Timeline

The Timeline of Tal Haliim

Timeline is marked in days, and begins with Mike and AJ's discovery of the Sapphire Star mostly buried in the woods.

• 10 years prior - Sapphire Star makes an emergency landing on Earth.
• 1 - Sapphire Star discovered by Mike Houghtaling and AJ Olsen, inadvertently trigger a recall to Tal Haliim.
• 6 - Assassination of Boran Jarrett on Sicelei.
• 9 - Sapphire Star attacked in transit to Tal Haliim by Royal Fortune, Royal Fortune is captured by Mike and AJ
• 11 - Royal Fortune returns to Siscelei; Mike has a date with Tarya Jarrett, Fortune is hired by Tercei Jarrett to transport her, Mike is almost killed by a plant..
• 15 - Princess Emilie is discovered in the hold; after a standoff with Tarya, Vada is hired on and they head for Tyrin.
• 19 - Engagement with Azuli ships; arrive on Tyrin and interrogated by Leda of the ISS.
• 20 - AJ and Mike commissioned and knighted by the King, rest of the crew receives the Order of Merit.
• 20 - Assassins attack Emilie's residence and the crew fights them off and kills them, AJ and Mike both seriously injured.
• 27 - After recovery, AJ and Mike are awarded the Tyrin Cross.
• 39 - Royal Fortune is fitted with stealth equipment for a secret mission by the ISS, depart for the Draal system.
• 45 - Assault on Draal research facility.
• 48 - Delivery of the Phairon prototype to the carrier Majestic at Vanguard Station.
• 53 - Receive distress call in transit to Tyrin; rescue the crew of Mistral in Grafton system at Rook Anchorage.
• 55 - Fortune and Mistral arrive at Tyrin with AJ in command of Mistral. Crew begins scheduled naval classes.
• 84 - AJ transfers from Mistral back to Fortune. Classes continue.
• 116 - Mike is given command of Paladin, crew transfers.
• 131 - Depart for patrol of Grafton system.
• 134 - Arrive Grafton System, begin patrol.
• 135 - Alien monitoring station is found. AJ given command of Swift when her CO is killed.
• 135 - Azuli ships are detected massing at Grafton-8, Mike orders an attack, resulting in the Battle of Grafton.
• 138 - Detachment departs Grafton System.
• 141 - Detachment arrives back at Tyrin. Admiral Carteret grants Mike a full Squadron with Astute as his flagship. All CO and XO's are advanced one rank.
• 154 - The crew transfers to Astute. Mike arranges for Vada to be commissioned as a Marine 1st Lt.
• 159 - Mike and AJ attend Princess Emilie's birthday celebration, prevent a bomber from killing the entire royal family.
• 159 - The King elevates Mike to Earl, AJ to Viscount. Both are made Knight Commanders of the Sword.
• 160 - Rasha is captured and put in stasis on Lady Destiny
• 162 - Mike and AJ travel to Fairwind, Royal country estate. There they encounter Lael and recover the long-missing sword of the Order of the Sword.
• 164 - Mike and AJ present the Sword at the Chapel of the Order of the Sword
• 177 - Strike Squadron 42 departs for Grafton System
• 180 - First contact is made with Grafton-3 By Lord Zuko and Lord Archer
• 181 - Rasha, Jerry and John escape and take control of Lady Destiny
• 182 - Strike Squadron 42 departs Grafton for Vanguard Station
• 182 - Lady Destiny arrives at Tal Haliim
• 183 - Rasha is taken by slavers in the Tal Haliim market, saved by Jerry and John
• 184 - Lady Destiny(now Princess Emilie) Departs Tal Haliim, Squadron 42 Arrives at Vanguard Station
• 187 - Princess Emilie arrives on Deimos 9, departs the same day and arrives on Deimos 4
• 188 - AJ and Mike receive news about Jerry and John, AJ sends a message and arranges cargo to Boras
• 189 - Princess Emilie receives the message, Strike Squadron 42 departs on Lower Marches Campaign
• 191 - Princess Emilie departs for Boras, two days later emerges into The Anomaly, discovers the graveyard of ships and the rear half of Asamara Journey.
• 194 - Strike Squadron 42 arrives at Drau March, begins it's campaign on Azuli shipping.
• 210 - Strike Squadron 42 arrives at Vanguard Station after a successful campaign.
• 214 - Strike Squadron 42 arrives at Tyrin for repairs. After a night's stay in town Mike and AJ go to Waverley Park
• 215 - Mike and AJ visit Caeleagn, fight with assassins. Return to Waverley Park.
• 221 - Princess Emilie escapes The Anomaly and arrives safely on Boras.
• 223 - Princess Emilie departs Boras for Tyrin.
• 228 - Princess Emilie arrives on Tyrin. The fleet engages the Azuli in the Battle of Alkirk and the Azuli forces are defeated. Mike and AJ are promoted to Field Marshal and Admiral of the Fleet, respectively
• 229 - With Admiralty House destroyed, the Admiralty is moved to the Battleship Regent in orbit. Planning begins on a Tyrin military response to the Azuli sneak attack.
• 231 - Planning an training begins on The Helix mission.
• 245 - Royal Fortune and Princess Emilie depart for Worlds of Known Space on a secret mission.
• 249 - Attack on The Helix. The survivors escape using the experimental Subspace Drive of the Shining Star, and arrive past Azuli and Federated States space, to Garn Territory.
• 250 - Shining Star lands at the Teness Mining Station B, A Garn slave camp. After repelling a boarding party of Garn and destroying 2 Garn tactical fighters, they assist the slaves in escaping on a Garn freighter.
• 252 - Shining Star arrives at Tal Haliim. Mike and AJ make arrangements to free Chaeli and Jisia, and fight off a number of street thieves.
• 253 - After a morning of shopping at the Tal Haliim bazaar, Chaeli and Jisa are freed and the ship escapes.
• 254 - Shining Star arrives at the wreck site of the smaller Sapphire Star and begin repairs.
• 263 - with Sapphire Star repaired, both ships make their way back to Tyrin.
• 264 - Mike and AJ arrive at Tyrin and are hailed as heroes. The war is over.
• 285 - Mike and Queen Emilie are married. Mike is styled as Prince Consort of Tyrin.
• 288 - With the royal wedding over, Jerry, having joined the religious order of Par Nedda, departs for the Deimos system.
• 292 - Rasha officially adopts Solie. Solie assumes the name Azzah Solie.
• 310 - AJ and Jaia are married.