Crimson Skies Wiki

The timeline of the Crimson Skies universe.

1914[]

  • Unknown - Beginning of the Great War between the "Triple Entente" and Germany.[1]

1915[]

  • Est. January/February/March - Germany begins to launch raids on London and Paris using Zeppelins.[2]

1917[]

  • February - February Revolution in Russia plunges the nation into a civil war.[1]
  • April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany and sends troops to fight in the Great War.[1]
  • September 14th - Aleksandr Kerensky forms the Russian Republic.[1]
  • October - Russian Bolsheviks stage the October Revolution against the Russian Republic, entering a new phaze of the Russian Civil War.[1]

1918[]

  • March - Russo-German treaty of Brest-Lirovsk creates peace between Russian and Germany in exchange for some land changing hands.[1]
  • November - Great War ends with an Entente victory.[1]
  • November - First influenza epidemic strikes North America, brought home by returning troops.[1]

1919[]

  • Unknown - US President Woodrow Wilson fails to get Prohibition through the US Senate, leading to increased interest in regional-interest parties across American states.[1]
  • January 10 - German workers declare the Soviet Republic of Bremen.[1]
  • April 4 - Soviet Republic of Bavaria is declared.[1]
  • June 28 - Treaty of Versailles is signed.[1]

1920[]

  • Unknown - Prohibition fails as a Federal amendment, meaning that alcohol's legality depends on which state you're in. Alcohol checkpoints mark the start of inter-state separation.[1]
  • Unknown - Estonia declares independence of Russia[1]
  • Unknown - Spanish Flu epidemic ends in North America.[1]
  • Unknown - US President Woodrow Wilson passes the 18th Amendment, allowing women the right to vote.[1]
  • January 10 - League of Nations forms and the United States refuses to join.[1]
  • May 20 - Mexican president Carranza is assassinated.[1]

1921[]

  • Est. January - March - French troops occupy Dusseldorf due to Germany failing to make war reparation payments.[1]

1922[]

  • Unknown - Irish Free State established after an accord signed between Irish Republicans and the British Empire.[1]
  • October 31 - Italian King Victor Emmanuel makes Benito Mussolini prime minister of Italy to stall a communist takeover.[1]

1923[]

  • August 2 - US President Warren Harding dies and is replaced by Calvin Coolidge.[3]

1924[]

  • 1924 - Kentucky and West Virginia start armed conflict with Virginia and North Carolina for control of the Appalachians in an anti-alcohol campaign. Virginia National Guard arrested Kentucky NG units for smuggling near the town of Bluefield, and the Kentuckers were convicted and imprisoned in Virginia. Both sides ignored repeated "suggestions" from the federal government to resolve the issue until they threatened to intervene with the US Army.
  • Unknown - Death of Vladimir Lenin in Russia.[3]
  • Unknown - Greek monarchy is ousted and replaced by a republic.[3]
  • Unknown - Riots occur in India between the Hindus and Moslems.[3]

1926[]

  • Unknown - Tensions break out into rebellion in Mexico after Mexican President Calles restricts Mexican catholic church. Christeros Rising.[3]
  • Unknown - Battle at Veracruz during Christeros Rising.[3]
  • March - Germany applies for the League of Nations but is rejected.[3]
  • September - Germany accepted into the League of Nations after persistence from German chancellor Hindenburg.[3]
  • October - Leon Trotsky ejected from the Russian Politburo, Stalin gains control of the government.[3]

1927[]

  • Unknown - Great Influenza Epidemic strikes, starting in New York. States close their borders to ground traffic, meaning interstate travel becomes the exclusive preserve of zeppelins, since superheavy aircraft had not been invented.
  • Unknown - White Russian refugees accepted asylum into Alaska, Stalin executes several Soviet army commanders for not pursuing and stopping them.[3]
  • Unknown - New wave of Influenza hits the world.[3]
  • May - Nanking falls to the Chinese Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War.[3]
  • Est. May/early June - Fall of Shanghai to the Chinese Nationalists.[3]

1928[]

  • Unknown - During the elections, several state leaders running under Regionalist "Strong State" platforms, begin negotiating inter-state alliances, forming the first signs of the independent nations that would follow.[3]
  • May - Japan enters the Chinese Civil War, clashing with the Guomintang at Ji'nan.[3]
  • August 28 - India granted Dominion status by Britain.[3]
  • August 30 - The "Independence for India League" forms in India.[3]

1929[]

  • Unknown - StoutMetal Airplane Company is founded.[4]
  • Unknown - Battle at Monterrey during Christeros Rising.[3]
  • "Spring" - End of Christeros Rising in Mexico with defeat of the Christeros.[3]
  • April 6 - Smith Law passed in Utah. Mormonism becomes the state religion, with state support. Strongly anti-Mormon states such as Missouri and Illinois begin persecuting Mormons, driving the majority to Utah.
  • October 24 - Wall Street Crash as the US' financial bubble bursts, and the grossly inflated Wall Street Market crashes.[5]
  • December 11 - US President Herbert Hoover address the Senate calling for unity following the Wall Street Crash.[5]

1930[]

  • January - Spanish dictator General Primo de Rivera is overthrown and an elected parliament takes over Spain.[6]
  • Jan 1 - Texas declares sovereignty and secedes from the United States, taking Oklahoma with it and re-forming the Republic of Texas.[5]
  • January 14 - New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania secede and unite to form the Empire State, headed by Fiorello La Guardia.[5]
  • April 3 - The Carolinas form the Outer Banks Republic.[5]
  • October - California forms the Nation of Hollywood.[5]
  • November - Utah forms its own independent nation.[5]
  • April - Utah secedes, names itself Deseret. Heber J Grant named as President.
  • April - May - Confederation of Dixie created.
  • May - Outer Banks formed. Contention rises with Kentucky and Virginia.
  • June - Quebec secedes from the Dominion of Canada.
  • June - September - Mexico and the Republic of Texas have a minor shooting war. Texas is able to repel Mexican attempts to recover territory.
  • July - Arixo formed with Texan support to protect their western flank

1931[]

1932[]

  • Unknown - The Voss 157 "Krieg"/"Kraut" enters service with the ISA.[10]
  • Unknown - The Curtiss-Wright P2 Warhawk enters service.[11]
  • Unknown - The first Whittly & Douglas N100 Behemoth prototype is tested at Mount Locke.[12]
  • Unknown - Louisiana withdraws from the Confederation of Dixie as a culmination of a dispute about the capital. Louisiana wanted New Orleans as the capital rather than Atlanta.[9]
  • Feb - Navajo and Lakota tribes begin armed rebellion. Without federal opposition, the two groups seize and hold territory, closing their borders to outsiders.
  • Feb - Federal troops withdraw from peacekeeping activities in western states. Federal government renames the area the Disputed Western Territories.
  • March - Free Colorado formed, and swiftly becomes a haven for criminals and anarchists.
  • Est. June - Fairey Swordfish enters service.[13]
  • June - President Coolidge orders the formation of the nation of Columbia. Federal government gives up overseas territory, formally dissolves Union and declares itself Federal Republic of Columbia. Loyalist military forces seize surrounding territory.
  • June - Louisiana secedes from the Confederation, with French support.
  • August - People's Collective formed by Samuel Morrow as Christian Communists in the Midwest.[9]
  • October 1932 - Beginning of the Industrial-Collective War.

1933[]

  • Unknown - Bristol Somerset enters service with the Protectorate of Ontario.[14]
  • Unknown - The Boeing B-11 and Boeing B-12 enter service with Pacifica.[15][16]
  • Unknown - The Grumman B1 Gladius enters service with the Empire State.[17]
  • Unknown - The HAC Longhorn enters service with the Republic of Texas.[18]
  • Unknown - The Confederation of Dixie begin construction on a zeppelin shipyard in Birmingham, Alabama.[19]
  • Unknown - Designing of the PacAir Hammer Fist begins.[20]
  • January 30 - Adolf Hitler elected chancellor of Germany.[9]
  • February 27 - Destruction of the German Reichstag.[9]
  • March 1933 - Outer Banks nations, absorbed into the Confederacy in 1931, are given Protectorate status by the Confederation. Conflict between Appalachia, Dixie and the Outer Banks grows.[9]
  • March - End of the Industrial-Collective War.

1934[]

The low-intensity border skirmishes between these new nations continued to flare up, and amidst the chaos, the bootleggers and pirates thrived. Scores of new militias - most determined to defend their hometown or state - formed to battle increasingly colorful and flamboyant raiders. The Redmann Gang, the Red Skull Legion, the Black Swans, and hosts of other pirate groups continued to raid across national boundaries (sparking additional conflicts as overzealous militia pilots strayed across borders into unfriendly territory in pursuit of the raiders).

1935[]

  • Unknown - The Fortune Hunters steal a leather map in Tortuga which would eventually help lead them to Drake's Gold.[24]
  • Unknown - The Confederation of Dixie finishes construction of zeppelin shipyard in Birmingham, Alabama and begins constructing the first of the Stonewall-class zeppelin.[19]
  • Unknown - The final North American Aircraft manufacturing plant in Kansas City, People's Collective, shuts down and the company ceases existence.[25]
  • The North American A2 Thunderbird enters service.[25]
  • November - Imperial Air begin construction of the first zeppelin of the Imperial-class.[26]

1936[]

The borders and politics of the North American nation-states solidified in 1936. Combined Navajo and Deseret forces allied long enough to fight off incursions by pirates based in Free Colorado; the Broadway Bombers (the premier Empire State militia) decimated the Hell’s Henchmen pirate gang in the Alleghenies; ISA and the Peoples’ Collective conflict flared up yet again, though this time the Collective fared far better than in previous engagements, retaking small parcels of their territory.

1937[]

1938[]

See Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

1940[]

  • Est. January - The Republic of Texas plans to have six Legacy-class airships by 1940.[38]

References[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  2. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 110. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 7. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  4. FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 10. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 8. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  6. Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 78. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  7. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 57. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  8. 8.0 8.1 Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 138. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 9. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  10. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 167. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  11. Mirror of Crimson Skies Official Site, Accessed 6/6/2009.
  12. FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 8. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  13. 13.0 13.1 Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 101. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  14. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 88. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  15. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 56. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  16. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 58. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  17. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 71. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  18. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 73. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  19. 19.0 19.1 Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 142. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  20. FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 12. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  21. FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  22. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 144. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  23. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 147. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  24. The events of the game take place in 1937, and in the cutscene Zachary asks Jack "Remember that leather map we pinched in Tortuga?" with Jack replying, "Yeah, two years ago." This places that event in 1935.
  25. 25.0 25.1 FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 16. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 139. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  27. Hartford, C., Crimson Skies - The Airman's Gazetteer: An Atlas of the Fractured States, pp. 78. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Btn5B9kVioQftN8M9lJ0DKnt5qgWN3Ij/view?usp=sharing
  28. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 79. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  29. FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  30. FASA Corporation, Crimson Skies Aircraft Manual, pp. 48. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAyKnrQysR9S8LqiF1tsjCHQjQDjXJOd/view?usp=sharing
  31. The Runaway Witness
  32. Chapter 3 cutscene, Crimson Skies
  33. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 79. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  34. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 145. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  35. 35.0 35.1 Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 82. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  36. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 141. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  37. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 84. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing
  38. Koepke, P., Zeppelins and Bombers, an unofficial Crimson Skies sourcebook, pp. 140. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ud808zyErB30o3HgnQHsuSCtVUm2XzU/view?usp=sharing