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4 -A timeline of events that constitute the background to X4 including events from previous X games
1 +A timeline of events that constitute the background to X4 including events from previous X games. More information is available in-game via the data vault entries or externally in the X Encyclopedia (included with the collectors edition of X4).
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24 -Earth scientists create Jump Gates
22 +Earth scientists create Jump Gates (2 billion years after 'The Ancients' created the main Jump Gate network).
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35 +The United Space Command (USC) is established to consolidate the Earth's science and military spacecraft under one organisation, it serves as the government of Sol until its dissolution and merger into the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Terran Protectorate.WebHome]].
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34 -The jlight of the Winterblossom
45 +The flight of the //USC Winterblossom// to explore the Jump Gate network begins lead by René Farnham.
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47 -USC established
58 +The //USC Winterblossom// is recalled to Sol bringing an early end to its mission.
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60 -Terraformer Project begins
71 +Terraformer Project begins, 3 fleets are launched from Sol to make planets in the Jumpgate Network appropriate for human settlement.
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70 -Terraformer Project is terminated
81 +Terraformer Project terminated.
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83 -The Terraformer Conflict
94 +**First Terraformer Conflict:** The Second Terraformer Fleet, having been corrupted by disgruntled terraformer scientist Martin Winters' corruption of the termination code, begins destroying the worlds they were created to build. They then set about achieving their new goal of eliminating all biological life.
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96 -The Earth Jump Gate is destroyed To protect Earth
107 +The Earth Jumpgate is destroyed by Nathan R Gunne's fleet lead by the //USC Dragonfire// to protect Earth (By X4 its remains orbit [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Sol.Mars.WebHome]]) trapping the rogue terraformers in the X-Universe. This ends the First Terraformer Conflict
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109 -The Terraformer Conflict ends
120 +Earth is removed from the history of the Terraformer Conflict's survivors stranded in the X-Universe.
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122 -Earth is removed from the history of the conflict's survivors
133 +Terraformer Conflict survivors relocate to the 4th planet in the Sonra System, named [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Argon Prime.WebHome]] after Nathan R. Gunne. The survivors begin to refer to themselves as Argon.
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135 -First contact with the Paranid
146 +Argon make first contact with the Paranid and inter-species trade proliferates.
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148 -Goner Sect is formed on the belief that Earth still exists
159 +The Goner Sect is formed on the belief that Earth still exists.
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172 +**First Xenon Conflict:** [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Xenon.WebHome]] destroy the superstation //Antigone//, The sector [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Antigone Memorial.WebHome]] and the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Antigone Republic.WebHome]] is named in its honour.
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185 +The Free State of Solara is established in reaction to the effects of the First Xenon Conflict (Solara refers to the star that the planetoid Aldrin orbits).
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198 +The [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Hatikvah Free League.WebHome]] is established by Christiane Hatikvah, also in reaction to the effects of the First Xenon Conflict. The organisation promotes itself on pacifist and relaxed ideals.
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161 -Foundation of the Argon Federation
211 +The [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Argon Federation.WebHome]] is formed between the various former Terran colonies including the Free State of Solara and the Hatikvah Free League.
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174 -First contact with the Boron
224 +Argon make first contact with the Boron.
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187 -The Boron Campaign
237 +**Boron Campaign:** Split Patriarchy invade Boron space. Argon Federation aligns with Boron, Paranid align with Split.
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200 -Community of Planets is formed
250 +Community of Planets is formed by the Argon Federation and Boron Queendom in an end to the Boron Campaign.
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213 -200 Years of Cold War
263 +The Free State of Solara opts to sever its Jumpgate connection with the Argon Federation in the wake of post-Boron Campaign scarcity. The colonies early disconnection from the Federation means they are closer to the Terrans culturally than the modern Federation, this is pronounced with their re-connection to the network in 764NT.
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266 +|(% colspan="1" %)514|(% colspan="1" %)2684|(% colspan="1" %) |(% colspan="1" %)Split Patriarchy joins the Community of Planets bringing to a close 200 years of cold war that arose from the Boron Campaign.
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226 -First contact with Teladi
278 +First contact with the [[Teladi>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Teladi Company.WebHome]] is made, they subsequently join the Community of Planets and quickly become the leading economic power.
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239 -Xenon ship enters Sol using a Gateless Jumpdrive
291 +Credits become the currency of the X universe having been promulgated by the Teladi Company.
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252 -Evolution of the Xenon
304 +The [[Yaki Syndicate>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Yaki.WebHome]] forms.
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317 +A sole (% class="confluence-link" %)[[Xenon>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Xenon.WebHome]](%%) ship enters [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Sol.WebHome]] using a "Gateless Jumpdrive". Terran engineers begin reverse-engineering the drive for the //USC X.//
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332 +Arrival of [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Sol.Earth.WebHome]] Fleet test pilot Kyle Brennan and the //USC X// (Xperimental Shuttle) in the Jumpgate network after a Jump Drive test.
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336 +Arrival of Elena Kho and //USC Getsu Fune //in the Jump Gate network in search of Kyle Brennan and the //USC X.//
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340 +**Second Xenon Conflict:** The Xenon are ejected from the North-Western region of the old Jump Gate network after their M0 class superweapon was destroyed.
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265 -Arrival of USC X and Kyle Brennan
347 +The Jumpgate network is reconfigured. Notably, the Teladi homeworld [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Ianamus Zura.WebHome]] is reconnected to the network.
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354 +Rhonkar t’Ncct deposes Chin t’Thhg to become Patriarch of All Split. Family Chin's territories are annexed by the emergent Family Rhonkar. Rhonkar leads the Split Families for 40 years until the Jumpgate Shutdown.
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278 -First contact with the Kha'ak
367 +[[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Black Hole Sun.WebHome]] is destroyed by a Xenon super-weapon. The resulting emission is believed to be responsible for destroying the [[Kha'ak>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Kha'ak.WebHome]] homeworld.
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374 +[[Terracorp>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Terracorp.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]] is established by Kyle Brennan and Elena Kho to finance 'Jumpdrive' research to return to Earth.
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387 +Work begins on assembling the Torus Aeternal, the immense defence and logistics ring protecting Earth from any possible threats.
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304 -The Battle of Omicron Lyrae
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317 -The race to find Earth
420 +**The President's End Massacre:** Kha'ak forces decimate the entirety of President's End in their first interactions with the Argon.
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441 +**Reunion:** The Paranid Empire constructs a Jump Gate to reconnect Earth to the Jumpgate Network. The Earth Government is invited to join the Argon Federation and the Community of Planets, Earth declines.
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343 -Operation: Final Fury
455 +Argon relations with the [[Terrans>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Terran Protectorate.WebHome]] begin to cool over issues of AGI development.
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459 +**Operation Final Fury:** The Argon Navy wipes out all known [[Kha'ak>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Kha'ak.WebHome]] hives. Attacks become far less frequent.
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467 +The Terran lost colony of Aldrin (same as the Free State of Solara) is rediscovered with terraformers and humans living in harmony in the system. Aldrin's Gates are re-opened leading to colonies including Megnir and [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Segaris.WebHome]] that had been razed during the First Terraformer Conflict.
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356 -Tensions Build over AGI usage
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369 -The Terran Conflict
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379 379  X3:AP*
380 380  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
381 381  (((
382 -The Destruction of the Torus Aeternal
519 +**Terran Conflict:** War begins between the [[Terrans >>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Terran Protectorate.WebHome]]and their Argon cousins over the latter's continued usage of AGI. The remainder of the Community of Planets later joins in support of the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Argon Federation.WebHome]].
383 383  )))
384 384  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
385 385  (((
386 -778
523 +776
387 387  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
388 388  (((
526 +2946
527 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
528 +(((
529 +**Second Terraformer Conflict:** The [[Beryll>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Beryll.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]] unleashes newly built terraformer drones against Sol with Argon Federation support.
530 +)))
531 +|(% rowspan="2" %)(% rowspan="2" %)
532 +(((
533 +778
534 +)))|(% rowspan="2" %)(% rowspan="2" %)
535 +(((
389 389  2948
390 390  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
391 391  (((
539 +The destruction of the Torus Aeternal occurs escalating the Terran Conflict. The vast majority of the superstructure's remains are recycled during the Jump Gate Shutdown.
540 +)))
541 +|(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)
542 +(((
392 392  X3:AP
393 393  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
394 394  (((
395 -
546 +Highways near completion in Albion based on Terran Trans-Orbital Accelerator technology that had been reverse engineered by [[JSS>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Jonferson Space Systems.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]].
396 396  )))
548 +|(((
549 +779
550 +)))|(((
551 +2949
552 +)))|(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)
553 +(((
554 +XR*
555 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
556 +(((
557 +**Plutarch's Coup:** [[PMC>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Plutarch Mining Corporation.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]] declares war on the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Argon Federation.WebHome]] over control over the Albion system.
558 +)))
397 397  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
398 398  (((
399 399  780
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400 400  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
401 401  (((
402 402  2950
565 +)))|(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)
566 +(((
567 +X3:FL
403 403  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
404 404  (((
570 +Warp instability occurs with increasing numbers of systems, like Albion, becoming inaccessible. Jump drives become far less reliable with ships disappearing from known space. Governments seeking to preserve the resilience of their systems deploy Trans-Orbital Accelerators.
571 +)))
572 +|(% colspan="1" %)780|(% colspan="1" %)2950|(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)X4:Tml|(% colspan="1" %)Family Tharka strik
573 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
574 +(((
575 +782
576 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
577 +(((
578 +2952
579 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
580 +(((
405 405  
406 406  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
407 407  (((
408 -Warp Instability
584 +**The Jumpgate Shutdown**
409 409  )))
410 410  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
411 411  (((
588 +~~782
589 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
590 +(((
591 +~~2952
592 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
593 +(((
594 +
595 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
596 +(((
597 +USC and ATF are reformed into the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Terran Protectorate.WebHome]]. The USC existed for at least 909 years and potentially for as much as 952 years
598 +)))
599 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
600 +(((
412 412  782
413 413  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
414 414  (((
415 415  2952
605 +)))|(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)
606 +(((
607 +X:R*
416 416  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
417 417  (((
418 -
610 +**Plutarch's Accession:** [[PMC>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Plutarch Mining Corporation.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]] takes control of the Albion system. The remains of the Argon Government and Argon Navy form the [[Heart of Albion>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Heart of Albion.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]].
611 +)))
612 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
613 +(((
614 +800
419 419  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
420 420  (((
421 -The Jump Gate Shutdown
617 +2970
618 +)))|(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)
619 +(((
620 +X4:F
621 +
622 +(ToA)
623 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
624 +(((
625 +The first Tide decimates [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Avarice.WebHome]] stifling the system's resurgent salvager economy.
422 422  )))
423 423  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
424 424  (((
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431 431  
432 432  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
433 433  (((
434 -The Alliance of the Word is established
638 +The [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Alliance of the Word.WebHome]] is established in [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Sacred Relic.WebHome]] and deploys probes to the other systems of the community of planets lost to the Jump Gate Shutdown. The organisation also fosters resurgent interest in Jumpgate and generation ship technologies.
435 435  )))
436 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
640 +|(% rowspan="3" %)(% rowspan="3" %)
437 437  (((
438 438  803
439 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
643 +)))|(% rowspan="3" %)(% rowspan="3" %)
440 440  (((
441 441  2973
442 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
646 +)))|(% class="highlight-green" data-highlight-colour="green" rowspan="3" %)(% class="highlight-green" data-highlight-colour="green" rowspan="3" %)
443 443  (((
444 444  X:R
445 445  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
446 446  (((
447 -The Gates Reopen
651 +The Jumpgates reopen and realign connecting unstable pockets of the former Jumpgate network in an unpredictable manner.
448 448  )))
449 449  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
450 450  (((
655 +A treaty is signed between the [[Argon Government>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Argon Government.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]], [[Heart of Albion >>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Heart of Albion.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]]and The [[Republic of Canterra>>doc:X Rebirth Wiki.XR Manual and Guides.Player guides (spoiler warning).Factions.Republic of Cantera.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]], bringing a formal end to the Terran Conflict (formally it had lasted for 29 years).
656 +)))
657 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
658 +(((
659 +Attacks on Xenon installations in Maelstrom by the combined force of the Heart of Albion, Family Ryak and the Argon Government prove a failure with Xenon learning the location of De'vries and Albion.
660 +)))
661 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
662 +(((
663 +~~815
664 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
665 +(((
666 +~~2985
667 +)))|(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)
668 +(((
669 +X4:F*
670 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
671 +(((
672 +**Paranid Civil War:** A schism erupts between the original [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Godrealm of the Paranid.WebHome]] and the defecting [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Holy Order of the Pontifex.WebHome]] because the latter established a new Pontifex during the Jumpgate Shutdown. Economies are subsequently built on war profiteering.
673 +)))
674 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
675 +(((
676 +818
677 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
678 +(((
679 +2988
680 +)))|(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)
681 +(((
682 +X4:F
683 +
684 +(ToA)
685 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
686 +(((
687 +[[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Avarice.WebHome]] is rejuvenated by the Northriver Company bringing //Protectyon //shields to protect stations from the Tide, this enables the resettlement of [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Avarice.Avarice I.WebHome]] and [[Avarice V: Dead end>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Avarice.Avarice V\: Dead End.WebHome]].
688 +)))
689 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
690 +(((
451 451  820
452 452  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
453 453  (((
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457 457  
458 458  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
459 459  (((
460 -The Gate Network Stabilises
700 +**The Gate Network Stabilises**
461 461  )))
462 462  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
463 463  (((
464 -825
704 +821
465 465  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
466 466  (((
707 +2991
708 +)))|(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)(% class="highlight-yellow" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="yellow" %)
709 +(((
710 +X4:F
711 +
712 +(ToA)
713 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
714 +(((
715 +Avarice's and [[Windfall's>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Windfall.WebHome]] gates connect and stabilise, the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Vigour Syndicate.WebHome]] begins offering the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Riptide Rakers.WebHome]] predatory loans and takes control of their food supply.
716 +)))
717 +|(% rowspan="4" %)(% rowspan="4" %)
718 +(((
719 +825
720 +)))|(% rowspan="4" %)(% rowspan="4" %)
721 +(((
467 467  2995
723 +)))|(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)(% class="highlight-green" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="green" %)
724 +(((
725 +X4:F
726 +
727 +(SV)
468 468  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
469 469  (((
730 +The remains of the [[Free Families Fleet>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Free Families.WebHome]] is destroyed by the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Zyarth Patriarchy.WebHome]] in [[Fires of Defeat/Victory>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Systems, Sectors and Zones.Systems Database.Fires of Defeat.WebHome]]. The Free Families' systems are forced to accommodate Zyarth's police presence.
731 +)))
732 +|(% class="highlight-green" data-highlight-colour="green" rowspan="2" %)(% class="highlight-green" data-highlight-colour="green" rowspan="2" %)
733 +(((
470 470  X4:F
471 471  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
472 472  (((
473 -
737 +Boso Ta escapes Split capture and steals a Terran science station.
474 474  )))
739 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
740 +(((
741 +The [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Hatikvah Free League.WebHome]] breaks away from illicit dealings with the [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Scale Plate Pact.WebHome]] with [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Argon Federation.WebHome]] support.
742 +)))
743 +|(% class="highlight-green" data-highlight-colour="green" %)(% class="highlight-green" data-highlight-colour="green" %)
744 +(((
745 +X4:F
475 475  
476 -
747 +(ToA)
748 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
749 +(((
750 +The [[doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Manual and Guides.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Alliance of the Word.WebHome]] allocates shipbuilding resources to Windfall to support its chapter in Tidebreak.
751 +)))
477 477  
478 -
479 -{{/layout-cell}}
753 +== References ==
480 480  
481 -{{layout-cell}}
755 +* (X4) libraries/timeline.xml
756 +* (X4) t/l044.xml
757 +* (XR) t/l044.xml
758 +* (X4 CE, XR CE, X superbox) X Encyclopedia
759 +
482 482  Legend
483 483  
762 +(% class="wrapped" %)
484 484  |=(((
485 485  Abbreviation
486 486  )))|=(((
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489 489  |(((
490 490  NT
491 491  )))|(((
492 -New Time
771 +New Time (years since removing Earth from Argon history)
493 493  )))
494 494  |(((
495 495  EY
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496 496  )))|(((
497 497  Earth Years /AD/CE
498 498  )))
778 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
779 +(((
780 +*
781 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
782 +(((
783 +Prologue
784 +)))
785 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
786 +(((
787 +~*~*
788 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
789 +(((
790 +Epilogue / Immediately after story events of game
791 +)))
499 499  |(((
500 500  X:Btf
501 501  )))|(((
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531 531  )))
532 532  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
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534 -X3:AP*
827 +X3:AP
535 535  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
536 536  (((
537 -X3: AP (Prologue)
830 +X3: Albion Prelude (2011)
538 538  )))
539 539  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
540 540  (((
541 -X3:AP
834 +X3:FL
542 542  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
543 543  (((
544 -X3: Albion Prelude (2011)
837 +X3: Farnham's Legacy (2021)
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552 552  )))
553 553  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
554 554  (((
848 +(TTO)
849 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
850 +(((
851 +X: Rebirth //The Teladi Outpost// DLC (2014)
852 +)))
853 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
854 +(((
855 +(HoL)
856 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
857 +(((
858 +X: Rebirth //Home of Light //DLC (2016)
859 +)))
860 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
861 +(((
555 555  X4:F
556 556  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
557 557  (((
558 558  X4: Foundations (2018)
559 559  )))
560 -{{/layout-cell}}
561 -{{/layout-section}}
562 -{{/layout}}
867 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
868 +(((
869 +(SV)
870 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
871 +(((
872 +X4: Foundations //[[Split Vendetta>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Downloadable Content.01 - Split Vendetta.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]]// DLC (2020)
873 +)))
874 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
875 +(((
876 +(CoH)
877 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
878 +(((
879 +X4: Foundations //[[Cradle of Humanity>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Downloadable Content.02 - Cradle of Humanity.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]]// DLC (2021)
880 +)))
881 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
882 +(((
883 +(ToA)
884 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
885 +(((
886 +X4: Foundations //[[Tides of Avarice>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Downloadable Content.03 - Tides of Avarice.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]]// DLC (2022)
887 +)))
888 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
889 +(((
890 +(KE)
891 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
892 +(((
893 +X4: Foundations //[[Kingdom End>>doc:X4 Foundations Wiki.Downloadable Content.04 - Kingdom End.WebHome||style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]] //DLC (2023)
894 +)))
895 +|(% colspan="1" %)(T)|(% colspan="1" %)X4: Foundations //Timelines //DLC (2024) (Anticipated)
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898 +
899 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
900 +(((
901 +Prologue/Epilogue
902 +)))
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908 +Game
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