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as fuel for reactors located in the ballast masses that support the skyweb, 100,000 kilometers out from
Earth. Secretly, House of Kwan diverts nuclear arms into highside arsenals.




Sun Years 28-31 Vogelkop Accords signed at Vogelkop Down. In return for energy, ores, and
manufactures from space, the power-starved signatory nations yield terminal concessions, police
privileges, and diplomatic recognition to Sun Company.




Sun Year 33 Company heiress Sonya Kwan marries financier Li Chang Chen.




Sun Year 39 The Holyfolk Front, a radicalized revival of the Gottesvolk Movement, begins
underground campaign to liberate the mother planet from space dominion. Members take
“Earthblood oath” to destroy the Company and the House of Kwan.




Sun Year 41 Sun Security is set up to counter Holyfolk terrorism.




Sun Year 47 Kwan Labs improve genetic tests and introduce the laser-printed Sunmark to identify
individuals with “genes fit for space.”




Sun Year 53 Kerry Kwan, chairman of the Company and Director-General of Sun Security, becomes
first Sun Tycoon. Claims that evolving genetic differences will soon separate Sunbred and Earthbred
populations.




Sun Year 55 Metal-rich asteroid Kwan Moon towed into Earth orbit.