The Classic Traveller Era
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1110-11: A diplomat announced today that the Carrillian Assembly has invited Drenslaar to join that body, and has sent its navy to 'help' in the negotiations. Reports from Drenslaar indicate that all resistance is being quashed.
1110-35: Sternmetal Horizons, LIC announced today that it was increasing mining operations on Luushakaan after new deposits of Sillisite were found. Subsector stocks of Sternmetal rose 5 percent points on the news.
1110-87: In recent months, Luushakaan has been the object of several tradewar raids by an unknown but evidently strong assailant. Evidence has pointed strongly towards Delgado Trading, LIC, as the culprit, and Sternmetal has launched two minor retaliatory attacks against Delgado operations in the Cassandra Belt as a result.
1110-88: Santiago raiders destroyed by an Arbuthnot Minerals & Resources Ltd patrol cruiser.
1110-93: The Dakaar Corporation has begun negotiations with the government of Sarrad to construct new colony domes in return for mineral extraction and processing rights. Imperial officials were unimpressed with the news with a local economist claiming the risks did not justify the returns.
1110-101: The Santiagos government sends a strike team to take out Linda patrol cruisers. Interplanetary war between the two worlds ensues.
1110-148: Several battalions of the Knight's Legion arrived on Outpost today and set up a mobile command in the warehouse district next to the Imperial Navy base. Imperial officials have confirmed that the mercenary company has been engaged to support Imperial interests in the region but were silent on the level of support or who in the Imperial Navy had issued the mercenary ticket.
1110-222: Admiral Dickson Jazzak, Commander of the Fleet of St George, confirmed today that several surplus warships have been leased to the Shadow Fleet. The Shadow Fleet is a merchant company that provides transport logistics for the Knight's Legion.
1111-16: The Dakaar Corporation begins construction of the new colony domes on Sarrad in return for mineral extraction and processing rights from the world's government. At the same time Dakaar Minerals mining equipment was moved onto a newly constructed mobile platform on the southern ocean.
1113-121: Today Caledon Ventures began establishment of a permanent trading post on Htalrea's northern continent of Teltrata.
1113-187: Riots are sparked on Mirak when local citizens attempt to defend the crew of the free trader MacBeth, registered out of the Confederacy of Duncinae, from police harassment.
1113-268: Trallatrel Corporation begins construction of an outpost on Htalrea's southern continent. This is the second permanent offworld trade settlement on Htalrea since the Principality of Caledon opened the world to human trade.
1113-332: Officials of Caledon Ventures and the Scotian Deep Trading Company announce their final amalgamation under Caledon Ventures from Stirling. The president of Scotian Deep acknowledged that the amalgamation was the only way the company could continue to trade.
1113-364: Caledon Ventures officials on Dunmarrow warn its personnel in the Ea and Scotian Deep subsectors that action from the Aslan company Tlasayerlaahel is expected against their interests.
1114-029: The Grand Duchy of Marlheim closes its borders to all shipping from the Confederacy of Duncinae following riots on Mirak late last year.
1114-038: Roger Vane is elected President of the Confederacy of Duncinae.
1114-048: Caledon Ventures signs an agreement with the K'Tring state on Gaajpadje placing K'Tring and J'aadje disputes in the hands of company mediators.
1114-058: The Second Treaty of Ftahalr is signed on Ftahalr (Dark Nebula 1208) by representatives of “The 29” from the Aslan Hierate, the Third Imperium and the Solomani Confederation (under stated duress of course). This historic second treaty, signed exactly 734 years after the first treaty, confirms the independence of the worlds in the Reavers' Deep and Dark Nebula sectors and guarantees non-interference from the three major polities bordering these sectors.