Timeline of Events

1200s

1266
  • The City of Stalburg is founded.

1800s

Late 1800s
  • Löfgren’s Massif and two other stone buildings are built in the Echtfjord district of Stalburg.
  • Edward Kleinmann founds Kleinmann Bauausführung in St. Gallen, Switzerland. They become Europe's leading pioneers in underground construction and boring.
1881
  • Stalburg Times is founded.
1889
  • Happy Funeral Services is founded.

1900s

Early 1900s
  • Kleinmann Bauausführung begins constructing water tunnels in Stalburg to carry water from lake stalburg to the ocean.

1910s

Interwar Period
  • Kleinmann Bauausführung constructs military bunkers in Switzerland.
  • Kleinmann Bauausführung constructs the longest railroad through the Alps.

1920s

1922
1924
  • The Hammer Valley Sawmill starts operation. The river is used to supply energy to the sawmill and carry logs.
1928
  • A picture of the Hammer Valley Sawmill is taken.

1930s

Second World War
  • Stalburg is bombed during the second world war. Many people leave the city and others are made homeless.

1940s

After the Second World War
  • Eric Kleinmann takes over Kleinmann Bauausführung from his father.
  • 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.
  • Stalburg Nuclear Weapons is founded to defend Stolland in case of third world war. Jeff Walter initially funds the project. The organisation became corrupt.

1950s

1958
  • The Obenseuer ore mine is closed.
1959
  • The Hammer Valley Sawmill is burnt down.

1960s

  • The vonvrete tenement is built by Walter Group.
1962
  • The Hammer Valley Dam starts operation. A log chute is built for logs to get past the dam and too the sawmill.
  • Operation restarts at the Hammer Valley Sawmill.
1965
  • The Hammer Valley National Park is established.

1970s

1973
  • The Municipality of Obenseuer is merged to Stalburg.
  • May 2: Senior field inspector Johan Stalberg calls for a meeting concerning the alarming state of the Walter Co. construction sites in Obenseur, but is dismissed.
Mid-Late 1970s
  • The Stalburg Central Water Plant is constructed.
1976
  • February 22: Putilin Vladimir is born.
1977
  • Xeander Berg makes reports about a new innovation that he was working on that he claimed would change the construction industry forever. Several weeks later however, Berg is kidnapped by Stalburg Nuclear Weapons and all his research is confiscated. He is forced to work in the SNW Bunker under Walter Tower. He becomes the head of science team B2.
  • Without the help of Bergmann group's co owners, the company begins to run into issues during the constriction of a large project in West Germany as Eric Kleinmann's mental state begins to deteriorate.
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.
  • 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".
  • Eric Kleinmann is forced to sell the Bergmann Group to Jeff Walter.
Between August 9 of 1979 and beginning of 1980

1980s

1980
  • February: Bergmann Group goes bankrupt under Walter's management.
  • February 25: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Bergmann Group's Shady Downfall Raises New Question".
1981
  • Stalburg Steel goes bankrupt.
  • 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 14: Stalburg Steel closes down. Stalburg Times publishes the article "Stalburg Steel Collapsed".
  • 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.
Between 1981 and beginning of 1982
1982
  • Alex Hartman begins to become paranoid. He orders the control rooms doors to always be locked and uses a locksmith to check and repair all the locks. He also orders security to check employee's lunchboxes. Alex Hartman sends hateful letters to Jeff Walter.
  • June 5: The Hammer Valley Dam closes down. Last report of the Hammer Valley Reserve guard.
  • June 14: Hammer Valley Hydro files for bankruptcy.
  • June 15: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Hammer Valley Hydro Files For Bankruptcy".
  • 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 entrurts the knowledge of the stash to one of Hammer Valley's garuds 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.
  • 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.
  • Moring Wood company begins to go bankrupt, due to their massive unpaid loans.
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.
1986
  • 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.
  • December 19th: Alex Hartman kills Jeff Walter and Max Koller at Rosenthal's villa.
  • Late December: Last coherent log of Xeander Berg.
  • Walter Co. ceases construction at Turnip Hill.
1987
  • January 23: Captain Hans Magnusson writes to the S.N.W. leaders to keep his ship.
1988
  • Osmo Olut is founded by Obenseuer local Osmo Saarinen.

1990s

1991
  • Militarist Party is founded.
1993
  • 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.
1997
  • December 17: Erik retires from his job at the Bergmann tunnels, he leaves a note and a bottle of Osmo Olut for Robin, but Robin never finds it.

2000s

2003
  • August 9: Last report of J.K. at the old power plant.
2008
  • Debut of construction of Blackrock Nuclear Power Plant's third reactor.

2010s

2012
  • The construction of Blackrock's third reactor is delayed.
  • June 13: SWT Control Version 2.1 is installed onto the computers at the Pitheath Water Treatment Plant.
2013
  • July 13: Putilin Vladimir receives his passport.
2014
  • September 21: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Obenseur, or More Like Open Sewer".
  • November 9: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Legend of the Underground City".
2015
  • The Stalburg city corruption scandal erupts.
  • August 5: The City of Stalburg Department of Health submits a health inspection report about Aziz's Hamburger & Kebab Pitheath.
2016
  • June: Extensive water leak damage in the Echtfjord district occurs.
  • 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: National Consulting Group begins the demolition of vonvrete tenement damaged by water in Echtfjord district, however to to a communications error, the demolition crew begins demolition 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 8: Stalburg Times publishes the articles "Stalburg Nuclear Power Production about to Double" and "Metro Workers to Protest Today".
  • August 8: Stalburg municipal elections take place.
  • August 8-9: The events of INFRA take place.
  • December: National Consulting Group releases the report of Stalburg's infrastructure to the public.
2017
  • January 5: The epilogue of INFRA takes place.
  • January 15: The Engineer movie is released.
  • The events of Open Sewer take place.
  • The events of Whiprock DLC take place.
2018
  • January: Markku Siltanen's credit card is set to expire.
  • Following the 2012 delay, Blackrock's third reactor was set to begin operation in the spring of this year.

2030

  • July 13: Putilin Vladimir's passport is set to expire on this date.

2200s

  • The events of VALTA take place.

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Trivia

  • Obenseuer is spelled "Obenseur" in a Stalburg Times Newspaper articles and by Stalburg News presenter (subtitles only) in third ending. This is likely a mistake.
  • Several newspapers reference real-world events that occurred on the same date.