Empty Quarter Timeline

The Empty Quarter has had a long and florid history.

Description (Specifications)

The Empty Quarter is particularly noted for its many civilizations and diverse population of sophont species. Conquerors have come and gone, but civilization endures.

Vargr Historical Overview

The Empty Quarter is Vargr Space and any story of the astrographic region is one of Vargr civilization. However, there are other NILs across the area, a large human empire, the Yileans, and a number of others. The First Imperium also colonized and fought through the region at one time as well.

Vilani Historical Overview

The First Imperium extensively colonized the region at one time and exposed the Vargr to the socioeconomic culture of the Bureaux.

Terran Historical Overview

When the Terran Confederation fought the Ziru Sirka to defeat over the Interstellar Wars, Terrans reached this area and eventually established the Rule of Man, which regarded this area as a frontier.

Imperial Historical Overview

The Third Imperium has had quite a conflict with the numerous young nations of the Vargr Extents... There is a relative peace and flourishing trade relationship at this time in 1105.

History & Background (Dossier)

Local historians, primarily Vargr, Bwap, and Humans, have come to favor the following period designations:

Pre-History (Ancients period) and First Imperium

Pre-History
Date	Event	Remarks
c. -300,000	While the Ancients flourished during this era, the Empty Quarter is notable for its lack of Ancient activity.	None
c. -49,000	Evidence suggests that Mikhail was inhabited by sophonts at this time.	None
c. -39,000	The Monoliths of Thisuel are made by an unknown species.	None
-11,011	Space exploration begins on Vland.	None
c. -10,200	The Event strikes Ikon, cracking the planet. Terraforming begun by an unknown species.	None
-9235	Jump-1 technology is achieved on Vland. Vilani society is effectively at TL-9.	None
c. -9050	Terraforming of Ikon ends abruptly, without lifeforms.	None
c. -5400	The Consolidation Wars begin.	None
c. -5430	Vilani develop jump-2 drives. Core Vilani worlds are at TL-11.	None
c. -5000	The Vilani begin scouting what is known as Gushgus Sector (later known as the Empty Quarter).	None
c. -5000	The Vilani make First Contact with the Bwaps, who are at TL-5.	None
-4914	Ababat is the first world in this sector to be colonized by humans.	None
c. -4900	The Bwaps rise from TL-5 to TL-9.	None
c. -4500	The reclusive Pikii (later Surogotans) are discovered by Vilani scouts.	None
c. -4400	Vilani-Yilean First Contact on Gashikan; Yileans at TL-4.	None
c. -4200	Gashikan is a successful Vilani-run world, at TL-9.	None
c. -4000	Senior Vilani Nobles and bureaucrats make it a point to always have a few Bwaps in their retinue. This preference for Bwap bureaucrats spreads across the Ziru Sirka (a.k.a. the First Imperium).	None
-4045	After 1,400 years, the Consolidation Wars end. All cultures contacted by the Vilani are subjugated under the Ziru Sirka.	None
-4089	Space exploration begins on Lair, the Vargr homeworld	None
-3815	Vargr Colonial Rebellion begins.	None
-3810	Jump-1 technology is achieved on Lair.	None
-3790	Vargr Colonial Rebellion ends. Vargr begin to spread across the stars.	None
c. -3800	Height of Ziru Sirka, covering 27 sectors and 15,000 star systems.	None
c. -3170	The Bwaps are permitted to build Jump-1 starships.	None
c. -3000	Within the Empty Quarter, only Beta Quadrant remains substantially unsettled.	None
-3005	Wesaswek is colonized by the Bwap. Additional worlds are colonized.	None
-2800	The Vilani make first contact with the Vargr, in Gvurrdon Sector.	None
c. -2800	The borders of the Ziru Sirka begin to fray.	None
c. -2800	The Bwaps are permitted to build jump-2 starships, by special permission from the Ishimkarun (Shadow Emperor).	None
c. -2700	Vilani-Vargr First Contact.	None
c. -2700	First Vargr Diaspora begins	None
c. -2450	A limited Vilani terraforming project begins on Reshiigani	None
-2559	Space exploration begins on Terra. Lunar landing eight years later.	None
-2576	Reshiigani is finally fully terraformed by this year -- 70 years behind schedule. Kickbacks and corruption are the primary reasons for the delay.	None
c. -2500	Bwap colonization ceases.	None
c. -2400	Second Vargr Diaspora begins. They begin the infamous Vargr Pillaging.	None
-2408	Terrans at TL-10. First Interstellar War begins.	None
-2422	Vilani-Terran First Contact.	None
-2398	Terrans develop Jump-2 drives: TL-11.	None
-2360	Terrans match Vilani technology at all levels (at TL-11), surpassing it in medicine and computers.	None
c. -2285	Terrans develop Jump-3 drives: TL-12	None
-2219	Nth Interstellar War ends with the fall of the Ziru Sirka	None
-2219	Gushgus is ungoverned. Interstellar chaos reigns.	None
-2218	The first Terrans, a trading party, enter the sector.	None
-2210	The Terran Navy establishes a regional military government at Uubisuu (renamed Nulinad).	None

Rebirth: Rule of Man

Rule of Man (Rule of Man to -2000)

Rebirth: Rule of Man
Date	Event	Remarks
-2204	Rule of Man founded	None
-2203	First K’kree crossing of the Lesser Rift	None
-2198	The Terran Navy establishes a regional military government at Gulimizuurkush (Ikon).	None
-2196	Pugaash is colonized, as a Vilani religious retreat.	None
-2180	Hiroshi II, Emperor of the Rule of Man, assigns Asimikigir to the Menderes trading family	None
-2170	Many Terrans settle throughout the old Vilani territories. Many Vilani abandon Vilani cultural mores to take up Terran ways of life, partially or completely.	None
c. -2150	Scorpion Company recruits settlers to Antares, Mendan, Gashikan, and Trenchans sectors.	None
-2120s to -2100s	Muslim Arab settlers arrive in Gushgus Sector. Some Persians follow, largely restricted to Sashar system.	None
-2100	K’kree-Vargr First Contact	None
-2074	Duke Mus’ad renames “Gushgus Sector” to “The Empty Quarter.”	None
-2050 to -2030	The first wave of East Indian settlers arrives in the Empty Quarter.	None
-2045	K’kree-Hiver First Contact	None
-2036	The Vilani mining colony on Pamushgar is founded.	None
-2029	K’kree-Hiver War begins.	None
-2013	K’kree-Hiver War ends	None
-2008	K’kree-Terran First Contact. Terran scouts skirmish with the K’kree during their exploration.	None
-2005 to -1997	The world of Shikua, previously named Iisule (world), was inhabited by Arabs at this time.	None

Rule of Man (-2000 to Long Night)

Rebirth: Rule of Man
Date	Event	Remarks
c. -1900	It becomes obvious that the Rule of Man is slowly failing	None
-1955	The Rule of Man abolishes the remnants of the Vilani caste system.	None
c. -1850	The Bwap Tap-a-wewaka-atapas are able to shield four Bwap worlds from Vargr raiders and pirates.	None
-1830s	A wave of American Indian settlers arrive to settle within the Empty Quarter.	None
c. -1800	Vland begins her fall from her TL-12 technology peak.	None
-1799	Several Rule of Man border worlds refuse to accept off-world currency.	None
-1784	The Empire of Gashikan begins its expansion, as a result of the Rule of Man’s inability to defend Amdukan and Gashikan Sectors from Vargr incursions.	None

Fall: Long Night

Long Night (Long Night to -1,000)

Fall: Long Night
Date	Event	Remarks
-1776	Hub/Ershur, capital of the Rule of Man, refuses to recognize money issued from the branch bank at Antares. The collapse of trade and the Rule of Man follow soon after.	None
-1776	The Syleans successfully ride out the fall of the Rule of Man: their technology does not decline below TL-10, and they maintain some interstellar trade throughout the Long Night.	None
-1770	Twelve systems, the Glorious Twelve, continue to resist the Vargr even as other human systems fall to the endless assaults and raids.	None
-1762	Charlie Base, on Nulinad, is destroyed in a local civil war.	None
c. -1750	Four of the Glorious Twelve have their human populations killed off.	None
c. -1750	Rakadan culture is reshaped to maintain a permanent war footing. In the process, the system’s name is changed to Arakaad.	None
c. -1725 to -1700	Mikik’s naval forces are slowly ground down to powder by an endless stream of Vargr assaults. The world itself is raided unmercifully throughout the Long Night.	None
c. -1740	Ssilnthis is conquered piecemeal by the Vargr.	None
-1743	Dumkashga, one of the Glorious Twelve, has her high-tech industries destroyed.	None
-1730	Sibikliir and Gimushi, the “Twin Pillars of Heaven”, repulse a Vargr invasion, at high cost.	None
-1713	The Twins of Heaven repulse a second Vargr invasion, again at high cost.	None
-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.’	None
(363-)-1705	In the Battle of Sibikliir, Sibikliir is sterilized, but much of the population is successfully transferred to Gimushi. The Vargr raiding fleets within the Empty Quarter are destroyed.	None
c. -1700	The Vargr Pillaging ends.	None
c. -1700	The Vargr occupation of Udusis begins.	None
-1700	Only Gudina, Pamushgar and Bravo Base of the Glorious Twelve survive the Vargr Pillaging intact.	None
-1658	The Sack of Gashikan: Vargr corsairs nuke and loot Gashikan, gutting the garden world.	None
-1646	The Second Empire of Gashikan is founded.	None
-1629	First STL ramscoop mission sent from Hebrin.	None
c. -1600	Marhaban and Wesaswek’s technological decline hits bottom at TL-9.	None
c. -1500	Anti-Vargr purges end within the rimward Empty Quarter.	None
c. -1500	Anti-Bwap purges begin in the rimward Empty Quarter.	None
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.	None
c. -1550	Vland’s technological powers hits bottom at TL-9.	None
-1500s	The Vargr occupation of Udusis ends in a ferocious uprising.	None
c. -1500 to -800	The slow dieoff of Bwaps continues on many human majority worlds within the Empty Quarter. A fair-sized percentage are transported to safe worlds by Bwap military units.	None
-1469	The ramscoop al-Iskandriyah is launched from Hebrin.	None
-1443	After the last human uprising is crushed on Ikon, the Loi Kungkeisoleoeksknusin is again dissolved. It is never reconstituted.	None
-1427	The Wolvesbane Project is released by the Second Empire of Gashikan.	None
c. -1300	The Bwap homeworld of Marhaban re-attains TL-10.	None
c. -1300	The Grand Council of Crèches decides to contact as many of the scattered Bwap creches as possible.	None
-1300	The status of the Vilani under Vargr rule on Ikon improves to trusted servants and pets.	None
-1281	Last ramscoop mission sent from Hebrin.	None
-1257	The ramscoop al-Iskandriyah arrives in orbit around Lazisar.	None
c. -1250	Bwap scouts are sent on recontact missions.	None
c. -1200?	The Second Empire of Gashikan reaches its greatest extent, covering most of Gashikan Sector, half of Trenchan and Mendan sector, and small portions of Meshan and Gzaekfueg sectors.	None
c. -1200	The Vargr of Ikon rebuild an old shipyard begin to dominate local space.	None
-1173	The Kikhushegi sect arises on Lazisar.	None
-1163 to -1141	The legendary journey of the Bwap scout Watwapebpepaeb, from Marhaban to the Old Expanses and back, is made.	None
-1128	The Bwap Tap-a-wewaka-atapas lose two battalions on Hebrin.	None
c. -1100	The Darrians, in the Spinward Marches Sector, reach TL-14.	None

Long Night (-1,000 to 0)

Fall: Long Night
Date	Event	Remarks
c. -1000	Second Race War over: Gashikan Navy remains within Imperial borders.	None
c. -1000	Intrepid Vargr explorers enter K'kree Space.	None
c. -1000 to -300	The increasingly wealthy Ovaghoun Vargr establish multiple colonies throughout the Meshan and Provence Sectors.	None
-924	Darrian, in the Spinward Marches, reaches TL-16.	None
-924	Darrians’ sun destabilizes, destroying Darrian civilization.	None
c. -990	The Tap-a-wewaka-atapas request permission to nuke human cities on Hebrin. After numerous arguments, the Grant Council decide against the proposal.	None
-840	The local Vargr colonize Uzola as a production factory base.	None
(122-)-836	Beta Niobe (in hex 2825 of the Empty Quarter) goes nova. This sparks major controversy within the widespread Church of the Stellar Divinity.	None
-804	The four dominant governments on Lazisar all declare Kikhushegi the state religion.	None
-800	The tenets of Kikhushegi are radioed to Hebrin.	None
-800	Uzola peaks at TL-10.	None
c. -800	The anti-Bwap purges in the rimward Empty Quarter come to an end.	None
-792	The Lazisar World Directorate is created	None
-779	The tenets of Kikhushegi are received by Hebrin. Jihad is declared against Lazisar.	None
-726	The Vargr vandalize and plunder several cities on Mikik.	None
c. -700	Current limits of the Vargr Extents are reached.	None
-700	The Second Vargr Diaspora peters out.	None
-700	Vargr-K'kree trade begins.	None
-650	The Sylean Federation is founded, at TL-11.	None
-612	The Legion of Breskain, an anti-Vargr order of knights, is founded in Gashikan Sector.	None
c. -600	Two or three dozen Bwap starships visit Marhaban every year.	None
c. -600	The sophonts of Ikon begin ethnically cleansing the surrounding worlds of non-Ovaghoun Vargr.	None
-593	New Bwap colonies are planted by Bwap crèches.	None
c. -530	The Vargr are forced to abandon Uzola, their main production base.	None
c. -500	K’kree traders, under Vargr escort, first enter the Empty Quarter.	None
c. -500	The top tech level among the Spark Worlds is TL-7.	None
c. -500	The Shushaginin, Pugaashi's interstellar intelligence service, is created.	None
-495	First Contact between Sylean Federation scouts and the Vilani core worlds in Vland Sector. The Scouts are expelled.	None
-484	Bwap members of the Sylean Federation Scouts first visit Marhaban, the Bwap homeworld, and are welcomed as long-lost kin.	None
-480	The return of the Bwap Sylean Scouts is celebrated by Sylean media.	None
-489	Vilani Bureaux reformed. They begin expanding into Vilani-dominant areas in Vland Sector, a.k.a. the Vilani Cultural Region.	None
-480	A corridor of trade is established between Vland and Sylea.	None
-300	The Ikonaz Sphere -- the Ovaghoun settlement zone -- includes parts or most of the following sectors: The Windhorn, Meshan, Mendan, Amdukan, Vland, Lishun, Antares, and the Empty Quarter.	None
-372	The jihad between Hebrin and Lazisar ends in a truce.	None
late -300s	Both Hebrin and Lazisar gain jump drive technology from Bwap delegations, in return for permitting Bwap resettlement on their worlds.	None
-300	Colonization efforts from Ikon comes to an end. Ikonaz society turns inward.	None
-277	Ongour'k Gatzua of Ssilnthis discovers the use of concessions in managing slaves.	None
-240	Gatzua, now Master Boss, has his refined and productive techniques put to print.	None
-243	Traders from the Sylean Federation first visit Ikon.	None
-202	The Caliphate of Hebrin is founded.	None
c. -200	The original colony on Khollok, founded during the late Rule of Man, dies off.	None
c. -200	The Ikonaz Sphere, cleared of all non-Ovaghoun Vargr, is established. Unemployed Ikonaz warships, corsairs, and mercenaries roam the starlanes.	None
c. -200	Leaders on Ikon remain (wilfully?) unaware of any interstellar state except their own.	None
c. -200	The Lazisar System Directorate works to increase their economic and technological strength from TL-9.	None
-199	A decade-long civil war tears apart Pugaash’s government.	None
-198	The Absaba-waketh we-bapaaes, a Bwap-Federation trading venture, begins a regular trade route between Sylea and Marhaban.	None
-195	Corporate scouts from the Menderes Corporation first visit Ikon.	None
-187	Business speculators from Antares first visit Ikon.	None
-177	The Tativia Plunder strikes Mikik. Xenophobic attitudes become comprehensive	None
c. -150	The Sylean Federation is at TL-12.	None
-150 to -130	The Ovaghoun societies in Vland Sector are forcibly brought under Vilani rule.	None
-110 to -70	Logaksu-Ovaghoun conflicts, fought on military, cultural and propaganda levels, surge throughout the Windhorn and Lishun sectors.	None
-106	Native Americans and Vargr are exiled from Hebrin, via STL ramjet starships.	None
-100	A larger Sylean Federation establishes formal trade ties with the Vilani Cultural Region.	None
c. -100	The top tech level among the Spark Worlds, excluding Ssilnthis, hits the floor at TL-5. A limited rise begins on several worlds as Ssilnthis culture spreads.	None
-84	Traders from Vland visit Ikon. Dawn becomes obvious locally.	None
-55	The Mmoannikh Accords, declaring the Logaksu and Ovaghoun Vargr cultures to be of equal worth, are signed on Lair	None
-53	The Mmoannikh Accords are rejected by the central Ikonaz government on Ikon	None
c. -50	A new Ikonaz government is in control of the Ikonaz Sphere, but Ikonaz territories in the Windhorn and most of Lishun are lost for good.	None
-43	The Kr’rig Aounorg Report is released, disclosing how far behind the Ikonaz Sphere has fallen behind other competing interstellar states	None
-36	The Ikonaz abandon Outpost and Tokitre, bombing and gassing much of the population before withdrawing.	None
-30	Vland and the majority of the Vilani Cultural Region allies with the Sylean Federation.	None
-20	While the Caliphate of Hebrin meets a variety of her goals, Hebrin colonization proves to be a waste of resources	None
-10	Outpost and Tokitre end their genocide/expulsion of any remaining Vargr or Mixed- or Pure-blooded Vilani, as there are none left to slay. These two systems continue to rebound demographically and technologically from their orbital pounding.	None

Growth: Imperial Era

The Imperial Era (0 to 200s)

Growth: The Imperial Era
Date	Event	Remarks
0	The Sylean Federation issues the Warrant of Restoration, establishing the Third Imperium as the legitimate successor of the previous two interstellar Imperia. The Grand Senate – now reformed as the Imperial Moot - enthrones Cleon Zhunastu as the first Emperor of the new Third Imperium.	None
c. 0	Marhaban is a minor trade nexus, with Sylean, Vargr, Vilani, and Menderes traders routinely stopping over.	None
c. 0	Ikon’s freedom of action is increasingly restricted.	None
c. 0	Ikon arrives at TL-11, after immense effort.	None
2	The Caliphate of Hebrin cuts off several colonies.	None
2	Imperial Interstellar Sylean Scouts, unaware of the replacement of the Federation with the Third Imperium, contact Caliph Ahmed of Hebrin. Soon after, the decision to roll back the Caliphate's borders to an easily-defendable reach is made.	None
5	Most of the Caliphate's fifteen colonies begin to be abandoned.	None
20	The Third Imperium includes most of Core and Vland, and much of Massilia, Antares, Dagudashaag, Fornast, and Ilelish Sector	None
20	The Caliphate's territory is reduced to three systems, excluding Hebrin herself.	None
27	The Pikii are rediscovered by Imperial Scouts. They are renamed Surogotans, and their world Sugota.	None
30	Sugota is Red Zoned, and interdicted by the Imperial Navy.	None
32	Gudina's hostility to starfarers ends with a visit by an Imperial naval fleet. Negotiations eventually permit her admittance into the Imperium a few years later.	None
77-034	Gagukam is the first world in the Empty Quarter to join the Third Imperium.	None
35	Caliph Ahmed receives his fiefs, Noble insignia and regalia from Emperor Cleon on Sylea, now renamed Capital.	None
208-035	Marhaban and the nearby Bwap-dominated systems officially join the Third Imperium, having declared unofficial support two decades prior.	None
44	Pamushgar hosts the first Imperial Naval base in the sector.	None
47	Imperial diplomats set up a group of power-sharing agreements that heads off a major civil war between humans and Vargr on Udusis.	None
50	The isolated system of Enola is settled, in an amazing journey across six void parsecs.	None
51	The interdiction order on Surogota is lifted, and the system Green Zoned immediately.	None
54	Artemsus is chosen as Emperor of the Third Imperium.	None
60	Sector Duke Gamal orders that only Hebrinese can serve in the Sector Navy. This order is countermanded by Archduke Charles of Antares, and eventually causes the Sector Duke title to be stripped from Duke Gamal.	None
62	Imperial diplomats contact Irash and Yashodhan. Irash joins the Imperium.	None
63	Yashodhan creates the interstellar Yashodhan Democracy, and declares war against the Imperium to free Irash from Imperial control.	None
64	A weak Imperial force is destroyed by the Yashodhani. A blockade is established around Irash.	None
67	The Imperium sues for peace. Irash remains Imperial, but the Yashodhani democracy is recognized as a sovereign government. Special contact rights are given to Yashodhani traders in regard to Irash.	None
68	Bravo System is Red Zoned.	None
69	A monastery of the Church of the Stellar Divinity is set up in hex 2825, within the Beta Niobe Nebula.	None
70	The Third Imperium renounces her claim on Enola.	None
c. 70	Gudina's attitude shifts to being largely supportive of the Third Imperium.	None
76	The Pacification Campaigns start.	None
86	Visiting asteroid miners in Exile system are attacked.	None
89	The Antarean Pacification Campaign begins. The Antares Cluster is annexed in the initial year of the campaign .	None
89	Rebels and refugees, fleeing the Imperium, shape public opinion in the Vargr Extents into a strongly anti-Imperial form.	None
94 to 97	Span of the Ematan Campaigns, the most forceful attempt to pacify Mikik by the Third Imperium.	None
c. 100	On Vargr starships within the Empty Quarter, the Red Sparks serve only as muscle.	None
c. 100	Outpost and Tokitre completely rebound from their assault by the Ikonaz military.	None
100s	Ikon works hard to gain TL-12 levels of wealth and know-how, clearly succeeding only at the end of the century.	None
101	The Third Imperium and the residents of Exile come to an agreement regarding visitors and sovereignty. Exile is Red Zoned.	None
114	The Third Imperium declares war against the Steel Bond of Ethou, the then-current government of the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
117	The Imperial-Ethou war ends, with the Steel Bond ceding to the Imperium all Ovaghoun territory in Antares and Lishun Sectors. Outpost, Tokitre, and several worlds close to the Ikonaz border become Imperial Client States.	None
117	A major civil war is fought within the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
119	The Ikonaz civil war ends: all Ovaghoun territory in Meshan and most of Mendan are freed from Ikonaz rule. In what remains of the Ikonaz Sphere, laws and taxes increase in an attempt to rebuild. The Falsemen cyborg slave caste is created by the new Uekfavgrovbr' Syndarchy.	None
120	The Pacification Campaigns are brought to an end.	None
123	Armed far traders visit Ssilnthis. This marks the first known Imperial visit to the Spark Worlds.	None
125	The Menderes Corporation works to frustrate Imperial diplomacy in the Domain of Antares.	None
175	The Julian War starts.	None
175	The Oatheingthue Starnet, the government of the Ikonaz Sphere at the time, collapses as soon as news of the Imperial war arrives. The sophonts of the sphere continue to fight.	None
175 to 176	The Imperium conquers various minor Ikonaz worlds.	None
277-176 to 284-176	The First Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory.	None
178	The Julian Protectorate is created.	None
310-178 to 347-178	The Second Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory.	None
359-180	The Third Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory.	None
late 182	Imperial forces flood the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
25-183	The Fourth Battle of Ikon is fought: Ikonaz victory.	None
185	Strong Protectorate fleets cross the Lesser Rift, and take Antares.	None
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.	None
190 to 191	A major Ikonaz offensive pushes into the Imperium, quickly degenerating into a rampage. Large amounts of booty and slaves are shipped back to Ikon. An Ikonaz attack on Tokitre is annihilated.	None
190 to 191	Peace talks between the Julian Protectorate and the Imperium are held in a Stellar Divinity monastery within the Beta Niobe Nebula.	None
190	The Imperium loses several battles in an attempt to retake Antares.	None
191	The Julian War ends.	None
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.	None
195	The Ikonaz finally take the time to formally create a new interstellar government, the Thali A'okfonkum.	None

The Imperial Era (200s to 400s)

Growth: The Imperial Era
Date	Event	Remarks
c. 200	The False Dawn of the Imperial Empty Quarter begins.	None
c. 200 to 240	Substantial numbers of lower-class Vargr from Antares Sector are brought into the Empty Quarter as cheap labor.	None
c. 200 to 250	Yogesh’s robotics industry blossoms.	None
c. 200 to 250	Lazisar rises from TL-9 to TL-10, and increases her population by a factor of ten.	None
c. 200 to 240	Eninsish rises from TL-8 to TL-12.	None
c. 240 to c.700	Irilitok Vargr are encouraged to relocate from Amdukan Sector to the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
c. 200 to 370	The Red Sparks take only the physical, preferably violent work on the worlds they control, leaving all non-physical non-violent work to their slaves.	None
c. 230 to 280	Pamushgar increases her industry and population, but her atmosphere is tainted in the process.	None
c. 200 to 300	Wesaswek rises from TL-9 to TL-11.	None
225	Al Kufrah is purchased from the Duke of Hebrin, and renamed Cooke.	None
226	The forced transporting of Ovaghoun Vargr to depopulated worlds begins.	None
238	The Imperial Depot at Lazisar is commissioned.	None
c. 230	Master Boss Ongour’k Gatzua’s ‘human-slave management techniques’ are put to print on Ssilnthis.	None
c. 240	Gobi undergoes a major influx in investment.	None
c. 240 to 280	Nulinad undergoes a major growth in infrastructure.	None
240	The forced transporting of Ovaghoun Vargr ends. Irilitok Vargr from Amdukan Sector are invited to reside in Ikonaz Space.	None
240	Ergiinkhu is renamed Mugama, and resettled by colonists from Dahomey (Fornast 1613).	None
241	Northwind is renamed Rommel.	None
246	Ashgiirkis is purchased by East Indian Jews, and renamed Mordekai.	None
248	The last attempt to establish a starport on Mikik ends in disaster.	None
c. 250	Ssilnthis reaches TL-9. Local Vargr Packs.	None
259	The Caunotaucarius Imperial Finishing School, a prestigious educational establishment for young Nobles and scions, is founded on Aleshanee.	None
266	Ushmigad is settled by Vilani members of the Ashi Gurlagili cult.	None
277	The Administrative Academy of Ka-aswa is founded.	None
c. 280	The era of the Ssilnthis conquistador begins, as pirates, would-be conquerors and freebooters leave Ssilnthis for new worlds.	None
c. 280 to 320	Educating humans becomes popular among the leading Vargr of the Spark Worlds.	None
c. 300	The Third Imperium is at TL-13.	None
c. 300	Vland is at TL-11.	None
c. 300	Ikon is at TL-13.	None
c. 300	The False Dawn of the Imperial Empty Quarter ends: the Breakup begins.	None
c. 300	Awareness of massive human empires spreads among the subservient men of Beta Quadrant.	None
Early 300s	Vargr refugees from Arzul Sector arrive at the Spark Worlds. They begin to economically compete with the local Vargr.	None
Early 300s	Ssilnthis dominance hits its apogee, and goes into decline.	None
c. 300	A Sydite colony ship misjumps and emerges a sector away in Iisdirrii.	None
300s	Eninsish, Sashar, Kenrasda, Zukhisa, Dorado, Dharmendra and Askaath suffer the most during the Breakup.	None
300	Empress Porfiria commissions the First Survey.	None
c. 310s	End of the spread of Ssilnthis culture, as several Vargr worlds vigorously struggle to dispose of their Ssilnthis overlords.	None
311	Justince is the first to totally break free of Ssilnthis.	None
314	Northwind is settled by the New Man Circle, an eugenically-minded Solomani society.	None
c. 315 to 330	Ssilnthis and Arzul Vargr fight amongst themselves for a piece of the economic pie.	None
325	Al Kufrah is purchased from the Duke Hebrin, and renamed Cooke.	None
330 to 342	Various Imperial groups and organizations engage in gunrunning to Spark Worlds humanity.	None
330s	Ssilnthis conquistadors lose authority over all worlds, except those where they make up the majority population.	None
331	The Vargr colonists of Tsahrroek overthrow the local governor. They create a new government, the Interstellar Brinkoegzi Hierarchy.	None
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.	None
335	The United Parliaments of Ikon gradually grows more oppressive.	None
c. 338	A backlash against leniency towards humans begins among the Vargr.	None
Early 350s	A brief survey of the Imperial Empty Quarter is made, in preparation for the visit of Emperor Anguistus.	None
349	The Parliamental Navy of Ikon fragments.	None
351	The United Parliaments of Ikon is reduced to the world of Ikon. The government fragments and dissolves.	None
357	Emperor Anguistus tours the Empty Quarter, including a notable visit to Dagemi V.	None
358	The ‘Three Block War’ is fought on Hebrin.	None
359	The first successful human uprising within the Sparks occurs, on Ufhoerrr (soon renamed Nisaga). This marks the start of the War of Man.	None
360	Exiles from Hebrin arrive at the 378-936 system. The garden world is renamed Chimalis.	None
364	The Legion of Breskain, from Gashikan, destroy the Vargr settlement on Kherriz, rename it Pramas, and settle the world themselves.	None
375	At this point, nine Spark Worlds are ruled by mankind.	None
390	Acting on Yashodhani weakness and internal strife, Imperial forces strike at Yashodhan, destroying most of the Democratic Navy. The Yashodhan Democracy is dissolved.	None

The Imperial Era (400s to 600s)

Growth: The Imperial Era
Date	Event	Remarks
c. 400	The Breakup ends within the Imperial Empty Quarter.	None
c. 400	The Vilani begin to gain more wealth within the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
c. 400	Ikon's atmosphere is tainted.	None
Early 400s	The Department of Gas Giant Colonization, Imperial Ministry of Colonization, is closed.	None
c. 400 to 420	The IISS surveys the Julian Protectorate. Various confrontations, some armed, occur between the IISS and Protectorate forces. Rumors of a new war between the Imperium and the Protectorate circulate. Within chaotic Ikonaz Space, the Lucky Paws Pirate Fleet leads the only successful resistance to IISS surveyors.	None
401	The first Vargr assault on Pramas is repulsed.	None
402	The War of Man ends. Sixteen Spark Worlds are ruled by men.	None
402 to 409	Numerous worlds in Beta Quadrant are renamed in human tongues.	None
414	The Lucky Paws Generosity Commission establish a more-or-less stable interstellar government across the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
415	The second Vargr assault on Pramas is repulsed, but at greater cost. The Legion of Breskain abandon the world.	None
416 to 417	The Vargr briefly occupy Pramas.	None
c. 420 to 620	The Bengali Lions and the Stellar Sheiks clash in innumerable actions, violent and non-violent.	None
420	The First Survey is closed out, and the data collected is published the same year.	None
428	A-estaka-sespa of the Sathwawafa clan is selected by Emperor Martin III to rule Marhaban subsector. He is the first Bwap to be raised up to Ducal status, and one of the very few non-human Dukes of the pre-Civil War era.	None
432	At the request of the new Duke, Emperor Martin III changes the name of Marhaban Subsector to Lentuli Subsector, the name of the dynasty Martin III currently leads.	None
c. 440	More Beta Quadrant starships are crewed by humans than by Vargr.	None
c. 450	The start of the Bright Age among the Spark Worlds.	None
452	The interstellar polity of The Nisaga Commission is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
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.	None
462	The interstellar polity of The PeaceSphere is founded in Beta Quadrant.	None
474	The interstellar polity of the Stellar Republic of Cotan is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
476	Morth Sawng, the sole famous female Red Vargr philosopher, is killed.	None
476	The interstellar polity of The Bond of Rit-kik is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
481	The interstellar polity of Kulloerr Nation is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
483	The interstellar polity of Abuish is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
487	The interstellar polity of Lili Dynasty is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
490	The interstellar polity of Gangas is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
492	The interstellar polity of Taabe Imperium is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
c. 500	Vland is at TL-13.	None
c. 500	Two Beta Quadrant systems reach TL-10.	None
c. 500	The hunting and eating of humans in Beta Quadrant is increasingly restricted and banned by Suezduk Vargr, following the teachings of Morth Sawng.	None
502	The interstellar polity of The Preca Republic is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
509	The interstellar polity of the Kingdom of Uenkakh is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
509	The interstellar polity of the StarCommand is founded among the Spark Worlds.	None
510	The Great Chain of Battles starts in Beta Quadrant. The Third Imperium and three Protectorate governments provide limited military assistance to their allies in the conflict.	None
516	The Damlaer Union is founded, in Amdukan Sector. She holds four systems in the Empty Quarters’ Tsosoe Subsector, Beta Quadrant.	None
540	The Third Imperium and the other outside powers withdraw their assets from the Great Chain of Battles among the Sparks.	None
c. 550	Ikon is at TL-14.	None
556	The Layamon family arrived on Udusis. They attempt to build up their planetary (not Imperial) fief, Kasainá, using various means. Their much smaller Imperial fief is urbanized into the Free City of Layamon.	None
575	The great Chain of Battles ends in Beta Quadrant.	None
c. 580	Ikon's overall law and taxation level is lowered.	None
c. 580	The system of Bravo Base dissolved into civil war.	None
587	The Sheik-backed faction in the Bravo Base civil war is relocated to Corsabren.	None
589	The (First) Frontier War starts.	None
592	New rules regulating warfare are established among the worlds of Beta Quadrant.	None
594	The undersea megalopolis of Thertziraakh suffers a catastrophic failure on Ikon. About 19.9 billion sophonts die from flooding and imploding pressures.	None
596	The Imperial Navy builds a naval base in Corsabren system, now an Imperial Client State.	None
599	Ikon's political elites follow Omaloekha'ous' lead, and decide to rebuilt the undersea megalopolis according to the A'grangrigk Plan.	None

The Imperial Era (600s to Arbellatra)

Growth: The Imperial Era
Date	Event	Remarks
600	Corsabren base is handed over to the Corsabren government.	None
c. 600 to c.720	Massive Irilitok immigration into the Ikonaz Sphere, supporting reconstruction projects.	None
604	The (First) Frontier War ends.	None
606	Imperial Civil War begins – Empress Jacqueline assassinated by Grand Admiral hault-Plankwell.	None
606 to 622	Occasional renegade fleets and Ikonaz pirate packs would squeeze Imperial worlds and ships for ‘tribute’ and ‘protection fees’.	None
c. 610	The hunting, killing and eating any human is progressively criminalized within Beta Quadrant. Most of the surviving exceptions to this prohibition use the Hunt as a punishment for particularly nasty capital crimes.	None
612	Destructive Red Spark pirate raids into the Empty Quarter begin.	None
613	Destructive Red Spark pirate raids are challenged by Ikonaz pirates. Year of Butchery begins.	None
353-613	The destruction of the last Red Spark fuel dump ends the Year of Butchery. Low-level Suedzuk/Ovaghoun hostility endures to the present day.	None
c. 613	Major fleets abandon the Imperial Empty Quarter.	None
614	Daruka is settled by Sir Kaadu Karlikar, as a stronghold of the then/prominent Zinta family.	None
615	The Second Frontier War starts.	None
615 to 625	Ikon acts as a major center of pirate raids, striking into the unstable Imperium.	None
620	The Second Frontier War ends.	None
c. 620	Clashes between the Bengali Lions and the Stellar Sheiks fade into insignificance.	None
622	Imperial Civil War ends – Grand Admiral Arbellatra defeats Emperor Gustus in the Second Battle of Zhimaway.	None
c. 622 to 629	Sharp skirmishes between local powers are commonplace among the Spark Worlds.	None
622	Admiral Soegz executes Archduke Glazdon Deirdin of Antares for treason.	None
622	Corsabren system is reclassified as a non-aligned system. She retains her Imperial Navy Base.	None
early 625	Preparations for the effective reconquest of the Empty Quarter are laid.	None
mid-626	Resident pirates within the Irash Cluster are destroyed.	None
c.265-626	The Battle of Pamushgar is fought: partial Imperial victory.	None
late 626	Drago’s Belt is cleared of pirates.	None
072-627	The Battle of Udusis is fought: complete Imperial victory.	None
122-627	The Battle of Gasadim is fought: partial Imperial victory.	None
175-628	The Battle of Pamushgar is fought: complete Imperial victory.	None
628	Admiral Soegz raised to Archduke of Antares.	None
175-628	All pirate forces broken on Pamushgar.	None

Stability: Alkhalikoi Era

The Alkhalikoi Era (Arbellatra to 800's)

Stability: The Alkhalikoi Era (600's to 800's)
Date	Event	Remarks
629	Regent Arbellatra raised to Empress.	None
629	A Spark military skirmish grows into a fight, and then bursts into the Nishhingh War.	None
c. 629	The Bright Age among the Spark Worlds comes to an end.	None
c. 630	Archduke Soegz of Antares labors to improve Imperial-Protectorate relations.	None
631	Zinta assets are withdrawn from the Daruka. Hindus from Irash take over the abandoned installations.	None
636	Kulloer Nation drops out of the Nishhingh War.	None
640	Tsosoe surrenders to the BloodUnion.	None
645	Trshkuda is taken by the BloodUnion. Uenkakh surrenders and the Kingdom of Uenkakh is dissolved, ending the Nishhingh War.	None
645 to 648	The Treaty of Cotan is signed, banning attacks on various forms of infrastructure life-support.	None
c. 650	By this point, the Ikonaz Vilani have disproportionately more land and business influence than their supposed Ovaghoun Vargr overlords.	None
671	The Kalin/Vaento Classic, an annual starship sporting event, is started in Eninsish system.	None
Late 600s	Ikon is at TL-15.	None
683 to 697	A wave of terrorist incidents spark a major increase of law levels and government centralization among the Sparks.	None
292-672	Emperor Zhakirov and the Vilani Antiama Shiishuginsa are married. Solomani power is broken within the Imperial Court.	None
690	Zhakirov gives the uninhabited world of Sabtah (renamed Woswaab) to the Bwaps, as a gesture of thanks for their Imperial support during the Civil War. Many Imperial Gushgusi disapprove.	None
78-693	Datros, capital city of StarCommand, is destroyed by a suitcase nuke. StarCommand collapses.	None
c. 700s	The Spark economy declines.	None
c. 700s	Private Vargr interests help pay for the cleanup of Sibikliir.	None
c. 700	The Third Imperium is at TL-14.	None
c. 700	The economic decline of the Imperial Empty Quarter bottoms out.	None
704	Empress Margaret I creates the Solomani Autonomous Region.	None
705	The interstellar polity of the Flange Democratic Zone is founded in Beta Quadrant.	None
714	The Nisaga Commission collapses, and is replaced by two states: the Regency of Nisaga and New Pallavas.	None
716	The Archduchy of Sol lapses: all possible heirs of the recently deceased Archduke are members of the Solomani Party. Party members are not permitted to gain a Noble patent.	None
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.	None
723	The Association of Good Wolves rises to power in the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
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.	None
732	Various Vargr governments on Justince simultaneously disintegrate. The PeaceSphere partially collapses.	None
mid-730s	The Impservers of Ikon are gradually freed from slavery.	None
734	The Vargr Lili Dynasty is replaced by the human StarCrown government.	None
737	Mentor Layamon is the last clan member to visit their fief on Udusis.	None
740	The Falsemen, the last slave caste in the Ikonaz Sphere, is freed.	None
742	The PeaceSphere is reconstituted.	None
750	Rrekoth is settled by colonist from Ssilnthis.	None
mid-700s	Unable to sustain TL-15, Ikon is recategorized as a TL-14 society.	None
c. 760	The institution of Imperial nobility effectively ends within the Solomani Autonomous Region.	None
c. 770	Psionic research is at its Imperial high point.	None
c. 770	Ikon's first Great Migration ends.	None
771	Tsosoe joins the Arzula.	None
777	A series of scandals involving the Psionic Institutes has a drastic impact on public opinion.	None
781	The Taabe Imperium joins the Hegemony of the Arzula.	None
784	The Regency of Nisaga joins the Hegemony of the Arzula.	None
784	The PeaceSphere joins the Hegemony of the Arzula.	None
786	New Pallavas joins the Hegemony of the Arzula.	None
789	The Stellar Republic of Cotan is attacked, invaded, occupied and annexed by Arzula forces.	None
c. 790	Additional scandals are revealed, destroying what remains of the reputation of the Psionic Institutes.	None
796	The Arzula attack Ssilnthis and the Flange Democratic Zone. Both attacks are repelled. As part of the peace, the Flange Democratic Zone is dissolved.	None
799	The StarCrown of Dharo joins the Hegemony of the Arzula.	None

The Alkhalikoi Era (800's to 1,000's)

Stability: The Alkhalikoi Era (800's to 1,000's)
Date	Event	Remarks
800	Empress Paula II issues the first of many Psionics Suppressions orders.	None
c. 800	The Solomani Movement takes control of Vegan Space.	None
c. 800 to 870	The Stellar Sheiks use psionics to tar the Bengali Lions, and work to insure Sheik (...instead of Bwap) domination of the bureaucracy.	None
c. 800	Vland is at TL-14.	None
806	Religious charities from the Imperial Core establish medical institutions on Charity.	None
807	Ikon's atmosphere is certified to be taint-free by the Protectorate Science Committee.	None
808	The Third Imperium and the Arzula authorities sign a trade friendship agreement.	None
810	The world of Nisaga establishes a colony in the Khollok belt.	None
814	The Third Imperium and the nascent Hegemony of Lorean forge a trading agreement, leading to the creation of the Deep Space Stations of the Saeghvung-Turley-Exile Run. These stations connect the two governments across the Lesser Rift.	None
c. 820	A second wave of Ikonaz emigrants leave Ikon. A few billion of these emigrants choose to settle within the Ikonaz Sphere.	None
822	The Psionic Institute on Irash is closed: related worldwide riots result in 2.2 million dead.	None
826	The Psionic Suppressions end with all Psionic Institutes closed. In the eyes most of the Imperial public, Psions = Zhodani = Evil.	None
826	The Koevae Tour, a major gambling tournament on Oloe, is started as a military tradition. As of 993, it is a quadrennial event with a six/month duration, famed across Alpha Quadrant, as well as the entirety of the Rukadukaz Republic.	None
c. 830 to 930	The Iper'Mar, a culture of star/travelling nomads and technologists, spread from their home in Fornast into the Empty Quarter and Ley; they will eventually reach the Spinward Marches.	None
835 to 870	The Blighted War is fought by the nascent Hegemony of Lorean, in Arzul Sector.	None
845	The costs of the Blighted War begin to bite Hegemon subjects within the Empty Quarter.	None
845	The Imperial Science Union is founded by a group of smaller academic associations, led by the Imperial Academy of Science and Medicine.	None
c. 850	The Solomani Movement grows increasingly supremist vis-à-vis non-Solomani humans, and especially in regard to nonhumans. Restrictions on non-Solomani multiply.	None
859	The Ikonaz world of Daalii undergoes a devastating nuclear war between local Superpowers over the issue of immigrants from Ikon.	None
c. 860	The second of Ikon's Great Migration ends.	None
c. 860	The Solomani Movement controls nearly every world within the Solomani Sphere.	None
c. 860	Even the wealthiest worlds within the Arzula sphere are going without food once a week. The situation for their worlds within the Empty Quarter is a lot worse: several systems endure widespread famine. Poverty is endemic, as is hyperinflation.	None
866	The Order of One, inspired by the Legion of Breskain, establish their center on Pramas.	None
226-868	The Bwap appeal regarding Sheik domination of the sector reaches Empress Tomutova II.	None
308-868	Empress Tomutova II does not proclaim her ruling, but (via courier) hands it to Archduke Sago to proclaim. A special grant of authority is also provided.	None
869	Scattered rebellions begin across the Lorean Hegemony. The Time of Madness begins.	None
869 to 870	The repressive methods of the Hegemony, and the refusal of the resistance to buckle, shifts to the Era of Horror as the Hegemony responds with undue cruelty against her enemies.	None
125-869	Archduke Sago receives Her Majesty's ruling, but decides to issue it on Nulinad, in person – accompanied by several thousand troops and a substantial Naval presence.	None
265-869	Archduke Sago, with a large number of heavily-armed friends, arrives at Nulinad.	None
284-869	Empress Tomutova II's ruling, declaring the Stellar Sheiks and the Bengali Lions 'essentially corrupt', is proclaimed. Archduke Sago takes action to rectify this.	None
869	The last titled Zinta, once a prominent family within the Imperial Empty Quarter, dies. Soon afterwards, the clan fades into obscurity.	None
115-870	An attempt is made to assassinate Archduke Sago. Harsh reprisals are made, putting an end to such resistance.	None
165-870	Hegemony withdrawal is complete: the Blighted War comes to an end.	None
871	The Solomani Autonomous Region is reorganized as the Solomani Confederation.	None
c. 900	The Church of the Chosen Ones proclaim the doctrine of Vargr supremacy, justified by their uplift by the Ancients.	None
107-871	The last organized resistance to the Hegemon is snuffed out on Justince.	None
873	The Sago Settlement is issued within the Imperial Empty Quarter.	None
873	The Vargr take the lead in the recovery of the Hegemony of Lorean.	None
872	Two subsectors successfully secede from the Hegemony in Arzul Sector.	None
307-872	The reigning Hegemon commits suicide. His successor immediately enacts legislation that allows the Hegemonio (sophonts of the Hegemony) to get back on their feet again.	None
873	The Time of Madness recedes across the Hegemony of Lorean.	None
873	The Vargr take a leading role in the rebuilding of the Hegemony.	None
877	Archduke Sago and his Court returns to Antares.	None
mid-890s	Abadani ideology arises on Indara.	None
897	Baha'i missionaries arrive on Pramas.	None
900	Reports of Solomani treatment of others persuade Grand Princess Margaret to begin reassessing the Solomani Autonomous Region.	None
c. 900	The Red Spark Revolution takes hold of Beta Quadrant.	None
c. 900	Imperial Nobles within the Sashar-Pamushgar Cluster work to suppress Abadanism.	None
908	Margaret II ascends to the Iridium Throne.	None
909	Margaret II grants exceptions from Solomani rule to several worlds in the Old Expanses.	None
c. 910	The Hegemony of Lorean’s economy recovered to old levels – except within the Empty Quarter.	None
913	Most of the requirements of the Sago Settlement lapse.	None
914	The Protectorate Science Committee determines Ikon's biosphere as ‘strong.’	None
915	The Hegemon of Lorean sends emissaries to the leaders of the Damlaer Union.	None
920	Margaret II, acting on Imperial appeals from various worlds, excludes them from Solomani rule and orders the Imperial Navy to enforce her orders.	None
920s to 950s	Abadani and Abadani-influenced parties rise to power on several worlds of the Sashar-Pamushgar Cluster.	None
929	‘Liberty Conscience’ legislation provides for extensive (but not absolute) religious liberty within the Hegemony-ruled worlds of Beta Quadrant.	None
c. 930s	An attempt to include Vargr into the human/dominated Lorean Rangers is judged a disaster, and the experiment ended.	None
236-933	The Damlaer Union leaves the Julian Protectorate, and joins the Hegemony of Lorean.	None
933 to 936	The Protectorate launches the Lorean Strikes into the Hegemony. Military forces from the Fellowship of Nobles from Ikon spearheaded these assaults.	None
119-936	Protectorate forces jump into Damlaer system, and take the world.	None
127-936	The main Hegemony fleet jumps into Damlaer. The Protectorate is handed its greatest military defeat in history.	None
Early 937	The Fellowship of Nobles on Ikon is dissolved.	None
c. 938	Imperial Solomani naval units skirmish frequently in Daibei, Diaspora and the Old Expanses. The Solomani avoid open war. More rimward systems seek Imperial protection from the Solomani.	None
100-940	The Solomani Confederation formally complains that the Third Imperium is interfering in their internal affairs, in violation of the 704 treaty.	None
292-940	Empress Margaret II, in response, dissolves the Solomani Autonomous Region and orders their reintegration into the Third Imperium.	None
940	The Rukadukaz Republic, the Ikonaz successor state to the Fellowship of Nobles, is founded. The creation of the Republic rings in official equality between Ovaghoun Vargr and Ikonaz Vilani. More accurately, the Vilani are raised from trusted servants to trusted allies, which can act independently of the Ovaghoun.	None
942	The Treaty of Var-Inaka is signed, restricting naval bases in the Empty Quarter.	None
942	The Hegemony of Loran joins the Julian Protectorate as an Associated State. Damlaer’s incorporation into the Hegemony is recognized by the Protectorate. The ‘Liberty Conscience’ laws of the Hegemony’s Beta Quadrant are extended to cover the entire Hegemony.	None
c. 950	Abadanism falls from favour among the intelligentsia, not because of their lawlessness or their cruelty, but because they demonstrably fail to increase the wealth of their supporters.	None
953	Baron Emil Kantuun takes control of the government of Pamushgar.	None
955	The religious groups on Charity, unable to fund their operations, sell the world to the Iper'Mar. The new Charity leadership, headed by Baroness Yasmin Mignonne Mai – a.k.a. the Fatima of Charity – shifts operations into a highly profit-oriented operation.	None
958	With the ruling line of the lightly inhabited world of Kazipet extinct, a Bwap creche successfully petitions the subsector Duke to support their bid to finance starport improvements.	None
960	Flange petitions to join the Hegemony of Lorean.	None
963	Flange joins the Hegemony of Lorean.	None
968	Hadiya Interstellar, Ltd., a starship construction firm, takes control of the Imperial system of Hadiya. They do not request Imperial membership, the Imperium does not press the matter, and the system is considered non-aligned.	None
969	The Order of One is expelled from Pramas, and Hegemony Space.	None
970	Emperor Styryx orders senior naval personnel to plan out the re-conquest of the Solomani Autonomous Region.	None
971	Emperor Styryx gives Kazipet to Cherokee Indians, who rename it Wapeka.	None
972	Hegemony plans to initiate a series of pro-Lorean coups on Ssilnthis end in disaster.	None
c. 973	Thisuel, originally a scientific research outpost of Zuerouk, declares independence.	None
c. 975	Emperor Styryx starts planning on the Vegan Autonomous District.	None
c. 975	Emperor Styryx weakens the Imperial Army and Marines by slashing budgets. The resulting monies, and more, are routed to the Imperial Navy.	None
978	The ancient Solomani ruling house on Akiar is extinct.	None
49-979	Archduke Gvueneghz is assassinated while on a tour of the Julian Protectorate. War between the Imperium and the Protectorate becomes likely.	None
979	Third Frontier War starts.	None
979	Emperor Styryx alters the Imperial uniform code, removing all signs of ancient Terran/Solomani insignia.	None
981	The Justince War of Unification starts.	None
981	The execution of Archduke Gvueneghz’s attackers, along with the apologies of the Regent of the Julian Protectorate, persuades the Imperium to cancel preparations for the invasion of the Protectorate.	None
985	The Justince war of Unification destroys the local starport.	None
986	Third Frontier War ends.	None
986	Vargr are again admitted into the ‘first response’ Lorean Rangers.	None
987	The Justince War of Unification ends with the Vargr Aekuedza Roetsaeng creating an oppressive worldwide state. Imperials, who see the world as unstable, place an Amber Zone on the system.	None
988	Johann Kramm publishes “The Authentic Experience.” A very influential Imperial work, it encourages the revival of past mores and cultures.	None
989	The unnecessary losses of the Third Frontier War lead the Imperial Guard and various Nobles to dethrone Emperor Styryx at gunpoint. His son, Gavin, is proclaimed Emperor by the Moot.	None
Holiday-988	Duke Dethwabtakebwebwakawa of Lentuli becomes the first nonhuman to become Sector Duke.	None
990	The Solomani Confederation again claims control of the entire Solomani Sphere, including portions retaken by the Imperial administration.	None
990	The Solomani Rim War starts as Imperial fleets enter to forcibly retake the sphere. These fleets are destroyed/repulsed by massed Solomani warships.	None
990	Emperor Gavin commissions the Second Survey.	None
990	Solomani Party members are held in internment camps across Imperial Space.	None
990	The Imperial Interstellar Scout Service announces that the Red Zone on Corcoran will be lifted gradually.	None
991	Low-ranking casual members of the Solomani Party are released in the Empty Quarter.	None
992	Financial scandals, rocking the business establishments of Nulinad and Gimushi subsectors, are linked to psionic activity. Emperor Gavin directly intervenes to support the enforcement of the Psionics Suppressions Orders.	None
993	Two trade missions, backed by various Imperial worlds within the Empty Quarter, are dispatched: one to Vland, and another to Capital.	None
993	A major Solomani invasion force into the Old Expanses meets unremitting resistance from local Vilani, and is driven out with heavy casualties.	None
993	The deployed Empty Quarter Sector Fleet is part of the Imperial resistance in the Old Expanses.	None
120-993	The Sinkiaan Robotics Conference, on Yogesh, is set to begin at this time. It is to run throughout 994 Imperial.	None
996	Corcoran's Red Zone rating is shifted to Amber.	None
998	Corcoran's Amber Zone rating is shifted to Green.	None

The Alkhalikoi Era (1,000's to Present)

Stability: The Alkhalikoi Era (1,000's to Present)
Date	Event	Remarks
c. 1000	The Third Imperium is at TL-15.	None
1000	An agreement to share Second Survey results is to be signed on Capital.	None
1000	The Imperial Olympic Games is to be held on Capital.	None
1000	Major celebrations are to be held on most worlds, to celebrate the Imperial Millennium.	None
1002	The invasion of Terra is a success. However, the Solomani Confederation does not break, and a truce is drawn up between opposing forces.	None
1015	The Psionic Institute of Terra is quietly re-established, under the Imperial Ministry of Defense.	None
1050	The Psionic Institute on Regina is quietly re-established, under the Imperial Ministry of Defense.	None
1071	The Second Empire of Gashikan is shattered by civil war.	None
1071	Grand Prince Strephon becomes Emperor.	None
1078	The Third Empire of Gashikan is formed around a cluster of worlds in Trenchans Sector. The name “Trenchans Empire” is occasionally used. All three Imperial confederations in Mendan choose to join the Julian Protectorate instead.	None
1082	The Fourth Frontier War starts.	None
1084	The Fourth Frontier War ends.	None
1099	Gashikan becomes the formal capital of the Third Empire of Gashikan.	None
1100	As TL-15 matures, SURD creates the first pseudo-biological robot.	None
1104	Dulinor is elevated to Archduke of Ilelish, despite criticism.	None
1107	The Fifth Frontier War begins.	None
1110	The Fifth Frontier War ends.	None
1110	Clear evidence of the relationship between the Droyne, the Chirpers, and the Ancients is uncovered in the Spinward Marches.	None

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• Alvin Plummer. "The Empty Quarter Timeline." Stellar Reaches 18 (2012): 34.
• Author & Compiler: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science