S3M Timeline

Note: Advancing the indicated year by 100-200 is being considered

-34, 2171

• A.J. Triantus (AJ Trent) born in Polyphemus system, sole scion of a fairly prominent shipping magnate.
• Steve Tulk born on Hollywood, USA.

-29, 2176

• Steven Richards (Steg) born on Texas, USA.

-20, 2185

• Undeclared war between Ozrahdi-Kazha Union (OKU) and the Confederated Human Worlds (CHW) begins with unsuccessful Terran military expedition to aid the Imperial Præxiõn Republic (RPI) in their territories contested with the OKU.
• Mishka Rollins (Mish) born on Pacifica, USA.

-19, 2186

• CHW declares war against the Tohre-Chi Combine (TCC) as a result of continued pirate attacks on colonial shipping and installations; it remains a low-intensity conflict, restricted primarily to Naval and privateering actions.

-17, 2188

• OKU assembles the Great Fleet and sends it into Præxiõn space against the Terrans, which is surprisingly beaten back at [Battle].

-16, 2189

• CHW sends their own armada into OKU space in response to the failed Ozrahdi attack, and fails similarly.
• Trent joins Terran Federal Republic Navy (TFRN), commissioned as ensign and assigned to TFS Normandy.
• Evelyn rolled-out, commissioned for RLM (Rio Largo Mfg) for light shipping duties. Recorded 37 voyages with the corporation, under 5 captains.

-13, 2192

• Tulk hired at IBM.

-12, 2193

• Normandy disappearance, Trent sole survivor.

-11, 2194

• Trent court-martialed for "dereliction of duty" in regard to Normandy disappearance.
• Evelyn refitted with newer, more powerful maneuver drives.

-10, 2195

• Steg joins United Stars Colonial Marines (USCM)

-9, 2196

• Trent joins Sophie, captained by JMarceau. Steg gets jailed for “disabling” a superior officer.
• RLM liquidates its smaller ships in favor of contracting out to larger, more-regular liner service. After 8yrs of faithful service, Evelyn put to market and sold to Cpt. Plumbley. Renamed Lady's Grace.

-7, 2198

• Trent shot by JMarceu, and subsequently married.

-6, 2199

• Tulk embezzles IBM money, with the help of a friend, Spyder (Ref:Office Space).
• Steg escapes prison at Ft. Wincott, Texas, United Stars Alliance (USA), and goes on the run.

-6, 2199

• Cpt. Plumbley expands his business to include two more ships, a move which he will come to regret as the business doesn't exactly "take-off."

-4, 2200

• Replacement Miners: Spyder killed by IBM goons attempting to recover the stolen money; Tulk escapes, ending up at Gateway Station. After some time on the run, Steg ends up at Gateway Station. Steg & Tulk meet on Supernova Sunset, on the way to a no-questions mining job in the Core that ended in catastrophe; made off with ₴1M (Chets, Kyahnti currency). Sunset drops Tulk & Steg off at Port Crown, where they spend some time trying to recover from their recent experience; later in the year they sign on with a tramp crew, on Annabelle Lee, on its way out of the Core.

-4, 2201

• Confederation taxes on Ozrahdi goods doubled in response to similar OKU import taxes, causing a sharp increase in smuggling.
• Trent and JMarceau "officially" divorce. Trent signs on with Lady's Grace, captained by Plumbley, an aging former USCM medic.
• Tulk & Steg part company with Annabelle Lee on Titleman Station, due to crew's concerns as to Tulk’s fitness, brought on by his nightmares/flashbacks; they find work at local pub. Later, Tulk is befriended by a hazel-skinned Bœllann female named Chiana (a regular entertainer at the pub), whom he later suspects to be an information broker, inspiring him to leave again. They sign on with another tramp, Dublin, bound for "anywhere but here."

-3, 2202

• Opn Righteous Hammer: Confederate anti-piracy campaign breaks up several small pirate companies operating on the fringes of CHW territory.
• Tulk & Steg part company with Dublin, Tulk suspecting them of weapons smuggling. They hire on with tramp company headed by Cpt.Plumbley (Tulk working as purser on Transaction Complete), where he meets AJ Trent.
• Mish graduates boarding school on Pacifica and starts “wandering.”
• Lady's Grace severely damaged on its way in to Pacifica in a collision that resulted in a major internal fire. For the tax write-off, Cpt. Plumbley gives the ship to Trent, Tulk & friends (who have expressed a desire to start a shipping business) to either repair or scrap. Together they scrape up £19.44M (around $2M in adjusted dollars), and the ship is repaired, rebuilt and refitted, and christened Bad Omen; Deep Space Deliveries (DSD), LLP formed.
• DSD has problems making ends meet on Pacifica and starts looking to relocate.

-2, 2203

• DSD relocates to Tamborro Station, find Sophie crew is already residing there. Ty Coleman hired on.
• Steg rescues Mish from a bad-cop, gaining a friend and making an enemy; Mish takes working passage on Bad Omen, and is later asked to join the crew.
• Toward the end of the year, the CHW is rocked by scandal, as several CHW Navy captains are accused of accepting bribes or kickbacks from pirates in exchange for looking the other way.

-1, 2204

• The Sabo Affair; A Knock on the Door (PbP)
• (4 Jul) Chronicles of Trent (PbP)
• (19May-20Jul) Treaty signed to end the Undeclared War between the CHW and the OKU.

-0, 2205

• The Confederation sanctions the UKT for their involvement in a plot to assassinate the Secretary General.
• (24 Feb) DSD Chronicles start