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A CHRONOLOGICAL

HISTORY OF

THE TIME WARS

April 1, 2425:

Dr Wolfgang Mensinger invents the chronoplate at the age of 115, discovering ti prototype for use in laboratory experined to avoid any possible creation of a temporal paradox He is hailed as the “Father of Temporal Physics”

July 14, 2430:

Mensinger publishes “There Is No Future,” in which he redefines relativity, proving that there is no such thing as the future, but an infinite number of potential future scenarios which are absolute relative only to their present He also announces the discovery of “non-specific time” or temporal limbo, later known as “the dead zone”

October 21, 2440:

Wolfgang Mensinger dies His son, Albrecht, perfects the chronoplate and carries on the work, but loses control of the discovery to political interests

June 15, 2460:

Forence, with Albrecht Mensinger as director Specially trained and conditioned “agents” of the coh time in order to conduct research and field test the chronoplate apparatus Many become lost in transition, trapped in the limbo of non-specific time known as “the dead zone”

Those who return fro infor the revision of historical records

March 22, 2461:

The Consorti Affair—Cardinal Lodovico Consorti Is exco that agents travel back through ti His crucifixion The Consorti Affair sparks extensive international negotiations a the proper uses for the new technology Temporal excursions are severely curtailed Concurrently, espionage operatives of several nations infiltrate the Coence

May 1, 2461:

Dr Albrecht Mensinger appears before a special international conference in Geneva, composed of political leaders and members of the scientific community He attempts to alleviate fears about the possible misuses of time travel He further refuses to co-operate with any atte his father’s discovery

February 3, 2485:

The research facilities of the Coence are seized by troops of the Trans-Atlantic Treaty Organization

January 25, 2492:

The Council of Nations meets in Buenos Aires, capitol of the United Socialist States of South A international tensions and economic instability A proposal for “an end to war in our tilo before the body as noues passionately against using tey to resolve international conflicts, but cannot present proof that the past can be affected by te scientific testimony reinforces the conventional wisdom that the past is an immutable absolute

December 24, 2492:

For by the Council of Nations as an extranational arbitrating body with sole control over tee temporal conflicts as ‘Limited warfare” to resolve international disputes

April 21, 2493:

On the recommendation of the Referee Corps, a subordinate body na over ence, which is redesigned as the Teis of the Council of nations and the Referee Corps, the TIA absorbs the intelligence agencies of the world’s governments and is er resigns his post to found the Teroup dedicated to the abolition of temporal conflict

June,2497- March, 2502: