Timeline

Timeline of known events.

Twentieth CenturyEdit

1939:

• Start of World War II.

1945:

• World War II ends; formation of Western and Eastern Blocs.

1983:

• American Baker F332 Banshee fighter is kidnapped by aliens over the Caribbean Sea.

1987:

• Introduction of nuclear-powered ion and plasma spaceship engines.

1990:

• Foundation of the World Community Research Council.
• Latest possible dates for World War III and establishment of World Community.

1998:

• WCRC North African Space Research Centers now operational.

1999:

• World Trade Authority formed to coordinate international commerce.

Twenty-First CenturyEdit

2003:

• Commercial Technology Division of the WCRC absorbed into the World Trade Authority.

2004:

• Colonial I, the first space freighter, enters service.

2005:

• Work starts on Lunar Station.

2006:

• Third World War Bloc admitted to the World Community.

2011:

• Lunar Station operational.

2012:

• Work starts on Mars Station.

2013:

• McKinley Ion Ultradrive is perfected.

2014:

• Launch of Colonial II; first ship to use Ion Ultradrive.

2015:

• Early in the year, the Martian Queen leaves Miami Spaceport for Mars, making the first commercial passenger spaceflight.

2018:

• First shipment of new alloys from Lunar industry.

2023:

• SSF 21D Cutlass Mk. I enters production.

2027:

• Warp Generator perfected by Henri deVass.

2029:

• First Pathfinder ships dispatched to Alpha Centauri, Vega, and Arcturus.

c.2030:

• World Community expedition to Barnard’s Star discovers ghostly spaceship artifact.

2033:

• World Community begins to suspect that there is intelligent life in the Alpha Centauri System.
• CAM 130 Cyclops enters production.

2035:

• Transmissions from Pathfinder Alpha, indicating intelligent life, are received.

2036:

• First contact made with Alpha Centaurians.

2038:

• Language barrier with Alpha Centaurians broken.
• First ships come off the Mars Shipyards.

2039:

• Trade and Technology Exchange Agreement signed with Alphans.
• First human science teams sent to Alpha I. They are given demonstrations of Fatboys and observe the City-Ships.
• World Trade Authority becomes Terran Trade Authority.

2041:

• First orbital industrial center off Jupiter completed.

2042:

• First Energy Absorbent Defense Shield (EADS) produced by TTA.
• Proximans begin testing first K34 Bee prototypes.

2045:

• Dr. Hans Berger introduces the Gravity Resist Generator.
• PTV Shuttlebus enters service.

2046:

• Mars Shipyards completed.
• In response to growing demands for commercial travel to Alpha Centauri System, the first Interstellar Queen Mk. I is launched.

2047:

• Pathfinder IX survey ship destroyed by Proxima Centaurians.
• Late in the year, Alpha I is attacked by Proxima. Beginning of Proxima Wars.

2048:

• An Interstellar Queen Mk. I is destroyed by Proxima Centaurians.
• War declared between the World Community and Proximan Government.
• Formation of the Alliance between Alphan Government and the World Community.
• Production of the SSF 21D Cutlass Mk. I is halted by the war's onset.

2049:

• Terran Defence Authority formed.
• TDA beings production of SSF 21D Cutlass Mk. II.

c.2050:

• MRT 114 Mule enters service.

2051:

• 18 months after the war’s start, TDA realizes that the war will be longer than had been foreseen, and begins planning Solar System defenses.
• Proximan Government presumably develops FTL capability around this time.

2052:

• Battle for Mars.

2053:

• Severe losses for both sides leads to a shift in tactics: smaller-scale engagements become more common, large-scale confrontations almost end.
• TDA 107C Partisan enters production at Mars Shipyards.

2055:

• Avery Astronautics begins developing AAF 212 Hornet.

2056:

• Early in the year, the Proximans begin using K13 Sharks.
• Avery Astronaitics first demonstrates Hornets to TDA officials, who place the first orders a week later.

2057:

• Second Proximan offensive into the Solar System deemed imminent, but does not occur.
• Partisan production moves from Mars to Jupiter Shipyards.
• First Hornet squadron launched in mid-year.

c.2058:

• Proximans introduce the C89F Whale.

2060:

• Allies invade Proxima Centauri System.

2068:

• Final months-long assault against Proximan Homeworlds.
• Proximans make last stand on Proxima II.
• Peace Treaty negotiated. Proxima Wars end.
• Beginning of Reconstruction.
• Cutlass production is permanently ended.
• Development of Interstellar Queen Mk. II begins.
• K34 Bee is rushed into production.

2070:

• World Community becomes the Terran Federation.

2071:

• Interstellar Queen Mk. II enters service.

2073:

• First jet tube opened on Earth, between England and Nova Scotia.

2078:

• Voyager I settler ship leaves Solar System for Arcturus System.

2085:

• By this time, Jet tubes connect Sierra Leone-Rio de Janeiro, Panama City-Honolulu, San Francisco-Honolulu, Tokyo-Honolulu, and Tokyo-Darwin.

2086:

• Voyager I arrives at Arcturus System.

2088:

• Large wooden spaceship is discovered drifting into the Proxima Perimeter.

2090:

• Voyager II and a Conestoga leave Solar System for Arcturus System.

2091:

• Mysterious alien ship sighted on planet Sirius II.

2093:

• Interstellar Queen en route to Alpha I from Terra discovers a wreck containing the abducted Banshee.

2094:

• Second wreck is discovered drifting into spacelanes.

2096:

• Starblade introduced as first Alphan spaceliner.

2098:

• Voyager II arrives at Arcturus System.
• Prospectors discover an alien wreck on the planet Lalande.
• Jet tube from Perth to Durban opens.

2099:

• X-800B prototype makes maiden voyage from Solar System to Proxima System.

2100:

• Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD is published by the TTA.

Twenty-Second CenturyEdit

2102:

• Voyager III and two Conestogas leave Solar System for Arcturus System.

Early Twenty-Second Century:

• Great Rebellion rages for around ten days (at the least).

2106:

• Conestoga deposited between Arcturus and Solar System.
• TDA battleship Chicago begins its deep-space tour of duty.

2108:

• After seventeen months, Chicago crew mutinies and kills officers. Four months later they land on Laguna 9.

c.2109:

• Battleship Umberto enters TDA service.

2110:

• Voyager III and Conestoga arrive at Arcturus System.

2128:

• The mutant descendents of those exposed to nuclear radiation in the Proxima Wars (of all three species) are relocated to the Capella System aboard six Voyager VIs and four Conestogas.

c.2150:

• LG 223 Starraker enters TDA service no later than this time.

"Mid Twenty-Second Century:"

• Human-controlled ships cease to be developed.
• Mass industrial exodus off Terra.

c.2170:

• No Terran/Lagunan military materiel produced after than this date.

Twenty-Third CenturyEdit

2209:

• Umberto is retired and placed in storage in the Braun Group no later than this year.

2217:

• Commander Bernd Gerling staves off accidental destruction of a TDA fleet at Proxima Centauri and is made a member of the TDA War Group.

2218:

• Pirates reported operating out of the Verkanska Group.

2219:

• May: Venturer departs from Miami Spaceport.
• December:
  • Venturer arrives at Laguna 9 and is destroyed by Terran/Lagunan forces.
  • First Battle off Laguna 9 results in TDA First Battle Fleet destruction.

2220:

• January: "Mothball Fleet" departs for Laguna System under command of Bernd Gerling.
• February: Battle for Terra; death of the Terran/Lagunans and end of the Laguna Wars.

2256:

• Several ships returning from the Menkalinan System disappear near Capella. FLEA investigations reveal nothing.

2257:

• Several more ships disappear near Capella, and the pirate settlement on Capella is dealt with.

Twenty-Fourth CenturyEdit

2303:

• 248 settlers land on the planet Drakon’s Folly and encounter the native Blueworms.

2314:

• June 22nd: First lot selection of the Nimrodian Club; Carl Hinton and Robin Maxwell are selected.
• June 29th: First duel of the Nimrodian Club; Carl Hinton kills Robin Maxwell.

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