Talk:Ikon (world)

Notes (2016)

c. -10,200 The Event strikes Ikon, cracking the planet. Terraforming begun by an unknown species

c. -9050 Terraforming of Ikon ends abruptly, without lifeforms

-2198 The Terran Navy established a regional military government at Gulimizuurkush (renamed Ikon)

-1711 Ikon finally falls to the Vargr packs of the Loi Kungkeisoleoeksknusin. Alpha Base is destroyed resisting the Vargr. The status of humans is initially as ‘chasing prey’, ‘livestock’, or ‘slaves’

c. -1500 The status of the Vilani under Vargr rule on Ikon improves to ‘valuable slaves.’ The sport hunting of humans on Ikon comes to an end around the same time

-1443 After the last human uprising is crushed on Ikon, the Loi Kungkeisoleoeksknusin is again dissolved. It is never reconstituted

1300 The status of the Vilani under Vargr rule on Ikon improves to trusted servants and pets

c. -1200 The Vargr of Ikon rebuild an old shipyard begin to dominate local space

c. -600 The sophonts of Ikon begin ethnically cleansing the surrounding worlds of non-Ovaghoun Vargr

-300 colonization efforts from Ikon comes to an end. Ikonaz society turns inward

-243 Traders from the Sylean Federation first visit Ikon

c. -200 Leaders on Ikon remain (wilfully?) unaware of any interstellar state except their own

-195 Corporate scouts from the Menderes Corporation first visit Ikon

-187 Business speculators from Antares first visit Ikon

-84 Traders from Vland visit Ikon. Dawn becomes obvious locally

-53 The Mmoannikh Accords are rejected by the central Ikonaz government on Ikon

c. 0 Ikon’s freedom of action is increasingly restricted. Ikon arrives at TL 11, after immense effort

100s Ikon works hard to gain TL 12 levels of wealth and know-how, clearly succeeding only at the end of the century

169 The Wall of Light, an extensive laser-based defence network around Ikon, was put into operation

277-176 to 284-176 The First Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory

310-178 to 347-178 The Second Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory

347-178 to 359-180 The Third Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory

25-183 The Fourth Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory

365-189 The Fifth Battle of Ikon is fought. The heavily defended mainworld is left alone by the Tokitre Colonial squadrons, but all other worlds in-system are sterilized: Imperial victory

c. 190 to 210 Many Ikonaz military and corsair units ignore orders and refuse to return home, causing headaches for the Imperium. Several return home with slaves, forming the basis of the “Impservers” population on Ikon

c. 300 Ikon is at TL 13

332 The Hierarchy is destroyed by the United Parliaments of Ikon. The world’s capital city of Mnosa’oudz is vaporized. Political instability grows across the Ikonaz Sphere

335 The United Parliaments of Ikon gradually grows more oppressive

349 The Parliamental Navy of Ikon fragments

351 The United Parliaments is reduced to the world of Ikon. The government fragments and dissolves

c. 400 Ikon’s atmosphere is tainted

442 Vgrofhiighollouksesh Ar, Defender of Ikon, dies. His government, The Lucky Paws Generosity Commission, dies with him, but is quickly replaced by a similar state

c. 550 Ikon is at TL 14

c. 580 Ikon’s overall law and taxation level is lowered

594 The undersea megalopolis of Thertziraakh suffers a catastrophic failure on Ikon. About 19.9 billion sophonts die from flooding and imploding pressures

599 Ikon’s political elites follow Omaloekha’ous’ lead, and decide to rebuilt the undersea megalopolis according to the A’grangrigk Plan

615 to 625 Ikon acts as a major centre of pirate raids, striking into the unstable Imperium

Late 600s Ikon is at TL 15

c. 720 Ikon hits her most populated point – 300 billion sophonts, living at TL 15. Both the number of residents (at their level of consumption) and the technology level are unsustainable. Her semi-planned economy comes under severe strain.

c. 725 to 770 The first Great Migration begins, from Ikon to other Ikonaz communities in Province, the Windhorn and Meshan sectors. Few settle in the Ikonaz Sphere mid-730s The Impservers of Ikon are gradually freed from slavery

mid-700s Unable to sustain TL 15, Ikon is recategorized as a TL 14 society

c. 770 Ikon’s first Great Migration ends

807 Ikon’s atmosphere is certified to be taint-free by the Protectorate Science Committee

c. 820 A second wave of Ikonaz emigrants leave Ikon. A few billion of these emigrants choose to settle within the Ikonaz Sphere.

c. 860 The second of Ikon’s Great Migration ends

914 The Protectorate Science Committee determines Ikon’s biosphere as ‘strong’

933 to 936 The Protectorate launches the Lorean Strikes into the Hegemony. Military forces from the Fellowship of Nobles from Ikon spearheaded these assaults

early 937 The Fellowship of Nobles on Ikon is dissolved

References and Contributors (Sources)

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• Alvin Plummer. "The Empty Quarter Timeline." Stellar Reaches 18 (2012): 34.