Timeline

This is the **timeline of events** for the Alliance trilogy. All dates are in **BCE** (*Before Common Era*) and **CE** (*Common Era*).

## Prehistoric Times (Unknown BCE - c. 1,000,000,000 BCE)

**Unknown BCE**

The Livyatan come into existence. They begin dominating the Milky Way and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**Unknown BCE**

The *Livyatan* come into existence. They begin dominating the **Milky Way** and expanding their empire.
**c. 4.1 GA**

Earliest life on **Earth** of the **Sol System** appears.
## Common times ( 0 BCE - 2256 BCE)

**1610**

Galileo Galilei observes the night sky using the first recorded telescope and discovers four of *Jupiter*'s moons, lunar craters, and the phases of *Venus*.
**1957, November 3.**

First artificial satellite and first signals sent into space, done by the USSR with *Sputnik 1*.
**1969, October 4**

*Apollo 11* drops Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to be the first people to walk on the moon. They land and over 21 hours on the surface on a site they named *Tranquility Base.*
**1990, July 20**

The Hubble Telescope is launched into low Earth orbit by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (*NASA*) and the European Space Agency (*ESA*).
**1990, October 6**

The ESA and NASA launch the *Ulysses* to orbit the Sun.
**1997, October 15**

ESA launches the *Huygens* to land on Saturn's moon, Titan.
**1998, November**

The first multinational space station is launched into orbit of the Earth. A combination of Russia, the United States, Japan, Canada, and the ESA, the International Space Station becomes operational.
**2003, June 2**

ESA launches the *Mars Express**.*
**2003, June 20**

NASA's Mars Exploration Mission by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (*JPL*) launches the *Spirit* rover.
**2003, July 7**

JPL launches Spirit's twin rover, *Opportunity*.
**2005, January 14**

*Huygens* lands down on Titan for 90 minutes and relays feedback to the ESA.
**2005, November 9**

Launch of the *Venus Express* by the ESA to orbit Venus.
**2009, June 9**

The *Ulysses* is decommissioned by NASA.
**2011, May 25**

NASA declares the end of the *Spirit* rover's mission.
**2011, November 26**

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory launches the *Curiosity* rover.
**2019, February 13**

*Opportunity* ceased communication on June 10 of 2018 and NASA spends several months trying to make contact with her. NASA wishes her farewell while playing Billie Holiday's 1944 recording of "I'll Be Seeing You."
**2020, July 30**

JPL launches the *Perseverance* rover and the *Ingenuity* helicopter with it. The rover successfully lands and begins her mission on February 18, 2021.
**2022, September 4**

ESA launches the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (*JUICE*) to study three of Jupiter's moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
**20XX**

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**20XX**

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**2256, Fifth Cycle**

The Alcyone is sent by the ISA to rendezvous with Medea Atenas on Outpost 37 located on Ithao. The crew and Medea depart, leaving for Ciathea, Aeternitas.
During the starships departure to Ciathea, they encounter a dark energy storm. The storm knocks power out to the ship and damages the exterior, unfortunately killing the pilot. Atenas offers to take over as the temporary pilot until they reach Ciathea and the ISA can send a new one.