#this doesn't even include the ol' lady Hel time-travel researcher...

[sohelish]

The timeline ( wip 🚧 )

year 2229 - Helena Jane Redford is born on Aktau-5 station to Harold and Oksana. She is the first of a twin set of children. However, for inexplicable reasons ( or the more explicable reasons of Oksana missing doctor's appointments ) Hel didn't show up during the ultrasound scans. The pair expected a son but also got themselves a daughter, which wasn't to their liking.

year 2245 - The incident on Aktau-5 station occurs. Due to the outbreak of an unknown virus, most people die, including all the members of Helena's family. In most space-timelines, she too dies on the station because she goes after her brother in an attempt to save him but instead perishes alongside him.

A point of divergence. In those few space-timelines where Hel gives in to her fear and proceeds to the evacuation point:

year 2245 - After the incident, the custody of the child is given to Rick Redford, Harold's twin brother, Helena's uncle and the man who was responsible for the deaths on Aktau-5.

year 2246 - At her endless hints and suggestions, Rick enrols his niece into Starfleet Academy.

year 2250 - Helena Jane Redford is officially a graduate, although she may have already been whisked away for a task or two at her uncle's request here and there before she got a rank of an ensign. She is immediately transferred to work for a Section 31 cell under his direct supervision.

year 2252 ? - Insert first time-travel fun here. (wip)

year 2257 - Having thoroughly experienced the full beauty of what Section 31 embodies, finally realising there is no complex answer as to why her family died, and that her uncle was simply an unchecked power and a horrible manager, Hel begins to structure the data she'd gathered over the years.

Helena learns of the death her favourite Starfleet Academy Professor. Admiral Rue Beckett, a brilliant tactician dies due to an unexpected encounter with the Gorn. A point of divergence, a setup for the timeline 58nwt: Rue Beckett survives the Gorn attack and she makes it to Helena's hearing.

year 2258 - Helena rats out everyone she can to the Admiralty who claimed to have no knowledge of Section 31, which leads to a major scandal, a series of cover-ups to save face and her subsequent resignation from Starfleet.

A point of divergence. Hel either gets punished alongside the others. Or is set free due to her efforts in uncovering her uncle's dirty deeds, despite having participated in them. She either remains in Starfleet (58nwt), is sent to a penal colony (42aos) or... (main verse up next)

year 2258 - Due to the direct influence of Admiral Albert Hughes, Helena Redford avoids punishment. However, she is granted the resignation she desires. After this, she plans on going to Risa to try and have a semblance of a vacation, as if she knows what the word means. On her way there, as she is temporary passing through a remote outpost Hermes Kilo, Hel is approached by an Andorian woman who calls herself a representative of the Doonnarh-X. Helena is made an offer she can't refuse.

2258 - 2264 Somewhere during this period, she is introduced to the concepts of space-timetravel as the Doonnarh race knows them. They provide her with only basic knowledge and tools. They don't yet tell her of the temporal war, but she is already becoming aware of certain clues.

year 2264-2265 - Helena Redford is one of the top Doonnarh agents. By now she has worked most cases. From seeking out terraforming technology to assisting the biodiversity efforts to seeking out specific cures for the Doonnarh's unique health conditions... From the simple fetch-quests and deliveries to investigations and general management.

Finally, she is officially informed of the ongoing temporal war. She is given a position of a temporal agent and a task - to investigate the gruesome multiple murders of her fellow agents.

more to be added...