Official Timeline

A rundown of the events happening until the present day. Events play in chronological order and every event remains the same until the first notable event. Anything unaccounted for remains the same.

(Unfinished)

## Fragile Peace (1970-1986)

### 1975

* The Vietnam War ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam.

### 1980

* The US Army introduces the M1 Abrams main battle tank.

### 1981

* The Warsaw pact is dissolved, and the Red Star Alliance is formed.
* As a result, Ultima Systems is formed, comprising of multiple aerospace companies.
* United Operations forms not long after.

### 1985

* The US government allocates a black budget of 455 million Dollars for the Aurora project which is rumored to be the codename of a top-secret hypersonic reconnaissance plane to replace the SR-71 Blackbird.

### 1986

* Chernobyl Disaster. Reactor 4 meltdown in the Ukrainian SSR.
* Japan sees a massive spike in nationalism over deteriorating Japanese-American relations.

## Worsening Tensions (1986-1999)

### 1989

* Operation Rising sun begins: Japan becomes more self-reliant and starts to significantly ramp up military training.
* A bus in New York explodes in a terrorist attack. The FBI begin internal investigations.
* The Fall of the Berlin Wall marks the beginning of the end of the German Democratic Republic.
* China, Laos and Mongolia are accepted into the Red Star Alliance.

### 1990

* Operation Desert Storm. A US-led coalition intervenes in Iraq after the country had invaded its neighbor Kuwait.

### 1991

* The USSR collapses. Eastern European states drift away from Russian influence while Central Asian countries stay in the Red Star Alliance.
* The highly contested Takistan area breaks away from Uzbekistan.

### 1997

* The Type 96 goes into service with the Chinese. The Aging Type 88 is phased out.

### 1999

* Aldastan is formed by the union of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
* The Euro is introduced as the new official currency of Europe.
* Russian President Yelsin resigns and is replaced by Vladimir Putin in the following year.

## War in the Pacific (1999-2010)

### 2000

* A Japanese submarine sinks 3 American supply vessels as well as 1 German corvette due to miscommunication.
* Asia-pacific war begins.

### 2001

* Japan Invades Taiwan and the rest of Vietnam
* China joins the Coalition against Japan.
* The September 11 attacks. Al-Qaeda terrorists hijack airliners and crash them into the World Trade Center, and over 2,000 Americans lose their lives. The President declares the War on Terror.
* Operation Enduring Freedom. A US-led coalition invades Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime.

### 2002

* Vietnam & Taiwan is liberated from Japanese control.

### 2003

* After a brief invasion of Hokkaido, Japan capitulates.
* Operation Iraqi Freedom. A US-led coalition of countries invades Iraq after its government was accused of possessing weapons of mass destruction.

### 2005

* Saddam Hussein is captured by US forces and is executed.

### 2008

* China hosts the Olympic games.
* The Great Recession begins, severely damaging the global economy for years to come.

## Oil wars (2010-2016)

### 2010

* The European Debt Crisis begins.
* The Arab Spring swings into effect. A series of protests across the Arab Peninsular and North Africa destabilises many countries.
* The Takistani Government is replaced by an extremist, anti-American government.
* Crown prince Abdullah is on a visit to Iran when he is injured by extremists, half of them being Iranian. Saudi Arabian officials suspect Iran being behind the attack, and they see it as a deceitful act of war. The Oil Wars begin.
* Prince Kassad, the son of a Libyan tribal leader, organises several terrorist attacks against the Gaddafi regime.

### 2011

* Operation Neptune Spear. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by a US Navy SEAL team in Pakistan.
* A bomb explodes in Istanbul, killing 25 people.
* The US embassy in Cairo is hit by a package bomb assembled by a previously unknown Rodall Juhziz.
* Muammar Gaddafi is killed during his escape from Sirte.
* The Type 99A goes into Chinese service.

### 2012

* Takistan joins Iran's side.
* The USS Nelson, a littoral combat ship of the US Navy, is bombed and severely damaged by Rodall Juhziz in the Red Sea.
* Aldastan allows the US to build a military base in Bishkek. Takistan protests.
* A bridge in Münich explodes, Iran is blamed.
* Germany joins the coalition against Iran.

### 2013

* Major Iranian offensive, the coalition is pushed back to Syria.
* Kurdish uprising, The Kurdish in Turkey and Syria are backed by Iran and are promised full independence.
* Palestine and Israel unite into the Unitary State of Israel, solving decades of conflict.

### 2014

* The Mudanjiang Disaster. A train carrying experimental nuclear shells crashes in north-eastern China.
* The M1A3 Abrams passes evaluation and is adopted by a small number of elite US armored units.
* Minor offensives in the Iraqi front. the frontlines settle for a while.

### 2016

* The Coalition begins a large scale offensive into Iraq. They are halted at the gates of Iraq.
* Peace is negotiated. The end of the Oil Wars.

## Second Interwar Period (2016-2019)

### 2017

* Russian President Putin attends the opening ceremony of the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far-East.
* The Taiwan Conflict. PLA Forces manage to seize Taipei with minor casualties before the United States could intervene.
* Xi Jinping enacts the Modern Way programme, introducing new civil liberties to the People's Republic and expanding the cooperation with South-east Asian countries, notably Japan.

### 2018

* Despite protests from Egypt, Ethiopia begins construction of a Dam down the Nile River.
* Large-scale terrorist attack in Moscow results in 70 injuries and 22 fatalities. The FSB starts internal investigations.
* In the vicinity of the Niagara Falls, the first commercial fusion power plant is activated. The United States and Canada, who created the reactor as a collaborative effort, both use the electricity it generates in their respective power grids.
* The Three Gorges Dam is the target of a failed terrorist attack. As a result, China increases funding for the People's Armed Police while tightening security.
* Russia begins "Zapad 2018" Military exercise, simulating a NATO invasion.

### 2019

* Takistan conducts a military exercise 300km away from the Takistan-Aldastan Border.
* The Russian Military starts to make major reforms, aimed at severing the corruption in the military.
* Japan begins to maintain friendlier relations with China than with the United States.
* A drone strike kills a government official in San Francisco.
* A stray car explodes in Beijing during the PRC's 70th anniversary parade, killing 26 people and wounding over 100. Upon further investigation by the Guóānbù, they conclude that it was a Takistani Terrorist cell that was responsible for the bombing.
* China declares war on Takistan a few days later, sprouting yet another conflict.

## The Sino-Takistani War (2019-2023)

### 2020

* China begins to sanction Takistan, severely crippling their economy.
* Aldastan allows Chinese troops right of way.
* 225,000 Chinese troops enter Takistan through Aldastan.
* Japan expresses support for the invasion, and starts supplying China with ammunition and weaponry.

### 2021

* Takistan begins a guerilla warfare campaign, using the mountainous terrain to their advantage.
* China is halted outside of the gates of Takmyr and Zargabad.
* The war grinds toward a halt with minor advances from either side. Both dig in for a long war.
* A major oil basin is found in Northern Iran.
* The EU begins the Solar Project, a project set on completely relying on Solar Energy.
* The top-secret FB-40 Aurora aircraft is pushed into service by US Air Force as a fast strike bomber.
* The US starts to secretly fund the Takistani government.

### 2022

* The first commercial vacuum tube train is activated between Miami and Ottawa.
* Several European nations begin funding the Takistani government.
* Russia begins supplying China with suicide drones and ammunition.
* Zargabad is liberated by the Chinese, enabling them to establish control over southern Takistan.
* The Indian government spends 45 billion rupees on the Mirage Project, a project rumoured to turn a Tank or APC invisible.

### 2023

* The US Navy introduces its own jet-powered, carrier-capable gunship, the Spectre II, in order to provide a more immediate fire support solution than the aging AC-130.
* After half a year of fighting, Chinese forces converge on Takmyr. Brutal fighting ensues, but China manages to seize the capital, severely crippling the Takistani government.
* A few days later, Takistan capitulates and is replaced by a Pro-Chinese government.
* Despite objections from the US government, Aldastan permits the Chinese to construct a military installation in Akmola.

## The Second Korean War (2024-2026)

### 2024

* North Korean border troops fire upon South Korean border troops. Miscommunication between both sides and their troops leads them to believe it was a deliberate action from North Korea.
* South Korean troops cross the DMZ for the first time in 72 years, sparking the Second Korean War.
* The United States sends a pacific task force to provide fire support.
* The Chinese begin supplying North Korea with weapons.

### 2025

* ROK-SWC begin a sabotage campaign across North Korea.
* Wonsan and Nampo are Seized by the ROK. Refugees from the North flood into China by droves.
* China desperately begins supplying the North with anything they need.
* A North Korean MiG-23 sinks the *USS Gridley,*prompting the US to commence bombardment of North Korean military bases.
* The South is halted at the gates of Pyongyang.
* Kim Jong Un is assassinated while trying to escape, Choe Ryong Hae takes power.

### 2026

* The North Korean leadership falls into disarray and panic.
* South Korea begins liberating citizens and converting North Korean defectors to their side.
* Hae authorizes a nuclear strike, but fear and miscommunication among his generals prevents nuclear missiles from launching.
* Pyongyang is liberated and North Korea surrenders.