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In known history, two Cold Wars have taken place.
The first was beyond ancient, suspected to have happened before Earth's technological singularity.
A time before the old world even existed. Many tens of millennia ago.
It might be more than that, by much, no Earthener knew.
That information wasn't shared by the Order.
This estimate they had was based on scientific evidence that the UEF managed to gather, so like the history books that filled the Archives shelves, it wasn't something completely reliable.
But even though this information had to be taken with a mountain of salt, it could still be trusted... somewhat.
Anyhow, the first Cold War saw the Soviet Union and its allies, the Eastern Bloc, fight proxy wars with the United States and their own allies, the Western Bloc.
The date wasn't specified, but it must've begun after the Second World War and ended with the fall of the Soviet Union.
