Timeline

## The Ancient Past

* The Aingea are created by an Unknown race. The latter falls extinct shortly after.
* Following their creators' extinction, The Aingea and their civilisation subsequently fall into two factions. One; wanting to continue their 'Gods' work and seed life among the stars. The Other; Seeing themselves as perfect creations, wishing to purge other non-'natural' life from the galaxy

## Prehistory

* Martian society falls under the Influence of The Destroyers.
* The The Creators arrive in Sol, and begin constructing a minor civilisation primarily among, and beyond the Jovians.
* Observing Life on Mars, The Creators debate on whether or not to seed life on Earth however finally settle on doing so.
* Fearing for their creations safety, the Creationist Aingea begin producing and make preparations for mass production of Valkyries, biomechanical exoskeletal weapons designed for Earthborn life. A total of Nineteen as created, alongside a Valkyrie fit for Aingea usage.
* Through unknown means Life on the Martian surface is wiped out, and the surface itself deemed uninhabitable. Martian life is entirely destroyed.
* Mysteriously and Urgently, - The Creationist Aingea leave Sol. Entrusting their civilisations to be maintained by a construct known as 'The Caretaker'.
* The Caretaker receives an emergency signal deep below the surface of Europa, of a group of Aingea claiming to have been left behind. While investigating, The Caretaker undergoes a critical error and is submerged below the surface, Vanishing.

### 1760

* Dutch Explorer William Bekker discovers a Tomb of Unknown origin within the Artic Circle while on an expedition, however his ship sinks upon returning somewhere in the South Atlantic Ocean. Several other ships among his fleet safely return to tell the tale.

### 1899

* PLACEHOLDER is founded in The Isle of Man, United Kingdom several years following the discovery of PLACEHOLDER

### 1949

* The Jäger Collective is founded in Germany, Earth, as a collective of the worlds best Mercenaries, Soldiers and Contract Militants.

### 1984

* The Soviet Union dispatches a deep-sea retrieval unit to find the Tomb of the Overseer. The Operation is a success.

## First Human Stellar Age

### 2029

* The United Nations reorganises and reforms into the Unified Earth Government
* The Unified Intelligence Agency is formed from various Old-World intelligence Organisations.
* Ludwig H. Bennick is elected First President of Earth.

### 2030

* The Tomb of the Overseer is transported to an undisclosed location.

### 2030

* The first Voidspace Drive is created, and cleared for use.
* The first successful Voidstream Space jump occurs.

### 2034

* The Phoenix Corporation is founded by Izuna Watanabi I
* The Great Colonisation Mission begins with the strong usage of Voidspace Jumping.

### 2035

* Mars is Colonised
* Venus is Colonised
* Mercury is Mined, the SC Industries establish a Starbase there.

### 2037

* Minor Colonies among the Jovians are established

### 2070

* A Derelict Item is found in Hellas Basin, Mars. The item is safely returned to Earth for analysis. Believed to be Extra-Terrestrial in Origin.
* Project: Grey Lotus begins in Adelaide, Australia under secrecy by the United Earth Government. Izuna Watanabi I and his team are involved with the Project.
* Reverse-engineering of the Derelict Item's residual energy begins.

## 2100s

### 2100

* The Unified Celestial States of Sol is founded.
* Masashi Watanabi is born

### 2101

* Reverse-engineering of the Derelict Item's residual energy finishes, being named Compound-28-J.

### 2102

* Compound-28-J is successfully implemented into a weapons experiment, and is tested on Luna.

### 2104

* Project: Black Lotus begins following the success of Project: Grey Lotus.

### 2119

* Criminal Collective Dark Talon is founded.

### 2120

Kotoro Watanabi Passes away, overdosing on Opioids.

### 2123

* Izuna Watanabi II steps down as CEO of Fenikkusu Corp due to Heart Complications, being succeeded by his Second-born son Masashi Watanabi.

### 2124

* Disgruntled Miners begin to form Gangs, Crews and Anarchist Groups that begin sprouting throughout Mars.
* The Martian Rebel Crisis begins

### 2128

* Various Martian Rebels form together to create Enix, officially labelled as disestablishment terrorist organisation. The Three helm the organisation.
* Hellas Basin falls under the control of Insurrectionist Collective Enix.
* Henry Pyke is elected Overseer of the Europa Colony.
* Izuna Watanabi II Passes away due to Heart failure.

### 2129

* Martian Presidential Candidate Erikka Pines advocates for Enix, swaying support from Rebel Sympathisers.
* Erikka Pines is elected President of Mars.
* Erikka Pines is assassinated by an unknown party

### 2130

* The Martian Civil War Begins.
* The Jovian Colonies fall under the control of Criminal Organisation Dark Talon

### 2135

* The Celestial State of Mars (CSM) falls under the control of Enix.
* The CSM recedes from the Unified Celestial States of Sol (UCSS) in open Opposition.
* The UCSS Attempts to open Negotiations with the CSM, however all attempts fail.
* The CSM reorganises into The Martian Confederacy

### 2137

* Following years of legitimacy debates, The Martian Confederacy Declares War on the UCSS under The Alliance
	+ Dark Talon joins The Alliance, allowing the Martian Confederacy access to the Jovian Shipyards.
	+ The Io Colony joins The Alliance
	+ The Phobos Colony joins The Alliance
	+ The Deimos Colony Joins the Alliance
	+ The Europa Colony joins The Alliance
	+ The Ganymede Colony joins The Alliance
	+ The Callisto Colony joins The Alliance
	+ The Lysithea Colony joins The Alliance
* The Unified Earth Government forms The Solidarity
	+ The Celestial State of Venus joins The Solidarity
* The First Interplanetary War Begins
* The Office of Solidarity Intelligence (OST) is formed

### 2140

* The Europa Colony secretly begins to defect to The Solidarity, sabotaging the Alliance.

### 2160

* The Europa Colony defects to The Solidarity, publicly.
* The Ganymede Colony defects to The Solidarity.
* The Lysithea Colony recesses from The Alliance, taking a stand of neutrality.

### 2162

* Izuna Watanabi III is Born.
* The Callisto Colony surrenders to Solidarity Forces.
* Project: Black Lotus is greenlit for construction.

### 2166

* Phobos, being a major arms building site for The Alliance, becomes a target of OST Project: Black Lotus.
* The surface of Phobos is decimated by Experimental Compound-28-J Weapon Canary Orbital Cannon.
* The Deimos Colony surrenders to the Solidarity following the Whistling of Phobos

### 2168

* The Io Colony Surrenders to Solidarity Forces.

### 2169

* The Alliance collapses, The Martian Confederacy being the sole party left.

## New Human Stellar Age

### 2170

* Operation: Redfall begins, as Solidarity Forces assault the Martian Capital of New Pasadena, Cydonia.
* The Martian Confederacy surrenders to Solidarity forces.
* The First Interplanetary War ends with Solidarity victory. The UCSS Declares Humankind under a new age
* Enix Dissolves.
* Ito Watanabi Is Born
* The Canary Orbital Cannon is successfully transported back to Earth.
* Henry Pyke is appointed Governor of Jupiter.
* Various Corporations are given control over various colonies.

### 2172

* The Europa Colony reorganises into The Europa Justiciary, acting as a Bastion for the UCSS among Jovian Space.

### 2175

* Henry Pyke is re-appointed Overseer of Europa.
* The Unified Earth Government grants The Fennikusu Corporation Executive colonial control over Jupiter and Jovian Space following the Downfall of The Alliance.
* The Celestial State of Venus gains a median of independence, reforming into the Commonwealth of Venus

### 2190

* Fenikkusu Corp falls into the hands of Masashi Watanabi's two sons, Ito Watanabi, and his brother Izuna Watanabi II. Ito is decided to become CEO.
* Fenikkusu Corp leads an exhibition into a Derelict Tomb to prime for excavation.
* Izuna Watanabi III is killed while tampering with 'Precursor' Remnant Technology on Io within the Derelict Tomb.

### 2191

* Ito Watanabi prohibits further study of Precursor Technology.
* The Derelict Tomb is concealed.

## 2200s

### 2200

* Jak Watanabi is born, and adopted by Ito Watanabi

### 2201

* Henry Pyke Passes away.
* Eric Lawson is born

### 2207

* The Construction of The Eyrie Starbase begins

### 2218

* Phoenix Corp unveils its first line of 'Mirrors', Androids identical to Human physique. They are made for both maintenance jobs and military service.

### 2219

* Ito Watanabi passes away
* Fenikkusu Corp falls into the hands of his adoptive son Jak Watanabi

### 2220

* Jak Watanabi re-authorizes further research, experimentation and augmentation of Precursor Remnant Technology.
* Fenikkusu Corp is formally and entirely re-branded into The Phoenix Corporation. or 'Phoenix Corp'

### 2223

* The first Cybernetic-Modification is built, and successfully implanted into willing test subject Dominic Anderson
* Eleanor Pyke is appointed Overseer of Europa.
* Isaac Watanabi and Ian-Oscar Watanabi are born.

### 2227

* Cybernetic-Modification becomes available to the public, and is officially branded by Phoenix Corp as the sub-company 'CyMod'

### 2237

* Phoenix Corp gains full control of the Jovian Moons, save Europa. All previous Colonies now pay a tax towards the Corporation.

### 2239

* The Ganymede Colony discovers a Cache of Precursor technology underneath Ganymede, and withholds it from the Phoenix Corporation,  denying its existence.
* The Firebombing of Ganymede begins, leaving Ganymede's urban surface decimated.
* A Large majority of The Ganymede Security Force revolts against Phoenix Corp because of this, and the Ganymede Resistance is formed.
* The Ganymede Insurgency War begins.
* Warren Idris, Paramilitary Overseer of Phoenix Corporation, is sent to Ganymede in hopes to help quell the Resistance.
	+ While on Ganymede, Warren and a team of researchers from the Phoenix Corp Science Division discover a new Precursor Tomb, which they dub The Tomb of Prophecy.
	+ While several members of the Science Team bring the Tomb to Phoenix Corps' attention, Warren accidently stumbles upon the containment unit of Pale (Valkyrie). Intrigued by it briefly, Warren begins to seemingly have some form of premonitional-physical breakdown. In an act of complete abruptness, he attempts to bury the Tomb in hopes of destroying all that they found.
	+ Upon exiting the collapsed Tomb, Warren forcibly removes his CyMod eye and takes a handful of loyal soldiers to defect from Phoenix Corp.

### 2240

* Following the Ganymede Insurgency War, some citizens of the neighbouring Colonies under Phoenix Corp's occupation form their own Insurgencies against the corporation, who they view as tyrannical and morally blind.
* Hector Vinton is sent to recover what remains of the Tomb of Prophecy and Despite Warren Idris' attempts to bury the Tomb, succeeds in recovering both Pale and numerous artefacts. However, the Valkyrie is severely damaged and the Artefacts decrepit.
* Project:Talos begins on The Eyrie.
* Cybernetic-Modification becomes commonplace among The Jovians, which themselves are almost wholly owned by Phoenix Corp - save Europa.
* Project:Kres begins on Io.

### 2241

* The Ganymede Resistance make contact with the Free Io Movement, Callisto Rebels and Lysithea Insurgency - and with the leadership of the Lysithea Insurgency form the Jovian Insurgency.
* The Free Io Movement becomes the Io Cohort under the Jovian Insurgency
* The Callisto Rebels become the Callisto Cohort under the Jovian Insurgency
* The Lysithea Insurgency become the Lysithia Cohort under the Jovian Insurgency
* The Ganymede Insurgency become the Ganymede Cohort under the Jovian Insurgency
* The Ganymede Cohort's homebase is discovered and destroyed by Phoenix Corp, fundamentally ending the Organization.
* The Ganymede Insurgency War ends
* The surviving Cells and members of the Ganymede Cohort flee the planet, and are absorbed into the neighboring Cohorts of the Jovian Insurgency.

* A Mysterious Figure dubbed 'The Crow' is announced Supreme Commander of the Jovian Insurrectionists

### 2244

* The Phoenix Corp Science Division successfully extracts data from the damaged Valkyrie 'Pale', and appropriates the data into an A.I.
* B-L0U-798324 is created.
* Fearful of the Capabilities of B-L0U-798324, an anonymous Phoenix Corp Scientist makes contact with the Jovian Insurgency in order to have the A.I Stolen and Destroyed. Days later, the Scientist is declared missing.

## Chapter I: Pilot

* The primary piece Behind Phoenix Corp's 'Project: Talos' is Stolen by the Jovian insurgency cell 'Dragoon Sector' and taken to Callisto. Both Perennial Dark Ops and Contract Forces are deployed to recover the asset by all means.
* A Perennial Dark Ops Squad comes into contact with the Rogue A.I B-L0U-798324, and succumb to the A.I's rampage. In an act of desparation a member of the Squad activates a final short-range EMP Device, which successfully contains the A.I.
* Stumbling alone and wounded back through the facility corridors, the Member collapses nearby Contract force operatives.
* Lance Corporal Elliot 'Eli' Wright obtains the asset, however inadvertently causes it to merge with his own CyMod Implants upon reactivating it.
* Upon returning to Phoenix Corp's primary headquarters orbiting Jupiter; 'The Eyrie', Eli is taken into custody as The Phoenix Corp Science Division, against his will, begins to remove the Asset from his tether. In obvious pain, Eli's companion's Lieutenant Jordan Pierce and Sergeant Iris Alison go AWOL, breaking into the operation room and freeing him. Hence, breaking their contract with Phoenix Corp and becoming Targets of the Company.
* Elliot Wright, Jordan Pierce and Iris Alison successfully escape The Eyrie. Iris suggests that she might know a person who is able to remove The Asset from Eli without compromising his life - Teresa Romero, on Callisto.
* While tampering with the Asset in Teresa's lab, the A.I Itself awakens; revealing it to be known as 'B-L0U-798324'. Initially hostile, Blue hijacks Eli's CyMod implants and (against his will), attempts to attack Teresa. Quickly calming the hyperintelligent A.I down and explaining themselves, Teresa gives B-L0U-798324 the pet name 'Blue' before 'Wraith Sector' Insurrectionists make themselves known within the building. Taking the four captive.
* En route to a Wraith Sector stronghold, Eli, Jordan, Iris, Teresa and Blue make themselves acquainted - despite being captives - with  Insurrectionist Agents Jakob Roi, Amara Venkatesh and Ciaran Smyth.

* Upon hearing the news of PROJECT: TALOS's loss and failure to retrieve, Jak Watanabi becomes disgruntled with Hector Vinton - Phoenix Corp's Paramilitary Overseer. He then issues a complete lockdown of Cis-Jupiter Exit.
* The Europa Justiciary commissions the Covert Investigation of Phoenix Corp From The Jäger Collective. Rohan, a P.I from Venus is put on the case. Simultaneously, Alexei Ilitrovsky is hired through the Jäger Collective by Phoenix Corp in order to retrieve B-L0U-798324.

## Chapter II: The Asset

* Rohan is dispatched from Venus to Europa, however comes to discover that both entering and leaving cis-Jovian space has become severely restricted. Despite this, he managed to stow away on a resourse freighter outbound to Europa.

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* The War For Io Ends

* Following the Loss of Io, and the Death of Jak Watanabi - Isaac Watanabi declares himself heir to the Corporation. While a heavily wounded Hector Vinton protests, Isaac shoots the Paramilitary Overseer infront of his Older Brother Ian - and forcefully Promoting Ian to the new Overseer. Ian has no choice but to take the job.
* The 'Precursors' are officially redubbed to 'The Aingea', as successful translations of their language unfold within Phoenix Corp.

### 2246

* Isaac Watanabi unveils Pale (Valkyrie) to an imprisoned Warren Idris.