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2024: Discovery. Using the new Nexus-5 observatory, located at the L-5 point between Earth and Luna, NASA scientists create a rough map of planet PCX-1135 -- orbiting Ross 154, less than 10 light years from Sol. The presense of an Earth-like biosphere and atmosphere is confirmed and a rough map of continents is made. The planet is renamed [[Annyrion]], in honor of the astronomer Annyri Dalal.

2120: The first exploration ship reaches Annyrion, claiming it in the name of [[Mars]] (the claim would later be invalidated), and landing at the place where Annyrion City will be founded later.  The [[Eisshari]] become the first alien intelligences directly encountered by [[recoms]].  The "Golden Twenties" begin: the decade when the first generation of recoms came to Annyrion. Only few of the original explorers, settlers and colonists survive until today, and they are celebrated as pioneers.

2121: First expeditions to explore continents of Lopanga and Kahokia.

2134: First settlements are estabished with backing from [[Luna]] and Mars.  Annyrion City founded. Port Annakis starts with the extension of an Eisshari village. Early settlers rename Ross 154 and dub it Thinora. 

2136: A crew of [[leonine]]s comes to the conclusion that the savannah of Lopanga will be a good living space for their species. They decide to settle down there, soon thereafter a good number of leonines decides to follow them. They successfully introduce various animals of African origin, previously kept at Sigma Dome, as well as preserved in genetic archives, around Lake Upemba.

2138: Refugees and outcasts, squatters and claim-jumpers with less resources and organization than the main colony decide to make their new home at an old native settlement in the southern desert, founding Epiphyte City. Their abandoned spaceship becomes a hub around which the early city grows.  In response, the colonies on Inaria form the law enforcement and border protection group that will eventually become the Peacekeepers.

2146: Her Holiness Hekatawy I (AUS), first Nisut of what will become the Kemetic Orthodox Church, arrives in Lopanga with a small group of followers. She declares Lopanga to be the promised land of New Kemet and establishes a settlement at Abydos. The Kemetic cult begins to grow.

2147: Dr. Otto de Lansur, discredited by the scientific community in Sol System for his radical ideas, establishes an agronomy research station near Epiphyte, and begins developing food crops adapted to the prevailing conditions of Lopanga. Many plants from Earth are introduced into the environment, some of which thrive and displace native species.

2147: The [[Annyrion Colonist - Eisshari Coalition]] is founded. The Peacekeepers receive their formal charter, after crime and piracy start to skyrocket.

2149: Hekatawy I dies. Nyma'athap, a markedly charismatic figure, becomes the new Nisut and leads the church through its most rapid period of growth for nearly two decades that follow.

2150: Dr. de Lansur explores the jungles of western Lopanga and conducts the first scientific investigation of the semi-sentient, animate plants that are native to Annyrion.

2150: Annyrion City suffers considerable damage from an earthquake.

2155: Mezcal is first distilled in the Cadmar Desert. Within a generation, many thousands of acres will be devoted to cultivation of maguey.

2158: The aerospace force that will eventually become Fleet Division is created following the calling for the First Common Muster.  Its primary purpose is to defend Inaria's colonies and their interests from piracy and the threat of calls of tribute from Sol System.  This is considered by many to be the point in history where the Coalition considered itself self-sufficient enough to declare independence from Sol System, although some consider the actual founding of the Coalition in 2147 to be the first date.  For organizational purposes, the Ministry of Defense is created; Inaria's aerospace defense force and the Peacekeepers are assigned to it as 'Fleet Division' and 'Peacekeeper Division'.

2160: Dr. de Lansur raises the first generation of genetically "uplifted" plant creatures, which he calls [[Odontonian]]s. When revealed to the public, they cause a sensation. Although Odontonians are far more advanced than their wild ancestors, and equal to recom intellect in at least some respects, Dr. de Lansur seems unsatisfied and continues his research.

2165: Construction of the main rail line from Annyrion City to Port Annakis is completed. Completion of the western line will require several more years, due to mountainous terrain.

2172: Regular ferry services established between Port Annakis and Roaring Coast.

2172: Dr. de Lansur creates a single highly advanced being that chimerically combines biological elements from both Annyrion and Earth species. He names her Columbine, and she will grow to become his lab assistant and research collaborator.

2175: Port Annakis is devastated by a typhoon.

2180: The first zeppelin route is established from Epiphyte to the Upemba Region, and soon is extended to Port Annakis.

2182: A large volcanic eruption on the Kahokia continent casts a pall of ash into Annyrion's atmosphere, causing the climate to turn sharply cooler for the next five years. Agricultural productivity suffers.

2184: The first Temple of Bast in Epiphyte is destroyed by fire.

2186: The Coalition Charter is formally signed.  The Council is established as a democratic administration, replacing the previous autocracy, and a formal judicial branch is created as part of a system of checks and balances. 

2191: The Temple of Horus is completed in Abydos, and becomes the organization center (or "Vatican") of the Kemetic Orthodox Church.

2191: Dr. Otto de Lansur dies under mysterious circumstances. Columbine vows to continue his research.

2191: First relics of the [[Dallen]] civilization are found in a remote mountainous region of Inaria. Archeologists conclude that Dallen were not native to Annyrion, but the site instead represents either a lost expedition or a failed colony. Where the Dallen originated and why they died out remains the subect of debate among scholars.

2194: The new Temple of Bast is completed in Epiphyte.

2196: Columbine enters a dormant state, taking root and becoming inanimate. Whether she will ever awaken again is a mystery. Her home is preserved, and she is watered and tended regularly.

2197: Corruption and inefficiency of Epiphyte's police forces spur the rise of vigilante groups. These merge to become The [[Ghueri]], which function as a combination of neighborhood watch, sheriff's posse, and lynch mob. They keep violent crime off the streets, but also serve as a counterweight against the security forces of Epiphyte's aristocracy.

2198: Construction completed on Charter Station and its spacedock facilities, located near [[Cyrinius]] and the Thinora System jumpgate.

2199: In a remote mountainous region of Inaria, the ruins of Dallenhome are uncovered.

2200: Her Holiness Hekatawy IV becomes the reigning Nisut (AUS) of the Kemetic Orthodox Church.

2203: Epiphyte joins with other cities and provinces of Lopanga to form the [[Lopanga Confederacy]].

October 2, 2203:  The Coalition scoutship //Shadowfax// explodes while transiting the Thinora system jumpgate to hyperspace.  Chancellor Soliero and a small contingent of officers and enlisteds are presumed dead, as the debris field of //Shadowfax// is quickly dispersed through hyperspace.  //Shadowfax// had just finished an overhaul in the shipyard following combat action, and had not undergone the usual period of post-overhaul engineering trials.  On another note, no reason is discovered for Soliero’s taking of that particular ship, when she had access to a personal spacecraft.

October 3, 2203:  [[Hagalaz]] Thorsson, the Coalition’s Peacekeeper Commandant, is elected to the office of Chancellor, following an emergency session of the Coalition Council in which the required two-thirds vote was narrowly passed.  In his inauguration speech, he rescinds the executive order that imposed the naval blockade of Epiphyte Spaceport, and calls for diplomatic talks between all factions in known space.

November 11, 2203: A brief naval skirmish occurs in Thinora System, near Gateway Station. Claiming to be on a goodwill mission, the [[SDF]] warship //Paladin//, under the command of Admiral Lightwing, entered the system with the intention of arresting FireFox, former pirate and then-current senior officer of the Lopanga Confederacy’s space navy, and was discovered by the Coalition frigate //Dallenhome//, which was investigating “sensor anomalies” in the sector. After negotiations break down, a firefight between Firefox's ship, //Savage Rose//, and //Paladin// ensues. //Dallenhome//'s captain, seeing this incursion by a capital ship controlled by Luna as a possible threat to the independence of Thinora System, opens fire on //Paladin// with an experimental laser weapon, inflicting severe damage. At the end of the encounter, //Paladin// is towed to the jumpgate, and returned to Sol System. 

2206: The Coalition responds to the destruction of Alpha Dome on Luna Colony by sending humanitarian aid.  The Coalition's amabassador to Luna is sent to 253 Mathilde to re-establish and maintain consular services in Sol System.  Treaties are signed with the [[belter]] colony there and New Philadelphia offers use of a secure spaceyard facility to service Coalition spaceships, in return for technical assistance in maintaining their independence from other factions in Sol System.