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= Timeline = Times are Standard Earth Time unless otherwise stated. (YYYY-MM-DD_HH:MM)

2362
Contested date of the Nemo System's actual discovery.

2364
NemoCo purchases all Fora-based terraforming platforms from Tadmor at a steep discount.

Nemo System officially discovered.

2365
Centauri System discovered. Bids for Centauri III go on the market almost immediately.

2380
Croshaw System has been terraformed. The search for new jump points signifies the beginning of Humanity’s expansion to the stars. The Earth’s social and political differences are set aside. We are united in our desire to strike out into the stars. The World Summit ends with a historic announcement that creates the United Nations of Earth (UNE).

25th Century (2400-2499)
UNE military mission established in Davien IV’s orbit. Station would later become the Banu Friendship Museum.

Sometime between 2365 and 2438
Davien System discovered.

2410
Shubin Interstellar founded.

3:13, June 12, 2438
First Contact with the Banu in the Davien System.

Oct, 2438
General Neal Socolovich and delegates negotiate the first intergalactic peace and trade treaty.

2441
Bremen System discovered.

2449
Corel System discovered.

"Mid 25th Century"
Cathcart System discovered by Adelaide Lorris, names system after Marshall Cathcart.

2460
Through expansion and terraforming, there are vast amounts of land and territory for humanity to move to. Earth is overcrowded, so more and more people are leaving to stake their claim out in the universe.

Ferron System discovered.

2464
Marshall Cathcart kills Adelaide Lorris.

"Late 25th Century"
Charon System discovered.

26th Century (2500-2599)
Aegis Dynamics Retaliator Bomber introduced.

Radegast bar built at Port Renatus.

"Dawn of the 26th Century"
Charon III terraformed.

"Early 26th Century"
Cestulus terraformed.

"Sometime between 2500 and 2533"
Idris System discovered by the exploration vessel Ika’Roa

2508
Terra System discovered. Exploration continues until 2516.

2515
Hades System discovered by the crew of the Merry Crow, but not declared.

2516
The UNE has expanded into twelve systems. While jump-points and data relays allow for quicker travel, to the systems on the edge, Earth is starting to feel quite far away. Settlement established on the planet Terra.

2522
Baker System discovered.

2523
70% of humans live off-world. They feel that they deserve equal representation in UNE proceedings. The government changes form once again, becoming the United Planets of Earth (UPE). The new government will be run by a tribunal; a High-Secretary (responsible for maintaining the infrastructure), High-General (responsible for expansion and protection), and a High-Advocate (responsible for maintaining the law).

2528
Horus System officially discovered by Marie Sante who names the system after her ship, however legend claims that the system was actually discovered several years earlier by the fourteen-year-old Sante after she stole a ship to flee her family in Gonn. If true, she must have spent the majority of the intervening years in the unclaimed system, alone on her ship, as extensive checks of UPE records and landing registries fail to uncover her name anywhere during that period of time.

Included in her initial application are meticulous documents describing the system’s three planets and two asteroid belts. Apparently, Sante had spent years alone in the system exploring before she finally decided to share her find. Horus becomes the only system to have been discovered and have all of its celestial bodies charted by the same person.

2529
Riots in Jata.

Ferron achieves represented status within the UPE.

2530
Discovery of the Xi’An Empire. We stumble into their territory without knowing and are about to start terraforming. High-General Volder receives criticism for being too aggressive, while there is muscle flexing and threats from both sides. A cold war of sorts begins, with occasional casualties, but not full-on open conflict.

As public and private interests established operations in Horus, Marie Sante sticks to its outer reaches, singularly focused on the areas she has yet to explore.

2533
Idris IV certified by the UPE registry as a Recommended Growth Center. The planet enjoys a rapid population infusion and is on track to be one of the bright spots in the UPE.

2534
Jake Tapps, sole survivor of the Merry Crow sells the ship's logbooks to the Dynamo Corporation. The Dynamo Corporation charts and officially registers the Hades System.

"February 16, 2541, assuming that days means SED"
Dr Kellar Lench, an employee of the New Horizons Research Institute, arrives at the company's station on Yar - where he will spend the next 236 days.

20:34, November 6, 2541
After 263 days alone conducting scientific scans and gaining a good understanding of research drones, Dr Kellar Lench abandons his post. Before leaving, he submits a letter of resignation but doesn’t wait for a response.

13:41, November 9, 2541
Dr Kellar Lench sends family correspondence from Fujin City on Saisei. He muses on applying his knowledge of research drones to make a difference.

Sometime between November 9 and November 12, 2541
Dr Kellar Lench leaves Fujin City and proceeds to spend "a few days" drifting through space and experimenting with the settings on his research drones.

Morning, November 15, 2541
One of Dr Kellar Lench's drones returns unintellible data so he follows it. The source is revealed to be a jump point. Lench discovers the Elysium System on the other side and witnesses signs of the Tevarin civilization on Kaleeth. Believing that it should be government dignitaries and diplomats that make first contact, his only futher action is to deploy a research drone to the planet. However he loses contact with the drone. His scans show several ships heading towards him, so he returns to Centauri to avoid causing an incident.

Aprx 19:19, November 15, 2541
Dr Kellar Lench reports his discoveries to the UPE.

2542
Idris IV captured by the Tevarin. The planet suffers a series of orbital bombardments. This marks the start of the First Tevarin War. Though most of the population flee before the Tevarin finally take the planet, a few hundred stay. Rachel Locke, a local with no military training, organizes the survivors for increasingly daring strikes to disrupt the Tevarin occupiers. The group become known as the Greys.

Marie Sante discovers the jump from Horus to the Rihlah System. This makes Horus a security risk for the UPE. The government closes the system to non-military personnel, receiving little resistance from the small group of civilians that have begun to settle on the fledgling planet of Serling. Only Marie Sante defies the order. She hides in the system’s outer reaches and manages to remain undetected

"Sometime between 2542 and Oct 1, 2545
A Navy pilot reports an unauthorized ship in his sector. A battle group is mobilized only to realize that the ship was Sante’s. With the false alarm wasting many hours and credits, the military prioritize pushing Sante out of the system.

2544
Operation Nemesis. UPE forces attempt to take back Idris IV. The Greys provide groundside intelligence for the attack. This operation goes down in history as the Battle of Idris IV.

Colonel Ivar Messer, a brilliant and ruthless strategist, distinguishes himself in the Battle of Idris IV. He quickly becomes the pride of the military and the face of the War.

Castra System discovered.

2545
A series of terrorist bombings in Jata, which many conspiracy theorists now believe to have been perpetrated by Ivar Messer.

Oct 1, 2545
Final entry of Marie Sante's journals. She expresses her belief that Horus has more secrets to uncover. No further record of Sante is found.

"Sometime between Oct 1, 2545 and 2617"
Info beacon containing Marie Sante's journals is found.

2546
Messer, now promoted to commander, brings the captured Tevarin leader to the UPE floor. First Tevarin War ends. He rides the popularity of his victory to become High-General. Claiming the Tribunal is an outdated system and cultivating a fear of the Xi’An, Messer proposes the creation of a new single office with the title of Prime Citizen. Upon election as the first (and last) Prime Citizen, it isn’t long before he restructures the government into the new United Empire of Earth (UEE) and annoints himself Imperator, ushering in an age of unprecedented expansion and colonization.

Idris IV is officially recognized. The Governors Council name the planet after famous freedom fighter Rachel Locke.

2554
The Behring consortium is founded on Terra, a combination of several dozen smaller research and development firms.

2558
Ozell Kruger founds Kruger Intergalactic on Borea.

2578
Artist Aaron Fring is born.

2587
Cano System discovered. Carteyna's first landing zones.

"Towards the end of the 26th Century"
Castra - Oya jump discovered.

27th Century (2600-2699)
Arthur Nassir forms Aeroview Hangars.

Hennowism style favored.

Traditional Navy shanty Guardians of the Jump.

2603
The Second Tevarin War Begins. Repopulated after hiding on the Fringe, the Tevarin have spent the last fifty years building their forces for the sole purpose of retaking their homeworld Kaleeth (renamed/resettled by the UEE as Elysium IV. While theirs is a cause that some humans could support, the UEE isn’t about to give up territory.

Under the leadership of de facto Governor Arcturus Koerner, the major landholders on Rytif band together to form the Bremen Milling, Processing & Farming Association, more commonly and simply known as Bremen Mills, the company that would later become Terra Mills.

June 24, 2610
Realizing that they can’t win, the Tevarin decide to make a final desperate push to scuttle their ships on Elysium IV. If they can’t live there, they will die there. Second Tevarin War ends.

Aaron Fring paints Tears of Fire.

"On or shortly after 2610"
The Tevarin abandon their religion in a climatic period known as The Purge. During this time most of the Tevarin destroy their Codices, which were the holy writs of Rijora.

2613
Art Today article quotes Aaron Fring.

2617
UEEN Lieutenants Ahmad Harar and Carl Dyson discover a gravitational anomaly while patrolling the Horus System. Without a word to anyone, they enter the jump point and become the first Humans to visit the Kayfa System. Unbeknownst to Harar and Dyson, their arrival in Kayfa triggers long range sensors that mobilize a nearby Xi’An squadron. Meanwhile, Harar and Dyson’s return trip is delayed because Dyson’s ship sustained damage from navigating the uncharted jump. While Dyson is running a diagnostic check to see if his ship is still jump-capable, an EMP blast neutralizes both spacecraft. The Xi’An squadron swarms and captures Harar and Dyson. For years, official UEE documents list the two as on “medical leave” during this period.

Ahmad Harar and Carl Dyson claim to have been held on a large Xi’An military vessel where they are interrogated while their ships are studied and stripped of weapons. After three anxious days, the Xi’An begin to believe the pilots’ story that the rest of the UEE military don’t know about the jump. The two are returned to their ships, escorted to the jump point, and given the message that any further UEE vessels will be attacked on sight.

2633
Tears of Fire inducted into the archive at the UPE Historical Vault for Antiquity.

2638
Senator Assan Kieren of Terra publicly decries the pro-military agenda of the UEE and its unconditional support of the military-industrial complex. He calls for another vote of sovereignty for Terra and its adjacent systems. Imperator Messer XI wields the UEE’s brutally efficient propaganda machine to discredit and destroy Kieren, who disappears soon after. There are rumors that he is murdered, but nothing can be proven.

2640
Grain market crashes. Rytif and Bremen Mills fall on hard times. Population of Bremen begins to dwindle.

2665
Terragra, Inc. founded on Terra.

2678
Book: The Heart of Horus by Kwame Jones.

2681
The Vanduul attack the Dell Township, our first contact with the race.

Weeks later, there is a second attack - a small raiding party consisting of a dozen fighters and Harvester ships. Despite the overwhelming defense force waiting for them, the Vanduul attack without hesitation.

"Sometime between 2681 and 2697
Sporadic Vanduul attacks in Orion System.

Imperator Illyana Messer VI uses the Vanduul attacks as a convenient tool to help remind the populace why they need the Imperator’s protection.

2687
ArcCorp is founded in a Stor-All Hangar by a group of friends as a deep-space exploration consortium. The company aims to use their lone Zeus IV spacecraft to locate and catalog jump points for UEE bounty money. Pooling credits, the quartet of friends begin the process of exploring the universe.

2697
Imperator Illyana Messer VI names her youngest son, Samuel, as her successor.

Imperator Samuel Messer VII is more interested in using his newfound power to torment an already subjugated population into further submission than dealing with the Vanduul threat.

"Late 27th Century"
A study conducted by the University of Mentor shows that on average Ergo’s residents live longer than residents of other worlds, and use words like “peaceful” and “tranquil” to describe the planet.

"Coming out of the turmoil of the 2690s"
ArcCorp shifts focus from exploration to mining. The corporation finds success acquiring mineral rights to newly discovered planets.

2700
Bremen Mills boasts the largest agricultural holding on Rytif and changes from an association into a corporate entity in its own right. Through further standardization and streamlining, it begins to look like things could finally be turning around for the once-struggling group.

"Early 28th Century"
The personality of the Orion system changes. Armitage becomes a waystation for soldiers, mercs and pilots looking for a chance to test their mettle against this elusive enemy. Stores begin accepting Vanduul tech (and in the more extreme locations: Vanduul corpses) as trade to feed the growing bloodlust of the planet. Hunting parties are organized to go look for Vanduul prey.

18:38, February 16, 2712
One of the last civilian comms is sent from Armitage.

After 18:38, February 16, 2712
A Vanduul fleet invades the Orion system. The attack force is larger than anything the population has ever seen. Capital ship after capital ship appeares in Orion and unleashed its devastating weapons on the locals.

The Battle of Orion begins.

The UEE Navy scrambles to mount a defense, but the carrier normally posted to the system has been tasked to Caliban to make an example of a growing political activist movement, leaving three destroyers and several frigates to handle the onslaught. The locals band together with the military while scouts race back to to alert the fleet.

Battle lines fluctuate for three days on and around the planet of Armitage as support rushes in to help. Despite suffering heavy losses during the initial attack, the Navy begins to push the Vanduul back toward the jump point while Marines battle over every scrap of territory on the planet surface.

February 19, 2712
The UEE catches its first glimpse of what would become known as a Kingship. Nearly three thousand meters in length, the alien ship dwarfs all of the remaining Naval ships combined. The ships of Humanity’s front line, emboldened at the prospect of victory, are too close to avert their course and are decimated in the Kingship’s first attack.

What transpired after that has been historically described as a slaughter. The remaining Naval forces flee the system to Tiber in the hopes of creating some kind of barricade to stop the Vanduul advance. They abandon the people of Armitage to the Vanduul in the process.

The Messers suffer their first decisive military defeat in over a hundred fifty years. News of this defeat and this unstoppable terror at the fringe of the universe terrifies the population who fearfully anticipate the next attack.

The Vanduul have no interest in pursuit. The Kingship stays in the system for almost a year as they harvest what they need from the planets before the Clan disappears back into Vanduul space.

2715-2788
The military regime reaches a plateau. While the human populace has been somewhat beaten into submission, there’s a current of subversion in the culture. People are starting to see the cracks in the system. Activist groups launch attacks against the political/propaganda machine. The military is stretched thin, bracing for war with Xi’An, chasing down Vanduul raiders, and trying to maintain security on the human systems. The Imperator’s power is waning.

2716
The Great Stalford Disaster.

Terragra, Inc.'s Prallies start to gain notice across the Empire. As orders from stores and stations wishing to stock the snack grow, Terragra cannot find a affordable source of wheat that they can use to reliably expand their production. Terragra offer to provide Bremen Mills with the capital needed to rebuild their destroyed facilities in exchange for controlling interest.

Admiral Connelly Reeves gives speech to High-Command.

Summer, 2717
Terra Mills, a merger between Bremen Mills and Terragra, Inc. headquarters production on Rytif. Terra Mills is able to meet demand and launches Prallies across the Empire to soaring popularity.

2727
Terra Mills' processing facilities on Rytif have surpassed their previous capacity

2731
Ava Dougan's grandparents found an independent prospecting and mining business on Borea, Magnus.

2749
Founded in Cologne, Germany, Origin Jumpworks incorporates. For the first decade, the company produce high quality fusion engines used by the UEE military and mounted on the ostentatious Roberts Space Industries and Aegis Dynamics star yachts. Origin has strong ties to Earth for the first two centuries of their existence.

2750
Cathcart has built up a well ensconced pirate population.

"Mid-28th Century"
ArcCorp becomes involved with BCK, a massive terraforming conglomerate. ArcCorp has moved beyond mineral rights and is also dealing in planets for settlement. As terraforming falls out of favor, ArcCorp absorbs BCK and the massive corporate structure they had used to help shape the modern galaxy.

Navy pilot in Cathcart discovers the Pirate stronghold Spider.

2751
The UEE move their main shipbuilding yard from Borea to MacArthur.

Kruger Intergalactic takes the opportunity to buy cheap real estate and abandoned equipment on Borea to expand its operations. CEO Artyom Chansiri claims that the company will stay loyal to the system, and tells numerous trade publications that its parts will always be “made in Magnus.”

December 3, 2757
Anthony Tanaka's Refusal.

2759
Origin Jumpworks produce a top-five selling midscale composite transport.

2772
Anvil founded in Nova Kiev, Terra by J.Harris Arnold.

2783
Retaliator revamp led by Juliet Maupin of Aegis Dynamics.

2785
Pirates raid a large convoy of Kruger-made RSI parts leaving Magnus The disruption to RSI’s supply chain puts one of Kruger’s key partnerships in jeopardy.

2786
Genly Maupin is born.

"Sometime between Jan 1 and May 29, 2789
In a daring act of defiance, peace is independently brokered with the young Xi’An Emperor Kray by Senator Terrence Akari of Terra, who refuses to fight open war on his doorstep. Terra blasts Earth for being imperialistic and short-sighted. Xi’An look at the situation as a potential way to create a divide in the Human Empire.

May 29, 2789
Senator Akari calls for an emergency session of the Senate to present the peace accord and orders an immediate vote, capitalizing on the Imperator’s recreational break in Goss. The vote passes.

"Sometime between May 29 and Dec 31, 2789"
The Xi’An demonstrate their commitment to the agreement by withdrawing all military forces from Perry Line systems.

Imperator Messer XI refuses to sign the peace accord.

In a show of good faith, the UEE reduce their military footprint in Castra and, for the first time after two centuries of strict control, permit the public to move into the system, even repurposing most of the military structures for public use.

Kruger Intergalactic take the opportunity to relocate to Sherman, going back on their prior promise to remain on Borea.

2790
The death of Anthony Tanaka has begun to transform the dissenters among the public from mere activists to operational revolutionaries. Messer XI knows his time is limited unless he creates a strategic advantage, i.e. bigger and better guns. Sylvain Evans, a high-ranking member of the UEE military, enlists Juliet Maupin for a classified project to produce a new line of powerful and advanced combat systems for the Messer government. Evans provides Maupin with a high-tech lab and an able team in a non-descript building in Newcastle, Borea. To keep their work secret, the project is given the codename Genly Engineering Solutions in honor of Maupin's young son. Building off the work she had done at Aegis, Maupin develops prototypes for a ballistic Gatling gun and a mass driver.

2791
Messer XI falsely accuses Ferron of being home to dissidents. Fearful of the Imperator, numerous wealthy Citizens and Messer loyalists flee the system, taking large amounts of funds and clout with them. When the eventual military strike comes, it is on only thanks to the legendary bravery of the members of Squadron 78 and their heroic unwillingness to kill civilians that violence is avoided, but the economic and political damage to Ferron has already been done.

2792
Anti-Messer activists began using Bremen as an operation hub to organize the overthrow of the regime. Revolutionary minded expats who had previously escaped to the Xi’an Empire were smuggled back to launch their conspiracy from Bremen.

"Sometime between Jan 1 and April 12, 2792"
Terraforming of Garron II, a planet with pre-existing life.

April 12, 2792
Activist vid-footage of the Garron II aliens’ rational behavior is leaked to the Spectrum.

April 27, 2792
The Massacre of Garron II - Thousands of protestors are gunned down. However news of this atrocity doesn't spread immediately.

"Sometime between April 27 and May 3, 2792"
The military pick up the "Genly Engineering Solutions" prototype weapons with the intention of shipping them to Kilian for testing.

Footage of the Massacre of Garron II leaks to the public and the entire UEE military is mobilized to quell the rebellion.

In the ensuing chaos, the crate containing the prototype weapons is offloaded into a warehouse on Cestulus where it remains for a hundred years.

May 3, 2792
The people rise up and overthrow of the government. Analysts have concluded that it was through Xi'An influence that the revolution and subsequent overthrow of Imperator Messer XI was able to succeed. Erin Toi of Earth becomes the new Imperator and promises an age of enlightenment and social consciousness.

"After the end of the Messer Era"
Imperator Erin Toi reinstates the Tribunal system to provide a check on the Imperator's power.

The position of Ambassador to the Xi’An Empire is offered to Senator Akari. He turns it down to focus on rebuilding the UEE. After an extensive search, Imperator Toi selects Ramon Coen for the position.

Imperator Erin Toi attempts to open diplomatic relations with the Vanduul. The efforts are met only with hostility.

Most of Aegis Dynamics’ military contracts are stripped

2793
Imperator Erin Toi meets with Senator Marshall Leon to ask him to help repair Humanity's interspecies relationships by accepting the position of Diplomatic Secretary. Secretary Leon immediately schedules meetings with Xi'An and Banu diplomats. Leon acknowledges that the repair of relationships will take time, delicacy and — most importantly — trust, but also knows that his words and promises, or even those of the Imperator, will not be enough to mend the damage done. Only a bold act of diplomacy and peace can convince the entire universe that Humanity has truly changed its ways.

July 5th, 2793
Imperator Erin Toi meets with Emperor Kray in the Kayfa System. Kray leads Toi on a personal tour of Tovaroh and clips a branch of a Centennial Bloom plant for her to take home. Kray also elucidates a core doctrine of Li’Tova; that one small action can affect the entire universe.

During the summit, Emperor Kray amends Xi’An law to permit the Kayfa System to remain open to all Human visitors in the hopes that it will promote interest in Xi’An culture, customs and, ultimately, long-lasting peace between the two species

The Perry Line pact is ratified and signed by both the UEE and the Xi'An Empire, officially bringing to end the cold war and birthing a new diplomatic era between both factions, one that has stayed strong through today.

2794
Secretary Leon's initial speech before the Senate regarding The Ark.

A bill is put forth that requests funds to construct an orbital platform with the dream that it will not be bound to any one location, species or government. It will travel between the systems of all species to promote and share universal knowledge while also providing a neutral, safe space for diplomatic discussions.

The Senate overwhelmingly approve of the Ark. Construction is slated to start in late 2794 once a suitable location is chosen. A myriad of Senators, interested in the accompanying economic bump, campaign to have it built in their system, but Secretary Leon wants to keep the Ark apolitical. So, in a surprise move, he choses to have it built in Tayac; a system with no native population or representation in the Senate. A system long deemed off-limits to the public during the Messer era.

2795
Construction on the ARK begins and progresses more slowly than anticipated. Disassembling the weaponized components proves to be more expensive and time-sensitive than expected, incurring major delays for the project.

The Fair Chance Act is ratified, decreeing that is a capital crime to attempt to terraform planets with developing creatures. These planets are to be left alone to give the species a chance to advance/evolve.

2799
Origin Jumpworks are neck and neck with RSI for gross profits in the manufactured spacecraft field.

"Sometime between 2792 and 2799"
Anvil Aerospace U4A-3 Terrapin-class Scanning/Exploration Ship developed to serve as the first ship in the Empire's defensive restructuring of the Navy.

The Aegis Dynamics Avenger begins its life serving dutifully as the premiere front-line carrier plane.

"Shortly after the turn of the 29th Century"
The popularity of Radegast begins to wane before dropping off into obscurity.

2800
Secretary Leon wins a contentious election to become the next Imperator. Encouraged to run and endorsed by Erin Toi, Secretary Leon highlights his work on the Ark during his campaign, claiming it proves he is a consensus builder who can also repair Humanity’s relationship with other species.

Shortly after his inauguration, construction on the Ark is completed. Imperator Leon invites representatives from the Xi'An, Banu, Tevarin and even the Vanduul to attend the gala celebration. During his introductory speech, Imperator Leon appeals for everyone to help the Ark succeed in spreading peace and knowledge.

2805
The Musashi Industrial & Starflight Concern (MISC) based on Saisei is formed in an arranged business merger between the failing Hato Electronics Corporation and the Musashi Lifestyle Design Unit spinoff of Acorn Limited.

Over the last 13 years, the UEE has experienced a steep increase in crime.

2811
ArcCorp acquire engine manufacturer NovaLight.

2812
Book: "The Path to Prime Citizen".

2832
Shubin Interstellar announces profit losses for the first time ever in the Ferron system. The mining conglomerate cites the depletion of a major mine as the cause and notes that more site closures are expected to follow. This proves to be Ferron’s death knell. Years of aggressive mining has taken its toll and the system by this time has been nearly picked clean. As fast as its rise to prominence had been, Ferron’s fall from grace would be even faster.

2833
Cascom elect Andre Novoselov president.

2842
In the last decade, the population of Ferron has dropped by nearly half and its economic health has dropped even lower.

"Mid 29th Century"
Peter Weathermen founds SELF-LAND on Vann. The franchise quickly spreads.

2851
Book: "Li'Tova: A Beginner's Path" by Margo Lekman.

2862
Juliet Maupin dies.

2863
Chronos System discovered.

2868
Gallina Leigh Dougan is born, the youngest of seven, on a small compound in the hills of Borea in Magnus system. Her parents, Ava and Scafly, run the independent prospecting and mining business that had been passed down from Ava’s grandparents - The Dougan Mining Company.

2871
The Fall of Caliban - the last time a Vanduul Kingship was in UEE space.

2872
In response to criticism that humanity is only interested in greed and blood, the UEE embarks on its greatest achievement. Corbyn Salehi announces Project Archangel: a SynthWorld, converting a lifeless rock into a life-sustaining planet. Construction begins in Chronos system. It is viewed as the current era’s legacy. A massive undertaking, it will take decades, maybe centuries to complete.

Conflict with the Vanduul has settled back into sporadic raids.

The Aegis Idris Frigate Stanton is 'sealed'. The Stanton serves with the 351st Battle group for almost six decades.

2880
Book: "Brick by Brick: Truth in Hennowism" by Reggie Chapolt.

07:12, August 1, 2883
Lt. Commander Mark Derren, pilot of the Naval Pathfinder and Exploration Ship Pytheas gets an assignment while in Boro on Crion. Assignment is to overhaul the early warning system in the Viking system and monitor for signs of Vanduul Clan activity.

18:39, August 6, 2883
Mark Derren's second journal entry.

13:47, August 12, 2883
Mark Derren's third journal entry.

23:14 August 16, 2883
Mark Derren's final journal entry as he makes a fruitless break for the jump point. The Pytheas is hit. Derren's final act is to attempt to purge the ship's computer, but fails.

2884
The same Vanduul Clan that shot down the Pytheas attacks Caliban.

January 15, 2896
The UEE successfully capture a Qhire Khartu as it had been found derelict and pilotless by a naval recon squadron. It is taken immediately to an undisclosed bunker for further study. The Imperial researchers begin trying to decipher and understand the damaged technology.

2899
Origin Jumpworks premiere their initial 200 and 300 lines of personal ships.

2901
A Xi’An junker, smuggling a cargo of Osoians bound for slaughter and rendering, suffers engine troubles in the Hades System. As the crew struggle to restore power to the ship, the captive Osoians, normally docile creatures, escape and proceeded to slaughter the crew, the crew of a rescue ship and ultimately each other. The wrecks of the junker and the rescue ship remain in a stable orbit of Hades III.

2902
Carteyna placed under the Fair Chance Act when life is discovered developing in its deep oceans. The current inhabitants of the planet are consolidated into a single arcology to avoid damaging to environment.

WillsOp Systems is founded in Croshaw.

2903
The UEE claims posession of the already-discovered Stanton system.

2904
Gavin Snarm purchases Flashfire Inc., a clone weapons company and repurposes Flashfire's resources to make ship weapons mounts.

2907
The Dougan Mining Company shuts down after accusations of embezzlement rip the family apart. Gal Dougan begins to pick up work as a contract miner. She starts a contract in the newly established Stanton system and moves into Green Imperial HEX, temporary accommodations for all the contract workers in the area.

2910
Behind closed doors, MISC sign a lendlease agreement with the Xi’An enabling development of hyrbid-tech ships, notably the Reliant series.

2912
Dalton Colabello buys a strange crate at a military surplus auction in Cestulus. Inside, he finds the prototype parts for the ship weapons designed by Juliet Maupin. After tracing their history, he purchases the original design documents from Maupin's great-granddaughter, sells his construction business and pours all his assets into launching Apocalypse Arms.

Paul Dibly, Former Governor of Tram, runs for re-election.

BiotiCorp is founded in Rhetor by Ted Santos and Diyo Nikolas.

Book: "A Beginner’s Guide to Angeli-Aged Whiskey" by David Kurtz.

2913
The first line of Apocalypse Arms branded munitions hit the market.

President Jennifer Friskers of Origin Jumpworks declares Terra the new cultural capital of the UEE. Origin's headquarters are relocated to New Austin, Terra.

Gal Dougan releases the album Dreary Day.

2916
The Rhetor Raiders win a Sataball championship.

2918
Gal Dougan releases the album Could Have Been You.

2920
The SynthWorld project is moving slowly and it’s draining the Empire economically. This is the point where our reach starts exceeding our grasp. The disparity between the rich and the poor is reaching an all-time divide, and the poor are reacting with greater and greater frustration. The Vanduul attacks are growing in frequency and the UEE doesn’t seem to be doing a thing about it.

The UEE sell Stanton III to ArcCorp.

Construction begins to rebuild the original Radegast bar in Port Renatus as it appeared in the 26th century.

First of the M Series Model 50 (M50) ships unveiled by Origin Jumpworks at the Imperial Engineering Expo in Prime.

2921
Gal Dougan releases the album Long Time Dreamer. She then recedes almost completely from the public eye, opting to spend all of her time at her secluded home on Borea.

2922
Corbyn Salehi dies from unexpected complications with his artificial pancreas. Without his guiding force, the Synthworld effort falls on hard times.

Drake Interplanetary lose a UEE "contest". They incorporate soon after and the Cutlass is re-appropriated as a civilian craft. Jan Dredge becomes CEO, along with a seven member board which consists mainly of designers that had worked on the Cutlass. Drake bases both corporate governance and key factories on Borea.

Within nine months, Drake has opened six offworld factories and gained licensed dealerships in nine systems.

August 9, 2922
DeathGrrr Attack. WillsOp sensors are unaffected.

Dec 31, 2922
WillsOp have captured a 35% market share in the private spacecraft sensor market since the DeathGrrr Attack. (up from under 1%.)

2923
In the last year, Drake has quadrupled again.

Sometime between 2923 and 2933
The wreckage and ship's logs of the Pytheas are found during a deep-space reconnaissance mission into Viking.

2924
BiotiCorp introduce the PurLyfe system. It is in use for less than a month before it is revealed that the system has been too zealous and was removing helpful microbes along with the bad. BiotiCorp implement a massive recall and terminate all sales and manufacture of PurLyfe devices. Despite the negative press, public favor remains with BiotiCorp for their swift handling of the problem and for the way the company rush to help those affected.

2925
The Kanis Caper.

Gal Dougan releases her final album Building Up, with no buildup or announcement. There are no concerts, no press and no interviews.

2927
In the last five years, Drake has become the fifth largest spacecraft manufacturing concern. From the numbers alone, it looks like everyone will be flying a Cutlass in ten years

2928
Suj Kossi is discharged from the UEE Navy but remains a reservist.

"Late 2920s"
Henry Garrity begins dabbling with MobiGlas game design in his father’s Self-Land hangar. The end result is Ackbar, a roleplaying game unlike anything released before for the system.

2930
Esperia begin manufacturing a replica of the Vanduul Blade.

2931
Book: "The Synthworld Scam".

May 31, 2931
With no return ticket, Gal Dougan flies to Prime on a commercial transport to appear on the Elira Awards where she performs two songs: “The Day Ahead” from her first album and “Echo” from her latest. She takes a long look at the audience, quietly thanks them, then exits the stage. After exiting the stage, Gal refuses the production transport back to Magnus, saying that she is going to take a personal ship, but all of her ships are accounted for back on her property on Borea. Gal is never seen again.

June/July, 2931
The public realize that reclusive singer Gal Dougan is missing. Civilians join law enforcement efforts to try and locate the singer. The investigation does not unearthed the singer’s whereabouts. In an effort to enlist the public’s help, the Advocacy releases the only confirmed details about Gal Dougan’s last day.

2934
RSI release an iteration of the Constellation Phoenix.

2935
Dr Diyo Nikolas addresses the Scaliger School of Medicine graduating class.

"The Mid-2930s"
First-party manufacturers have seen the writing on the wall and begin including Flashfire mounts standard with weapon and ship designs.

2936
Henry Garrity, Charlie Bass and Garrity's brother form Original Systems. That same year they launch the games "Bass’ Caves of Terra" and "ULTIMATE IV".

The Aegis Idris Frigate Stanton transfers to the 87th Battle Group.

2937
Helios I becomes the site of a brief flurry of interest, when a scientific survey station crashes onto the planet’s surface. A daring rescue by members of the local Gladiator garrison (rapidly modifying their fighters for high heat protection) saves six lives from a horrific death on live vid.

2939
Book: "A Complainer's Guide to the 'Verse" by Harry Tenny.

2940
Esperia cease manufacturing Blade replicas.

Original Systems has a dozen titles under their belt and employ 300 developers at multiple studios. The company has carved out a strong niche in the market, with the consensus being that they are the roleplaying game designers to beat. Garrity strikes up a friendship with up-and-coming Terran developer Tristan Blair. Garrity offers to publish his latest title, an Ultimate-esque RPG called Times of Myth, and then hire him to design further titles at Original.

2941
Historical Truth Act.

The full truth of Ahmad Harar and Carl Dyson's discovery of the Kayfa System in 2617 is exposed.

James Romanov and James Vandyke leave Perigree to found InterDimension Software, the company behind Star Marine.

Marina Naves quits smoking.

2943
Banshee - Tamsa jump discovered.

Terra Mills buys the Big Benny's brand from Benicio Lewis, Jr.

Senator Junger Ries, Lorona, addresses constituent dinner

Original Systems release the massively successful space combat game: Arena Commander.

2944
Latest model of the Origin 325a released

The Origin M50 gets a total redesign with the aim of winning the next Murray Cup.

According to statistics provided by the Sataball Professional League, Banu sales make up almost 35% of the total ticket revenue for the year, with border systems having even higher attendance numbers.

Nov, 2944
The Concerned Citizens Foundation embark on an ambitious project to identify and itemize every government expenditure from the 2944 fiscal year directly related to the Synthworld.

2945
RSI broadcasts its Constellation Aquila commercial.

According to the last TSAS annual report, more crime occurred in 2945 than any other year this century, and 2946 appears poised to break that record.

2946
Terra Mills reveal their newest brand, TipTop, at the Vendor Association Conference.

Hot Swap officially declare OP.NET the best non-guild show on the spectrum, in their reader poll.

The Gang Tour is established, visiting such places as Spider, Ruin Station and Olympus.

The founder of Too Much Soup dies, age 156.

The film Lost Squad releases, based on the Fall of Caliban in 2871.

Unknown Friday, 2946
The Rhetor Raiders win a match.

March 1, 2946
A small Vanduul raiding party (two Scythes and another vessel) originating from Vanguard, trip border sensors from Leir.

Between one and three ships land at the Estada family's settlement, located 213km SSW of Nedila. There is prolonged small arms fire by plasma-based weapons. Some of the family barricade themselves inside a reinforced room. The room is breached. Within the room there is blood spray from a non-lethal attack.

Michael Estada fails to attend his child’s birthday party.

14:38, March 4, 2946
Maxwell Kenny has discovered that the Estada settlement was attacked. After calling out for surviors with no response, he calls the local law enforcement in Nedila.

19:15, March 4, 2946
Special Agent Marina Naves has assessed the Estada settlement and surmises the events. She sends comms to the UEE Navy as she prepares her findings and receives confirmation of the Vanduul raiding party tripping the Leir border sensors. She concludes that the incident was a Vanduul strike originating from Vanguard and using the Leir jump point. However she cannot ascertain whether the Vanduul attacked the settlement for resources or to capture the inhabitants. She collects all of her findings along with Personal Files for the nine missing persons and passes them along to Naval Intelligence.

After 19:15, March 4, 2946
Special Agent Marina Naves notices a discarded Stim canister half-buried in the dirt.

Night, March 4, 2946
While writing her findings, Special Agent Marina Naves reviews the personal files of the Estada family.

13:04 March 6, 2946
Special Agent Marina Naves submits her initial assessment on casefile #EA-89549V.

09:38, March 7, 2946
Special Agent in Charge Douglas Grath acknowledges the initial assessment on casefile #EA-89549V.

Night, March 8, 2946
Special Agent Marina Naves notices that local guidelines forbid Stim use. She runs an initial DNA scans of the Stim canister and it doesn’t match any of the settlement’s inhabitants.

21:23, March 8, 2946
Special Agent Marina Naves reports her finding to Special Agent in Charge Douglas Grath, suspecting that everything from the ships in the border sensor image to the scene itself were arranged to look like a Vanduul attack and that the discarded Stim was the only slip-up in an otherwise perfectly executed frame. She calls for reopening the case, speculating that there is a slaver group operating within the UEE that is not only intelligent and efficient, but knowledgeable in evidence collection methods and investigation techniques.

21:52, March 8, 2946
Special Agent in Charge Douglas Grath responds to Special Agent Marina Naves' report, calling her connections tenuous at best. He assigns her to the pursuit of three inmates who were boosted from a holding facility in the Elysium system, but gives her one day to provide compelling evidence of her slaver theory.

March 26, 2946
Cargo Handler Assiciation hosts the 16th annual Cargolympics on Titus. Sponsor Torreele Foodstuffs donate all proceeds from the event to Operation Solace.

April 5, 2946
Sean Nazawa writes Day One: A New Dawn for Aremis Post

May 3, 2946
UEE Senatorial Race. Speaker Marshall Madrigal secures another term in Borea. Windel Aurelia and Yann Isher do likewise on Angeli, but Kyle Polo loses his seat to Sean Debinavi, a Universalist from Quinton. Heavy voter turnout in New York. Suj Kossi wins Jalan seat to become first Tevarin UEE Senator, Gabrielle Gracián comes in second.

18:27, May 17, 2946
UEE Congress (396) session begins. The vote for Amendment 27 (requiring that any elected Senator must be born a Human to have voting privileges in the UEE Senate) fails. The vote for SA-43 (Supplemental Appropriations Bill) passes.

"Sometime between May 16 and May 20, 2946"
The Concerned Citizens Foundation release their report. It details negligent management strategies, flagrant approval processes, and a myriad of subsidized objectives with only a passing relevance to the Project at large.

09:24, May 23, 2946
UEE Congress (396) session begins. Sensible Synthworld Amendment drafted by Senator Rachel Lester (T – Vann – Croshaw Sys).

2947
MISC Prospector released.

RSI's new Corvette - the Polaris, is released.

Notebook
Next System - Odin

Need DataCache infos.

Last Comm-Link - Empire Report: Suj Kossi Suspends Campaign.

UEE Senate is located on East 68th Street in New York.

1 Xi'An Year = Aprx 1.28 Standard Earth Years