This document provides a comprehensive timeline and character reference for events during 2666-2667, focusing on Alastair McKenzie, Ty'Sii, Owen Rees, Christia Freeland, and Steven Harper.
2664
- The Archigos Experiment begins - Humanity's first attempt at hyperspace travel
- Experimental vessel Odysseus (later Archigos) conducts first hyperspace jump
- Ship crashes on Sooni colony world in Triangulum Galaxy (2.73 million lightyears from origin)
- Four crew members die on impact; eleven survive with Sooni intervention
- Survivors spend a year in Sooni space learning about their civilization and Focus abilities
2665
- The Return - LXS Archigos returns to League space
- Captain Alastair McKenzie leads damaged vessel back through hyperspace
- Approximately 200 Sooni Heretics flee with the human survivors
- McKenzie returns married to Nyana (Sooni Chosen, Heretic leader), with stepdaughter Glyse
- Nyana is pregnant with David McKenzie
- Survivors include: McKenzie, Owen Rees, Anthony Curtis, Keahi Mahoe, Dr. Tamsin Reza-Farouk
¶ 2666: Official Commissioning and Birth
Early 2666
- Archigos-class officially enters service as League naval ship class
- LXS Archigos (AR-1) undergoes major refit after trials during the Experiment
- McKenzie works to convince League Admiralty that the class is viable
- Construction begins on sister ships:
- LSS Medusa (AR-2) - Yard date 2666
- Additional Archigos-class vessels ordered
- Heretics establish Corona Noir Ki (CNK) Institute as front organization
- Led by "Dr. Rhae Canel" (actually Rhaenvaeh, a Grey scientist in Sooni disguise)
- Located in Corona Noir Ki system (site of artificial black hole from Archigos Experiment)
July 6, 2666
- David Alexander McKenzie born on Calysto
- First confirmed human-Sooni hybrid
- Son of Alastair McKenzie and Nyana McKenzie
- Born with extraordinary Focus abilities
Late 2666
- Archigos-class production accelerates
- McKenzie family adjusts to life back in League space
- Heretics remain largely hidden from general League population
- CNK Institute begins developing technology to help humanity survive potential Sooni invasion
¶ 2667: Task Force Daedalus and Tragedy
Early-Mid 2667
- Five initial Archigos-class ships completed:
- LSS Medusa (AR-2)
- LSS Stheno (AR-3)
- LSS Euryale (AR-4)
- LSS Lachesis (AR-5)
- Additional vessels
- Archigos-class gains mixed reputation
- Only LXS Archigos (AR-1) shows positive performance
- Other ships struggle with the class's complex doctrine
- Design seen as "overpowered" and "confused" by conventional captains
Mid 2667
- Task Force Daedalus formed and lost in a single day
- Secret battle deep in Freelance space
- League forces engage Terran ships (both fleets 20+ ships)
- LSS Lachesis lost with all hands during the engagement
- Near-total losses on both sides
- Battle covered up by both League and Terran governments
- All personnel listed as "missing in action"
- No recovery attempts made for ships or crews
- Reason for battle remains unexplained to this day
Late 2667
- The Medusa Incident
- Captain Tavish Gunn (secretly a Zealot infiltrator) kills entire crew
- Sets bomb in engineering before allegedly committing suicide
- One survivor found: a Petty Officer with both legs blown off
- The survivor is actually Tavish in disguise, having used forbidden Focus abilities
- After repairs and new crew assignment, ship experiences mysterious accidents and deaths
- Reactor goes critical, killing nearly entire second crew
- Ship eventually mothballed at Prometheus station
- Medusa gains reputation as "cursed ship"
End of 2667
- David McKenzie is 18 months old, already showing signs of exceptional Focus talent
- Heretic community establishes itself within League infrastructure
- Zealot infiltration continues undetected
- Archigos-class future uncertain due to mixed performance and tragedy
Age during 2666-2667: 33-35 years old (Born: December 11, 2632)
Status: Captain of LXS Archigos, New Father, Ship Architect
Background:
- Born on Calysto (League)
- Attended League Naval Academy (2650-2653)
- Roommates with Christia Freeland and Stephen Harper
- Developed undefined romantic relationship with Freeland
- Got into physical fight with Harper over Freeland (broken jaw)
- The three eventually reconciled and formed lasting bonds
- Naval Ship Engineer (2654-2660)
- Ship Architect (2660-2665)
- Designed the Archigos-class experimental vessel
- Led the Archigos Experiment (2664-2665)
- First human to learn Focus abilities from Sooni
- Married Nyana during escape from Sooni space
- Learned about Sooni civilization, religion, and the Heretic schism
Personal Situation in 2666-2667:
- Family: Married to Nyana McKenzie (Sooni Chosen, legendary warrior)
- Children:
- Glyse McKenzie (stepdaughter, ~10 years old, Sooni)
- David Alexander McKenzie (born July 6, 2666, human-Sooni hybrid)
- Relationships:
- When McKenzie returned from Archigos Experiment (2665) with wife and children, his undefined relationship with Christia Freeland ended
- Remained professional colleagues with both Freeland and Harper
- Close friendship with Owen Rees (his former XO)
- Developing command relationship with Ty'Sii Circean (transferred to Archigos in 2665)
- Challenges:
- Proving Archigos-class viability to skeptical Admiralty
- Protecting and integrating ~200 Sooni Heretics into League society
- Balancing family life with military/political responsibilities
- Preparing for potential Sooni invasion (that won't come for decades)
- Training in and mastering Focus abilities while maintaining human identity
Events Just Before:
- 2664-2665: Archigos Experiment - survived crash, learned Focus, fell in love, became father figure to Glyse
- 2665: Led damaged ship and 200 refugees 2.73 million lightyears home through hyperspace
Events Just After:
- 2668-2675: Continues as Captain of LXS Archigos
- 2675-2682: Transitions to administrative/intelligence roles
- 2680: Nyana assassinated by Zealot Zaine - devastating personal loss
- 2682-2695: Head of Naval Intelligence
- 2690-2695: Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs
- Late 2680s-early 2690s: Grows closer to Christia Freeland again after Nyana's death
- 2695: Survives The Fall (Sooni assassinations); becomes key leader in aftermath
Age during 2666-2667: 82-84 years old (Born: December 17, 2583) - still relatively young for Lyndri
Status: Lieutenant Commander, newly transferred to LXS Archigos
Background:
- Born on Lynder (Lyndri homeworld)
- Species: Lyndri (long-lived, four-armed, compound eyes, natural agility)
- Attended League Officer Academy on Chalcedon
- Graduated 2658 (age 75)
- Met Owen Rees when he was a teaching instructor and she was 15
- Served aboard LSS Topkapi (Versailles-class carrier) as Lieutenant JG (2658-2665)
- Spent seven years working her way up the ranks
- Fought institutional bias against non-humans in League military
- Known for exceptional tactical thinking and leadership potential
Personal Situation in 2666-2667:
- Transfer: Joined LXS Archigos crew in 2665 as Lieutenant Commander
- Command: Serving under Captain Alastair McKenzie
- Challenges:
- Adjusting to experimental ship with unique doctrine
- Working with Sooni Heretics (unprecedented in League military)
- Continuing to prove herself despite species prejudice
- Learning from McKenzie's unconventional command style
- Relationships:
- Professional relationship with Owen Rees evolving (knew him from Academy)
- Developing respect for McKenzie's leadership and vision
- Integrating with mixed human-Sooni crew environment
Events Just Before:
- 2658-2665: Steady advancement aboard LSS Topkapi
- 2665: Transfer to LXS Archigos (likely McKenzie requested skilled, unconventional officers)
Events Just After:
- 2665-2668: Rises to Commander under McKenzie on Archigos
- 2668: Promoted to Captain, commanding LSS Megaera (Ares-class)
- One of the first non-human League captains
- Relatively rapid promotion (10 years from graduation to captainship)
- Later commands LSS Alhambra (Versailles-class) as First Officer before Megaera
- Relationship with Owen Rees deepens over the years
- Becomes prominent figure in League Navy, helping break barriers for non-human officers
Age during 2666-2667: 28-29 years old (Born: 2638)
Status: Former XO of Archigos Experiment, adjusting to post-exile life
Background:
- Born in New Birmingham, People's Republic of Terra (defected to League)
- Attended League Officer Academy on Chalcedon
- Served as teaching instructor while in Academy
- Met young cadet Ty'Sii Circean (she was 15, he was instructor)
- Served as Executive Officer during Archigos Experiment (2664-2665)
- Survived Odysseus crash in Sooni space
- Spent year in exile on Sooni colony world
- Naturally resistant to Focus abilities (unusual trait)
- Developed relationship with Mhéire (Sooni linguist)
- Known for brutal honesty and strategic intelligence
- Returned to League space in 2665 with survivors and Heretics
Personal Situation in 2666-2667:
- Status: Likely serving on LXS Archigos crew or in related position
- Challenges:
- Readjusting to League military culture after year in Sooni society
- Processing trauma from crash, deaths of crewmates, and exile
- Navigating relationship with Mhéire in new context
- Supporting McKenzie through family/command challenges
- Dealing with being "Focus-resistant" (valuable but isolating trait)
- Relationships:
- Close friendship and professional partnership with Alastair McKenzie
- Romantic relationship with Mhéire developing
- Reconnecting with Ty'Sii Circean (now a colleague, not a student)
- Part of tight-knit group of Archigos Experiment survivors
Events Just Before:
- 2664-2665: Archigos Experiment as XO
- Survived crash and year-long exile
- Learned about Sooni culture, religion, and Focus
- Witnessed rise of Heretic movement
- Served alongside ~200 Sooni civilians during exodus
Events Just After:
- Eventually becomes Captain of LXS Archigos after McKenzie moves to intelligence
- Continues close working relationship with McKenzie through 2680s-2690s
- Relationship with Ty'Sii Circean deepens over decades
- February 2695: Killed by Zealot assassin just before Battle of Tel'Erani
- Part of The Fall (coordinated Sooni assassinations)
- Died protecting what he helped build
¶ Christia Freeland
Age during 2666-2667: Approximately 33-35 years old (contemporary of McKenzie)
Status: League Naval Officer, Former Lover of Alastair McKenzie
Background:
- Attended League Naval Academy (2650-2653)
- Roommates with Alastair McKenzie and Stephen Harper
- Developed romantic relationship with McKenzie (undefined/complicated)
- Also had romantic tension with Harper
- McKenzie and Harper fought physically over her (McKenzie got broken jaw)
- Sister died in shuttle accident; McKenzie supported her through grief
- This deepened her relationship with McKenzie but remained "undefined"
- The three eventually reconciled and formed lasting professional bonds
- Naval career (specific positions 2653-2666 not detailed in current wiki)
- Rose through ranks steadily (reaches Fleet Admiral by 2692)
Personal Situation in 2666-2667:
- Status: Likely mid-rank officer (Lieutenant Commander or Commander)
- Personal Impact:
- When McKenzie returned from Archigos Experiment (2665) with wife Nyana and children (Glyse and soon David), their undefined romantic relationship ended
- Adjusting to McKenzie being married with family
- Processing end of long-standing romantic possibility
- Maintaining professional relationship with McKenzie and Harper
- Career: Continuing steady advancement in League Navy
- Challenges:
- Watching McKenzie's extraordinary rise and circumstances from outside
- Balancing personal feelings with professional respect
- Likely unaware of full scope of Archigos Experiment revelations (classified)
Events Just Before:
- Pre-2664: Undefined romantic relationship with McKenzie
- 2653-2664: Professional military career, possibly serving near McKenzie
- Sister's death and McKenzie's support (specific date unknown)
Events Just After:
- Late 2660s-2680s: Continues rising through ranks
- 2680: Nyana McKenzie assassinated - creates opening for renewed closeness
- Late 2680s-early 2690s: Grows closer to Alastair McKenzie again after Nyana's death
- By 2692: Fleet Admiral Christia Freeland, member of Joint Chiefs
- Serves alongside Vice Chairman McKenzie
- Professional and personal relationship rebuilt
- 2695: Status during/after The Fall unknown (not mentioned in current wiki)
Note: No dedicated character file exists for Christia Freeland in the current wiki. All information comes from references in Alastair McKenzie's character file.
Age during 2666-2667: Approximately 33-35 years old (contemporary of McKenzie and Freeland)
Status: League Naval Officer, Former Rival and Friend of Alastair McKenzie
Background:
- Attended League Naval Academy (2650-2653)
- Roommates with Alastair McKenzie and Christia Freeland
- Had romantic feelings for Christia Freeland
- Fought with McKenzie over Freeland (gave McKenzie a broken jaw)
- The three eventually reconciled and formed lasting professional bonds
- Naval career (specific positions 2653-2666 not detailed in current wiki)
Personal Situation in 2666-2667:
- Status: Unknown specific position (likely mid-rank League officer)
- Relationships:
- Professional colleague of both McKenzie and Freeland
- Likely maintains friendship despite early rivalry
- Status of feelings for Freeland unknown
- Context:
- Part of the Academy trio's professional network
- Likely serving in League Navy during this period
- May or may not be aware of full Archigos Experiment details (classified)
Events Just Before:
- 2650-2653: League Naval Academy with McKenzie and Freeland
- 2653-2666: Unknown naval career progression
Events Just After:
- Unknown - no further mentions in current wiki
- Presumably continues League Navy career
- Professional relationship with McKenzie and Freeland maintained through Joint Chiefs era (implied)
Note: No dedicated character file exists for Steven Harper in the current wiki. All information comes from brief references in Alastair McKenzie's character file. He is listed as both "Steven" and "Stephen" in different mentions.
Role in 2666-2667: Engineer, Heretic Community Member
- Species: Human (League)
- Served as Engineer's Assistant during Archigos Experiment
- Survived crash and year in Sooni space
- Returned with Heretics in 2665
- Expert in legacy systems and pre-IW4 constructors
- Living among Heretic community during this period
- Technical documentation skills prove invaluable decades later
- Later serves on Tisiphone
Role in 2666-2667: Security Specialist, Military Advisor to Heretics
- Species: Human (Hawaiian descent, League)
- Served as Security Officer during Archigos Experiment
- Survived crash through Sooni Focus healing
- Primary military advisor to Heretic community (~200 Sooni civilians)
- Developing training programs combining human tactics with Sooni Focus abilities
- Philosophy: "No one can stop you if you give it everything you've got"
- By 2692: Executive Officer to General Fernando Gabeira
Role in 2666-2667: Physicist, Sooni Technology Specialist
- Species: Human (Egyptian descent, League)
- Sexual Identity: Lesbian
- Mission Specialist during Archigos Experiment
- Expert in gravitics physics and hyperspace communications
- Survived crash and temporal imprisonment (experienced closed time-like curves)
- Skeptical of Sooni religious beliefs ("heathen" among Heretics)
- Romantic relationship with Fìona (Sooni engineer) developing during 2666-2667
- Working closely with Rhaenvaeh Canel (Grey scientist disguised as Sooni)
- Later loses Fìona to Zealot Zaine at Temple of Banan-ache-iuil
Role in 2666-2667: Heretic Leader, New Mother, McKenzie's Wife
- Species: Sooni Chosen (legendary warrior caste)
- Leader of approximately 200 Heretic refugees
- Married to Alastair McKenzie (married during 2665 exodus)
- Mother to Glyse McKenzie (~10 years old in 2666)
- Mother to David Alexander McKenzie (born July 6, 2666)
- Training Alastair in Focus abilities
- Navigating life in human society while maintaining Heretic community
- 2680: Assassinated by Zealot Zaine - devastating loss for McKenzie and Heretics
- Population: ~200 Sooni refugees from Othala Colony
- Leadership: Nyana McKenzie (Chosen, military/spiritual leader)
- Legal Status: Unclear - likely classified League secret
- Location: Associated with LXS Archigos and CNK Institute
- Theology: Believe in free will vs. Sooni Council's doctrine of ordained destiny
- Challenge: Integrating into human society while maintaining identity
- Threat: Zealot infiltrators seeking to eliminate "blasphemers"
- Founded: 2665-2666 as front for Heretic operations
- Leader: "Dr. Rhae Canel" (actually Rhaenvaeh, a Grey scientist in Sooni disguise)
- Nyana used Focus to transform Rhaenvaeh's appearance
- Location: Corona Noir Ki system (artificial black hole site)
- Purpose:
- Legitimate research into hyperspace, gravitics, and advanced physics
- Secret development of technology to help humanity survive Sooni invasion
- Cover for Heretic community activities
- By 2669: Building civilian ships like Ex Nihilo
- Leadership: Zaine (Sàen) - demonstrates forbidden abilities
- Theology: View human-Sooni contact as ultimate blasphemy
- Methods: Infiltration, assassination, sabotage
- Known Actions:
- Captain Tavish Gunn (Medusa) - infiltrator who killed entire crew
- Long-term sleeper agents throughout human space
- Planning for The Fall (2695 coordinated assassinations)
- Goal: Prevent human "contamination" of Sooni purity
- Design: Overpowered, complex doctrine requiring exceptional commanders
- Performance: Only LXS Archigos (AR-1) under McKenzie shows positive results
- Reputation: "Money sink," "confused design," hard to command
- Issue: Built to fight Sooni, but invasion doesn't come (yet)
- Average captains struggle with gravitic plasma lance and advanced systems
- By 2680: Class-wide refit ordered (stripped weapons, replaced with grazers)
- When: Mid-2667
- Where: Deep in Freelance space (secret location)
- What: League vs. Terran engagement (both fleets 20+ ships)
- Outcome: Near-total losses on both sides
- Cover-up: Both governments declared all personnel "missing in action"
- No recovery: Ships and crews abandoned as debris field
- Why: Reason for battle remains unexplained
- Later: Salvaged by Emelyn Achenson in 2682
- LSS Lachesis becomes FMS Spring's Endeavour
- League-Terran Relations: Cold War continuing post-IW6 (ended 2642)
- Sooni Unknown: General League population unaware of Sooni existence
- Archigos Classified: Full details of Experiment remain secret
- Admiralty Skepticism: McKenzie fighting to prove Archigos-class worth
- Military Doctrine: League still adapting to post-IW6 reality
- Ty'Sii Circean promoted to Captain - commanding LSS Megaera (Ares-class)
- Significant milestone: one of first non-human League captains
- Rapid rise from graduation (2658) to captainship (10 years)
- Additional Archigos-class ships built despite mixed reputation
- CNK Institute launches Ex Nihilo - civilian ship design
- Heretic community continues growing/establishing itself
- Revelation-class launched - new League ship design
- Likely incorporates lessons from Archigos-class
- More conventional doctrine for average captains
- McKenzie transitions from ship command to intelligence/administrative roles
- Archigos-class continues mixed service record
- Zealot infiltration deepens undetected
- Nyana McKenzie assassinated by Zealot Zaine
- Devastating personal loss for Alastair
- Major blow to Heretic community leadership
- David McKenzie (age 14) loses his mother
- Archigos-class refit ordered
- Gravitic plasma lance removed
- Replaced with more conventional grazers
- Attempt to make class more user-friendly
- New parenthood in extraordinary circumstances (McKenzie family)
- Undefined relationships ending (McKenzie/Freeland/Harper triangle)
- Cultural integration (Heretics in human society)
- Trauma and readjustment (Archigos Experiment survivors)
- Interspecies relationships (human-Sooni, human-Lyndri)
- Proving unconventional ideas (Archigos-class viability)
- Institutional bias (Ty'Sii as non-human officer)
- Secret keeping (Sooni existence, Archigos Experiment details)
- Mysterious tragedies (Task Force Daedalus, Medusa incident)
- Infiltration and paranoia (Zealot sleeper agents)
- Hyperspace travel revolutionizing galactic reach
- Focus abilities as unprecedented power
- Human-Sooni hybridization proving possible
- Advanced weapons (gravitic plasma lance) ahead of doctrine
- CNK Institute research preparing for future threats
- The cost of being first (McKenzie as pioneer/leader)
- Found family (Heretic community, Archigos survivors)
- Sacrifice for greater good (Heretics' exile, survivors' burden)
- Secrets and lies (government cover-ups, classified knowledge)
- Preparing for war that hasn't come yet (Sooni invasion decades away)
- Christia Freeland: No dedicated character file, limited details about 2666-2667 activities
- Steven Harper: No dedicated character file, minimal references after Academy
- Daily life: How do Heretics actually live in League space?
- David's childhood: What was it like growing up as first human-Sooni hybrid?
- Task Force Daedalus: Why did the battle happen? Who ordered it?
- Political details: How was Archigos Experiment revelation handled at government level?
- How visible are the Heretics to general League population?
- What is McKenzie's specific role/rank in 2666-2667?
- Where does Owen Rees serve during this period?
- How does Freeland react to McKenzie's marriage and family?
- What is Harper doing during this time?
- How does League Admiralty really feel about Archigos-class?
- When do Zealot infiltrations actually begin?
- How is David McKenzie's hybrid nature kept secret (or is it)?
Information compiled from:
Note: Christia Freeland and Steven Harper do not have dedicated character files in the current wiki. Information about them comes solely from mentions in Alastair McKenzie's character file.
Last Updated: 2025-10-31