Pre-RPG Abwehran History

Total Abwehran Years of Recorded History: 844 AY Total Standard Years (Earth) of Recorded History: approx. 2962 SY ¹⁾

• Two super-kingdoms rule Abwehr: Kingdom of Oberflache and the Kingdom of Unterwelt.
• All recorded history of before is destroyed in an effort to solidify power.
• Racial and Territorial Tensions lead towards a feud between the two nations.
• Bronze Age Wars (First and Second World Wars)
• An unknown neutral party dedicate themselves to the objective recording of history.
• Second Armistice is signed.
• A blacksmith of the Kingdom of Unterwelt develops the first Iron device.
• Abwehrans enter the Iron Age

• Iron Age Wars (Third, Fourth, and Five World Wars)
• Smiths of the Unterwelt forge the first steel blade.
• Abwehrans enter the Steel Age
• Fifth Armistice

• Steel Age Wars (First - Tenth Great Wars)
• Steam-powered Engines are developed by the Kingdom of Oberflache
• Abwehrans enter the Industrial Age
• Fifteenth Armistice

• Time of Peace
• The Kingdom of Oberflache develops the first combustion engine
• Abwehrans enter Post-Industrial Age
• Brutal War occurs
• Sixteenth Armistice signed after the total casualties equals one billion dead

• The Kingdom of Unterwelt figures out how to split the atom.
• Abwehrans enter Nuclear Age
• Massive arms race begins with the development and testing of first nuclear weapon
• Increasing tension leads to a skirmish at the small town of Vieh-Stadt
• Detonation of a small terrorist made nuke occurs during this skirmish
• Devastation of Vieh-Stadt results in formal talks about Nuclear Arms
• Tensions continue to mount as talks falter
• With Nuclear War on everyone's mind, the populace rises up with the help of the new Verdienstorden Organization.

• Two-Month War occurs.
• Verdienstorden comes into power
• First World-United Government in Abwehran History.
• Knowledge of Mutli-stage Nuclear devices lost.

• Reconstruction and Restructuring Begins.
• Fusion via Heavy Water is discovered.
• The Fusion Age begins.

• With the Dawn of the Fusion Age comes the yearning for space exploration.
• First man-made satellite deploy in AC 25, Twelfth Month, 4th Day.
• First Manned Orbital Flight occurs AC 30, First Month, 1st Day.
• In an effort to gain more popularity, the Verdienstorden Government approves of a multi-billion Credit Space Program.
• First Permanent Orbital Space Station deployed in AC 42, Fourth-Eighth Month, Second Day.

• Decades of Space Exploration around the Jaspis System.

• Gefahr is discovered, the only other habitable world to have been found.
• Talk of colonization begins to occur as missions are sent to the terrestrial moon, but no missions ever return.
• One rescue/survey mission survives to describe a race of horrific insectoids with strange abilities, colonization of Gefahr is called off.
• All travel to Gefahr is banned and a quarantine is placed upon the moon.

• After exploring the Jaspis System, efforts at put into mining operations and orbital construction.
• During this time, frustration over the lack of rights begins to occur.
• First Rebellion occurs in AC 119, but is viciously put down.
• After the First Rebellion, the Verdienstorden initiated several loyalty-first programs to make sure nothing like that happened again.

• Protests on the lack of basic rights begin to occur
• The Great Circle Massacre occurs in AC 130. A million man march is viciously ended via military means.
• The response to this was the Second Rebellion in AC 131, but is eventually put down in the year 150
• 1% of the population is estimated to have been casualties.

• After the Second Rebellion, fear of the Verdienstorden keeps the people under control.
• In AC 163, rumors that the Heir of the Super-Kingdoms of old begin to emerge. These rumors were first ignored, but eventually the rumors grows into a cult following.
• The Cult of the Emperor rises within a few communities, but each are hunted down by Secret Police and annhilated.
• In AC 170, Elisa Rosenthal reveals herself and proclaims she is the descendant of both houses, a rare Surfacer/Nightwalker Hybrid with the royal blood of both Kingdoms.

• A World-wide manhunt ensues for Elisa, but she is never caught.
• Meanwhile, Elisa gathers supporters around Abwehr and secretly begins to plot the Third Rebellion.

• The Third Rebellion, or “One Week War”, occurs with resulting casualties being only the Verdienstorden Leaders, nicknamed the “Bloodless War”.
• A Transitory Government is formed and people are elected to a Transition Congress.
• The Transitory Congress' purpose to to create a constitution for the true new government.

• During the Transitory Government's reign, most funds are used to get the economy and industries back up and running while the Congress develops the new Constitution.

• The Abwehran Star Empire is formed, Elisa Rosenthal is placed in the position of Empress and given “presidential” powers.
• Reformation Program begins.
• Abwehran Armed Forces formed in AC 50

• Reformation continues.
• Space Program increases dramatically as mining stations and other civilian space stations are built.
• Because of the economic boom in space, pirates make a return as they begin to plague the space ways.

• Reformation ends.
• In AF 238, massive pirate attack upon a civilian cargo ship claims 200 lives and over 1.3 billion Credits of damage and lost goods.
• In response, the Abwehran Star Empire declares that the constitution no longer applies to pirates and declares war upon all pirate clans.
• Pirate Wars (AF 240-250)

• Pirate Wars end when the Chief of the Hister Pirate Clan is kill in combat.
• An action to decrease the size of the AAF is called, but ignored into submission in the House of Lords.

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