This Rift's Timeline is heavily based on the full timeline that is available
on the Quality in Rifts
webpage and Kitsune's Pre-Rifts Timeline . They are, I believe, the most complete timelines available on the web, with
all of its various dates documented so that you can verify the information. For this timeline, I have cut out most of the events that happened after the Cataclysm that would not matter in reference to Maryland. I have included most of the events listed in the background histories for the Baltimore and Prometheorg City-States. I will be adding dates that reference events for Columbia and Pittsburgh, as they become available to me. I will also be adding dates and descriptions for major events that come up in the on-going campaign. While certain events are penciled in for right now (like the events from Juicer Uprising, Mechanoids, and War Campaign), their dates and definitive events may change as the campaign hasn't arrived at that point of the timeline yet. The campaign is currently taking place in 105 P.A.
Special Note: While I am including ARCHIE 3 in the timeline, along with his events, I have decided to move the Cyberworks Complex to the Fort Miffin Disposal Area in Philadelphia. That location is close enough that he can exist and be effective, but far enough away that he doesn't completely wreck Baltimore and its surroundings.
Where possible, a source and notes will be given with each entry. I have included hopefully accurate "real" dates as well. This assumes the facts from the NGR are correct and the Cataclysm started in late 2098. The entries are in general order by geography and importance, but not always. Square bracketed notes indicate source or other details. I'm pretty sure I got my math right with most of these dates but Palladium can be very, very vague when they try and so a lot of it may just be a shot in the dark, so as usual, use what you wish.
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2004 A.D.
The 7th Cavalry is taken from the Iraqi Desert by the Dakir.
[South America 2, p.99. It is suggested that this may be in an
alternate timeline from the Rifts Earth one. GM's discretion.]
2015 A.D.
The official start of the so-called "cybernetic revolution" where
all world powers rushed to invest in cybernetic augmentation
programs. This lasted through until approximately 2050.
[Warlords of Russia, p.13.]
2020 A.D.
Wilk's Laser Technologies born.
[New West, p.203. Conjecture, in the book it says "... early
during the Golden Age of Science," -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2024? A.D.
Golden Age of Man begins
2027 A.D.
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) -- Russia -- returns
to a system of Communism in a desperate gamble to regain their
former glory. For the next 50+ years, they successfully regain
their world power status with a revamped version of the 1950s
system of government.
[Warlords of Russia, p.13.]
2029-2041 A.D.
Super Strong materials are developed which make military designs
previously operated become obsolete. The power of weapons and
explosive are greatly improved around this time as well.
2069? A.D.
Golden Age of Man ends
2070 A.D.
Argentine fights the Second Falkland Islands War in trying to gain
dominance over Tierra del Fuelgo, the Falkland Islands, and
Antarctica. Unable to destroy the British navy in a open fight,
the Argentinians resort to nuclear weapons to destroy a British
task force. The British are kept from nuclear retaliation only
because the USA and the CIS deploy taskforces to the vicinity
at once. Surprisingly, it is China that leads a UN motion to
"disarm" Argentinia. Combined British, USA and CIS forces
destroy the Argentine navy and much of its airforce and army.
Antarctica is divided up between the USA, CIS, and Britain,
with Chile gaining all of Tierra del Fuelgo. Bent on revenge,
Argentina starts Project Achilles, a massive genetic
engineering research and covert nuclear weapons program.
2071 A.D.
Mindwerks sued over defects in M.O.M. process
2086 A.D.
Battle of Guada Marta in South America. When American technological
superiority in the form of the Glitterboy is shown, unproven
Soviet conversions and new designs for M.D.C. tanks and other
combat vehicles, which, though technologically essentially the
same, are not known to be as effective, are begun to be produced
in mass quantities to make up for any possible American edge,
while they are also sold to any nation with the cash to buy them
around the globe, to test the soviet equipment in combat
conditions. The Second Cold War gains momentum.
Under the auspices of OceanTech Corporation, a giant floating
habitat named Tritonia is brought online, immediately proving
its usefulness by surviving a hurricane relatively undamaged.
[Underseas, p.93. Part conjecture since it states that "Two
years after Tritonia was put into operation, the Amphib Scandal
broke."]
2087 A.D.
Canada has a census, population is recorded as 51,580,000 people.
And the average life span was 138 years. Only 41% of the
Quebec population favored secession from Canada.
[Canada, p.7. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Calgary has a population of 1,350,000.
[Canada, p.95. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2088 A.D.
The Amphib Scandal is brought to light, a series of illegal
experiments designed to create a human adaptable to the
underwater environment. Most of the scientists on the
project, previously working for Shaper Corporation, were
secretly poached by the South American group Project
Achilles. The surviving results of these experiments are
welcomed aboard Tritonia as residents.
[Conjecture based on Underseas, p.93, which states that
"Within a decade..." after the paragraph on the scandal.]
2089 A.D.
Project Achilles, an Argentinian governmental project to create a
perfect supersoldier, is started on the plains. Many ex-Shaper
Corporation scientists involved in the Amphib Scandal are
imported with promise of money and freedom.
[Pure conjecture based on South America 2, p.139 which states
that "It was inspired by an earlier project sponsored by Shaper
Corporation.." which indicates that it was after the Scandal
but near enough afterwards for the scientists to flee arrest.]
2092 A.D.
Lone Star Complex is completed in Texas. While having been
operational for some time, it is fully operational as of
this year.
[Lone Star, pp.16-17.]
2095 A.D.
The U.S. builds the Ticonderoga, an immense submersive supercarrier
ship. It was supported by the design and building of a number of
automated posts from which it could resupply.
[Underseas, p.106.]
2098 A.D.
Japan fields a number of new Glitter Boy variants, fresh off the
design schematics.
[Japan, p.137. It states that "Just prior to the Cataclysm.."
were they instituted.]
Some scant days before the Cataclysm, Mars base becomes
operational.
[Mutants in Orbit, p.38; please note that this page reference
is in the TMNT section and as such refers to The Flash, not
the Coming of Rifts.]
Mere hours before the Cataclysm, super-intelligent mutant cats at
the Project Achilles compound stage a breakout. Over the next
few months they pilgrimage to the center of the jungle where
they perform a ritual and summon the city of Omagua. They
meet the werejaguars halfway there.
[South America 1, p.105.]
The Coming of the Rifts: Argentina makes a third grab for the
Falklands; Skirmishing and commando raids with the Royal Navy
but no actual invasion yet. Nuclear weapons are used by the
desperate Brazilians in late November of this year, turning the
tide against Argentina; The Argentineans, then desperate, respond
with nuclear weapons, but strategic; Brazil also responds, this
happening late in the month of December. Around this same time,
Terrorists believed to be from India release Bioengineered
bacteria in the New York arcology, killing millions. The USA
retaliates with nuclear strikes against India. When the Indians
detect incoming nuclear missiles, they do not detect the launching
ship and assume it was a Chinese submarine. India launches nuclear
devices at China and Pakistan in retaliation. China begins a
general retaliation, blasting anyone in the area who isn't
communist, including Taiwan and Japan. A nuclear missile fails
on it's trajectory, however, and impacts in Soviet Mongolia.
At the same time, America begins a massive launch of ICBMs
against China in retaliation for the destruction of naval bases
in Japan. Bizarre events are noted in Japan; There isn't anyone
really doing any noting in India, but in the aftermath of the
American nuclear strike the first Rifts appear there. The USN
Kearsarge, the ship that launched the strike, is caught in the
Rifts. The CIS misinterprets the attack for one against
themselves, and thinks of the accidental nuke landing on their
territory as a stealth American device to get past their Anti-
Ballistic Missile shield. The CIS launches every single nuclear
tipped strategic weapon in it's arsenal, targeting the USA,
Canada, the European Union, and Japan's orbital space station,
among other lesser targets. The majority of the missiles are shot
down by American and European Anti-Ballistic Missile Defensive
systems, just like the USA's nuclear missiles are coming in
against China, but enough get through to strike both sides that
the final catalyst is begun; The rifts explode all across Earth
instead of in just limited areas as they had been for the past 27
hours. Surviving American nuclear-armed ships and aircraft make
retaliatory strikes for the next three days against the CIS before
their nuclear devices are expended, they give up, or they have
been destroyed by monsters from the Rifts or surviving Soviet
Naval elements trying to defend the Rodina to the last. Earth
is plunged into total chaos and darkness.
[NGR, p.22, under the Calendar section.]
At the exact moment of the Ley Lines flaring up with energy, the
Republic of Japan flipped the switch on an experimental
teleporter. The surrounding 100 miles was transported into a
pocket dimension, and as three days passed for them, 300 years
passed for the world
[Japan, p.70.]
In Maryland, and around the world, tens of thousands of churches
and religious buildings are Sealed. While many were later
destroyed because of physical changes in the land they were
built on, thousands survive to reopen 80 years later.
At the Lone Star Complex, an experiment in dimensional travel is
conducted just as the Ley Lines surge to life, enveloping all but
three personnel at the Complex, who manage to seal it off and
put it in standby mode for the next 300 or so years.
[Lone Star, p.17. Please note that this is based on Bradford's
theory and therefore could possibly be incorrect.]
In Russia, the Eighty Year Winter begins. Whether a side result
of the nuclear war or a bizarre Rifts-inspired side effect,
Russia labours under nearly 33 feet of ice.
[Warlords of Russia, pp.13-14.]
Canada's equivalent to Lone Star (with a focus on cybernetics, not
bio-engineering) built and left untouched by the Coming of the
Rifts. It was half the size of Lone Star, and 75% underground;
Canadians thought there was no need for such an expensive
high-tech facility in their country.
[Canada, p.79. No statement on when the facility was built --
Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2099 A.D.
Survivors huddle in the Mindwerks Complex and ponder their fate.
They rally under the banner of one Angel Herrenisel.
[Mindwerks, p.9.]
The lost continent of Atlantis resurfaces in late January. It will
stay as long as the ley lines feed it; when the magic stops, the
continent will disappear again.
[Atlantis, p.14.]
7,000 RCMP officers joined the 10,000 staff at the Canadian
"Super-Base." They start plans to reclaim and secure the provinces.
During the winter, the complex and everyone inside was rifted
approximately 265 years in the future.
[Canada, p.79. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2101 A.D.
Mother organizes the Baltimore survivors into the Knights and Engineers.
Construction of the first TW Power Generators is begun on the Jones Falls
and I-895 Ley-lines.
The first Naut'Yll arrive on Earth, their arrival masked by the chaos of
the world. They will go on to build an empire that will number
six million in 100 P.A. plus slaves.
[Conjecture based on Underseas, p.145 which states that they arrived
"not too long after the Coming of the Rifts."]
2106 A.D.
Psyscape as a location comes into being, and a power player in the area.
The first major kingdom after the cataclysm, it offers solace to the
people of North America and composed primarily of psychics who use
their powers to preserve life. While it has been around for a few years
it is now that it first begins to be noticed. It will exist in its
current form for 80 years.
[Psyscape, p.10. Note that in the book Erin postulates that Psyscape
originated "around 180-200 years before the establishment of the
Post-Apocalyptic calendar, which for the wise among you would put it at
2086 A.D., some 12 years BEFORE the Cataclysm! I arbitrarily made it
in 2106 A.D. because the book suggests that it "reigned as a power for
one hundred years," and my version reigns for 80 years and starts after
the Cataclysm. Can't Palladium ever fact-check anything?]
2108 A.D.
ARCHIE 3's surviving human population in the Cyberworks Complex die from
an unknown alien plague. ARCHIE lapses into depression.
[Sourcebook, p.61.]
2121 A.D.
Mother gives her Final Prophesy to the Baltimore survivors and dies soon
afterwards.
The Ticonderoga, under the command of Captain Nemo, goes on a patrol to see
what is left of the world. Near the end of it, they encounter a weird
rift and it ends up transforming a handful of crewmembers and the Captain
himself into what are eventually called Sea Titans.
[Underseas, p.107.]
Psyscape warriors battle the Soul Harvesters and prevent them from bringing
the bizarre Outer Thing Nxla into the world. For the next few decades
they continue to root out Soul Harvesters.
[Psyscape, p.24. Note that in consistency with their terrible time
problems in this book they state that "for the next 80 years" they
hunt down the Soul Harvesters, which would put them at 2201 A.D.,
about 15 years after they supposedly disappear.]
2160 A.D.
The Horune Pirates first appear on Earth who seem hostile to everyone
except Atlantis.
[Underseas, p.163. This assumes the book to be written from a 104 P.A.
standpoint.]
2178 A.D.
The Great Sealing ends. Nearly 140,000 survivors of the Cataclysm
reemerge in Baltimore City and are organized by the Knights and
Engineers. Elsewhere in the world, other religious facilities are
also unSealed, and while thousands would survive their unSealing,
many would fall victim to the D-Bees and Human Raiders that roam the
lands.
In Russia, the Eighty Year Winter comes to an end. However, it will
take another 20 years to renew the winter-laden Russia, though it will
dethaw to a virgin wilderness once more.
[Warlords of Russia, pp.13-14.]
2179 A.D.
The effect of churches on supernatural beings is discovered. Construction
of the first Church-Fort is begun.
2181 A.D.
Free Quebec finds an American military base with 864 new Glitter Boys
and the ability to make them, Unfortunately the nuclear power plant
needs to be repaired.
[Free Quebec, pp.72-74. It says they have been stockpiling them for
200 years, and it took 10 years to repair the power plant before they
could make them. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2183 A.D.
The last of the Church-Forts is built in Baltimore City. Later that
year the Rapid Defense Force is formed to defend the TW Power
Generators and various other vital utilities. The populations of
the Church-Forts become increasingly isolationist, with reconstruction
of the city eventually being put on hold.
The "Ogopogos" Pogolii, Olaglyna, and Ogo are hatched. A fourth egg in
the litter is stolen, whereabouts unknown.
[Canada, pp.158-159. All are 109 years old. -- Added by Magus,
08/12/2000]
2186 A.D.
Psyscape vanishes, leaving behind no physical evidence, but a small cult
develops around the belief that it will return.
[Psyscape, p.13. Note that it says it disappeared "roughly 200 years
ago" from the 90 P.A. standpoint, and "100 years before the establishment
of the Post-Apocalyptic calendar." This would put it at 2176 A.D. by
the first definition and 2186 A.D. by the second one. Since Erin is
writing it, I assumed that she had a better idea of when the P.A.
calendar was established versus her present-time sense. So this can
vary as much as ten years.]
2190 A.D.
First known report of the Lord of the Deep.
[Underseas, p.42 states that he has been active for "at least two
hundred years," presuming the book was written from a 104 P.A.
standpoint.]
2191 A.D.
Free Quebec engineers fix the power plant in the military base. They
find that there is an automated Glitter Boy factory, and work starts
to duplicate the factory. Computer files and everything else to make
Glitter Boys also found.
[Free Quebec, pp.74. Work on duplicating factory a conjecture.
-- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2208 A.D.
ARCHIE 3 reawakens with hope for the world. He creates scores of robots
and sends them out to gather intelligence and specimens. He decides to
bring humans to him, but they were shocked and superstitious and in
a fit of rage he kills them all. He lapses back into depression.
[Sourcebook 1, pp.61-62.]
2216 A.D.
In a tiny village in the Magic Zone, residents begin to develop the most
unusual power of intangibility. Within two generations, most villagers
wield this power.
[Psyscape, p.64. Note I ignore this and the Psi-Ghost class.]
2251 A.D.
Cartier-Fury Ranch founded by the Cartier family to get away from
demons in the south.
[Canada, p.53. It says they moved there to also get away from the CS,
but this is before they were formed. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2257 A.D.
Old Bones abandoned by Free Quebec for being too close to too many
dangers.
[Free Quebec, p.152. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
2258 A.D.
ARCHIE awakens with a new plan to appear as a benevolent god to the
superstitious humans. He was accepted by a local tribe and had a
thriving community going within a generation. It is destroyed by
the Splugorth and he lapses into silence again.
[Sourcebook 1, p.62; I would have a separate entry for the destruction
but they give no firm dates past this one. I assume a generation lasts
for about 40-60 years if you wish to know exact dates, putting the
slaughter circa 2312 (26 P.A.).]
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace... :)
[Oh, laugh, it's a joke.]
2260 A.D.
The Jones Falls Horde assaults the Polytechnic Campus. After hours of
fighting, the Engineers are forced to abandon their home and seek
sanctuary further inside the city. After seeking aid from the Knights
of City and the Rapid Defense Force, a joint strike force retakes
the Polytechnic Campus and pushes the Horde out of the immediate area.
Over the next couple of weeks, the force pushes the Horde far south of
the city.
The Knights of City and the Engineers of Poly ally to reunite the
city.
2265 A.D.
The Knights, Engineers, and Church-Forts of Baltimore formally reconstitute
the City of Baltimore. The leader of the Engineers is elected the
Mayor of the city.
2275 A.D.
Construction of the City Wall is begun in Baltimore.
2276 A.D.
First products of Northern Gun produced at Ishpeming.
[Conjecture based on War Campaign, p.24 which states that it has
functioned independently "for over 115 years."]
2281 A.D.
A representative of Columbia is presented to the Mayor of Baltimore,
currently a Knight of City. His offer of help is dismissed out of
hand and he is sent home. Instead of leaving, the representative
contacts a member of the City Council and reoffers whatever help
Columbia can lend.
After much political infighting, the City Council announces that the
Mayor of the City will be elected from any available candidates, and
not just from among the Knights or Engineers. A secret trade agreement
is made between select merchants and the city of Columbia.
A city of Cyber-Horsemen, Ixion, is rifted from their home planet and
thrown into Rifts Earth, in British Columbia.
[Canada, p.103. 110-140 years ago the book says in the book, this
represents 111 years ago from a 105 prespective. -- Added by Magus,
08/12/2000]
2285 A.D.
The City Wall of Baltimore is completed. The various church-fort militaries
are disbanded and the City Defense Force is formed to man the new Wall.
0 P.A. (2286 A.D.)
Post-Apocalypse Calendar created.
[Yes, I know there is no Year Zero, smartasses. Conjecture based on
the fact that they probably theorized about it earlier than 1 P.A.]
1 P.A. (2287 A.D.)
Several mining towns are founded in the Western Maryland Mountains.
Alistair Dunscon is born.
[Federation of Magic, p.28.]
3 P.A. (2289 A.D.)
The first rail line is layed to the Western Maryland mining towns.
5 P.A. (2291 A.D.)
The fledging Coalition discovered the secret to Juicer technology, but
decides to forget about its use.
[Conjecture based on Juicer Uprising, p.41, which states that they have
had the secret "for almost one hundred years!"]
First products produced by the Manistique Imperium.
[Conjecture based on War Campaign, p.21, which states that it has been
in existence "for over 100 years."]
10 P.A. (2296 A.D.)
Baltimore and Columbia "officially" meet for the first time after two
platoons of Baltimore's soldiers discover Columbia while chasing a
raiding party of D-Bees.
The Three present themselves as Lords of Magic to Nostrous Dunscon and
the Federation of Magic. They are given token spots in order to keep
an eye on them by the paranoid Nostrous.
[Federation of Magic, p.11.]
12 P.A. (2298 A.D.)
New rail lines are run from Baltimore to Columbia, and from Columbia to
Detrickville.
Crazy Ray's Junkyard and Repair Facility reopens for the first time in
200 years.
The so-called Federation of Magic invades the newly formed Coalition.
The Federation overestimates their own power and underestimates the
Coalition and are beaten back at cost. General Joseph Prosek begins a
two-year campaign of genocide against all suspected Federation
members and magic-users in general.
[Rifts, p.140; Rifts p.145.]
14 P.A. (2300 A.D.)
Baltimore City is visited by a group of Cyber-Knights searching for an
ancient evil hiding out in the Monster Zone. Baltimore assigns several
platoons of soldiers to aid them. After the threat was defeated, the
Cyber-Knights were asked to stay and teach the most promising youths
their ways. Six agree to stay.
General Joseph Prosek's purge ends and the Coalition and most others
believe the Federation of Magic is obliterated off the face of the
planet. [Rifts, p.145.]
20 P.A. (2306 A.D.)
Baltimore and Columbia formally ally to form the Baltimore City-State.
The title of the Mayor of Baltimore is officially changed to the
Lord Mayor of the Baltimore City-State.
Free Quebec builds a second Glitter Boy Factory in New Quebec City.
[Free Quebec, p.74. Conjecture, as it doesn't specifically say that
they did build another factory, but that's when they had the ability.
-- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Joseph Prosek elected Chairman of Chi-Town.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.97. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
25 P.A. (2311 A.D.)
The Baltimore Navy, consisting of the Open Water Fleet and the Inner
Harbor Fleet, is founded to protect the fishing fleet. The six
Cyber-Knights leave the city after training 30 youths to be Cyber-Knights.
The Coalition attempts and fails one last time to get to space before
acknowledging it as a loss.
[Mutants in Orbit, p.56.]
Joseph Prosek sends covert operation teams against places that harbor
magic. He knows that an open military campaign is something that he
can't afford. So, the covert teams are ordered to undermine the enemy
whenever possible.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.98. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
30 P.A. (2316 A.D.)
Tritonia opens its doors to trade with other nations after reaching
self-sufficiency in 15 P.A.
[Underseas, p.94.]
31 P.A. (2317 A.D.)
Chairman Joseph Prosek reveals plan for a Coalition of States, based
upon the old American government. Talks with neighbors start.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.98. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
33 P.A. (2319 A.D.)
Sporatic raids begin against outlying villages of the Baltimore City-State.
The Coalition States become reality. First states are Chi-Town (also
declaired the capital and center of government), Missouri, Iowa and
Illinois. Chairman Joseph Prosek of Chi-Town is made Chairman of
the whole CS.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.98. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
35 P.A. (2321 A.D.)
The Orders of Polytechnic, City, and St. Francis are formally founded in
Baltimore with the graduation of the first classes.
36 P.A. (2322 A.D.)
Prospectors discover vaults under the ruins of the Westinghouse research
facility at the old Baltimore-Washington Airport.
Wallace John Wilk gets a ruined old factory up and running with the help
of Tolkeen.
[New West, p.203. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
October 31, 38 P.A. (2324 A.D.)
Final battle of the Slave War against Atlantis. 50% of southern Baltimore
City left in flames from two days of heavy fighting.
39 P.A. (2325 A.D.)
The Knight Orders of Baltimore are reformed by the now experienced Knights
to address deficiencies and problems in the training processes.
Erin Tarn, one of Earth's greatest scholars, is born.
[Africa, p.147. She is 64, but with her "two-year trip" to Wormwood
people say she is 66. -- Updated by Magus, 08/12/2000]
41 P.A. (2327 A.D.)
Iron Heart joins the Coalition.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.99. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
44 P.A. (2330 A.D.)
CityKnights, Incorporated is formed in south Baltimore City. Besides
rebuilding the neighborhoods and businesses destroyed in the Slave
War, they also build seven factories for the construction of civilian
and armored vehicles, body armors, power armors, and weaponry.
Battle of Red Wing. Red Wing was a town near a CS trade route who
unfortunately used both technology and magic. Snipers were traced
back to Red Wing and a battle occured which Red Wing won. The CS
bombed the town to oblivion.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, pp.99-100. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
45 P.A. (2331 A.D.)
Plato becomes the Head of the Council of Learning in Lazlo.
[Canada, p.12. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Talk from wilderness folk about "Cyber-Horsemen" starts. No proof is
found or made.
[Canada, p.103. Conjecture, as it states that rumors have been going
around for decades, dismissed as nothing because of no proof. -- Added
by Magus, 08/12/2000]
46 P.A. (2332 A.D.)
Lexington Market reopens to much fanfare and celebration. Record sales
are made as discounts of up to 30% were offered for the opening day.
Karl Prosek is born.
[Rifts Sourcebook 1, p.20, gives Emperor Prosek's age as 56.]
"Lord" Prez born.
[Canada, p.63. It states his age at 59, from a 105 P.A. view.
-- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
49 P.A. (2335 A.D.)
Lazlo (although not named that yet) is a boom city with over 100,000
residents, and more coming every day.
[Canada, p.13. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
A group of mages plans to open a rift in the Chicago ruins and summon a
demon to attack the 'Burbs while a team assassinates Chairman Joseph
and other high ranking officers. The plan is uncovered by the CS
and stopped.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.100. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
51 P.A. (2337 A.D.)
Free Quebec joins the CS. Due to the treaty, Quebec is pressured to
remove the Juicer elements from their army. They slowly comply over
the next five years.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.100. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
53 P.A. (2339 A.D.)
The goals of the Coalition government and the Coalition Military
become inseparable. This is a key turning point in the evolution
of the Coalition.
[War Campaign, p.89.]
56 P.A. (2342 A.D.)
After years of pressure, Quebec no longer has any Juicers on their
official army rosters. Secretly, they have been moving them all
to a covert base at Old Bones.
[Juicer Uprising, p.42.]
58 P.A. (2344 A.D.)
James Lorne is born.
[Free Quebec, p.142. Based on the fact that he is 48. -- Added by
Magus, 08/12/2000]
59 P.A. (2345 A.D.)
Erin Tarn witnesses a presentation in the Chi-Town Library about a power
armor developed by the US and Japanese military. She later identifies
this armor as the SAMAS suit.
[Conjecture from Japan, pp.132-133. This assumes she started adventuring
around the age of 20.]
Wilk's Laser Industries becomes a major manufacture of arms in North
America. The location of their headquarters is kept secret by selling
to other arms dealers at wholesale.
[New West, p.203. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
60 P.A. (2346 A.D.)
Rumours of the survival of the Federation of Magic circulate.
[War Campaign, p.21.]
Alistair Dunscon returns to the Federation of Magic, proclaiming himself
Lord after dispatching of all the current pretenders and warning them
that he is the only true Lord of Magic.
[Federation of Magic, p.28.]
Erin Tarn first visits Ishpeming, "Northern Gun."
[Canada, p.16. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
62 P.A. (2348 A.D.)
The Coalition implements the infamous "Death's Head" motif.
[Conjecture based on Rifts p.193, where the description of the Dead
Boy Body Armor states that the motif has scared people "for nearly
40 years." This assumes Rifts Main Book to be written as if 102 P.A.
were the present.]
Erin Tarn first visits Lazlo. Population at 250,000 people. No name
yet given to the city, called many things. Erin Tarn helps to name
the city after Victor Lazlo.
[Canada, p.13. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
63 P.A. (2349 A.D.)
Erin Tarn's book "Humankind's Rise From Chaos" released.
[Conjecture based on the excerpt in Rifts, p.128.]
65 P.A. (2351 A.D.)
Acts of terrorism start against the Coalition. Responsibility is claimed
by the so-called Federation of Magic.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.100. -- Source added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
68 P.A. (2354 A.D.)
RMS Prometheus and assorted escort vessels crashland in southern
Virginia. Over the next months the crews of these ships found the
cities of Prometheorg, Leorg, and Feliorg and begin rebuilding their
lives.
The Lone Star Complex is discovered while doing routine exploration
for geological and resource mapping. Three months later, Lone Star was
declared to be a state of the Coalition.
[Lone Star, p.16.]
70 P.A. (2356 A.D.)
The Perez clan makes short work of defenders at Towerville. It had
only 400 people living around the tower. Town renamed to Perez.
[Canada, p.62. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Chairman Joseph Prosek is assassinated by one of his own aides. She is
imprisoned and publically executed.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.100. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
General Cabot becomes the acting chairman of the CS. He maintains the post
for 16 months.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.101. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
71 P.A. (2357 A.D.)
Karl Prosek, son of late Joseph Prosek, head of Coalition Propaganda is
elected to become the new Chairman of the CS.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.101. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
72 P.A. (2358 A.D.)
Landing Parks are dedicated in each of the three ARMOR cities of Prometheorg,
Leorg, and Feliorg in simultaneous ceremonies.
"Chairman" Karl Prosek rises to power in the Coalition.
[Rifts, p.141; it states that the Library was destroyed in 77 P.A., "five
years after Emperor Prosek rose to power."; Rifts, p.191 also
supports this but Erin's diary was dated circa 78 P.A. which may just
mean the news didn't get to her very quickly.]
73 P.A. (2359 A.D.)
A CS reconnaissance team reported seeing Cyber-Horsemen. First thought
to be advanced robots, further examination of the tapes showed that
they were technologically advanced Centaurs.
[Canada, p.103. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000. Also supported by
Conversion Book 1, p.113.]
75 P.A. (2361 A.D.)
The Coalition possess the secrets of longevity and cloning, but supresses
the knowledge as "too experimental," keeping it for the inner circle of
the Coalition.
[Lone Star, pp.68-69.]
77 P.A. (2363 A.D.)
The Chi-Town Library is reportedly destroyed in a titanic battle. Erin
later discovers that it still exists.
[Rifts, p.141.] [Canada, p.15. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Golden Age Weaponsmiths Incorporated forms. In the next 25 years, they
form a solid reputation for retooling scavenged material into useful
goods.
[Mercenaries, p.96, states that "...such a reputation over the past
25 years..." This assumes that Mercenaries is written from the
"present" of 102 P.A.; I couldn't find a specific date in there so
that's the assumption I used, so this may be off by a year or two.]
Lone Star produces the first batch of Psi-Hounds, nicknamed Dog Boys.
Initial unease is displaced with acceptance as they prove their worth.
[Lone Star, p.22.]
Quentin R. Perez born.
[Canada, p.62. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
78 P.A. (2364 A.D.)
Joseph Prosek II is born. Karl proclaims it a national holiday.
[Sourcebook 1, p.21 lists Joe's age as 24; the national holiday
idea is purely my own.]
Chairman Karl Prosek accepts the appointment of "Emperor for life."
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.102. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
79 P.A. (2365 A.D.)
Wilk's starts selling weapons directly to consumers. Several stores
are opened in North America. Northern Gun cuts orders of weapons by
80% and other laser technologies by 20%.
[New West, p.203. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
80 P.A. (2366 A.D.)
The Xiticix appear out of several Rifts in Sasketchewan, Manitoba,
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and the Dakotas. They are a
xenophobic insectile race who refuse all communication and build
large hive-like complexes.
[Rifts, p.139; mild conjecture as Erin says they appeared "about 20
years ago."]
Erin Tarn bids farewell to an expedition in her name to learn the truth
of the vampires in Mexico. A Cyber-Knight named Tyrone, four
other Knights, a Borg, a Psi-Hound, and a Technomage left and have
not since been heard from.
[Conjecture based on Erin's description of Mexico in Rifts,
pp.138-139. In this she says that "it has been over 20 years."]
81 P.A. (2367 A.D.)
The Canadian Super-Base, rifted from 2099, arrives. Initially they are
very confused but they investigate the world. They spend the next year
adjusting and formulating new plans.
[Canada, p.79. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
83 P.A. (2369 A.D.)
A group of newcomers arrives in Newtown who were extremely rich and
completely unknown. Two years later, a deal would be struck
to form UltraTech Incorporated.
[Juicer Uprising, p.121.]
The RCMP changes their name to the Tundra Rangers in the realization that
the Canadian government dosen't exist anymore.
[Canada, p.79. This is assuming that they took the name after they
adjusted to their new world. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
James Lorne takes the seat of Prime Minister for Free Quebec. He is
26 at the time.
[Free Quebec, p.141. The book says he has ruled for 22 years, seen
from a 105 prespective. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
85 P.A. (2371 A.D.)
A recon team from Golden Age Weaponsmiths discovers a large number
of concrete bunkers in and around the old Norfolk Naval Station that
contain old U.S. Navy vessels, vehicles, and weapons. Due to a lack
of interest by the open market, GAW sits on the discovery.
[Coalition Navy, p.90. -- Me]
The Coalition establishes a small Psi-Battalion under the leadership of
Lieutenant Colonel Carol Black. It will go on to have an excellent
record of success and a fair acceptance by CS citizens.
[Psyscape, p.144.]
Perez experiences a population decrease from 1,200 to less than 700.
Many defenders leave, not liking the lifestyle.
[Canada, p.62. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
The Tundra Rangers finish gathering intelligence about North America.
[Canada, p.79. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
88 P.A. (2374 A.D.)
Early in the year, a platoon of Prometheorg Terrines are attacked
by a RDF platoon who mistaken them for a group of D-Bees that
were being pursued. All of the D-Bees and half of the Terrines are
killed in the firefight.
Several months after the first incident, the Prometheorg military
stages an invasion of the Baltimore City-State, capturing
Detrickville intact and besieging Columbia. After failing to
capture Columbia, the ARMOR forces are repulsed, eventually losing
Detrickville and all territory gained north of the Monster Zone.
The King of Tolkeen, Gravander Henchu, dies. Prior to his death, he
made each apprentice memorize one of the many spells he knew and then
record them down in a book. This would become the Book of Ten.
[Siege of Tolkeen 1, p.102]
89 P.A. (2375 A.D.)
Robert Creed becomes King of Tolkeen after the Council of Twelve ruled
for a year.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, pp.102-130. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
90 P.A. (2376 A.D.)
ARMOR genetic scientists begin remixing the genes for the Terrine
Warriors by using genes from captured Dog Boys and a Mega-Shark.
Relations between Free Quebec and the other states starts to sour.
Radio station C.F.Q.C. starts preaching for a truly Free Quebec.
[Free Quebec, p.144. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
93 P.A. (2379 A.D.)
The CS and the NGR try to form trade and military agreements with each
other. The NGR starts the talks.
[Triax and the NGR, p.18. Conjecture. It says ".. but it has only
been in the last ten years .." and the book was written for 103 P.A.
-- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Perez gets an offer from the Black Market for building a market. The
offer is accepted.
[Canada, p.62. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
A nameless camp is freed by James T. Fowler from a dictatorial Crazy
and his Psi-Stalker followers. It is renamed to Fowlerville.
[Canada, p.67. "It has been 12 years since .." -- Added by Magus,
08/12/2000]
94 P.A. (2380 A.D.)
In what is later called the Anticosti Island Incident, an unknown
submarine was detected and driven into shallow waters and depth
charged into submission. It was a Kittani minisub and it was
discovered that they were delivering weapons to an anti-Coalition
group. The Emperor, livid over this gaping hole in the integrity
of the Coalition, creates the Naval Advisory Committee.
[Coalition Navy, p.15.]
95 P.A. (2381 A.D.)
The Emperor orders that a Navy be created, the most powerful Navy
known, and that it be fully operational by 105 P.A. under the
auspices of Admiral Travis Fisher.
[Coalition Navy, pp.15-16.]
96 P.A. (2382 A.D.)
The Coalition makes a deal with Golden Age Weaponsmiths to turn over
all U.S. Naval Vessels found in Norfolk, Virginia at no cost in
exchange for recognition, an exclusive contract, and help in
restoring the base and factories to working condition.
[Coalition Navy, pp.16-17. -- Me]
Perez Productions is created and managed by Quention R. Perez.
Quention is the main writer, director, producer and sometimes star.
Films cross the whole spectrum, from horror to sci-fi to comedy to
romance. 20 films are made a year, 25% with the help of Quention.
[Canada, p.62. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
97 P.A. (2383 A.D.)
A sudden explosion of Weapons Manufacturers catch dominant force
Northern Gun off guard. For the next few years they struggle to
maintain their supremacy, capped off by the founding of Wellington
Industries by their ally Manistique.
[Mercenaries, p.102, states that "..the appearance of several arms
dealers in the past five years."]
98 P.A. (2384 A.D.)
First deployment of Second Generation Terrines to various Prometheorg
guard and frontline military units.
Erin Tarn estimates Ishpeming's population to be 100,000. She is
wrong; it is 250,000.
[Canada, p.18. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
First known deployment of Skelebots by the Coalition. The program is
alternately applauded and derided by Member States and the Coalition
is wary of using them, but the experiment is conducted anyways.
[Coalition War Campaign, p.122. -- Updated by Magus, 08/12/2000]
99 P.A. (2385 A.D.)
Erin Tarn reports that 60,000 people live in Old Bones.
[Free Quebec, p.152. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
100 P.A. (2386 A.D.)
Wellington Industries is founded when archaeologists discover a
Pre-Rifts weapons manufacturing complex. Manistique enjoys
a boom.
[Mercenaries, p.102; again, assumes the present of Mercenaries
is 102 P.A.]
Erin Tarn's book "Traversing Our Modern World" released.
[Conjecture based on it being her "most recent book" in Rifts,
p.137.]
Coalition troops seize Port Horus in Lone Star, exterminating
resistance and setting up a base for the forerunner of the CS Navy.
The Emperor makes a speech soon afterwards declaring the intention
to build the most powerful Navy in the model of the old American
Empire.
[Coalition Navy, pp.13-14.]
Most scholars estimate the Xiticix population to be 30,000; the
Coalition says 300,000. The actual population stands at 350,000.
[Canada, pp.73. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Free Quebec hires a disenchanted team of Northern Gun designers to
design a robot for them. The end result is based on the Triax
X-2500 Black Knight.
[Free Quebec, p.66. Conjecture, "Several years ago" I took as 5
years. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
101 P.A. (2387 A.D.)
The Coalition dispatches troops to Minnesota in reconnaissance for
a planned attack in future years.
[Rifts, p.139; it states in August.]
Iron Heart Armaments forms when an industrial group signs an agreement
with the people of New Kenora, forming Iron Heart Armaments. They
are condemned by the Coalition but New Kenora turns into a boom town
within the year.
[Mercenaries, p.107.]
In May, Erin Tarn disappears while exploring Mexico.
[Vampire Kingdoms, p.39. Note that she took a dimensional rift
(bad story) and took a side trip through Wormwood before arriving
back on Earth in England.]
The city of Newtown is admitted to the Coalition after two years of
waiting. UltraTech Incorporated picks up a number of contracts
from the Coalition and the city thrives.
[Juicer Uprising, p.121.]
Emperor Prosek and Joseph Prosek II lay the groundwork for their
Crusade of Humanity. The first step is called the "Campaign of
Unity." Spies are set up in enemy territories, including Quebec and
Old Bones.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.104. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
102 P.A. (2388 A.D.)
The initial deployment of 2nd Generation Terrines is nearly complete
as 80% of the older Terrines are replaced by the newer ones. Over
the next two years, ARMOR continues to add 2nd Generation Terrine
units to its vital areas.
Over the next couple of years, ARMOR discovers and eliminates nearly
90% of the spies and sabateurs Baltimore and Columbia had managed
to infiltrate into the various cities. By 104 P.A. there are only a
handful of spies left in Prometheorg, those who had no psionic
and magical abilities and were able to hide from the Terrines.
ARCHIE is supposedly destroyed by a band of adventurers with the aid
of his old idea man, James T. Maryland is inundated with ARCHIE
robotic creations and ARCHIE of course still directs them.
[Conjecture based on the adventure in Rifts Sourcebook 1,
pp.63-74. It is assumed that since SB1 is set in 102 P.A., the
adventure is too. They are very thin on timeline details in the
first sourcebook.]
Colonel Lyboc receives visitors from Newtown proposing Operation
Phoenix Rising. Lyboc pitches it to the Emperor, who subsequently
adopts it.
[Juicer Uprising, p.133.]
In an attack by the True Federation of Magic, Jason Prosek and a
number of troops are killed and Joanna Prosek, wife of Karl,
is presumed dead. There is a week of official mourning.
[Federation of Magic, p.29.; Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.104-105.
-- Source added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Late in 2388, Plato in Lazlo releases a Planetary Edict based on
premonitions of powerful psychics.
103 P.A. (2389 A.D.)
A platoon of Second Generation Terrines ambushes a group of Knight
squires on patrol in the Monster Zone. While the platoon was wiped
out by the Columbian rescue force, ARMOR was able to recover
combat data on their new Terrines and the Knight cadets they faced.
A massive, mysterious ammunition explosion in Pittsburgh destroys
the central armory, setting the massive coal mines and
underground mineral reserves on fire. The resulting explosions and
conflagration raze the city to the ground. Nearly 2/3rds of the
population is killed, and the survivors move into the surrounding
resource towns. Lord Smiley takes control of the city-state in
Uniontown.
Erin Tarn resurfaces in England and subsequently travels down
to Africa and watches the Gathering of Heroes to battle the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. She meets Victor Lazlo
who was rifted ahead in time from the late 20th century.
[England, pp.7-8; Africa pp.8-9.]
UltraTech Incorporated relocates its Juicer creation facilities
to Fort El Dorado after the Coalition bans them from the city.
Fort El Dorado becomes a major Juicer hangout.
[Juicer Uprising, p.129.]
First reports of skeletal-imaged raiders and bandits in and
around North America. They are assumed to be D-Bees and the
Coalition deploys its troops more densely in order to compensate
for them.
[War Campaign, pp.8-9.; Siege on Tolkeen 1, p.105. -- Source added
by Magus, 08/12/2000]
In Lone Star, the Coalition declares Mutant Rats to be a hazard and
orders their termination. In a freak accident, a rift opens and
about 1,000 of them are rifted to Lone Star City, where they take
up residence and breed wildly.
[Lone Star, pp.85-87. Please note that canonly speaking, they were
in fact rifted to a level of the Complex, but neither Axe nor I can
believe the stupidity of THAT. Make them appear where you will.]
Free Quebec starts disbanding standard CS weapons and armor. It begins
issuing new weapons.
[Free Quebec, p.44. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Bandito Arms unveils their versions of the SAMAS. Most people consider
them a knock-off of Coalition technology. The CS condemns the creation
of the new SAMAS "knock-offs" and executes over 100 black market
operatives in three months.
[New West, pp.181-183. This is from a 105 P.A. prespective. -- Added
by Magus, 08/12/2000]
The first of the Planetary Edict threats, the Devourer, manifests
in the form of The Mechanoids when ARCHIE experiments with a shifter
and accidentally release Mechanoids into the complex. They quickly
establish a beachhead in the Cyberworks complex.
104 P.A. (2390 A.D.)
A group of adventurers traveling to Baltimore come upon a crashed
Mechanoid Digger mining robot. After destroying the few surviving
Mechanoids onboard, the group recovers a massive amount of
artificial diamond from the hold of the Digger. While the group
were able to sell the diamond, such a massive influx of weapons
grade diamonds leaves the market depressed for many months.
The Pittsburgh survivors abandon the outlying town of Beaver and
consolidate the city-state into the resource towns of Uniontown,
Washington, and Waynesburg. The main city of Pittsburgh continues
to smolder and burn almost a year after the initial fire.
Los Alamos is offered membership in the Coalition, but it declines.
Because they are outfitted with Naruni products, the Coalition
wished them to get rid of it all and they would not, earning them
the quiet ire of the Coalition.
[Juicer Uprising, p.111 and p.113.]
By the end of the year, tests on Operation Phoenix Uprising are
complete and it is given the green light to go to fully
operational status. The Emperor officially announces a cure to
the Juicer condition.
[Juicer Uprising, p.134.]
Mind Bleeders are discovered by the Splugorth of Atlantis and are bred
for sale. They begin to appear in places previously unknown for them
to appear, including North America.
[Psyscape, p.53.]
144 USA-G10 Glitter Boys delivered from the NGR to Free Quebec in the
Spring, necessary according to special technologies contract they
signed. 60 T-500, Triax versions of the Glitter Boy, are delivered in
the fall.
[Triax and the NGR, p.20. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Free Quebec gets Triax's help in the development of a new weapon, the
Q-2-30 Rapid-Fire Heavy Laser.
[Free Quebec, pp.47. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
One General Phineas Chalke is assigned to the Tolkeen front as a way to
remove him from Chi-Town. Instead of taking his assignment meekly, he
decides to attack Tolkeen full out, naming his operation Fullbore. It
is a disaster and comes to be called Chalke's Folly. All but 1,489
troops dies, but it was later revealed that the Emperor simply wanted
Tolkeen to reveal its full strength.
[Siege on Tolkeen 1, pp.105-107. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
105 P.A. (2391 A.D.)
By the early part of the year, word has spread about the cure
available for Juicers. Most flock to Newtown, deserting old
posts and rallying under the new agreement for the cure.
[Juicer Uprising, p.136.]
Prometheorg dispatches a scientific group, led by Davius
Grozenski, to Newtown to aquire Juicer technology for their
Terrine projects. While the scientific group was given ideas
on how to improve their Terrines, most of their hard data and
samples were destroyed during the Juicer Uprising.
The Juicer cure is revealed to be a fraud after a misunderstanding
with two Juicers. The so-called Juicer Army of Liberation rises
to do battle with the Coalition, who they blame for the fraud.
They soon take over the city of Newtown and the CS is paralyzed
by indecision and shock.
[Juicer Uprising, pp.136-146. Very summarized.]
After studying Newtown UTI facilities, it is discovered that the
Phoenix Treatment was in fact a plot to gain control of a Juicer
army by an alien race. The Juicers defeat the aliens and the
Coalition claims they were pawns of the aliens. Thousands of
Juicers return, embittered by the failure.
[Juicer Uprising, pp.147-155. Very summarized.]
Joanna Prosek is returned after Lord Coake and his allies supposedly
liberate her from her prison that she was in for three years.
She brings back a tale of emotional and mental torture and her
subsequent rescue and explanation of a humane vision of mages and
supernatural creatures living in harmony with humans, and that it
was possible. While gently not calling it brainwashing, it
enraged the Emperor and provoked what would later be his Crusade
for Humanity.
[Federation of Magic, pp.29-30.]
The Emperor gives a speech entitled "The Crusade for Humanity."
Highlights include a new Coalition Army, acceptance of Iron Heart
as a major manufacturer, the candidacy of Arkansas into the
Coalition, the recognition of Ishpeming and Manistique Imperium
as allies and the declaration of war against Naruni Enterprises,
and most surprisingly, the announcement of Quebec's traitorous
actions and its consequences.
[War Campaign, pp.9-12, summarized.]
Northern Gun's population explodes over the past few years. The
population is now approximately 400,000.
[Canada, p.18. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Xiticix Population jumps to 1.6 million from 350,000 in 100 P.A.
[Canada, p.73. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Plato makes a statement in the Summer to the people of Lazlo about the
Xiticix problem.
[Canada, pp.73-74. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Triax co-develops the Mini-HUD System.
[Free Quebec, p.44. It says it's an experimental system, so they
would have just gotten it. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
Old Bones population reaches 70,000 people.
[Free Quebec, p.152. -- Added by Magus, 08/12/2000]
106 P.A. (2392 A.D.)
The Baltimore Defense Force begins refitting its armed forces with
the new B-series of laser weapons. The first production models of
the Cavalier GlitterBoy enter service.
Several surviving elements of the Juicer Liberation Army settle
into the outlying Craig and Montgomery Districts of the ARMOR
City-States, causing much consternation in the Prometheorg
General Council. Gracken Tragg's Brigade, the Battlecruiser
"Amalgamation", and two Air Regiments are dispatched to deal
with the interlopers.
In Atlantis, all forms of Juicer coversion become available with the
exception of Dragon Juicers who are banned.
[Juicer Uprising, p.53. Note that I ignore Dragon Juicers exist.]
108 P.A. (2394 A.D.)
The Coalition base of Fort Defiance becomes operational, but it will
not be completed until 115 P.A.
[Coalition Navy, p.19.]
115 P.A. (2401 A.D.)
Ishpeming's population has doubled to 800,000 from 105 P.A.
[Canada, p.18. This is speculation from the book. -- Added by Magus,
08/12/2000]
122 P.A. (2408 A.D.)
Emperor Karl Prosek dies. Joseph II, his son, inherits the title.
[Semicanon conjecture from Rifts Sourcebook 1, p.20, which states
that "[Karl] ..will rule and build the Coalition Empire for the
next 20 years." Barring other developments like assassination or
whatnot of course. I only add this here for completion, feel free
to ignore it.]
152 P.A. (2438 A.D.)
Emperor Joseph Prosek II dies.
[Semicanon conjecture from Rifts Sourcebook 1, p.20. Again, feel
free to ignore. The sourcebook further states that a power struggle
might erupt, but this is too far down the line to firmly state.
Again, barring premature death, this is the general canon death of
Joseph II by natural causes.]