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Post by ANDREW RYAN on Aug 18, 2010 1:12:53 GMT -5
The Timeline !
1906
September 3
Orrin Oscar Lutwidge is born.
1912
the events of BioShock Infinite occur.
1919
Undefined Date
Andrew Ryan flees Russia in the wake of revolution; heads to the United States of America.
1923
May 17
James Millard Oakes is born.
1943
October 5
The German U-boat U-336 captained by Hans Hunger is sunk in the Straits of Denmark south-west of Iceland, in position 62°43'N, 27°17'W, by rockets from a British Hudson aircraft.
1946
Undefined Date
James Millard Oakes disappears
Brigid Tenenbaum disappears
Jean Louis Roget disappears
Mimi Tabor and Elgar Vankin disappear
Icelandic fishermen complain of "dead seas" and allege that oil slicks have killed off whole areas of the ocean
February 13
Lutwidge Property Management declares fictitious business name.
March 8
Liddell & Lewis Publishers declares fictitious business name.
April 5
Scarlet Sovereign declares fictitious business name.
May 20
Scarlet Sovereign sends an invoice to Warden Yarn for large amounts of steel.
November 5
Rapture is mostly finished, it opens to an influx of citizens.
December
Yi Suchong noted missing in Chinese paper
1947
Undefined Date
Repeated equipment failures on commercial vessels; shipping routes are shifted quietly by NATO.
A USAF C-47 "Skytrain" vanishes with seventeen troops and two decorated pilots after a bizarre final radio call.
A Child's Garden of Cyphers is published by Liddell & Lewis
Dr. J.S. Steinman disappears.
February
A number of Australians, including Kyburz, disappear from Turtle Bay.
1948
Frank Fontaine arrives in Rapture.
Julie Langford disappears.
June
Fontaine Futuristics advertises a Teleportation plasmid, dated 06/16/1948.
Teleport Plasmid
1950
Sofia Lamb brought to Rapture by Andrew Ryan.[citation needed]
1951
(Presumably) Rapture is finished. Andrew Ryan cuts off contact with the surface.
1952
April 17
Lutwidge pens a letter to Warden Yarn from Scarlet Sovereign with concerns about being used as a "shield" for North Atlantic construction project.
December 19
Lutwidge Property Management produces Statement of Holdings (filed 21st).
1953
The ill-fated Baldur vanishes during the second leg of its quixotic attempt to follow the Viking charts. Their last recorded position was in 63°30'N, 27°4'W.
1954
June 22
Lutwidge types a letter to Ryan about disappointment in not being invited to Rapture.
1955
Reports of a "Phantom Lighthouse" precedes the discovery of six capsized Icelandic fishing vessels.
October 22
The Russian KGB publishes an internal report about various missing persons cases and suspected defection to western democracies.
1956
Final radio transmissions from the English vessel Ice Beagle before its disappearance: "That doesn't make sense. It shouldn't be there... do you see them? They're watching us!".
Jack is "born" in a lab under the supervision of Tenenbaum and Suchong.[20]
The I.O.O.P (International Order Of the Pawns) ships out its introductory pamphlet for those desiring to quest for Rapture.
1957
Undefined Date
Celeste Roget travels to the Himalayas to find her father.
January 22
Frank Fontaine installs first Power to the People machine in Rapture, likely as a response to conflict.
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