AMF | Adios
Mother F@#$*ers. Used 1) Endearingly towards comrades in
arms and 2) Not so endearingly to the Chig on the other
end of the muzzle |
Airdale | a
Navy term for all aviation people, flyers and support personnel.
It was not taken as a compliment by the airdales |
Bang
Out | term
for ejecting from a not so good airplane - RAF |
Bugout | (slang)
Leave (normally in a hurry) |
CFB | (acronym,
slang) Clear as a Fucking Bell |
Crank
the chicken switch | (slang)
Eject from an air/space craft. |
Doggie | Army
soldier. It is from "Dogface". I think it is from World
War II. |
Egghead | (slang)
Used as both a verb and noun to describe automation
and the people that design it |
FNK | (acronym,
slang) Fucking New Kid: Term used by combat vets to
describe someone in their first operational posting |
Fur
Ball | (slang)
Dog fight with multiple fighters from each side |
Honcho | (slang)
Leader of a commando team |
Hot | (slang)
Under hostile fire |
Jarhead | (slang)
for US Marines |
Juke | (slang)
Avoid enemy fire and flak |
Klicks | (slang)
Military term for kilometers |
Mikes | (slang)
Military term for minutes |
MCF | Major
Cluster Fuck : term used in the mil to describe a major
screw-up. Also used to describe air force officers doing
drill. And Navy officers most of the time |
MSK | short
for Mega Statute Kilometers |
Old
Breed | GODS
OF THE MARINE CORPS |
Pit | short
for cockpit |
Punch-out | the
term I heard for ejecting from a not so good airplane -
USAF & USMC |
Pusser | (slang)
Ship Shape: According to Navy Regulations |
Rack | (slang)
A bunk on a Navy Ship |
RecRoom | Bar |
REMF | (acronym,
slang) Rear Echelon Mother Fucker |
RTB | Return
To Base |
Silver
Bar | (slang)
Lieutenant (jg) or Marine 1st Lieutenant |
SitRep | Situation
report / on-mission report |
Slop
Chute | Non
Commisioned Officers Club |
SOP | Standard
Operation Procedure |
Zoomie | (slang)
A pilot. Also known as: flyboy, rocket jockey or busdriver |
S:AAB
Timeline
|
July
1947 | Chig
scout craft crashes in Roswell, New Mexico. |
1950's | Russians
send the first satelite and man into space, a race to the
moon between the US and the USSR begins. |
10th
Jan. 1969 | Kim
Everett Eckerly born. |
29th
July 1969 | Mankind
walks on Earth's Moon. |
1980's | US
NASA launches their space shuttles, endo-exo space crafts
which can land back on Earth like a normal aircraft. |
Spring
1997 | Dolly,
the first cloned sheep makes its appearance, though the
public is outraged only a couple of days later US scientists
announce that they have gestated a pair of small monkeys
who have apparently no genetic parents. The first step of
creating new genotypes for a new race. |
4th
July 1997 | NASA
mission Pathfinder lands as scheduled on Mars. Transmits
pictures of Mars back to Earth. Scientists believe that
there was, once, water on Mars. |
13th
October 1997 | Nasa
launch off of the Cassini probe towards Saturn, filia probe
will explore Saturn moon Titan as well. The probe is powered
by 66 lb. plutonium. |
20th
October 1997 | British
scientists 'create' headless tadpoles. They say that human
IV gestation will be possible in the near future only for
medical and scientific reasons. |
1998
| Russians
use telepresence to explore Mars, for the first time finding
traces of water on the planet's surface. It is decided that
in the next 100 years, Mars will be 'terraformed'. AeroSpace
Technologies Inc. makes its first appearance on the public
market. First warnings about worldwide sterility but they
are disregarded by the public while Aerospace Tech. Inc.
Is secretely gathering all scientists involved in the genome
projects of the last 5 years. |
2004 | Sterility
Plague declared pandemic by WHO. |
23rd
Nov. 2011 | World
Bank declares bankrupcy. Global Economy collapses, unification
of Earth begins. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
is disbanded 62 years after its foundation. |
2012 | UN
Constitution Ratified. The world has its first united government
although all states keep their national souvereignity. The
UN also ratifies a treaty of United Earth Forces (UEF),
all national armed forces of Earth are joined together under
one general command staff pertaining of highranking officers
of all nations. |
March
2013 | The
ESC (European Space Corps) is founded, incorporating all
European armed forces under one general command which is
also part of the UEF command staff. |
12th
April 2014 | In
the Oort cloud, Dr Eckerly produces the effect to named
after him posthumously. During a subsequent experiment the
tidal effects of the increased gravitation rip Dr Eckerly
apart, killing him only hours after his discovery. What
no-one knows is that the officially disbanded AeroSpace
Tech Inc. has funded the experiment. |
2015 | AeroTech
'officially' founded. |
2022 | AeroTech
purchases land north of Nevada from the US Government under
the Liquidation of Federal Assets act. AeroTech moves it
headquarters and research labs from Virginia to its new
enclave. |
2027 | IVA
Founded to produce InVitroes. |
2031 | Diane
Hayden arrested in an InVitro rights rally. |
16th
March 2016 | Cooper
Hawkes's batch incept date. |
2043 | McQueen
decanted and begins indentured servitude in the mines on
Omicron Draconis. |
2047 | AI
War begins. Silicatronics performs internal witch-hunt,
and finds that Ken Stranahan had created the Take
a Chance virus, infecting the majority of AIs and
sparking off the violence. Before formal charges can be
laid, Dr Stranahan apparrently commits suicide. The UEF
comes into duty and to the overall surprize, the different
generals work together as one team. The first real test
to the UEF which passes it with flying colours. |
June
2047 | Natural
Born losses so heavy that InVitroes are released from their
indentured servitude and drafted into the Armed Forces.
|
July
2047 | McQueen
finishes boot and becomes an ammunitions handler at Port
Riskin. 27 InVitroes die during an accident at Port Riskin
and McQueen gets punished hitting a superior officer...
|
August
2047 | McQueen
starts 120 days of solitary confinement. |
2048 | Global
Unification Accord signed in New Delhi, transforming the
globe into a Commonwealth of nations lead by the UN. |
2049 | McQueen
released from indentured servitude, and enlists into the
Marines. |
2050 | IVA
Director Marylin Stevens kidnapped by AIs and held hostage
for more than 2 months before finally being rescued by the
127th Angry Angels. |
2051 | Silicate
shoots President Yung. |
2052 | The
CC War in Karakorum: General Dawson loses the USMC Third
Armoured Division in the Ali Bhutto Pass. Ray Butts captured
by CCs and tortured for three days. |
2053 | Cooper
Hawkes begins gestation. |
2054 | Ho
Chi Min City convention on Silicate POWs. They are considered
to have the same rights as human POWs have according to
the Geneva Convention. |
June
2054 | McQueen
selected to join the 127th Angry Angels. |
2057 | Silicates
steal military space assets and flee into space, ending
the AI War. |
2058 | InVitro
platoons disbanded. IVA Director Marylin Stevens disappears
along with most of her research staff and equipment. |
15th
May 2058 | Cooper
Hawkes decanted. |
January
2059 | Cooper
Hawkes escapes from clandestine InVitro Training Program.
|
July
2059 | Great
Britain and the former European Community disban indentured
servitude to get rid of IV ghettos after several rallies
of the IV Rights Movements had ended in riots. The IVs get
full first citizen membership. |
2063 | Tellus
and Vesta Colonies attacked, sparking the Chig War. |
June
2063 | World
Federation / United Nations ban indentured servitude after
several souverain states like Great Britain had disbanded
it earlier on in 2059. |
July/August
2063 | The
58th squad retrieve an Alien recon vehicle on Mars. |
19th
Nov. 2063 | Earth's
first offensive strike against the Chigs take place. The
Battle of the Belt. |
February
2064 | New
Alien Fighter (flown by "Chiggy von Richtoven") destroyed
by Lt.Col. McQueen. |
16th
April 2064 | Shane
Vansen promoted to Captain. |
Autumn
2064 | Cpt.
Shane Vansen, Lt. Vanessa Damphousse and Lt. Paul Wang supposedly
KIC over celestial body 2063 Yankee, planet Anvil. |