The Scream erupts from somewhere within the Veil Nebula. Reconstructions of the event suggest that it was some form of faster-than-light psychic emanation, the wave propagating from one end of human space to the other within seventeen minutes. The Scream inevitably rendered a psychic either dead or hopelessly insane. The Jump Gate network collapses. A period of stellar isolation and chaos begins, now commonly called “the Silence”.
Asmara Region History
The history of the peoples inhabiting the Asmara Region of Sector One.
The Silence
2665 3050
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2665
The Scream and the Silence
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2685
Recovery of the Ong Dynasty
FoundingJust 20 years after the utter disaster that was the Scream, the Ong Dynasty rises from the ashes of the Jinzhou system to begin guiding its people.
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2788
Appearance of the Caretakers
Population Migration / TravelThe Caretakers begin to emerge from Shanxi, gaining sentience among the other, non-sentient caretaker VI.
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2805
The Council of Root is Established
FoundingThe Council of Root on Shanxi is formed from the three families that originally settled the alcove that would become Root.
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2819
Formation of the Dohanian People's Collective
FoundingThe disparate communities of Doha form a decentralized government to deal with national matters.
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2857
Umanian Trade Union formed
FoundingSix trade groups native to Uman formed a union to conglomerate the trade between polities.
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2885
Formation of the Tangan Hegemony
FoundingThe 8 largest conglomerate companies on Tangah sign a legal agreement, forming the state entity known as the Tangan Hegemony. The populace had little choice in this manner, heavily dependent on the services they provide.
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2955
Kamchatkan Miners reestablish mining operations in asteroid belt
ExpeditionEarly Kamchatkan spacefarers manage to set up mining operations in the asteroid belt in the system.
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3050
The Silence Ends
Era beginning/endThe Silence starts to lift. Those worlds that did not experience a terminal collapse after the Scream finally begin to perfect techniques of large-scale manufacturing that do not rely on psitech. Even the most sophisticated training programs can no longer replicate the narrow and esoteric talents of pre-Silence psychic fabricators.
Reformation
3051 3113
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3053
Space travel becomes common again, connection reestablished
Discovery, ExplorationSpace travel and spike drive technology begins to resurface, though at a much lower level. Communities throughout the region begin to contact each other, trading technology and resources, and getting into squabbles.
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3099
The Turtle Skull Fleet arrives in Kamchatka
Population Migration / TravelThe Turtle Skull Fleet, a powerful privateering group, finish establishing a deep foothold in the Vesta Belt, the asteroid fields of Kamchatka. They begin harassing the worlds of the Region.
War of the Belt
3114 3130
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3114
Triad Alliance formed
FoundingThe governments of Uman, Tangah, and Doha form a temporary alliance, declaring war on the forces of the Turtle Skull fleet.
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3117
Alliance makes deal with Ong Dynasty
Military actionThe Ong Dynasty pledges to provide with the fledgling alliance with several squadrons of refurbished and repurposed ships to fight the encroaching Fleet. In return, the Alliance pledges to provide generous trade deals after the war to aid Pizhou's flagging economy.
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3123
Capital Ships completed
Military actionAfter a concerted effort on behalf of the alliance, the third of three powerful capital ships is completed, cementing their military strength in the region.
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3128
Battle of Provenance
Military actionThe Triad Alliance initiates their incursion against the largest Turtle Skull Fleet stronghold, driving them out.
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3130
6
Turtle Skull Fleet leaves the Asmara Region
Population Migration / TravelFollowing their defeat and uprooting, the Triad Alliance drives the majority of the Turtle Skull Fleet presence from the Asmara Region.
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3130
7
Umanian International Armistice is signed
Diplomatic actionIn the wake of the Battle of Provenance, the polities of Uman sign an armistice to facilitate negotiations with the Triad Alliance. It's the first of its kind in over 400 years.
Federal Era
3131 3270
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3131
Asmaran Federation formed
FoundingAfter much deliberation and negotiation, Uman, Tangah, and Doha sign the Asmara Treaty, finalizing the formation of a mutual federation.
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3132
Diplomacy between Ong and the Federation breaks down
Diplomatic actionThe newly formed Federation walks back many of the promises made during the war, asking for far less charitable trade deals with Pizhou. The Ong Dynasty cuts off diplomatic contact with the Federation, and closes borders to Federal ships.
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3141
Kamchatka Incorporated
Diplomatic actionThe Kamchatka system is officially incorporated into the Asmaran Federation on the tenth anniversary of the federation's founding.
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3155
Torres Incorporated
Diplomatic actionTorres is incorporated into the Asmaran Federation.
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3157
3201
Federation enforces embargo on Jinzhou
Financial EventIn a show of economical force, the Federation enforces an embargo on trade to the Jinzhou system, now a system neighbouring one of their member systems. This quickly began to choke Pizhou of necessary imports, mainly food and electronics, that were traditionally brought in from the Gironda Strip.
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3167
Pizhou militants begin attacking Federal outposts in the Torres System
Military actionMilitants in Ong Dynasty ships begin attacking Federal outposts around the Jinzhou drill points in the Torres system. The Ong deny involvement in the attacks, but make no effort to dissuade them.
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3179
Final Ong shipyard closes
DisbandmentThe final shipyard around Pizhou shuts down operation. This marks the end of the Ong Dynasty's long history of expert ship manufacture, and is a death knell of the polity's economy.
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3182
Civil war breaks out on Pizhou
Military actionAmong economic crisis and rampant famine, an opposition army, claiming sovereign rule of Pizhou in a new Jiang Dynasty, declares war on the Ong Dynasty. Families are torn apart as loyalists and revolutionaries fight in the streets of Pizhou's cities.
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3184
Cruiser dropped on Pizhou capital
Disaster / DestructionRevolutionary extremists deorbit a derelict cruiser on top of the Ong capital, killing almost 800,000. Ong Dynasty royals survive, and heavy losses are experienced on both loyalist and revolutionary sides.
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3185
Civil war fizzles
DisbandmentSupport for the revolutionary dynasty wanes after several smaller scale deorbits wrack up further civilian casualties. The Jiang Dynasty royals go into hiding, and Ong Dynasty officials assert the royals still maintain power.
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3201
Collapse of the Ong Dynasty
DisbandmentAfter the assassination of Ming Ong, Queen of Pizhou, the Ong Dynasty quickly collapsed. Infighting quickly destroyed any chance of the Pizhou government recovering, and local control quickly dissolved into anarchy.
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3211
Jinxi Collective formed
FoundingThe War councils of the Jinxi plateau formally create the Jinxi Collective, a war council tasked with putting down threats from outside the plateau.
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3253
Industrialization of Torres
Technological achievementDue to the introduction of experimental weather bending and fauna deterring technology, industrialization of parts of Torres becomes possible.