MY FATHER'S FRIEND

Bonus chapter: Timeline

3025: Raphael Alcatar (Richard Marshall) is born.

3028: Alfred Alcatar is born.

3029: Alexander Taylor is born.

3055: Raphael Alcatar is banished from his family. He fakes his own death and escapes, assuming the new identity of Richard Marshall. He establishes strong connections with the eight crime families. Alfred becomes the Duke of Callone VI.

3056: Jenna Alcatar and James Taylor are born.

3059: May Alcatar is born.

3073: The people of Callone VI, tired of the corrupt Alcatar rule, create the Freedom's Thunderbolt movement to take down the Alcatar dynasty. Led by Richard Marshall, it successfully destroyed the Alcatar family. Alexander Taylor joined the Thunderbolt to prevent the killing of the Alcatars, but he was powerless to stop the demise of the Alcatars. He fled the planet in shame.

3074: Alex Taylor creates his own mercenary group and assumes the identity Paragon.

3076: Jenna Alcatar, under the fake name "Daniel Cooper", joins the mercenary outfit Carter's Wolverines as a way to raise money and find Alex Taylor. She finds him on a Draconis Combine world and returns with him to Callone VI, where she joins the Liberty Party.

3077: The Ghalan and Merriam crime families are captured and the Scylinga family is captured when their home city Port Nucham is taken. A Davion regiment called the Royal Lion Lancers joins the Party. In the Federated Suns, Rebecca Ghalan allies with Hansen's Roughriders to advance her plan for revenge.

3078: The Liberty Party assaults Bunkieki and captures it, bringing an end to Richard Marshall's reign. Alex Taylor is killed in action. Callone VI becomes a Federated Suns world.