- Pence
- Seasoned Member
Offline - Registered: 5/08/2020
- Posts: 316
Re: Alliance Unbound
I've been pondering the date issue too.
- Surtac
- Antipodean Assassin
Offline
- From: With Ken Behrens in CBR, AU.
- Registered: 4/29/2020
- Posts: 1,960
Re: Alliance Unbound
Ok. My thinking on the date question is this:
1. We have a hard date for the founding of Union and the start of the Company War at 2300.
2. We also know from elsewhere (exactly where I can't remember) that both Finitys End and Dublin were launched in 2281.
3. Allow a couple of years at either end to cater for ship and route shakedowns at the start, and then Cyteen politics at the other end and we end up with about a 15 year window for the action in these two books.
Thoughts, anyone?
It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
- Aja Jin
- Astronomy Guild
Offline
- From: Virginia, Eastern Association
- Registered: 4/06/2020
- Posts: 383
Re: Alliance Unbound
I need to review the A/U timeline (/edit, nevermind, it ENDS in 2300).
Of course, continuity is not herself’s forte. 
Last edited by Aja Jin (10/30/2024 7:58 pm)
- Aja Jin
- Astronomy Guild
Offline
- From: Virginia, Eastern Association
- Registered: 4/06/2020
- Posts: 383
Re: Alliance Unbound
A post from the old site by smartcat, in 2019. Oddly, Cyteen is missing.I'd assume it goes after Second Company War and before (or early in) Union post-war
Here is a list Jane put out earlier this year:
As requested: an Alliance/Union universe timeline.
Events leading up to the First Company War: Hinder Stars
Alliance Rising
Events leading up to the Second Company War: Sol System
Heavy Time
Hellburner
End of the second war:
Downbelow Station
Sol Post War: Sol's expansion toward Ursa Major stars rather than Barnard's (Tau Ceti)
The Pride of Chanur
Chanur's Venture
The Kif Strike Back
Chanur's Homecoming
Chanur's Legacy
Union Post War:
Forty Thousand in Gehenna
Regenesis
Alliance Post War
Merchanter's Luck
Rimrunners
Tripoint
Finity's End
***
And BTW, the rumored/promised (by CJ) Allaince/Union history has never appeared.
Last edited by Aja Jin (10/31/2024 8:16 am)
- Surtac
- Antipodean Assassin
Offline
- From: With Ken Behrens in CBR, AU.
- Registered: 4/29/2020
- Posts: 1,960
Re: Alliance Unbound
Thanks for that reminder, mahe. Some people here may not have seen that, and it does make a useful overall framework for a more comprehensive Alliance-Union timeline.
Some of the books do have hard dates embedded and I have been able over the years to work up a more detailed specific timeline of events in certain books and speculate about others as new books appear. This book is no different in that regard - more possible answers but also more questions raised.
It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
- Surtac
- Antipodean Assassin
Offline
- From: With Ken Behrens in CBR, AU.
- Registered: 4/29/2020
- Posts: 1,960
Re: Alliance Unbound
Ok. It has been a few more days, some of which I have spent in frantic re-reading or skimming of other AU books to remind myself of ... things.
Does anyone want to talk about the elephant in the room? I think it could be quite spoilerific for other existing books and limit possibilities for another book in this sequence.
You do all know what I'm referring to here, right?
It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
- Aja Jin
- Astronomy Guild
Offline
- From: Virginia, Eastern Association
- Registered: 4/06/2020
- Posts: 383
Re: Alliance Unbound
Surtac wrote:
Ok. It has been a few more days, some of which I have spent in frantic re-reading or skimming of other AU books to remind myself of ... things.
Does anyone want to talk about the elephant in the room? I think it could be quite spoilerific for other existing books and limit possibilities for another book in this sequence.
You do all know what I'm referring to here, right?
Maybe start a spoilers thread? And, what elephant ?
Contact the Guild