Timeline

The Phantom Doctrine series’s timeline is a mix of real and alternate history set during the Cold War.

1947

 * The Cold War begins.

1955

 * Beholder Initiative is founded as an international lobby group.

1956

 * Operation Gladio is officially established.

1963

 * November 22nd - President JFK is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald is caught and labeled as the assassin, but conspirators think otherwise.

1969

 * The Generation of Aquarius in Action is founded as a NGO.

1970

 * The United States raids Són Tây prison as part of Operation Ivory Coast.

1976

 * April 4th - The Colossus Computers Corporation is founded.
 * Manhattan Silk Road is established.

1983

 * The events of Phantom Doctrine take place.
 * March 11th - Deadpan’s CIA cell conducts an unsanctioned raid in Pakistan to investigate the country’s alleged nuclear program.
 * March 21st - “Hemlock” infiltrates the ACA’s Facility in Colón, Panama to search for documents leading to “Komodo,” a known associate of Josef Mengele. The search turns up nothing about Komodo herself, but the compound’s leaser, Panamanian General Azcarraga, may have victims willing to talk.
 * April 17th - The HMS Conqueror seizes Beholder Initiative cargo on board the CS Marquis. The Beholder CEO is assassinated by Cardinal, placing Valhalla as his successor. Kingfish activates a sleeper agent in East Berlin and steals a manifest for the Conqueror’s cargo.
 * April 18th - A suicide bomber explodes in the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.
 * Fender is almost assassinated in New York.
 * The Cabal destroys evidence while evading navy SEALS in Beirut.
 * June 23rd - K-429 sinks in the Sarannaya Bay.
 * The Cabal rescues Omikron to learn more about the Marquis cargo.
 * The Cabal is attacked by Conspiracy forces while trying to recover the Marquis cargo in Glasgow.
 * Cabal agents sent to Hong Kong are almost killed.
 * The Cabal rescues Wizard and obtains mind control technology.
 * The Cabal raids a restaurant to capture Tai-Pan.
 * A Beholder cell in Vancouver is infiltrated and/or raided by the Cabal.
 * Operation Boldface occurs, either resulting in the death or evacuation of a Polish opposition leader.
 * September 1st - KAL Flight 007 is shot down by Soviet interceptor aircraft. After the disaster, President Reagan announces the GPS (Global Positioning System) would be available for civilian use soon.
 * The Cabal raids Sears Tower in Chicago.
 * October 25th - U.S. troops invade the country of Grenada. The Cabal raids Beholder’s base in the region, defeating Valhalla. Almaz Station is sent crashing down onto Earth, effectively ending Project Iceberg.

1986

 * The events of Phantom Doctrine 2: The Cabal take place.
 * April 26, 1986 - The Chernobyl disaster occurs, seemingly orchestrated by the Cabal.
 * October 11th-12th - Ronald Reagan meets Mikhail Gorbachev at the Reykjavik Summit, leading to the end of communism in the Soviet Union.