Ok, might as well toss in the personal timeline of my open character, Cerrate. This is extremely rough, so as to allow maximum use by others while ensuring he remains true to my concept.
May 16, 2014 - Cerrate first appears in Port Luna, purchasing transport to Marsbase Sara. First time he gives his name as Cerrate. As there are no records of someone under that name on Earth, it is assumed that he's one of the numerous Fen who adopt a new name upon leaving Earth.
June 1, 2014 - Goes in for a job interview with one of the larger Mecha repair bays maintained by the Marsbase Sara administration. Gets hired as an assistant technician. Begins drawing up plans for constructing the Gundam Heavyarms mecha.
October 7, 2014 - Construction begins on Gundam Heavyarms. Given the alarming amount of firepower concentrated in a single mecha, Cerrate is quietly put on a watch list, but is given low priority due to his seeming well-adjusted personality.
December 17, 2014 - Cerrate takes his first two weeks of paid vacation, and promptly vanishes off the map. He returns on New Years Day. This event occurs every subsequent year. Speculation is that he's visiting family on Earth.
2017
March 15, 2017 - An accident in a Mecha repair bay crushes Cerrate's left arm below the elbow, neccesitating cybernetic replacement. New arm has a personal-use wifi-capable computer built in.
2020
July 9, 2020 - Construction of Gundam Heavyarms completed. Cerrate begins taking lessons in mecha piloting. Various law enforcement agencies quietly upgrade priority on watching him, but nothing comes of it.
2021
January 1, 2021 - Takes the test to become a licensed mecha pilot. Finally realizing how it would look to outside observers for a private citizen to have such a heavily armed Mecha as Heavyarms, voluntarily schedules an apointment for psycological review.
January 18, 2021 - Passes the psychological exam, the tester finding Cerrate to be of sound mind, with no reason to deny a mech piloting license on mental grounds.
Candle in the Dark timeline
1. Becomes one of the many, many people who get physically taped to a wall by Marsbase Sara authorities in an attempt to keep them from rushing to the crew of the dropship Drakon and jumpship Rogue Elephant and spilling the beans on the Battletech universe.
2. Heads out at the controls of Gundam Heavyarms to guard Mars during the Invasion of '25. Is almost dissapointed that none of the invading pirates target Mars.
May 16, 2014 - Cerrate first appears in Port Luna, purchasing transport to Marsbase Sara. First time he gives his name as Cerrate. As there are no records of someone under that name on Earth, it is assumed that he's one of the numerous Fen who adopt a new name upon leaving Earth.
June 1, 2014 - Goes in for a job interview with one of the larger Mecha repair bays maintained by the Marsbase Sara administration. Gets hired as an assistant technician. Begins drawing up plans for constructing the Gundam Heavyarms mecha.
October 7, 2014 - Construction begins on Gundam Heavyarms. Given the alarming amount of firepower concentrated in a single mecha, Cerrate is quietly put on a watch list, but is given low priority due to his seeming well-adjusted personality.
December 17, 2014 - Cerrate takes his first two weeks of paid vacation, and promptly vanishes off the map. He returns on New Years Day. This event occurs every subsequent year. Speculation is that he's visiting family on Earth.
2017
March 15, 2017 - An accident in a Mecha repair bay crushes Cerrate's left arm below the elbow, neccesitating cybernetic replacement. New arm has a personal-use wifi-capable computer built in.
2020
July 9, 2020 - Construction of Gundam Heavyarms completed. Cerrate begins taking lessons in mecha piloting. Various law enforcement agencies quietly upgrade priority on watching him, but nothing comes of it.
2021
January 1, 2021 - Takes the test to become a licensed mecha pilot. Finally realizing how it would look to outside observers for a private citizen to have such a heavily armed Mecha as Heavyarms, voluntarily schedules an apointment for psycological review.
January 18, 2021 - Passes the psychological exam, the tester finding Cerrate to be of sound mind, with no reason to deny a mech piloting license on mental grounds.
Candle in the Dark timeline
1. Becomes one of the many, many people who get physically taped to a wall by Marsbase Sara authorities in an attempt to keep them from rushing to the crew of the dropship Drakon and jumpship Rogue Elephant and spilling the beans on the Battletech universe.
2. Heads out at the controls of Gundam Heavyarms to guard Mars during the Invasion of '25. Is almost dissapointed that none of the invading pirates target Mars.