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I am preparing to run a game through the published 4th Edition adventures and campaigns intermixed with content of my own, and in order to lend some authenticity to the established timeline I am attempting to keep the timeline as canon as possible. As such, this thread will be my reference for when the various published content occurs, and I might need some assistance on some of the adventures because they do not all list canonical dates.
One thing that I will be changing is the advent of the wireless matrix and the adoption of new matrix protocols; this is simply so that I can run a 5th Edition game without having to worry about the transition from commlink based hacking to decking as it canonically occurs in Storm Front (2075). I will be updating this thread as I add events that I think are important to the setting.
Without further ado, the timeline so far.
2070:
No known published adventures, good potential starting point for game especially if any player characters are technomancers as Emergence takes place over the course of the year
2070-08: Greek authorities confirm that several artifacts, including the Phaistos Disc, were recently stolen from a museum in Herakleion (Augmentation).
2071
2071-11: Ghost Cartels (confirmed by in-game cover page date, 27th of November)
2072
2072-01: Dawn of the Artifacts: Dusk (semi-confirmed, "late January 2072")
2072-02: Dawn of the Artifacts: Midnight (semi-confirmed, "mid-February 2072")
2072-02: Dawn of the Artifacts: Darkest Hour (semi-confirmed, "Eighteen months ago, the Phaistos Disk was stolen from the Herakleion Museum in Athens." Augmentation states that the Disk was stolen in August of 2070)
2072-?: Dawn of the Artifaccts: New Dawn (unconfirmed)
2073
2073-07: Boardroom Backstabs: Damage Control (semi-confirmed by Jackpoint post and in-game events, namely the assassination of Elliot Eyes-of-Wyrm and the razing of S-K Dubai as a result)
2073-09: Boardroom Backstabs: Sacrificial Limb (semi-confirmed by Jackpoint post)
2073-09: Artifacts Unbound (confirmed by in-game cover page date, but individual scenarios may take place at different times)
2074
2074-03: The Twilight Horizon (confirmed by in-game cover page date, but individual scenarios may take place at different times)
2075
2075-01: Events of Storm Front begins
2075-03: Splintered State (confirmed by in-game cover page data)
Relatively unknown timelines:
Horizon: A Fistful of Credsticks (definitely happens after P2.0 implementation, so post-2071 (?))
Horizon: Anarchy Subsidized (post-2073 release of Lollipop Dreams, with events taking up to 12 months to unfold)
Horizon: Colombian Subterfuge (according to Storm Front events occur in fall of 2073 and prior to 2074)
Boardroom Backstabs: Battle of Manhattan (2075 or 2076? Nothing concrete in terms of canon timelines that I can find)
There's quite a few more entries to plot, including non-adventure related events. This'll do as a start. Feel free to comment if I've gotten anything wrong, or if you've got something to add.
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Here ya go:
In-Universe Publishing Timeline (http://www.mattdroz.com/PDF/SR_Publish.pdf)
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Very nice! Much appreciated, that'll save me a ton of work. I'll take that list a step further and annotate important world events so I can easily feed players background information.
Thanks!