TIMELINE - THE STORY SO FAR

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2014

• January 15th - ImPorts are pulled in from a dying universe; the first Swearing In ceremony is held.
  
• January 22nd - Captain Holiday's nephew, Samuel “Jugar” Volaille, is murdered in a gruesome fashion. This case goes unsolved.
  
• February 2nd - The body of a red haired woman is found under a bridge.
  
• February 10th - Second wave of imPorts is pulled in.
  
• February 15th - The second Swearing In ceremony is held, this time hosted by local billionaire Eden East on her cruise ship. During this event, a man disguised as a journalist sneaks aboard and spikes the punch bowl with a virus that specifically targets imPorts.
  
• February 17-25th - The virus is spread throughout a group of imPorts. Eventually, the government transports those with scientific backgrounds and whom are willing to aid the effort to cure it to De Chima. Their efforts are a success and those infected are cured.
  
• March 11th - Lucifer sets fire to a local Civl War museum. imPorts band together to put out the fire and rescue civilians trapped within. Jesus Christ, Lucifer you had one job.
  
• March 14-18th - imPorts are invited to an event held at the Kennedy Space Center.
  
  • 16th - They are allowed to tour the Center and participate in some tests, however a power failures finds some imPorts trapped within a virtual reality program.
    
  • 17th - Though now freed from the VR, a lockdown is issued under threat of nuclear strike.
    
  • 18th - The threat is revealed to have been a drill to those on the premises. For those off, it's deemed a false alarm. Surprise.
• April 3rd - Lucifer begins his country-wide murder spree. This guy.
  
• April 23-24th - The Heropa Institute of Science and Technology hosts their Heropa Science and Technology Expo. An incident with chemicals causes imPorts' powers to act erratically and chaos ensues.
  
• May 3-5th- Nonah hosts the following Swear-In Ceremony over the weekend. On the fifth, an earthquake causes the newly built monorail to collapse. Further inspection reveals explosives took down the monorail.
  
• May 8-11th - An imPort Seminar is hosted in Miami, where imPorts are invited to talk openly about registration, heroics, their worlds, and so forth. During this four day event, spies from both the USSR and US government begin to watch imPorts.
  • 11th - The Seminar is interrupted when it is assaulted by mechanical sharks sent by the Soviets in retaliation for the death of a certain redhead.
• May 13th - The city of Nonah thanks and releases some information pertaining to the bombing of the monorail.
  
• May 15-18th - Lucifer attempts to open a portal to return back to his universe, hecks up, and proceeds to throw a temper tantrum on the country by unleashing supernatural monsters on the population. At the end of this attack, Lucifer is captured and jailed.
  
• May 28th - Captain Holiday shares words with the network.
  
• June 22nd - ImPorts are invited to take part in a team building exercise in the form of paintball. The exercise is carried out on a spiritual plane and imPorts discover when shot it's not only painful, but when struck three times in game the sensation is eerily akin to dying. Winners of the game are given the opportunity to engage the Porter.
  
• July 5-9th- NASA unveils a shuttle launch slated for the 6th, only for it to go not as planned.
  
  • 5th - In anticipating of the shuttle launch, the general public is invited to a one-day clearance event at the Kennedy Space Center once more.
    
  • 6th - The shuttle launches successfully at noon with shuttle crew and several imPorts aboard, however, once it reaches the Kármán line the control panels are locked down and it is thrown into the danger of crashing back down to Earth. It is revealed that Soviet spies are responsible for the sabotaging of the shuttle.
    
  • 6-8th - ImPorts on board and down on Earth are able to unlock the shuttle's control panels and regain access, thus saving the shuttle from imminent disaster. Mikhail Nikolayevich Vorontsov, Inga Viktorovna Beskova, and Aleksandr Khachiyan, the three spies responsible for the ship's sabotage, are tracked and apprehended by imPorts.
    9th - Investigative journalists leak the information that the apprehended spies will not be receiving a trial for their crimes. They have since been in US custody.
    
    ImPorts who aided in either saving the shuttle or apprehending the spies are awarded for their efforts.
    
    Following the shuttle incident, authorities across the nation tighten their security measures and run background checks on those of Russian descent, imPorts included. The US also begins turning to neutral countries for support. Some countries take the US's side, others refuse to entangle themselves in Cold War politics.
• July 18-24th - The Nationwide Coalition for Youth Leadership joins with the local Rotary Club chapters to sponsor a Leadership Summer Camp in Colorado and ImPorts are invited and sponsored alongside civilians to participate.
  
  • 18-22nd - Camp proceeds as normal.
    
  • 22-24th - On the trip back from camp, imPorts and civilians are kidnapped by a group known as the Go-Fors and are taken to a facility with various arenas. ImPorts and civilians are left to fight for their lives against mutated animals and weaponized technology. In the meantime, via network Robin announces the missing buses and imPorts band together in search of the missing civilians and imPorts.
    
  • 24th - Together, imPorts are able to break out of the facility and those who had been searching for them arrive to aid them in time.
• August 18th - The month's assignment requests that Registered imPorts help mine continuum -- a crucial material for the resurrection process. Others are invited to perform at a carnival. During the mining assignment, some imPorts and soldiers are attacked by a two-headed gator.
  
• September 6 - September's Swearing-In takes a slight unusual turn. Holiday's behavior is somewhat off and the spirit of imPort Salvatore Quisma appears to deliver a message. Despite being a major figure in the previous government and military reform, there is almost no public information available on Quisma.
  
• October 10th - The Cold War grows warmer. The USSR is convinced imPorts are responsible for interference with their red-headed spy. The Washington Blotter has inexplicably gotten their hands on leaked encryptions, and somehow, a code is exposed to the public by way of thousands of flyers.
  
• October 16th - Midterm elections roll in and imPorts who are not Registered have their weekly stipends terminated or halved. ImPort entitlements become a subject of a debate.
  
• October 18th - Castle Rock, Maine hosts its first annual Halloween Hayride and Maze Fair, open to all. During one of the evening events, the Hornets reveal themselves and attempt to kidnap imPorts, using older models of power nullifiers to restrain and depower them. Their attempt is unsuccessful and around a dozen Hornet members are apprehended thanks to the effort of local police and imPorts, but not before a number of them reveal something to imPorts. In one particular encounter, a Hornet member mentions another group that came before the Hornets: the Vanir.
  
• October 19th - The USSR ships remain where they are. The US government authorizes Major General Olivier Armstrong to take precautionary action.
  Meanwhile, news of the incident at Castle Rock hits the stands, with mixed opinions. Some believing imPorts staged their own attempted kidnapping for sympathy and others claiming they are victims. Others praise the Hornets's actions.
  
  Captain Holiday is removed from his post and committed to a maximum security psychiatric facility.
  
  
• October 21-24th - Bombs go off in both Orlando, Florida and Sofia, Bulgaria, in multiple locations and only minutes apart from each other.
  
  • 21st - At nighttime, a fire breaks out in the Florida Citrus Tower, Bok Tower Gardens, and bombs go off on two buses in downtown Orlando. Additional attacks occur, committed by Solf J. Kimblee. The National Historical Museum in Sofia and the Sofia Metro's red line are bombed shortly after.
    22nd - ImPorts and local authorities scramble in both locations, though many are unable to reach Sofia and focus on assisting Orlando's incidents.
    23rd - The media has a field day with the fact a number of imPorts provided help in Sofia rather than Orlando, stirring concern and suspicions over their allegiance to the US.
    24th - The media reports the death and injury tolls for both Orlando and Sofia, with Sofia suffering the most. As a result, the Bulgarian president orders the country's borders to be closed off to imPorts, with the country angry at imPorts for their lack of assistance.
    
    The US's reaction is much more positive, citing the support shown by imPorts in Orlando demonstrates where their loyalties truly lie.
  
  
• November 7- Freddie Lounds receives and posts confidential information kept by the government after receiving it from an anonymous source. Some of the information is altered by the source and as a result, imPorts who have had their information publicly disclosed are swarmed by paparazzi and other media outlets. Concerned for their safety, the government offers protection to Registered imPorts and mobilizes an immediate investigation into the leak.
  
• November 14 - Investigation leads imPorts and local authorities to five suspects detained in Maurtia Falls' military base.
  
• November 30 - ImPorts discover an FBI official by the name of Walter Mayhew is responsible for the file leaks. He has since been arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
  
• December 12 - Democrats attempt to push incorporating Registered imPorts as citizens. A handful of bills regarding Registered and Unsettled imPorts are passed.
  
  In the same month, particle theory scientists are overheard discussing concerns about the Porter in Cape Canaveral. For the month of December, the Porter does not bring in any new imPorts.
  
  Several imPorts conducting their own investigations on the missing heroes discover the following:
  
  • One of the former heroes, Eleni Wang/Athena, was last suspected as being in Greece.
    
  • Another one of the former heroes, Liam Lawson/Siberian, was discovered to be alive after all, but contact had not been made.
    
  • Suspicions about another former teenage hero, Veronica Conway/Nitestar, being alive arise. Confirmation is never made.
    
  • A tape dating back to 2007 captures Salvatore Quisma's presence in them. This arouses confusion and suspicion; Quisma has been dead since 2004.
  
  
• December 27 - Florida Congresswoman elect, Justine Alemu, and Senate member Olivier Brody open a townhall pulpit allowing imPorts to campaign for imPort Ambassador duty in De Chima, Maurtia Falls, and Nonah.
  
• December 28 - Someone using a departed imPort's communicator posts an article about Holiday to the network. ImPorts begin to suspect Quisma may still be around -- and possibly within Holiday. Later in February, Peter Narga passes along an uncensored version of the article to several imPorts.

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