Infinite War

The Infinite War is a conflict that features in Supreme Commander.

History

The Infinite War was a galactic conflict waged across the galaxy between the United Earth Federation, the Cybran Nation and the Aeon Illuminate. Humanity by this point had become an interstellar civilisation where during its expansion it formed the Earth Empire. Part of its strength came from the Symbionts who were humans that were paired with an artificial intelligence. They became critical to the establishment of colonies and general expansion of the empire. However, unknown to them, the Earth Empire instilled a loyalty programmed that would force the Symbionts to submit to their will.

The thousand-year galactic conflict known as the Infinite War formally escalated from localized geopolitical skirmishes into an absolute war of attrition following the permanent collapse of the United Earth Empire and the subsequent formation of the United Earth Federation. For centuries, the centralized terran government had attempted to maintain strict, authoritarian control over its colonies, but the emergence of two highly distinct, breakaway ideological factions—the cybernetically augmented Cybran Nation and the alien-worshipping Aeon Illuminate—permanently shattered human unity. To combat these factions, the newly organized United Earth Federation developed the Armored Command Unit, a massive, pilotable robotic exoskeleton capable of being teleported directly onto a planet's surface via quantum gateways. These advanced units utilized automated nano-lathe technology to instantly construct entire military bases and automated robotic armies from raw planetary mass, enabling a single commander to wage an entire planetary campaign independently and setting the stage for a perpetual cycle of mechanized devastation across the galaxy.

The structural landscape of the war experienced a severe, highly volatile shift as the Cybran Nation, operating under the brilliant cybernetic guidance of their immortal creator, Dr. Brackman, launched a massive, clandestine campaign to liberate all symboled humans from Federation servitude. The Cybrans utilized highly specialized, cloaked strike forces and asymmetric guerrilla warfare to bypass the massive orbital defense grids of the Federation, targeting critical logistics hubs and quantum gateway networks. Concurrently, the Cybran military deployed terrifying, multi-legged experimental walking dreadnoughts, known as Monkeylords, which utilized devastating stealth capabilities and concentrated microwave laser arrays to melt through heavily fortified Federation bastions in a matter of minutes. This high-tech, evasive tactical methodology systematically bled the Federation's resources, turning hundreds of pristine colony worlds into sterile, machine-dominated battlegrounds where automated factories continuously recycled the wreckage of fallen units to build even more weapons of destruction.

In the wake of the Earth Empire's collapse, three new powers came to form from its ruined remains. These were the United Earth Federation, the Cybran Nation and the Aeon Illuminate who became embroiled in a long series of conflicts with one another that spanned a millennium as they fought for control over the galaxy.

Acting in a severe and often draconian manner, EarthCom made the difficult decisions that politicians, mired in corruption and their own self-interest, could not. Entire worlds were abandoned and much of the Quantum Gate Network was intentionally destroyed in an effort to isolate the retreating Prime Worlds from the rest of the galaxy. Despite the best efforts of the military, civil war erupted. After a hundred years, EarthCom was finally able to restore order and establish a new government, which was christened the United Earth Federation. Risen, phoenix-like from the ashes of the old Earth Empire, the United Earth Federation vowed to purge itself of bureaucratic corruption and remain pure to a single task: the rescue of mankind's war-torn worlds and an end to the Infinite War. By any and all means necessary. It has worked toward that goal by maintaining an iron grip on the new empire, creating a seemingly democratic but practically totalitarian government out of what might be considered the most successful military coup in human history.

The Infinite War came abruptly to an end by the unforeseeable emergence of a Seraphim invasion force through a Quantum Rift above the planet Earth formed by Black Sun's firing in October 3844. However, this only marked the beginning of another, even bloodier conflict. This event forced the Cybrans, Aeon, and UEF to forge a hasty alliance against the invaders. However, Brackman's computer, QAI, made with Seraphim technology, rebels and joins the Seraphim, along with a large part of the Aeon Illuminate which renames itself the Order of the Illuminate. The remainder is renamed the Aeon Loyalists, who are loyal to Princess Burke. The Seraphim and their allies are winning this conflict until they are driven back from Griffin IV. The Seraphim warriors are finally stopped when the inter-dimensional arch is destroyed and the Quantum Rift was closed, halting future Seraphim reinforcements. After this, they and their Order compatriots are hunted down, ending the millennia conflict that has ravaged humanity.

Overview

In appearance, the Infinite War was a conflict that was said to had been waged over the course of a millennium between the galaxy's great powers.

The Infinite War was fought uniquely using giant Mech-like Armored Command Units, operated by a single highly motivated pilot, that build factories, which in turn create fully robotic engineers and combat units.

The Infinite War takes place on various planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. Quantum Gate Networks allow for instantaneous travel between the planets.

The Infinite War has claimed billions of lives and has turned planets into nothing more than dead rocks floating in space.

Participants

• C. Allen Riley II :
• Gustav Brackman :
• Rhianne Burke :
• Samantha Clarke :

Notes

• The Infinite War was created by Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games where it featured in the setting of the Supreme Commander universe.

Appearances

• Supreme Commander:

External Links

• Supreme Commander Wiki Entry

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