Timeline
Part I
1909- Foundation of the British Secret Service Bureau, founded in 1909. The Bureau was split into naval and army sections which, over time, specialised in foreign target espionage and internal counter-espionage activities respectively. The Secret Service had a variety of names, including, MI1(C) and even C organisation.
1914- Beginning of World War I. From the specialisation on espionage and internal counter-espionage activities the Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 5, known as MI5, was developed.
1918- Arthur Scherbius designs a rotary system machine called Enigma, for the encryption of messages.
1919- Government Code and Cypher School, commonly known as GC&CS, was established by the government of the United Kingdom. This is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom.
1920- The title Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) was adopted by the British Secret Service.
1930- Phillip Jones was born in Croydon, England.
1934 - Adrian Griffith was born in Wales, England.
1939 - Great Britain and France declared war on the German Third Reich, ruled by the National Socialist Adolf Hitler, after he invaded Poland in September of that year. In this context, Bletchley Park summons Doctor Alan Turing to design a decryption system for German communications. The electro-mechanical device, Bomb, a specific use computer used for cryptography, is developed. Turing led Hut 8, a section in the GC&CS at Bletchley Park. The name Military Intelligence- Section 6, known as MI6 was originated to represent SIS during World War II.
1940- The father of Adrian, Captain James Griffith dies during the Battle of Boulogne. His wife, Anne joins MI-6.
1944. The Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) was created in France.
1945 - Delegates from 50 countries met in the American city of San Francisco on April 25 that year in the officially named United Nations Conference on International Organisation.
In August, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war.
The son of a high-ranking member of the Franco-Zonic Greek Secret Society was born.
1946- Phillip Jones enlisted in the Royal Navy. GC&CS was renamed the "Government Communications Headquarters" (GCHQ).
1947 - Beginning of the Cold War.
1949- The Foundation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was sanctioned in Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty. This document, signed on April 4, 1949 by Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States, established a regional defensive alliance. The purpose was to preserve the stability, well-being and freedom of its members through a system of collective security. It was one of the momentous events of the Cold War, insofar as it meant the formalisation of the "western bloc" against that led by the Soviet Union.
1952- Phillip Jones begins his activities at MI-6.
1955 - An action plan was designed to harmonise the flow of information between the different intelligence agencies, called the Central system.
In Germany, an extramarital daughter was born from a clandestine bond between the Earl of Lammarck of France and the Countess of Irglan of England.
1959 - On January 1, the revolutionary forces led by Fidel Castro overthrow the military government of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
1960 - Adrian Griffith is recruited by MI6 where he meets his mentor George Taylor. Phillip Jones is included in the Central System program.
Jacqueline Duboix was born in Paris, France.
1965 - The United States increased its level of involvement in Vietnam with the aim of preventing the North Vietnamese communist guerrillas from gaining control of South Vietnam. This implication gave rise to the beginning of protests in the interior of the country, since the number of casualties among the US troops grew dramatically, reaching the figure of 55,000 dead.
After obtaining financial funds from a secret agreement with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Section One is founded. The purpose of this organisation is to carry out high-risk counter terrorism operations. The head of operations of this institution is its founder Adrian, who was under the supervision of George, a member of the Central system.
The first son of the Samuelle couple was born, in Marseille, France.
1967 - Central system created a regulatory institution for the activities of the different Sections, which is called Oversight.
1970 - The Vietnam War began.
Walter Davis is recruited by Section One as a field agent.
An ultra-secret agreement is signed between the Central system, Oversight and other intelligence agencies, which must now share information about their missions in order to optimise anti-terrorist activities at a global level.
1975 - Section One is in high demand for personnel with experience in military strategy. Therefore two clandestine recruiting programs were started under Adrian's direction: Lazarus project and Second Chance program.
The first child of the marriage between Lieutenant Wolf and his wife Corine, Stephen Wolf, was born.
1976 – Lieutenant Paul Wolf is captured by the enemy during the Viernam War. After months of torture, a secret commando corrupts the Vietnamese army camp.
Given Wolf's profile, Adrian approves of forced recruitment. Under the Lazarus project, Lieutenant Wolf was considered killed in action to be recruited by Section One. Operation Condor begins, as part of the United States' strategic plan during the Cold War.
The experimental project Second Chance was intended to give another chance to criminals who had above-average psycho-physical abilities. Under this program, Madeline is recruited by Section One.
As the product of a furtive romance between Roberta Wirth and Agent Jones, Nikita Wirth was born.