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== Notes (2016) == | == Notes (2016) == | ||
: [[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]], where did the date categories on the base pages to this article come from? | : [[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]], where did the date categories on the base pages to this article come from? |
Revision as of 22:30, 31 January 2019
Helpful Links
- Category:Chronology
- Category:Milieus
- Category:Timeline
- Date Conversion
- Empty Quarter Timeline
- Forum:Articles in time and place
- Forum:Post-Classic Era information
- Forum:Proposal for Policy for article time
- History
- Imperium Eternal
- Milieu
- Retcon AKA Retroactive Continuity
- Setting
- Template:StellarData.layout/doc
- Third Imperium
- Timeline
- Traveller Integrated Timeline
Notes (2016)
- Tjoneslo, where did the date categories on the base pages to this article come from?
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 08:22, 18 September 2016 (EDT)
- I used the various historical eras and dates of Humaniti in Charted Space, based upon the various bits of canon. Mostly this was supposed to be used to give broad categories to the various articles, vs the more narrow designed to give more background to a campaign. First, second and third Imperiums, as well as the interstellar Wars and Long Night are all well established as eras. I made up the "Long Silence" and "Rise of the Vilani" for name. If you do a search through the Forums I think you can find the discussions around these names. Tjoneslo (talk) 15:17, 18 September 2016 (EDT)
- It's all very good and clever, but I think we should re-standardize on what is in agent of the Imperium.
- The Third Imperium article has those mapped out if I recall correctly.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 00:37, 19 September 2016 (EDT)
- Are you referring to this table or this table] ? Tjoneslo (talk) 18:06, 19 September 2016 (EDT)
- No the overview table that I built in 2015. The historical eras table that Wayne built using Agent.
- As far as I can tell, it is the same as the one in Don's timeline.
- It's tough mapping out something that has not so much rhyme or structure. Don must have loved it.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 19:39, 19 September 2016 (EDT)
- If I'm reading this right we would have the following:
- 8. Years of the Interregnum (1116 - 1247)
- 9. Years of the Fourth Imperium (1248 - 1899)
- 10. Years of the Galaxiad (1900 - )
- I fully support making this change. This looks great.
- The other thing the division of the Years of the Third Imperium into the 10 sub-parts. I don't think we should split the Third Imperium Timeline into these sub-parts. They're too short for the Timeline, and fit better as Category:Milieus. I like the idea of borrowing some of the names for the existing era's. For example, Category: Era: Milieu 990 looks so much better as Category: Era: Solomani Crisis. Tjoneslo (talk) 21:17, 19 September 2016 (EDT)
- At that point, I was just doing the best I could to map things out. It was original research so to speak.
- I think we should open up discussion on this.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 22:13, 19 September 2016 (EDT)
Notes (2019)
Tjoneslo, I want to make this happen soon.
- Do you feel it needs to be further discussed or vetted before we do it?
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 13:43, 30 January 2019 (EST)
Ok. Thanks.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 10:13, 31 January 2019 (EST)
Term Definition
ERA: A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
- A system of chronology dating from a particular noteworthy event.
- An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth.
- Period, epoch, era, age mean a division of time.
- Synonyms: epoch · age · period · time · eon · span · generation · stage
MILIEU:
- A person's social environment.
- Zeitgeist
- 1. The people, physical, and social conditions and events that provide the environment in which someone acts or lives
- 2. The people and the physical and social conditions and events that provide a background in which someone acts or lives
- Synonyms: environment · background · backdrop · setting · context · atmosphere · scene · location · locale · conditions · surroundings · habitat · environs · sphere · world · territory · home · domain · preserve · province · circle · element
Geologic Time Scale (GTS)
- Age
- Epoch
- Period
- Era
- Eon
- Supereon
Three-age system (tripartite divisions of historic time periods)
- Early
- High
- Late
Three-age system (methodological concept)
- The Stone Age
- The Bronze Age
- The Iron Age
TL Chronological Periodization:
- Age = x1 TL
- Epoch = x3 TLs
- Period = x9 TLs
- Era = x28-30 TLs
- Eon = x31-33+ TLs
Techno-Chronological Concept:
- Accelerating Tech Level: Progress speeds up when technology advancing shortening the amount of time before the next advance
- Singularity, Technological: A point of paradigmatic change, upsetting previous settings. The big one occurs at TL:31-33. Littles ones end each period of 9 TLs or accelerated Epoch-Periods of 3 TLs near the end.
Time Typologies:
- Cyclical (Wheel of time)
- Linear progressive
- Nonlinear progressive
Techno-Chrono Categories (Anthropology):
- Age
- Period
- Tools
- Economy
- Dwelling sites
- Society
- Religion
The TEN Chronological Eras
1. Years of the Long Silence (-300,000 to -9234)
- A pre-history of the Ancients and other precursors such as the Kursae.
Years of the long silence (-300,000 to -9234) | |
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TBD |
2. Rise of the Vilani (-9235 to -4044)
Rise of the Vilani (-9235 to -4044) | |
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-10000s, -9900s, -9800s, -9700s, -9600s, -9500s, -9400s, -9300s, -9200s, -9100s,
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3. First Imperium (-4045 to -2421)
First Imperium (-4045 to -2421) | |
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-4000s, -3900s, -3800s, -3700s, -3600s, -3500s, -3400s, -3300s, -3200s, -3100s, |
4. Interstellar Wars (-2422 to -2203)
Interstellar Wars (-2422 to -2203) | |
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-2400s, -2300s |
5. Second Imperium (-2204 to -1776)
Second Imperium (-2204 to -1776) | |
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-2200s, -2100s, -2000s, -1900s, -1800s |
6. Long Night (-1775 to 0)
Long Night (-1775 to 0) | |
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-1700s, -1600s, -1500s, -1400s, -1300s, -1200s, -1100s, |
7. Third Imperium (0 to 1116)
Third Imperium (0 to 1116) | |
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0s, 100s, 200s, 300s, 400s, 500s, 600s, 700s, 800s, 900s, 1000s, 1100s. |
8a. Rebellion, Collapse and Virus (1116 to 1220)
Rebellion, Collapse and Virus (1116-1220) | |
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1100s, 1200s. |
8b. Imperium Eternal AKA Lorenverse, an alternate timeline.
Imperium Eternal AKA Lorenverse | |
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TBD |
9. Fourth Imperium (1220+)
Fourth Imperium (1220+) | |
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1200s, 1300s, 1400s, 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s. |
10. The Galaxiad (1900+)
The Galaxiad (1900+) | |
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1900s. |
Historical Eras
The history of the Third Imperium is generally separated by Sanctioned Imperial Chroniclers into a number of different periods:
The Progress of The Third Imperium Eras of Imperial History Dates Imperium Remarks Dawn of the Third Imperium 000 - 119 Third Imperium Iron Era The Antebellum Years 120 - 474 Third Imperium Iron Era Imperial Disarray 475 - 621 Third Imperium Silver Era - Milieu 500
- First Imperial Civil War
Imperial Recovery 622 - 767 Third Imperium Silver Era The Stumbling Years 768 - 939 Third Imperium Silver Era The Solomani Crisis 940 - 1002 Third Imperium Golden Era The New Millennium 1003 - 1084 Third Imperium Golden Era The Golden Age 1085 - 1106 Third Imperium Golden Era Fifth Frontier War 1107 - 1110 Third Imperium Golden Era An Uncertain Future 1111 - 1115 Third Imperium Golden Era Rebellion, Collapse & Virus 1116 - 1220 Interregnum Bronze Era - Sometimes called Collapse & Interregnum.
Years of the Collapse 1221 - 1247 Interregnum Bronze Era False Spring 1248 - 1899 Fourth Imperium Steel Era Milieu Galaxiad 1900 - Far Future Interregnum Platinum Era
NOTE: From Agent of the Imperium novel.
Era List
- Era: Fourth Imperium
- Era: Imperium Eternal
- Era: Interstellar Wars
- Era: Long Night
- Era: Milieu 0
- Era: Milieu 1116
- Era: Milieu 1120
- Era: Milieu 1248
- Era: Milieu 990
- Era: New Era
- Era: Rebellion
- Era: Rule of Man
Era Notes (2007)
This proposal should allow all of us to be happy regarding articles in time and space. Please read and comment, I really do want feedback on this.
- All articles will have a "era" category to indicate when they were "written". The following are the "canon" ones, and others can be added as needed:
- Era: Interstellar Wars => GURPS IW
- Era: Milieu 0 => T4 era
- Era: Milieu 990 => T20 era
- Era: Milieu 1116 => Classic Era
- Era: Rebellion => Late MT
- Era: New Era => TNE
- Era: Milieu 1250 => TNE & 1248
- Era: Milieu 1120 => GT Timeline
AD Dates for Historical Periods
From the T4 Core Rule book, p 8:
- Vilani Era: 4700 BC - 2300 AD
- Terran Confederation: 2100 AD - 2300 AD
- Rule of Man: 2300 AD - 2750 AD
- Long Night: 2750 AD - 4550 AD
- Third Imperium: 4521 AD - 5637 AD
- Aslan Border Wars: 3400 AD - 4900 AD
- Vargr Campaigns: 4700 AD - 4900 AD
- Barracks Emperors: 5100 AD - 5140 AD
- Solomani Expansion: 5121 AD - 6500 AD
- Rebellion: 5367 AD (no end date given)
No entry for TNE/Recovery/4th Imperium.
Timeline
The broad sweep of history is divided, roughly, into 10 eras. These eras are largely based upon the rise and fall of Humaniti and their empire of the stars. While other races, particularly the other Major Races, may have a differing division of eras, the Imperial Encyclopedia uses the Humaniti-centric one.
Each of the Era may be divided into one or more "milieus", each between one and two decades long, based upon events of interest to historians.
- Category: Years of the long silence (-300,000 to -9234)
- Category: Years of rise of the Vilani (-9235 to -4044)
- Category: Years of the First Imperium (-4045 to -2421)
- Category: Years of the Interstellar wars (-2422 to -2203)
- Category: Years of the Second Imperium (-2204 to -1776)
- Category: Years of the Long Night (-1775 to 0)
- Category: Years of the Third Imperium (0 to 1116)
- Category: Years of the Collapse (1117 to 1199)
- Category: Years of the Fourth Imperium (1200 to 1300)
- Category: Years of Galaxiad (1900 +)
Alternate Timelines:
- Category: Years of the Imperium Eternal (1117 to ????)
GURPS Alternate Timeline — Strephon is not assassinated, the Rebellion did not occur, Virus was not released or even developed (though that is not known for certain), and the Fourth Imperium was not founded (obviously).
Traveller Game Eras & Editions (1977-2017)
Imperial Overview
The Imperium is a series of consecutive galactic empires reaching back into recorded interstellar history.
Traveller Third Imperium Overview # Imperium Years Mileu/s Timeline Literature Body Publisher/s Remarks 1a. Pre-First Imperium (-9235 to -4046) Rise of the Vilani Standard OTU Various Various Rise of the Vilani - Early rise, growth and expansion of Vilani civilization before the founding of the Ziru Sirka.
1b. First Imperium (-4045 to -2205) Ziru Sirka Standard OTU GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars Steve Jackson Games Ziru Sirka - The empire of the Vilani, the Ziru Sirka.
- Its epic rise and tragic fall...
1c. Sub-First Imperium (-2422 to -2205) Interstellar Wars Standard OTU GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars Steve Jackson Games Interstellar Wars - Terran Confederation vs. Ziru Sirka
- An epic, extended conflict...
2a. Second Imperium (-2204 to -1776) Rule of Man Standard OTU Classic Traveller GDW Rule of Man - A polity formed by the Terrans after they had conquered the First Imperium.
- The Rule of Man collapsed due to the weight of the stagnation that it had absorbed from the Ziru Sirka.
- Led to the Long Night, an interregnum between the Second Imperium and the Third Imperium.
2b. Post-Second Imperium (-1775 to 0) Long Night Standard OTU Classic Traveller GDW Long Night - The interregnum between the Second and Third Imperiums.
- Widespread collapse of interstellar civilization.
3a. Third Imperium (0 to 1116) Third Imperium Standard OTU Classic Traveller GDW Third Imperium - A Third Imperium arose after a period known as the Long Night, when a small federation of planets known as the Sylean Federation re-absorbed the worlds of the previous empires.
3b. Sub-Third Imperium (0 to 199) Milieu 0 Standard OTU Marc Miller's Traveller Imperium Games "Iron Era of the Third Imperium" (0 to 499) - Milieu 0
- The founding of the Third Imperium from the foundational state of the Sylean Federation forward.
- An age of conquerors and founders...
- Creation of the Domain system.
3c. Sub-Third Imperium (200 to 499) Milieu 200 Standard OTU Traveller (5th Edition) Far Future Enterprises "Iron Era of the Third Imperium" (0 to 499) - Milieu 200
- The early years of the fledgling Third Imperium.
- A meteoric rise and expansion of territory...
3d. Sub-Third Imperium (500 to 999) Milieu 500 - First Civil War
Standard OTU Traveller (5th Edition) Far Future Enterprises "Silver Era of the Third Imperium" (500's to 999) - Milieu 500
- Internal conflicts and the first civil war...
3e. Sub-Third Imperium (990 to 1100) Mileu 990 Standard OTU Traveller20 QuikLink Interactive "Golden Era of the Third Imperium" (Year 1,000+) - Mileu 990
- An earlier focus than Mileu 1100.
- A transition from a growing empire (silver age) to a mature empire (golden age).
- Includes the Solomani Rim War.
3f. Sub-Third Imperium (1100 to 1116) Mileu 1100 Standard OTU 1. Classic Traveller
2. Traveller20
3. Mongoose TravellerVarious "Golden Era of the Third Imperium" - Mileu 1100 (Default Setting)
- A well-established Third Imperium reaching governance limits...
- A mature empire looking to the future...
3g. Post-Third Imperium (1116 to 1220) Rebellion, Collapse & Virus Standard OTU 1. MegaTraveller
2. Traveller: The New EraGDW Rebellion - The Golden Era of the third Imperium was cut short...
- This period chronicles the collapse of the Third Imperium in great detail.
- Sometimes called Collapse & Interregnum.
3h. Post-Third Imperium (1116 to 1220)
(1116 to 1130)Years of the Imperium Eternal - Milieu 1120
- Era: Imperium Eternal
- "Loren-verse"
Alternate ATU GURPS Traveller Steve Jackson Games Years of the Imperium Eternal - An alternate timeline where the Third Imperium did not collapse.
4a. Pre-Fourth Imperium (1221 to 1247) Years of the Collapse Standard OTU Traveller: The New Era GDW Years of the Collapse - The Fourth Imperium era begins with the founding of the Regency of Deneb and the Reformation Coalition, the first of the rebuilding efforts of humaniti and its allies.
- Includes the False Spring.
4b. Fourth Imperium (1248 to 1899) Milieu 1248 Standard OTU Traveller:The New Era: 1248 Avenger Enterprises Fourth Imperium - A Fourth Imperium arises from a group of surviving states that joined a Grand Fleet of All Humaniti to defeat the last remaining faction of the Rebellion.
- Includes the False Spring.
- It endures for some time and then falls, plunging Charted Space into a second Long Night.
5a. Galaxiad (1900 to the Far Future) Milieu Galaxiad Standard OTU Traveller (5th Edition) (in development)
Far Future Enterprises Galaxiad - An exciting new storyline set in the universe of Traveller!
Generalized Chronological Periodization (2019)
Ancient Times
- Milieu (Setting):
- Not a published setting. Only used for background.
- -310,000 to -290,000 - Ancient civilization period. Human stock transplanted
- -310,000 to -290,000 - During this time the Ancients create a multiworld Rosette at Tireen (Knaeleng 2910), in the Vargr Extents, an unfinished Ringworld at Leenitakot (Hinterworlds 1432), and an incomplete Sphereworld at Sphere (Nooq 3201), which is home to the Inheritors.
Pre-Imperium
- Milieu (Setting):
- Not a published setting. Only used for background.
- -10,011 (4,547 PI) - First Vilani space exploration
- -9235 (3,955 PI) - Vilani discover jump drive
- -7980 - First Zhodani space exploration
- -6731 (1.1 Zhodani) - Zhodani dating begins with first Psionic Games
- -5415 - (581.3 Zhodani) Zhodani discover jump drive
- -5400 (1,032 PI) - Vilani start Consolidation Wars
- -4698 - Hiver discover jump drive
- -4142 - K'kree discover jump drive
First Imperium (Ziru Sirka)
- Milieu (Setting):
- -4045 (1 VI) - Vilani Consolidation Wars end. Ziru Sirka founded.
- -4000 (1211.1 Zhodani) - First Zhodani Core Expedition
- -4000 (35 VI) - Vilani stop exploration.
- -3810 - Vargr discover jump drive (jump-1)
- -2555 (AD 1961) - First manned space flight on Terra
- -2530 - Vargr discover rosette at Tireen
- -2499 (AD 2024[1]) - Treaty of New York (widely considered de facto start of Terran Confederation)
- -2431 (AD 2087) - Solomani discover jump drive
- -2422 (AD 2097[1]) - First contact between Vilani and Solomani at Barnard's Star
- -2404 (AD 2114[1]) - First Interstellar War starts
- -2400 (1249 VI, AD 2122[1]) - First Interstellar War ends
- -2398 (AD 2124[1]) - United Nations on Terra changes its name to Terran Confederation; Terrans develop jump-2[1]
Second Imperium (Rule of Man)
- Milieu (Setting):
- -2204 (AD 2314) - Rule of Man begins
- -2136 - First Aslan space exploration
- -2029 to -2013 Hiver-K'kree War
- -1999 - Aslan discover Jump Drive
- -1776 - (AD 2742) Collapse of Rule of Man; Long Night begins
- -650 - Sylean Federation founded on Sylea
Third Imperium (Imperial Base Setting / Default)
- Milieu (Setting):
- Milieu 0 (T4)
- Milieu 990 (T20)
- Milieu 1116 (Classic Traveller)
- Rebellion (Divergance Point: Imperial Eternal or Rebellion... Really the Second Civil War)
- Milieu 1120 (TNE)
- 0 - Third Imperium established (T4 Setting)
- 420 - First Survey of Imperium completed
- 589-604 - First Frontier War
- 615-620 - Second Frontier War
- 704 (AD 5222) - Solomani Autonomous Region Created
- 750 - Seventh Zhodani Core Expedition
- 871 - (AD 5389) - Solomani Confederation established
- 979-986 - Third Frontier War
- 990 - (AD 5508) - Solomani Rim War begins
- 1002 (AD 5520) - Siege of Terra. End of Solomani Rim War
- 1065 - Second Survey of Imperium completed
- 1082-1084 - False War (Fourth Frontier War)
- 1105 (Mongoose Traveller setting)
- 1107-1110 - Fifth Frontier War (CT Setting)
- 1116 - Strephon murdered by Dulinor. Start of Rebellion (MT Setting)
- 1130 - Collapse of the Third Imperium.
Post-Third Imperium (Fourth Imperium)
- Milieu (Setting):
- 1200 - Reformation Coalition Established (TNE Setting)
- 1221 - Foundation of the Fourth Imperium
Galaxiad (1900+)
- Milieu (Setting):
- TBD - Dates