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= Timeline =

Aprx 300,000 years ago
The Hadesians have occupied all four planets in their system.

An utterly devastating Civil War between the three inner planets of the system takes place. This likely leads to the extinction of their species. Hades IV is cleft in half and Hades I stripped of its atmosphere, the weapons of war at the Hadesians' disposal have left catastrophic destruction right across the system. But it will be 300,000 years before another living sole sets foot in the Hades system to notice.

2044
"Lemming Car" AI incident in Tokyo.

May 3, 2075
Roberts Space Industries introduces Quantum Core Engine Technology. Capable of travelling at 1/100th the speed of light, this new engine allows humanity to travel to the corners of our solar system with relative ease.

2113
Terraforming technology patented.

2120
First attempt to terraform Mars begins. Port Renatus' city center marks the first landing point and basecamp.

04:38 EST, unknown date in 2125
The Mars Tragedy. Early attempt at terraforming the planet suffers catastrophic failure. Over 5000 souls killed when the atmo collapses.

2140
First commercially available starship is released - the RSI Zeus short-range explorer.

March 18, 2157
Mars declared to have been successfully terraformed. Memorial built to honor those killed in the Mars Tragedy. Kinah Okon goes into labor at the memorial ceremony.

01:28, March 19, 2157
Abeni Okon, the first extraterrestrial human, is born at the Port Renatus Infirmary.

23rd Century
Spirit Wars begin between Xi'An Empire and Kr'Thak. Still ongoing today.

2214
New version of the RSI engine released, allowing travel up to 1/10th the speed of light. More ships exploring our solar system.

2232
Artemis Launched. First attempt to have a manned spacecraft fly (slow-burn) to the nearest star system. Captain, crew and thousands of volunteer colonists are placed in stasis for the flight. Abeni Okon is a guest of honor at the launch. Ultimately the ship disappears.

Sept 12, 2252
Abeni Okon dies aged 95. She is later buried on Mars.

2262
A series of ships inexplicably disappear in the same area of space. Drawing comparisons to the Bermuda Triangle, the government declares the Neso Triangle a no-fly zone. There is much more myth and conjecture about why this happens than there are hard facts.

2271
After almost ten years of study, Nick Croshaw goes to investigate the Bermuda Triangle-esque Space Anomaly and discovers the first jump point, becoming the first human to travel to another system and the godfather of the modern Navjumpers. (Croshaw System is discovered.)

2281
A committee appointed by the World Summit, a gathering of Earth’s leaders, finally takes control of expansion into the Croshaw System. The Croshaw Expansion Committee is chaired by Clarence Ludwig.

2292
Tarsus Electronics founded by Selma Tontil

2317
Banshee System discovered.

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).

Sometime between 2365 and 2438
Davien System discovered.

25th Century
UPE military mission established in Davien IV’s orbit. Station would later become the Banu Friendship Museum.

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
Aegis Dynamics Retaliator Bomber introduced.

Radegast bar built at Port Renatus.

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

"Early 26th Century"
Cestulus terraformed.

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).

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.

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.

2541
The UPE first establish contact with the Tevarin. While not as technologically advanced as us, they were just beginning to strike out into the universe.

2542
A proud, martial society, the Tevarin wanted what we had and struck first. The First Tevarin War begins. 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.

2544
Castra System discovered.

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

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 on in an age of unprecedented expansion and colonization.

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)
27th Century: Arthur Nassir forms Aeroview Hangars.

Hennowism style favored. 2603 - June 24, 2610: The Second Tevarin War. 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.

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.

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

2613: Art Today article quotes Aaron Fring.

2633: Tears of Fires 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.

2681: The Vanduul, a nomadic leeward race in the west, starts raiding our new settlements in the Tevarin systems and disappearing. They seemingly have no homeworld; each Vanduul clan is a roaming fleet, making them exceedingly hard to catch.

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.

"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.

28th Century (2700-2799)
"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.

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: The processing facilities on Rytif have surpassed their previous capacity

} 2749: Founded in Cologne, 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.

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 looks at the situation as a potential way to create a divide in the Human Empire.

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

Imperator Erin Toi reinstates the Tribunal system to provide a check on the Imperator's power.

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.

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.

29th Century (2800-2899)
"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.

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.

2862: Juliet Maupin dies.

2863: Chronos System discovered.

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.

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

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.

30th Century (2900-2999)
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.

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.

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.

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. By the end of the fiscal year, WillsOp capture a 35% market share in the private spacecraft sensor market (up from under 1%.)

2923: In the last year, Drake has quadrupled again.

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.

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

"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".

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".

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.

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

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.

2945: RSI broadcasts its Constellation Aquila commercial.

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

2947: Current model of MISC Prospector released.