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--- master_timeline [2011/05/04 01:34] – Style edits for ship names; substituted "recom" for "furry". hagalaz
+++ master_timeline [2012/01/07 05:14] (current) – abiri
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 -- The first permanent colony is established on [[Mars]] at Amundsen Base. Taking advantage of the latest technology and experience from Luna colonies, plus a "boom town" atmosphere from being near [[Phobos]] and [[Deimos]], and cheap recom labor, the colony grows more quickly than most observers would have thought possible.
--- The [[Apocalypse War]] begins on [[Earth]], starting with a joint Chinese and Pakistani invasion of India.   Allied nations are soon dragged into the conflict on both sides.  India is aided by Japan, the USA and the European Union.  China is joined by Russia and unified Korea.  At first the war is fought with conventional weapons, but NBC weapons of mass destruction make their debut late in 2066.
+-- The [[history_introduction#the_apocalypse war|Apocalypse War]] begins on [[Earth]], starting with a joint Chinese and Pakistani invasion of India.   Allied nations are soon dragged into the conflict on both sides.  India is aided by Japan, the USA and the European Union.  China is joined by Russia and unified Korea.  At first the war is fought with conventional weapons, but NBC weapons of mass destruction make their debut late in 2066.
--- [[Gamma Dome]] is destroyed. Widespread devastation is seen on Earth -- some humans return from space colonies to their home countries and families.  Others attempt to flee the fighting, either to the non-aligned regions of Earth, or into space.  Resupplies from Earth are only a sporadic trickle -- most of them routed through the major spaceports in Brazil and New Zeeland. Recoms revolt on Mars and establish a dictatorship under Marshall [[Redwolf]].
+-- [[Gamma Dome]] is destroyed. Widespread devastation is seen on Earth -- some humans return from space colonies to their home countries and families.  Others attempt to flee the fighting, either to the non-aligned regions of Earth, or into space.  Resupplies from Earth are only a sporadic trickle -- most of them routed through the major spaceports in Brazil and New Zealand. Recoms revolt on Mars and establish a dictatorship under Marshall [[Redwolf]].
 Unmanned //Ogre-class// cybertanks have proven brutally effective on the battlefield. Late in the war, new kind of experimental computer is used to create //Armageddon-class// cybertanks, but is fielded without sufficient testing. Of the 16 tanks produced, 8 went completely 'insane', and one had a brief romantic relation with a recom rat who's only registered name was '86-41', which ended when the tank discovered what it was created for, and self-destructed rather than harm its lover.
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 -- Emergency hydroponics programs ease the famine on Luna, but food and other supplies will be rationed for many years to follow. The Luna Council adopts a new constitution based on full independence from Earth and equal rights for all intelligent beings. On Mars, Marshall Redwolf declares Earth under quarantine: in particular, no refugees will be accepted. The MDF warship //Ares// fires upon and destroys a passenger ship arriving from Earth. The Luna Council transmits a message to Mars, deploring the action. Two NATO patrol ships defect to Luna and are soon adapted to become the core of a new Space Defense Force (SDF) based on Luna.
--2072 -- It has become apparent that Earth is dying. Scattered pockets of survivors radio for help, some are rescued from the planet. They bring with them bio-weapon and nano-weapon contaminants that once again spread plague. Shunned by recoms, many surviving humans retreat to the asteroid belt colonies.   Late in 2072 the Luna Council declares quarantine against Earth and forbids further rescue missions. Marshall Redwolf transmits a famous message to Luna: "I told you so."
+-2072 -- It has become apparent that Earth is dying. Scattered pockets of survivors radio for help, some are rescued from the planet. They bring with them bio-weapon contaminants that once again spread plague. Shunned by recoms, many surviving humans retreat to the asteroid belt colonies.   Late in 2072 the Luna Council declares quarantine against Earth and forbids further rescue missions. Marshall Redwolf transmits a famous message to Luna: "I told you so."
 -2090 -- The space colonies struggle to survive without the manufacturing, technology, and material resources from Earth. Rationing is widespread. Despite political differences, Luna and Mars are forced to develop trade and cooperative programs. Cultural and scientific development is stifled in the spartan effort to maintain necessities of life.
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 -- First Contact: Drake Observatory receives transmissions from outside the Sol system. The impact of this knowledge on recom society is electric. However, fully deciphering the messages will take over two years.
--- Researchers make a bombshell announcement: the alien radio transmissions are instructions for building a gateway into hyperspace. It will allow [[faster-than-light]] travel and make interstellar voyages and communication practical.
+-- Researchers make a bombshell announcement: the alien radio transmissions are instructions for building a gateway into [[hyperspace explained logfile|hyperspace]]. It will allow [[faster-than-light]] travel and make interstellar voyages and communication practical.
 -- After much debate, Luna and Mars embark on a joint project to build a jumpgate. It's a massive undertaking that engages the resources and energy of recoms all over Sol system.
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 -- The first recom colony outside of Sol System is established on the islands of Oceania, as a joint project of Luna and Mars.  It has been found that life forms from Earth can thrive and quickly displace the primitive native life of the planet.  Aquatic recoms in particular are soon drawn to the growing colony.
--- The first colony is established on Annyrion, primarily backed by Luna Colony.  Recom Colonists join with the Eisshari to form the [[Annyrion Coalition]].
+-- The first colony on Annyrion is established on the northern continent of [[annyrion#inaria|Inaria]], primarily backed by Luna Colony.
-- 2138 -- Small colonies, not sanctioned by the major colonial governments, are established in the Lopanga Continent of Annyrion.  Leonines and Chakats settle in northern parts of the continent, while a motley crew of claim-jumpers land further south.
+- 2138 -- Small colonies, not sanctioned by the major colonial governments, are established in the [[annyrion#lopanga|Lopanga]] Continent of Annyrion.  Leonines and Chakats settle in northern parts of the continent, while a motley crew of claim-jumpers land further south.
 -- Regular contact and trade is established between Wildplanet and Sol System.  A refueling station is established in orbit around Planet Amazon, and a research station is built on the moon's surface.
+-- Recom Colonists join with the Eisshari to form the [[Annyrion Colonist - Eisshari Coalition]].
 -- [[Odontonian]]s are first revealed to the public, causing a sensation (and some consternation).  Dr. de Lansur, and later Columbine, will continue to improve the species for the next 15 years.
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 -- A commercial venture establishes a small colony on Planet Amazon, primarily as a vacation resort for well-heeled recoms.
--- A pair of unidentified alien scout ships engage in a series of minor skirmishes with Martian (GPA) patrol craft.  Near-panic is widespread among the public, as many decry the vulnerability of recom civilization to any possible conflict with aliens.  The feared invasion never materializes, although budgets for SDF and other patrol forces are increased.
+-- A pair of unidentified scout ships engage in a series of minor skirmishes with Martian (GPA) patrol craft. Mars asserts that the ships were from an unknown alien race.  Near-panic is widespread among the public, as many decry the vulnerability of recom civilization to any possible conflict with aliens.  The feared invasion never materializes, although budgets for SDF and other patrol forces are increased.
 -- Huge celebrations mark the arrival of the new century.
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 -- In response to escalating tensions between [[Epiphyte]] and the Annyrion Coalition, and the resultant blockade of Epiphyte, 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 2, 2203: The Coalition scoutship //Shadowfax// explodes while transiting the Thinora system jumpgate to hyperspace. Chancellor Soliero and a small contingent of officers and enlisted personnel are presumed dead, as the debris field of //Shadowfax// is quickly dispersed through hyperspace. //Shadowfax// had just finished an overhaul in the shipyard following recent 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 Commissioner, 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. The SDF warship //Paladin//, under the command of Admiral Lightwing, had 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//, in support of //Savage Rose// in her role as a legitimate agent of the Lopanga Confederacy, 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.
+November 11, 2203: A brief naval skirmish occurs in Thinora System, near Gateway Station. Claiming to be on a goodwill mission, the [[space defense force|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.
 -- An asteroid strike destroys Alpha Dome on Luna. Although eventually rebuilt, it seems unlikely to return to its former population in the near future.
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 -- After several years of struggle, the Skiltaire Colony on Planet Amazon decide to pack everything up and move on.  They strip all items of value and depart into deep space, searching for a planet that they consider more suitable.  However, it is possible that some Skiltaire have stayed behind and may choose to integrate into recom society.
+-- Under cover of riots against Secretary Paris, a massive force of robots under the direction of a Mayor Sethos captured the city of Epiphyte and held it for 77 days. Though most residents were allowed to go about their business without harm, the robots' brutal suppression of resistance caused many to flee to refugee camps outside the city (risking attack by bandits), while Seventh Wave and Coalition forces kept the robots bottled up. The Seventh Wave is suspected of ending the occupation, but the whereabouts of Paris and Sethos are as yet unknown.