Century Station Date

AzathothXy · Unread post by **AzathothXy** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:42 am

What year is it in the Century Station setting? Is it in the books? Cause if it is I've missed it. The only reference I have is from Gramercy Island. Britannia fought in World War2, and is 70 years old. I don't know if that sounds right though.

Cardiac · Unread post by **Cardiac** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:06 am

The "modern day" - I don't think there is a specific date listed.

Brittania was 18 when she got her powers during the blitz (1940-41). So at the time CS/GI was written, the year would have been the 1992-1993. However, since she is immortal I think you can safely move the date up, making her 83-ish in the modern day (2005).

Sentinel · Unread post by **Sentinel** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:24 pm

I like Britainia a lot.

I took it that Century Station/Gramercy Island were supposed to be current date, or within a few years of the current date at most.

Cardiac · Unread post by **Cardiac** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:55 pm

Sentinel wrote:I like Britainia a lot.

I took it that Century Station/Gramercy Island were supposed to be current date, or within a few years of the current date at most.

I always thought is WAS - maybe Bill Coffing got some dates mixed up or something. If she was currently 80 years old, or if she got her powers when she was only 8 the dates would work out perfectly - so maybe the she was only 8 when she got her powers and the "18" was a typo (it mentions her "maturing" at an accelerated rate, but an 18 year old girl is already pretty phyically mature after all....).

acreRake · Unread post by **acreRake** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:01 pm

mainbox wrote:we play CS in the year 2030-2035ish besause of the futureish setting

Ditto. It might actually be closer to 2040; i can't remember when i decided the end of the world* was going to be. But some time around there.

*the bomb, the death, the crash, the prang, the flash etc... I use an HU/TMNT/ATB1 universe.

Sentinel · Unread post by **Sentinel** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:36 am

Cardiac wrote:
Sentinel wrote:I like Britainia a lot.

I took it that Century Station/Gramercy Island were supposed to be current date, or within a few years of the current date at most.
I always thought is WAS - maybe Bill Coffing got some dates mixed up or something. If she was currently 80 years old, or if she got her powers when she was only 8 the dates would work out perfectly - so maybe the she was only 8 when she got her powers and the "18" was a typo (it mentions her "maturing" at an accelerated rate, but an 18 year old girl is already pretty phyically mature after all....).

My guess was that Bill was basing her off the ages of most Golden Age comic characters (like Sub-Mariner, who would be in his early eighties by now).
Of course, the War in Europe began for Britain about a decade before it truly began for us.