Event Timeline

this page provides a list of major events over time.
To see a list of the action plans for each turn please see the Quest Plan Timeline

Major events

• character gains or updates: title, inventory, trait, hero status
• new (major) character (or group) is born or introduced
• new awakening begins
• new major location is discovered/unlocked
• new major technological development (ex ship type, orbital, space elevator)
• new secret unlocked
• change in directives
• mini turn occurs
• strange events/interludes (kingslayer)
• (do not need to summarize by or include every interlude)
• new discovery

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Presidential

• The Pattern has just been discovered showing that the shiplords will return to exact a price from Humanity again...
• Amanda Hawk is elected President of EarthGov (EGOV)

2105 -Turn 1

• Amanda feels her practice shining on stage during her performances.
• It is discovered that someone is pulling strings in the administration to resist the current leadership

2106 - Turn 2

• A potential conspiracy in the Administration leaves a trail leading back to a mysterious infonet communication connection that cannot be traced.
• Interlude: The Proven Miracle (Miracle of Skylark, Mars)
  • City of Skylark restored, Red Tower restored, limited atmospheric conversion active
• Investigation into Amanda’s practice in her speeches and singing begins
• Study for new secrets begins

2107 - Turn 3

• Interlude: Consequence
  • Shipload Subnet Triggered, execution of plan Kingslayer
• Stairway to Heaven (Practiced Miracle)
  • Home Office connects ground and orbital stations of the Space Elevator. Space elevator complete.
• Humanity begins to recolonize Mars
• Interlude: Kingslayer
  • Shiplord Subnet attempts to assassinate Amanda Hawk. Amanda Hawk gains traits: Wounded, Drained, Untapped Depths.
  • Amanda Speaks a full word intentionally for the first time, however this drains her abilities in order to save herself from death
• Network Analysis System for Intrigue completed, search for attempted assassin ongoing
• Vega assigns herself to Amanda to return her to Harmony

2108 - Turn 4

• Amanda makes a public appearance to reassure the people after having nearly died
• Sensor network completed and deployed
• Analysis of Shiplord weaponry begins
• Sizeable amount of Practiced combat gear acquired, checked over and repaired
• Reconstruction work of cities complete
• Ministerial VI for military work revealed.
• Investigation of Shiplord platforms continues. Relay station in empty space off earth found.
• Mary begins work on a formal study of how Potentials Practice.
• Research into non-practiced nanotechnology begins
• Vega begins training apprentices
• Vega works to help Amanda heal
  • pain in using her focus reduced by end of year.

2109 - Turn 5

• Interlude: Process of Failure
  • Operation Kingslayer after action analysis by Shiplord Subnet. Subnet increases observation, activates infowar routines and Tombstone protocol.
• Elder’s door is discovered
• New line of Practice reinforced ships created
  • The Dauntless class & Tower Class Prototypes Created
• Interlude: The Walls of Sol (Practice Trance)
  • Reinforcing and fortifying the Orbital Stations begun.
• completion of the planetary shield network and final laying in of the ground to orbit batteries.
• Subnet access to Earth’s infonet heavily reduced
  • Marcus begins to break in to the Shiplord Subnet
• Interlude: Unknown Potential
  • Discoveries of Project Insight
    • Different tiers of Shiplord Fleet
    • Existence of other Aliens
    • Shiplords do not have Practice.
• Amanda nearly restores her practice ability to full & finishes healing
  • Amanda Hawk loses trait Wounded

2110 - Turn 6

• Auxiliary fleet building
  • Practice Trance - two task groups worth of Practiced defensive systems and power supplies
• Communications network upgraded. Lagless broadcasting fully integrated into every orbital in the system.
  • Shiplord jamming effectiveness severely reduced
• Involvement of dragons in practice creation determined
• Vega creates the what will later be known as the Harmonic Archive
• Amanda Hawk
  • loses trait Drained
  • gains trait Speaker of Practice

Shadows of Sorrow (mini-turn)

• A mission is launched to physically take and neutralize the station at the heart of the Shiplord subnet.
  • Shiplord Courier and Launch Platform secured intact
  • Defensive Node secured intact excepting combat damage
  • Subnet Asset Data Archive secured intact
  • Tribute Fleet Data Archive secured mostly intact.

2117 - Turn 12

• Interlude: Shadow Dancing
  • Vega finally unlocks understanding of what she has created and names the Harmonic Record
  • Vega Cant gains Trait: The Harmonic Record

Post Presidential

Turns taking place during the years of Amanda Hawk’s temporary retirement from life as a public figure.

2121 - Turn 16

Second Contact (mini-turn)

Second Contact Alien delegates arrive

Arcadia

Turns taking place during the years of Amanda Hawk’s operation of the scientific research institute Arcadia.

2122 - Turn 17

• Iris gains Trait: Avatar.
• Mary gains Trait: Prototype Neural Network Link, Nanomaterial Defence Skin.
• Amanda begins training the first set of Speakers
• Interlude: Thoughts in Memory

2123 - Turn 18

• A Syllabus of Syllables
  • Amanda completes training the first class of new Speakers.

Second Contact (Clarion Calls)

• Contact Fleet firmly convinced that the Clarions will perform as advertised.
• Diplomatic Corps forward movement with negotiations heavily increased.

2124 - Turn 19

• Curriculum
  • Training of second set of Speakers underway.
  • Practice Science elective formalised as a new Institute course.

2125 - Turn 20

• Solution to the potential dangers of LiFE found.
• Amanda Hawk gains Trait: A Song of Bonds
• Training of second set of Speakers complete.
• Woken Fourth education improved.

Second Contact (end)

• Contact Fleet leaves

2126 - Turn 21

• Training of Speakers completed.
• Considerable advancement of fourth wave Potential teaching strategies.
• Amanda now has an apprentice.
  • Aya Yuuki
• Multitool in process of integration.
• Amanda Hawk, Vega Cant, and Kalilah Mishra increase to Unison Platform trait to (Ace).

2127 - Turn 22

• Conference about Unison Platforms as their own beings and the ethics of how or if to create more
  • Unison Intelligence final decision: Gestalt Platforms, modified Second Wave.
• Unison Intelligence gestalt avatar ‘Voice’ created.

2128 - Turn 23

• Reliquary of the Seed recovered
• New recruitment protocols complete. Limited Unisonbound recruitment will begin next year.

2129 - Turn 24

• Amanda Hawk gains Trait: Risen Focus.
• Mender’s Soul Tinker project complete.
  • Integration theoretically complete, but currently non-functional.
• Iris gains trait Caliburn.
• Iris trait ‘Mothered by the Heart’ revealed.
• Limited offensive Focus use for Amanda Hawk unlocked.
• Insight provides the date for The Shiplord Regular Fleet’s arrival

Mary’s Arcadia

Turns taking place during the year(s) of Amanda Hawk’s handing the reigns to the Arcadia Institute to Mary D’reve.

2130 - Turn 25

• Unisonbound battle couriers highly upgraded
  • this seems likely to lead to future reverse engineering projects
• new Unisonbound trained fully for auxiliary roles in the battle to come, with enough focus placed on core skills to ensure survival.
• Every member of the 223 has reached Adept level competence.
• Amanda Hawk gains trait: Healer’s Edge