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*Eric Kleinmann teams up with Belgian scientist Xeander Berg. Kleinmann Bauausführung is renamed to Bergmann group. The company begins extensive researching and development, eventually inventing textile-reinforced concrete, an innovation that further forced the company's reputation as a leader in underground construction. | *Eric Kleinmann teams up with Belgian scientist Xeander Berg. Kleinmann Bauausführung is renamed to Bergmann group. The company begins extensive researching and development, eventually inventing textile-reinforced concrete, an innovation that further forced the company's reputation as a leader in underground construction. | ||
*Jeff Walter founds a company named Walter Corporation, the company helps rebuild the city's infrastructure. | *Jeff Walter founds a company named Walter Corporation, the company helps rebuild the city's infrastructure. | ||
*Stalburg Nuclear Weapons is founded to defend Stolland in case of third world war. Jeff Walter initially funds the project. The organisation became corrupt. | *Stalburg Nuclear Weapons is founded to defend Stolland in case of a third world war. Jeff Walter initially funds the project. The organisation became corrupt. | ||
==1950s== | ==1950s== | ||
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;1979 | ;1979 | ||
*Shareholders lose faith in Bergmann Group, causing Kleinmann to sell the company. SNW blackmails Jeff Walter into buying the up the company, and force him to cancel many projects in the city centre to prevent workers finding the bunker. SNW begins using the Bergmann Group's water tunnels to smuggle nuclear material around Stalburg. | *Shareholders lose faith in Bergmann Group, causing Kleinmann to sell the company. SNW blackmails [[Jeff Walter]] into buying the up the company, and force him to cancel many projects in the city centre to prevent workers finding the bunker. SNW begins using the Bergmann Group's water tunnels to smuggle nuclear material around Stalburg. | ||
*May 25: Bergmann Group begins constructing a fresh water tunnel intended to run from Ilanka to the Stalburg Central Water Plant, the tunnel is expected to solve all the city's water problems by bringing fresh water from Lake Stalburg. The initial estimates place the finishing date at 1983. Hammer Valley Hydro also partners with Bergmann Group to build several hydroelectric power plants in the tunnel. Greenwar, an environmentalist group, believes that the water tunnel will cause the water in Lake Stalbutg to drop, causing ecological damage. | *May 25: Bergmann Group begins constructing a fresh water tunnel intended to run from Ilanka to the Stalburg Central Water Plant, the tunnel is expected to solve all the city's water problems by bringing fresh water from Lake Stalburg. The initial estimates place the finishing date at 1983. Hammer Valley Hydro also partners with Bergmann Group to build several hydroelectric power plants in the tunnel. Greenwar, an environmentalist group, believes that the water tunnel will cause the water in Lake Stalbutg to drop, causing ecological damage. | ||
*May 26: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Bergmann Group Begins Work on the New Fresh Water tunnel". | *May 26: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Bergmann Group Begins Work on the New Fresh Water tunnel". | ||
;Between August 9 of 1979 and beginning of 1980 | ;Between August 9 of 1979 and beginning of 1980 | ||
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;1981 | ;1981 | ||
*[[ | *Jeff Walter takes over Stalburg Steel. | ||
*October 10: The | *September 13: Jeff Walter lowers the wages of the factory workers. | ||
*September 26: The [[Union of Metal Workers]] begins negotiating with Walter. | |||
*October 10: The Union of Metal Workers stages a strike at Stalburg Steel to take over management of the factory. | |||
*October 13: Stalburg Steel files for bankruptcy. | *October 13: Stalburg Steel files for bankruptcy. | ||
*October 14: Stalburg Steel closes down. Stalburg Times publishes the article "Stalburg Steel Collapsed". | *October 14: Stalburg Steel closes down. Stalburg Times publishes the article "Stalburg Steel Collapsed". | ||
*November: Alex Hartman's wife and child die. Hartman blames Jeff Walter. | |||
*December 17: [[Stalburg]], facing its third week of protest, is placed under martial law. Stalburg Times publishes the article "Stalburg Placed Under Martial Law". | *December 17: [[Stalburg]], facing its third week of protest, is placed under martial law. Stalburg Times publishes the article "Stalburg Placed Under Martial Law". | ||
*December: Alex Hartman sells Hammer Valley Hydro to Jeff Walter. | *December: Alex Hartman sells Hammer Valley Hydro to Jeff Walter. | ||
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*June 14: [[Hammer Valley Hydro]] files for bankruptcy. | *June 14: [[Hammer Valley Hydro]] files for bankruptcy. | ||
*June 15: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Hammer Valley Hydro Files For Bankruptcy". | *June 15: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Hammer Valley Hydro Files For Bankruptcy". | ||
*July 12: The Hammer Valley sawmill is scammed out of $500,000 by a company claiming to be Walter Construction Corporation's foreign development branch. | *July 12: The Hammer Valley sawmill is scammed out of $500,000 by a company claiming to be Walter Construction Corporation's foreign development branch. | ||
*Jeff Walter grows suspicious of SNW, he sends an employee into the bunker. SNW discovers that he is planning to expose them to the public and they try to apprehend him. Walter escapes to Mikhail Rosenthal's villa. | |||
*After the bankruptcy of his company, Alex Hartman stores a lot of money in Hammer Valley to keep out of official accounting that he can use to track down Walter. He entrusts the knowledge of the stash to one of Hammer Valley's guards who was very drunk at the time. The guard wishes he was sober enough to remember where the stash was so he could steal all the money and spend it on Osmo Olut. | |||
*Moring Wood company begins to go bankrupt, due to their massive unpaid loans. | *Moring Wood company begins to go bankrupt, due to their massive unpaid loans. | ||
;Between 1982 and 1986 | |||
*Alex Hartman relocates his secret base of operations to Pitheath. | |||
*Alex Hartman teams up with Eric Kleinmann and Mikhail Rosenthal in his search for Walter. | |||
;1983 | ;1983 | ||
*Marko, an employee at the Pine Fell Water Plant, sends a water sample to a lab to test the water quality, the results confirm an increase in metal and bacterial. Employees surmise the change to be due to the new uranium mine; they do not report the unsafe water conditions in fear of losing their jobs. | *March 15: Plans for the construction of a uranium mine are passed. | ||
*Marko, an employee at the Pine Fell Water Plant, sends a water sample to a lab to test the water quality, the results confirm an increase in metal and bacterial contamination. Employees surmise the change to be due to the new uranium mine; they do not report the unsafe water conditions in fear of losing their jobs. | |||
;1986 | ;1986 | ||
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*April 27: [[Andrew Herts]] dies. He is buried outside Turnip Hill. | *April 27: [[Andrew Herts]] dies. He is buried outside Turnip Hill. | ||
*August 8: A metro train takes a wrong turn and is routed into the SNW bunker, causing it to crash. The 86 passengers all survive the initial crash, but they are held captive and later killed by the organisation. The bodies are never recovered and left in the bunker. | *August 8: A metro train takes a wrong turn and is routed into the SNW bunker, causing it to crash. The 86 passengers all survive the initial crash, but they are held captive and later killed by the organisation. The bodies are never recovered and left in the bunker. | ||
*December | *August 9: Xeander Berg escapes the SNW bunker. He ends up living in a basement in Castle Rock Island. | ||
*August 10: The SNW bunker is evacuated due to the rising SMV infection. | |||
*November: Xeander Berg discovers he is infected with SMV, he spends a lot of time attempting to find a cure. | |||
*December: Hartman discovers that Rosenthal is working for Walter after he follows Max Koller back to Rosenthal's villa. Hartman kills Rosenthal. | |||
*December 19: [[Alex Hartman]] kills Jeff Walter and Max Koller at Rosenthal's villa. | |||
*Late December: Last coherent log of Xeander Berg. | *Late December: Last coherent log of Xeander Berg. | ||
*Walter Co. ceases construction at Turnip Hill. | *Walter Co. ceases construction at Turnip Hill. | ||
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*May 29: The Bergmann Tunnel power plant is closed down. Last report of J.K. in his maintenance log. | *May 29: The Bergmann Tunnel power plant is closed down. Last report of J.K. in his maintenance log. | ||
*A cheaply built Walter Co. tenement in Obenseuer collapses partially. | *A cheaply built Walter Co. tenement in Obenseuer collapses partially. | ||
;Late 1990s | |||
*The ground water of Obenseuer is contaminated after a leak caused by the construction of a new railway running through the district. | |||
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*August 1: Ville Sköldgangster receives a final warning eviction notice for his apartment. | *August 1: Ville Sköldgangster receives a final warning eviction notice for his apartment. | ||
*August 4: New metal detectors are installed at Stalburg International Airport, however they begin to cause many false alarms. | *August 4: New metal detectors are installed at Stalburg International Airport, however they begin to cause many false alarms. | ||
*August 4: National Consulting Group begins the demolition of vonvrete tenement damaged by water in Echtfjord district, however | *August 4: National Consulting Group begins the demolition of vonvrete tenement damaged by water in Echtfjord district, however due to a communications error, the demolition crew begins demolition of Löfgren's Massif. The owners of the building plan to sue NGC. Managing director, Paul Lauwens, makes a statement to Stalburg Times claiming the company is looking into the error. | ||
*August 5: Stalburg Times publishes the article "NCG Accidentally Orders Wrong Building Destroyed". | *August 5: Stalburg Times publishes the article "NCG Accidentally Orders Wrong Building Destroyed". | ||
*August 8: Stalburg Times publishes the articles "Stalburg Nuclear Power Production about to Double" and "Metro Workers to Protest Today". | *August 8: Stalburg Times publishes the articles "Stalburg Nuclear Power Production about to Double" and "Metro Workers to Protest Today". |
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