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