Timeline/1950

January

 * The United European Defense notes a startling lack of refugees in cities that have fallen to the Chimera. Notably, less than a thousand people survive the fall of Warsaw, Poland; a city of nearly two million. In response to these figures, the US government offers military support to Europe.
 * In Genoa, Italy, soldiers are overwhelmed by the Chimera, whom they refer to as "the deathless plague." Many regard them as invincible, due to their extreme durability. The troops cannot withstand the force of the attack, and Italy is left in ruins.
 * The US Congress agrees to the wishes of an unknown individual who wants to offer military support to the UED. Congress signs an act allowing this to go ahead; the act is to be renewed every ninety days as advised by the Department of War.

February

 * Europe falls to the Chimera; millions of people are killed.

March

 * The British Royal Navy is attacked overnight while on patrol in the English Channel. Distress calls report huge freak waves overwhelming the fleet, despite it being an otherwise calm sea. By morning, all 96 ships are found washed up on the coat of France. Only seventeen bodies are found, all of which are dead by suicide. Also, the ship's bilges were filled with a classified substance.

May

 * Simultaneous explosions at the US borders with Canada and Mexico claim 46 lives. The AAA claim responsibility for the attacks, declaring "America first, America only." Security at the borders is increased dramatically.
 * Rumours of Chimera in Europe cause panic across America, so the office of Perception Protection and Guidance begins producing programmes for television and radio that speak of an influenza epidemic in Europe. This explanation quickly raises public support for the increased border protection. Slowly, all independant broadcasting is replaced with government propaganda.

August

 * The British Seismology and Survey Department detects Chimera under the English Channel. Their request to the British Army to quiet the shore batteries, in order to gain more accurate readings, is denied, due to near-constant strafing runs by Chimeran dropships.

October

 * The Chimera attack Central Command in London, England with Burrowers from below. The siege culminates with the River Thames flooding the base, killing 14,000 soldiers.

November

 * British civilians are infected en masse as they seek refuge in bomb shelters. The Chimera collect the bodies so quickly and efficently that the shelters become known as "magic coffins."