Oolite timeline - Revision history

DavidKroc: Corrected wrong GalCop link

2025-02-16T09:09:05Z

Corrected wrong GalCop link

DavidKroc: typo

2025-02-16T09:03:42Z

typo

DavidKroc: Add Sidewinder NG references and Spalder and Starblaze links.

2025-02-16T09:01:57Z

Add Sidewinder NG references and Spalder and Starblaze links.

Cholmondely: Added section on game time

2021-03-05T10:59:56Z

Added section on game time

Cholmondely: /* Purist Timeline */ Structure!

2021-02-15T13:50:18Z

‎Purist Timeline: Structure!

Cholmondely: /* Purist Timeline */ Structure

2021-02-15T13:49:13Z

‎Purist Timeline: Structure

Cholmondely: Added Purist Timeline

2021-02-15T11:59:13Z

Added Purist Timeline

Cholmondely: /* Timeline */ Tweaks.

2021-02-02T17:12:02Z

‎Timeline: Tweaks.

Cholmondely: Tagged as Lore

2021-01-31T09:57:22Z

Tagged as Lore

Cholmondely: /* Timeline */ Fixed link

2021-01-25T16:23:54Z

‎Timeline: Fixed link

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 '''3125''' 	Commander Peter Jameson begins career as space trader. '''(start of the original Elite game)'''
-'''3130''' 	[[GalCop (Police) | GalCop]] begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded. [[Sidewinder NG]] production starts.
+'''3130''' 	[[GalCop]] begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded. [[Sidewinder NG]] production starts.
 '''3134'''	Modern Galactic Mean Time is established.

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 '''3125''' 	Commander Peter Jameson begins career as space trader. '''(start of the original Elite game)'''
-'''3130''' 	[[GalCop | GalCop (Police)]] begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded. [[Sidewinder NG]] production starts.
+'''3130''' 	[[GalCop (Police) | GalCop]] begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded. [[Sidewinder NG]] production starts.
 '''3134'''	Modern Galactic Mean Time is established.

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 '''2914''' 	Outworld Workshops [[Adder]] enters service
-'''2982''' 	Onrira Orbital / Spalder and Starblaze [[Sidewinder]] enters service.
+'''2982''' 	[[Onrira Orbital Shipyards | Onrira Orbital]] / [[Spalder and Starblaze Inc | Spalder and Starblaze]] [[Sidewinder]] enters service.
 '''2987''' 	Prototype Lance & Ferman homing missile successfully tested during Ineran Wars
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 '''3125''' 	Commander Peter Jameson begins career as space trader. '''(start of the original Elite game)'''
-'''3130''' 	GalCop begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded.
+'''3130''' 	[[GalCop | GalCop (Police)]] begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded. [[Sidewinder NG]] production starts.
 '''3134'''	Modern Galactic Mean Time is established.
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 == Purist Timeline ==

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 == Some notes on the above ==
 As adumbrated at length in [[Lore]] & [[History]], the Syncretists wish to fit Elite and Oolite together with the histories from Frontier and FFE. The Purists have little interest in the Frontier family of games (with the Empire and the Federation), but wish to explain why the population is so large - and why the systems in The Eight are so evenly populated. This takes time - more time than allowed for with a date of 3147, less than 1,200 years from now. Hence the two contrasting timelines.
 [[Category:Oolite]]
 [[Category:Fiction| ]]
 [[Category:Lore]]

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-  KD			Year -	        Year +	        Event
+  Kilo Days (KD)		Year -	        Year +	        Event
 			 5709		0		Birds & Frogs communicate (both in Galaxy 6)
   ~500			~4340	       ~1370	        Humans (outside The Eight) develop witchspace drive, the other species follow in turn

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   KD			Year -	        Year +	        Event
-			5709		0		Birds & Frogs communicate (both in Galaxy 6)
+			 5709		0		Birds & Frogs communicate (both in Galaxy 6)
   ~500			~4340	       ~1370	        Humans (outside The Eight) develop witchspace drive, the other species follow in turn
-			3478		2230		Birds & Frogs first meet
+			 3478		2230		Birds & Frogs first meet
-			3436		2273		Humans enter Tezaeded (Galaxy 2)
+			 3436		2273		Humans enter Tezaeded (Galaxy 2)
-			3189		2520		Human link system moves away
+			 3189		2520		Human link system moves away
-			3161		2548		Ineran researchers (Lizards) discover the Octagon
+			 3161		2548		Ineran researchers (Lizards) discover the Octagon
-			2914		2795		Computerised probe sent around the Octagon
+			 2914		2795		Computerised probe sent around the Octagon
-			2736		2973		Transgalactic colonization commences
+			 2736		2973		Transgalactic colonization commences
-			2649		3060		War between Felines & Insects
+			 2649		3060		War between Felines of the new Ataneris colony & the indigenous Insects of Galaxy 7.
-		        2602		3107		United Species Treaty - Interspecies Assembly
+		         2602		3107		United Species Treaty - Interspecies Assembly
-			1912		3797		Humanoids & Colonials gain representation on Assembly
+			 1912		3797		Humanoids & Colonials gain representation on Assembly
-			1736		3973		500 systems colonized. Interspecies veto axed
+			 1736		3973		500 systems colonized. Interspecies veto axed
-			1539		4170		Galactic Cooperative Treaty (GalCop)
+			 1539		4170		Galactic Cooperative Treaty (GalCop)
-			1325		4384		Start of Golden Age
+			 1325		4384		Start of Golden Age
-			542		5167		Final Colony (Oresrati)
+			 542		5167		Final Colony (Oresrati - Galaxy 8, no witchspace routes)
-			317		5392		First Thargoid scouts?
+			 317		5392		First Thargoid scouts?
-			295		5414		End of Golden Age, first Thargoids confirmed
+			 295		5414		End of Golden Age, first Thargoids confirmed
-			82		5627		Thargoid invasion
+			 82		5627		Thargoid invasion
-			71		5638		GalCop allows weapons on civilian ships
+			 71		5638		GalCop allows weapons on civilian ships
-			60		5649		Elite Federation of Pilots formed
+			 60		5649		Elite Federation of Pilots formed
-			46		5663		EFP recognised by GalCop
+			 46		5663		EFP recognised by GalCop
-			13		5696		Thargoid 2nd Invasion
+			 13		5696		Thargoid 2nd Invasion
-			10		5699		Commander Jameson becomes first Elite pilot
+			 10		5699		Commander Jameson becomes first Elite pilot
-			5		5704		Battle of Inera (Jameson dies)
+			 5		5704		Battle of Inera (Jameson dies)
-			3		5706		Battle of Isxees, defeat of Thargoids, GalCop hamstrung
+			 3		5706		Battle of Isxees, defeat of Thargoids, GalCop hamstrung
-			0		5709		today
+			 0		5709		today
 ----
 == Some notes on the above ==
 As adumbrated at length in [[Lore]] & [[History]], the Syncretists wish to fit Elite and Oolite together with the histories from Frontier and FFE. The Purists have little interest in the Frontier family of games (with the Empire and the Federation), but wish to explain why the population is so large - and why the systems in The Eight are so evenly populated. This takes time - more time than allowed for with a date of 3147, less than 1,200 years from now. Hence the two contrasting timelines.

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-This Oolite timeline is based on [[User:Selezen|Selezen]]'s excellent work, made available under Creative Commons. The first part has been taken from [[timeline|Frontier timeline]].
+This Oolite timeline is based on [[User:Selezen|Selezen]]'s excellent work, made available under Creative Commons. The first part has been taken from [[timeline|Frontier timeline]]. Done by Zireael (2013). Cholmondeley added the Purist version in 2021, wrested from [[User:Cim|Cim]]'s Ship's Manual.
-== Note by Selezen==
+== Syncretist Timeline ==
 '''2010s'''		First serious population problems on Earth.
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 '''3199''' 	Commander Peter Jameson dies, leaving vessels and space flight licences to his grandchildren, set to begin at the start of the next year.
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 [[Category:Lore]]

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 '''2230s''' 		Ultimatum sent to Tau Ceti ignored
-'''2240s'''		First interstellar battle, formation of the Federation. Founder members: Earth, Tau Ceti, Delta Pavonis, Altair, Beta Hydri.
+'''2240s'''		First interstellar battle, formation of the [[Federation]]. Founder members: Earth, Tau Ceti, Delta Pavonis, Altair, Beta Hydri.
 '''2260s''' 		Spread of Federation influence.
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 '''2300s''' 		Remaining indigenous life on Tau Ceti 3 preserved in special enclosures.
-'''2310s''' 		News of elimination of a reputedly sentient race on Achenar 6d by private colonists causes outrage in the Federation. Achenar refuses to join Federation, many terra-forming projects started.
+'''2310s''' 		News of elimination of a reputedly sentient race on Achenar 6d by private colonists causes outrage in the Federation. [[Achenar]] refuses to join Federation, many terra-forming projects started.
 '''2320s''' 		Federation sends war fleet to Achenar. Resulting enormous space battle won by Achenar.
-'''2330s'''		Spread of Empire from Achenar to surrounding worlds. War between Empire and Federation.
+'''2330s'''		Spread of [[Empire]] from Achenar to surrounding worlds. War between Empire and Federation.
 		The first Space Dredgers are built as a means of providing heavy industrial capability on the front lines of the war.
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 '''Before 2500''' 	Lakon Spaceways MC15 transporter enters service. Original prototype is known to have been built in Mars orbitspace (in the Sol system).
-'''Circa 2500''' 	Declining political relations prompt the Far Colonies (or Old Worlds, as the inhabitants of the area have christened their sector of space) to declare independence from the Galactic Empire. Ties with the Galactic Federation and the Duval Empire are officially severed. Far Colonies ships and personnel are declared persona non-grata and open hostilities greet any trespassers. Far Colony navigation systems are set not to show any worlds of either Federation of Empire on star charts, and all relevant locations are locked out of hyperdrive guidance systems
+'''Circa 2500''' 	Declining political relations prompt the Far Colonies (or [[Old Worlds]], as the inhabitants of the area have christened their sector of space) to declare independence from the Galactic Empire. Ties with the Galactic Federation and the Duval Empire are officially severed. Far Colonies ships and personnel are declared persona non-grata and open hostilities greet any trespassers. Far Colony navigation systems are set not to show any worlds of either Federation of Empire on star charts, and all relevant locations are locked out of hyperdrive guidance systems
 '''2545''' 	Discovery of stable wormhole leading to what is thought to be another galaxy. The next five years see the discovery of a network of stable wormholes joining a total of eight galaxies together.
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 '''2663''' 	Xexor Industries successfully test the first IGH unit small enough to fit on any hyperspace capable vessel. Despite the extortionate cost and mediocre safety margin of the unit, Xexor Industries receive over a hundred thousand advance orders in the week following the announcement of the test’s success.
-'''2696''' 	Passing of Galactic Co-operative of Worlds Charter. The Far Colonies become the Galactic Co-operative Of Worlds. This body is designed to hold jurisdiction over activities within the spacelanes of the eight galactic sectors, but will have no rule over the individual member worlds.
+'''2696''' 	Passing of Galactic Co-operative of Worlds Charter. The Far Colonies become the [[Galactic Co-operative Of Worlds]]. This body is designed to hold jurisdiction over activities within the spacelanes of the eight galactic sectors, but will have no rule over the individual member worlds.
 '''2700'''	Whatt and Pritney [[Python]] enters service. The Python is the first of the modular construction design vessels, specifically designed for ease of manufacture and longevity of design.
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 '''2845''' 	Kroweki & Carr's ‘PsychoHistory and Economic Theory in the GalFederation’ published
-'''2849'''	First contact with Thargoid vessels. Intermittent contact with lone vessels becomes common through the following year. [[GalCop]] Federal Law Centres record a great many attacks on these strange octagonal ships – on occasion with no provocation from the Thargoid party. Victories against the alien vessels are few.
+'''2849'''	First contact with [[Thargoid]] vessels. Intermittent contact with lone vessels becomes common through the following year. [[GalCop]] Federal Law Centres record a great many attacks on these strange octagonal ships – on occasion with no provocation from the Thargoid party. Victories against the alien vessels are few.
 '''2851''' 	First recorded [[Thargoids | Thargoid]] invasion of a system. War is declared, and the [[Galactic Navy]] is mobilised.
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 '''3028''' 	Marine Trench Company [[Moray_Star_Boat_(Oolite) | Moray Star Boat]] enters service
-'''3100''' 	[[Cowell & MgRath]] [[Cobra_Mk.3_(Oolite) | Cobra Mk III]] enters service. Zorgon Petterson Group Fer-de-Lance enters service
+'''3100''' 	[[Cowell & MgRath]] [[Cobra_Mk.3_(Oolite) | Cobra Mk III]] enters service. [[Zorgon Petterson Group]] Fer-de-Lance enters service
 '''3101''' 	[[Worm (Oolite)]] class landing craft enters service – multiple manufacturers.
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 '''3110''' 	[[Sector1/Reorte]] Ship Federation [[Mamba (Oolite)]] enters service.
-'''3115''' 	Elite combateer Jason Ryder killed by pirate attack.
+'''3115''' 	[[Elite]] combateer Jason Ryder killed by pirate attack.
 '''3122''' 	Upgrades to hyperspace systems and shipboard computer controls are completed – Faraway jump system is no longer required, and the systems are retired.
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 '''3124''' 	Trantor House publish Jane's Galactic Ships and Remote Colonial Construction, 5th Edition. Publishing code is 3205. (The 3205 number mentioned can’t be a date, as Elite is set before Frontier, and Frontier starts in 3200).
-'''3125''' 	Commander Peter Jameson begins career as space trader. (start of the original Elite game)
+'''3125''' 	Commander Peter Jameson begins career as space trader. '''(start of the original Elite game)'''
 '''3130''' 	GalCop begins a programme of retrofitting some out of date space faring equipment to older vessels. At the same time, satellite and comms buoys are upgraded.
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 '''3145''' 	Thargoid incursions into Federal space increase and protests about the deployment of supercarriers are non-existent.
-'''3147''' 	Peter Jameson Junior, Commander Jameson's second child, is born (conjectural - assumes twenty or so years of his chosen career (one that he loved) before considering children). (Oolite starts)
+'''3147''' 	Peter Jameson Junior, Commander Jameson's second child, is born (conjectural - assumes twenty or so years of his chosen career (one that he loved) before considering children). '''(Oolite starts)'''
 '''3149''' 	GalCop suffers massive losses in Thargoid attacks. Negotiations are opened with the Galactic Federation and the Duval Empire for aid in the wars. The Federation and Empire are having increasing trouble with Thargoid incursions, but not with full-scale war zones such as GalCop has seen.

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 The Aegidian SpaceWorks company releases three new ships onto the market. This company is a small, independent workshop that makes ships on contract. Their popularity spawns many ‘garage’ spacecraft hull manufacturers in GalCop territory, each working on a contractual basis. This sort of operation is banned in both the Federation and the Empire
-'''3139''' 	[[Murgh & Son]] become the second garage vessel manufacturer to become popular on a large scale.
+'''3139''' 	Murgh & Son become the second garage vessel manufacturer to become popular on a large scale, becoming [[Murgh Shipyards]].
 The Galactic Police begin experimenting with modified versions of the Viper cruiser.