My estimate would've been that the first appearance of Handwavium would've been in '09, and the SOS-dan con maybe four or five years later - 2015, or so. The 'time since' period seems to be implied to be fairly substantial by most of the stories, where there's been time to set up real, established businesses - frex, I expect that mining out a Rock would be a matter of years even if you could bring it down to planetside for easy access.
So, say...
Edited for Catty's points - although it could just as easily have been a typo for wII. ^_^
Early '07 - First appearance of handwavium, samples sent to universities and secure labs for study
Mid '07 - Particularly reckless college student mistakes Handwavium powder for some better known chemical that'd be entertaining in spiked punch, and swipes it for use at an upcoming con. Government goes apeshit at resulting changes, and quarantines the affected fen (including Natalie) until they manage to improvise an escape. First handwaved flight.
Late '07 - First rush of fennish exploration; Moon, Mercury, Mars, inner system visited for first or second time. NASA et al. too busy being happy about the new data to be embarrassed. Moondance built as a ~15m geodesic-framed saucer/lens, carries first mission to Jovian moons, then rebuilt for safety after return. Explain Star hijacked? First stages of terraforming projects begun.
'08 - Flying Island launched?; asteroid mining ventures founded?; Hermes Courier Service founded? Castle Magellan built. First serious populations settle on Mars and Luna. Moondance rebuilt as 33m sphere w/internal cargo bays. Proffessor departs Earth? SSX Base, Hidden Asteroid, Side 1, other minor factions establish off-planet bases.
'09 - TSAB spun off from NASA; Venus begins exporting synthetic petroleum products. Mars and Luna become self-sustaining.
'10 - Widespread Trekkie presence concentrates around Jupiter with founding of Jovian Federation. Warsies begin preparations for move to Saturn. Moondance rebuilt again; engines, quarters, etc. in existing hull w/100m outer hull for cargo.
'11 - Boskonian Reavers appear; SOS-dan calls Con; Star Patrol founded; Republic of Saturn founded.
I don't, however, think that the frenetic pace being advocated is plausible; even for fen, it takes time to adapt to things, not to mention establishing the Con system that Haruhi's stomping all over with bells on.
Ja, -n
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"Puripuri puripuri... Bang!"
So, say...
Edited for Catty's points - although it could just as easily have been a typo for wII. ^_^
Early '07 - First appearance of handwavium, samples sent to universities and secure labs for study
Mid '07 - Particularly reckless college student mistakes Handwavium powder for some better known chemical that'd be entertaining in spiked punch, and swipes it for use at an upcoming con. Government goes apeshit at resulting changes, and quarantines the affected fen (including Natalie) until they manage to improvise an escape. First handwaved flight.
Late '07 - First rush of fennish exploration; Moon, Mercury, Mars, inner system visited for first or second time. NASA et al. too busy being happy about the new data to be embarrassed. Moondance built as a ~15m geodesic-framed saucer/lens, carries first mission to Jovian moons, then rebuilt for safety after return. Explain Star hijacked? First stages of terraforming projects begun.
'08 - Flying Island launched?; asteroid mining ventures founded?; Hermes Courier Service founded? Castle Magellan built. First serious populations settle on Mars and Luna. Moondance rebuilt as 33m sphere w/internal cargo bays. Proffessor departs Earth? SSX Base, Hidden Asteroid, Side 1, other minor factions establish off-planet bases.
'09 - TSAB spun off from NASA; Venus begins exporting synthetic petroleum products. Mars and Luna become self-sustaining.
'10 - Widespread Trekkie presence concentrates around Jupiter with founding of Jovian Federation. Warsies begin preparations for move to Saturn. Moondance rebuilt again; engines, quarters, etc. in existing hull w/100m outer hull for cargo.
'11 - Boskonian Reavers appear; SOS-dan calls Con; Star Patrol founded; Republic of Saturn founded.
I don't, however, think that the frenetic pace being advocated is plausible; even for fen, it takes time to adapt to things, not to mention establishing the Con system that Haruhi's stomping all over with bells on.
Ja, -n
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"Puripuri puripuri... Bang!"