[HoE] The Timeline. (What did we do for 100 years?)

["Steve Chamberlain" <spchamberlain@dogfield.freeserve.co.uk>]

With regards to the Timeline questions, I think you're looking for answers
that aren't there. Now I wouldn't like to speak for Shane but I think he
just picked convenient numbers for the years based on the original DL
timeline

The reckoning    1863
The first Ghost Rock Bomb    2063 (200 years after the reckoning)
Judgement Day     2081

DL campaigns started 13 years after the reckoning (1876)
HOE campaigns start 13 years after Judgement Day (2094)

I think they just wanted the Ghost rock bombs (which are the main focus of
the HOE background) to have a connection to the Reckoning, hence the exactly
200 years difference.

And adding to the debate about why tech hasn't evolved much past the current
tech, I would say that Mad Science (and Junker Science for that matter) have
not contributed at all to current technology. Remember that all of these
items are not reliably, and were prone to fall apart at a moments notice.
Also, they were put together based on the mad whisperings of a manitou. This
is hardly science fiction, not science fact. The devices were slapped
together with what ever was at hand. Anyone studying these devices could
probably learn more about mad science but not about conventional science.

If anyone is worried about the lack of real scientific achievements, go out
and buy yourself one of those "Stuff" magazines - the ones which show you
the latest in GPS technology for landrovers etc. My friend is creating a
catalogue of modern technology for a Cthulhu 90's campaign. Some of the
things in these magazine are astounding, and slipping these into a campaign
gives a feel of updating technology.

Steve "Whatley" Chamberlain