Paradox Timeline

With its numerous twists and turns, and with the future being part of its past, the timeline of Paradox needs special attention:
==Timeline==	
==Timeline== 	
==Timeline== 	
==Timeline==	
2000	Aevum Purgans 	 	
* early 2000s Origins of Human+ Phenomenon	
- 	Aevum Purgans 	Revisionist Movement 	
* late 2100s The Revisionist Movement begins, ushering in the Aevum Purgans as recorded history is altered, mangled, and eradicated on a daily basis by the dominant political powers of the day, who label all inconvenient data "partisan" or "slanted"	
- 	Aevum Purgans 	Revisionist Movement 	
* 2200s History and texts are completely unreliable during this time, as facts are considered "points of view", and multiple versions of any fact are recorded and reported as such	
- 	Aevum Purgans 	Revisionist Movement 	
* late 2300s Titanspact forms temporary alliance between the Titans, forming the precursor to the Titanic Revolution	
- 	Aevum Purgans 	Titanic Revolution 	
* early 2400s Titanic Revolution begins, toppling corrupt governments across the globe
* mid 2400s Smaller nation-states are collapsed under populist weight, people begin to recognize broad traditions as common ground instead of nationality	
2500	Aevum Titanicum 	Titanic Revolution 	
*early 2500s Start of the Aevum Titanicum	
- 	Aevum Titanicum 	Fall of the Nation-State 	
* 2600s Great nations are the last to collapse into irrelevance in the face of the Titanic Revolution, unable to stand against rising populist power and opportunistic corporate powers
* Late 2600s First Antediluvians appear, who discover the ability to exponentially increase their own power by literally devouring other Human+ individuals	
- 	Aevum Titanicum 	 	
* Early 2700s Legends of the Titans collected into the Codex Titanicum for the first time
* Late 2700s Sternekinder colony in orbit fails catastrophically; Sternekinder remaining on Earth begin to join the Varisa	
- 	Aevum Titanicum 	 	
* 2815 The Titans erect the Tsiolkovsky Towers in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans to link the Earth to orbiting solar power stations	
- 	Aevum Titanicum 	 		
3000	Aevum Titanicum 	Rise of the Antediluvians 	
* 3028 Aeon forges first alliance with the rising Antediluvian powers, uniting in the First Triumvirate with Walker and the Phoenix
* 3031 Chaos and the Lady of Masks agree to a united Antediluvian front against the Titans
* 3032 Antediluvians ambush and murder one of the Titans in Spain; the battle is ferocious enough that it reshapes the land itself, leaving Titansmount as a towering memorial to the fallen Titan
* 3035 Vulcan and Justice join with Aeon to protect themselves from retaliation from the remaining Titans, forming the Antediluvian Coalition
* 3039 Walker destroys the Atlantic Tsoilkovsky Tower in battle to destroy a Titan; Chaos lashes out violently, and only Aeon's heavy-handed intervention keeps the Antediluvian Coalition together
* 3071 The last Titan is destroyed
* 3078 The Antediluvian Coalition ends when Chaos's and the Lady of Masks's Cretian Plot to assassinate Walker fails, allowing Walker to discover how to create Pocket Dimensions via BF Expansion	
- 	Tempore Tribulationes	Wars of Kinslaying 	
* 3169 War breaks out in Eastern Europe and China as Walker's plans culminate in a two-front war against Chaos and the Lady of Masks, sparking the Wars of Kinslaying and marking the beginning of the Tempore Tribulationes
* 3170 Walker steals two of the Andorian Crystals, escalating the war as Andorians all over the world pledge to punish Walker for his terrible crime
* 3172 First Würdigschlacht, founding of the Sturmblut
* 3176 Vulcan is commissioned by several different patrons to create numerous powerful weapons which collectively become known as the Swords of Kinslaying
* 3194 Founding of the Knights of the Phoenix	
- 	Tempore Tribulationes	Wars of Kinslaying 	
* 3216 Vulcan completes his final Sword of Kinslaying and swears an oath to never again create a weapon, withdrawing into Reverie
* 3230 Leaders of major businesses found The Guild to try to oppose further violence and instability
* 3241 The Wars of Kinslaying end with an uneasy truce between the Antediluvians (the Oportet Non), recognizing that further war would likely mark the end of the world
* 3243 Countless Andorians pledge themselves to The Guild to form a peacekeeping force to prevent another massive worldwide war	
- 	Tempore Tribulationes	Journey of the Longstrider	
*early 3300s Other Antediluvians seclude themselves and withdraw into Reverie, none daring to strike out against one another
*3356 - 3370 The Longstrider travels around the world to defeat would-be despots	
- 	Pax Caeli 	Race to the Stars 	
* 3469 First Congress of the Guild establishes the goal of colonizing near-Earth space; Race to the Stars and the Pax Caeli begin
* 3477 First act of aggression in space between Guild Adjudicators and Colonial patrols
* 3481 Andorians, frustrated at the Guild's inability to end the growing conflict with Colonial patriots, leave Earth en masse to travel beyond the solar system in search of a new home	
3500	Pax Caeli 	Race to the Stars 	
* 3531 Colonial Treaty signed	
- 	Pax Caeli 	 	
* 3672 The last Podzemnyĭ hive beneath Ukraine is wiped out by Knights of the Phoenix	
- 	Pax Caeli 	Guild Wars 	
* 3708 The Fourth Congress of the Guild issues the Decree of Silence, withdrawing rights from non-Guild members
* 3710 Aliançian revolutionaries organize raids against Guild transports
* 3714 Knights of the Phoenix proclaim the Iustus Mandatum, which obligates them to intercede in the conflict between The Guild and the Aliançian revolutionaries to protect those caught in the crossfire, angering both sides and triggering the Guild Wars
* 3715 Kriegsherr Shockwave organizes a Sturmblut Würdigschlacht, seeking a reckoning with the Knights of the Phoenix
* 3716 Aliançian revolutionaries and Natovi and Pamojan allies found the Liga de Defesa in organized oposition to The Guild
* 3722 Kriegsherr Shockwave is slain in battle, the Sturmblut Würdigschlacht disolves without her leadership, considered to be the tipping point in the Guild Wars
* 3723 Varisans join the Liga de Defesa in wake of the defeat of the Sturmblut
* 3725 The Liga de Defesa and Knights of the Phoenix agree to an alliance to stop the stranglehold of The Guild over space travel
* 3726 After a series of crushing defeats, The Guild surrenders; the resulting Tractatus Patefacio Viae opens the use of the Tsiolkovsky Towers again for all people	
- 	Novus Aevum Foedera 	 	
* 3813 The Vigil Founded
* 3820 The Berlin Pact Signed
* 3862 Liga de Defesa disolves amidst bickering between allies	
- 	Novus Aevum Foedera 	 		
4000	Novus Aevum Foedera 	Antediluvians Awaken 	
* 4040 The Antediluvians begn to move openly again
* 4077 Légions Noire founded	
- 	Novus Aevum Foedera 	 		
- 	Novus Aevum Foedera 	The A.T.H.E.N.A. Purge 	
* 4284 A.T.H.E.N.A. created	
- 	Novus Aevum Foedera 	The A.T.H.E.N.A. Purge 	
* 4319 Travelers flee Earth	
===Outbound Flight ===	
===Outbound Flight ===	
===Outbound Flight === 	
===Outbound Flight ===	
1900	The First Arrivals 	 	
* 1908 Tunguska Event	
- 	The First Arrivals 	World War I 		
- 	The First Arrivals 	 	
*1922 GPUT Founded	
- 	The First Arrivals 	World War II 		
- 	The First Arrivals 	World War II 	
* 1947 Traveler Craft crash-lands in Roswell, NM	
1950	Secret War 	Cold War 	
* 1953 A.E.G.I.S. Founded	
- 	Secret War 	Cold War 	
* 1965 Traveler craft crash-lands in Kecksberg, PA
* 1968 MI0 founded	
- 	Secret War 	Cold War 	
* 1979 Akira Musashi begins to consolidate power in Hokaido, Japan, forming the Musashi	
- 	Age of Survivors 	Cold War 	
* 1981 GeneTech researchers trying to replicate human+ abilities accidentally engineer the Gray Plague, which sweeps across the planet
* 1982 A cure is discovered for the Gray Plague, saving millions of lives and all but wiping out the disease. By this time, several thousand people have died from the disease
* 1984 The Musashi become the most powerful force in the Japanese underworld
* 1987 A.E.G.I.S. opens a station in secret in Century City	
- 	Age of Survivors 	 	
* 1991 A.E.G.I.S. agents successfully defeat several Soviet human+ agents, killing two and capturing four; which is believed to be pivotal in the subsequent fall of the Soviet Union
* 1994 Doctor Moulnieux joins A.E.G.I.S.
* 1995 Several former-Soviet Travelers are granted asylum with A.E.G.I.S.
* 1999 Doctor Moulnieux discovers the Thrall Process	
2000	Age of Survivors 	 	
* 2001 The last known Traveler landing takes place in Kent, England.
* 2003 Doctor Sayre is recruited by A.E.G.I.S.
* 2004 Nova and Prophet return from their second tour of duty in Iraq and part ways; Nova goes on to found the Hyperion Force with Nebula and Aurora
* 2006 Ghosthand loses his arm to injuries sustained by an IED attack in Iraq
* 2007 Major A.E.G.I.S. recruitment drive; Ghosthand joins A.E.G.I.S.
* 2009 A.E.G.I.S. recruits Olympian and Paladin; the current Director of A.E.G.I.S. assumes control of the Service	
- 	Age of Heroes 	 	
* 2010 Crisis Team organized by A.E.G.I.S. under Paladin, includes Blaze, and Kata; Doctor Sayre killed by Stardust after he awakens Talisman's abilities
* 2011 Crisis Team involved in numerous critical missions in an escalating series of battles against Walker
* 2012 The Masquerade ends when Crisis Team saves countless lives on New Year's, Human+ Phenomenon revealed to the World	
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