Rise of the Empires

Lore

Timeline of the Age of Expansion (AD 16262 - YC 100)

The Empires Rise

AD 16262

  • First recorded civilizations emerge on Caldari

AD 16470

  • The first Amarr Emperor is crowned

AD 17453

  • The Raata Empire is formed, laying the foundation for what will later become the Caldari State

AD 17670

  • The Cathura Rebellion takes place on Caldari

AD 18622

  • Four distinct civilizations develop on Matar. They gradually become aware of each other, but primitive technology keeps them from maintaining steady contact

AD 20022

  • The Udorians arrive on the Amarr continent, spurring the static Amarr society into a period of rapid change

AD 20078

  • The Reclaiming is launched. The Amarr start a war to conquer all the lands on Athra

AD 20371

  • The Amarr conquer the last Udorian state

AD 20374

  • (Approx) Minmatar tribes amalgamate, forming a planetary culture

AD 20544

  • The Amarr conquer the last state on Athra. They now control the whole planet

AD 20998

  • The Raata Empire falls and is divided into myriad small states

Unknown

  • Emperor Amash-Akura encounters the sefrim, 6000 years ago.

Interstellar Expansion

AD 21290

  • The Amarr build their first star gate, between Amarr and Hedion. This sparks a period of great expansion for the Empire

AD 21346

  • (Approx) Emperor Zaragram II takes power in the Amarr Empire

AD 21413

  • The first Minmatar space ship is built. During the next centuries, the Minmatar settle on a number of planets and moons in three systems, using ancient star gates

AD 21423

  • The Amarr discover the Ealur and subsequently conquer them in the spirit of the Reclaiming

AD 21460

  • Emperor Zaragram II's reign ends and the Council of Apostles comes into power in Amarr, purifying the faith and preserving the original Scriptures through the Order of St. Tetrimon

AD 21656

  • Doule dos Rouvenor comes into power on the continent of Garoun on the Gallente homeworld, spawning a period of great cultural and technological progress

AD 21714

  • Doule dos Rouvenor III inherits his father's crown, starting a new calendar based on his ascension, the Age of Rouvenor (AR)

AD 21837

  • The Garoun Empire collapses, but its legacy remains and rapid technological advances are made among the Gallente

AD 21875

  • The Moral Reforms start. The status of the Emperor alters and the power of the Apostles is curbed

AD 21950

  • The Moral Reforms end

The Wars of Tomorrow

AD 22355

  • First contact between the Amarr and the Minmatar. Amarr immediately raid the Minmatar nation for slaves, an activity they will continue for 125 years

AD 22463

  • The Gallente spot the Caldari on Caldari Prime but are unable to establish contact

AD 22480

  • The Amarr escalate their slave raids into a war of conquest against the Minmatar, invade and conquer Matar, leave other worlds alone for the time being

AD 22517

  • First contact between Gallente and Caldari

AD 22588

  • The Gallente and the Caldari build their first stargate out of VH-451, sparking a period of expansion which mostly benefits the Gallente

AD 22626

  • Death of Amarr Emperor Damius III

  • Velenus IV becomes the New Emperor.

AD 22631

  • The Cultural Deliverance Society (CDS) arrives on Caldari Prime

AD 22684

  • Isuuaya, the first Caldari corporation, is established

AD 22729

  • Velenus IV dies.

AD 22794

  • First contact between the Gallente and the Intaki

AD 22809

  • First contact between the Gallente and the Mannar

AD 22821

  • The Sotiyo-Urbaata drive, the first warp drive, is built

AD 22947

AD 23041

  • Heideran VII becomes Emperor of Amarr; Khanid II secedes from the Amarr Empire; the Khanid Kingdom is founded

AD 23044

  • The Society of Conscious Thought is founded in the Jove Empire

AD 23058

  • Amarr discovers jump drive technology, allowing instant jumps between systems with no stargates and enabling far more rapid expansion

AD 23121

  • The Gallente Federation is founded.

AD 23146

  • (Approx) Quafe first appears

AD 23146

  • FTL communications are discovered

AD 23149

  • The Jove make themselves known to the Gallente; engage in limited diplomacy

AD 23154

  • The Caldari secede from the Federation.

AD 23155

  • The Gallente-Caldari War begins

  • The Jove cut off contact with the Gallente Federation

AD 23156

  • The Caldari leave Caldari Prime

AD 23180

  • First contact between Gallente and Amarr

AD 23191

  • All four major nations of New Eden have by this point come into contact with each other

AD 23193

  • The Jove make themselves known to the rest of the four empires

AD 23194

  • The Scope news agency is founded

AD 23210

  • The Gallente|Gallente and the Amarr reach the Gallente-Amarr Free Trade Agreement of 23210.

AD 23216

  • The Amarr conquer the Eanna planet in the Hror system.

  • The Amarr-Jove War takes place, in which the Amarr are crushed during the Battle of Vak'Atioth.

  • The Minmatar Rebellion takes place

AD 23224

  • The Jove give capsule technology to the Caldari

AD 23233

  • CONCORD is founded by the five empires

A Fragile Peace Forms

AD 23236 (YC 0)

  • Eden Standard Time (EST) is agreed upon by world leaders at the historic Yoiul Conference. A period of accelerated space colonization by independent parties begins

YC 4

  • The Angel Cartel is formed

YC 5

  • Sansha's Nation begins to form

YC 7

  • President Aidonis Elabon of the Gallente Federation dies

YC 11

  • Gallente construction ship containing Ceul Darieux sets out for Ouperia

YC 12

  • The Gallente-Caldari War ends

YC 37

  • Sansha Kuvakei's experiments are uncovered, and his nation is attacked and dismantled by the four empires. Sansha himself is killed

YC 50 (approx)

  • The Broker's warmongering reaches a peak in the Omicron Incident.

YC 55

  • Ceul Darieux reaches Ouperia system

YC 57

  • Ceul Darieux builds stargate to Ouperia, becomes international celebrity, founds CreoDron

YC 75

  • Salvador Sarpati purchases the Serpentis system and starts building his organization there

YC 80

  • InterBus is formed

YC 95

  • The Girani-Fa incident between the Amarr and the Gallente is defused by the Quafe Company

YC 96

  • The Guristas pirate cartel is formed by two defectors from the Caldari Navy, known as Fatal and The Rabbit

YC 100

  • Dorn en Diabel dies in a freak accident. His oldest son, Gare en Diabel, inherits his father's position of power in the Syndicate