Timeline

The following is a timeline of the Stormgate universe. It has been placed together using both relative and absolute dates.
==5500 BCE==
*The Ubaid period of Mesopotamia begins.2024-07-11, Stormgate. X, retrieved on 2024-07-13
==4900 BCE==
*At around this time, the Infernal Host arrive on Earth. A conflict erupts between them and the Celestial Armada. By the conflict's end, the Infernals have been defeated, and sealed from Earth through the Suppressor.Bentele, Jack. "Beyond the Brink" (March 5, 2024). Frost Giant Studios. Beyond the Brink. In the aftermath of the conflict, the sight of these alien forces influences the cultural development of humanity.
==3700 BCE==
*The Ubaid period in Mesopotamia ends.
==14th century BCE==
*A cult flourishes in Ancient Egypt, apparently influenced by the "Star of Death"; an Infernal weapon left over from the First Invasion.2024-07-24, Stormgate. X, accessed on 2024-07-24
==2040==
*As Earth's biosphere continues to deteriorate due to human activities, the Sigma Program is established to stave off the Brink.
==2060s==
*Clive Cullin is born in this decade.
==2070==
*The Sigma Program continues to operate, but the Brink has at best been delayed. Earth's biosphere continues to deteriorate.
==2097==
*Q3: Clive Cullin and Marilyn Sumner meet. The pair begin a relationship.
==2100/'01==
*Cullin, Sumner, and Julian Nassar begin working for the Sigma Program.
==Unspecified==
The following events occur in the 2100s, but cannot be specified exactly:
*Sumner and Cullin marry at Sigma Central.
*Cullin becomes head of Sigma 3. Two years of work culminates in the "Reed Incident."
*One last test is allowed on Nassar, but the test is a failure, and Cullin is removed from his position in Sigma 3.
*Months after losing his position in Sigma 3, Preston Swift makes Cullin head of the new Sigma 6 program. Sumner is infected with a polar virus, her condition terminal.
*Amara Nassar is born.
*Over the following year, Sigma 6 excavates three different sites, each of them containing evidence of the Infernal Host. A dig in the Amazon lasts six months, until they are forced to exit by the Allied States of the Southern Hemisphere.
*Sigma 4 uncovers the Suppressor beneath the Arctic ice. Two years after excavations began, Sigma Polar is constructed.
*Under the thrall of the Whisperer, Cullin directs experiments with the Suppressor at Sigma Polar, under the pretense of using it to open a portal to a new world. All experiments fail until Cullin proposes using the energy of a coronal mass ejection. Project Stormgate is initiated.
*After six months, Project Stormgate is initiated. Under the influence of an unknown party, Lila sabotages the experiment at the cost of her own life.
Note: By this point, approx. ten years have passed since the Amazon dig, placing these events in the early 2110s.
*Three years after Lila's sabotage, the Exodus Armada launches from Earth.
*One week after the armada's launch, Project Stormgate Mk. II is initiated to capture the energy of a similar CME. A stormgate is opened, unleashing the Infernal Host on Earth.
*The Infernal invasion of Earth is blunted by humanity,2022-06-09, Stormgate, PC RTS From Ex-Blizzard Devs, Looks A Lot Like A Blizzard Game. GameSpot, accessed on 2022-07-06 but at terrible cost, with entire regions left decimated by nuclear and/or chemical weapons.2023-05-30, STORMGATE SUMMIT: CONCEPT ART. Stormgate Nexus, accessed on 2023-05-31
Note: The following events mark the beginning of Stormgate, placing them at some point in the 2130s.
*Twenty years after the initial Infernal invasion,2022-09-08, Stormgate Twitter. Twitter, accessed on 2022-09-12 Earth remains a battlefield between the Host and humanity.2022-06-09, Frost Giant Studios unveils social real-time strategy game Stormgate. GamesBeat, accessed on 2022-07-05
==Notes==
In a post on X, it is hinted that humanity (or at least the Vanguard) started to use a new dating system after the Infernal invasion, with the term "Y20" referring to the current year (presumably referring to 20 years after the Infernal invasion).
==References==
Category: Lore