Aeon Continuum Era Timeline 1889 - 2122 contributed
by Tartarus
This is a compiled list of every event of relative importance to occur in the
Trinity Universe as printed in any of its dozens of source books. Several of
the less important occurrences, such as those found in the beginning of the
Aberrant main rulebook, were omitted for purposes of space and linear consistency.
But, for the most part, every date found in official source books is in here.
Adventure! Era
1889: Maxwell Anderson Mercer is born
1900: Michael Daemon Donighal is born
1902: Safari Jack Tallon has his first heart attack in his early
60's and begins experimenting with herbal remedies to restore his health
1917: Ivan Boris Vladimir Staynskaya flees the Bolshevik Revolution,
Princess Anastasia in tow; Jake Stefokowski lies about his age of 12 and
joins the Lafayette Escadrille, becoming one of the first air aces
1918: Mercer rescues Whitley Styles from the Thuggee
1921: First superhuman activity reported; Scalper Dutch celebrates
his 75th birthday by massacring the posse surrounding his hideout
1922: Hammersmith's fateful incident leads to an age of Inspired;
Mercer goes missing; P.A.M. Dirac theorizes zero-point energy after the
Hammersmith incident
1923: Mercer returns and founds Aeon Society for Gentlemen; Manifest
Destiny, a pro-America militant faction, seizes the Bikini Atoll on July
4
1925: Dr. Zorbo attacks New York City with a zeppelin armada but
is defeated by the Aeon Society
1942: Mercer arrives after the Hammersmith incident at this time,
to be greeted by himself and several members of a group he would found in
his own future
1943: Aeon Society battles former member Dr. Primoris, who disappears
in the aftermath
1945: Michael Mercer appears and claims to be Max's son, and only
Maxwell is not surprised
1950: Maxwell Mercer disappears from existence, but his son Michael
Mercer claims he will return "when he is needed most"
1970: dramatic increase in superhuman activity
Nova Age
1998: March 23 is proclaimed n-day, the first day when novas begin
erupting after the research satellite the Galatea explodes in orbit, project
utopia steps forward to deal with the crisis
1997-2003: Columbia legalizes drug trade and production, adding
economic power to the country
1999: Team Tomorrow is formed to police the world
2000: Utopia begins extensive work toward fixing the environment
2001: Australia becomes a Republic, The Russian Confederation rises,
the Directive founded, Eufiber is first introduced
2002: OpNet begins construction, using Eufiber derivative, for
Internet phone systems and cellular networks, increasing speeds up to 700%
2004: Triton foundation releases treatment for cancer; the hypercombustion
engine is released; 1st novas-only Summer Olympics held, Lauren Pendleton
elected 1st female and 1st Libertarian president of the U.S.
2005: The Null Manifesto is broadcast by Divis Mal, and the Teragen
appear in public for the first time
2006: Kashmir erupts in violence as China, India and Pakistan fight
for control
2007: Project Utopia given seat on U.N. council, NBC weapons ban
(nuclear, biological, and chemical) passed by U.N. and signed by all member
nations
2008: Slider is murdered, Corbin and Rousseau form Aberrants; Randal
Portman is elected President of the U.S.A.
2009: Antaeus leaves Utopia to terraform the Sahara Desert at his
preferred pace, Gabriel Melchior escapes from Proteus captivity but is stopped
before releasing a virus that could devastate humanity
2010: Utopia and Proteus exposed as being corrupt, contempt builds
for novas as a whole, Divis Mal defeats Caestus Pax in combat
2011: The Vatican goes through changes as more malevolent, anti-nova
factions take control
2012: The Temple of the King attempt to raise England back to it's
former glory but fails
2014: Nine Elites fail in an attempt to seize control of the Ukraine
2015: War on the Island of Ibiza, sides begin to be drawn and humanity
realizes the devastation of nova conflict; U.S. begins earth side construction
of Olympus Base
2017: Human gene for Aberrancy identified and catalogued, Astaroth
attempt to unleash demons on Earth and resurrect the Devil
2021: Novas proliferate globally
2022: Dr. Soguk Birlesme invents variable hyper-fusion; Queen Elsbeth
Tzarich assumes rule of Romania (and is still Queen in 2120)
2024: U.S. unveils the first versatile, fusion-powered orbital
craft
2024-2032: several nations begin launching defense satellites,
the United States' O.M.E.N. network being the most advanced
2027: Finland, Norway and Sweden form the Northern Collective
2030-2039: An Aberrant cult called the Divisions, the most powerful
to exist, is founded and grows during this decade
2030-2050: during this 20 year span, it is believed that all novas
went insane
2031: U.S. establishes Olympus Lunar base, taking till 2041 to
complete
2034: First human child born off Earth: Selene Olympia Miller
2037: Seatown, the first arcology, is formed in the Southwest U.S.
as a penal colony
2039: Great Britain begins construction of Camelot
2041: Russia starts on Lunar Mining Station Yeltsingrad
2043: Superconducting batteries are invented; Mexico City is destroyed
by Feathered Serpent in an attempt to raise Tenochtitlan, over 1 million
are killed, the Mexican government goes in to a schism, and the U.S. will
be met with little resistance when moving down into Mexico; the former city
is never rebuilt; Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua also feel less severe
effects from the quake
2045: Aberrant genome is considered being used to make viruses,
but the info is so outdated it is useless; Camelot goes online, three weeks
later, the unfinished Yeltsingrad is claimed as finished
2046: Allah's Legion seizes control of Bahrain, Widespread conflict
ensues
2047-2103: Japan closes it's borders but continues with worldwide
commerce
2048: U.N. passes Emergency Powers Act, declaring that no liberator
or defender in these areas is responsible for damage to land, property,
or others
Aberrant War
2049: United Nations declares war on Aberrants, The Space Brigade
seizes control of Olympus and destroys 75% of the O.M.E.N. satellites, Olympus
stays under their control until war ends
2049-2061: Various major cities destroyed, mostly in North America
and Europe
2050: Balkans erupt into "The Shatter", an intense, ceaseless conflict,
Borsov takes presidency of Russia, directs nation's aggression toward Aberrants
and throws down "the Gauntlet", Yeltsingrad is closed to humans
2051: The Colony of Eden is founded; The Sydney Opera House is
destroyed, but rebuilt mere months later
2052: Jerusalem destroyed, and reconstruction is delayed until
after war is over; Aberrant Pauly Natal and his cult seize the Nooitgeadact
mine in Africa to fund their search for the Seventh Seal, 11 days later
the miners revolt and kill them
2053: China launches Xingyang Sujia, the first manned interplanetary
craft to Mars; Seatown in the S.W. U.S. revolts and becomes its own city;
Ecuador faces a violent war for presidency and new shifting-party policies
now decide the ruler
2054: Wycoff explodes over Hasting after a raid on his compound;
Sudamerica raises the Necessary Wall for fear of depredations from First
World nations; the National Force (later renamed Norca) emerges in Columbia
2055: Wycoff's detonation is discovered as being the cause behind
a Taint virus that destroys the North American grain belt; U.S. Federal
Intelligence agencies begin consolidating operations; the U.S. invades Canada
for its resources
2055-2073: South America closes it's borders, erects a safety curtain,
stops most trade and commerce, and declares a state of Martial Law
2056: Sydney Opera House destroyed again, not rebuilt until after
war; The First Omaha Declaration is passed granting the military sovereignty
to deal with the Aberrant menace
2057: North American Police Action, invasion of Canada and Mexico
complete, the whole continent's major population and industrial centers
are under martial law; Puerto Rico separates from the F.S.A., and leads
the rest of the Caribbean nations inside the Necessary Wall of Sudamerica
2058: a special task force reorganizes the North American political
structure into eight overarching governing districts; Felice "Poseidon"
Taylor floods the Florida peninsula, and tidal waves completely wipe out
Cuba and the Bahamas; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Panama unite in the Mayan League
2059: First V.A.R.G.s are used in the field by European and U.N.
forces
2060: Selene Miller gives birth to a son, Dante, but dies during
labor; Second Omaha Declaration is passed, the F.S.A. is born
2061-2070: The Zenezuelan plagues are unleashed, Aberrants systematically
bomb Argentina for ratifying war, and they Taint areas of the Amazon as
they move North, killing half of Venezuela's citizens with biological strikes;
several minor peasant uprisings in Sudamerica are quickly stamped out
2061: Backlash destroys the OpNet throughout the globe; China makes
the "Earth Strike Ultimatum", war ends with the Exodus , Chinese fleet stands
down; Brazil and Columbia sign the Amazon Biodiversity Protection Act, triggering
social innovations across the continent
Post War Crash and Reconstruction
2061-2070: The Crash-Millions are dead, half the world's fields
are infertile, World Economy collapses, Comm Crunch and Urban Schism occurs,
orbital expansion is attempted
2061: European Union falls from political power with disrupting
of European Economy; Battle of Fly River as Indonesia invades Papua New
Guinea from Irian Djaya
2062: Russia Crash, Borsov removed from power and deposed; U.S.
Central Security Agency founded, and the 32nd Amendment passes stating that
the Constitution can be altered to adjust to the need for peace; Australia
forgives New Zealand debt, one of the first steps toward the Austronesian
Union; A.N.Z.D.I. formed (Australian New Zealand Defense Forces)
2062-2071: Rebuilding of Olympus and Camelot, Yeltsingrad considered
insignificant
2062-2083: Pacific Nations join Austronesian Union
2063: Dr. Matthew Zweidler is born in Basel, Switzerland
2065: Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana become Brazilian states
2066: 60% of residents in New Paris die in explosion, first government
sponsored settlement in Victorian Mallee
2067: China reconfigures it's economy to platinum, dollars are
converted to Yuan, worldwide economy shifts to yuan/platinum base; Solvieg
Larssen is born
2068: Consolidation of the F.A.C. Andean Federation of Commerce
2070: Turkey reforms into the New Ottoman Empire and expands to
incorporate Bulgaria; failed attempt by Western Australia to secede; Argentina
invades Paraguay and Uruguay, but it is driven back by several countries
in the "Weekend War", F.A.C. and Brazil impose trade restrictions with Argentina;
first Mapuche president assumes power in Chile
2071: "pseudo-graviton" developed to create artificial gravity;
strife worldwide slowly ends; U.N. restructured into Upper and Lower Council;
Bolade Atwan born in Sokoto, Nigeria
2072: The Native American Gaming Council is formed from all surviving
tribes
2072-2102: Major Lunar development by China, Brazil, FSA and UAN
2073: South America re-opens it's borders, pouring out an excellent
economy to help stabilize the world governments, but initiates aggressive
international commerce practices
2075: a Chinese expedition piggybacks a comet on its way to Alpha
Centauri
2078: New Zealand fires upon Nippon whaling ships
2080: Nihonjin mining station Fuyoushi is built in the Asteroid
Belt, but fails and turns into the Absolute Zero restaurant for tourism
2081: "Der Welkende Staat" is published, suggesting that self-sufficient
citizens hurt the progress of the state; Chile joins the F.A.C. after becoming
the Mapuche nation
2082: U.S.S.U. formed (United Self-governing Settlement Union)
2084: Vatican Reforms is passed that update the role of the Church
in society; Orthodox Catholicism Reforms
2085: Larssen joins Northern Collective military
2086-2098: Zweidler purchases Montressor Clinic and refits it in
his own image over the next decade
2087: Khantze Lu Ge is founded on Alpha Centauri B after a 12 year
journey
2088: Russia-N.C. conflict
2089: U.A.N. claims Ganymede mining rights; Larssen joins United
Nations Interspace Peacekeepers (UNIP), terrorist bombing of Wellington
embassy
2091: UNIP disbands, Larssen goes mercenary
2092: First rise in industrial output since the Aberrant War for
the F.S.A.
2092-2097: conflict between U.A.N., China and Brazilian colonists
on Mars
2094: Israel closes it's borders, declaring itself holy ground
2097: U.N. moves to Olympus Metroplex on Luna; F.S.A. regains control
of Seatown from inmates; General Ernesto Santander stages a coup in Argentina,
begins a fascist regime and starts a purge war of against mercenaries, martial
law lasts until 2110 when the country is considered pacified; the man later
known as Guiseppe del Fuego joins Norca
2098: Cloud Lake is built in Pantanal, able to survive in the rising
floodwaters of the plains
2099: Brazil launches Orguhlo de Ceu, the first of the Orbital
Triad
2100: Jerusalem is completed; The Lunar Unity Agreement is signed
2101: Kiremte, the UAN mining station on Ganymede, expands into
a full colony
Trinity Era
2102: Zweidler reports psionic manifestations, Atwan takes med
leave from Sokoto police; World Enterprises, Inc. established, later to
form core of Orgotek; Del Fuego disappears for a year to return as Biokinetic
Proxy
2103: Eight Proxies given powers; Nihonjin re-opens it's borders
and resumes commerce and trade
2104: Aberrants attack intersolar colonies; Norca spearhead colonization
of Averiguas
2104-2109: Zweidler and Bhurano establish noetic theory
2105: Norca secretly helps victims of an earthquake that struck
the Mayan League to recover and resettle; Pearl City is established, reviving
Venezuela, after Norca stole the Nihonjin plans
2106: Sydney spaceport defense, world learns of Psions
2106-2120: Psi-Orders integrate with society
2107: First contact with the Qin; discovery of the Crab Nebula;
first assassination attempt against Larssen
2108: Humans and Qin establish embassies on each others homeworlds;
Persephone hydroponics complex destroyed by Aberrants; First Antarctic Campaign
against Aberrants; second assassination attempt on Larssen; Ecuador hit
by horrid earthquake, collapsing Guayaquil arcology, Norca join with Sudamerica
in a show of solidarity to deal with the crisis
2109: Chitra Bhanu are accused of being in league with Aberrants
and are wiped out; Karoo Mining Colony is constructed and regular relay
between Khantze Lu Ge and China is begun; Orgotek (with Qin assistance)
begins using microorganisms to terraform Mars, which will have the planet
liveable within 75 years; Korean Revolt, Second Legion formed; Luis Trenton
elected Aussie P. Min; several Chitra Bhanu are captured by the Norca and
remain hidden from outside knowledge; Del Fuego begins copying himself to
control different parts of his order personally
2110: Hampsah Cisse leads a sizeable expedition of Upeo to Chromatic
capture, and Ruan Curwin discovers moon for Upeo transfer point; L.A.S.T.
(Legions Aberrant Suppression Treaty) is signed by Larssen and F.S.A.; Tahuantinsuyo
is constructed for the F.A.C. administration
2111: The DDSR is formed in southeastern Germany, the country is
based on Der Welkende Staat; Aberrant Kios Dorit is captured trying to infiltrate
U.N. complex; Renewed fighting between China and U.A.N. settlers on Mars
2112: Esperanza launched by Spain, Switzerland and the Northern
Collective; Huruf al-Hayy is constructed; Upeo help colonize Far Nyumba
and discover human miners from Eden
2113: First contact with Chromatics after attack on Karoo; Upeo
make first contact with Eden, and later this year Atwan discloses knowledge
to fellow Proxies; The Siege of Hashgar, the Second Legion assists in freeing
from terrorists, the Mars campaign against the Colony begins
2114: Esperanza destroys France and parts of Europe after Aberrant
attack, teleporters disappear; Attack on Upeo Base of Nyoto Kukumbatia,
Mars campaign ends, Dreamtime project begins on Victoria's French Island
2115: Element 114, Olaminium, is discovered by Dr. Olamina on Io's
Mafaa-3 research station; 3rd assassination attempt on Larssen, Aberrant
cult uncovered on Pitcairn Island; Argentina retakes Falkland Islands from
weakened Great Britain; Guayaquil arcology finally completed
2116: "Bad News Playground" broadcasts about conditions within
France
2117: DDSR, PPK and New Weimer form Deutsche Allianz, New Ottoman
Empire assumes Macedonia and attempts a foothold in Greece; The Underworld
Uprising occurs where 1,100 humans die when Bullethead leads them to destroy
fusion generators in Olympus; Kor'Mech'tal strikes Pyongyang; unknown amphibious
Aberrant attacks Legion HQ; Norca and Brazil refurbish Orguhlo de Ceu station
into center of advanced scientific research
2118: British Intelligence discovers French refugees being smuggled
into Britain, the perpetrators are executed secretly; Cyclone Jarrod hits
Darwin, devastating the city; the Honduran-El Salvadoran war heats up again;
"Diablo" hits Perth; Soccer World Cup; North Australian Protection Party
formed
2119: Jump ships come online; first contact with the Coalition;
The Colony destroys Mazat jump-ship platform; more fighting between U.A.N.
and China settlers on Mars, Darwin arcology begun
2120: Huang-Marr Conspiracy comes to light, tarnishing image of
psions; Chromatics attack Earth and near-space with the help of captured
Upeo; Poland and the New Ottoman Empire make forays into Europe
2121: Invasion of Chrome-Prime by U.N., Upeo are freed and some
choose to return to Earth; Truth of Esperanza revealed; Coalition Ark makes
final faster-than-light jump toward Sol; Halloween Raid in Medellin; Pope
Benedict XVIII excommunicates Candomble practitioners; one of Del Fuego's
copies goes missing after meeting with Norca in Argentina
2122: Process 418 begins on August 3rd at 2251 hours, as a subquantum
wave emanates from Venezuela and envelopes the world, causing a wide variety
of weird phenomenon; P. Vaughn Williams commits suicide rather than not
know the future, as clairsentients discover that they can no longer sense
Earth; The Brasilia Project, the first biological arcology in human space,
is finished
