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| 1999 1st Jan | Black Friday. 6.00am. Volgan Republic of Asia invades Western Europe. |
| 2023 | After the end of the Volgan War against the Eastern Bloc countries, work starts on building a vast Mega-City centred around New York, in an attempt to cope with the rapidly soaring population of the East Coast states. It is initially intended to house three to four million people; America's population at the time is rapidly approaching a thousand million. |
| 2031 | The enormous metropolis is nearing completion. Such a vast structure needs a special form of government, and so a new form of policing system is introduced to cope with the problems posed by such a concentrated mass of humanity. The Judges are hand-picked, at first, from the ranks of the regular police forces, but are soon established as a separate entity, with recruits trained from a very early age. They have a more senior status than the regular police, and are respected and feared on the streets for their grim impartiality. The first Chief Judge, Judge Fargo (known to later generations as 'The Father of Justice'), is responsible only to the president himself. |
| 2039 | The success of Mega-City One inspires other areas to build Mega-Cities, and plans are drawn up for Mega-City Two, to run down the whole of the Western seaboard, and Mega City Three, centred around Texas and the other Southern states. Each is designed to accomodate around two hundred million citizens. |
| 2040-47 | Mega-Cities Two and Three are built; on the streets of all three Mega-Cities, the Judges have replaced the traditional policeman, as violence and crime escalate under the already crowded conditions. |
| 2050 | Harlem Heroes Aeroball team is decimated in a road-liner crash (Giant, Slim, Hairy & Louis being the only survivors) but reforms to win the World Aeroball Championship! |
| 2051 | Judge Soloman reluctantly takes over as Chief Judge on the death of Judge Fargo, at the insistence of the other members of the Council of Judges, the ruling body of the Justice Department of which the Chief Judge is head. |
| 2058 | Soloman steps down, in favour of Judge Goodman, and returns to the streets where he is happiest. |
| 2066 | A new process of accelerated cloning, coupled with Genetic Control screening for probable Judge material, means that trainees are able to become full Judges in record time. The legendary Judge Dredd is one of the first children to benefit from this new technique. |
| 2070 | Caught in a maze of diplomatic wrangling, President Robert L Booth of the USA starts the Atomic Wars, which rapidly devestate most of the USA, USSR and Europe. The Mega-Cities escape direct nuclear attack, however, because of experimental laser defence systems installed just a year earlier. Shocked by such an abuse of power, the citizens of America rise up and depose President Booth; he still has many loyal followers, however, and control over the country's robotic Mek-troop army, and a bloody civil war starts. The citizens petition the Judges to take over the running of the country. |
| 2071 | In the heart of the Cursed Earth, a vast irradiated wasteland formed in the wars, Booth's Presidential Guard in finally defeated at the Battle of Armageddon, but only at the cost of the lives of a hundred thousand Judges and Mek-troops. Acting in his temporary position as Grand Judge for all three Mega-Cities, Judge Soloman pronounces his famous 'Judgement of Soloman', which states that the deposed Booth should be put into suspended animation, and entombed in Fort Knox for one hundred years. |
| 2072 | A steady inflow of homeless refugees from the ruins of the Cursed Earth swells the post-war populations of the Mega-Cities; MC-1 has 550 millions, MC-2 has 350 millions, and MC-3 has 260 millions. More and more blocks are built, but demand fast outstrips the supply of housing and many citizens form shanty-towns outside the walls of the Mega-Cities. Gradually, the problem is eased by new fast construction techniques, but space in the Mega-Cities is becoming tight. |
| 2079 | Joe and Rico Dredd graduated with honours to become full Judges. A few months after leaving the Academy, Judge Joe Dredd arrests his clone-brother Rico for the crimes of taking bribes, vice and murder. Rico is sentenced to twenty years on the penal colony of Titan. |
| 2083-86 | After years of wrangling over
independance and government, civil war breaks out between
Mega-Cities One and Three. The latter does not feel it is
getting a fair deal, being governed as it is by people in
the other Mega-Cities, and that its individual identity
is being submerged. The other two cities oppose the idea
in the interests of unity, however, and (probably more
importantly) the highly valuable resources controlled by
Mega-City Three. The war ends in stalemate, however, and, deciding that further conflict would simply be a waste of time, Mega-City One allows Three to secede and declare its independance. Mega-City Three adopts the name Texas City; the other two form closer links with each other and form 'The Union'. |
| 2088 | Luna-1 moon base is established by all three Mega-Cities. Although it is hailed as a great scientific achievement, it is seen by many as a diplomatic exercise, designed to renew and cement relations with Texas City. Government of the colony is divided initially between all three cities, with a senir Judge being sent every six months to take over as Chief Judge. |
| 2099 | William "Whitey" Logan muders
Judge Alvin while holed up in the old Empire State
Building. Whiety is apprehended by Dredd and sentenced to
life on "Devil's Island". The people of Mega-City One unveil the gigantic Statue of Judgement in honour of the Judges. The city's population has risen to a staggering eight hundred million, and many people are homeless. Some enterprising citizens take to the road in ever-moving mobile homes, and all of a sudden there are 18 million of them, perpetually driving the roadways of the city. A robot rebellion, led by renegade droid Call-me-Kenneth, brings about widespread destruction before it is finally quashed; anti-robot lobbies gain much support. Rico Dredd returns to Mega-City One, and is killed by Judge Dredd while attempting to take his revenge. |
| 2100 | Welch Logan destroys the old World Trade
Center buildings while holding the city to ransom for the
release of his brother, Whitey. Welch is later executed
by Dredd, and Whitey is returned to Devil's Island. Mega-City Two falls prey to the deadly viral disease, 2T(FRU)T, which threatens the very existence of the city. An overland mission finally reaches the Mega-City with the antidote after a long and dangerous trek across the Cursed Earth. |
| 2101 | Chief Judge Goodman is murdered on the orders of the mad Judge Cal, who takes control of the Mega-City for a hundred day reign of terror, during which time he makes a goldfish his second-in-command and sentences the whole city to death! |
| 2102 | The resistance movement, led by Judges
Griffin and Dredd, finally rises against Cal and his
alien mercenaries the Kleggs, and the tyrant plummets to
his death from the top of the Statue of Judgement whilst
proving his ability to fly! Griffin takes over as Chief
Judge, and the Mega-City gets back to 'normal'. On his
death bed, Psy-Judge Feyy predicts doom for Mega-City One
in 2120. Judge Death arrives in Mega-City One. Declaring all life a crime, the supernatural creature slaughters dozens of citizens, until his body is destroyed by Judge Dredd. When the creature possesses Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson, she sacrifices herself by allowing herself to be sealed in the "miracle plastic" Boing(tm), trapping Death's spirit with her. |
| 2103 | A series of Block Wars accelerate into Black Mania, under the influence of Orlok the Assassin, a Sov agent who has been putting drugs in the water supply. The Mega-City erupts into chaos, with neighbour fighting neighbour, and even Judges being affected by the drug. |
| 2104 | Judge Death is freed by his compatriots,
Judges Fear, Fire and Mortis. When the Dark Judges seal
off Billy Carter Block and begin murdering its
population, Judge Dredd and the revived Anderson enter
the block and force the unkillable things to retreat
across the dimension span to their own dead world.
Anderson and Dredd follow the creatures, and Anderson
channels the wrath of the lost souls on Deadworld to
exorcise the Dark Judges. Supreme Judge Bulgarin of East-Meg One launches an all-out nuclear strike on the already-weakened Mega-City One, and the Apocalypse War begins. Prolonged fighting devastates both the Mega-City One and Sov sides, but a daring raid into Sov territory results in the obliteration of East-Meg One by its own missiles, and the invaders finally surrender. Chief Judge Griffin has died in the war, along with over four hundred million other citizens and Judges. Most of Mega-City One is in ruins, and millions are homeless, setting up more makeshift shanty towns in and outside the walls. Judge McGruder, head of the SJS, takes over as Chief Judge. |
| 2105-07 | The city is gradually rebuilt, but many parts still lie in ruins, and irradiated Sectors (or Rad-pits) are dotted around the city. Disease is a common hazard, and pollution is not diminished by tough laws. Unemployment is nearly 90%, and many bored citizens turn to crime, often just for something to do. A wave of insane crazes sweep the city, inspired by controversial vid shows and renegade Juve gangs, and the Judges are ever-more hard pressed to keep the peace. They are strong, though, stronger than ever, and they have The Law on their side! |
| 2106 | Tek Division produces the Proteus, a prototype time
machine. The machine is used by Judges Anderson and Dredd
to travel forward to 2120, in order to discover the truth
of Judge Feyy's final prediction. In 2120 they discover
the ruined Mega-City, ruled over by the Mutant, a vastly
powerful psionic being created from the cloned tissue of
Owen Krysler, the Judge Child. Dredd loses his eyes in
combat, and battles his undead future self. The Judges return to 2106 with "Zombie Dredd", and Chief Judge McGruder orders the termination of the Grunwalder and the destruction of his castle in an attempt to prevent the calamity from taking place. The inactive "Zombie Dredd" is placed in the Black Museum, and Judge Dredd is fitted with bionic eyes. |
| 2107 | Judge Anderson is lured to Deadworld and duped into
reviving the Dark Judges, and is left for dead by them
when they return to Mega-City One. The Dark Judges use
their Dimension Jump technology to teleport across the city, always one step ahead of the Judges and killing thousands. Eventually Psi-Division manages to predict their arrival point and the Dark Judges are trapped in limbo through the use of a prototype Dimension Jump device. McGruder takes the Long Walk Judge Silver takes over as Chief Judge Judda attack MC-1 |
| 2108 | Exploding man incident Democratic Tendency take over Channel 48 breakfast show |
| 2109 | Judge Dredd breaks up the Democratic Charter March, but has doubts that his actions were justified. |
| 2110 | 'The Mutant' (Clone of the Judge Child) attacks MC-1 and turns the Judges into 'Blues' vampire like creatures. |
| 2111 | Kraken, last of the Judda in Mega-City One, is failed by Dredd on his hotdog run despite a flawless performance. Kraken is sentenced to be terminated, and administers his own lethal injection, which is in fact merely a powerful sedative. Dredd resigns, and takes the long walk into the Cursed Earth. |
| 2112 | Chief Judge Silver makes Kraken a Judge, and uses him
to replace Dredd. Under the influence of the Sisters of Death, Kraken kidnaps Psi-Judge Agee. The Sisters use her mind to form a bridge to Mega-City One, and force Kraken to free the Dark judges from dimensional limbo. Despite the efforts of Dredd and other Judges, over sixty million citizens are killed before Agee's death breaks the bridge between worlds, and three of the Dark Judges are imprisoned in Boing(tm) once more. Judge Death remains free, however. Hunt Club organize 'Death Aid' |
| 2113 | Judges Dredd and Dekker round up
conspirators who were plotting to murder Dredd and
sabotage the Democratic Referendum. The conspirators
included Judges Grice and DeGaulle. Grist escapes Titan penal colony and attacks MC-1 with 'Meat Virus'. |
| 2114 | Judgement Day. Sabbat the Necromagus arrives from the
year 2178, and sets about reanimating the dead all over
the world. Billions die as several Mega-Cities are
completely overrun by zombies, and are nuked out of
existence to prevent Sabbat's army growing further. Aided
by Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty-hunter from Sabbat's
time, an elite squad of Judges end the conflict. Sabbat's
head remains alive atop a mystical lodestone, and is
transported to Mega-City One for incarceration. A
side-effect of Sabbat's presence is that zombies
occasionally rise at Resyk, forcing the Judges to ensure
that workers there are armed with shotguns. Chief Judge Silver killed McGruder becomes Chief Judge (again) Mechanismo project started |
| 2115 | Ankhor discovered in Luxor City Supreme Judge Traktorfactori assassinated |
| 2116 | McGruder resigns (again) Judge Hadrian Volt becomes Chief Judge Cal-hab 'Song-in-the-Sky' satellite destroyed |
| 2120 | The disaster predicted by Feyy does not come to pass. The "Zombie Dredd" stored in the Black Museum spontaneously reanimates, but is destroyed by Dredd. |
| 2121 | Dredd is captured by Orlok the Assassin and taken to
the new Kremlin to stand trial. He escapes, causing the
destruction of the floating Kremlin. Nero Narcos programs the new Mark 11 Lawgiver to self destruct and robots to turn on the Judges after his signal is given. He then defeats the Judges with assassinator robots. With help from Brit-Cit, Dredd leads a team which reprograms Narcos' robot reinforcements to turn on their comrades. |
| 2122 | The present day |
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| 1967 | Dan Dare born in Manchester |
| 1984 | Dan left Rossall School to go to Trinity College, Cambridge, to read Modern Sciences. |
| 1985 | Dan got his Blue for cricket (he played for Cambridge against the West Indies at Lords) and stroked his crew to victory against Oxford in the Boat Race. |
| 1986 | Gaining his degree in mathematics and astrophysics, Dan then went to Harvard University under the Internatinal Exchange Scheme and was awarded the International Universities Prize for the best paper on the science of flight. |
| 1987 | Dan joined the Interplanetary Space Fleet as a Cadet Navigator. |
| 1990 | After routine service between Earth and the Stationary Orbit Rocket 'Janus', Dan took the Interstellar Navigation Course. |
| 1991 | Dan took his Master Pilot's Certificate and had reached the rank of Pilot Major. |
| 1996 | As the Chief Pilot of the space fleet and a veteran of the Martian Fight, Dan was stationed at the HQ of the Interplanetary Space Flight, under the direct command of Sir Hubert Guest, controller of the space fleet. |
| 2176 | Dan Dare is revived from Space Fleet's Cryogenic Unit after more than a century since his 'death' at the hands of the Mekon. |
| 2177 | Commander Dan Dare loses his ship, the aging space freighter Sirius, at Jupiter while taking it to the Space Museum on Earth's Moon. |
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