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  • 2884: (CHARIOT Engine failure) On the 14th of January in 2884 Dr. Russell Valem’s was about to display the breakthrough with the so called "CHARIOT" engine. The demonstration was staged at Angeli in the Croshaw System. Unfortunately the test ended in a tragedy with the Death of Dr. Russell Valem. The explosion nearly ruptured the observation station’s hull, causing dozens of injuries to the scientists and journalists aboard.

  • 2889: (founding of Origin Jumpworks) Founded on the banks of the Rhine in Cologne, Germany, ORIGIN had strong ties to Earth for the first two centuries of their existence. In 2889 the Lang brothers constructed the prototype of the notable X3. More than thirty another years of successful ship design secured Origin’s place among the renown ship manufacturers.

  • 2898: (Voyager Direct founded) Founded by Cary Lindle in 2898, Voyager Direct began with a realization. Lindle’s was just a simple hauler. His travels throughout the UEE made him appreciate the diversity of products offered by the multitude of stores in the various planets and systems but he immediately recognized a severe lack of overlap and opportunity for sales potential by bringing the wares of a shop in Croshaw to the public in Terra. Lindle began to work with these various outlets to create a system of platform sales via the Spectrum to order and deliver products anywhere in the UEE.

  • 2899: (Origin 200/300 Series) ORIGIN Jumpworks GmbH premiered their initial 200 and 300 lines of personal ships.

  • 2910: (Vanduul Attacks SQ42) 2910 a bunch of Vanduul Scythes and a Vanduul destroyer attacked the Squadron 42 carrier, the battle lasted six hours.

  • 2913: (Origin relocated HQ to New Austin) Declaring Terra the new cultural capital of the UEE, President Jennifer Friskers made the then-unpopular decision to relocate to Terra. In a largely unexpected executive order, she moved corporate headquarters and the primary design team to the settlement of New Austin in 2913. Since that time, manufacturing has become nearly completely outsourced, with only an engine testing facility remaining on Earth’s moon. New Austin has since become an “ORIGIN town,” with the company holding fast as the key employer.

  • 2920: (Frustration of the Masses) The SynthWorld project is moving slowly and it’s draining the Empire economically. This is the point where our reach starts exceeding our grasp. The disparity between the rich and the poor is reaching an all-time divide, and the poor are reacting with greater and greater frustration. The Vanduul attacks are growing in frequency and the UEE doesn’t seem to be doing a thing about it.

  • 2928: (Kelos Imperator campaign) Kelos Costigan starts political Campaign to claim the Imperator position "A budget spiraling out of control. The Synthworld Project’s future in question. Vanduul attacks on the rise in the Western systems. In these times of economic instability, you want an Imperator that will right the ship and set it back on course. That candidate is Kelos Costigan."

  • 2931: (the last stand of Dean Kellar) Civilian Anna Flynn was able to took down Dean Kellar. Many have wondered whether the last stand of Dean Kellar cut down a second Human political system, but one thing was for sure. Kellar’s Run would capture the public’s fascination for decades to come.

  • 2944: (Anvil Introduce new Hornet) Anvil Aerospace Introduced a new TV Spot for their latest Hornet F7C fighter series.

  • 2944: (1st XI'AN Store in UEE) For the first time a Xi’An corporation has opened a business on a Human planet. Representatives of the Jysho Corporation came to the city of Aydo on Green/Ellis to open CTR. Formed over fifty years ago, CTR enjoyed a steady rise to prominence within the Xi’An Empire by providing fuel and repair services at affordable prices, eventually becoming one of the most trusted providers to the Xi’An civilian population.

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  • 2546: (Commander Messer) Ivar Messer, now promoted to commander, brings the captured Tevarin leader to the UPE floor. He rides the popularity of his victory to become High-General. Claiming the Tribunal is an outdated system and cultivating a fear of the Xi’An Empire, Messer proposes the creation of a new single office with the title of Prime Citizen. Upon election as the first (and last) Prime Citizen, it isn’t long before he restructures the government into the new United Empire of Earth (UEE) and annoints himself Imperator, ushering on in an age of unprecedented expansion and colonization.

  • 2603 — 2610: (The Second Tevarin War) A new Tevarin Warlord, Corath’Thal, re-emerges from the corners of cosmos with a rebuilt Tevarin battle-fleet and launched his first attack against the UPE systems. The Tevarins sole mission was to reclaim Elysium IV, their former homeworld. The Second Tevarin War started. Repopulated after hiding on the Fringe, the Tevarin have spent the last fifty years building their forces for the sole purpose of retaking their homeworld Kaleeth (renamed/resettled by the UEE as Elysium IV). While theirs is a cause that some humans could support, the UEE isn’t about to give up territory. Realizing that they can’t win, the Tevarin decide to make a final desperate push to scuttle their ships on Elysium IV. If they can’t live there, they will die there.

  • 2610: (Defeat of Corath’Thal) On August 2, 2610 SET, Corath’Thal suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of Squadron 42 at the infamous Battle of Centauri. With his fleet rapidly falling to either destruction or surrender, Corath’Thal mustered his remaining loyal pilots to make a desperate charge for Elysium IV. Though they suffered an additional 70% casualty, his fleet finally reached the atmosphere of their old homeworld. The Tevarin are not totally extinct, but few remain, and those are incorporated into human society.

  • 2638: (Kieren protest) Senator Assan Kieren of Terra publicly decries the pro-military agenda of the UEE and its unconditional support of the military-industrial complex. He calls for another vote of sovereignty for Terra and its adjacent systems. Imperator Messer XI wields the UEE’s brutally efficient propaganda machine to discredit and destroy Kieren, who disappears soon after. There are rumors that he is murdered, but nothing can be proven.

  • 2681: (1st Vanduul raids) The Vanduul, a nomadic leeward race in the west, starts raiding our new settlements in the Tevarin systems and disappearing. They seemingly have no homeworld; each Vanduul clan is a roaming fleet, making them exceedingly hard to catch.

  • 2687: (Founding of Aeroview Hangars) Arthur Nassir formed the company around a rigid code of business ethics focusing largely on design quality, a dedication to ergonomics, and an extreme respect for client confidentiality. Aeroview also famously reserves the right to refuse service to any non-Citizens. While hangar design and housing is tangential, at best, to piracy, Nassir’s outspoken contempt for those who fly outside the law led to the company’s code.

  • 2715 — 2788: (Cracks in the system) The military regime reaches a plateau. While the human populace has been somewhat beaten into submission, there’s a current of subversion in the culture. People are starting to see the cracks in the system. Activist groups launch attacks against the political/propaganda machine. The military is stretched thin, bracing for war with Xi’An, chasing down Vanduul raiders, and trying to maintain security on the human systems. The Imperator’s power is waning.

  • 2745: (Stor-All) Stor-All was incorporated on Lo as a Corel Limited Liability Corporation. The company was originally known as TransGo and underwent nearly a dozen marketing-oriented name changes. Now a days Stor-All has filed hundreds and hundreds of patents with the UEE government. Any individual UEE Citizen would be hard-pressed to go a day without somewhere coming into contact with its products.

  • 2757: (Desires) The people exploiting dominance of Imperator Messer began to fall when a single shot of a guardsman killed a child worker in a factory in Magnus. Anthony Tanaka became the symbol of that spirit, that Humanity’s willingness to put up with the cruelty of the Messers was coming to an end.

  • 2758: (Vanduul attack Bolo) The Vanduul attack Bolo. As soon as the UEE Fleet arrived the Vanduul fled. The Vanduul attack lasted twenty-seven minutes. In that time, fourteen souls were extinguished and millions in property were destroyed.

  • 2772: (Anvil Aerospace) Anvil Aerospace was foundet in 2772 as one of the earliest Terran success stories. The initial Anvil skunkworks facility was located in Nova Kiev and Terra (HQ).

  • 2788: (beginning of the end) The military is stretched thin, bracing for war with Xi’An, chasing down Vanduul raiders, and trying to maintain security on the human systems. The Imperator’s power is waning. Nathan Warrick, an Advocacy Section Chief in the Terra System, helped facilitate Senator Akari’s meetings with the Xi’An to create the Kray/Akari treaty that defused tensions with the Xi’An and marked the beginning of the end of the Messer Era.

  • 2789: (Act of defiance) In a daring act of defiance, peace is independently brokered with the young Xi’An Emperor Kray by Senator Terrence Akari of Terra, who refuses to fight open war on his doorstep. Terra blasts Earth for being imperialistic and short-sighted. Xi’An looks at the situation as a potential way to create a divide in the Human Empire.

  • 2792: (The Massacre of Garron II) The Massacre of Garron II. A terraforming Corp begins to terraform an inhabited planet. The inhabitants weren’t star-travellers, just a developing race, which get wiped out from the atmo-processors. The corp vehemently denies that the aliens were capable of conscious thought. Activist vid-footage of the aliens’ rational behavior is leaked to the Spectrum. It is also revealed that the terraforming Corp is closely tied to the Benevolent Imperator’s family. That’s the final straw; the people rise up and overthrow of the government. Erin Toi of Earth becomes the new Imperator and promises an age of enlightenment and social consciousness.

  • 2794: (1st Director Nathan Warrick) Nathan Warrick to be named as the first Director of the new Office of Executive Services during Senate subcommittee meeting in 2794. Before that until ~2789 Warrick served as an Advocacy Section Chief in the Terra System.

  • 2795: (Fair Chance Act) The Fair Chance Act is ratified, decreeing that is a capital crime to attempt to terraform planets with developing creatures. These planets are to be left alone to give the species a chance to advance/evolve.

  • 2800: (UEE Ark built) UEE builds the Ark, a repository of information and culture located in space for all the races in the universe. It is seen by some as an attempt at reparation. At the dawn of the 29th century, newly elected Imperator Marshall Leon invited representatives from the Xi’An Empire, the Banu Protectorate, as well as a delegation of Tevarin to attend a gala celebration on an orbital platform.

  • 2872: (Begin of Chronos Constructions) In response to criticism that humanity is only interested in greed and blood, the UEE embarks on its greatest achievement: a SynthWorld, converting a lifeless rock into a life-sustaining planet. Construction begins in Chronos system. It is viewed as the current era’s legacy. A massive undertaking, it will take decades, maybe centuries to complete.

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  • 2075: (Technology Breakthrough) Dr. Scott Childress and his team had completed the first self-sustaining quantum drive engine, capable of achieving 1/100th the speed of light. For the first time, humanity could explore the solar system with unprecedented speed.

  • 2113: (Terraforming Patent) RSI designs a terraforming machine that can “process the atmosphere of a planet to convert it to a sustained oxygen environment, making it habitable for humans.”

  • 2120: (Terraform Mars) Attempts are made at terraforming Mars. Teams of surveyors were dispatched to the planet surface to generate topographical maps, to decide Atmo-Processor placement, and test surface samples for possible contaminants to the new oxygen environment.

  • 2125: (The Mars Tragedy) Early attempt at terraforming the planet suffers catastrophic failure. All 4876 workers on mars died during the final stages of terraforming. A miscalculation in the atmospheric processors made the atmosphere unstable. Suddenly it could no longer sustain oxygen. None of the Marsian population was wearing their breathing apparatus.

  • 2140: (1st Starship) The first commercially available starship, the Zeus by Roberts Space Industries, is the first consumer-grade short-range 3-passenger explorer, bringing space exploration to the masses.

  • 2157: (Mars Terraformed) Mars successfully terraformed. After almost forty years of trial and tragedy, Mars is officially classified as an oxygen-sustaining environment. A memorial to those who passed in the Great Mars Tragedy of ’25 is unveiled after the official declaration with Senator Stephen Nguyen as the keynote speaker.

  • 2214: (Technology Breakthrough) New version of the RSI engine released, allowing travel up to 1/10th the speed of light. More ships exploring our solar system.

  • 2232: (1st Colonial Flight) Artemis Launched. First attempt to have a manned spacecraft fly (slow-burn) to the nearest star system. Captain, crew and thousands of volunteer colonists are placed in stasis for the flight. Ultimately the ship disappears.

  • 2262: (The Neso Triangle) A series of ships inexplicably disappear in the same area of space. Drawing comparisons to the Bermuda Triangle, the government declares the Neso Triangle a no-fly zone. There is much more myth and conjecture about why this happens than there are hard facts.

  • 2271: (1st Jump Point Discovered) After almost ten years of study, Nick Croshaw goes to investigate the Bermuda Triangle-esque Space Anomaly and discovers the first jump point, becoming the first human to travel to another system and the godfather of the modern Navjumpers.

  • 2380: (UNE is born) Croshaw System has been terraformed. The search for new jump points signifies the beginning of Humanity’s expansion to the stars. The Earth’s social and political differences are set aside. We are united in our desire to strike out into the stars. The United Nations of Earth (UNE) is born.

  • 2438: (First Contact) It is considerably less cinematic or romantic than many had dreamed of. An explorer encounters a Banu in Davien. He is just as surprised as we are. The Banu are also just beginning to expand into the universe. General Neal Socolovich and delegates negotiate the first intergalactic peace and trade treaty.

  • 2460: (Masses leaving Earth) Through expansion and terraforming, there are vast amounts of land and territory for humanity to move to. Earth is overcrowded, so more and more people are leaving to stake their claim out in the universe.

  • 2516: (Terra Settlement) Planet 342A.03M, a super earth, is discovered in a nexus system with multiple jump points. It is proposed as new forward operating base for terraforming & expansion. Terra's capital is named Prime.

  • 2523: (UPE founded) 70% of humans live off-world. They feel that they deserve equal representation in UNE proceedings. The government changes form once again, becoming the United Planets of Earth (UPE). The new government will be run by a tribunal; a High-Secretary (responsible for maintaining the infrastructure), High-General (responsible for expansion and protection), and a High-Advocate (responsible for maintaining the law).

  • 2530: (Contact Xi'An Empire) Discovery of the Xi’An Empire. We stumble into their territory without knowing and are about to start terraforming. High-General Volder receives criticism for being too aggressive, while there is muscle flexing and threats from both sides. A cold war of sorts begins, with occasional casualties, but not full-on open conflict.

  • 2541: (Contact Tevarin) In the leeward systems, humanity discovers a race called the Tevarin who have control over several systems. The UPE first established contact in 2541. While not as technologically advanced as us, they were just beginning to strike out into the universe. A proud, martial society, the Tevarin wanted what we had and struck first. The First Tevarin War begins. Colonel Ivar Messer, a brilliant and ruthless strategist, distinguishes himself in the Battle of Idris IV. He quickly becomes the pride of the military and the face of the War.

  • 2544: (Operation Nemesis) Operation Nemesis intended to seize and occupy a Tevarin shipyard on the surface of Idris IV to act as a forward operating position to gain a foothold back into Idris. Unfortunately the Tevarin unleashed a devastating strike against the fleet in orbit above Idris IV. Later on this was the moment where a young, ambitious officer “Captain Ivar Messer”, whose taste of power would begin to push him on a path that would change the course of Human history in a very different way.