Chronology

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This page is a Chronology of the A Colder War universe (or it will be when more is done). It contains a timeline of important events, with links to relevant pages so more information can be found.

This page is to be developed by linking all the years to this page so an order of events can be constructed. Details of the proposal can be fouund on the on the talk page. If you want to help with this project read the How to Help instructions.

Chronology

When adding events please use the following format:

• Century as a header 1
• Year as a header 2
• Event as a bullet point, with a link back to the page with that event (including an anchor would be good).

20th Century

1952

• Fascist Fifth Republic of France founded

1956

• Jacque-Yves Cousteau produces seminal documentary 'The Silent World'
• Jacque-Yves Cousteau appointed Minister For Science in the French Fifth Republic

1961

• Atlantisse I opened for permanent research habitation

1963

• Resistance to French rule in Algeria ends with the surrender of the FLN

1965

• May Day Revolution collapses the French Fifth Republic. Charles De Gaulle killed on May 4th.
• The democratic French Sixth Republic proclaimed on May 8th.

1967

• Programme Pelagique formalised

21st Century

2006

• The Treaty of Voskhod is signed, allowing for the joint German-Russian terraforming of Mars

2011

• Terraforming of Mars begins.

2023

• Joint German-Russian terraforming of Mars is successfully completed.

22nd Century

2127

• The UISA opens the age of the Ark Ships by sending the Liberty towards New Iowa.

2131

• The USSR performs the first successful test of a Krasnikov Generator

2134

• The British send two Ark Ships out, the Arthur towards Griffin and the Boadicea towards Hydra.

2135

• The USSR demonstrates the first successful transfer of mass through a Krasnikov Tunnel.

2136

• The last transmission is received from the Boadicea. It is choppy and indistinct.

2140

• The last transmission is received from the Arthur, and reports no problems.

2142

• George VII dies, and is succeeded by Victoria II.
• The Liberty acknowledges receipt of a message to stand by and await the FTL rescue ship.

2143

• The SBE FTL Colony Ship the George VII is launched towards Hydra.

2146

• Joint SBE-UISA FTL rescue ship visits the last known locations of all three Ark Ships and finds nothing.

2149

• The Russians send the Alexander Nevsky to Chimera to safeguard their acquisition of New Ukraine.

2150

• Russia commences construction of two Kursk-class Factory ships in the Mars Shipyards.

2152

• Battle of New Ukraine

2156

• The first Kursk-class Factory Ship arrives on Tolstoy and commences construction of a base.

2193

• The Dostoyevsky Committee agree to fund the construction of the Dostoyevsky Kursk-class Factory Ship in return for ownership of the moon.

23rd Century

2212

• The Russians move two Molot-class Battlecruisers and a Serp-class Carrier to the Griffin System, naming it the Griffin Task Force

2219

• The Fyodor leaves the Mars Shipyards for its first sub-light test flights.

2221

• The Fyodor Factory ship arrives on Dostoyevsky and begins construction of the Arcology Housing.

2229

• The USSR splits off half of the First Extrasolar Fleet, re-deploys it to the Griffin Task Force, and renames the unit the Third Extrasolar Fleet.

2243

• Famine on Neuostland devastates crops and causes revolts.

2249

• French Seventh Republic peacefully proclaimed on May 8th, to incorporate the undersea province of Atlantis.

2281

• Project Viper Mer a novel be Emanuel Poisson published

24th Century

2347

• The French colony Cousteau on Callisto is unveiled

2360

• French government sues for complete sovereignty over the moon Callisto

2367

• The Russians re-deploy the Third Extrasolar Fleet into Neuostland's cislunar space, precipitating the Neuostland Crisis.

• The British Ark ship, The Arthur, arrives in orbit around New Iowa. An already stressed geopolitical situation explodes with the intrusion of this new faction. On the verge of diplomatic agreement with the interlopers, both fleets unleash weapons of mass destruction, destroying the Russian Fleet and seriously damaging the American and British fleets.