Timeline

This is a chronological record of galactic history. The date system used is the Galactic Standard Calendar, a derivative of the Gregorian Calendar adapted for standard interstellar use.

## Timeline

### **The Old Earth Age (1970 - 2258)**

The 20th to 21st century were marked by dramatic changes in the balance of power between Earth's nations, and the discovery of technology that would change the course of history.

1970

* The accidental discovery of near-light-speed travel.

1974

* US President Gerald Ford is assassinated by Squeaky Fromme.
* US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as president.

1975

* Ronald Reagan is elected US president, beating Democratic Nominee Jimmy Carter by a exceptionally thin margin.

1981

* The United States conducts a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Indian Ocean.

1982

* Amid escalating fears of global conflict, the Confederation, an international organization, is founded on Earth.

1984

* The USSR becomes a member state of the Confederation.

1985

* The People's Republic of China applies to join the Confederation.

1991

* The US State of Texas holds a referendum to secede from the Union, sparking a constitutional crisis.

1992

* A coalition of nations in the Confederation forces the US to accept the results of the Texas Referendum, using the threat of military action.
* Texas secedes from the United States.

1995

* Recession strikes the US economy as foreign countries begin to divest from American stocks following a dramatic fall in the value of the US dollar.

2010

* The crippled space program of the United States, no longer able to afford the upkeep, directs the American National Space Station to re-enter over the Pacific Ocean.

2012

* Radical Christian nationalists rise to power in the United States following a takeover of the Republican party.

2020

* Vietnam becomes the 184th member state of the Confederation.

2021

* March
	+ California secedes from the United States.
* May
	+ The northeastern US states secede.
* August
	+ Michigan, Colorado, and Indiana Secede from the United States.
	+ The secessionist US States, minus the Republic of Texas, found the Allied States of North America.

2022

* The United States launches a missile strike on Californian soil, prompting a declaration of global emergency from the Confederal Security Council.
* The United States is cut off from their satellite network.
* The international Earth Research Alliance of Technology Station (EARTH Station) ceases communications with the United States.

2023

* The Allied States of North America is accepted into the Confederation following international recognition.

2024

* Famine strikes many states in the declining United States.
* A series of failed coups are launched in the US, with all conspirators publicly hanged in the aftermath.

2038

* The first practical solar sailor is tested, achieving 80% the speed of light before losing communications.

2056

* A signal from Alpha Centauri is received, determined to be the probe the solar sailor probe.
* A new space race begins.

2057

* Numerous solar and extrasolar missions are launched using solar sails.

2058

* India, China, and the Soviet Union begin to recruit and train volunteers for a permanent mission to Proxima Centauri B.

2078

* Earth space agencies continue to receive data and images from extrasolar missions.

2096

* Two colony ships depart from earth.

2114

* After receiving no communications from the colony ships for two nearly two decades, human FTL missions are banned.
* First permanent colonists arrive on the Moon.

2150

* India, the USSR, China, and the European Space Agency maintain vast networks of spacecraft across the solar system.

2183

* Earth Station becomes the largest structure ever built by humanity, measuring at 1.5 km2 (0.579153 square miles)
* A probe mission using a solar sail reaches 94% the speed of light.

2210

* Ban lifted on human faster-than-light missions after missions using animals returns safely.
* Menon and New Austin among the first settlements to be declared cities on the Moon.

2247

* The second manned mission to Proxima Centauri B departs from Earth Station.

2250

* The Proxima Centauri B mission returns to Earth safely with evidence of human presence on the surface of the planet.

2258

* Following further missions to Proxima Centauri B, contact is established with the once-lost colony on the surface.

### **The Interstellar Age (2258 - 2462)**

With near-light-speed-capable starships, humanity was finally no longer limited to their own star system. The Confederation, eager to expand the frontier of humanity, launched many generation ships to the stars. Though, as the weight of the Confederation grew, the problems of attempting to administer settlements in even nearby star systems would begin to test the limits of Earth's ability to govern far away worlds.

2287

* Further Earth Colony ships are sent to exoplanets in nearby star systems.

2290

* The first practical advanced robots are designed on Earth.

2322

* A controversial new constitution is drafted for Confederation, which, in addition to creating a unified space command, would dramatically increase the legislative powers of the Congress of the Confederation.
* The Constitution is approved, with 121 member states in favor and 69 against. Notable objections include Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Japan.

2324

* Anti-Confederation extremists bomb the Congress of the Confederation, killing 14 and wounding 32.
* Using the attack as a pretext, the congress votes on a security bill that demands that its member states monitor the communications of its citizens in the event of an emergency.
* The Security bill passes with 435 Representatives in favor and 394 against.

2325

* Mass protests begin in many confederation member states, seeing the security bill as a betrayal of the humanitarian nature on which the Confederation was founded.

2328

* The Security Act is repealed after a long period of unrest.
* A group of Confederation representatives found a coalition that opposes centralization

2340

* The first large-scale military starship is finished in the Earth Station shipyards.
* The colony on Proxima Centauri B colony reaches a population of 10 million.

2400

* Humanity has colonies on every major terrestrial body in the Solar system, and is still sending out more colonial generation ships to nearby star systems.
* The Congress of the Confederation votes to form an executive branch of the international organization.

2404

* Karl Olsen, a proponent of increased Confederal authority, is elected president of the Confederation.
* In a speech before congress, Karl Olsen decries the antiquated and corrupt reality of many of the Confederation's member states.

2410

* The Confederation becomes bitterly divided between nations that oppose a centralized Confederal authority, and those that support it. The largest and most influential nations in the Confederation, such as India, China, and the Soviet Union, support centralization.
* A series of bills that override certain national laws are passed.

2415

* National movements to exit the Confederation gain traction across the world.

2450

* The Earth Civil War begins following a period of national separatist movements.

2449

* The Confederation is victorious in the Earth Civil War.

2450

* The Earth Federation is founded, becoming the first planetary state.

2462

* The first large-scale interstellar mining operation is sent to the Sirius system.

### **The Galactic Age (2557 - 3110)**

The Superluminal drive, a device capable of travel far beyond the speed of light, was possibly the most important discovery in human history. Because of this, the Galactic Age was marked by a sudden explosion in exploration and colonization across the galaxy.

2557

* The advent of the Superluminal Drive allows for interstellar travel beyond the speed of light along certain routes.
* The Earth Federation, now with means to administer an interstellar colonial empire, rapidly explores and settles on planets at distances once thought impossible.
* The Earth Federation Space Command begins testing superluminal communication probes.

2590

* The Earth Federation begins a series of exoplanet terraformation projects.

2750

* Humanity colonizes the planet of Tempest, in the Volaris system.
* ES Cargo is founded on Earth.

2804

* As new languages begin to develop on colonial worlds, English is officially chosen as the galactic lingua franca.
* Frontier Aerospace begins production of first commercial civilian starships.

2859

* The Narvik Corporation is founded on Proxima Centauri B.
* The Idiotheist religious movement is founded on the planet Mah, and quickly spreads to other worlds.

2870

* As space travel becomes more accessible to civilians, large scale migrations to the frontier worlds begin.
* The Earth Federation begins construction of a fleet of new military starships.

2908

* Facing religious persecution on Mah, a caravan of Idiotheists migrate to Tempest.

2945

* The Begarian Hyperroute is discovered, connecting two ends of the galaxy along a single travelable route.
* The first complex alien life is discovered on Mer.

2978

* The Idiotheist movement schisms into the Vulguthist branch, centered on Tempest, and the Vaelic branch, on Mah.
* The first planetary separatist movement, primarily made up of Vulguthist converts, emerges in the the Volaris system, centered on the planet of Tempest.
* Private Mining Corporations are granted the rights to begin mining the highly volatile material, U-235, on the planet of Ogle.

3004

* The planet that would become known as Cantrea is terraformed.

3007

* The planet that would become known as Berea is terraformed.

3010

* Othium, a mineral first discovered in the Volaris system, is found to have immense regenerative and healing properties.
* A rush of mining operations rapidly develops the planet of Tempest.
* The Earth Federation begins a crackdown on the Volaris separatist movement.

3022

* Volaris separatists start an insurgency on the surface of Tempest.
* Mining disaster on Ogle destroys the planet's western hemisphere.

3030

* Volaris separatists hijack a military starship and declare their independence, starting the Tempest War.
* The Earth Federation sends the 1st fleet to the Volaris system.
* The Volaris Republic is declared.

3039

* Al-Tuzi is terraformed.

3042

* After decades of war, the Earth Federation withdraws from Volaris.

3043

* Vulguthist fundamentalists lead by Sarum Khar take control of the unstable Volaris Republic.

3034

* The Sahm Volaris Imperium is declared.

3039

* The Arbelisk Deep-mining Corporation is founded on Tempest.

3079

* The Earth Federation's economy begins to decline as they struggle to maintain their vast colonial empire.

3081

* The Arc-Hive is founded on Meridian Prime.

3084

* Cantrea reaches a population of 200 Million.
* Humanity colonizes its 300th Planet.

3105

* Planets begin to revolt as the Earth Federation's remaining fleet is stretched thin.

3110

* A failed coup leads to the total collapse of the Earth Federation's government.
* The Earth Federation is officially dissolved.

### **The Galactic Dark Age (3110 - 3439)**

Following the collapse of the Earth Federation, chaos and confusion reigns in the galaxy. During this time, technological progress slowed and many planets entered a stage of societal collapse. Some worlds fared better than others, and some even flourished without the yoke of the Federation. Eventually, most settled worlds either became unified, independent polities, or regressed into hundreds of independent states. The resource-rich and industrially developed planet of Cantrea would fare especially well during this time, eventually rising to become an interstellar powerhouse.

3111

* Warlords take over Mah.

3112

* The Sahm Volaris Imperium invades nearby settled star systems.

3114

* Famine strikes hundreds of settled worlds in the galaxy.

3120

* The settlements on Berea collapse into hundreds of independent polities and governments across the planet.

3144

* General Charles Vasser leads an army against warlord invaders on Cantrea.

3145

* Vasser's army defeats the invading force at the Battle of Vellois.
* Charles Vasser founds the Kingdom of Cantrea.

3157

* Idiotheism becomes the most widespread religion in the galaxy, overtaking chrisitianity and Islam.

3159

* As a result of war, famine and climate change, the greatest mass exodus from Earth in human history begins.

3190

* Cantrea becomes the new trade and industrial center of the galaxy.

3230

* The Movement for Peace and Liberation unifies Mah, ending the warlord era.

3324

* The Hyland Corporation is founded on Cantrea.

3343

* The Kingdom of Cantrea expands its reach by constructing starports in other systems.

3399

* The Kingdom of Cantrea forces the planet of Aldrea to submit to becoming a dominion.
* The Kingdom of Cantrea begins the construction of the largest fleet of starships in the galaxy.

### **The Imperial Age (3439 - Present)**

The Cantrean Empire, which found itself without equal in the galaxy, rapidly expanded its reach, conquering worlds and establishing important trade routes. Some worlds, previously ravaged by warlords and pirates, welcomed the stability the empire brought, while others lamented its exploitation. This era would also mark the beginning of open space warfare on a massive scale, as the empire achieved military might far beyond anything before it. People on countless worlds would come to know no authority but the empire, and no sovereign but the emperor.

3439

* Robert Vasser II is the first to be crowned Emperor of the Galaxy.

3535

* The Peace Government is overthrown by revolutionaries on Mah.
* The Jury is founded as an interim government to restore order and prosecute Peace government leadership.
* The mass execution of peace officials begins across Mah.

3536

* The Jury government is made permanent on Mah, forming the legislative and judicial body of the Soh Macrojury.

3574

* October
	+ The planet Hostea Prime is blockaded by the empire after the local planetary government nationalizes imperial corporate holdings.
* December
	+ Hostea Prime surrenders to the imperial blockade, becoming a dominion of the empire.

3595

* Emperor Louis Vasser reforms the empire, founding the Imperial Senate and the Imperial Ruling Council.

3633

* The Sahm Volaris Imperium invades Imperial frontier worlds, starting the First Interstellar War.

3639

* The Cantrean Empire narrowly defeats the Sahm Volari fleet at the battle of Vallus.
* An armistice agreement is signed between the two empires.

3689

* The Empire grants the Hyland Corporation control of Hostea Prime.

3722

* Amid open rebellion on the planet of Lyrea, Emperor Robert III orders the 7th fleet to pacify the planet.
* The surface of Lyrea is obliterated at the hands of the Imperial 7th Fleet, killing 14 million people.

3775

* The Imperial Senate votes to deregulate corporate expansion.

3780

* The Galactic Trading Company is founded as a joint-stock company on Cantrea.

3793

* The Sahm Volaris Imperium enter a period of interstellar isolation.

3798

* The Haterian Empire collapses on the planet of Berea.

3814

* The Kronstadt, a Hyland Corporation mining starship, goes missing.

3819

* The planet of Berea is declared an Imperial Protectorate World. De-facto however, the nations of the planet would remain effectively independent.

3822

* The Hyland Corporation begins construction of shipyards in Lothia, on the planet of Berea.

3842

* The Empire invades Bevarania, a de-facto independent country on Berea, ending its anti-imperial government and forming a colonial government to rule it.

3845

* The Oxumut Empire is founded on Berea.

3930

* The Hyland Corporation founds the Free State of Merenland on Berea.

3948

* The Soh Macrojury and other independent interstellar states sign the Treaty of Hohk, founding the Coalition of Independent Star Systems.

3968

* The Galactic Cold War begins when the Soh Macrojury arms an anti-imperial insurgency on Merrin.

3957

* The Arbelisk Deep-Mining Corporation arrives on Berea.

3989

* Robert Vasser IV is born.

3992

* The Cantrean Navy launches a series of raids on Soh Macrojury space.

3999

* The Cantrean Empire begins backing the Batvian republican movement in the anti-imperial Oxumut Empire.

4014

* The Republic of Batvia declares independence from the Oxumut Empire.

4019

* After a revolution in Lothia, the Empire intervenes and installs a colonial government.

4042

* The Cantrean Empire invades Sohm Space, starting the Second Interstellar War.

4043

* Lothia is placed under direct imperial authority in an effort to safeguard wartime starship production.

4053

* Robert Vasser IV is crowned emperor.

4054

* After decades of war, the Second Interstellar War enters a period of stalemate as the battered Cantrean navy falls back to Imperial space.
* The Empire institutes industrial quotas on many worlds.

4060

* The Lothian Imperial Authority imposes harsh rationing laws on life-saving medicine.

4063

* The Synothesian Civil War begins.

4064

* Batvian stock market enters a freefall after major banks collapse.
* The Lothian Anarchist Federation is founded by Johan Horner.

4069

* The Imperial Ruling Council appoints Alma Jorgensen as governor of Lothia.

4070

* Limon Oxo is elected president in Batvia.

4073

* January
	+ The Empire begins a crackdown on medicine smuggling at Lothian ports.
* February
	+ The Lothian Confederation of Labour declares a general strike.