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Timeline

Icar is set in the 92030s, so there is a lot of history. A hell of a lot of history. This is all organised in date order, called the Timeline. The timeline is split up into Ages which serve to split up the history into meaningful chunks.

As the timeline is quite long (and thus quite big), it has been split up into separate pages. Not all of the pages have been written. In the Space Age section, I have taken massive liberties with the truth, interspersing real dates amongst bogus ones. It is not meant to serve as a record of what actually happened but background for the game.

Epochs

DatesEpochDescription
FromTo
19451987The Space AgeHumans begin first steps into Space in a Cold War fuelled race.
19882099Age of Post ApocalypseAs the remaining population of the Post Nuclear Holocaust dies on earth, the few on the orbital space station watch in horror.
20992199Expedition AgeResearch into scavenging resources from that which has been left in Earth's Orbit.
21992999Age of EnlightenmentNew technology gives new hope to a demoralised race.
29993233The Genus PlagueA Plague of unknown genetic origin kills thousands leaving only a few on the station.
32333499Repopulation AgeSafe from the virus, remaining population begin repopulating the base. Scientific advancements are slow.
34993823Faster Than Light AgeFirst few vehicles to cross the speed of light are created.
38233999First Exodus90% of Earth Orbit population leave in massive colonial ships.
39995003Silent Night AgeSlow building and expanding of colonies, many die out. Technological level drops dramatically. No communication between colonies.
50035499Spacefaring AgeRebirth of spacefaring by a nomadic colony which begins mapping human systems with space craft constructed in Sol.
55005733The First EmpireA group created by colonies to help fledgling colonies along. Joint scientific and policing groups created. Violent expansion preceeds decandence and eventual fall.
57335799Dark AgeThe Empire falls leaving the galaxy without rule, many wars begin and smaller colonies die out due to lack of aid.
580011495The Imperium AgeA few powerful colonies ally and create the first Star Industries. Soon, many independent colonies join.
1149525210The Golden Stability AgeThe human race grows and spreads rapidly under the guidance of the Imperium. Some anti-Imperium philosophers band together under a righteous idealist called Aran Colmay.
2521036778Philosophical DivisionSlowly systems opt for Imperium or Aran systems. Imperium treats Aran colonies with cautious respect.
3677971065The Aran WarSmall military actions turn into a huge war that engulfs the human race for 34,000 years.
7106573100Second Dark AgeAlthough the war has ended, many systems die out due to lack of support or trade. Communication is removed and the galaxy begins to split into smaller kingdoms.
7310074002Rebuild AgeThe Imperium rebuilds many of the old colonies and sets about improving many facets of life, including art and culture.
7611083481The Astra-RenaissanceA new age of learning and culture hits the Imperium, old technologies are rediscovered and new art is created.
8348189987The Mutogen PlagueThe next step in the evolutionary chain, called Genus 2, outbreaks on Callios and spreads rapidly. Soon, hundreds of systems and clusters are infected.
8998790233The Clensing AgeThe spread of the outbreak is halted and the systems are cleaned by the Fleet. Better controls are put into place.
9023391001The Calm AgeThe human race grows cautiously and almost without incident.
9100191622The Droid WarImperium created combat AI robots replicated themselves and start destroying the human race.
91622NowThe Retalliation AgeAfter loosing much of the galaxy to Droid control, the Imperium manages to secure a small sector of it without Droids. The droids are not defeated but wait on the edges of human space.