Editing Hegemony: Story Details

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==Before Episode One==
'''Timeline:''' 
: '''2244:''' First successful slipstream drive enables travel to Venus and Mars.
: '''2278:''' Second generation slipships travel to the gas giants.
: '''2279:''' All slipships within exploratory range of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune inexplicably fall into those planets never to be heard from again.
: '''2282:''' The Ma'at initiate first contact, declaring the giants to be sovereign and inviolate space.
: '''2285:''' The First Hegemony of Earth is established by then Secratary General of the United Nations, Zoe Kythria..
: '''2302:''' Third generation slipships are able to compensate for planetary gravitational differentiation and target moon orbits directly.
: '''2304:''' Ma'at ratify treaty giving mankind access to solid moons of the giants.
: '''2325:''' The First Hegemony collapses, reintroducing a ''dark ages'' of renewed nationalism. Corporations maintain neutrality where possible. Fourth generation  slipships capable of tagging significant asteroids and Kupier objects are developed.
: '''2381:''' Fifth Generation slipships are developed. The Oort cloud remains beyond reach.
: '''2397:''' The New Hegemony of Earth is established under Hegemon Ioseph Vladimirovak, guerrilla soldier of the former Baltic Federation.
: '''2408:''' Present 

'''Trigger Event:''' The Ma'at inexplicably cut off all communication with mankind. Across the solar system, slipship disasters climb, presenting particularly in fifth generation ships. R&R jobs skyrocket.

'''Opening Scene:''' Possessed of a ship capable of tagging significant Kupier objects, the crew is hired for a rescue and retrieval on Charon, orbiting Pluto. Legally, rescue must always take precedence over retrieval, but the hiring corporation has unduly emphasized their opinion that survivors will not be found but that the retrieval of pertinent data is of utmost import to their business interests, even offering a bonus for fully intact retrieval. 

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==Episode Archives==
* [[Hegemony of Earth:_Episode_1 | '''Episode 1 - The Charon Job''']]

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