Commonwealth Timeline for Humans by Burton Craddock original content copyright by Burton Craddock third version copyright February 22, 2003 second version copyright October 15, 2001 first version copyright November 8, 2000 http://members.tripod.com/andromeda_logs/ mailto:andromeda_logs@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, www.andromedatv.com , http://www.allsystems.org/timeline.html and Seamus Harper Online are 2001 copyright of Tribune Entertainment Company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Third version A Commonwealth year is equal to exactly one Earth year. Gregorian Year Commonwealth Year -------------- ------------------ 5167 AD 10087 CY Dylan Hunt rescued from black hole - 1891 AD - 6811 CY Public publication of Nietzsche's "Thus Spake Zarathustra" part 4 ------------ ------------- 3276 years 3276 years difference between years Chunk Yeager first flight to break the sound barrier in Bell X-1 a.k.a. "Glamorous Glennis" was on October 14, 1947 AD which is also on 6867 CY. The Bell X-1 was dropped from a B-29 bomber at 20,000 feet. Top speed was 1.05 Mach. Seamus Harper Online page 'cool toys I built' give the date 6869 CY (1949 AD) as the year of Yeager flight. Harper may be referring to the first ground take off supersonic flight of Bell X-1. cool toys I built http://205.180.62.192/interst_gadg1.html The first supersonic flight of Bell X-1 from a ground take off was on January 5, 1949 AD (6869 CY). The Bell X-1 acelerated so fast that the actuating rod snapped and the wing flaps blews off. Yeager was flying at 23,000 feet at 1.03 Mach at 80 second after take off. The Bell X-1 touched down safely two and a half minutes after take off. The US Air Force beat the US Navy by one day for the first supersonic flight of an aircraft from a ground take off. The Navy scheduled to fly the rocket power Skystreak on January 6, 1949 from a ground take off. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ old second version It seem that lengths of a Commonwealth year for A Commonwealth Timeline at http://www.allsystems.org/timeline.html is about 0.965517241 Earth years or 11.862069 earth months. Therefore a Tarn Vedran ,the capital world of Commomwealth goverment, have planetary year of about 2 weeks shorter than a Earth year. The only two events with known CY (Commonwealth Year) and Gregorian year at Andromeda official web site are the year that Friedrick Wilhelm Nietzsche first publish the last volume of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" in 6811 CY (1885 - 1892 AD) and the year that test pilot Chuck Yaeger in jet plane "The Bell X-1" flew the first earth aircraft to the sound barrier in 6869 CY (1947 AD) The Commonwealth year for Yaeger historic flight is from Seamus Harper Online page "gadgets: cool toys I built". Different publication dates are give for year of the publication of the fourth part of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" on the Gregorian calendar. The first publication date is the private publication in 1885 AD. The first pubic publication was after Friedrick Wilhelm Nietzsche when insane in January 1889 AD. The first public publication date is usually listed as 1892 AD but the public edition of printed in 1891 AD. Nietzsche family fearing confiscation on a change of blasphemy delayed the release of part four of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" to 1891. 1892 AD is the year that the public edition was released. Thomas Common on english translation for all four parts of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" have 1891 date as publication date of the original work. Some Andromeda message boards on the internet posted that Andromeda writer Zack Stentz said that the date used in Thomas Common translation is the correct year of publication of the fourth part of "Thus Spake Zarathustra". Gregorian Commonwealth Bell X-1 1947 6869 Z Part 4 1891 6811 ---- ---- Difference 56 58 1 Commonwealth year = 56 / 58 1 Commonwealth year = 0.965517241 Gregorion year 1 Commonwealth year = 56 / 58 * 12 1 Commonwealth year = 11.5862069 Gregorion months The following are two algorithms for converting between Commonwealth years and Gregorian years. YG, YC, and YX are integers. YG = Gregorian Year YC = Commonwealth Year Negative YG are BC years on Gregorian Calender. Negative YC are BIE (before Imperial Era) years of Earth Commonwealth Calender. Calculating Gregorian Year from Commonwealth Year Step 1: YX = (YC - 6811) * 56 / 58 + 1891 Step 2: IF YX < 1 THEN YX = YX - 1 Step 3: YG = YX Calculating Commonwealth Year from Gregorian Year Step 1: YX = GY Step 2: IF YX < 1 THEN YX = YX + 1 Step 3: YC = (YX - 1891) * 58 / 56 + 6811 The 'Step 2' for both algorithms are needed since the Gregorian Calender do not have a year zero. 5054 AD (10087 CY): A salvage starship recover the Andromeda Ascendent from the black hole. Hunt and his ship was frozen in time for 303 years. captain Hunt plans to restore the Systems Commonwealth with the help of his new crew from the salvage ship. If a calendar year convertion algorithms assume Commonwealth year equal a Gregorian, a error of about 111 extra years are added the Gregorian year when calculating the Gregorian date from 10087 CY which is the year that Captain Hunt and Andromeda Ascendant were rescued from the blackhole in 10087 CY. The logs pages of Seamus Harper Online gives the format for listing Systems Commonwealth dates. m.d.y Where m is the month number. Where d is the day of the month Where y is the Commonwealth year. 3.12.10087 CY is third month, 12 day of third month in Commonewealth year 10087. A few Commonweath Timeline events 4794 BC (112 BIE (before Imperial Era)): Slipstream was discover by a team of Vedran scientists. The team leader was master sage Rochinda. This started an age of faster than ligth space travel. 4686 BC (0 CY (Coronation Year, later Commonwealth Year) ): The foundation of the Vedran Empire resulted from General Huascar nax Yeweri's campaign of conquest across Six Galaxies. His mate Yoweri I wa named Empress. 1889 AD (6811 CY) Human philosopher Friedrick Wilhelm Nietzsche privately publishes the final volume of "Thus Spake Zarathustra". 2126 AD (7055 CY): Earth have first contact with a Perseid mentoring mission. 2155 AD (7085 CY): Earth becomes newest member of Systems Commonwealth. 3425 AD (8400 CY): Dr. Paul Museveni founds Ayn Rand Station , the first Nietzsche colony. 3427 AD (8402 CY): Drago Museveni is born at Ayn Rand Station. He is the Nietzschean Progenitor. 3448 AD (8424 CY): Dr. Paul Museveni dies and his son Drago takeover leadership of Ayn Rand Station as first true Nietzschean to lead Nietzschean. 4761 AD (9784 CY): Captian Dylan Hunt and his starship Andromeda Ascendant is trap near the event horizon of a black hole at the start of the civil war between the Commonwealth and the Nietzscheans. 5054 AD (10087 CY): A salvage starship recover the Andromeda Ascendent from the black hole. Hunt and his ship was frozen in time for 303 years. captain Hunt plans to restore the Systems Commonwealth with the help of his new crew from the salvage ship.