Editing Aprior Sector Timeline (section)

== M31 ==

; [[Great Crusade]] era : The colony ship "Icarus" is launched to probe the furthest reaches of the galaxy; the early-generation Warp drive is unable to handle the turbulence at the edge of the Astronomican's reach, so they are forced to make an unplanned Realspace transition, which leaves them damaged and unable to continue, which, in turn, forces them to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet (what turns out to be [[Aprior]]).  The Icarus was built to run lean, so the emergency strains their resources to their ultimate limits, leading to infighting among the colonists, and eventually civil war; they fall into an uneasy truce as they become aware of the threats of the Eastern Fringe, but are unable to unite.  New arrivals (the occasional [[Adeptus Mechanicus | Explorator]], a [[Sisters of Battle | Sororitas]] Missionary Fleet, other colony ships that got lost) bring new technology and some stability, but for the next nine millennia, the world of Aprior is little more than a barely Civilized World forever on the brink of collapse.

''There's a lot of room for more events here, but in general, things are pretty [[grimdark]] for the Apriori.''