Data File Updated: Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Timeline of Loroi history. Dates given in Terran years CE ("Common Era"), which uses the same numbering system as AD ("Anno Domini").
The Loroi are an ancient culture; their origins are uncertain, but date back to at least the time of the fall of the Soia Empire, several hundred thousand years ago. From relics found in space, and the distribution of Loroi descendants across at least three separate star systems (Deinar, Perrein, & Taben), it is clear that Loroi ancestors possessed starflight during the time of the Soia, but there is almost no planet-bound evidence of their society before the fall.
| Date (CE) | Events |
| c.500,000 BCE | Soia Empire is established, displacing previous Dreiman and Fenrias precursor empires. The Soia strictly limit interstellar travel, but allow carefully regulated trade, and the technology and cultures of local races flourish. |
| c.275,000 BCE | Soia Cataclysm; central authority dissolves and technological population centers throughout the empire are annihilated. Almost all pre-cataclysm records are lost. Earliest planet-bound evidence of post-Soia Loroi biology & culture on Deinar, Taben and Perrein. |
| 270,000-50,000 BCE | Nomadic period on Deinar. Early post-fall settlements fail, and Loroi regress to scattered hunter-gatherer societies. |
| 50,000 BCE | Pastoralism developed on Deinar. |
| 50,000- 6,000 BCE |
Reign of Chaos period on Deinar; long cycle of creation and destruction of early agricultural settlements; earliest written records c.20,000 BCE. |
| 6,000-2100 BCE | Deinar Iron Age; development of caste system and population controls. City-states become permanent and expand into the countryside. | 1750-50 BCE | Classical Menelos period on Deinar (medieval). Near-constant warfare between nations. |
| 50 BCE-430 CE | Vassalization period on Deinar (early industrial). Consolidation of nations into four world powers. |
| 430-730 CE | Golden Age of Arran on Deinar (late industrial). Lengthy peace allows expansion of civilian class. |
| 475 CE | Deinar orbits first artificial satellite. |
| 730-835 CE | New World Conflict period on Deinar (post-industrial). |
| 780 CE | First Deinar interplanetary mission to Mezan. Artifacts discovered there lead to first psi-tech devices and jump drive theory. |
| 803 CE | Farseers on Deinar and Perrein make telepathic contact. |
| 835-842 CE | Deinar World War. First Deinar Emperor, Zaral Siilad ("Seed of Zaral"). |
| 850 CE | Jump drive developed; scouts reach Perrein. |
| 859 CE | Farseers detect Loroi on Taben (and the alien Delrias farther down-arm). |
| 895 CE | Scouts reach Taben after series of outposts are established (to extend range). |
| 895-1029 | First “Hiatus” Period; exploration ceases when the Loroi fail to find any more Loroi splinter colonies. Interstellar activity between the 3 sister worlds only. |
| 1079-1131 | Early Colonization. |
| 1131-1199 | Second Hiatus; Isolationist Period. Loroi actively avoid alien contact. |
| 1199 | Loroi Axis pact signed. As a prelude to alien contact, the three Loroi governments form a loose federation, directed by an Axis Assembly and a triple Consul system. |
| 1199-1250 | Second Colonization period. Contact with Delrias, Neridi, Mannadi. |
| 1251-1295 | War with Delrias; Loroi conquer Delrias territory. Loroi ally with Neridi, Mannadi, Pipolsid. Distant contact with Nissek and Arekka via Mannadi connections. |
| 1295-1325 | Mannadi-Nissek War (also “Quiet War”). Loroi join in 1302, but see no combat. |
| 1311 | Maia colonized. Contact with Barsam. |
| 1323-1402 | Splinter Wars: A series of civil conflicts between the 3 sister worlds; Axis Assembly is dissolved. Factions are ultimately reunited under Loroi First Emperor, Zeio Talas ("Lorehunter") under a centralized Imperial system. |
| 1415 | Mannadi aggression against Neridi and Pipolsid. |
| 1427-1441 | First Mannadi War. Little is resolved because of spacetime instability. |
| 1436-1451 | Hyperspace instability caused by gravitational tides from Well of Souls stellar remnant makes jump drive unreliable. |
| 1495-1507 | Second Mannadi War. Loroi annex substantial territory; Mannadi sue for peace. |
| 1548-1552 | Third Mannadi War. Started by Loroi; Arekka join Mannadi side in 1550, but Loroi conquer Mannadi territory. Arekka fight on alone, attempting to support Mannadi insurgents. |
| 1551 | Enok incident: a Loroi squadron is destroyed on the far side of former Mannadi space. Suspecting Mannadi insurgents are responsible, the Loroi enact additional occupational restrictions that escalate into eventual major Mannadi uprisings and, the Loroi conduct extermination raids against major Mannadi population centers in conquered territories. |
| 1557 | Interspecies Convention calls for formation of Loroi Union. Nissek decline to join, and Arekka abstain but tacitly agreed to end hostilities. |
| 1632 | Nerosi ("Swiftsure") succeeds Talas as Second Emperor. She decentralizes the growing empire, dividing power amongst the provincial governors and reviving some elements of the Axis system. |
| 1710-2110 | Seren sector expansion. Contact with Golim, Nibiren, Historians, Tithric, Jilaad. |
| 1790-1795 | Neridi Succession War; civil conflict between Swiftsure and provincial governor Lazesi Neie ("Eighth Dawn"). Eighth Dawn emerges victorious, and becomes undisputed Third Loroi Emperor, restoring central control of the empire. |
| 2110 | Contact with Morat and Umiak. |
| 2135 | Ukko incident: Umiak invade Seren sector; Great War begins. Loroi quickly lose most of the sector. |
| 2136-2139 | Siege of Seren. |
| 2139 | Seren falls to Umiak. Umiak invade Historian space; Loroi alliance formed with Historians. |
| 2139-2144 | Stand at the Golim-Tinza Line. Umiak make raids directly into the Loroi home sector through neutral Tithric space. Loroi forces near complete collapse. |
| 2140 | Admiral Ramarinzil ("Greywind") succeeds Eighth Dawn as Fourth Emperor. Greywind institutes permanent martial law and declares an anti-neutrality policy. |
| 2141 | Tithric Genocide at the hands of the Loroi. Historians agree to share technology with Loroi. Umiak declare anti-neutrality policy. |
| 2144-2146 | Loroi Semoset Campaign: major Loroi offensive pushes back the Umiak lines. |
| 2145 | Seren retaken by Loroi. |
| 2146 | Battle of the Tasinei Ways: Umiak counterattack, isolating and destroying much of the Semoset fleet. Loroi forces burn the Steppes and fall back to Seren and resume defensive operations. Stalemate ensues. |
| 2147-2152 | Loroi Maiad Campaign: Loroi raiders strike at border systems in the Maiad Sector, eventually creating another dead zone of abandoned systems |
| 2160 CE | Contact with Humans (opening of story). |
Key
CE: Common Era (same as
AD)
BCE: Before Common Era (same as BC)
c.: circa (around, approximately)
