Timeline of the Alternaverse

The **timeline of the Alternaverse** outlines the events in the world of the Alternaverse. It documents the beginning of the creation of the school-ships' ancestors towards the current time set in the original course.

## Disputed Setting of GuP

As subtle as the details are, the Universe of Girls Und Panzer does not offer much information in regards of the year what story has set in. Though there are parts to indicate the current setting of the Anime is from the 2010s, examples are attributed to the items seen in the Anime. From the usage of the *Garakei* phone towards a clip from Episode 3.

But for the sake of the timeline of the Alternaverse, the chosen date of the original source is set in the early 2010s, specifically the Year of **2012**.

### 2012 or 2023?

Basing from a clip from Episode 3 where Miho received a call from Saori, she looked on her phone and the screen showed the date of 12/04/23 (月). Now there are two ways to interpret this date, the popular DD-MM-YY format seen in the western world, and the YY-MM-DD used in the eastern area of Asia. The latter is often being used in Japan as their standard date format, often the date is being followed by format of YY 年 MM 月 DD 日. The debate here is whether or not the setting is set in the far-distant future of the same setting as when the Anime was broadcasted.

   Another evidence suggests though completely theoretical is that the phone Miho was using. Based on its design, the phone she is using is a *Garekei* phone, it is a type of phone unique to Japan that boomed in popularity during the mid-2000s. They are known for their characteristics such as the clamshell design, external display, and decoden culture.

There is also an instance where Darjeeling in *Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!* doesn't know how to operate a Smartphone, this entailed us the idea that Smartphones are still a new concept (with the first iPhone released in 2006).

## Timeline

The Timeline is a mixture between the Original Source *(as indicated by "\*")* and Original Content *(as indicated by "^")*.

* **12th Century BC\***- The Phoenicias created the first form of Academy Ships. Scholars argue that they were large trade ships fitted in the long distance of trading that often surpass the distance of the Mediterranean Sea.
* **680 BC^** - As the Pausanias noted, the Olympics Chariot Racing begun during the 13th Olympiad. Scholars said that this is the ancestor of Panzerkraft.
* **450 BC\*** - On one of the 60 fleets that Hanno the Navigator commanded, one of them contains a large vessel that acted as the flagship of the Carthaginian Navigator. Equipped with a platform-like deck enough for a standing farmhouse to be filled with farm animals and a storage warehouse full of wheat, rice, and other goods.
* **396 BC\*** - Cynisca, Mother of Ancient Panzerkraft, participated in the Olympics during this time. *(Though as the owner of the horse, not herself as the rider)*
	+ In **392 BC**, she participated the Olympics once more and won the second time. *(Same as above)*
	+ Her Legacy created the Cynisca Tank Rally in honor to her name.
* **368 BC^** - Euryleonis, a famous female horse breeder, won the two horse chariot races during the Ancient Olympic Games.
* **294 - 288 BC^** - The *Leontophoros* was a famous huge ship built for Lysimachos. The ship participated in the battle against Antigonus II, it was said that the Leon was responsible for the death of the aforementioned Macedonian Ruler.
* **240 BC^** - The *Syracusia* was launched. Designed by Archimedes as a gift for Ptolemy III Euergetes, the Vessel acted more like an ancient Cruiser Ship than an Academy Ship.
* **221 – 204 BC^** - During the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator, he built the *Tessarakonteres* ("forty-rowed"), a huge galley that can be used as a platform like an Aircraft Carrier, but its purpose is still debated till this day.
* **206 BC - 220 AD^** - During the Han Dynasty in China, the *Louchuan* were often referred as floating fortresses, they were central pieces for the navies during that time.
* **58 – 49 BC\*** - From the account of Caesar's *Commentarii de Bello Gallico* (Commentaries on the Gallic War), he made one of the earliest comment about the concept of a School-Ship to the Britons. "The Britons educate their young abroad small rafts".
* **49 – 44 BC^** - During the Dictatorial Reign of Caesar, he advocated the creation of the *Minerva's Trirēmis*, a class of ships designed to replicate the Brition's Learning Rafts. During this time, the *Sapientia*, *Intelligentia*, and *Doctrina* were constructed, with the latter being the foreground of the *Collegium pro Doctrina,* the first floating College for the Roman People.
* **37 - 41 AD^** - During the Rule of Caligula, he ordered the construction of the *Prima nave* and *Seconda Nave,* or the *Nemi Ships* as it is colloquially called. The purpose of the Prima Nave was to imitate the function of the *Syracusia* while the Seconda Nave was retrofitted during its construction into a floating library when it was bought by an unknown buyer. Both ships were never completed and were lost throughout history underneath Lake Nemi, hence the name.
* **104 AD^** - The Great Gaius Appuleius Diocles was born during this time. Diocles is known for his Horse Racing career that won the case of 1,462 out of his 4,257 horse races, making him the highest-paid athlete of all time.
* **480 AD^** - Porphyrius the Charioteer was born in Libya. Porphyrius was one of the most popular and celebrated charioteers of his day during the Byzantine Era.
* **1395 fl.^** - Agnes Hotot was one of the first documented cases of a female jouster.
* **1358 AD\*** - Queen Philippa of Hainault became a *Ladies Companion* of the Order of the Garter. This event sparked the trend of admitting influential female knights into existence.
* **14th Century AD^** - Somewhere during this time, the Order of the Ermine was established in France. Alongside the Order of the Hatchet, this Order was known for admitting many Women for their exceptional service to Brittany.
* **1140 AD^** - It is reported that the Order of the Hatchet was established in the town of Tortosa, Catalonia. In this Order, they honor women combatants in the site of Tortosa against the Muslims.
* **1081 AD^** - It is reported that during the Battle of Dyrrhachium, Sikelgaita, husband of Duke Robert Guiscard of Apulia, entered the battle with a full armored suit.
* **June 1595\*** - The English *Bonaventure* was modified to allow naval training of the noblemen aboard, which were to be sent to the various oversea colonies of the British.
* **July 17 – 24** **1908^** - The *Olympic Dueling* made its debut during the Summer Olympics at the Franco-British Exhibition.
* **1919\*** - The *HMS Dreadnought* was retrofitted into a costal Academy Ship, becoming the pre-modern iteration of School-Ships.
* **1928^** - The German Steel Drivers Association or Deutscher Stahlrennfahrerverband was organized in Germany.
* **1946^** - The League of Recrea was organized in Germany. tional Olumpikos was established in Athens, Greece. It was founded by Frederick Frieden and Petra Dimourgo.
* **1947^** - The first *Póleathlon Game* (predecessor of the Recrelympic Games) was held in Athens, Greece.
* **August 4, 1948^** - On the grounds of the Royal Military Academy, the first modern iteration of a safe tank-against-tank-engagement was debuted as a demonstration sport.
* **September 1, 1948^** - The International Recrelympic Committee was created.
	+ The next day, the Recrelympics Charter was published through the publication of the *Bildung der Grundlagen des Friedens*
* **August 4, 1948^** - On the grounds of the Royal Military Academy, the first modern iteration of a safe tank-against-tank-engagement was debuted as a demonstration sport.
* **December 10, 1948^** - The Japanese Sensha-Dō Federation was established under the heavy monitor of the SCAP as a result of the violent shift in the geo-politics in Asia.
* **1952** - The 1952 Rhodesian Recrelympics, the first Recrelympics, was held Rhodes Island, Greece.
* **July 25, 1991** - was established under close monitor of the SCAP. The **Sports And Warfare Protocol** was signed at the General Assembly of the United Nations Security Council in Olympia, Greece. The Protocol is an attempt to limit the conversion and prohibits the uses of Recrelympic-made equipment during a Conflict.

## School-Ship's Timeline

* **12th Century BC** - The Thalassocrat Phoenicians developed the first form of seasteading. They were called "*membēt"* (𐤉𐤕𐤌) or Water House in Phoenician.
	+ They are defined as **flat-bottomed vessels** that were typically moored near a coastline. They act as semi-permanent settlement to the seafaring Phoenicians.
	+ Though hardly considered as ancestors to School-Ships, but they are defined as an antiquity for seasteading.
* **5th Century BC** - Hanno the Navigator sailed across Africa with his 60 ships. This fleet included specialized ships that often denoted and contested as the first School-Ships in Antiquity.
	+ These said ships were large *gaulos* that can accommodate education to the youth to become able navigators during the long voyage.
* **circa 280 BC** - The Macedonians constructed the *Leontophoros* for King Lysimachos. This ship, like its fellow supergalleys, are often called the Ancient Carrier of History.
	+ In this particular date, the ship was documented and it was used by Ptolemy Keraunos to defeat Antigonus I in a battle.
* **circa 240 BC** - The Greek Archimedes of Syracuse designed and constructed the *Syracusia* (soon to be called as *Alexandreia*)*.* Like Hanno's specialized ships, this ship is contested as one of the first School-Ships in Antiquity.
	+ Fitted with defenses like watch towers and a platform that a catapult can be used, it also offered passenger comfort like a garden, indoor bath, a gymnasium, a library, and even a small temple.
* **220 - 200 BC** - Ptolemy IV Philopator ordered two gigantic vessels to be constructed during his reign as Pharoah. First is the *Tessarakonteres* as a warship, and second is the *Thalamegos* as a palace barge.
	+ The Tessarakonteres, often perceived as a large catamaran-hull ship, is widely regarded as the basis of a supergalley and considered as the Carrier of Antiquity. often contested with the Leontophoros.
	+ The Thalamegos was commissioned in order to be a palace barge for the Philopator himself and his Wife. Its name literally means *Room Carrier*.
* **circa 200 BC** - In Asia, the *Louchuan* is a type of river flotilla that is seen as a floating fortress that sailed along the rivers of mainland China. Unlike Leon and Tessa, Louchuan are considered grounded due to their description befitting to a War Carrier in ancient times.
	+ An instance of this came from the written source of the *Taibai Yinjing,* it depicts Admiral Wang Jun's louchuan during the Jin Dynasty.
* **58 – 49 BC** - Julius Caesar documented and brought Briton's learning rafts to Rome after his expedition to Britannica. His documentation can be seen through his book, the *Commentarii de Bello Gallico.*
	+ These Briton *Discendi Ratibus* are small rafts whose primary goal is to taught the youth in fishing, swimming, and maritime-related topics.
* **49 BC** - Caesar ordered the construction of an experimental specialized vessel called the *Minervae Trirēmis.* It was a class of ship that is fitted with education facilities that aligned to Caesar's aggressive policy towards raising the quality of Roman Education. Only four were constructed and they were: *Perceptio*, *Intelligentia*, *Doctrina,* and *Sapientia.*
	+ The term "School-Ship" was coined by the Scholars of the Doctrina.
* **46 BC** - The Mosaic of Minervae Trirēmis was painted on the walls of Ostia. The mosaic painting depicts the voyage of the four Minervaes sailing towards the naumachia in Rome*.*
	+ This painting suggests and affirms that during Caesar's time, traces of a school-ship can be seen in ancient Roman times.
* **42 BC** - Scholars from the *Collegium pro Doctrina*, one of the Minervae Trirēmis, published the thesis of *"**Offshore Education, the Maritime Exploration**".* A thesis that explores the possibility of continuous learning during long voyages, and possibly, living independently and self-sufficiently on the high seas.
* **37 - 41 AD** - After reading the thesis from the Scholars of Doctrina, Roman Emperor Caligula ordered the construction of an additional ship in between the two ships on Lake Nemi. They were never finished upon the Emperor's death in 41 AD.
* **77 AD** - Roman author Pliny the Elder published his first 10 books of Naturalis Historia, specifically **Book 7**, which contains information about seasteading and its examples throughout history such as the Phoenician *membēt,* Hanno's achievement, and many more. This specific book is often used by scholars when investigating the origin of School-Ships, and Seasteads in general.
* **circa 480 AD** - The Venetians started using *Piattagiante* to accommodate the increasing numbers of refugees. They are essentially floating platforms that moored near the wharfs of the city.
* **circa 710s** - Commander Muhammad ibn Qasim received the *Khaliya Safin* (Great Ship) during his invasion in India. A *Khaliya Safin* is a gigantic carrier ship known by many as the Islamic version of the Tessarakonteres. Qasim's ship was called the *Al-Hamia* (حامية) or The Protector.
	+ Scholars theorized that Al-Hamia is a form of large Dromon or a large retrofitted horse-transport vessel.
* **1104 AD** - The received the Venetian Arsenal was established in the city of Venice. It is one of the selected shipyards across the world that can build School-Ships in the modern time.
* **1403 AD** - The Longjiang shipyards built the *Bǎochuán* to accommodate Admiral Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western World.
	+ In one of Zheng's fleet, the *Xuétíng Chuán* (Learning Pavilion Ship) is a mighty junk whose deck has a pavilion filled with a thousand books according to *Luo Maodeng*. Alongside this library-bore ship, Zheng's flagship is a giant fuchuan warship that acted as his floating fortress with ornament design and a Dragon-jaded head on its bow.
* **September 6, 1494 AD** - The *Ship Race* between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire begun upon the former's ratification. This pivotal historical moment is a competition for supremacy in naval warfare, especially the making of Colony Ships intended for settlement their respective sides in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
* **circa 1550 AD** - The Venetian Arsenal commissioned the *Burciogrande*, a floating school built on top of a catamaran hull. It serves as the School-Ship of *Collegio Rialto*, one of the currently existing oldest institutions that is based on a ship.
* **1590s** - The English ship *Bonaventure* was refitted and became the *Elizabeth Bonaventure.* This Galleon became a unique training-ship for English noblemen aboard.
* **circa 1600s** - The Red Seal Company was erected in Nagasaki. This company is prominently known for shipbuilding School-Ships in Japan during its 400 years of existence.
* **June 2, 1609** - The Third supply Mission to Jamestown departed from Plymouth, England. The fleet consists of 10 ships, the tenth ship, *Goodwill,* was included in the fleet.
	+ Goodwill was the ship who found the missing survivors of the Sea Venture near Eastern Bermuda. It was also one of the few ships that were fortunate enough to endure the subsequent supply missions for Jamestown.
* **November 6, 1627** - King Gustavus Adolphus commissioned the *Sköldpaddsskepp* or the Tortoise Ship. This class of ship is his ideal *artillery ship* packed with a staggering of 140 light and heavy cannons. Only one was built as the second got destroyed during its construction, they are named *Stockholms Ark* (Ark of Stockholm) and *Godset* (The Estate) respectively.
* **June 4, 1629** - The flagship of the Dutch East India Company, the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt made its maiden voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia. It was Netherland's biggest transport ship to be ever constructed till the 20th Century.
* **July 30, 1768** - The *HMS Endeavour* was authorized to became a Royal Society's (research) ship. Endeavour was notable in the development of the School Ship due to its application and integration of research facilities to its hull.
* **August 2, 1798** - Napoleon's *Hôtel de la Marine*, a *Ship of a Learning* vessel part of the Armée d'Orient was destroyed in the Battle of the Nile.
* **December 20, 1803** - As part of the formal transfer of New Orleans to the United States during the Louisiana Purchase, the French Republic gave the Ursuline Academy the Téméraire-class Pacificateur, it was later renamed as Saint Ursula upon its permanent berth on the Mississippi River. Saint Ursula is the oldest All-girls School-Ship in America.
* **1804** - Kisuke Shimizu founded the Shimizu Corporation in Tokyo. This Corporation stands as the forefront of Seasteading development in Japan.
* **December 3, 1821** - Under Commodore Sinclair's persuasion, the Nautical School was opened on board the frigate *Guerriere*, a *floating school* known for its expansive curriculums.
* **November 24, 1852** - Commodore Matthew Perry chose the *USS* *Constitution* as one of the ships in his fleet for the Expedition for the opening of Japan.
	+ **July 8, 1853** - The Steam Citadel entered the bays of Tokyo with the USS Mississippi and its fellow young sisters.
* **February 2, 1859** - The HMS *Conway* became a Training Ship for the Mercantile Marine Association of Liverpool. Later in her life, she was succeeded by three ships starting in 1861.
	+ Sailors of the Conway were the same people who published the School-Ship Article of RUSI in the following year.
* **June 25, 1860** - The **R**oyal **U**nited **S**ervices **I**nstitute published the article *"School-Ships in the Modern World"*. In this journal, it discusses of what a "School-Ship" is, and how it is different from the "Training-Ships" and its other similar counterparts.
* **1865** - The School-Ship Indefatigable was established after it purchased the obsolete HMS Indefatigable. In RUSI definition, this functional (wooden) floating school is a School-Ship.
* **1868** - Following the Restoration of the Meiji Monarchy, the Sakamoto Trade Association spearheaded the conversion of old merchant and ashore/captured ships into School-Ships for the Military and other branches of the Government during the *Bunmei-kaika* period.
* **May 1872** - Kaiser Wilhelm I set out a ten-year building program for the newly established Imperial Navy. One of them is the German *Lernstationen Class*, ships who are fitted with the innovation style of campus-like design on their decks.
	+ *Lernstation Kiel* was launched in 1876, while *Lernstation Wilhelmshaven* in 1878, and lastly, *Lernstation Mürwik* in 1881. Under the RUSI definition, only the *Mürwik* was considered a School-Ships while the other two are only Training-Ships.
* **September 2, 1901** - Under the Big Stick Ideology and preparation for the upcoming Great White Fleet, President Roosevelt reorganized the US Fleet. A class of ship called the *Fort Marion Class* was laid down for the Great Fleet. US Fort Marion shined as the largest training ship of the US to be ever fielded.
* **August 7, 1918** - The Admiralty ordered the HM Dockyard in Portsmouth to refit the relegated Dreadnought into the HMOH *Royal Sovereign*, the first modern description of a School-Ship.
* **May 9, 1921** - Her Majesty's Outpost Hull (HMOH) *Royal Sovereign* was launched in Portsmouth. She was Britain's first seagoing military complex for the British Navy. Designs of a modern School-Ship are attributed from this Outpost Hull.
* **November 13, 1921** - An article from the American Magazine *Popular Mechanics* published an article titled the *"Swords, Ships, and Ploughshares"* which featured a concept art of the HMOH Royal Sovereign in civilian use.
* **May 30, 1922** - The French unveiled its Jeanne D'Arc Class of two ships. The lead ship, *Jeanne D'Arc* for the French Navy, while the *Orléans* is for the overseas French Nationals of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
* **June 20 1922** - Days after his inauguration as Minister of Education, Kamata Eikichi quoted, *"Not be deceived by deceptive ideologies nor follow the group blindly [but] realize the spirit of freedom, foster one's talent, independence and self-respect"*. His quote was backed up with him spearheading Japan in regards of the Seabased-Education.
* **17 August 1922** - The *Wakamiya* was commissioned. The first School-Ship of Japan under RUSI' definition. It also serves as the extension of the Keio University, thus becoming the Wakamiya Maritime Campus.
* **February 28, 1923** - Members of the *Royal Endeavour Society* released the *"Pedagogical Vessels: The School-Ship Paradox"*, this redefines what a modern School-Ship should be.
	+ Eliza Cook, one of the members of the Society, would soon be the first President of the United Nation School-Ship Authority.
* **August 1934** - Japanese Admiral Osoroku Yamamoto and Osami Nagano laid up the foundation of the *Special Naval Armaments Supplement Programme*, it was a list of 7 Super Ships that dwindle the size of even the Yamato Class. They are: Hotei, Jurōjin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Daikokuten, and Ebisu.
* **December 12, 1941** - Following the famous Day of Infamy Speech, the US Congress begun ramping up its military capacity into full gear. One of them is the construction of the supercarriers called the *Fort Independence* class. They are the heart of the US Task Forces, they are classified as *Mobile offshore Bases (MOB)* but colloquially they are called **Lilies**.
* **March 21 1945** - The *Battle of the Two Giants* begun near the Okinawan Island. It was a battle between the Japanese *Bishamonten* and the American *Fort Independence*.
* **May 25, 1946** - Yōji Tomosue, Governor of Ibaraki, published and redefined the term School-Ship in his work, "baraki Prefecture, was granted the *Zuikaku* in compensation for the massive construction of the Port of Tadasada in Kashima.
* **October 17, 1947** - The charter for the United Nation School-Ship Authority was finished and subsequently the Organization was founded shortly after.
* **November 10, 1948** - The UNSSA published the Dissertation of Classifying School-Ships, a profound work that establishes a modern School-Ship, with classification and such.
* **November 3, 1954** - Construction of the Port Yamaoka in the newly established Ōarai, ibaraki was finished. Following the grand opening of the Port, *Zuikaku* was gifted to the town from Kashima.
* **October 18, 1963** - The NS Diomede, the first American-Soviet Nuclear Ship was launched near the Bering Strait.
* **January 17, 1991** - In the initial stages of Operation Desert Storm, the Coalition used the City-Ship NS *Adam* as their temporary MOB during the Gulf War.
	+ Through this usage of the NS Adam, the US and the Coalition faced controversies by the UNSSA in the following months. Which was settled in the signing of the **1991 School-Ship Limitation**.
* **September 16, 1991** - The *Convention of Limiting the School-Ships Usage* was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It was signed by 50+ countries and over 160 parties participated in the assembly.
* **1992 - Present** - School-Ships continue to develop in a staggering pace.

## Timeline of Sensha-Dō

* **7th Century AD** - It is said that Senshadō's origin came from the influence of Japanese Equestrianism or *Bajutsu*. It is around the late Asuka period that the Art was born under Emperor Tenji's ruling.
* **10th Century AD** - Recreational Activities involving the Martial Art of *Yabusame* started to appear during this period.
	+ The Martial Art of Naginatas became prominent during this period.
* **February 21, 1184** - Tomoe Gozen, a famous Onna-musha, participated in the Battle of Awazu. Her action made her a *patron saint* for all future Armored Sports in Japan.
* **1868 - 1869 -** The *Jōshitai* was formed under Nakano Takeko. This *Women Corp* is comprised of Female Warriors who fought during the Boshin War.
* **1929** - Due to the increasing trend of tracked racing, the Karuikura-gei Federation was born.
* **1932** *- The Nippon Keninsha-jutsu* was formed when Tankettes became widespread across the World.
* **1935** - The Sōkōbajutsu Committee was organized and became the body of all related Armored Equestrianism in Japan. All previous martial arts that concerns themselves with Armor and Tracks automatically became a part of this said Organization.
* **January 1944** - The Japanese (under the guise of the Kuromorimine Girls' Academy) received multiple German Tanks.
* **June 1944** - The *Jōshitai Sensha* was formed as part of Japan's Defense Force. Members of this All-Female Corp became future instructors, athletes, advisors, mechanics, and many more in the JSF.
* **1947** - The Japanese Sensha-Dō Federation was established under the branch of the Sōkōbajutsu Committee.
* **1948** - Alongside being recognized by the International Panzerkraft Federation, the first Professional Sensha-Dō Tournament was held under the JSF.
* **1949** - The National High-School Sensha-Dō Tournament was first held.
* **1968** - The Tamiya Heavy Industry became the JSF's primary manufacturer of Armored Parts.
* **1982** - The inaugural event Koshien Hiyasharyō Tournament was held.
* **2014** - Japan will held the next World Panzerkraft Championship.