Timeline
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— Dates Anno Domini —
- 2038
- Theoretical developments predict "just as fast as light" warp capsules.
- 2046
- Experimental confirmation of JAFAL theory.
- 2059
- Flinger #1 begins sending lightspeed probes to nearby stars.
- 2083
- Report arrives from probe — Tau Ceti III confirmed habitable.
- 2091
- Interplanetary Society launches the first interstellar colony ship, Red Earth, towards Tau Ceti from its warp encapsulator Bifrost.
- 2103
- Pioneers arrive on Tau Ceti III, name their colony Avalon.
- 2115
- News of safe landing on Tau Ceti reaches Earth.
- 2117
- Superpowers dispatch pioneers to official colonies: China founds Xin Tian Di; India founds Navabharata; North American Coalition founds Mayflower; Mercosur founds Paraíso en los Cielos del Sur. EU auctions three sites on Tau Ceti adjacent to Avalon: New Sunrise, San Pietro, Ys.
- 2125
- Anchises Inangulo (an eccentric tycoon) sends pioneers to colony Aeneas, sponsors elite migrants.
- c. 2127–2141
- Following foundation of Catholic colony San Pietro on Tau Ceti, enthusiasts within major religions establish religious colonies Alhurr, Covenant, Emmaus, Fureidis, Hijra, Oikos Kyriou, Pentecost.
- c. 2132
- Superpowers cut funding for official colonies.
- 2136
- News reaches Earth that Tau Ceti has population 100,000 and Avalon has founded a university. Emigration starts to be considered prudent.
- 2140–2148
- Pioneers arrive at the official colonies of 2120.
- 2140–2147
- Utopist ventures set forth for Bakunin, Cockaigne, Egalité, Iter, Khemet, Neuheim, Persatuan, Simanta, Terranova, Xindalu.
- 2148
- Pioneers despatched on first commercial speculative colony venture to colonise its own world, Broadmeadow.
- 2165
- News arrives that pioneers have arrived safely at Xin Tian Di and Navabharata. Boom in demand for emigration.
- 2148–2353
- Various parties establish ~600 more colonies.
- 2353
- Earth destroyed by a catalytic thermonuclear explosion.
— Dates ab Tellure destructa —
- 1–c. 15
- Survivors in deep space colonies in Earth's solar system mostly evacuate to the colonies.
- 12
- News of the destruction of Earth arrives at Tau Ceti.
- 147
- Pioneers arrive at Feilong, the last colony.
- 342
- Eichberger demonstrates self-encapsulating FTL warp ship.
- c. 370
- "Pirate" Eichberger drives in use.
- c. 400
- Pirate activities notorious.
- 417
- Eichberger vests his fortune in the Eichberger Foundation for Interstellar Peace and Justice.
- 425
- Eichberger Foundation launches Space Patrol and Bounty Hunters' Agency.
- 431
- Bertillion destroys Mayflower.
- 432
- Kobayashi destroys Orinoco.
- MacArthur leads Fleet in oath to prevent future mass killing.
- c. 439–490
- the Formation Wars.
- 495
- Lunar Conference. Empire constituted.
- 499
- First meeting of Imperial Senate. Imperial Crimes Act.
- 500
- Imperial Spaceways transfers shipping to lucrative routes in the Core. Naval expenditures cut back.
- 501
- Home Office established. Imperial schools system.
- 504
- Regulus Academy founded.
- 507
- Imperial Corps of Marines founded.
- c. 527
- Imperial Spaceways returns to the outer colonies.
- 529
- First Survey mission.
- 532
- Full-scale Survey Program commences.
- c. 535–550
- Assistance services founded to help colonies discovered by Survey. Senate grows to hundreds of members.
- 546
- New Athens, last colony in the Core to hold out against the Empire, ratifies Treaty of Luna.
- 547
- Empire sets up system of sectors.
- 549
- The Capital officially opened.
- 552
- Eichberger Realty starts terraforming uninhabited worlds in the Beyond.
- 557
- Senate passes establishment acts to allow new worlds to be settled.
- 560–563
- O'Neill cylinders built as Imperial sector HQs officially opened.
- 565
- Alumnus of the Regulus Academy appointed to the Imperial Council for the first time. Nature of the Regulus School revealed as a training program for Platonic Guardians. Assassinations of alumni.
- 566
- Justice Commission Act, Imperial Judicature Act, Evidence Act, and Criminal Rehabilitation Act create an independent commission to enforce the Imperial Crimes Act of 499.
- 570
- ICfJ's first investigators take up their posts. Imperial district courts hear first cases.
- 580
- Crisis develops over republican forms of government on Imperial settlements. Moratorium on administration acts for new colonies.
- 584
- Compromise of '84 — Imperial settlements to have assorted forms of government.
- 601
- Andrew Orloff becomes first alumnus of the Regulus Academy to be elected Chairman of the Imperial Council.
- 606
- Annual establishment acts bring count of inhabited worlds to one thousand.
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