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Post by Kage2020 on Jan 2, 2004 6:11:50 GMT -5
In creating the general "Timeline" thread I came across the obvious division of the 40k history/timeline into different 'era'. At present I am working on the following eras, from oldest to youngest: - War in Heaven - Detailing the events of the conflict between the C'tan and the Old Ones.
- The Great Enslavement - The events that occur just before, during and immediately after the Enslaver Plague.
- The Age of the Eldar - Considering the rise of the eldar to a galactic power.
- The Dark Age of Technology - M16 onwards, with the expansion of humanity and the first human presence in what would become the Anargo sector.
- The Age of Strife - The events that took place to create this and the unique reactions in the Anargo sector.
- The Great Crusade - The Emperor's expansion and reclamation of the former human volumes of space.
- The Horus Heresy - What happened in the Anargo sector during this period. (As always the aim is to tie it in with the rest of the 40k timeline as much as possible.)
- The Age of the Imperium - Detailing events following the formation of the senatorum imperialis.
- The Age of Apostasy - As with the Horus Heresy, what happens in the Anargo sector during this period?
- The Dark Times - Derived from the 'Dark Milennium', the most recent and more than likely detailed events of the Anargo sector, from the Ork Waagh and so on...
That's a general guideline, but are there any other periods that you would like to see? Kage
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Post by Minister on Jan 3, 2004 12:46:31 GMT -5
The Age of Strife - The events that took place to create this and the unique reactions in the Anargo sector.
"With the closing of warp channels to the <insert name> sector, and the loss of imports resulting, the Anagro council elected to use what warp-capable ships were available to search for possible colonies which could make their conglomeration of worlds more self-sufficient. However, with the unexpected opening of another warp storm the ship sent to investigate a possible colony near the Medresis nebula suffered severe damage on exiting the warp, loosing the gellar field and having to eject two of the three plasma reactors. Being unable to leave and with limited power, the ship's captain elected to land and make the best of the situation before the ship's systems deteriorated any further."
The Great Crusade - The Emperor's expansion and reclamation of the former human volumes of space.
The Emperor himself once stood upon the Shrineworld, and it was the first world in the sector upon which an Imperial outpost of any kind was emplaced during the crusade.
The Age of Apostasy - As with the Horus Heresy, what happens in the Anargo sector during this period?
I'm going to have to put some thought into this one as well, as it's going to have some profound efects on the Shrineworld. I'm thinking of having the Mechanicus sever all ties with the Ecclesiarchy at some point during this time (towards the end of the Reign of Blood probably), hanging the Shrineworld out to dry to some extent and causing major prblems.
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Post by MvS on Mar 7, 2004 13:52:37 GMT -5
I don't know how much use it would be to the project (if any), but I would be willing to write up a history production bible incorporating known GW fluff, Anargo history and a few 'fill-outs' of areas that have only been skated over just yet. If there are any areas you would like me to look at please just ask.
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Post by CELS on Mar 7, 2004 14:11:00 GMT -5
That sounds very interesting indeed, MvS. What do you mean by history production bible though? And keep in mind that the "bible" should not contain any of GW's official fluff, like the thrice-damned Fluff Bible In fact, we should probably think of a new name alltogether Oh, and welcome to the project ;D
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Post by zholud on Mar 7, 2004 15:28:29 GMT -5
I don't know how much use it would be to the project (if any), but I would be willing to write up a history production bible incorporating known GW fluff, Anargo history and a few 'fill-outs' of areas that have only been skated over just yet. From what I can see the most needed concepts are the following: - The local conflict between Old Ones, Eldar and Necrons which caused existence of Cursed sub-sector special peculiarities – black hole, dead stars, lots of asteroids and other result of very old and very massive war. The resulting rumours about this sub-sector being ‘cursed’. We still work on the exact matter what causes ‘curseness’.
- Maybe some unpublished info on cults could add up to our ‘Chaos in Anargo Sector’ part, especially unusual cults or even chaos non-cult non-marine presence.
And I Just wished to say hello on this board and state that it is an honour to have you here, M.v.S.!
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Post by Kage2020 on Mar 7, 2004 15:51:42 GMT -5
Welcome MvS... always nice to see new blood and that broad interest in the project expands to new frontiers, as it were. Any work would be of interest, although clarification of what you mean by "...and a few 'fill-outs' of areas that have only been skated over just yet..." Not saying that you're wrong since there are obvious areas that haven't been addressed, but thought that I would ask for clarification. Perhaps it would be best to start up a separate thread, however? Kage
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Post by MvS on Mar 14, 2004 7:28:24 GMT -5
Hello again, and excuse me for taking so long between posts. Between working on dissertations and Black Library stuff I'm having less and less time to surf Portent & Anargo forums. With reference to my offer and your question Kage, I don't actually have any specific criticisms or observations about Anargo 'fluff' as it currently stands, because to be honest I haven't yet made the time to look through it all. I will though - most probably over Easter. I'm looking for more suggestions like Zholud's. Seeing as I don't know what has been covered and what hasn't, and nor do I know the directions that The Powers That Be wish to push certain aspects of the imagery (including aspects that they wish to avoid), I'm pretty much open to being puppeted at this time. So, the more suggestions, restrictions and theories the better. The floor is open... EDIT: With regard to CELS' comment, don't worry, I didn't mean to imply that I would write a Fluff Bible redux! I meant simply that I would try to keep things as 'canonical' as possible within I'm asked to write (if anything), and where the 'canon' simply isn't as good or thought out as the fan-fiction, then I would try to reconcile them as much as possible with hazy ties or 'the people of the Anargo sector deviate from more commonly accepted doctrine because of x, y, z.' You know the sort of thing.
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Post by CELS on Mar 14, 2004 8:16:11 GMT -5
You don't have to apologise for taking so long between posts. None of us seem to really have as much time as we'd like for this project anyway On the areas that you can contribute, I think zholud and Kage mentioned the most important ones. - War in heaven. As zholud says "The local conflict between Old Ones, Eldar and Necrons which caused existence of Cursed sub-sector special peculiarities – black hole, dead stars, lots of asteroids and other result of very old and very massive war. The resulting rumours about this sub-sector being ‘cursed’. We still work on the exact matter what causes ‘curseness’"And of course, the Necron Tomb world, and maaaybe the warp race Aoideans that guard the Tomb world... - The shaping of Anargo, Age of Strife to Great Scouring (Post Horus Heresy). What was the Anargo sector like before the Great Crusade, and what happened in the Anargo sector during the Great crusade, when the Emperor and his Custodes arrived? Especially interesting would be the rivalry between the Imperial Armies (later Imperial Guard) and the Alpha Legion companies deployed here, with everyone trying to impress the Emperor. History would show that the Imperial Armies fought as splendidly as the mighty Space Marines themselves, earning them a visit from the Emperor themselves. I would like to read about how Alpharius reacted when the Emperor almost neglected the Alpha Legion in favour of the brave Imperial Armies. Perhaps show the vulnerable and human side of the Primarchs, and show what kind of episodes led to the fall of the Traitor Primarchs. - Age of Apostasy - The relationship between the Adeptus Mechanicus and Ministorum, the changes that Vandire's reign brought with it, and the war concluded the Age of Apostasy in the Anargo sector, and led to the total destruction of the 'cursed subsector'. Check out this link for my previous suggestion for the Age of Apostasy -Zholud's suggestion about inventing new cults could be interesting, but only if it's something very unique and original. We've all read about hundreds of cults before, I imagine, so reading about another arch-typical Slaanesh cult isn't very interesting.
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Post by zholud on Mar 14, 2004 13:36:20 GMT -5
Hello again, and excuse me for taking so long between posts. Between working on dissertations and Black Library stuff I'm having less and less time to surf Portent & Anargo forums. do not worry about being irregular poster because we all are And it is very nice to hear that there is at least three people out of 60 members who are working on dissertations. Quite an impressive ration for this kind of discussion I assume. And no, I do not mean any arrogance toward other members, after all I can share with them/you a secret that PhDs aren’t too bright guys, comparing to others… Third note is that I wish to apologise before MvS that I stated primary Chaotic problems as the sphere of applying his talent, after all you, as everyone else are welcomed to discuss every facet of sector creation. With reference to my offer and your question Kage, I don't actually have any specific criticisms or observations about Anargo 'fluff' as it currently stands, because to be honest I haven't yet made the time to look through it all. I will though - most probably over Easter. If necessary I can start separate thread and with others post synopses on especially long discussions, because, despite our glorious Rogue Inquisitor CELS does arduous work on keeping one-liners to minimum there are still long threads with a little of info. The general guideline we try to stick to is ’do not overplay any particular aspect of sector, be it uber-mighty warriors, super-secret chaos cult or ultra-high-archeotech present.’ Not everyone stick to it fully, and it is human to write about excesses in general…
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