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== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
<li> | <li> 2028-2030: Start of '''''The Second Cold War''''' between the Pan-Asian Confedaration and NATO.</li> | ||
<li> 2040: Earth experiences a rapid decline in demographic welfare and increased food shortages due to '''climate change''', migration and regional collapsing economies. </li> | <li> 2040: Earth experiences a rapid decline in demographic welfare and increased food shortages due to '''climate change''', migration and regional collapsing economies. </li> | ||
<li> 2048: '''World War III''' erupts after tensions escalate between the Pan-Asian Confederation and NATO. </li> | <li> 2048: '''World War III''' erupts after tensions escalate between the Pan-Asian Confederation and NATO. </li> | ||
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<li> 2109-2115: Space Expeditions discover five more planets harboring life. They are not suitable for human colonization. </li> | <li> 2109-2115: Space Expeditions discover five more planets harboring life. They are not suitable for human colonization. </li> | ||
<li> 2116-2117: Scientific Expedition ships discover the Planets of [[Raana]] (YRB-43) and [[Atlantica]] (YRB-45). Both planets harbor life and have paradisaical climates that favor human civilization.</li> | <li> 2116-2117: Scientific Expedition ships discover the Planets of [[Raana]] (YRB-43) and [[Atlantica]] (YRB-45). Both planets harbor life and have paradisaical climates that favor human civilization.</li> | ||
<li> 2130: The first colony ship destined for [[Raana]], '''USS | <li> 2130: The first colony ship destined for [[Raana]], '''[[USS Dorothea]]''', crashes when it enters the planet's atmosphere. All attempts to contact the expedition fail. All aboard are presumed dead.</li> | ||
<li> 2132-2159: '''Great turmoil''' on Earth and in its trans-planetary colonies. </li> | <li> 2132-2159: '''Great turmoil''' on Earth and in its trans-planetary colonies. </li> | ||
<li> 2150: The '''''Sino-Oceanic Collapse''''' is an unfortunate combination of famine, civic unrest and a 9.9 magnitude earthquake, which kills 700 million people in Asia and Oceania. </li> | <li> 2150: The '''''Sino-Oceanic Collapse''''' is an unfortunate combination of famine, civic unrest and a 9.9 magnitude earthquake, which kills 700 million people in Asia and Oceania. </li> | ||
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<li> 2290-2310: [[Raana]]'s colony experiences great chaos as warlords and syndicates fight over power in the vacuum created by ''[[The Severance]]'' from Earth. Famine, slavery and death becomes the norm for many decades, and this terrifying reality seeps into all new civic structures that arise from the ashes of the old colony. This period now referred to as Raana's [[Raana#The Dark Age (2315-2440)|Dark Age]]. </li> | <li> 2290-2310: [[Raana]]'s colony experiences great chaos as warlords and syndicates fight over power in the vacuum created by ''[[The Severance]]'' from Earth. Famine, slavery and death becomes the norm for many decades, and this terrifying reality seeps into all new civic structures that arise from the ashes of the old colony. This period now referred to as Raana's [[Raana#The Dark Age (2315-2440)|Dark Age]]. </li> | ||
<li> 2489: Master of [[Raana]]'s '''start date'''. </li> | <li> 2489: Master of [[Raana]]'s '''start date'''. </li> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Encyclopædia Raanica]]. | * [[Encyclopædia Raanica]]. | ||