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The Justice Machine and some related properties are owned by Mark Ellis. The timeline below is my own interpretation and may not reflect the official verion of the Justice Machine's history.

Georwell Time Line for Justice Machine storyline

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.