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−	~~== After 2669.183 ==~~
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−	~~'''Tidbits from CIC's WC Information Center about 2669 yet not precisely dated:'''~~
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−	~~Cloaking requires the use of a crystal that has a limited life.~~
−	~~The first Confed Stealth Fighter prototype was unveiled in the Selyan Sector at the 2669 GCM competition.~~
−	~~It featured an integral MX-27BC guided-proton warhead.~~
−	~~Stealth gear was used on the Light Smuggler (Bannockburn) is intended to be used for short periods of time.~~
−	~~It is a huge drain on the ship's energy and sending a narrow band translight pulse required dropping out of stealth.~~
−	~~The Kilrathi seemed not to be able to detect the Bannockburn.~~
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−	~~In 2669 a Confederation solar shadow ring station in the Trafalgar System observed a jump point formation inside~~
−	~~the Tanhauser nebula. Due to the potential strategic value of such a discovery, the CID classified all information~~
−	~~gathered on the occurrence.~~

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	the Tanhauser nebula. Due to the potential strategic value of such a discovery, the CID classified all information		the Tanhauser nebula. Due to the potential strategic value of such a discovery, the CID classified all information
	gathered on the occurrence.		gathered on the occurrence.
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−	~~== 2670 ==~~
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−	~~Fearing a military coup by the Belisarius Group, the Confederation scrambles to reduce its armed forces.~~
−	~~False Colors~~
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−	~~The Senate requires that the number of fighter squadrons be cut by one-third. Adm. Geoffrey Tolwyn works~~
−	~~around the requirement by raising the number of fighters in an average squadron from ten back to the~~
−	~~pre-war level of sixteen. In response, the Senate demands that the 40-series carriers be scrapped and~~
−	~~that 11,000 military personnel are dropped from active duty.~~
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−	~~The Terran Confederation military begins a downsizing program. Moonbase Tycho’s complement is reduced~~
−	~~to one quarter of its wartime strength.~~
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−	~~The Free Republic of the Landreich begins buying surplus warships from the Terran Confederation.~~
−	~~A special team for reviewing and refitting ships as quickly as possible is formed.~~
−	~~Four light cruisers, including the TCS Andromache (FRLS Thermistocles), are purchased – as are three escort carriers,~~
−	~~including the TCS Tarawa (FRLS Independence) and the TCS Saipan (FRLS Arbroath).~~
−	~~The third (second purchased) escort carrier is named FRLS Magna Carta.~~
−	~~The nation also begins recruiting notable Confederation officers.~~
−	~~Adm. Richards ostensibly retires from Terran Confederation Naval Intelligence to serve as part of the core~~
−	~~leadership for President Kruger’s expanding post-war navy.~~

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	2669.007 Grayson Burrows arrives to Troy, Gemini, claims his Tarsus		2669.007 Grayson Burrows arrives to Troy, Gemini, claims his Tarsus
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−	~~== Confed's Opening Gambit ==~~
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−	~~Wonder Chicken:~~
−	~~During the first few months, the first Terran attacks were by raider units.~~
−	~~One of the four Lexington-class carriers destroyed in the Battle of Terra~~
−	~~was deemed salvageable and had been modified into a self-sustaining raider.~~
−	~~This ship, christened the Lexington, and the Confederation's majority of their~~
−	~~escort carriers were pooled together to act as the vanguard for the next~~
−	~~Confederation war strategy. Familiar with the success of the escort carrier~~
−	~~a few years past, ConFed High Command finally pooled the CVE raider units in~~
−	~~their own major command, the 19th Battle Fleet. Under the command of Admiral~~
−	~~Price Hancock, these raider ships were delegated into Recon-in-Force guerilla~~
−	~~units and were sent independently of the front line to attack rear-echelon~~
−	~~facilities and other secondary logistical resources. But unlike a few years~~
−	~~past, these behind-the-lines strike missions were stopped cold. The Kilrathi~~
−	~~were waiting for the CVEs with their reserve Snakier II-class carriers and~~
−	~~their new class of Dubav-class light carriers. These Kilrathi forces well~~
−	~~outnumbered the CVE forces, and many Recon-In-Force units never reported back~~
−	~~to HQ.~~

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	== First a bit of 2668... ==		== First a bit of 2668... ==
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−	~~BATTLE OF TERRA~~
−	~~With their fleets back up to full strength, bolstered by the first~~
−	~~fleet of Hakaga-class supercarriers, the Kilrathi strike deep into~~
−	~~Confederation space. Warsaw, Gilead, and Sirius Prime are~~
−	~~bombed with radiation warheads, even as the Kilrathi brush~~
−	~~aside Confederation's hastily assembled defenses and reach~~
−	~~Earth. Despite the suicidal bravery of Earth's defenders, the~~
−	~~Kilrathi are able to bombard crucial defense centers on the~~
−	~~planet - Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, Miami, Quebec, Berlin,~~
−	~~Paris, Kiev, and others - before they are finally forced to~~
−	~~withdraw to friendly space as a result of daring Marines, who~~
−	~~land aboard several Kilrathi vessels, including the Kilrathi~~
−	~~flagship, and destroy them with thermonuclear mines.~~
−	~~(Novel Fleet Action) Aftermath of the Battle of Earth~~
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−	~~''About the Landreich, False Colors says,''~~
−	~~President Maximilian Kruger becomes a galactic hero for his actions at Earth.~~
−	~~The Terran Confederation establishes a diplomatic presence in the Free Republic of the Landreich~~
−	~~and assigns a naval garrison to the sector, which includes the TCS Juneau and the TCS Dover.~~
−	~~Ambassador Phelps is dispatched to the region. The Landreich itself expands to include fourteen~~
−	~~colony worlds and twenty parsecs of space.~~
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	Wonder Chicken's well written introduction to 2669:		Wonder Chicken's well written introduction to 2669:

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 ''A merging of various sources including:''
 * ''Wonder Chicken's exquisitely well written '' [http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1689246 '''post BOA situation''']
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 * ''...and, of course, '' [http://www.wcnews.com/encyclopedia/timeline.php?section=all|'''the CIC Timeline''']
 * plus some creative storytelling and flights of fancy based on our [[MOD:WCU:PrivRFstory|''Privateer Dissection'']]

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-.245 The TCS Behemoth meets TCS Victory in Torgo
+.245
-.247 The Confederation field-tests Behemoth; it successfully destroys planet Loki IV
+.247
-.249 Behemoth and Victry enter Kilrah, Behemoth is attacked and destroyed, Victory retreats
+.247
-.262 Confederation's tests of the Temblor Bomb are successful.
+.251
-.267 The Kilrathi home planet Kilrah is destroyed in an attack consisting of four Excalibur fighters,
+.256
-Melek surrenders to Colonel Christopher Blair who led the attack on Kilrah.
+.260
-Wing Commander III, KS Calendar
+.262 Confederation's tests of the Temblor Bomb are successful.
-== After Treaty of Torgo ==
-Melek declares himself Chancellor and forms a caretaker government in order to negotiate with the Terran
+.27x?
-orbit and spends the next year fighting off attacks from other warlords and forces loyal to Melek.
+== After Treaty of Torgo ==

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 * 2 carriers must remain at Sol
 * The other 7 may join 7th Fleet and take defensive positions while awaiting target list drafted by Congress
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 ground at a Perry, for it to serve as base of operations of the 19th Fleet
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 .209 The "Retro Informant" becomes the new leader of the Church of Man
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-.217 Platolum is a laser and durasteel shard proof alloy discovered on Ghorah Khar during excavations of the
+.217
+ Platolum is a laser and durasteel shard proof alloy discovered on Ghorah Khar during excavations of the
-old Kilrathi base. Bryce Alloys found it when they found argonized platinum containers storing Xanius Moloride.
+ old Kilrathi base. Bryce Alloys found it when they found argonized platinum containers storing Xanius Moloride.
+ The Xanius Molaride emitted above-infrared rays that contacted nickel-cadmium generators. The rays plus nickel
-The Xanius Molaride emitted above-infrared rays that contacted nickel-cadmium generators. The rays plus nickel
+ made a new alloy. We're not sure if the platinum containers were involved, but the name seems to imply it.
+ In the month of 2669.217, the alloys made an appearance on the UNXhange market.
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 '''From here on down is from the Area 51 timeline -- will need to flesh out:'''
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 KS Calendar
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 Wing Commander III, KS Calendar