 January 26, 2011 - 7:20pm | According to canon material, Leotus XIX has ruled for 37 years and will soon pass the crown to his heir (Leotia XX). The Valentine family has ruled for nearly 400 years. Dramune Run, which most will agree follows shortly after the events of WoWW, happens in fy:61. Safe to say WoWW occurs in fy:60 at the earliest based on that premise. 19 rulers in 400 years averages out to roughly 21 years per term, so Leotus has far exceeded the average. Either way, "nearly 400 years" prior to fy:60 takes us back to about pf:340. Obviously this conflicts with Zeb's time line which indicates White Light being founded in pf:60, even if you were to place WoWW in fy:111 (the end of Zeb's time line) it still doesn't work. This is why I say we should either disregard Zeb's or simply start our time line at fy:1 with the formation of the UPF and merely offer some pre-UPF history to it, either way we must disregard Zeb's pre-UPF stuff. I propose that if we are to regard Zeb's time line at all, it would be events that may correlate with fy:1+ Zeb's time line at best. EDITED ---> Refer to: 2 HISTORY. Current time line, subject to further editing and additions: 1 f.y. (Federation Year) The United Planetary Federation, a mutual defense organization, is established. All worlds of the Frontier, expecting another Sathar invasion, immediately join. Under UPF authority, Spacefleet becomes a permanent defensive force. 19 f.y. Prince Leotus Valentine XIX assumes the crown from his father, Leotus XVIII. Significant funding for the recently founded Medical Services Organization is donated by the Valentine family. 25 f.y. Princess Leotia Valentine XX is born, the ruling Valentines are unable to have any further children. Being the sole heir to Clarion's throne, Leotus initiates the Royal Secret Service comprised of loyal subjects dedicated to personally protecting the Royal Family. 31 f.y. The Demilitarization Act is passed by parliament. Strict firearm bans are enacted on the planet's surface, and similar policies are enforced on Clarion Station...although with minimal success considering government boundaries and space charter. The Council of Worlds overules the King and permits small arms such as pistols and melee weapons to be carried on the station. 44-48 f.y. Streel violates the Demilitarization Act numerous times by attempting to smuggle firearms to the surface of Clarion. By f.y.48 a resulting 20 year ban is enacted against Streel, prohibiting them from the surface. Due to UPF charter, the megacorp is still permitted to maintain an office on Clarion Station. 50 f.y. Commander Delrooca retires after 50 years of service to the Crown. Duke David Arconium of Hiatia (mH), a senior advisor to Delrooca, is promoted to the rank of Commander in the Clarion Royal Marines. His first act is convincing Leotus to acquire a frigate to supplement the CRM space militia, the CMS Leo arrives near the end of the year. 53 f.y. Lieutenant Rogena Delrooca is given the helm of the CMS Leo, and is promoted to the rank of Captain the following year. A brief period of civil unrest erupts from this promotion, citing political reasons for such rapid advancement. Meanwhile, Jr. Lt. Vincent Shirrah is awarded the vacated helm of the Falcon. 56 f.y. The CMS Osprey, with a new batch of fresh recruits that replaced members lost during a manifest inspection gone wrong, earns something of a reputation with the Royal Marines. They manage to discover a cache of Streel furbished Clarion-bound weapons being smuggled in a small freighter, stop a cybernetically controlled ship on a collision course with Clarion Station, assist the fleet with routing the Planoran Pirates, thwart an attempted capture by the Sather who turned out to have infiltrated the CRM ranks via agent Maxxer Tabbe, and further assist in thwarting an inbound group of Sathar destroyers...all in less than a year. Two more assault scouts are acquired from UPF Space Fleet, the Flitter and Swallow. King Leotus is outraged by the discovery of Streel backing the Planoran pirates, and he extends Streel's ban by another 20 years. 64 f.y. Rhanda Klast is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and begins her career as a senior tactician under Commander Arconium, while at the same time being awarded captainship of the Osprey. 65 f.y. Leotus XXI is born, the first of three children from Queen Leotia in line for the crown. Leotia commissions a six unit squadron of star fighters to assist the Royal Marines in their space efforts. "Raptor Squadron" becomes an immediately respected group. 68 f.y. Lt. Kriz'l Qill is recruited into Klast's tacticians. 75 f.y. Queen Leotia XX can no longer count on the 70-80% support her father enjoyed from parliament. The Conservative Association and the Crown Royalist parties still support her but they only account for 44%. The Socialist and various independant parties have long opposed the crown’s policies while the New Beings party often sells its votes to the highest bidder. She’s been forced to build a coalition government out of theCrown Royalists, Conservative Association, a few independants (but not all or any entire party), and oddly enough...the Liberation Party. Though theLiberation Party is against the monarchy as its core belief the head of the party, Jonnus Slike (mH) often “releases members to vote their conscience” --- which is political speak for "go along with the Queen and Prime Minister". In return the Prime Minister was forced to give the Liberation Party one of his cabinet seats. 83 f.y. Rhanda Klast is offered the lead position in Avenger Squadron during Strike Force NOVA's stay in White Light. Feeling her service in protecting the system (and Frontier as well) from the worms supercedes any local issues, she accepts the position. She is given the helm of the assault scout UPFS Captain Federation, named after a patriotic holo-comic super hero. In her absence, Kriz'k Qill is promoted to Captain and helms the Osprey. 85 f.y. Queen Leotia XX commissions a squadron of heavy fighters to help defend Clarion during the Sathar War, as well as pushing considerations for the addition of a minelayer. With the war effort in full swing and available supplies & services being what they are, she opts for a lower budget converted cargo conatiner that can be affixed to the Dark Shadow. 90 f.y. The second Sathar War ends. Leotia XXII is born on the day the war ends, the first of five daughters to Prince Leotus XXI. No sons are born. 95 f.y. Queen Leotia XX accepts the first batch of applicants to the Royal Guard and Royal Marines from the Rim worlds. 100 f.y. Numerous spacers originating from Clarion join the Age of Adventure within the Rim. The Osprey is retired, demilitarized, and transported to the surface to serve as a museum attraction in Valentina. |
 November 19, 2017 - 5:57pm | Not to truly defend the system but militaries in peacetime have more hoops to jump through in acquiring new equipment than you may imagine. First and this is funny, they need to be convinced they need the equipment. The armies of WWI were busy collecting horses at the start of the war even though they knew all about machine guns and barbed wire and trench warfare had been used in the American Civil War and the Russo-Japanese war. Next they need to design and aquire that equipment. While people can run to the store and buy the stuff they want, it usually takes years of trails and testing to get the equipment ready for the next stage. Armies need lots of the stuff. If you have 100,000 soldiers you will need 200,000 of the single issue item just to start. Initial issue, replacements, training versions, stuff to show the public and government officials at fun days, etc Next they need to figure out how to use it. Tanks were used in WWI but only as infantry support. WWII roles around and most armies were still using them that way. Blitzkrieg was a real eye opener. Nothing is good the first time around. Modifications come fast and furiously especially when the situation changes. In the early 1980s the US Army switched the M1 tank barrels from rifled 105mm to smoothbore 120mm. Thinking was when the Reds invade Germany it will be close range in the mountains and cities and the bigger bang was better than the longer range. Next thing ya know the Soviet Union goes bye bye and the US Army is fighting in a desert. Guess which barrel would have been better in a desert? Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
 November 20, 2017 - 5:53am | I agree the government tends to be archaic... bases were still using operators to plug calls Way longer than most folks realize. Crazy mixed bag of technology, so weapons and equipment often sucks at the beginning of a conflict, until newer better stuff can get into the field... I remember the Congress & the Pentagon was all upset about families, friends and soldiers getting better equipment shipped to them in the field then was issued... no one wanted to die or have a friend or family member die because paper pushers and desk jockeys can’t get it together enough to get top quality equipment to the troops... Just saying I remember people were buying stuff on the net and shipping to troops like body armor, scopes, and all sorts of things... so figure government does not change and neglects stuff like updating equipment, cuts back on the military. Let us face reality anyone who actually does work gets their budgets cut in favor of political pet projects that get politicians votes or money for elections in real life so rpg life is the same. In some ways this is an throwback to a more archaic system where the citizen soldier provided his own armor and weapons. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
