Timeline
--2031--
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Earth
Germany, Japan, and the United States pool their research and create a functional hot fusion generator.
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--2032--
Earth
US and Germany develop a habitat dome for deployment on lunar surface.
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--2035--
Earth
After years of research they secretly deploy the intial Lua Dome under the guise of several satellite launches.
Lua
The joint US German Dome #1 is set up in the Copernicus impact crater in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon.
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--2036--
Lua
A Russian cosmonaut spots an unknown structure on the moon and reports to earth.
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--2037--
Earth
Space Race 2 happens as US and German colonization of the moon leads many countries to breathe new life into their space programs.
Japanese company Tamura-konishi begins working with the Japanese government to develope and launch their own Moon Colony.
Japan and China finish construction of Lua Dome #2 in the Grimaldi impact crater
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--2038--
Lua
Dome number three is set up in the Tycho crater.
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--2039--
Lua
The fouth dome cluster is established in Mare Nubium.
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--2040--
Lua
Byrgius, dome number five is finished.
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--2041--
Lua
Nectar dome, the sixth lunar colony is built
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--2042--
Lua
Aristarchus and Procelarum domes, numbers seven and eight finish construction.
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--2043--
Lua
Humorum dome, number nine is deployed.
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--2044--
The tench Lua dome, Plato is completed.
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--2045--
Earth
Panbeam Industries is founded in Venezuela and begins large scale production of rocket fuel to aid in the colonization of the moon.
Lua
Cognitum dome is built.
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--2046--
Lua
Stevinus, dome number twelve is constructed.
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--2047--
Lua
Kepler dome, the thriteenth dome, is finished
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--2048--
Lua
Dome fourteen, the Vaporum dome is built.
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--2049--
Lua
The Luan Institute of Technology is founded in the Grimaldi dome on the Moon
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--2050--
Lua
Dome fifteen, Langrenus dome, finishes contrstuction.
Earth
Intrais Power is founded in France after many of the independant owners of their massive nuclear programe pool thier resources and begin selling energy to all of Europe.
Russian developed ships depart for colonization of Mars.
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--2051--
Lua
The sixteenth dome, Insularum dome, is completed
Protogen Energies is founded in the Kepler Dome on Lua and begins selling cheap power to the other domes, saving them from dependance on fuel and energy cell shipments from Earth.
Mars
Utopia, Sinai Planum, Hesperia, and Olympus Domes are quickly built on the Martian surface once the Russian ships touch down on the red planet.
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--2052--
Lua
Cayne Biotech is founded in Tycho Dome one Lua to help those injured building and maintaining the domes.
Tranquility dome, number seventeen, is constructed.
Mars
In the Utopia Dome Kerensky Logistics spins up from a majority of the intial colonists. They work directly with the Russian government to quickly deploy and construct the remaining domes.
Casius(isidis), Astapus, and Capri Domes, are all completed, making seven total Mars Domes.
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--2053--
Lua
With construction of dome eighteen, the Serenity Dome, Lunar Colinization is complete and all "safe" areas on the light side of the moon are colonized.
Mars
Both Hephaestus and Sharanov Domes, numbers eight and nine finish construction.
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--2054--
Mars
Barabashov, Ket, and Bonestell Domes are deployed bringing the total to twelve.
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--2055--
Mars
Maille Advanced Intustrial is created in the Sinai Planum Dome and produces parts to manufature and build more domes with locally sourced materials.
Lyot Dome, Cydonia Dome, and Elysium Dome; numbers thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen are built.
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--2056--
Herschel, Hellas, and Bakhusen Domes are completed.
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--2057--
Lua
Founded in Grimaldi Dome by recent graduates of the LIT, FSI Technology Produces radio and communication systems for spacecraft.
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--2057--
Mars
Kasimov, Arcadia, and Kepler Domes are built.
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--2058--
Mars
Domes twenty two, twenty three, and twenty four; Arabia, Icaria, and Medusae Domes, finish construction.
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--2059--
Mars
Argyre Dome, number tewnty five finishes construction, it is unique among the Mars Domes as it designed specifically to house a single industry and workers.
Exa Jewel Nuclear is built as part of the Argyre Dome, and is planned to replace the small generators and solar farms that the other Domes rely on, leaving all of the current systems as backups.
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--2060--
Mars
The twenty sixth and twenty seventh habitats, Aonia Dome and Secchi Dome are built.
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--2061--
Mars
Fournier, the twenty eighth and final dome is built on Mars.
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--2062--
Earth
Apheleia Ltd. is founded in Colorado, USA and begins production of cheap simple single ships.
Earth
Philomelus Industries is founded in Kiev, Ukraine and begins production on industrial transport spacecraft.
With the new availability of privately owned spacecraft, indivual contractors and small busineses aid in the effort to send fully built moduals and workers to the asteroid belt to begin the colonization effort.
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--2063--
Belt
The fisrt Colony in the Belt is established on 4 Vesta.
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--2063--
Belt
Once construction on the Vesta Colony finishes up, several of the contractors band together and form Hestia Construction.
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--2063--
Mars
Many of the Martian domes with indepedant unions come together to form a planet wide United Workers’ Syndicate to strenghten their bargaining power.
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--2065--
Earth
As construction workers from the Belt Colonization project and both Martian and Luan Natives arrive back on the planet after the Vesta Colony if built, many experience medical issues that are beyond the perview of the various Big Pharma companies, and Belinsky Phamaceutical is founded in Moscow to research and develope medicines specifically to target and assist extraplanetary travellers.
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--2065--
Belt
A large group of Cajun workers who helped build the Vesta Colony and decided to remain on Vesta rather than return to Earth are given religious recognician and found the Church of the Hollow Flame.
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--2065--
Belt
The colony on 7 Iris, Colony two is finished.
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--2068--
Earth
Albach Harcrow Data deploys the Planetary Positioning System (PPS) throughout the solar system to allow for accurate location and telemetry data anywhere in local space.
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--2068--
Belt
Belt Colony number three is completed on 19 Fortuna.
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--2069--
Belt
After several difficulties with transporting raw materials and manufactured goods to and from the new belt colonies, Ambravalia Logistics is founded on 19 Fortuna to assist both Earth and the Belt coordinate and optimize construction and shipping.
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--2070--
NewCom Media
Mars
A congolmeration of local news agencies across all twenty eight domes on Mars rebrands as the single entity NewCom Media.
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--2072--
Belt
Belt Colony four is finishes construction on 3 Juno.
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--2075--
Earth
Alken Hartjen is founded in Eindhoven, Netherlands and begins producing starship engines.
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--2076--
Belt
Belt Colony five is constructed on 45 Eugenina
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--2079--
Belt
1 Ceres has the sixth Belt Colony constructed on its surface
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--2080--
Belt
With Belt colonization halfway done, and many of the established belter populaces fighting independantly for regular supply shipments from Earth, Johnathan Frake founds Frake's Fast Food and quickly expands to every established station with assurances from Earth that every future station will be supplied exclusively by F³.
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--2085--
Belt
The dome on 2 Pallas is the seventh Belt Colony to be established.
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--2087--
Belt
The Colony on 128 Nemesis is finished construction, the eight in the Belt to be built.
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--2095--
Belt
The nineth belt colony on 704 Interamnia is finished construction.
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--2096--
Lua
Okamoto Amalgamated Systems is founded in Tycho dome and begins producing advanced modular ships systems that can be integrated into most singleships to improve performance and expand capabilities.
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--2102--
Belt
Colony ten on 52 Europa is fully contructed.
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--2105--
Earth
Ledebus Compounds is founded in Venezuela from a group of Panbeam scientists and begins producing more advanced fuel for modern starship engines.
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--2107--
Earth
Enkov Industrial is founded in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and begins production of industrial exploration spacecraft.
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--2110--
Lua
Wondai Foods is founded by Kama Sako, a native Luan and renowned hydroponicist who helped shape the agricultural revolution on Moon.
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--2116--
Mars
Theta-Tech Advanced Medical is founded in Bonestell Dome by Den Rostroma after he and several others are injured in an accident at a local refinery and he deemed the available medical technology available inadequate.
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--2118--
Mars
Anachil Food becomes one of the largest food chains in all of the Martian domes, selling prepackaged, hardy food stuffs.
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--2119--
Earth
Engstrom Development is founded in Oslo, Norway and begins production on ships which exclusively use bussard ramjets for propulsion.
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--2120--
Belt
Belt Colony eleven is finished contruction on 93 Minerva.
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--2120--
Belt
As colonization of the belt slows and many of the small corporations and independant ship owners who helped transport and build the colonies find their contracts expiring. The Les Corcs Noirs Cartel was founded by many such individuals not bereft of way to make a living outside of exploiting their knowledge of the various bureaucracies and unmonitored spaces in the inner solar system.
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--2127--
Belt
Attempting to corner a new market and several scientist and intellectuals from Earth and Lua expatriate to 2 Pallas and found Aegeis Research, selling modified designs to indepedant belters away from the strict regulations of the global governments.
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--2133--
Belt
The high rate of injury experienced by belt colonists leads to the founding of Asclepius Medical on 704 Interamnia.
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--2142--
Belt
To capilaize on the swath of resource rich asteroids around 52 Europa, and protect the interests of both small to medium corporations and even independant miners from MegaCorporate interests, the Belt Mining Consortium is founded by a large coilition of belters.
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--2143--
Belt
The final Belt Station, Colony twelve, is built on 6 Hebe
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--2143--
Belt
As independant trade in the Belt increases, crime does as well. In an attempt to capitolize on the rampant fear of piracy, The Vulturine Company is founded to play both side and work for the highest bidder.
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--2143--
Earth
Klutotéhknix is founded in Warsaw Poland and begins developing long range radar systems.
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--2172--
Belt
Rhadmanthus Security is founded on 52 Europa to protect both independant workers and small corporations alike from privateers in the largely overlooked area of the belt.
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--2174--
Lua
Kobayashi Reactors is founded on Lua and begins research and development of advanced reactors.
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--2180--
Earth
The United Nations, with the backing of all five permanent members and several rotating members, declares an end to individual nation-states, instead uniting all countries under a single banner, United Terra.
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--2180--
Earth
All Corporations in the United Terran terrritories are united under a single charter and may only do business with the approval of The Corporate Board
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--2180--
Earth
As a sign of good faith to the disparate citizen now under their mandate, the UT creates a Civilian Oversight Commitee to hold politicians to account
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--2180--
Earth
As they continue their mandate of unity, the UT Gov. invites all of the producers of rocket fuel across the various megacorporations to join a single, Global Oil Workers Union.
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--2181--
Earth
The United Terra Government begins cracking down on countries that have not joined the coalition by internally imposing tariffs and buying out companies to force holdouts into joining.
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--2182--
Mars
With permission from the UT Gov. The Red Ledger Compact begins peacekeeping operations on Mars, without direct oversight from Terran officals, much of the work they do is simply for the highest bidder rather than exclusivly for Terran interests
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--2190--
Earth
After changing laws and treatises, the UT uses its vast contol of corporations and resorces to put together a fighting force to help them outwardly project their power, The Terran Navy.
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--2190--
Lua
UT orders Lua to transition research and resorces to the production of defensive technologies that can be utilised to protect the Terran Government from insurrectionists and creates the Luan Secret Service to .
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--2197--
Alex Ducote is hired by Klutotéhknix to develop an electromagnetic shield for spacecraft.
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--2198--
Earth
The Greek government is forced to relinquish control of the HDS, which privatizes and becomes Makhai Armaments. MA eventually wins a bid to become the sole provider of weapons for the United Terra Military Fleet.
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--2200--
Belt
The United Terra Government begins to try to impose restrictions on what and who can travel between stations in the Belt. Frusterated by the overreach many belters come together to form smuggleing networks under the nose of the oblivios Terran officials. They are colloquially known as The Black Dogs
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--2207--
Alex Ducote finishes and tests the Soteria Mk III E.M. Shield revolutionizing space craft safety. (Reentry)
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--2210--
A hacker from one of last eight countries that have not joined the UT uploads a virus to the UT’s securities exchange that permanently deletes hundreds of trillions of credits before it is stopped, leading to a global financial crisis.
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--2211--
Earth
Many of the large ranchers and small agrocorp that were affected by the crash combines their assets, creating a global food corpotation Autoos Meats.
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--2212--
Earth
Dererebus Corp is founded by the survivors of several smaller corporations hit by economic hardships. With a large grant from the UT Government, Dererebus buys all the patents from its founders' former companies and begins mass production of planetary thrusters .
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--2224--
Mars
Earth Levies heavy tariffs on goods coming from Mars and Martian owned stations within the Asteroid Belt in an attempt to recoup from their financial collapse a decade earlier. As a result the Martians form an independant government, the Martian Prefecture, and begin plans to secede from, Terra's control.
--2224--
Mars
The Martian Navy is created as the Prefecture mobilizes a detachment of defensive ships, initially made up entierly of volunteer citizens personal ships.
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--2225--
Mars
Martian Loyalist Militia is founded as the ground defence force or Mars, made up of workers and Martian Citizens that wish to have a better life free of the oppresive yoke of Terra.
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--2231--
Mars
Funo-Watanabe Heavy Aerospace is founded in Sinai Planum Dome on Mars and begins large-scale production of military grade ships as tension between Earth and Mars escalates.
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--2235--
Belt
Tensions rise between the inner planetary governments and Terra shuts down several small security companies in the belt, attempting to foment agression against the Martian Prefecture. Belters formerly employed by those corps wanting to profit from the discord come together to found a group of contract killers, The Pallid Hand Syndicate.
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--2239--
Mars
Mekhdiev is founded on Mars by Luan Expatriates. While not officially associated with the Martian Government, Mekhdiev did solely supply them during the Terra-Martian War.
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--2240-----2245--
The Terra-Martian War begins
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--2241--
Belt
The Ceres Citizens' Militia is founded. With no resources coming in during the war, most of the large stations in the belt declare independence from their Governmental or Corporate Owners, only a few corporations that are not involved in the war retake their stations, the rest of the stations and citizens are simply written off as “casualties” of war.
Earth
With a war now brewing, and with the Belt's resources cut off to them, the United Terran Government begins to ramp up manufacturing and mining on Terra propper. The rampant ecological destruction pushes a large number of people to unite in protest to the UT's actions and some of the more radical sects, like those of The Green Flame Movement, go so far as to threaten many of the most enviromentally harmful MegaCorporations.
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--2242--
Lua
Lua forms the Luan Parliament and threatens to side with Mars if Earth does not grant them de jure sovereignty.
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--2242--
Lua
The Luan Independence Movement is founded by Luan Citizens emboldened by the formation of their parliament, militias are formed to take up arms and foment remebellion against the overeach of the United Terran Government.
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--2243--
Lua
Lua signs a contract with Mars granting exclusive rights to Kobayashi Reactors products and levies an embargo on Terra until they are granted independence.
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--2244--
Sol system
A crew of mercenaries with ties from all over the Sol system take odd jobs to both help and hinder the various prticipants of the Terra-Martian War (The War in the Skies)
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--2245--
Lua
The Terra-Martian War ends with the signing of Sol Pact, granting both Mars and Lua independence from the United Terra Government
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--2248--
Belt
CyTek Cybernetics is founded by entrepreneurs on Ceres Station and begins development of mid to high end cybernetics.
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--2265--
Lua
OuterLight Software is founded and experiments with Limited AI integration in starship systems.
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--2319--
Earth
Raschke Biotech is founded and begins researching biogenetic engineering.
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--2320--
Mars
Westwatch Biotech is founded on Mars and research and development of advanced gene splicing technologies.
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--2321--
Lua
Nymphai Hyperboreioi is founded in Copernicus Dome on Lua and begins producing Mass Drivers.
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--2323--
The first commercial BioMods are available.
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--2324--
Mars
Sanada Tech and Catlow Systems merge to create a powerhouse in starship computational technologies.
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--2351--
Fionna McLaren is killed by a genetically altered creature within a Westwatch Research facility on Mars. (Traversal)
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--2352--
After a buyout of Westwatch by Raschke, full body BioMorphs become readily available.
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--2385--
Nymphai Hyperboreioi begins researching Cold Fusion.
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--2438--
Lua
Wyke-Tindal Amalgamated is created in Archimedes Dome on Lua from a merger of the Tindal scientific consortium and Wyke Incorporated.
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--2438--
NH scientists perfect a cold fusion engine.
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--2449--
Liam and Isok buy a used Engstrom Schooner, Tyche, and start Fortuna Mining Ltd. on 1 Ceres.
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--2453--
Brennan Tos and Ueme Ceric are hired.
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--2455--
Wyke-Tindal Launches the first Ko’Dak prototype Generationship for Proxima Centauri. With a maximum speed of .01% Lightspeed it should reach its destination in just over 400 years.
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--2457--
Events of A.M.P. (A.M.P.)
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--2492--
A scientific research base, Caanan, is set up on Io.
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--2501--
Adam Beneke’s crew locates an artifact in empty space near Jupiter. (Decompression)
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--2511--
Scientists intercept a message from beyond Pluto. They are ordered to destroy their recordings and the source of the message is bombarded with nuclear warheads.
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--2512--
Caanan Research base is decommissioned and the New Caanan Settlement is founded 180 miles away from the research base .
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--2587--
Issac Rosek decodes ARGUS and is killed in his lab.
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--2593--
ARGUS is released by Damien Dewitt. (WAR-MIND)
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--2613--
The ARGUS awakens and shuts down most technology ( TASKKILL " " START "ARGUS")
Silvas Clarke steals a decommissioned Medusa spacecraft module while ARGUS is attacking earth’s network. (Runner)
Wyke-Tindal deploys their Artificial Intelligence "Argeiphontes" seemingly bringing the calamity known as the ARGUS Incident to an end.
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--2615--
Earth
omegaCom Systems is founded when the remaining telecom companies pool their collective resources in the aftermath of the ARGUS incident.
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--2622--
Lua
Allister Donne receives a full body morph and a mind wipe to hide from Wyke-Tindal agents. (Change)
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--2782--
Earth
TIE Media Group is founded by industry leaders in the entertainment sector and quickly gains dominance of the "airwaves" in the belt and outer system.
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--2835--
Belt
The crew of the Hawk meet up with the distant descendants of the original crew of the Tyche for a job. (Smugglers)
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--2865--
Proxima Centauri
The 14th generation aboard the Wyke-Tindal ship Ko’Dak, launched 410 years prior, arrives at Proxima Centauri B and sets up the first human exo-colony, sending a message back to earth.
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--2869--
Earth
The message from Proxima Centauri reaches the Sol System. The UT, Lua and Martian governments come together to celebrate the human achievement and designate June 13th (UT Time) a universal Holiday. A message of congratulations is sent back to Proxima Centauri.
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--2873--
Proxima Centauri
Earth’s message is received by the colony on Proxima Centauri, the colonists decide to not send any more messages to the Sol system.
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--2873--
Proxima Centauri
Doug Samson reflects on his life aboard the Initial colony ship sent from earth, and the colinization of Proxima Centauri. (Proxima)
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--3582--
Somehwere
A lone scientist stays on an observation station to view a star going supernova. Starlight)
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--3875--
Earth
Earth is ruined in a nuclear Armageddon. (Wrath)