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= Timeline =

21st Century (2000-2099)
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.

22nd Century (2100-2199)
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.

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 (2200-2299)
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.

24th Century (2300-2399)
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).

25th Century (2400-2499)
Sometime between 2365 and 2438: Davien System discovered.

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

Sometime between 2438 and 2499: UPE military mission established in Davien IV’s orbit. Station would later become the Banu Friendship Museum.

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)
26th Century: 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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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: Population of Bremen begins to dwindle.

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.

"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)
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: Admiral Connelly Reeves gives speech to High-Command.

} 2750: Cathcart has built up a well ensconced pirate population.

} Navy pilot in Cathcart discovers the Pirate stronghold Spider.

} December 3, 2757: Anthony Tanaka's Refusal.

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.

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 aliens’ rational behavior is leaked to the Spectrum.

April 27, 2792: The Massacre of Garron II - Thousands of protestors are gunned down and it only makes the people angrier.

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.

Most of Aegis Dynamics’ military contracts are stripped

2795: 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.

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: UEE builds the Ark, a repository of information and culture located in space for all the races in the universe. It is seen by some as an attempt at reparation.

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.

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.

30th Century (2900-2999)
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.

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

2912: Book: "A Beginner’s Guide to Angeli-Aged Whiskey" by David Kurtz.

2912: Paul Dibly, Former Governor of Tram, runs for re-election.

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.

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

2925: The Kanis Caper.

2931: Book: "The Synthworld Scam".

2941: Historical Truth Act.

2943: Banshee - Tamsa jump discovered.

Senator Junger Ries, Lorona, addresses constituent dinner

2945: RSI broadcasts its Constellation Aquila commercial.