Data File Updated: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Timeline of Loroi
history. Dates given in Terran years CE ("Common Era"),
which uses the same numbering system as AD ("Anno Domini").
The Loroi are an ancient culture; their origins are uncertain, but date back to at least the time of the fall of the Soia Empire, roughly half a million years ago. From relics found in space, and the distribution of Loroi descendants across at least three separate star systems (Deinar, Perrein, & Taben), it is clear that Loroi ancestors possessed starflight during the time of the Soia, but there is almost no planet-bound evidence of their society before 500,000 BCE.
| Date (CE) | Events |
| ~500,000 BCE | Fall of the Soia Empire. Prehistoric period on Deinar; earliest archaeological evidence of post-Soia Loroi biology & culture. |
| ~20,000 BCE | Ancient period on Deinar (TL4-5). Earliest written Loroi records. | 1750 BCE | Classical period on Deinar (TL6-7) |
| 0-800 CE | “Modern” period on Deinar (TL8: first psi-tech devices) |
| 803 CE | Farseers on Deinar and Perrein make telepathic contact. |
| 850 CE | Jump drive developed; scouts reach Perrein. (TL9) |
| 859 CE | Farseers detect Loroi on Taben (and the alien Do'zin to the south). |
| 895 CE | Scouts reach Taben after series of outposts are established (to extend range). |
| 895-1029 | First “Hiatus” Period. Interstellar activity between the 3 colonies only. |
| 1079-1131 | Early Colonization. |
| 1131-1199 | Second Hiatus; Isolationist Period. Loroi actively avoid alien contact. |
| 1199-1250 | Second Colonization period. Contact with Do'zin, Neridi, Mannadi. |
| 1251-1295 | War with Do'zin; Loroi conquer Do'zin territory. Loroi ally with Neridi, Mannadi, Pipolsid. Distant contact with Nissek and Arekka via Mannadi connections. |
| 1295-1325 | Mannadi-Nissek War (also “Quiet War”). Loroi join in 1329, but see no combat. |
| 1311 | Maia colonized, first meeting of Galactic Council. Contact with Barsam. |
| 1323-1402 | Splinter Wars: A series of civil conflicts between the 3 homeworlds; factions are ultimately united under Loroi First Emperor, Zeio Talas ("Lorehunter"). |
| 1415 | Mannadi aggression against Neridi and Pipolsid. |
| 1427-1441 | First Mannadi War. Little is resolved because of spacetime instability. |
| 1436-1451 | Hyperspace instability caused by gravitational tides from Well of Souls stellar remnant makes jump drive unreliable. |
| 1495-1507 | Second Mannadi War. Loroi annex substantial territory; Mannadi sue for peace. |
| 1548-1552 | Third Mannadi War. Started by Loroi; Arekka join Mannadi side in 1550, but Loroi conquer Mannadi territory. Arekka fight on alone. (TL10) |
| 1551 | Enok incident: a Loroi squadron is destroyed on the far side of former Mannadi space. |
| 1557 | Union formed (Nissek vote against, Arekka abstain); hostilities against the Arekka end. |
| 1632 | Nerosi ("Swiftsure") succeeds Talas as Second Emperor. She decentralizes the growing empire, dividing power amongst the provincial governors. |
| 1710-2110 | Seren sector expansion. Contact with Golim, Nibiren, Historians. |
| 1790-1795 | Neridi Succession War; civil conflict between Swiftsure and provincial governor Lazesi Neie ("Eighth Dawn"). Eighth Dawn emerges victorious, and becomes undisputed Third Loroi Emperor, restoring central control of the empire. |
| 2110 | Contact with Umiak. |
| 2135 | Umiak invade Seren sector; Great War begins. Loroi quickly lose most of the sector. |
| 2136-2139 | Siege of Seren. |
| 2139 | Seren falls to Umiak. Umiak invade Historian space; Loroi alliance formed with Historians. |
| 2139-2144 | Stand at the Golim-Tinza Line. Umiak make raids directly into the Loroi home sector through neutral Tithric space. Loroi forces near complete collapse. |
| 2140 | Admiral Ramarinzil ("Greywind") succeeds Eighth Dawn as Fourth Emperor. Greywind institutes permanent martial law and declares an anti-neutrality policy. |
| 2141 | Tithric Genocide at the hands of the Loroi. Historians agree to share technology with Loroi. Umiak declare anti-neutrality policy. |
| 2144-2146 | Loroi Semoset Campaign: major Loroi offensive pushes back the Umiak lines. |
| 2145 | Seren retaken by Loroi. |
| 2146 | Battle of the Tasinei Ways: Umiak launch a massive counterattack, isolating and destroying much of the Semoset fleet. Loroi forces burn the Steppes and fall back to Seren and resume defensive operations. Stalemate ensues. |
| 2158 | Loroi Maiad Campaign: Loroi raiders strike at border systems in the Maiad Sector, attempting to create a Steppes-like buffer zone of dead systems. |
| 2160 CE | Contact with Humans (opening of story). (TL10+) |
Key
CE: Common Era (same as
AD)
BCE: Before Common Era (same as BC)
TL: Tech
Level. A measure of technology used in Steve Jackson's GURPS
system.
