Post by Insano-Man on Sept 17, 2018 16:34:41 GMT -5
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THE ONLY WAY IS FORWARD
Time on Set is what you make of it. There are nearly as many calendars and means of keeping time as there are towns and tribes across the planet. Some areas simply have no way to record time or are inhabited by residents who simply do not understand the concept. Some areas are moving faster through time, others slower. The only concrete rule on time on Set is that it is - quite thankfully - always moving forward. Where it's going and how it's going to get there are questions best left unanswered.
The closest approximation to a standard calendar is the somewhat appropriately-named Orbital Standard Calendar, or OSC. The present day on Set is roughly the 28th of June, 1312 OSC, but this varies heavily between locations. By and large, dates and times can often be ignored. Even history's dates are often vague; many past events were poorly recorded or lost to Set's chaos. It is often best to take any dates given as guidelines more than accurate details. The following is a rough list of major events on Set and their presumed dates in OSC.
TIMELINE
PREHISTORY (-22 - 60)
-22: Madness Command Post is founded.
0: The Pioneer Network is formalized.
-22-60: The First Invaders attack Madness Command Post. They are eventually defeated.
THE EXPANSION ERA (60 - 320)
60-100: The redworlders arrive at Set and are taken into the Pioneer Network. The Second Invaders, or Cult of Meat, arrive with them.
100-200: The whiteworlders arrive at Set aboard the Worldship. They are taken into the Pioneer Network.
250-300: The First Jump occurs, along with the first major geodisplacement event. Zuhverl is believed to have formed in this time.
300-320: The Zaschia arrive at Set. They agree to assist the Pioneer Network in recovery efforts.
THE COLLECTION ERA (350 - 830)
350-400: Pioneer Network recovery efforts wind down.
360-450: The orscruft arrive. They are taken into the Pioneer Network.
380-550: Set arrives in the sorassan home system. The sorassan are evacuated to Set. Their homeworld, Xask, is destroyed soon after.
400-450: The Well of Japes forms in an unknown location.
600-630: A skeleton nation begins to form around the Well of Japes.
490-520: Set appears near Unity Station. The station is moved into Set's orbit, along with the unionites.
500-550: The garbage haulers are prototyped and eventually pushed into service.
500-600: The paleworlders are discovered aboard a derelict craft by an illicit salvage operation. They are unwittingly spread to Unity Station afterwards.
550-580: The continent of Patzaghd is believed to have formed.
660-770: The harvester drones are found on Set's surface. The Drone Wars take place and end with the harvesters' expulsion into orbit.
680-720: The continent of Evispin erupts during a catastrophic geodisplacement event.
720-730: The skeleton nation around the Well of Japes is ejected into orbit. The skeletons survive and reorganize.
760-790: Swarms of vicious birds erupt from around the Well of Japes to terrorize nearby communities.
779: The Skull War of '79 takes place between the skeleton space nation and the Pioneer Network. The war ends in a skeleton victory.
770-830: The blackworlders arrive.
770-840: A geodisplacement event connects the continent of Evispin to Patzaghd.
770-870: The Violet Uprising takes place. The Vizem'Kam destroys most of the redworlders' history.
770-820: Birds around the Well of Japes are disintegrated by a catastrophic rainstorm. The Cackling Circle turns bright pink for five years after.
780-810: The skeleton nation is wiped out by a surprise nuclear barrage from the Pioneer Network.
780-840: The Native Uplifting Agreement is put into effect. Bad things happen.
THE SPLINTER WARS (780 - 870)
780-850: Set arrives in the Third Invaders' home system. The Third Invaders attack.
790-860: Set departs the Third Invaders' home system. Several major species are presumed to have gone extinct.
800-870: The Pioneer Network dissolves into individual Looney bunkers. The Big Split begins and forces the Space Loonies to orbit.
830-880: The Sea of Hate forms inside the continent of Evispin.
830-900: The continents Talto and Kelpak are formed when a geodisplacement event pulls the continent Kanzani apart.
866: The Vizem'Kam raids Unity Station in the Hard Purge of 866. Hundreds of unionites are killed during the raid. Redworlder history is largely wiped out in the process.
THE DISSOLUTION ERA (950 - 1236)
988: The city of Cloneston is discovered.
990: The continent Jasinna splits from Patzaghd in a geodisplacement event.
1021: The continent of Ventannen is formed after separating from Patzaghd in a major geodisplacement event. The continent Jasinna splits apart into Japhze and Ridgesalle.
1025: Cult sects on Talto begin to nurture the Crimson Expanse's growth up the Big Toe.
1070: The Northern Hemisphere Sterilization Initiative is put into effect by the Space Loonies. Fleets begin intermittent bombardment of the Crimson Expanse as part of the Crimson Scourge.
1078: Loonies of Talto engage in limited strikes against orbital assets, after demands to halt the Crimson Scourge went unanswered.
1118: The Norton Emergency Response Network, or NORK, begins operations against Cult positions on and around the Big Toe.
1128: The Chopping Blocks begin to take shape after the husklands of Newelhi is geodisplaced onto the ruins of Ataveno.
1132: The Garbage Crisis takes place. Garbage haulers disrupt orbital traffic and salvage operations. It ends with a Space Looney counteroffensive against the haulers.
1164: The NORK breaks up.
1180-1190: Looney reconnaissance teams discover Cloneston. Ruling AIs open hostilities against Looney bunkers in the region, beginning the Crackdown War.
1198: Looney facilities near Cloneston agree on the Cloneston Quarantine, seeking to limit travel to and from the city.
1203: The Hallenbeck Emergency Response Network, or H.E.R.N., is formed on Talto, with secretive support from multiple Space Looney fleets.
1218: Merchants and salvagers in the Chopping Blocks begin to raid garbage hauler facilities, resulting in the Trash Rush.
1225: Space Loonies of multiple fleets begin operations to seize garbage hauler facilities in the Chopping Blocks. Local resistance culminates in the Trash Wars.
THE INDEPENDENCE ERA (1236 - Present Day)
1240, JULY: The July Stampede begins in Cloneston as a result of resource shortages in the underground.
1243: The Age of Golden Garbage begins in the Chopping Blocks as thefts of Space Looney equipment skyrocket.
1251: The continent of Zuhverl is joined to Ventannen in a geodisplacement event. Cloneston is detached from Zuhverl, forming Aliah's Rupture, and appears on the newly-formed continent of Darimesa.
1311, AUGUST: The Cross-Cloneston Crackdown begins. Jimmy seizes the Blue Wall from Beth and is mostly forced out of Cloneston.
1312, JUNE 28: Present day.
The following is a list of notable calendars and forms of time-keeping on Set. The dominant calendar is the Orbital Standard Calendar, listed first.
This is an open topic.
If you'd like to invent a new calendar, feel free to post it here! Since Erf has a lot of people and a lot of different aliens, just about anything's possible. Go nuts! In addition, if you have an event that you think should go in the timeline, feel free to contact me or another setting author to suggest it!
THE ONLY WAY IS FORWARD
Time on Set is what you make of it. There are nearly as many calendars and means of keeping time as there are towns and tribes across the planet. Some areas simply have no way to record time or are inhabited by residents who simply do not understand the concept. Some areas are moving faster through time, others slower. The only concrete rule on time on Set is that it is - quite thankfully - always moving forward. Where it's going and how it's going to get there are questions best left unanswered.
The closest approximation to a standard calendar is the somewhat appropriately-named Orbital Standard Calendar, or OSC. The present day on Set is roughly the 28th of June, 1312 OSC, but this varies heavily between locations. By and large, dates and times can often be ignored. Even history's dates are often vague; many past events were poorly recorded or lost to Set's chaos. It is often best to take any dates given as guidelines more than accurate details. The following is a rough list of major events on Set and their presumed dates in OSC.
TIMELINE
PREHISTORY (-22 - 60)
-22: Madness Command Post is founded.
0: The Pioneer Network is formalized.
-22-60: The First Invaders attack Madness Command Post. They are eventually defeated.
THE EXPANSION ERA (60 - 320)
60-100: The redworlders arrive at Set and are taken into the Pioneer Network. The Second Invaders, or Cult of Meat, arrive with them.
100-200: The whiteworlders arrive at Set aboard the Worldship. They are taken into the Pioneer Network.
250-300: The First Jump occurs, along with the first major geodisplacement event. Zuhverl is believed to have formed in this time.
300-320: The Zaschia arrive at Set. They agree to assist the Pioneer Network in recovery efforts.
THE COLLECTION ERA (350 - 830)
350-400: Pioneer Network recovery efforts wind down.
360-450: The orscruft arrive. They are taken into the Pioneer Network.
380-550: Set arrives in the sorassan home system. The sorassan are evacuated to Set. Their homeworld, Xask, is destroyed soon after.
400-450: The Well of Japes forms in an unknown location.
600-630: A skeleton nation begins to form around the Well of Japes.
490-520: Set appears near Unity Station. The station is moved into Set's orbit, along with the unionites.
500-550: The garbage haulers are prototyped and eventually pushed into service.
500-600: The paleworlders are discovered aboard a derelict craft by an illicit salvage operation. They are unwittingly spread to Unity Station afterwards.
550-580: The continent of Patzaghd is believed to have formed.
660-770: The harvester drones are found on Set's surface. The Drone Wars take place and end with the harvesters' expulsion into orbit.
680-720: The continent of Evispin erupts during a catastrophic geodisplacement event.
720-730: The skeleton nation around the Well of Japes is ejected into orbit. The skeletons survive and reorganize.
760-790: Swarms of vicious birds erupt from around the Well of Japes to terrorize nearby communities.
779: The Skull War of '79 takes place between the skeleton space nation and the Pioneer Network. The war ends in a skeleton victory.
770-830: The blackworlders arrive.
770-840: A geodisplacement event connects the continent of Evispin to Patzaghd.
770-870: The Violet Uprising takes place. The Vizem'Kam destroys most of the redworlders' history.
770-820: Birds around the Well of Japes are disintegrated by a catastrophic rainstorm. The Cackling Circle turns bright pink for five years after.
780-810: The skeleton nation is wiped out by a surprise nuclear barrage from the Pioneer Network.
780-840: The Native Uplifting Agreement is put into effect. Bad things happen.
THE SPLINTER WARS (780 - 870)
780-850: Set arrives in the Third Invaders' home system. The Third Invaders attack.
790-860: Set departs the Third Invaders' home system. Several major species are presumed to have gone extinct.
800-870: The Pioneer Network dissolves into individual Looney bunkers. The Big Split begins and forces the Space Loonies to orbit.
830-880: The Sea of Hate forms inside the continent of Evispin.
830-900: The continents Talto and Kelpak are formed when a geodisplacement event pulls the continent Kanzani apart.
866: The Vizem'Kam raids Unity Station in the Hard Purge of 866. Hundreds of unionites are killed during the raid. Redworlder history is largely wiped out in the process.
THE DISSOLUTION ERA (950 - 1236)
988: The city of Cloneston is discovered.
990: The continent Jasinna splits from Patzaghd in a geodisplacement event.
1021: The continent of Ventannen is formed after separating from Patzaghd in a major geodisplacement event. The continent Jasinna splits apart into Japhze and Ridgesalle.
1025: Cult sects on Talto begin to nurture the Crimson Expanse's growth up the Big Toe.
1070: The Northern Hemisphere Sterilization Initiative is put into effect by the Space Loonies. Fleets begin intermittent bombardment of the Crimson Expanse as part of the Crimson Scourge.
1078: Loonies of Talto engage in limited strikes against orbital assets, after demands to halt the Crimson Scourge went unanswered.
1118: The Norton Emergency Response Network, or NORK, begins operations against Cult positions on and around the Big Toe.
1128: The Chopping Blocks begin to take shape after the husklands of Newelhi is geodisplaced onto the ruins of Ataveno.
1132: The Garbage Crisis takes place. Garbage haulers disrupt orbital traffic and salvage operations. It ends with a Space Looney counteroffensive against the haulers.
1164: The NORK breaks up.
1180-1190: Looney reconnaissance teams discover Cloneston. Ruling AIs open hostilities against Looney bunkers in the region, beginning the Crackdown War.
1198: Looney facilities near Cloneston agree on the Cloneston Quarantine, seeking to limit travel to and from the city.
1203: The Hallenbeck Emergency Response Network, or H.E.R.N., is formed on Talto, with secretive support from multiple Space Looney fleets.
1218: Merchants and salvagers in the Chopping Blocks begin to raid garbage hauler facilities, resulting in the Trash Rush.
1225: Space Loonies of multiple fleets begin operations to seize garbage hauler facilities in the Chopping Blocks. Local resistance culminates in the Trash Wars.
THE INDEPENDENCE ERA (1236 - Present Day)
1240, JULY: The July Stampede begins in Cloneston as a result of resource shortages in the underground.
1243: The Age of Golden Garbage begins in the Chopping Blocks as thefts of Space Looney equipment skyrocket.
1251: The continent of Zuhverl is joined to Ventannen in a geodisplacement event. Cloneston is detached from Zuhverl, forming Aliah's Rupture, and appears on the newly-formed continent of Darimesa.
1311, AUGUST: The Cross-Cloneston Crackdown begins. Jimmy seizes the Blue Wall from Beth and is mostly forced out of Cloneston.
1312, JUNE 28: Present day.
The following is a list of notable calendars and forms of time-keeping on Set. The dominant calendar is the Orbital Standard Calendar, listed first.
This is an open topic.
If you'd like to invent a new calendar, feel free to post it here! Since Erf has a lot of people and a lot of different aliens, just about anything's possible. Go nuts! In addition, if you have an event that you think should go in the timeline, feel free to contact me or another setting author to suggest it!
