatkin, Year 2070
The Floating City[]
Found ??? Missing information.
Article "A New Atlantis", Year 2071
Caravel Disaster[]
Found ??? Missing information.
"Disaster in our skies!", Article, Year 2075
The Outriders Revamped[]
Found ??? Missing information.
ECA Closed Meeting, Bruno Nyberg, Year 2075
The Takeoff[]
Found by speaking with Mercer Acosta in the Enclave Camp in the Forest Enclave
S.M. Flores launch Refugee accounts, Year 2076