A History of the Horizon - 2467 Edition

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A History of the Horizon – 2467 Edition

Preword

This year so far, we have seen a shift. With no large arcs involving the Horizon directly, and the introduction of canon Odyssey, the Horizon has been involved in more and more “small scale” canon operations - this starting largely in May. Given a lot of these will remain “background lore” – not likely to make a canon news article or a wiki page – I sought to compile these stories into one place. These are the stories of the Horizon, both the small and the big.

Everything below is CANON, and is roughly chronological. I have avoided exact dates because finding them would take a lot more work, but if people are intrested I can find them (or you can too with correct diggin in DIscord)

January

Horizon Movement: After returning to Tau Ceti for the Christmas holiday, the Horizon spent sometime at home. However by mid-January, it has set out once more on patrol of the corporate restructuring zone.

Spur News: Conflict between Zavodskoi and Hephaestus starts to make headlines…

 

February

Spur News: The election in Sol make up most of the headlines this month, and indeed Hendrik Strom is elected.

 

March

Horizon Movement: Burzsia is hit by a mystery attacker, just as the Horizon arrives in Konyang, a year after the rampancy virus it helped resolve.

Event: Hephaestus machinists come aboard to examine the IPCs in the crew.

 

April

Event: After some time in Konyang, the transmitter liberated in the final battle is finally returned to the Konyang government, in a big ceremony aboard the Horizon featuring government officials and multiple journalists. The transmitter causes a worry, but the engineering team manage to stop it doing something and get it back in the hands of the Konyang government.

Spur News: Sol reopened diplomatic relations with Biesel, and Sol consulars finally make a return to the Horizon.

 

May

Odyssey: Early in the month, Konyang-Pop star Mi-Young Seo comes aboard to promote her new album, “Light Up My Stars”, dedicated to the emergency workers during the rampancy crisis, the Horizon’s crew counted amongst them. The crew all receive free tickets to one of her shows before they leave Konyang.

Horizon Movement: The Horizon leaves for the Weeping Stars.

Event: A joint Bishop Cybernetics / Hephaestus team comes aboard to showcase advancements in IPC technology. One of their units is purchased in an auction, while other tech and enhancements are showcased.

Odyssey: A pair of IPC fleeing Burzsia after the attack are discovered in a Hephaestus waystation. A pair of bounty hunters, aligned with but not working for Hephaestus, discovered them at the same time. After a standoff, security and the bounty hunters exchange fire. The IPCs are seized by the Horizon and the bounty hunters arrested. The ultimate fate of these IPCs is yet unknown.

Event: The Horizon is (accidentally) interdicted by pirates! A huge stash of phoron they stole from a NT freighter is discovered in their base, but a unfortunate firefight sees the Horizon crew in retreat. Only due to pirate infighting is it eventually recovered.

Odyssey: The Horizon stumble upon an outpost that is not on their maps, emitting a distress call. A full on greimorian infestation, complete with queen, has interrupted the outpost’s suspicious purpose. Fortunately for the outposts’ mystery owners, the Horizon never fully discovers the outpost’s secret.

 

June

Horizon Movement: The Horizon enters Burzsia to aid in the reconstruction effort.

Odyssey: The Horizon is invited to a semi famous diner on the edge of the system, the Carp’s Bite. It’s dirty, but the food is good as is their pet carp, George. The rats infesting the diner manage to sneak aboard the Horizon however….

Odyssey: An unused proepellent depot on the edge of the system has put out a signal saying it's open for trade. Hephaestus has asked the Horizon crew to get the squatters to move out. The depot suffered from rogue maintaince drones, but engineering and the janitors deal with the issue. The squatters flee with a independent spacer with the depot's store of phoron.

Event: A PR team from Hephaestus comes aboard, and what fortune: the Horizon recovers a life pod, all on camera. There are some arguments on high about the convenience of such timing, and the dangers the journalist cause, but either way Hephaestus and the Chainlink gets its good PR.

Odyssey: The Horizon checks in on a key Hephaestus Outposts on Burzsia I, where they manage to rescue a senior machinist, and recover some interesting evidence as to the attacker.

Odyssey: The Horizon checks in on two Hephaestus Outposts on Burzsia II. Sadly, there are no survivor, even after a purposeful cave in to prevent the attacks from reaching one. Both are infested with Greimorians, as it turns out a badly timed gambit by a penal miner for freedom.

Odyssey: After the earlier diner visit, a rat infestation is in progress on the Horizon. An Orion team comes aboard to clear it out, but due to a terrible accident one dies. Meanwhile, an Operations delivery takes a turn for the worst when a Hephaestus guard is accidentally killed. Hephaestus covers up the death, ruling it an accident.

Odyssey: The Horizon is engaged in second line logistics work across the system. During this, they return to the depot they evicted squatters from earlier in the month, visit a forgotten about mining outpost (and pick up a body), rescue a picky VIP trapped in a dust storm, and lay the ground works for a grand rebuilding.

Odyssey: Engineering is tasked with putting the finishing touches to the depot, while janitors clean it up, all the while a mass carp migration causes danger both EVA and inside. It seems it is ready to reopen soon, but the final secret of the depot remains undiscovered...

Odyssey: The depot finally opens, and the Horizon's crew gets time to relax before their next mission. The final secret is revealed - a long decayed body - and handled subtly. What implications might this have for the future...

Event: The CCIA perform an operational audit at the request of and supervised by company directors. With a focus on the Horizon's self sustainability, and the director's loose lips, the Horizon's crew get a glimpse of future missions.

 

July

Spur News: The relief effort to Burzsia reaches it's natural conclusion. Rebuilding begins in earnest.

Odyssey: The HEV Pelée, a ship repair post on the outer edges of the Burzsia system, is aided by the Horizon. A poorly maintainced fusion react threatens to meltdown, and the station is saved at the last minute by a pair of engineers. Meanwhile, rangers and an independent spacer get into a spot of bother.

Horizon Movement: The Horizon leaves Burzsia, making it to Xanu in record time.

Event: Upon entering the Xanu system, the Horizon has a collision with a superfreighter. Insurance info is exchanged, and things get heated when command call foul on the freighter's crew, leading to Xanu authorities been called in.

Odyssey: The crew help clear some Greimorians.

Odyssey: The crew is invited to appear on the new series of cooking show Jean Paul Bertrand's Back to Basics. They go hunting, spear fishing, and a lucky few cook with the celebrity chef.

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