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Pre-Singularity Age (pre-2112)[edit | edit source]
Date | Description | Loc |
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2000 | First working 5-qubit quantum computer demonstrated at the Technical University of Munich. | |
2014 | First electronic quantum processor created | |
2024 | Artemis 2 becomes the first manned spacecraft to leave earth orbit in fifty years, completing a lunar flyby before returning to earth. | |
2025 | Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway is successfully put into lunar orbit. | |
2026 | Artemis 3 brings the first crew to the LOP-G. During the mission the crew make a successful lunar landing, the first since 1972. | |
2027 | NASA's Deep Space Transport is launched and docked with the LOP-G in preparation for a Mars mission. | |
2029 | The crew of the Ares 6 mission arrive on board the DST and begin the four year journey to Mars. | |
2031 | The LOP-G is completed. | |
2032 | Following the success of the Artemis missions, the United States Government vows to maintain a permanent manned presence in lunar orbit. | |
2033 | The DST arrives in Mars orbit, a lander is deployed and the first human walks on Mars. | |
2035 | The first permanent research base is deployed to the surface of the Moon as part of a joint CNSA-ESA-NASA initiative. | |
2037 | The crew of the Ares 6 return to Earth with plans for further missions already in motion. | |
2038 | A breakthrough in propulsion technology sees the first successful test of Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rockets (VASIMR), although the energy demand can only be met with the output of a fission reactor. | |
2039 | Jupiter's Great Red Spot, first observed as early as 1831, fully disappears. | |
2040 | Peak Oil reached. | |
2061 | The Gaia 1 mission brings twelve people to Mars, the first permanent residents of a Martian base built for perpetual habitation. | |
July 16, 2069 | Daedalus, the first interstellar probe is launched on the one hundredth anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission, beginning its long journey towards Alpha Centauri. It is expected to take forty years to reach the system, travelling at 12% speed of light for the majority of transit. | |
2078 | First orbital solar panel arrays sent into orbit around Earth. | |
2109 | Daedalus arrives in the Alpha Centauri system, beginning an eight year survey mission. | |
2110 | Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid is completed over Tokyo Bay, the largest man-made structure to be completed in Earth's history, capable of supporting a self-sufficient population of one million inhabitants, it is heralded as the first ever arcology. |
Pre-Singularity Age was one of tragic stories, mass-migrations, economic and ecological disasters.
Post-Singularity Age (2112 - 2201)[edit | edit source]
Date | Description | Loc | Rel |
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2112 | Significant advancements in machine learning in the decades prior gives birth to a new generation of artificial intelligence technology, with the learning capacity of this new AI accelerating human technological advancement beyond all measure. Many authorities hail this breakthrough as the birth of the Technological Singularity. | ||
2112 | First space elevator built on Earth. | ||
2113 | First pictures of the Alpha Centauri System arrive on Earth, forty-four years after the Daedalus was launched. The success of the mission sparks a renewed interest extrasolar exploration and plans are made for future missions to send probes to all stars within fifteen light years of the Solar System. | ||
2116 | Aided by modern learning AI, the theories of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity are successfully unified, becoming known as the Theory of Everything. | ||
December 27, 2117 | John II Samuel Smith, the first healthy human of ectogenesis reproduction method. He lives for 92 years contributing greatly for studies related to ectogenesis. | ||
2121 | Final signals from the Daedalus probe are received. | ||
2133 | The CNSA launch the Zheng He probe towards the Luyten's star system, the closest star system with a potentially Earth like planet to have been found within fifty light years of Earth. The journey is projected to take one hundred years and critics of the venture claim that the data received will not reach Earth within a human lifetime. | ||
2137 | By this point, global warming has reached a critical level, with sea levels having risen by two meters. Though sea walls were constructed across the world to protect some vital developed coastal areas, many other cities had already been partially or fully submerged. Sometime at this point, several nations begin commissioning the construction of climate-controlled cities similar to the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, sparking the development of the first arcologies. | ||
2145 | L'Avenir, the first ever domed city, was built in central-France. | ||
2151 | Fourth generation nuclear weapons see rapid development, which are tactually useful due to them producing no radioactive fallout. 4th generation nuclear weapons are fusion-based hydrogen bombs with a non-fission laser trigger, with the fission being the source of fallout in previous nuclear warheads. Though effective, the weight of the laser emitters is too great for these new nuclear weapons to be used as Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM). | ||
2151 | Advances in laser efficiency lead to the development of the first Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) reactors capable of generating net positive energy. | ||
2158 | Dome city of Dongyeon-hang was built. | ||
2180 | Department of Luna declared by the United Nations, with the lunar surface initially zoned for scientific and strictly limited industrial projects, with the first colonies seeking to mine helium-3 for use in fusion reactors. | ||
2193 | Ceres is colonised. | ||
2195 | After centuries of speculation, research and controlled tests on Earth and Luna, Mars is seeded with the first primitive terraforming drones, tasked initially to detoxify its soil, and to release compounds into its atmosphere to induce a warming greenhouse effect. |
Post-Singularity Age was one of innovations, stargazing and scientific breakthroughs even if the era was shadowed by the now seemingly inevitable destruction of Earth's biosphere.
Solar Age (2201 - 2800)[edit | edit source]
Date | Description | Loc | Rel |
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2201 | By now, VASIMR systems have become cheap enough to be fitted on most space-worthy ships, opening the floodgates for feasible colonisation of the Solar System. | ||
2203 | Construction of the first domed city on Mars, Arcadia, begins. Modeled off of the dome city of Dongyeon-hang, the project sparks further development of the Martian colony beyond the isolated outposts spread across the planet. | ||
2225 | Arcadia is completed, becoming the de-facto capital of Mars. Its completion sparks rapid growth of the Martian colony, prompting an influx of colonists from Earth. A cultural divide between the Arcadia and the Martian Frontier develops. | ||
2233 | The Zheng He arrives in Luyten's star system, on a planned twelve year mission of cataloging the planets within the system. | ||
2245 | One hundred and twelve years since it departed the Solar System, The first images from the Zheng He of Luyten's Star system are received on Earth. | ||
2246 | After a flyby of Luyten's Star, Zheng He enters into a dormant state in orbit around it, sending back a steady signal indefinitely as it draws power from solar cells. | ||
2248 | The moons of Jupiter, Callisto and Ganymede, are settled as part of preparations to colonize Europa. Construction of domed cities begin in Europa's orbit, with the intention of lowering them to the surface once they are completed. | ||
2255 | Detailed images of Luyten b are received for the first time, confirming its suitability as a terraforming candidate. The first concrete plans for an extrasolar colony are drawn up by the CNSA. | ||
2257 | Data from the Zheng He flyby of Luyten's Star is received from the probe. | ||
2269 | Axil Energy, direct predecessor to the modern Axil Industries, is founded by asteroid mining magnate Thomas Brady Axil. | ||
2270 | The moon of Saturn, Enceladus, is settled by Saturn Next in preparation for the colonization of Titan. Autonomous drones are deployed to the surface of Titan to fabricate domed structures that can support human habitation. | ||
2277 | The United Nations, to reflect its modern status as arbiter for international and interplanetary cooperation, is renamed as the United Governed Space Authority. | ||
2279 | A space station is assembled in orbit around Triton to facilitate the colonisation of Neptune | ||
2280 | A space station is transported into Pluto's orbit, with the intention of providing a staging point for the deployment of terraforming drones to the Luyten System and interstellar probes intended for the Gliese 832 and Wolf 1061 systems. | ||
2297 | The first magnetic satellite array is placed in 1.5 million km geosynchronous orbit with Mars, providing an artificial magnetosphere for the planet capable of shielding solar radiation. | ||
2298 | The Martian War of Independence begins. | ||
2299 | The January Massacre occurs on Saturn. Axil Energy Enforcers are sent to Saturn to quell a strike of ice miners led by the Martian Syndicalist Association. Fearing defeat, a renegade group of MSA radicals commands the weapons satellite "Xi Guiying" to fire a volley of fusion missiles on the colonial headquarters, atomising it. In an emergency UGSA meeting, a humanitarian crisis is declared, and Axil is voted to replace Saturn Next as the head of colonisation. | ||
2300 | UGSA declares the atmosphere of Earth unsafe to breathe without augmentation, spurring a period popularised by media as the Interstellar Hypoxia, where for the next two centuries no human-inhabited planet could naturally sustain a breathable atmosphere. This period is often attributed as the cultural catalyst for the mass usage of interface suits and normalisation of the commercial air industry. | ||
2312 | Martian nationalists win the Martian War of Independence, forcing Earth to grant Mars greater autonomy with Mars remaining under de facto Earth control for centuries. Ares Legion rejects the peace deal and continue their fight for independence. | ||
2314 | Ares Legion is driven out of Mars' urban area and becomes an insurgency. | ||
2323 | Martian terraforming drones are sabotaged, and Ares Legion is blamed. | ||
2380 | The terraforming of Luyten b begins, thousands of automated drones are deployed to guide large asteroids taken from the Luyten's Star Oort Cloud towards the surface of the planet in a process that is estimated to take five centuries. | ||
2410 | FRIEND (Forward-thinking Radical Intelligent Evolving Nodal Database) is installed in the Olympus Mons Metro, Mars, in order to automate the planet's immense ruling bureaucracy, with mild improvements occurring in its efficiency over the next decades. | ||
2416 | The Heavyside raid occurs, and Ares Legion is devastated by the Union of Mars with the assistance of FRIEND. Ares Legion collapses, and its members slowly surrender over the next few decades. | ||
2547 | The Tethys Crisis (Tethys-47) occurs on Saturn. A loose cobalt bomb explodes above the domed city of Scheria, shattering its dome and showering the surrounding Odysseus crater in fallout, throwing the entire moon - and later all of Saturn - into a state of chaos. Numerous syndicates use the crisis to rise to power, earning themselves the name of "Tethys Triads". | ||
2550 | By now, Mars's atmosphere is sufficiently oxygenated to be breathable without augmentation. | ||
2551 | Official start date for the Saturnian Conflict. An outbreak of the Swine-Originated Influenza Virus 2551 (SOIV-51) allows UGSA to quarantine Tethys and place the warring Saturn under an indefinite net of embargoes. With direct intervention failing to end the conflict, UGSA votes to instead mitigate it through foreign aid. A slow state of war would continue to flare across the ringed giant for another 558 years. | ||
2701 | The March of Terror, a series of anti-Earther communal violence, occur on Mars for months before being suppressed. | ||
2737 | Stable artificial gravity field generators invented, although their power demand is so immense that they are largely kept out of the reach of most consumers. | ||
2796 | Advancements in gravity manipulation leads to the creation of the Kimber Drive, which is patented by Kimber Future Technologies. The first of these drives, while only managing speeds of up to 30-40% of the speed of light, still allowed for much faster transit through the Solar System, particularly for large freighters. |
Mass colonisation of Solar bodies marks a new triumph for the human race.
Extrasolar Age (2800 - 3222)[edit | edit source]
Date | Description | Loc | Rel |
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2800 | Foundation of the Kimber-Sonoshee Racing League and the start of the inaugural Centauri Circuit. | ||
2812 | Approximate year that competitors in the Sirius Circuit first arrive in the Alpha Centauri System. | ||
2825 | Livius Schwartz completes the Sirius Circuit in a 35% Kimber Drive, successfully returning to the Sol System twenty-five years after his departure. | ||
2826 | Spica Kimber proposes establishing a permanent settlement on Proxima Centauri b and commissions the Rigil Kentaurus, a colony ship, to be constructed by his company. | ||
2856 | Construction of the Rigil Kentaurus is completed in the Callisto Shipyards and it is fitted with a 90% Kimber Drive. | ||
2857 | The Rigil Kentaurus reaches Pluto and the colonists board. After completing final checks, the vessel departs the Solar System. | ||
2862 | The Rigil Kentaurus arrives in the Alpha Centauri system and begins a slow burn towards Proxima Centauri b. | ||
2863 | The Rigil Kentaurus enters Proxima Centauri b orbit and the first humans descend to the surface in Interface Suits. | ||
2880 | Algae seeding on Luyten b begins, vital for scrubbing the remaining carbon dioxide out of the air. Soil purification projects begin in preparation for the introduction of more advanced plant species in the future. | ||
2900 | The Zhu Que Initiative successfully launches the Vermilion Bird colony ship bound for Luyten b. | ||
December 5, 2912 | The Vermilion Bird colony ship arrives in Luyten's Star system, bringing the first extrasolar colonists to a planet that has been prepared for their arrival over the last five centuries. | ||
2912 | United Governed Space Authority renames itself the Interstellar Governed Space Authority, reflecting its new role as administrators of the new colony. | ||
3083 | Nova Generation Ship sets sail for Wolf 1061 c. | ||
3107 | Construction work begins on the Tranquility Launch Arco after decades of stalling and setbacks. | ||
3109 | With aid from Earth, Mars and Jupiter, IGSA partitions the crumbling triad territories on Saturn into four states, ending the Saturnian Conflict and founding the Union of Saturn. | ||
3195 | After a thousand years of tireless planetary engineering, Mars is now a well and truly a verdant, ocean-filled world. On this millennial anniversary, the Martian government officially declares the planet "fully terraformed". | ||
3206 | Tranquility Launch Arco successfully launches from Earth's orbit. Spends under a year orbiting the sun as it approaches 99% of the speed of light before setting sail to Gliese 832 c. | ||
3212 | With the escalation of the Climate Disaster on Earth, IGSA grants the Union of Mars self-rule, with mandates barring Earth corporations from damaging the Martian ecosystem seen by many as the lynchpin for its continued consent to remain a member-state. |
Age of reaching further and further beyond the former boundaries. Soon the human race will be found everywhere in the galaxy, or so some fathom.
Interstellar Age (3222- present)[edit | edit source]
Date | Description | Loc | Rel |
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October 23, 3222 | The Zhu Que Directorate declares its independence from IGSA, becoming the first independent extrasolar state, heralding the beginning of the Interstellar Age and a shift away from Sol centric administrations. | ||
3222 | Gliese 832 c is reached by the Tranquility Launch Arco, with its first settlers christening the planet under the new name Tranquility. Colony's new planetary government dons the name State of Tranquility. | ||
3259 | Eden is colonised by an expedition of various Christian sects. | ||
3261 | Contact with Earth is lost on Eden, and the colony descends into religious wars. | ||
3307 | Wolf 1061 c finally colonised by the Nova Generation Ship, with the settlers naming the world Nova, having developed an alien culture in their centuries of isolation. A second wave of settlers arrives in the following years, with a significant number of the settlers being Martian expats. | ||
3432 | Terraforming of Zhu Que is deemed to have been completed. | ||
3349 | Kimber Future Technologies dissolves, with its founding father-son clone dynasty, Rigel and Spica Kimber, moving into other industries. The Kimber brand identity retains its prestige well into the present. | ||
3453 | Commonwealth of Earth is founded. | ||
3460 | Martian Federation is founded, and the Commonwealth Invasion of Mars begins. | ||
3465 | The Commonwealth Invasion of Mars ends, and an armistice is signed between the two states. Social order on Mars is low for the next two decades. | ||
3465 | Following a quick public debut and meteoric rise to power Kristján Petersson founds the Saturnine Executive with hopes to unify Saturn as an independent economic power. | ||
3467 | The Europa Treaty is signed between the Commonwealth of Earth and the Union of Mars, formally ending the Commonwealth Invasion of Mars. | ||
3481 | The Commonwealth occupation of Eden begins. | ||
3501 | The First Edenite Rebellion begins and ends. | ||
3505 | Jovian Interstellar Republic is founded. | ||
3566 | 82 G. Eridani System colonised by the Commonwealth-led 82 G. Eridani Exploration Fleet. | ||
3636 | The Interstellar Cooperation Pact is made between Mars, Zhu Que, and Jupiter. | ||
3656 | The Second Edenite Rebellion begins. | ||
3660 | The Second Edenite Rebellion ends. | ||
3666 | ALIAS (Automatic Life-assist Intelligent Administration System) is installed in Neo Arcadia, Mars, fully automating the now almost completely machine-dependent Arcadian State Government. In the following decade, similar systems also replace most of the state governments of the confederation as ALIAS spreads. | ||
3667 | The Equity Faction, working under the auspices of ALIAS, takes control of the Martian government leading to a separate Martian Federation being formed, and the Martian Civil War begins. | ||
3671 | The Mars Federation in Mariner Valley creates an effective countermeasure to ALIAS, ARES. | ||
3678 | ALIAS invades Olympus Mons and Xanthe Terra, and the Martian Civil War really starts turning against anti-ALIAS forces. | ||
3690 | Mariner Valley falls to ALIAS, and the Martian Civil War ends. | ||
3691 | The Earth-Mars War begins when the Commonwealth proposes reintroducing the Artificial Intelligence ban. Many other states join the Commonwealth of Earth against ALIAS and the Martian Federation, signalling the beginning of the Great Interstellar War. | ||
3711 | Third Edenite Rebellion begins. | ||
3713 | The Third Edenite Rebellion ends. | ||
3750 | The Godly Republic of Eden is founded. | ||
3750 | The Commonwealth occupation of Eden ends. | ||
3755 | Second Interstellar Peace Conference is held, marking the end of the Great Interstellar War. The peace settlement sees ALIAS recognised as the sovereign ruler of Mars, the guaranteed independence of the Godly Republic of Eden and People's Republic of Cariocecus, and the collapse of the Commonwealth's extrasolar dominion. | ||
3756 | Neptune gains independence from the Commonwealth of Earth, and declares itself the Free State of Neptune | ||
3977 | Moses, a space dry dock, is put into the orbit of Eden as part of the Godly Republic of Eden’s Sinai Project to strengthen their navy. | ||
May 11, 3989 | The Xin Xiwang government aggressively readjusts the political climate of the Commonwealth of Earth to favour their interests. New Manhattan is usurped as the seat of the Commonwealth Senate, with their headquarters moved to Xin Xiwang. Additionally, the Equatorial Space Elevator security contract is transferred over to Argonaut Inc., replacing Axil Industries overnight. | ||
May 12, 3989 | The Equatorial Space Elevator Nerve Gas Attacks. The African and Guyanese Space Elevators are flooded with nerve gas by Argonaut Inc automated security in a purge of the Axil Industries forces stationed on them. | ||
May 13, 3989 | The Five Hour War. The Earth detachment of the Axil Merchant Marines turn their guns on Argonaut vessels in response to the gas attacks, crippling their rival's trade fleet. They are ordered to stand down by the Axil Industries CEO before the IGSA Peacekeeping Forces and Commonwealth Navy arrive to end the violence. | ||
4000 | Hammerhead Base is set up on Hunte by Axil Industries and Xu Tai Inc. as the center of their new mining operation. | ||
January 1, 4005 | Present date. No canon exists beyond January 1st 4005. |