Editing 2503

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==Early==
*Numerous [[protoss]] are abducted and used as test subjects in [[Project Gestalt]] as far back as [[2502|the previous year]].<ref name="SC:FrntLn_V3_Harm">[[Josh Elder|Elder, Josh]] (w), [[Ramanda Kamarga]] (p), Angie Nathalia (i), Junadi (i). "[[StarCraft: Frontline: Do No Harm|Do No Harm]]." In ''[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 3]]'' (paperback binding), pp. 48-89. [[Tokyopop]], July 14, 2009. ISBN 978-1427-80832-5.</ref>

===January===
*'''January 15''':<ref name="NovaProfile">[http://i.imgur.com/4Fi0lmc.png Ghost Profile: Nova]. ''Ghost Profile: Nova'', accessed on 2016-03-24</ref>[[Nova]] terminates [[Cliff Nadaner]], graduating from the [[Ghost Program]]. She is subsequently subjected to a [[memory wipe]].<ref name="SC:G:Nova">DeCandido, Keith R. A. (November 28, 2006). ''[[StarCraft: Ghost: Nova]].'' Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0743-47134-3.</ref> <ref name="NovaNote">(November 28, 2006). "Historian's Note" ([[2500]]-[[2503]] establishment). ''[[StarCraft: Ghost: Nova]].'' Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0743-47134-3.</ref><ref group = "note">According to her ''Nova Covert Ops'' ARG profile, Nova graduated from the Ghost Academy in 2502, while the novel ''Nova'' establishes that the completion of her graduation mission occurred on her birthday (revealed in the same profile as being January 15th). This may be an error, or an indication that graduation and the graduation mission are two separate tasks.</ref> 

===After===
*The [[zerg]] evolve the [[baneling]] at the [[Siege of Cask]].<ref name = "SC:Broken">[[Cameron Dayton|Dayton, Cameron]]. "[[Broken Wide]]". (March 5, 2010). [[Blizzard Entertainment]]. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/lore/short-stories/broken-wide/1 Broken Wide] Accessed 2010-03-05.</ref><ref name="SC:G:STimeline">September 27, 2011. "Timeline". ''[[StarCraft: Ghost: Spectres]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). pp. 393-416. ISBN 978-1439-10938-0.</ref>

===April===
*[[Gestalt Zero]], a prototype [[gestalt|terran/protoss hybrid]], incapacitates [[high templar]] [[Muadun]] and delivers him to Dr. [[Stanley Burgess]]. He becomes the latest test subject in Project Gestalt.<ref name="SC:FrntLn_V3_Harm"/>
**'''April 6''': Burgess reports on the project's progress.<ref name="SC:FrntLn_V3_Harm"/>
**Gestalt Zero carries out a successful raid on a [[LarsCorp]] facility while the experiments continue. Muadun manages to summon protoss forces to the project's base, who subsequently destroy it.<ref name="SC:FrntLn_V3_Harm"/>

==Later Events==
*[[Jake Ramsey]] and his team are hired by [[Valerian Mengsk]] to excavate a [[Xel'naga temple|strange artifact]] on the world of [[Nemaka]]. He discovers a [[protoss]] [[preserver]], [[Zamara]], who embeds herself in his mind. From her, he learns much about protoss history. However, this knowledge makes him a target for Valerian Mengsk. He and his companion [[Rosemary Dahl]] took shelter with crime lord [[Ethan Stewart]] at the independent world of [[Dead Man's Rock]], only to be betrayed by Stewart.<ref>[[Christie Golden|Golden, Christie]] (May 22, 2007). ''[[StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Firstborn|StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga #1: Firstborn]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-7434-7125-3.</ref> Unleashing a [[Khala|psionic distraction]] to escape from Stewart and the Dominion, Ramsey draws the attention of the [[Sarah Kerrigan|Queen of Blades]] and the powerful [[dark archon]], [[Ulrezaj]]. The former's forces devastate Dead Man's Rock and she [[infested terran|infests]] Stewart. Ramsey travels to [[Aiur]] to collect technology, becoming embroiled in a civil war between Ulrezaj's minions and [[Shel'na Kryhas|Khalai loyalists]] stranded on the planet, all the while dodging the [[zerg]]. He manages to escape through a [[warp gate (xel'naga)|warp gate]], intending to travel to [[Shakuras]].<ref name="SC:DkTempSaga2">Golden, Christie (November 27, 2007). ''[[StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Shadow Hunters|StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga #2: Shadow Hunters]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0-7434-7126-8.</ref><ref name="HDTimeline"/>

*[[Project Shadowblade]] is [[Spectre Rebellion|crippled]] by [[Nova Terra]]. However, [[Gabriel Tosh]] escapes to continue his anti-Dominion activities.<ref>[[Nate Kenyon|Kenyon, Nate]]. (September 27, 2011). ''[[StarCraft: Ghost: Spectres]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-1439-10938-0.</ref> 

*Ramsey ends up far from Shakuras. He and Zamara locate [[Zeratul]] and convince him to help separate them. They also discuss a number of secrets, including the life cycle of the [[xel'naga]] and the creation of the [[hybrid]]s. Zeratul brings them to a shrine on [[Ehlna]], a [[Nerazim]] sanctuary where Ramsey's life could be saved, while he traveled to [[Pegasus]], observing an [[energy creature]] hatching from a fresh temple and following it to a wormhole with a mysterious planet at the end. Meanwhile, [[Rosemary Dahl]] and a protoss force led by [[Selendis]] arrive at the shrine, while forces under the command of [[Ethan Stewart]], [[Valerian Mengsk]], [[Selendis]] and the [[dark archon]] converge on the site and fight over Ramsey. Zamara is successfully removed, only to immediately seal Ulrezaj into her crystal. Stewart is killed in combat, and the Dominion achieves victory. Valerian Mengsk is able to protect Ramsey from [[Arcturus Mengsk|his father]] and also kept some knowledge from the shrine he had acquired before the protoss returns in force and drive the Dominion away.<ref name="SC:DkTempSaga3">Golden, Christie (June 30, 2009). ''[[StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Twilight|StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga #3: Twilight]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0-7434-7129-9.</ref><ref name="HDTimeline"/>

*A [[Moebius Foundation]] research team on [[KL-2]] accidentally release a [[Voice in the Darkness (entity)|malevolent entity]] from a [[xel'naga]]-crafted prison, who bends the scientists to its will. Protoss forces arrive soon after and do battle with the entity's minions. Despite their assumptions to the contrary, the entity escapes their wrath.<ref>Elder, Josh (w), Ramanda Kamarga (p). "[[StarCraft: Frontline: Voice in the Darkness|Voice in the Darkness]]." In ''[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 4]]'' (paperback binding), pp. 72-113. Tokyopop, October 1, 2009. ISBN 978-1427-81698-6.</ref><ref name="HDTimeline"/>

*A [[protoss]] team seek out the [[colossus]].<ref>Watrous, Valerie. "[[Colossus (short story)|Colossus]]." (Apr. 07, 2011). Blizzard Entertainment. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/lore/short-stories/colossus/1 StarCraft Lore: Colossus] Accessed 2011-04-11.</ref><ref name="SC:G:STimeline"/>

*[[Umojan Protectorate]] [[shadowguard]] [[Ulli Trey|Pandora]] investigates the [[Simonson Munitions Factory]], discovering the secrets of the Thor. After her escape, the Umojans plant evidence to in the blame on the [[Koprulu Liberation Front]] and tracks the [[Odin]] prototype to the [[Valhalla (moon)|Valhalla]] [[Valhalla (installation)|installation]].<ref>[[Matt Burns|Burns, Matt]]. "[[Collateral Damage]]". (May 13, 2010). Blizzard Entertainment. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/lore/short-stories/odin/1 Collateral Damage] Accessed 2010-05-16.</ref><ref name="SC:G:STimeline"/>

*[[Nero]] escapes from [[Gannemuck Prison]] and begins hunting down the members of his old [[reaper]] squad who betrayed him. Eventually he tracks down the last one, [[Kern]], to [[Roxara]]. However, the [[Nerazim]] [[Lassatar]] has arrived in search of a [[xel'naga]] artifact and defeats the criminal, saving Kern and his family.<ref>[[David Gerrold|Gerrold, David]] (w), Ruben de Vela (p). "[[StarCraft: Frontline: Fear the Reaper|Fear the Reaper]]." In ''[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 4]]'' (paperback binding), pp. 28-71. Tokyopop, October 1, 2009. ISBN 978-1427-81698-6.</ref><ref name="HDTimeline">April 6, 2010. "Timeline". ''[[StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils]].'' Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). pp. 311 - 323. ISBN 978-1416-55084-6.</ref>

*[[Starry Lace]], unknowingly controlled by the [[zerg]], helps the Swarm recover a xel'naga artifact from [[Meteor Station]].<ref>[[Grace Randolph|Randolph, Grace]] (w), Seung-hui Kye (p, i). "[[StarCraft: Frontline: Last Call|Last Call]]." In ''[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 3]]'' (paperback binding), pp. 90-131. Tokyopop, July 14, 2009. ISBN 978-1427-80832-5.</ref><ref name="HDTimeline"/>

*The Dominion experiments with the [[changeling]].<ref>[[James Waugh|Waugh, James]]. "[[Changeling (short story)|Changeling]]." (November 18, 2009). Blizzard Entertainment. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/lore/short-stories/changeling/1 Changeling: A Short Story by James Waugh] Accessed 2009-11-18.</ref><ref name="SC:G:STimeline"/><ref group = "note">The originaly story had this event occurring in 2504. This was later retconned to be in 2503 by the timeline provided in ''Spectres''.</ref>

==Misc. Events==
*At some point between her memory wipe and her actions against Shadowblade, Nova frees an advanced munitions factory on [[New Sydney]] from the [[Koprulu Liberation Front]].<ref name="SC:G:Nova"/><ref name="NovaNote">(November 28, 2006). "Historian's Note" ([[2500]]-[[2503]] establishment). ''[[StarCraft: Ghost: Nova]].'' Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0743-47134-3.</ref>   

*A heavily armed group of pirates storm [[Agria]], intent on stealing its hi-tech scientific equipment. Dominion [[marine]]s engage the pirates to protect these valuable assets, carelessly slaughtering colonists who are caught in the crossfire. Doctor [[Ariel Hanson]] risks her life to save dozens of innocent bystanders trapped in areas of heavy fighting. The pirates are eventually driven off Agria.<ref>Blizzard Entertainment staff. 2010-07-24. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/hero/ariel-hanson Cast of Characters: Ariel Hanson]. ''Blizzard Entertainment''. Accessed 2010-07-24.</ref>

*The ''[[Bucephalus]]'' is commissioned.<ref>Blizzard Entertainment. ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]].'' ([[Activision Blizzard]]). PC. Cinematic: [[Heir Apparent]]. (in [[English]]). 2010.</ref>

*The [[Axiom Corporation]] discontinues one of its tool lines.<ref>Derived from time in [https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/project-blackstone Project Blackstone Tweets]. ''Cameron Dayton's Twitter'', accessed on 2013-05-20</ref>

*The [[Daelaam]] place satellites around [[Gystt]] to monitor for any sign of Kerrigan's return.<ref name="SC:Evolution">Derived from time in Zahn, Timothy (November 8, 2016). ''[[StarCraft: Evolution]].'' Del Rey Books. ISBN 0425284735.</ref>

==Contradictions==
The timeline provided in ''[[StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils]]'' places the events of ''[[The Dark Templar Saga]]'' and ''[[StarCraft: Ghost|Ghost]]/[[StarCraft: Ghost: Spectres]]'' in 2503. This stands in contrast to the timeframes presented in the books and comments made by [[Chris Metzen]], who placed the saga in the same year as ''[[StarCraft II]]'' (many months, if not a year before it)<ref>[[Chris Metzen]], StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-07-20 [http://sclegacy.com/interviews/10-blizzard/470-july-20-2009-metzen-interview July 20, 2009 Metzen Interview]. ''StarCraft Legacy''. Accessed 2009-09-07.</ref> and the saga itself.<ref name="SC:DkTempSaga2"/><ref name="SC:DkTempSaga3"/>  
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