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| Year | Event (Italics indicates a published comic, Larger Font indicates a fanfic story, Brown Text indicates that fanfic story is not yet published.) |
| 1984 | Justice Machine
#1 Comico Blazer is 18. |
| 1983 | Research Central
develops Blazer's containment suit. Mitrian Fynn (Blazer) joins the Justice Machine Enemy (Challenger vs Challenger Robot, Justice Machine #3, Comico) Justice Machine vs. the Elementals 1-4 Comico MiniSeries Tana Mose(Darkforce) is 8 |
| 1982 | Diviner rejoins the
Justice Machine Government accountant Geunther Reicht caught in an duotronic explosion which transfroms him into Id, an energy being with telepathic capabilites. Chief Prosecutor Zarren reinstitues the Guardians, with a somewhat different mission. The Guardians will focus mostly on combatting internal threats such as the Underground, while the Justice Machine will focus on external threats. Zarren recruits Id, Monolith and Crusader as members of the Guardians. |
| 1981 | During the 'Vogel
Occupation', Demon's addiction to Edge almost gets the Justice Machine
killed. Demon goes into a forced rehab program for a month. What
Haunts a Demon? |
| 1980 | Blazer's
power manifests. Rhys Conrad killed in Academy training exercise. Diviner quits the Justice Machine. Maxinor 'invents' the Dimensional Lock, then defects. Council Central orders that Robert Maxinor's vocal cords be removed. Masha Fynn (the Flame) driven into dementia by delayed effects of Research Central experiments performed on her before Mitrian's birth, plus the shock of Mitran's problems controlling her powers Tana Mose fakes her death and begins constructing the Darkforce Armor. Challenger begins spending all his 'free' time in the gym, where he meets and befriends another gym rat, Dirk Patrick. Under Challenger's tutalage, Patrick begins to develop the superheroic identity of Crusader. |
| 1979 | Justice Machine: Challenges Acts 1 and 3 Dynamor retires. Lionheart adventure (Justice Machine #13, Comico, January 1988). Jerks Night Out Dirk Patrick graduates from the Academy, the youngest graduate since Jaiime Conrad. He is assigned to the security team at Council Central. |
| 1978 | Talisman
joins the Justice Machine Council Central begins training Tana Mose for a leadership role in the Justice Machine |
| 1977 | Gabel
Nevin (Demon) and Tessei Molleng a-Conrad (Diviner) join the Justice
Machine Challenger makes Tessei second-in-command. |
| 1976 | Research
Central completes the more powerful sensory apparatus for Tessei
Molleng (her cape) |
| 1975 | Siembieda
Uprising. Jemin Osk (Titan) joins the Justice Machine. Ragna and Ramman Conrad taken into Government care on their third birthday Jaiime Conrad suggests to Research Central that they develop more powerful sensory gear for Tessei, hoping that her sensory powers can approximate the tactical advantage Descry used to provide the Justice Machine Tana Mose, genetically modified by Research Central to be a supergenius, is born. |
| 1973 |
Jerek Renain
killed by a street gang. Gabel Nevin invents the Demon costume, then slaughters the street gang who killed his adoptive father. He is captured by the Justice Machine, and is forced into the Academy where he develops his identity as Demon (What Haunts a Demon?) |
| 1972 | Ragna and
Ramman Conrad born. Rhys Conrad taken into Government care on his third birthday Gabel Nevin fights and defeats Karnak of the Lightning Fists in the Arena. He refuses to kill Karnak as the crowd demands. This defiance gets him beaten up and thrown out on the streets. Jerek Renain adopts Gabel Nevin and begins teaching him Kild'Rell, the martial art used by the Georwellian military |
| 1971 |
Monolith
becomes
a
Hero
of
the
Imperium
for
his actions in the Burgess
Subjugation, the military conquest of one of the former Rim Worlds. |
| 1969 | Chief
Prosecutor Barez tried for treason and executed. Zarren promoted to
Chief Prosecutor. Rhys Conrad born. |
| 1968 | Jaiime
Conrad and Tessei Molleng get married. |
| 1967 | Challenger
disobeys an order by Zaren. Zarren blinded in one eye in resulting
action. Zarren removed from JM Leadership position and transferred to
the staff of Chief Prosecutors Barez. Challenger assumes leadership of Justice Machine. Dynamor joins the Justice Machine. |
| 1966 | Justice
Machine and a batallion of Terror Troopers involved in the Golding
Occupation, a minor military action in the Wyndham system. Mitrian Fynn (Blazer) born. Gabel Nevin's abusive father kills his mother, and Gabel runs away. Maxinor is a research assistant on the Dynamor project and improves the Energizer by making it less powerful. He is transferred off the project again before completing it Research Central project gives Dynamor her powers, using the incompletely modified Energizer. The Burgess Subjugation begins, as Georwell invades one of the former Rim Worlds. |
| 1965 | Light-Wave
tells
Jemin
Osk
that
his
father
has
died
in
the
Rim
Wars.
Events in the Rim Wars - see Justice Machine #9, Comico Light-Wave goes missing on a deep space mission. Challenger, the Haunt, the Flame and Feral invade the Rim World capital Challenger and the Flame have an affair Rim Wars end. Research Central experiments on the pregnant Masha Fynn to increase the power of her unborn baby (RC claims that they are trying to find out why her powers have vanished.) Jaiime Conrad spends a lot of time at RC, meets Tessei Molleng Light-Wave is miraculously discovered unharmed Masha Fynn (the Flame) and Light Wave retire Robert Maxinor (Youthquake) born Arndo Zarren transferred from Terror Troopers to lead Justice Machine. |
| 1964 | Giant shot on an
asteroid. Coqurl Maxinor transferred to Super Powers Division of Research Central and assigned to Dynamor Project Tessei Molleng begins working at Research Central, hoping to help other people who have problems similar to her own |
| 1962 | Simon Spears creates robot Justice Machine (Riddle of the Robot Justice Machine (not written yet) referred to in Justice Machine #3, Comico). This story takes place during a temporary lull in the Rim Wars. |
| 1960 |
Dirk
Patrick
(Crusader)
born |
| 1957 | Gabel
Nevin (Demon) born on the planet Pragasus 38. |
| 1956 | Mother of
Ivar and Jemin Osk dies, from complications due to drugs injected by
Research Central while she was pregnant, drugs intended to give her
babies super powers. |
| 1954 | Light-Wave
and the Flame married. Rim Wars begin. Antol Osk - Steadfast (uncle to Titan) killed in Rim Wars |
| 1952 | Coqurl Maxinor joins Research Central |
| 1951 | Jemin Osk
(Titan) born More heroes, currently unknown, join the Justice Machine (and later die in the Rim Wars) |
| 1950 | Ivar Osk (Monolith)
born Alyza Hobon awakens in a hospital on Kurrnegut, recovering from horrible injuries and with no memory of her past. |
| 1949 | Justice Machine: Challenges Act 2 Jaiime Conrad's first mission with the JM Ylzy Obanon (first Challenger) missing in action. Jaiime Conrad adopts the code name Challenger Fricton, Icer, Steadfast and Farad join the Justice Machine |
| 1948 | Jaiime
Conrad joins the Justice Machine. First acts of nahman aggression vs humans on Kurrnegut start of the First Human Kurrnegut War (First War) Ivar Osk (Monolith), older brother of Jemin Osk (Titan) born Jerek Renain allowed to retire from the military. He moves to Pragasus-38. |
| 1947 | Tessei Molleng born
with a dysfunctional nervous system in Nakluna on Georwell.
Research Central implants receivers in her brain which can receive
sensory information transmitted by sensors imbedded in her clothing. Council Central approves Prosecutor Barez's plan to improve the training of Georwell's military. Rad retires from the Justice Machine, and the spinners promote a romance between Light- Wave and the Flame. Squad of nahman-form robots sent to Kurnnegut. Robot Master escapes from custody of Prosecutor Barez. |
| 1946 | Justice Machine
battles The Trio of Terror (not written yet). Barez advances to the office of Chief Prosecutor of Georwell after assassinating his predecessor. Simon Spears opens Unlimited Servants, Robots and Mechanical Men and becomes known as the Robot Master Terror Troopers close US Robots and Mechanical Men, Spears arrested for Treason Simon Spears, aka the Robot Master, recruited by Prosecutor Barez. |
| 1945 | Masha
Fynn (the Flame) joins the Justice Machine. Jerek Renain recalled to active duty in the military, assigned to teach martial arts at the Academy. |
|
1944 |
Talisman born and orphaned |
| 1939 | Tyvain Sithlam/Batterstar fakes her death, establishes her identity as Ylzy Obanon, the first Challenger |
| 1938 | Lionheart
'retires' from the Justice Machine to Zamyatin. He is only 5 times as
strong as a human and can no longer fly or emit electro-beams, but is
still invulnerable. He is stationed on Zamyatin to provide security for
the secret weapons station there. |
| 1934 |
Jerek
Renain
retires
from DIII. He takes a position teaching
martial arts at the Police Academy in Martel. |
| 1933 | Coqurl Maxinor born. |
| 1932 |
Chief
Prosecutor
Bettan
is
accused
of
trying
to build a private army around
the Guardians. Bettan and the Guardians are all executed. |
| 1930 | Jaiime
Conrad (Challenger) born. |
| 1929 | Events from Justice
Machine: A Day in the Life Lionheart replaced by Batterstart as leader of the Justice Machine. Energizer prototype developed by Research Central, implanted in a spider monkey, SpiderMonk battles the Justice Machine until subdued by Lionheart. The scientist who invented the Energizer implants a full-scale version in herself and dies horribly. The Justice Machine adopts SpiderMonk as a mascot. Dewantay Seysa is tried for treason as a leader of the Rebel Underground. |
| 1928 |
Lionheart
undergoes experimental treatment by Research Central in an effort to
restore his powers. He begins making poor command decisions. Research Central blames his declining mental facilities on his advancing age. |
| 1926 | Masha Fynn (the Flame) born |
| 1924 |
Girval
Bettan
is
promoted
to
the
position
of
Chief Prosecutor of Georwell after proving that the former
Chieft Prosecutor was plotting treason against the Imperium. As one of his first acts of office, Chief Prosecutor Bettan creates the Guardians, a second team of government heroes. The Guardians are sort of like a 'second shift' for the Justice Machine - the Machine deals with crises during their shift (early am until late evening) and the Guardians the rest of the day. All members of the Guardian team are appointed by Bettan. |
| 1920 |
Arndo Zarren born. He will eventually lead the Justice Machine for a short time after Light-Wave retires, and then become the Chief Prosecutor of Georwell, replacing Prosecutor Barez. |
| 1919 | Former Councilor Number 10 invents the super-hero identity of Tyvain Sithlam/Batterstar and joins the Justice Machine. |
| 1910 |
Former
Councilor
Number
10
joins
the
staff
of
the
Citadel
of Justice as a
hypersonic flier Alert Pilot. |
| 1908 | Councilor Number 10 of the Council fakes her death; Council of 10 renamed to Council Central with 9 members. |
| 1905 | Pestul Barez born. He
will eventually become the Chief Prosecutor of Georwell. Acting on information obtained by Jerek Renain, Colonel Dewantay Seysa and his batallion of Terror Troopers conqueror Imbrourkericealdus, the capital city of the Planetary Collective of Erwhon. Erwhon capitulates and Seysa is awarded the Order of Orge, Silver Cluster, the highest award given to living members of the military. Erwhon is the home to a race of intelligent beings called felinoids, descended from cat-like predators. The Iron Boot, the flagship of the Erwhon invasion fleet, vanishes with all hands. The Iron Boot was packed with treasures gathered during the looting of Imbrourkericealdus. |
| 1904 |
Jerek Renain
sent to Erwhon. |
| 1903 |
Jerek Renain
completes his training as a spy. The Erwhon Annexation campaign begins. |
| 1897 |
Jerek Renain
enters the military service of Georwell, not quite voluntarily. He
undergoes rigorous physical and mental testing and is selected for the
Department of Intelligence, Investigation and Interrogation. |
| 1882 |
Jerek Renain born on Elothsigur, formerly part of the Interstellar Kingdom of Zheng. |
| 1880 |
Council
of
9
becomes
Council
of
10
as
Chief
Prosecutor
Benyev
is
offered
the
new
Council
seat. |
| 1879 |
Conquest of
Zheng Interstellar Kingdom. One of the client planets to the Zheng
Kingdom was the home of the Wolven, a race of beings descended from
wolf-like predators. The (future) Justice Machine member Feral is
wolven. |
| 1867 |
Backed
by
a
small
cabal
of
trusted
aides
equipped
in
powered
combat
armor,
Scientist
First
Ulain
Benyev unifies all Georwell militia and civilian
peace-keeping foreces under her control as Chief Prosecutor of the
Georwell Imperium. |
| 1865 |
Scientist
Third
Benyev
invents
powered
combat
armor. |
| 1863 |
Lionheart
born |
| 1850 |
Brown
Slasher
Kit
Girl,
now
known
as
Ulain
Benyev,
joins
Research
Central. |
| 1776 | A cabal of rebels captures the Emperor, and convinces him to set up a Council, with himself as Number 1. Council of 6 is born, eventually grows to become the Council of 10. Councilors institute research into life extension techniques. |
| 1567 |
Beortsh
conquest
ends,
Beortsh
becomes
the
first
extrasolar
planet
in
the
Georwelliu
Imperium Brown Slasher Kit Woman adopts the name of Uillian Raynebenyve and immigrates to Georwell. She spends the next 300 years roaming the Imperium (and other nearby star systems) in a variety of identities. |
| 1544 |
Georwell
conquest
of
Beortsh
begins. |
| 1500 |
First
Georwellian FTL Spaceship (based on stolen design) |
| 1484 |
Georwell
visited by Aliens |
| 1453 |
Brown
Slasher
Kit
Girl,
later
Brown
Slasher
Kit
Woman
(BiSKit
for
short),
born
on
Beortsh
in
a civilization similar to that of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy
(Iroquois)
on
Earth.
She apparently stops aging at around 27 years old. She is afflicted
with the berserker rage, and once she discovers this, becomes outcast.
She wanders Beortsh, becoming a master of many different martial arts
systems in a search for a way to control her gangr. |
| 1414 |
First Man on
another planet in the Georwell system. |
| 1394 | Conquest of Third Continent by the Empire is completed, planet renamed Georwell |
| 1350 |
First Man to
reach one of Georwell's Moons. |
| 1320 |
First Single
Stage to Orbit Space Vehicle First Man in Space |
| 1286 | Conquest of Second Continent completed by the Empire of Georwell |
| 960 |
Empire of
Georwell tests first ICBM |
| 947 | Last independent kingdom on the First Continent falls to Empire of Georwell |
| 942 |
Babbage
Turing
constructs
the
first
electronic
analog
computer. |
| 830 |
Muller
Leibniz
constructs
a
mechanical
engine,
driven
by
punch
cards, which
allows the Imperium to create, store, sort, retrieve, edit and update
records of all Imperium citizens. Universal IDs assigned to all
citizens. |
| 732 | Battle of Martel. Descendent of Orge barely defends Martel from barbarian conquerors |
| 0 | Orge the
Conqueror crowned Emperor Orge after conquering a neighboring kingdom.
The government he forms eventually evolves into the governing body that
is still in power at the time of the Justice Machine story. No other
Emperor is ever allowed to use the name Org. Georwellian Calendar put into place. All books, scrolls and other printed references to years before the year 0 are destroyed and anyone caught recounting events that occured earlier are put to death - a law that is still on the books in 1984, though rarely enforced. As far as the Imperium is concerned, history begins at year 0. |
| -5 | Orge Georwell leads a revolution and becomes King of Alpadia, which he renames 'The Kingdom of Georwell'. Orge becomes known as Orge the Conqueror |
| -27 | Orge
Georwell born in Alpadia, a small country on the largest continent
(later known as First Continent) of the planet that will someday be
named Georwell |
Some interesting facts about Georwell:
| Georwell has 3 continents,
named First, Second and Third Continents,
plus one very large island named Euve. Each of the continents is
totally buried beneath a single great city. The Empire of Georwell
began on First Continent. |
| Each
continent
spanning
city
is
divided
into
smaller
districts.
In
most
cases,
these
districts
are named after cities that stood on these
locations earlier (such as Martel, Tull City, Vanguard City-Plex, Astro
City) or the function of the district (DC - the District of the
Council). |
| First
and
Second
Continents
come
very
close
together.
At
one
point
they
are
separated
by a channel, much like the English Channel. Martel is on one
side of the channel and Tull City the other. |
| 3
moons
circle
Georwell.
The
largest
of
these
is
circeled
by
a
very
small
moon of its own. |
| Georwell City Names: Martel, DC (District of the Council in Martel, the home of Council Central), Tull City, Vanguard City-Plex, Astro City District, Eclipse City, Salmagundi District, Focal District, Port Huxley |
| There
is
a
space
station
in
the
Georwell/star
L5 point (about 100 million
miles 'behind' Georwell in the same orbit around the star) called The
Penthouse. It is the vacation destination for Council Central members
and their guests. |