uranian eras

a chronological appendix to
Robert Gibson's uranian saga

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[Note: this page is reproduced from my former website www.ooranye.com. The links to its historical narrative do not work directly from here - see Apologies to readers re failed links. If, therefore, you want to study the history while browsing the Eras table, I suggest you consult the published volume, Uranian Gleams, which contains a revised, improved version of the History. But meanwhile, here at least you get an overview of the time-line of that history.]

Ooranye: era-table

Era number and name	Duration [all days are 30-hour Uranian days]	Absolute date of end day	Remarks
1 Hydrogen	19,636,085 days = 800 Uranian years = 67,200 Earth years	19,636,085	Man emerges from the lake of Dmara.
2 Helium	18 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes	19,636,104	Concepts "Syoom" and "Fyaym" catch on.
3 Lithium	5,610,292 days = 228.5 Uranian years = 19,200 Earth years	25,246,396	Energy provided by excavation of the riches of the Sun-Egg (a mascon lode).
4 Beryllium	4385 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes = 15 Earth years	25,250,781	Desperate optimism as Sun-Egg depletion looms. Anti-interdimensional research faction holds sway.
5 Boron	8766 days, 66 minutes = 30 Earth years	25,259,547	Reversal of factions. Decision is made to attempt to draw power from another dimension.
6 Carbon	1 day, 4 hours, 23 minutes	25,259,548	Escape of the eopc (the creature used in the interdimensional experiments). Crisis.
7 Nitrogen	37,759 days = 129 Earth years	25,297,307	Moral darkness. The Corruption Ray.
8 Oxygen	40 days	25,297,347	Sanity restored. The healing time.
9 Fluorine	22 hours	25,297,347	The rise of Hyala Movoun.
10 Neon	5558 days, 5 hours = 19 Earth years	25,302,905	The reign of Sunnoad Hyala Movoun 1.
11 Sodium	130 days, 6 hours	25,303,035	The plundering of Chelth
12 Magnesium	58 minutes	25,303,035	The "Flare of Arrest"
13 Aluminium	2 hours 43 minutes	25,303,035	The interdimensional pact
14 Silicon	1 day, 26 hours	25,303,036	The last hours of Hyala Movoun
15 Phosphorus	14,626,687 days = 595.9 Uranian years = 50,057 Earth years	39,929,723	The disc-on-stem cities built. Syoom's period of greatest power. Ends with the disastrous voyage of the First Great Fleet.
16 Sulphur	36 minutes	39,929,723	Nemaean "blizzard" advances on Syoom
17 Chlorine	24 minutes	39,929,723	The Bank of Light's broadcast saves Syoom
18 Argon	12,666,934 days = 516 Uranian years = 43,350 Earth years	52,596,657	The sunnoadex continuous. Epic of Deev and Karth.
19 Potassium	152 days 6 hours	52,596,809	"Stitching Syoom"
20 Calcium	11 days	52,596,820	The White Sun
21 Scandium	3 days 9 hours	52,596,823	Tjoren's Offer; murder of Tjoren by Nalre Zitpoidl
22 Titanium	10,620 days 6 hours = 36 Earth years	52,607,443	The Great Winter
23 Vanadium	55,391,027 days = 2256.7 Uranian years = 189,565 Earth years	107,998,470	Arelk; Gedars; boyish adventure; slavery.
24 Chromium	2 days 17 hours 42 minutes	107,998,472	Vyanth frees its slaves
25 Manganese	31 days	107,998,503	Great Slave Revolt
26 Iron	18,940 days 8 hours = 64.8 Earth years	108,017,683	Revolutions; totalitarian regimes
27 Cobalt	6,292,385 days = 256 Uranian years = 21,534.5 Earth years	114,310,068	Recovery of Syoomean population. Sky Patrol. First teleological investigations. Balloon flights.
28 Nickel	57 minutes	114,310,068	The Kalishan Voice
29 Copper	2961 days =10.13 Earth years	114,313,029	First immigration of Quonians
30 Zinc	30,853,745 days = 1257 Uranian years = 105,591 Earth years	145,166,774	.Most of the monorails built. The "era whose length was always known".
31 Gallium	5260 days 22 hours	145,172,034	First mind-nauts. Discovery of the Other Syoom.
32 Germanium	63 days 4 hours	145,172,097	Energizing of Ipenemir Honnd
33 Arsenic	18 hours 47 minutes		The salient - 1
34 Selenium	16 hours		The salient - 2
35 Bromine	2 days 26 hours 35 minutes	145,172,099	The salient - 3
36 Krypton	3 minutes 30 seconds		The salient - 4
37 Rubidium	5,955,630 days 242.6 Uranian years 20,382 Earth years	151,127,729	The Age of Spies
38 Strontium	42 days	151,127,771	Fyayman invasion; Syoomean secrecy as enemy advances into a trap
39 Yttrium	163 days 28 hours 2 minutes	151,127,934	The trap is sprung; epic battle against Fyayman coalition
40 Zirconium	3,155,594 days 128.6 Uranian years 10,799 Earth years	154,283,528	Teleological Guilds. Origin of Yr, City of Mists.
41 Niobium	6,662,243 days 271.4 Uranian years 22,800 Earth years	160,945,771	Great architectural achievements. Age of elegance. Teleological Guilds lose their purpose.
42 Molybdenum	2 hours 17 minutes		Ghepions awakening - 1
43 Technetium	28 seconds		Ghepions awakening - 2
44 Ruthenium	17 days 21 hours	160,945,788	Ghepions awakening - 3
45 Rhodium	1 hour 24 minutes		Ghepions awakening - 4
46 Palladium	17 days 3 hours 2 minutes	160,945,805	Ghepions awakening - 5
47 Silver	3,857,055 days 157 Uranian years 13,200 Earth years	164,802,860	Ghepions awake.
48 Cadmium	6,311,598 days 257 Uranian years 21,600 Earth years	171,114,458	Modus vivendi with Ghepions
49 Indium	18 minutes		Proclamation of the Mad City
50 Tin	245 days 9 hours	171,114,703	War with the Mad City
51 Antimony	89 minutes		The Feast
52 Tellurium	33 minutes		The Debate
53 Iodine	17,277 days 59 Earth years	171,131,980	Ghepion-human partnerships restoring trust
54 Caesium	13 minutes		Controlled death of the Hive
56 Barium	54 days 7 hours	172,867,734	Preparations to meet the Foam
57 Lanthanum	1,051,880 days 43 Uranian years 3600 Earth years	173,919,614	The Foam
58 Cerium	123 days 22 hours	173,919,737	Crumbling of the Foam
59 Praesodymium	23,493,050 days 957 Uranian years 80,400 Earth years	197,412,787	The "spotlit" appear
60 Neodymium	1 hour 20 minutes		Zentonan: the chance conversation
61 Promethium	4 days 29 minutes	197,412,791	Zentonan: the inner struggle
62 Samarium	1 day 3 hours 47 minutes	197,412,792	Zentonan: the investigation
63 Europium	2 hours 57 minutes		Zentonan: capture by the tyranny
64 Gadolinium	13 minutes		Zentonan: escape
65 Terbium	25 days 19 hours	197,412,817	Zentonan: the underground country
66 Dysprosium	1 day 21 hours 51 minutes	197,412,818	Zentonan: the fight in the caves
67 Holmium	56 days	197,412,874	Zentonan: the ascent of Mount Gnemek
68 Erbium	2 days 1 hour	197,412,876	Zentonan: the downward glide
69 Thulium	14,025,686 days 571 Uranian years 48,000 Earth years	211,438,562	Prospectors' golden age
70 Ytterbium	144 days 13 hours	211,438,706	The Brown Smoke
71 Lutetium	34,964 days 24 hours 199 Earth years 8 months	211,473,670	The first 'dassan call
72 Hafnium	21,704,844 days 884 Uranian years 74,280 Earth years	233,178,514	The "Age of the Wise"
73 Tantalum	17,532,219 days 714 Uranian years 60,000 Earth years	250,710,733	Relative decadence. Detectives' golden age.
74 Tungsten	18,934,797 days 771 Uranian years 64,800 Earth years	269,645,530	Kalyars
75 Rhenium	5 hours		The world-spirit speaks
76 Osmium	22,090,596 days 900 Uranian years 75,600 Earth years	291,736,126	The Great Triangle. Cold war with Quonia.
77 Iridium	2,103,867 days 85 Uranian years 7200 Earth years	293,839,993	The great days of the Sunnoad's Navy
78 Platinum	49,993 days 6 hours = 2 Uranian years = 171 Earth years	293,889,936	Ghepions infiltrate Navy
79 Gold	9,066,758 days = 369 Uranian years = 31,029 Earth years	302,956,744	The Quest for Solor
80 Mercury	7,342 days = 25 Earth years	302,964,086	The Cyborgs
81 Thallium	19,278,102 days = 785 Uranian years = 65,975 Earth years	322,242,188	The era of psi
82 Lead	40 minutes		The Draining
83 Bismuth	13,324,486 days = 542 Uranian years = 45,600 Earth years	335,566,674	The mascon expeditions
84 Polonium	2 hours 30 minutes		Nehal Fozdak murders and impersonates the Sunnoad
85 Astatine	32 minutes		The Corruption Ray
86 Radon	1 day 2 hours 40 minutes	335,566,675	Shaking off the influence
87 Francium	11,496 days 24 hours = 39 Earth years	335,578,171	Lawmen; vigilantes; Syoom's "last stand"
88 Radium	3,889,328 days = 158 Uranian years = 13,310 Earth years	339,467,499	Syoom overrun and largely subjugated; gradual recovery; Taldis Norkoten's victory over Tu Rim
89 Actinium	11,176,884 days = 456 Uranian years = 38,319 Earth years	350,644,383	The great age that sums up all the others. First Contact with Terrestrials.
90 Thorium	negligible on this time-track	350,644,383	The probability era
91 Protactinium	8 days 9 hours 20 minutes	350,644,391	The Second Great Fleet's voyage to Arclour
92 Uranium			Current era - Uranians achieve space travel