Talk:Vilani
Smelchak Notes (2016)[edit]
- EXTERNAL LINK: Vilani Timeline at CotI
- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 10:22, 22 February 2016 (EST)
Early Vilani History (2016)[edit]
Date Conversion The Vilani began space exploration 5493BC and...
- -10004 = 5493BC
...within a century were establishing scientific bases in their system (5382BC).
- -9893 = 5382BC
Five hundred years of messing around in their own system lead to them eventually launching STL interstellar colonization missions (4882BC)...
- -9394 = 4882BC
...during which they discovered the first non-Vilani human world (4792BC).
- -9303 = 4792BC
Major Historical Events Timeline: 1116[edit]
These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this polity:
- (-20000 to -18000): Ancients Final War
- Ancients war machines finally run down on Vland (world).
- (-10004): Vilani space exploration program begins using using sublight (NAFAL) drives.
- (-9893): Vilani establish scientific bases throughout their solar (star) system.
- (-9394): Vilani begin launching colony missions to other worlds and systems.
- (-9310): Vilani discover intelligent lifeforms on other worlds using sublight (NAFAL) drives.
- First Contact between the Tahavi and Vilani.
- (-9303): Viliani discover first Minor Human Race.
- First Contact between the Geonee and Vilani.
- (-9235): Vilani discover the J-1 Jump Drive
- (-5400 to -4045): Consolidation Wars
- Vilani war against fringe cultures.
- (-5230): Vilani discover the J-2 Jump Drive
- (-5188): Vilani Bureaux (Shangarim) established. Vilani space distributed amongst bureaux.
- (-4045): Ziru Sirka founded.
- The Vilani calendar starts on this date.
- (-4035): Chairman of the Isgiirdi (lifetime executive leader) declared.
- Shadow Emperor rules behind the scenes in a quasi-acknowledged role.
- (-4014 to -2423): Pax Vilanica
- (-4000): Exploration by the Ziru Sirka ceases as internal disorder intensifies.
- (-3610): Shadow Emperor officially becomes the Emperor of the Stars, an absolute monarch.
- (-3000): Scientific research controlled and then stopped altogether as internal disorder continues to intensify.
- (-2422): First contact with the Terrans
- (-2404 to -2215): Interstellar Wars
- (-2400): Terran Confederation officially at war with the Ziru Sirka
- (-2219): Terran technology begins to supercede Vilani technical achievement.
- (-2204): Rule of Man founded.
- Ziru Sirka absorbed into the Rule of Man.
- (-1776 to 0): Long Night
- (-1523 to -1519): Vilani War of Liberation
- (0): Third Imperium founded.
Geonee date[edit]
It seems like the contact with the Geonee is in the wrong place on the Timeline. GURPS Humaniti puts it at about -9000 as does DGP Vilani and Vargr. It doesn't seem like the sublight Vilani were contacting the jump-drive-using Geonee in Massilia sector. I'm going to move it a notch down the timeline so it's in roughly the right place.
- I agree; I am fairly sure that the Vilani had discovered the Jump Drive independently before contacting the Jump-using Geonee. Otherwise the Vilani claim to be a Major Race would be in serious doubt. --WHULorigan (talk) 23:18, 5 December 2021 (EST)