The Oberon Incursion was claiming the lives of billions in the Pyxis Globula - but even though the conflict was lost, hope survived in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of refugees that boarded the Embassy Ark on a one-way trip to the safety of the Circinus Stream. Ten years after its Great Jump, the Ark arrives in the Elpis System none the worse for wear. Within days, the first Ark drones are seen leaving the giant ship loaded with Programmable Matter to start building exploration and colony site on various worlds in the Elpis system. Soon, the Embassy Ark will become a giant factory buzzing with programmable matter, jubilant optimism, and whatever starships that were brought for the impossible trip. The Ark Planners hailing from all joint participatory nations, from their little tower on the 45th Deck, will soon have their work cut out for them. The Ark will not - cannot - fail.
Chronicles of the Stream
Sæcula Methra
1000 SM 0 SM
The era before the Last War, before the Oberon Incursion, before a million survivors were forced onto an impossible journey on the Embassy Ark. The last of the great days.
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Flight of the Embassy Ark
Celestial / Cosmic
Sæcula Tancata : Age of Settlement
0 SM 30 SA
The first few cycles that follow the Ark's arrival into the relative safety of the Elpis system. Parts of the Ark are dismantled and used as colony modules. A few explorers take to the skies. Many more explore the lands. One farflung orbital outposts to twenty dirtside sites. People learn to cope and survive, but the hoped unity amongst settlers quickly fades away. Misplaced through space and time, hardy pioneers endure and thrive.
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1 SA
Conclave of Four
Gathering / ConferenceThe Four Powers vote on which worlds they will colonize after sending exploration parties to different planets of the inner system. The vote results in which power may settle which world(s) and which orbit they may occupy. The first orbit was not voted on as Nevael was deemed too fringe for any serious habitation. The second orbit is that of Nufano, and is granted to the Mewei Domain. The third orbit is that of Elderia, and is granted to the Boshaari Council. The fourth orbit goes to the Hiderid Coalition of Stars and the fifth orbit goes to the Hhrot Dominion. It is to note that the Zaalan, lacking representatives, were not considered during the conclave.
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2 SA
Settling of Planetfall & Aistanar
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2 SA
The Arkblazer Order is founded
FoundingThe Arkblazer Order is founded by the Embassy Committee in order to coordinate colonization efforts across the Elpis System despite the lack of unity shown by early colonial powers.
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3 SA
The Luvaluna launches
Discovery, ExplorationBoshaari Arkblazer Huri Yoffir embarks on the exploration vessel BSS Luvaluna, brought over from the Pyxis Globula. A survey of Hestia reveals deposits of rare minerals, though their exploitation would not be especially viable until several decades later. A later survey of Zindra reveals severe arcane storms on the planetary surface. The BSS Luvaluna suspects Thaumium deposits hiding beneath, but is pulled away before it is able to investigate. The BSS Luvaluna then embarks on various courier and exploration missions supporting several colony worlds of the Boshaari Council and Hiderid Coalition of Stars, and participates in the survey of Aistanar.
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3 SA
Settling of Nufano and Hakaria
FoundingHaving finally agreed on trade and technology sharing principles, the Mewei and Hiderid settle the worlds Nufano and [Hakaria].
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5 SA
Council promulgates the Adlar Decrees
Political eventMuch to the dismay of their Great Houses who nonetheless make themselves relevant and rich in the process, Boshaari Council Praetor Naesala Adlar pushes for a command economy that quickly seeks to burgeon and delivers the required technological base to remain spaceborne. Much of their programmable matter is to be used on orbital projects, notably the construction of Hyporia Station from Embassy Ark leftovers.
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6 SA
The Astropolis is built
Construction beginning/endThe Mewei start work on their capital city, the Astropolis. In the same vein, following the Conclave of Six, the Domain as we know it comes to be, with Matriarch Lynne as its first Hierarch. The Circle of the World-Goddess is also established to administer the land and preserve its ecology even as they use Programmable Matter to build their new world. The Conclave also establishes that, with few exceptions, only Mewei ought to be allowed to step onto Nufano.
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7 SA
Elpis Timekeeping Conference convenes
Diplomatic actionThe Elpis Timekeeping Standard is voted on by members of all Four Powers. As the Embassy Ark rests on the third Lagrange point of Elderia, on the Third Orbit, it is decided that Elderian timekeeping is to be used as a universal standard throughout the system. Less officially, Boshaari and Hiderid languages compete at the conference to become trade standards.
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7 SA
Discovery of "hyperspace currents"
Discovery, ScientificZones of Hyperspace stability and interactions with gravitational interference are surveyed and mapped out by the crew of the BSS Luvaluna.
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8 SA
Hawa classification is published
Boshaari scientist Yalia Hawa releases the first stellar noclamenture using the Elpis System as reference. Hawa then builds up on her catalogue and sets up an astronomy facility on Embassy Ark, which aims to record all planetary objects within the Elpis System.
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10 SA
15 SA
Thaumium War
Military actionIn the 10th Cycle, explorer Alriel Vaduin discovered vast resources of Thaumium hidden beneath the crust of the faraway planet Zindra. Unfortunately, upon arrival, the Murafell Mining Company discovered that the Hiderid Coalition of Stars had decided to claim the entire world as their property. A war soon ensued with Hiderid merchant vessels firing against legacy vessels brought by the Boshaari aboard the Embassy Ark. This war was relatively bloodless and a deal was brokered which was heavily slanted in favour of the In the 10th Cycle, explorer Alriel Vaduin discovered vast resources of Thaumium hidden beneath the crust of the faraway planet Zindra. Unfortunately, upon arrival, the Murafell Mining Company discovered that the Hiderid Coalition of Stars had decided to claim the entire world as their property., but accepted by all parties. Nonetheless, rival stations were set up in orbit of Zindra and both sides continued to skirmish for a few short years aftwerwards.
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15 SA
The Luvaluna vanishes
Life, DeathContact is lost with Huri Yoffir and her ship, the BSS Luvaluna halfway between the stars Elpis and Hepera.
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16 SA
21 SA
Failed Settlement on Prospect
Construction beginning/endThe first settlement on the planet Prospect appears : the small colony of Tritium's Folly. Despite a promising start, the colony fails to grow and remains fairly barren for cycles to come. It is abandonned in 21 SA.
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19 SA
21 SA
Zaalan Unrest and Rebellion
Civil actionUnrest starts brewing between Zaalan and Hiderid citizens within the Hiderid Coalition of Stars regarding the issue of Zaalan citizenship, poverty, and exploitation. Activist leader Hyr Bogwyn is arrested in Bluereach for inciting the Nambari Riots following the unlawful killing of Zaalan dockworkers by Coalition police. His followers steal a vessel, the HSS Nambaz, and fly into the uncharted parts of the Yawin Sector, founding what would become Teroshe, a cluster of ships forming a makeshift orbital station.
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20 SA
President Frkx is defeated
Political eventPresident Kjrx Frkx - running for a fifth straight mandate - declares a martial curfew and banned all gatherings of more than five people in Bluereach City. Hyr Bogwyn disobeys, naturally, and is taken into custody. Even though Kjrx Frkx loses his election and Hyr Bogwyn is eventually released and moved to the Embassy Ark, the Coalition sees the Rebellions through. Nonetheless, their impact on Hiderid society, labour laws, and the relationship between Hiderid and Zaalans, is all still felt to this day. This event created what is today known as the Zaalan Free Tribes.
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22 SA
Thaumium Boom at Zindra
Financial EventInvestors and prospectors start to flock to Zindra given that the end of the Thaumium War, the abundance of Thaumium and the Hiderid Coalition of Stars near-monopoly on its exploitation all contribute to herald an era of cheaper ship construction. For the Coalition it is a major win as it gains much diplomatic and commercial weight relative to every other power.
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23 SA
27 SA
Completion of Boshaari orbital works
Construction beginning/endThe last of the Programmable Matter available in any large quantity to the Boshaari is spent on completing the Council's orbital shipyards.
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29 SA
Councillor Adlar dies
Life, DeathCouncillor Adlar dies, leaving her seat to a gaggle of small-time Boshaari councillors that quickly would succeed each other as Praetors.
Sæcula Helirin : Age of Colonies
30 SA 89 SA
Ground colonies grow with difficulty. Many worlds here are livable, but their resources remain scant, and their ecosystems fragile. Fusion power is mostly abandonned, computing reverts to an earlier age, but rudimentary spacefaring remains. Most look inward as the Coalition manages to develop its economy, but elsewhere, many slip beyond colonial control. There are attempts are made to colonize the outer worlds, often met with abject failure or unprofitable necessity.
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31 SA
Boshaari colonies slip beyond Council control
MiscellaneousIt is estimated that 75% of the colonies on the moons of Aistanar slip beyond Boshaari Council control during this era, as a combination of disgruntlement and government neglect. At the same time, the Council shifts its economy towards a free-market model dominated by Great House traders and the rise of a small but noticable middle class.
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32 SA
Stream population passes 5 million
MiscellaneousIt is believed that, from an initial population of one million, there are now five million people across the Stream - and numbers rise fast as early colonies give way to stable and prosperous cities with well-established tech bases, and early programmable matter based infrastructure is easily replaced with local materials and industry.
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32 SA
Hyr Bogwyn moves to Teroshe
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33 SA
Reformation of the Valekeepers
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35 SA
Domain-Coalition Treaty Sign
Diplomatic actionThe Mewei Domain signs a treaty with the Hiderid Coalition of Stars trading their technological expertise in exchange for access to the more advanced Coalition economy and the sharing of goods and services.
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43 SA
Discovery of Thaumium on Nufano
Discovery, ExplorationA Mewei team accidentally discovers a vein of artificially infused Thaumium on Nufano whilst looking for new spices to add to their leader's campfire cooking repertoire. Soon, an entire planetwide network was discovered. This allowed the Mewei to rely less on Coalition supplies from the Embassy Ark or Zindra. Very soon, after ancient relics were found at Okladan, a Mewei order of Matriarchs called the Sisters of the Greatwood took over the mining facilities and turned the area into their training grounds.
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52 SA
Establishment of the Credit Standard
Financial EventIn order to simplify trading on a stellar level, the Hiderid Coalition of Stars, Mewei Domain, and Boshaari Council agree on a new financial set of standards, most obvious of which is the introduction of the Interstellar Credit standard as a middleman for financial transactions between worlds. The value of the credit floats and is very dependent on the Boshaari Leaf as well as the Hiderid Dil. Alternative currencies and financial products pegged on the value of ever-scant Programmable Matter are also considered during this conclave. Did you really think this sci-fi setting would not feature credits? :D
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53 SA
Centurial Comet Makes Close Approach
Celestial / CosmicA comet makes its way through the Inner System to the delight of astronomers and casual observers. Its passing was acknowledged as a sign of good omen. At some point during the 53rd cycle, the comet (then named C/2 A2) is renamed Hawa's Comet after Boshaari explorer and Arkblazer Yalia Hawa.
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54 SA
Discovery of the Torus Gateway
Discovery, ExplorationIn the 54th cycle, a strange Torus Ring is discovered in the very far confines of the Elpis System by Coalition Captain Krax Jentrax.A small research outpost is established in the ruins of the station, which would become Outpost X-5, a watch-station monitoring for any further anomalous readings. The Coalition believes that the ring is a gateway to other worlds, and its corporations anticipate what hides beyond with both fear and cautious optimism - but any tempering of the gate was expressly forbidden and a joint Mewei-Hiderid fleet guards any who would get dangerously close to the Torus.
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56 SA
Thaumium shortage on the Embassy Ark
Financial EventThe Embassy Ark announces that much of the useful quantity of Thaumium left behind after the Great Jump has been depleted, leading most colonial powers to intensify their mining exploration on Zindra.
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62 SA
Veena Station is online
Construction beginning/endVeena Station, the HQ for the Mewei Domain's Valekeeper fleet, is brought online in orbit of Nufano. Despite its small size, it was expected to become one of a network of twenty-four orbital outposts that would maintain the force-shield and act as ports of entry.
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69 SA
Sandworm Broodmother is Destroyed on Planetfall
Military actionVar-Yash, a soldier in the Hhrot Dominion's 3rd Legion, becomes a hero in Dominion space overnight after leading a platoon in his thirty-day battle on Planetfall against one of the meanest broodmother sand worms which threatened several key facilities on the planet.
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70 SA
Birth of Boriel Davi
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81 SA
Banks warn colonies over critical resource shortages
Financial EventCoalition bank Ginko Inc warns its investors over the dire state of key resource shortages in the Coalition and wider inner worlds. The exploitable supply of Titanium, Uranium, Mithral and Thaumium is running low across the inner worlds. Worry spreads about the possible impact on power generation, semiconductor assembly and the aerospatial industry. In the Boshaari Council, this sets the stage for a decade of economic and political turmoil. The Hiderid Coalition of Stars repeals much of its environmental laws, which prevents the exploitation of much of its indicated reserves. Such measures come at great ecological and financial cost. Worried about losing access to space, the Council and the Coalition - along with the Mewei Domain, which depends on the two other colonial powers for much of its economy - push to construct several stations around the mineral-rich gas giant Hestia. These ventures, too, prove to be financial disasters, because whilst ice is readily available beyond the Hodeth Belt, food must be shipped and automation must be invested in, usually at great personal cost.
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87 SA
98 SA
Start of the Hestian Rush
Financial EventAmidst warnings of shortages of several key resources critical to maintaining spacefaring economies amongst other concerns, corporation Luminex Ltd. claims exploitation rights to the Hestian moon Hestia-II, simply renamed Luminex , to serve as a polymer refinement facility. Like most entreupreneurs of his time, Luminex founder Frex Whxxr expects great personal financial loss. To offset some of the costs, he orders the construction of a large hydroponics wing in which to grow food onsite. Astonished at the yields - made possible by the unique property of his moon's magnetosphere - he decides to shift his sight from polymers to agronomics. Despite the objections of his board of directors over what they perceive to be inflated demand predictions for his crops, Whxxr turns much of Luminex Facility into a hydroponics bay, believing that he holds the key to the Coalition's woes. Over the following cycles, thanks to his monopoly over his moon, his company becomes one of the richest in the Coalition. Several new colonies are built around Hestia and soon make a profit by buying food from Luminex at a much reduced price. This kickstarts the Hestian Rush : dozens of new colonies spring up to cash in on the high price of key shortage-hit resources, driving up the supply and even their demand at home - for a time.
Sæcula Herenli : Age of Fortune
90 SA 200 SA
Breakthroughs are made and ecological laws are relaxed. Previously scarce resources become abundant again on the back of the hard work of an increasing number of belters, offworlders and outlanders. Space traffic booms and colonial powers begin to reassert themselves, but the Coalition finds its economic lead diminished.
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91 SA
110 SA
Start of the Bili Praetorship on Aistanar
Political eventPraetor Bili becomes head of the Boshaari and starts his 20-year reign of dictatorship upon Aistanar. Under his tenure, freedoms are severely curtailed, political opponents are exiled. Relaxation of ecological laws, discovery of proven resources and favourable economies across Elpis leads to a period of rapid growth and tradionalist fervour soon gives way to frustration and high-profile resignations.
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92 SA
The first Boshaari Pilgrimage
Cultural eventThe first Boshaari Pilgrimage is launched under Praetor Aethiel Bili's push, but remains strictly religious in nature, as further civic functions are added with each five-yearly iteration. The first Pilgrimage is a success with New Eldelyn in particular receiving well over a million people within its city walls.
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94 SA
Stream population passes 25 million
MiscellaneousIt is believed that the population of the Stream now passes 25 million. There are a handful of cities already believed to have surpassed a million people, such as Bluereach on Hakaria.
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94 SA
Settling of Harvest Moon
FoundingThe Hhrot Dominion settles the twin moon Harvest to use as farmlands. Intelligence reports that the Dominion had depleted its stock of programmable matter much faster than the Coalition had. The first true Hhrot warships are also launched on this cycle, ostensibly to defend their borders against the nascent pirate threat.
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94 SA
Occupation of the Wayward Belt; Rise of Piracy
FoundingAncient alien mechanisms are discovered in the Wayward Belt. Praetor Aethiel Bili sends a significant numbers of dissenters as slave labour. Unaware to him, the mechanisms allowed for a self-sustaining environment and limited industrial production, and soon the slaves and even the wardens had turned coat, sending Bili vastly underrepresented amounts of minerals whilst making the most out of their new home. With the spare materials and ultra-advanced tech on site, the Belters soon colonize many other asteroids and build their own ships with which to harass trade across the system in search of much-needed food, water and oxygen supplies.
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98 SA
Hestia speculative bubble bursts
The price of critical resources such as Mithral, Titanium, Uranium, Helium (and to a lesser extent Thaumium) comes crashing down following a colony construction boom around the rings of Hestia. As vast amounts of minerals reliably enter the inner worlds market, their price tumbles down dramatically. Many corporations hoping to cash in early are caught out and go bust, as well as a couple of important banks that gambled on the speculative bubble. This sends the Coalition economy into its first recession, soon joined by the troubled Boshaari Council, but the abundance of previously very scarce key materials continues to help colonial powers regain more of their pre-arrival spacefaring capability. Mothballed colonies around Hestia band together around this time and the first signs of the Hodeth Alliance start to emerge as unions and abandonned workers band together against the perceived hegemony of inner worlds.
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100 SA
Century Milestone
Era beginning/endTo most inhabitants of the Elpis System, the 100th cycle is a year celebrating the continued survival and defiance - a recognition of the first century spent building new colonies on the edge of the Stream and a look to what might come forward. The turn of a new century helpfully marks the symbolic turning of a page - the transition from survivors to pioneers, and the coming of a shared identity despite political, ethnical, and social differences. There are population booms across all colonies. In the decade 90-100SA, there were more ships assembled across the system than during the entirety of the eight preceding decades combined. The Hiderid Coalition of Stars looks set to double profits in 101SA, and whilst the Mewei Domain and the Boshaari Council both have inner struggles, fortune smiles upon Matriarchs and Great Houses alike, that prosperity might rain upon the peoples who rely upon them. Outposts are being built in greater numbers than ever - whether reclaimed or brand new. All doubts about possible loss of FTL travel are completely gone, thanks to the Thaumium-heavy world Zindra and the gold rush occuring there. Whilst all inner worlds can withstand heavy amounts of mining, ecological devastation can be avoided thanks to the bountiful wealth afforded by the gas giant Hestia and its giant rings - and foundries can be built orbitally to avoid transporting anything but finished goods dirtside. Companies such as Starlyft, Inc or Express Courier Services are booming - and when fuel runs dry in the tankers, the Fuel Rats or Gas-n-Gulp workers are there to help. A golden age of interplanetary prosperity, unhoped for a century prior, threatens to unfold. Yet in the darkness, several new threats loom. Piracy is on the rise, fueled by Aethiel Bili's poor decisions in the Wayward Belt or by colonial neglect across lunar and outer system colonies. The Hodeth Alliance has formed to unionize foundry and mining workers against the interest of the new rich - whether Great House lucky winners or corporate tycoons. It joins the Zaalan Free Tribes, representing an entire species scattered across the system and unable to partake in much of the coming wealth. And what of the political stability of inner systems, so concerned with their own homeworld that they neglect anything beyond geostationary orbit? As the haze of early days fades, so do ties that united colonists with their early colonial masters. Out there in space, all about Nyx and Hepera, pioneers amongst pioneers eke out a living amidst dead rocks full of riches. And if the Valekeepers at Outpost X-5 find their guard duty a boring job, how long is it going to be before something - anything - comes through from the other side of the dormant gateway? Whilst the Elpis system celebrates a century of enduring survival, many look to the stars with optimism - opportunity awaits, but so does uncertainty, and the burning question - what is normal going to look like?
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102 SA
Hexo-Geni stocks tank
Financial EventThe starchild pharma company Hexo-Geni, Inc, once hailed as a hero of Coalition capitalism, sees its stock tank as a result of terrible investments into fringe currencies.
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104 SA
Founding of Nevael
FoundingIn the highest profile defection endured by Praetor Aethiel Bili's regime, explorer Boriel Davi gets away stealing the BSS Lily of the Void from a woefully understaffed Council Navy and arranges trade agreements with the Mewei Domain and the Hiderid Coalition of Stars to build his own colony on the toxic world Nevael. Famously, Davi was quoted saying : "I now have two homes. One is a caustic, toxic hellpit where a slip sends you flying into pools of acid magma... and one is Nevael."
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106 SA
Defection of High-Arbiter Delphi
Political eventAnother high-profile defection for Praetor Aethiel Bili: his second in command, High-Arbiter High-Arbiter Naladel Delphi flees the Boshaari Council and seeks asylum in the Hiderid Coalition of Stars.
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110 SA
End of Bili Praetorship
Political eventPraetor Aethiel Bili dies in dubious circumstances, prompting a relaxation of Council law and the restoration of rule of right across Elderia.
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112 SA
114 SA
Trouble in the Hodeth Belt
Criminal ActivityWhilst so far the Hodeth Belt has used peaceful means of protest against worker exploitation across the growing Hodeth Belt, some have decided to use far more extreme methods of carrying their ideas. One such person is Bohsaari miner Lensa Yelven, captain of the mining ship Abnohr Mole. Following disagreements on mineral quotas at Murafell Station, she steals a fleet of three security frigates which she uses to attack trading shipments across the system. Efforts to track her down turn out futile as she always seems one step ahead of the Coalition and Council authorities. Whilst piracy was already a concern, her stubborn use of the Hodeth Alliance flag and demands during her two-year pirate streak leads to even more degraded relations between the Alliance and the Inner System powers. Riots break in 114, after House Liri attempts to use strikebreakers to end a strike within Murafell Prospect station. The strikebreaker are held hostage in an airlock upon arrival. Murafell eventually falls back to limited Council control, but damage to House Liri has been done. Following an engagement against a Valekeeper fleet, the badly wounded Yelven surrenders to Boshaari authorities following the decisive intervention of her friend and former student, Boriel Davi.
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120 SA
Light Shed on Ancient Alien Civilization
Discovery, ExplorationThe ancient civilization that once inhabited the Elpis system shares some of its secrets after explorer Boriel Davi and Matriarch Yulia team up to analyze data from xeno-ruins in the Wayward Belt as well as on Nufano. The discovery of an ancient heirloom that was lost in the Pyxis Globula by the pre-FTL Boshaari revealed that this civiliazation may have travelled from the Globula thousands of years before the Last War refugees did during the Great Jump.
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124 SA
Stream population passes 50 million
MiscellaneousAs populations continue to grow with much of the early-day shortages and rationning nothing but a fading memory, it is believed that the population of the Stream now surpasses 50 million people. At this rate, it is predicted that the Stream population will surpass 100 million people by the 150th cycle, especially in the staggeringly growing cities of the Coalition and of the Council, and perhaps 200 million people by the 200th cycle, though some analysts have believed this growth "fanciful" and pointed at lower birth rates in most colonies across the Elpis system.
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124 SA
First Hhrot Settlement on Zindra
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128 SA
Re-settlement of Prospect
Construction beginning/endThe Hiderid world of Prospect was re-settled on behalf of the Coalition under the helm of High-Arbiter Naladel Delphi. Clearbrooke was founded, and Tritium's Folly was rebuilt.
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130 SA
Founding of the Order of Solari
FoundingThe Order of Solari is founded by disgraced Hhrot warrior Lightwatcher of the 7th Legion. Their creed is to uphold peace, justice, and faith in the Light. They sought to provide a safe haven for the minority of Hhrot magic users and malcontents. Seventeen Hhrot vessels soon defect to the Order of Solaris, as have several Boshaari templars and witchwarpers. Soon they discover the half-built hull of Radiance Station, abandonned by early Hiderid corporations, and decide to settle there.
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132 SA
Nyx Future officially opened
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135 SA
Zaalan outpost destroyed in false flag attack
Military actionA Zaalan outpost in the Hepera subsystem is destroyed by a coordinated Coalition attack after Navy leadership was tipped off about the outpost being a Vi's Fixmen node. It transpires soon that the tip was a lie; in reality, a Zaalan faction within the Alliance has been using the excuse to destroy another Zaalan faction and get away with it. Zarama survives and grew to become a major figure in the Zaalan Free Tribes. The Alliance receives major PR flak, and its leadership weakens.
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139 SA
Investment Secured for Boshaari Lunar Colony
Financial EventHigh-Arbiter Naladel Delphi secures major investment from the Hiderid Coalition of Stars and along with noted chef and businessman Krux Naykin, turns her attention to colonial development on the moon Yanta
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141 SA
Cases of PMD leave bioethics community in disarray
MiscellaneousThe first few cases of Psionic Metadisease are recorded in secluded stations and ships across the Hodeth Belt. Following a dispute on ethics in the medical community of the Boshaari Council, Mewei neurologist Majorn Li , who advocated further testing on sufferers of this strange new disease against the advice of the Ethics Board, joins HexoGeni, Inc and funds a private rehabilitation clinic on Radiance Station. Soon she earns enough private funds to relocate to a mysterious alien station discovered in the Nyx subsystem, which they name Electra Station.
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142 SA
Rise of the Cult of the All-Code
Criminal ActivityA strange cult called the Cult of the Arch-Code starts to threaten shipping lanes and isolated colonies. It is rumoured to operate from the depth of the recently reactivated Electra Station, but nobody is allowed in to check, and the station is too far from Elpis interests to warrant further investigation for the time being.
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143 SA
The Parma Sæculen is published
Scientific achievementGarri Dwinanea publishes his Parma Sæculen encyclopedia and coins the Sæcula in his historiography of the Elpis system.
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144 SA
Exploration of the Rust Clouds
ExpeditionAs Hhrot and Boshaari ties warm, it is decided that a joint expedition would be sent into the uncharted Rust Clouds that surround the Hemera sub-system to look for thaumic emissions. As both powers mostly rely on the Thaumium mines at Zindra in order to power their Dive Drive, such an expedition proves crucial for the future self-reliance of the Hhrot Dominion and Boshaari Senate alike. The Rust Fleet, helped by Lodge Charlie of the Arkblazer Order, starts assembly in orbit of the Ark Hitoka with a projected launch date on Cycle 152.
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146 SA
Praetor Lufina takes control of the Boshaari Council
Political eventPraetor Vulas Lufina takes charge of the Boshaari Council, starting the third-longest Council regime as of the 151st Cycle.
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148 SA
Zhovia Kharasa takes control of Embassy Ark
Political eventZhovia Kharasa takes control of Embassy Ark and vows to restore its run-down ring structure to prosperity.
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149 SA
Cultist Attack on Iso Shrine
Criminal ActivityThe Boshaari Council station at Iso Shrine was attacked by mysterious ships belonging to the Cult of the Arch-Code. Heading the hostile force, Adjucator Djan demanded that the Shrine hands over several Ark relics she deemed "of personal value". When Council and Coalition forces finally arrive, the Cult has already vanished. Military analysts note a buildup of Mewei Domain ships around Outpost X-5.
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150 SA
151 SA
Spread of the Teroshe Plague
Plague / EpidemicA plague of unknown origin, the Teroshe Plague, starts to decimate a high number of Zaalan civilian outposts around the Nyx sub-system. A cordon sanitaire is put into place by the Coalition, who blockade access to much of the sub-system, using an already upgraded military fleet on permanent watch for Nyx cultists nearby. Worry grips much of the Elpis system, so far untested against a widespread pandemic. HexoGeni, Inc claims to have found a cure to the Plague but demand a very high price from the Teroshe survivors, as well as other colonies, that it may effectively cripple the Zaalan Free Tribes who seek to crowdfund the cure, and diminish their efforts within the Coalition.
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151 SA
The Fall of HexoGeni
Criminal ActivityIn a plan masterminded by the Zaalan Free Tribes, the ragtag crew of the free trader BSS Endeavour, led by Captain Phalari Davi, sneak into the Nyx sub-system to uncover the truth about the Teroshe Plague. The ship CMS Ninazu is infiltrated, with hopes to steal the cure, and also uncover dirt on HexoGeni. The Endeavour crew suceeded, but fell short of Coalition law and had to hide in the depths of the Mewei Domain. Nonetheless, the genome was released into the open by former operative Kil Naykin, and Engineer Khari Sare broadcast to the Stream the evil deeds committed by HexoGeni, Inc, which was revealed to have gone rogue from the Hiderid Coalition of Stars and presumably aimed to weaponize its virus against other colonies across the Elpis System These revelations embolden the Hodeth Alliance and its leadership embarks on a series of strikes and disruptive industrial action against the Coalition, whereas riots engulf the capital cities of the Inner World : Bluereach, New Eldelyn, and briefly even the Astropolis fall to growing unrest.