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.
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.
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.
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.
