The Tar Aiym Krang

Chapter 16

c2000 Terrans achieve s.p.a.ce travel. All kill-ing of Cetacea is outlawed.

c2075 Off-course Terran "sleeper" colony ship reaches Centaurus System.

Plan-ets III and V are colonized.

c2100 Thranx have first contact with AAnn.

c2200 Off-course Terran "sleeper" colony ship reaches MIDWORLD.



2243 AAnn attack Paszex on Willow-Wane for the first time.

2270 Brain-enhancement serum is discovered.

2280 Posigravity drive is discovered on Terra by Alex Kurita and Sumako Kinos.h.i.ta. The Centaurus System colo-nies are rediscovered.

2290 Cachalor is discovered. Ryozenzuzex is born on Willow-Wane.

2300 Covenant of Peace enacted; Agreement of Transfer made. Transfer of Cetacea to Cachalot.

2310 The Terran exporation shipSeeker isattacked by the AAnn, rescued by the Thranx shipZtnrammand taken to Hivehom. A mysterious message from 320 Commonwealth Chronology Capt. Brobwelporvot sends Ryozen-zuzex on a journey to Hivehom to see the aliens.

2311 The Humans escape captivity on Hive-hom and return to CENTAURUS VII, taking Ryo with them.

2312 The Humans and Ryo set up the Pro-ject on Willow-Wane.

2316 The Project is revealed to the general populace.

2320 Transfer of Cetacea to Cachalot is completed.

2340 First treaties between Humans and Thranx are signed.

c2350 Moth is discovered.

2360 First contact is made with Pitar. Terran-norm planet in the Pitar System is colonized.

2365 Destruction of Treetrunk (Argus V) by Pitar occurs. The Humarx-Pitar War begins.

2367 Humanx teams invent the SCCAM Missile and make major break throughs in improving the posigravity drive. SCCAM missiles are used in breaking the blockade around the Pi- tar worlds.

2368 End of the War brings the destruction of the Pitar Homeworlds.

A. A. A.A. (After Amalgamation) - (NOTE: 0 A.A. corresponds to 2400 A.D.) 0 The Articles of Amalgamation are signed and the Commonwealth is cre-ated.

1 Commonwealth Council meets for the first time on Terra.

2 Commonwealth Council meets for the first time on Hivehom.

c10 Commonwealth Science Headquarters is established in Mexico City.

c20 The Universal Church is created, with the Terran island of Bali becoming the Church Headquarters.

c88 Alaspin is discovered.

c95 Horseye is discovered by Terrans.

c99 The Thranx build and inhabit Steamer Station on Horseye.

c100 Krigsvird-ty-Kalstund founds the Cas-tle of Wannome on the island of So-fold on Tran-ky-ky. First contact occurs between the Commonwealth and the Quillp.

106 Eitienne and Lyra Redowl arrive on Horseye, and after five months start their trip up the Skar River where they discover the City of the Dead.

c150 Brisbane, Australia, becomes the cap-itol of Terra.

c175 The first human settlers arrive on Cachalot. CunsnuC begins developing a mind-control polyp.

c300 The Blight is discovered as survey ships do preliminary mapping. RNGC 1632 (Cannachanna) is discovered by a Visarian probe.

c350 Dis is discovered.

c361 Surfing contest on Dis is established.

448 Mother Mastiff is born on Moth.

450 Truzenzuzex is born on Willow-Wane. The Horde begins taking tribute from Sofold on Tran-ky-ky.

470 Knigm Yakus is born.

474 Bran Tse-Mallory is born.

498 Commonwealth Probe discovers a collapsar near the Velvet Dam. Skua September is born. The Meliorate So-ciety is founded on Terra.

c500 Repler System is discovered by Jo-hannes Repler. The AAnn Empire contests the claim and is eventually granted a small concession on Repler III. AAnn attack on the Quillp colony planet of Goodhunting is foiled by a Commonwealth Task Force.

511 Anasage (Flinx"s mother) is born on Terra.

515 Tran-ky-ky isdiscovered. Humanx outpost of Bra.s.s Monkey is founded on the island of Arsudun. Lord Estes Dominic Rose begins his first drug dealings. Lumpjaw is born on Cach-alot.

518 Ethan Frome Fortune is born. Lauren Walder is born on Moth.

c525 Skua and Sawbill September break forever over Sawbill"s becoming an emoman. Skua"s lover is destroyed by Sawbill"s drugs.

527 The a.n.a.lava System War results in120million killed. Skua September may have been involved in the start of the war. Flinx"s sister, Teleen, is born.

530 Meliorate Society is broken up: the most "normal" subjects are scattered across the Commonwealth.

532 Kitten Kai-sung is born.

533 Phillip Lynx (Flinx) is born. Joao Acorizal wins surfing contest on Dis.

537 Anasage dies. Truzenzuzex and Bran Tse-Mallory begin jointly researching the Tar-Aiym.

538 Skua September attempts to buy Flinx, but fails. Mother Mastiff does buy him. Flinx finds his pet Mini-drag, Pip.

540 Mahnahmi is born.

543 Rashalleila Nuaman finances the build-ing of an illegal research station on Midworld.

545 Hyperion Trees on Annubis are de-stroyed. Station on Midworld is de-stroyed by natives.

546 Agreement between Nuaman Enter-prises and the AAnn Empire results in the building of an illegal station on Ulru-Ujurr. First Ja.n.u.s Jewels are mined and put on the market.

548 Attempted kidnapping of the duKanes fails; lifeboat crashes near Sofold on Tran-ky-ky. Planet Booster and the Krang are found by a prospector in the Blight. Isili Hasboga begins pros-pecting in Mimmisompo on Alaspin; Habib and Pocomchi arrive on the planet. Sawbill September works as anemoman on Thalia Major. Mother Mastiff is kidnapped by the Meliorate Society. Cruachan dies and the final destruction of the Meliorares occurs.

549 Expedition to the Blight investigates the Krang. Flinx discovers its func-tion.

The nomadic Horde on Tran-kyky is destroyed.

550 Rashalleila Nuaman dies.Flinx meets Sylzenzuzex. He breaks a Church Edict by traveling to Ulru-Ujurr. He solves the mystery of the Ja.n.u.s Jew-els, and discovers his parentage. Ujurrians begin "Game of Civiliza-tion." Teleen Rudanuaman is killed. The Slanderscree arrives in Bra.s.s Monkey. The duKanes leave Tran-ky-ky. Ethan Fortune, Skua September, and Milliken Williams leave Bra.s.s Monkey to form the Union of Ice.

551 Flinx travels to Alaspin. Habib and Pocomchi die. Expedition to the Can-nachanna System in the Blight discov-ers the Anticollapsar Weapon.

552 Hur"rikku weapon creates a "rainbow star" from the collapsar near the Vel-vet Dam. Flinx returns to Moth. He meets Knigta Yakus, and accompa-nies him to a Hallowseye mine in Dead-Place-On-Map.

553 Flinx travels to Alaspin to release the young Minidrags. He rescues Clarity Held and accompanies her to Long- tunnel. The Sumacrea are discovered.

Flinx decides on his mission in life.

555 AAnn explorers in the Blight discover the Vom and transport it to Repler III. The Vom is destroyed by the Tar-Aiym Guardian and Flinx.

600 Five floating towns on Cachalot are destroyed by whales. An investigation leads to the discovery of the CansnuC.

c1530 Light from the Rainbow Star reaches Midworld.

12,550 Tunnel digging ends on Ulru-Ujurr. The planet shifts to a closer orbit of its sun.

c13,000 Current cold cycle ends; new warm cycle begins on Tran-ky-ky.

By Alan Dean Foster :Published by Ballantine Books: The Icenggger Trilogy ICERIGGER.

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ORPHAN STAR.

THE END OF THE MATTER.

FLINX IN FLUX.

MID-FLINX.

BLOODHYPE.

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