Timeline of Events

BC Era

5000 BC

• Water breaks through rock in modern day Stalburg, creating a gorge later known as Hammer Grip Gorge.

1200s

1266

• The City of Stalburg is founded as iron mining settlement in the area of currently known "Old town". A small castle is built to protect the new founded settlement.

1400s

• The original settlement suffered great damage during the Stalburg Fire. After the fire the city was decided to be relocated to the current site of the city centre at a bay 5km east of the original location due it’s obscure location for port and rough cliffy terrain. The old castle was abandoned and new fort were built to cover the location of the new Stalburg.

1600s

• The city of Stalburg starts to grow fast and it became a wealthy and important harbour and trading city in the Baltic region. Many new sea forts were built to protect the important port.

1800s

• Stalburg's status as important port and iron mines allowed the city to industrialize fast, boosting the city’s growth and economy even more. Many factories were constructed in districts around the times city limits and coast, such as "Foundry". Railroads were also constructed. On the flip side of the coin, the fast industrialization caused many people seeking jobs to migrate into the city faster than new apartments and tenements could be built, forming slums around the city. During that time the city also suffered some sanitation, pollution and health issues.

Late 1800s

• Löfgren’s Massif and two other stone buildings are built in the Echtfjord district of Stalburg.
• Work starts on improving Stalburg's sanitation and water quality. Sewers and water pipes are built under the city.
• 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

• Many of Stalburg's slums are removed and replaced with proper housing.
• 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

• Jeff Walter is born in Stalburg.

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 a third world war. Jeff Walter initially funds the project. The organisation became corrupt.

1950s

Late 1950s

• Hammer Valley Hydro begins construction of the Hammer Valley Dam in Hammer Valley.

1958

• The Obenseuer ore mine is closed.

1959

• The Hammer Valley Sawmill is burnt down.
• The Fresh Water Act of 1959 is put into effect, allowing Stalburg Water to veto decisions regarding projects endangering water supplies.

1960s

• The vonvrete tenement is built by Walter Group.
• Stalburg experiences its peak industrialisation due to steel manufacturer, Stalburg Steel.

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

• Hammer Valley Hydro begins construction of the Two Gorges Dam. The company runs into financial issues and cuts are made to the construction of the dam.
• 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.
• While constructing a cistern in Stalburg, Bergmann Group's account is frozen by Stalburg Bank to prevent financial damages after mismanagement of the construction.
• S.N.W. begins to see Bergmann Group as a threat that may accidentally expose the S.N.W. project and the underground bunker. They begin a plan of attempting to bankrupt and take over the company.

Late 1970s

• Walter Corporation's involvement in constructing tenements in Obenseuer increases in attempt to house the city's growing workforce.

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".
• The construction of the freshwater tunnel faces many issues, with the project being cancelled many times and the chance of a strike was very high. The CEO of Hammer Valley Hydro, Alex Hartman, travels to the site of the project and gives Bergmann Group advice on how to continue the project.
• Green mushrooms are discovered by workers working on Bergmann group's freshwater tunnel. The mushrooms and their affects are documented.

Between August 9 of 1979 and beginning of 1980

• Markku Siltanen is born.

1980s

1980

• Mid February: Bergmann Group goes bankrupt under Walter's management. Every employee is fired from the company except for Erik, who works in the tunnels alone.
• February 25: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Bergmann Group's Shady Downfall Raises New Question".
• After working alone in the Bergmann Tunnels, Erik gets a co-worked named Robin. Erik and Robin's relationship is strained, and they spend a lot of time arguing as Robin is very careless and causes many problems to the operation of the tunnels.
• Erik discovers green mushrooms in the Bergmann tunnels and he has fun consuming them with Robin.

1981

• Jeff Walter takes over Stalburg Steel under the influence of S.N.W.
• February 28: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed.
• September 13: Jeff Walter lowers the wages of the factory workers.
• September 20: An employee at Stalburg Steel almost falls into one of the steel ladles, he is later fired.
• September 26: The Union of Metal Workers begins negotiating with Walter.
• October 2: A employee at Stalburg Steel notes that conditions at the factory aren’t getting any better and they need to begin striking.
• 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".
• October: Half of the population of Stalburg becomes unemployed following the economic turmoil caused by the bankruptcy of Stalburg Steel. Hammer Valley Hydro's financial situation worsens.
• November: Alex Hartman's wife and child die. Hartman blames Jeff Walter.
• November: S.N.W. begins planning on bankrupting Hammer Valley Hydro due to the company's links to the Bergmann Group. They also plan to use the Hammer Valley Dam as an alternate power source to the bunker.
• Mid November: Protests begin all over Stalburg and Obenseuer falls into anarchy.
• 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 after another client backs out at the last second.

Between 1981 and beginning of 1982

• Rob Madsen is born.

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.
• Alex Hartman's secretary, Katelyn, quits her job after noticing Hartman's behaviour, she also takes a note of all of Hartman's activities for any future investigations.
• March 10: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed.
• An electric motor factory in Pitheath is sabotaged after an individual opens the nearby sewer dam, causing a blockage of sewage.
• June 5: The Hammer Valley Dam closes down. Last report of the Hammer Valley Reserve guard.
• June 14: Hammer Valley Hydro files for bankruptcy. City of Stalburg officials have an emergency meeting to determine the future of Stalburg's power production.
• 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.
• Jeff Walter grows suspicious of S.N.W., he sends an employee into the bunker. S.N.W. discovers that he is planning to expose them to the public and they try to apprehend him. Walter escapes to Mikhail Rosenthal's villa. Walter and a police officer named Max Koller begin corroborating evidence against S.N.W.
• 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.

Between 1982 and 1986

• Alex Hartman searches for Walter. He meets with Walter's sister, Anna Walter, Investigates his old cottage and storage compartments, looks into possible sightings and questions the disappearance of Xeander Berg.
• Hartman relocates his secret base of operations to Pitheath.
• Hartman teams up with Eric Kleinmann and Mikhail Rosenthal in his search for Walter.

1983

• The expected completion date of the Fresh Water Tunnel in 1979.
• February 1: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed. The inspector notes problems with the sluice controls.
• 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.
• July 5: The sluice controls of Pitheath sludge canals are serviced.

1984

• June 29: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed. The inspector finds the tunnel and sewer keys missing.
• July 1: An inspector attempts to find the keys at the Pitheath sludge canal but is unsuccessful.
• July 2: A Protests occurs at a electric motor factory in Pitheath due to the build of sewage.
• July 3: An inspector finds the keys for the tunnel and sewer at the Pitheath sludge canal.
• July 4: A "Remember to return keys" sign is added to at the Pitheath sludge canal.
• The electric motor factory in Pitheath is shut down.

1985

• October 9: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed. The inspector notes the canal still smells.

1986

• Walter Co. ceases construction at Turnip Hill.
• March 6: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed.
• April 27: Andrew Herts dies. He is buried outside Turnip Hill.
• August 4: Xeander Berg writes in his diary expressing his disdain for the S.N.W. project.
• August 5: A scientist attempts to escape the S.N.W. bunker through the entrance, but guards catch up with him and drag him back.
• August 6: A scientist named Richard in the S.N.W. bunker begins seeing Mörkö outside his room. He later steals a bucket of paint and paints images of Mörkö all over his room.
• 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 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.
• August: Alex Hartman discovered the entrance to the SNW bunker but is unable to enter.
• Alex Hartman places dynamite given to him by Kleinmann beneath Walter Tower to kill Walter if he ever returned.
• November 6: Xeander Berg discovers he is infected with SMV after seeing a green mushroom growing on his hand, he spends a lot of time attempting to find a cure.
• November 9: Xeander berg comes into contact with Jeff Walter, who is still hiding in Rosenthal's villa. They both work together in exposing the SNW conspiracy.
• November 14: Xeander Berg discovers orange mushrooms while looking for a cure for his SMV, he finds that they are a completely different species of mushroom.
• November 19: Xeander Berg is unsuccessful in finding a cure using orange mushrooms.
• November 24: Jeff Walter sends the police officer Max Koller to Berg's basement to help him find a cure for SMV.
• December 1: Xeander Berg loses the ability to walk.
• December 9: Mushrooms begin growing all over Xeander Berg's body.
• December 18: Hartman discovers that Rosenthal is working for Walter after he follows Max Koller back to Rosenthal's villa. Hartman kills Rosenthal.
• December 18: Max Koller begins interviewing Jeff Walter about S.N.W.
• December 19: Alex Hartman kills Jeff Walter and Max Koller at Rosenthal's villa.
• December: Kleinmann meets with Xeander Berg at his basement in Castle Rock Island. Berg can't write or stand, but Kleinmann stays with him, contracting SMV as well. They both die.

1987

• January 23: Captain Hans Magnusson writes to the S.N.W. leaders to keep his ship.
• February 9: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed.

1988

• Osmo Olut is founded by Obenseuer local Osmo Saarinen.
• May 28: A yearly inspection of the Pitheath sludge canals is completed.

1990s

1991

• Militarist Party is founded.

1993

• A cheaply built Walter Co. tenement in Obenseuer collapses partially.
• March 18: The G2 generator in the Bergmann power plant is broken by Robin, hospitalising Erik.
• May 10: J.K. repairs the G2 generator.
• May 21: Robin breaks the G2 generator again.
• May 29: The Bergmann Tunnel power plant is closed down. Last report of J.K. in his maintenance log.

Late 1990s

• The ground water of Obenseuer is contaminated after a leak caused by the construction of a new railway running through the district.

1997

• December 3: In the Bergmann tunnels, the passcode for the B2 corridor is changed to 4027.
• 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.

1998

• The Obenseuer Tenements built by Walter Corporation in 1973 were not intended to be used beyond this year.
• August: T.I. changes oils to one of the transformers in the electrical station beneath Walter Tower.

2000s

2002

• June: A.A. notes that the overhead cables of the electrical station beneath Walter Tower should be repaired.
• August 20: J.K. comments "A very hot day" in the Hammer Valley Power Plant maintenance log.
• November 11: J.K. comments "Some weird pain in my chest?" in the Hammer Valley Power Plant maintenance log.
• December 12: J.K. comments "Holiday, here I come!" in the Hammer Valley Power Plant maintenance log.

2003

• January 13: J.K. comments "Heart aching again... Gotta take it slow" in the Hammer Valley Power Plant maintenance log.
• March 20: J.K. comments "To know I visited this shithole that on a date like that is actually kinda sad..." in the Hammer Valley Power Plant maintenance log.
• August 28: J.K. comments "Goddamn heart... Well at least this place is still intact after all this time. I don't fell the same" in the Hammer Valley Power Plant maintenance log.
• September 8: J.K. records his last log in the maintenance log.

2008

• Debut of construction of Blackrock Nuclear Power Plant's third reactor.
• July: A report is published by the Stalburg Water Sample Laboratorium indicating a massive spike in water pollution.

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

• July 23: Stalburg Times publishes the article "Lost in Mountains".
• 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.
• Following the end of the Stalburg city corruption scandal, National Consulting Group is put in charge of maintaining the city's infrastructure. They find many important documents absent.
• May: A cable in the electrical station beneath Walter Tower breaks. A.A. notes this incident in the log.
• 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.
• July: The Pineapple, written by Jimmy P. Apple, is published. Apple, being a resident of Turnip Hill, only receives Open Sewer Coins for his book.
• July: Kevin J. Herts and Elo Bloomer contract Stalburg Mushroom Virus. It is later discovered that blue mushrooms can cure SMV, Elo Bloomer is cured by Kevin is too far gone.
• July 06: Robin breaks the door to the generators in the Coal Fired Power Station.
• July 11: Robin causes many accidents in the Coal Fired Power Station, almost killing his co-worker Edvin.
• July 12: Engineers show up at the Coal Fired Power Station and conduct repairs.
• July 27: Slag Cargo intended for the Pitheath Water Treatment Plant is accidentally sent to Obenseuer.
• August 1: Ville Sköldgangster receives a final warning eviction notice for his apartment.
• August 2: The second grit classifier of the Pitheath Water Treatment Plant stops functioning entirely.
• 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 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: A report written by Esko Järvinen about the Castle Rock Bridge Renovation Site is released stating that the quality of concrete is adequate despite not being the finest quality.
• August 6: The Turnip Hill administrators discover Mikhail Rosenthal's villa, they begin investigating it.
• 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.
• August 14: Mark receives a Beer Diploma from Beer Master for completing the Beer Challenge. (Determinate)
• September: Nordstal is founded after the merger of Stal-Insurance and NorEid. Former CEO of NordEid, Jørgen Andersen, becomes the new CEO.
• December: National Consulting Group releases the report of Stalburg's infrastructure to the public.
• December 15: Elena Farkas becomes CEO of Stalburg Water, replacing Roman Banis after facing various finance offences. Farkas gives a speech at city hall where she detailed her plan to repair the water supply chain. (Determinate)

2017

• Stalburg begins rounding up all those infected with Stalburg Mushroom Virus and place them in a quarantine zone in Obenseuer.
• Rob-In Build and Repair is established by Robin and Rob Madsen.
• January 4: Markku Siltanen recieves an Email from The Raven Research Institute.
• January 4: Osmo Olut buys Walter Tower.
• January 4: The remaining Stalburg officials linked to Stalburg Nuclear Weapons are imprisoned for life for treason.
• January 4: Adolf Altmaier resigns a mayor of Stalburg.
• 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.
• February: Stalburg Skytree, a fifty-floor skyscraper in Stalburg, plans to begin construction by Aríva Construction.

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.

2020s

2022

• Blackrock's third reactor is set to be completed by this year.

2030s

2030

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

2200s

• Civilization has - besides one exception - shattered into tiny city states, and vast wastes ruled by bandits and tribes. Without law and organization, there is no advanced technology, all that people have is manufactured in workshops with crude tools, and what’s left of the prosperous past.
• The events of VALTA take place.

Gallery

Newspapers

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  "Bergmann Group Begins Work on the Fresh New Water Tunnel"

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  "Bergmann Group's Shady Downfall Raises New Questions"

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  "Stalburg Steel Collapsed"

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  "Stalburg Placed Under Martial Law"

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  "Hammer Valley Hydro Files for Bankruptcy"

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  "Obenseur, or More Like Open Sewer"

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  "Legend of the Underground City"

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  "Metro Workers to Protest Today"

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  "NCG Accidentally Orders Wrong Building Destroyed"

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  "Stalburg Nuclear Power Production about to Double"

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.