I have been looking at some major events according to the timeline, and see what can influence our campaign. Most important stuff is not on the list, and some are there just so I can reference them (we will not deal with the clans, for example), but some of the items will affect us. Tomorrow I will update it with the regional stuff on the Circinians, Marians, Lothians and Illyrians.
Another thing is that I have been thinking how the hell they can manage to have all the transport capacity that they require to go to the border of nowhere. The answer will be that this will not be theirs, but will belong to their employer: the jumpship and dropships they will be using to get there will be new purchases from the Illyrians, sinc etheir background talks how they lost their jumpship capacity recently, and they will need them to keep up their internal (and external) trade and troop movements. I am quite happy with that solution since it fits well with the area :)
Edit: Added the Circinus federation's history. Marian, St Andrews, Illyrian and Lothian to go.
Edit 2: Added Lothian and Illyrian timelines. Marian & St Andrews to go.
Edit 3: Added New St Andrews. Marian to go.
3028-3030: 4TH SUCCESSION WAR.
3028: Battle of Misery. GDL memory core.
3029: St Yves Compact and Tikonov Free republic formed.
3030-3039 ANDURIEN CRISIS
3030: Duchy of Andurien secedes. Janos Marik suffers a stroke.
3030-3035: Andurien-Canopus invade Capellan Confederation (ends in disaster).
3032: FWL gets organized enough and starts to strike at Andurien (September). Capellans counterattack. Things start to go bad for the Andurien-Canopian alliance.
3032: Circinus: CJ McIntryre dies. “Little Bob” McIntyre succeeds him. Plan to invade the Illyrian Palatinate (preparations). The leader of Black warriors dies in tavern Brawl. Little Bob takes command of the unit (unheard of! Unrest). Puts the Illyrian invasion on hold for 1 year.
3033: intel says that Illyrian Palatinate defences are stronger than expected and Circinuians abort attack for a year.
3034: Invasion of Illyrian Palatinate by Circinian federation. Invaders find seasoned mercenaries. Defenses are several companies of mechs and the Arms of Thor mercs. Illyrian victory. Circinians lose 2 of their 3 regiments. Circinians invade the independent planet of Dersidatz in their retreat.
3035-3040: Dersidatz rebels and destroys Circinan garrison. Buid defences. Costly guerrilla campaign for Circinians to pacify the planet.
3034: FRR formed + Ronin War (3034-35)
3035: Bomb smashes marik family. Dncan Capt. General
3036: Thomas Marik captn. General. Romano Liao chancellor
3037: recapture of Andurien
3039-40 WAR OF 3039
3040: Emma Centrella named Magestrix. Emma Centrella starts the plot to leech the Marian Hegemony from their coreward border.
10 years where we can do whatever we please since nothing really important happens.
3041: Circinus: Black Warriors try a coup d’etat against Little Bob. Unsuccessful. 2/3 of the Circinian military destroyed in the conflict.
3050: CLAN WELCOME PARTY. FRR goes down the drain (a pity IMO)
3051: Tukayyid. FRR refugees move to Illyrian Palatinate.
3052: TANTRUM OF BLAKE CRISIS BEGUINS. WoB makes itself strong in the FWL.
3052-53: Marian hegemony raids Lothian League heavily.
3053: Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission replaces Mercenary Review Board.
3054-55: Marian hegemony invades and conquers Lothian League.
3055-57: Illyrian palatinate grars up to total war: construction of castle brians and other defence areas.
3055-3062: Magistracy of Canopus supports Lothian guerrilla movement.
3057: OPERATION GUERRERO (FWL+CC invade FedCom), events on STAR LORD unfold (St Andrews).
3058: Word of Blake takes Terra, Thomas Marik discovered to be a double.
Founding of Second Star League, with Sun-Tzu Liao as First Lord. Mess in the Clan front: Ulric killed, War of refusal, wolf in exile and Jade wolf/new Clan Wolf...
3059: HARVEST TRIALS among the Clans. Star League launches Task Force Serpent and Operation Bulldog against Clan Smoke Jaguar. Mining in New St. Andrews established (illegally).
3060: Illegal miners in New St Andrews expelled. Meridian Manufacturing estbalished.
3061: Star League forces return to Inner Sphere. Word of Blake's Precentor Martial Trent Arian assassinated & Cameron St. Jamais succeeds him. Jeffrey Calderon killed on Detroit, Grover Shraplen becomes Protector of the Taurian Concordat, Second Whitting Conference held on Tharkad, Theodore Kurita elected First Lord. Victor Steiner-Davion joins ComStar as Precentor Martial.
3062: TRINITY ALLIANCE formed. FEDCOM CIVIL WAR begins, Draconis March forces invades Combine
3062: Lothian League on the brink of rebellion. Countered by Julius O'reilly, that reaches an agreement with rebel leadership.
3063: MARIAN HEGEMONY ANNEXES ILLYRIAN PALATINATE attacking from old Lothian League with 2 legions, Julius O'Reilly becomes Caesar, Kristen Marik dies, Capellan-St. Ives War ends with the annexation of the latter,
3064: Nelson's Longbows (mercs) move to New St Andrews to protect it from pirate raids.
3067-3078: TANTRUM OF BLAKE JIHAD. Circinus. Circinus allies itself with WoB. Outreach destroyed
3068: Operation: Steel Hammer. WoB assaults major Lyran worlds and capitals.
3081: CIRCINUS FEDERATION DESTOYED by Marian Hegemony.
3128: Lothian League regains independence. Social structure very influenced by their years under Marian rule.