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[Date - Event] BEFORE SIRIUS EXODUS (BS) BS21/2160A.D. - *NOW in the beginning of STARLANCER* BS18/2163A.D. - As the century-long interstellar war between the Alliance and Coalition forces rages on throughout the Sol solar system, the weary and worn Alliance forces commanders have concluded that their resources and number of conscripts to further endure this war will exhaust itself due to a unsustainable rate of attrition within a few years. With little hope in sight to win, much less to endure…

Oh and to those wondering, no, I didn't come up with this. It's from an old Excel spreadsheet document I got off of the old Lancer's Reactor site years ago. I've been searching for it here recently and finally found it on my work machine. I've copy and pasted it here for posterity and for revising/updating with Crossfire's history and timeline.

Errrr ahhh... Hellraiser... Just for shits and giggles, have you even landed on Earth in the Sol system yet? You'll most likely hear two certain individuals chatting it up in the bar when you get there... Therefore I think that kinda dispels any rumors of thier "death" by mysterious diseases. As far as King is concerned, well he's just fubared I guess. [694] Yes, as far as the Crossfire story goes into discovering X-3043 and so forth after the story line, I'd rather leave that ultimately up to …

Thanks Admiral. :] Don't get me wrong guys, I don't mind some light-hearted satire and all, I'm always up for a good joke... But seriously, I'd appreciate some serious discussion and feedback on the unoffical history of Sirius or more to the point, of Crossfire's history and storyline. I know you guys have some wild imaginations already, so give me what you got guys and let's try to keep on topic, thanks! P.S. Sam, I guess you can add clan historian to my resume, along with clan cartographer, d…

Alright... Well, since no one wants to help contribute to the "history of Sirius/Crossfire", I guess once again I will take matters into my own hands.

Thanks Michael! I appreciate your help man, I'll take a look at it and formulate a time line for all the "Crossfire" events.

I've updated the timeline to include the Starlancer history and some Crossfire events and dates. I've given theoretical dates based off of Starlancer's initial date, 2160A.D. and a roughly 125 year journey of the sleeper ships to the Sirius sector. This puts us all roughly in the 31st century, years before the turn of the 32nd century.

(Quote) So far, official "Crossfire canon" is that the Sol system itself is not destroyed, but all human inhabitants in the entire solar system, namely on Earth are killed, so no worries there a-man.

(Quote) Whaaaa? I though OP's short stories wrote that the Nomads wiped out Earth's population? It makes far more sense IMHO since the Nomads would find mankind first, do what they believe thier masters would have them do, wipe out mankind, being they are the DK's lackeys. Methinks you should read OP's story regarding this again, besides it's my basis for the Crossfire timeline anyway, I ain't just pullin' all this out my rear orifice. Part III: Crossfire short stories: A Matter of History

D0h! Well, if not 5 years between the end of the First Nomad War and the second, then when? The Sirius houses will need quite a bit of time to recoup, repopulate, re-arm and develop technology before the next Nomad War IMHO, 5 years seemed like a good time frame.

(Quote) Well, here's the crux of this problem with the ENTIRE history log of Crossfire, I must concentrate on what is relevant with THIS, i.e. 1.81's release. I cannot dictate when exactly certain things happen exactly as there is too much conflicting data or in some cases, basically zero data of any time frame of them, if we are to go by the actual history log of Crossfire you provided me. Therefore, I will follow the canon, from what OP has provided to provide a basis of "history" for the maj…

(Quote) Ohhhh great... So it wasn't OP after all who came up with them... Well again, I have to go with the latest information we have so far, i.e. 1.81, so as far as I'm concerned, the short stories are our "main" source of Crossfire "canon". I'm probably going to have to mix a few older details, if you can provide them that are not mentioned in the short stories to "fill in the holes" so to speak, like planet Crossfire being the actual moon of the NOMAD planet that was destroyed. Again, don't…

(Quote) Excellent, thanks a bunch Michael! :] This will help fill in any "holes" as best as possible, although I'm sure there will be some errors before it's all said and done. To everyone who's interested in this, one of the reasons I'm doing this is that it reminds me of another favorite game of mine I've played for years, Mechwarrior and it's related massive history and universe, the Battletech universe, which is in some ways, simular to Starlancer/Freelancer/Crossfire's universe and span on…

Alright guys, getting close to finishing this thing up after a few weeks of working on it on and off... Check it out and tell me what you think so far. Again, any and all input/feedback/suggestions are welcomed. Once I get the short story's canon completely added, I may go back and add when bases and mayyybe planets are established for the Crossfire systems. This will NOT include Altair/Coaltion systems and events however, besides, this is the "Unoffical History of Sirius(for the Crossfire 1.81…

Not yet anyway Michael. Got two more short stories to incorporate, so we'll see how it goes.

All right folks, the majority of the "timeline" is done. If you want your clan's "history" included in this, you need to PM me the entire history with "dates" as in the format shown in my first post. Later on I will "insert" the events so as to be "cronologically sound" and accurate to the Crossfire "canon" to the best of my abilities, while trying to do my best to retain the original information submitted as possible. So please read the entire history and write accordingly folks. REMEMBER, let'…

Crap, just did some research into how many light-years the Sirius star actually is from our sun, Sol... Apparently it's 8.6 lightyears, a little over 2 parsecs. So, with the maps that I created using a ruler, measuring the distance from Sol to the New York system, we measure approximately 5 parsecs. That comes out to rounded up, 17 years of sleepership travel in the Sirius Exodus til the Liberty sleepership hits planet Manhatten, not my first grossly over-estimated 125 years...(of which would b…

You're spoiling my fun OP! Meh, I'm a perfectionist... You of all people should understand that. What do you think of the history/timeline so far?

(Quote from SWAT_OP-R8R) *sigh*

(Quote from Hellraiser) Errrr no Hellraiser... If you have watched the trailer for Freelancer, it's apparent both the Alliance and the Coalition had not developed wormhole travel technology, i.e. temp wormholes or jumpgates yet. Watch when the Coalition "jumps" into Jupiter's orbit and attacks the sleeper ships launching. They were still using hyperspace travel to get around the Sol system at that point, the way the sleeper ships leave for Sirius looks like the same "hyperspace" effects to me a…