Peacekeeper / Story chronology

The course of the Calyster.

Selected events arranged by the confirmed book-reading sequence. This is not an exhaustive in-universe calendar, and no dates or elapsed times are inferred.

Start with the spoiler-free reading order.

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The prequel’s frontier mission concludes

The syndicate base is destroyed by the combined fire described at the end of the prequel; the Calyster is ordered toward Epislan II.

Peacekeeper: Prequel

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  • Peacekeeper_Prequel, paragraph 454. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

  • Peacekeeper_Prequel, paragraph 461. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

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The Calyster is selected for an experimental retrofit

The ending of Peacekeeper: 2nd Edition explains the ship’s proposed experimental equipment and the research expected from it.

Peacekeeper: 2nd Edition

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  • Peacekeeper 2nd Edition, paragraph 1719. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

  • Peacekeeper 2nd Edition, paragraph 1725. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

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Xander undergoes augmentation at Alpha Station

Rising Tide begins while the crew waits for the Calyster’s retrofit and Xander undergoes Eranian genetic augmentation.

Rising Tide

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  • Rising Tide, paragraph 15. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

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Protocol changes become an observed experiment

At the opening debriefing of Star Rising, Masker receives permission to modify protocols under a requirement to record and analyze the changes.

Star Rising

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  • Star Rising, paragraph 29. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

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The armored suit enters repeated combat testing

Star Destroyer opens with further suit training, including a sparring exercise whose value is described as shared data and experience.

Star Destroyer

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  • Star Destroyer, paragraph 23. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

  • Star Destroyer, paragraph 58. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.

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The Calyster is assigned a memorial future

At the final debriefing, an admiral outlines the ship’s planned museum retirement and crew commemoration on the Kerguelen Islands.

Star Destroyer

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  • Star Destroyer, paragraph 1615. Source locator only; manuscript prose is not reproduced here.