Voidships

A Steampunk History of a World at War

Timeline

Moon Rock
Wed, Jun 15, 1898
Secret British mining colonies are set up on the Moon to provide iron and other minerals.

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Global semaphore
Wed, Feb 3, 1897
The problem of communicating between Voidships in the vastness of mere orbital space is a magnitude worse than the same problem in the ocean.

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Space navigation
Mon, May 18, 1896
Finding how to get where you want to go isn't easy when you're in space and there's no radio.

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Anti-gravity
Fri, Mar 13, 1896
Tesla working with Rutherford achieves the complete nullification of gravity and with it develops the gravity sail. The discovery is made a military secret.

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Tesla arrives in England
Mon, May 20, 1895
The ship smuggling Tesla, incognito from the USA, docks at Liverpool.

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Nikola Tesla recruited by British
Fri, Mar 15, 1895
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Diesel power
Thu, Feb 23, 1893
In 1893 Rudolf Diesel provided the alternative power supply that Germany needed for its Zeppelin fleet.

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Zeppelin Fleet
Sat, Nov 22, 1890
Von Zeppelin gains government support for his work and the first Zeppelins are produced for military and commercial use.

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Space communication
Wed, Jun 4, 1890
What do you when space is big and radio doesn't reach very far?

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US Navy
Wed, Jul 4, 1888
In response to British expansionism and imperialism, the US government begins construction of a new navy from the keel up, incorporating the Faraday Principle.

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