Industrial Experiment
06-09-2004, 11:48
OoC: What can I say? They're timelines for pete's sake, if you don;t know what that is...
Note, though, that even if my homeworld is called Earth, is in a system called Sol, follows the same history as the regular Earth, it is not the Earth everyone knows and loves. It's merely a mathematical anomaly that is, by some huge cosmic coincedence, exactly like that Earth in every way.
Central Earth Spaceflight Timeline
1952 - First human spacecraft with a living organism on board is launched. It is named Sputnik and is of Russian Origin
1969 - First human touches the surface of Earth's Moon on the Apollo 11 mission. The famous line "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" is first uttered
2020 - First human sets foot on Martian soil during the Onward Mars program, mission 5. The timeless quote of astronaut George Smith is spoken, "I grew up with the space program. I'm sure all of you back on Earth know what I mean when I say it is truely great to be side-by-side with my brother as we both become men"
2029 - Construction is begun on a space elevator by several nations, main ones being the United States and the Europeon Union. Aid is sent by various countries from around the world that lack the technical expertise to participate
2036 - Man lands on Venus. Confirmation that women, in fact, have never been there, let alone came from there, is recieved
2040 Colonization efforts are made on Mars. First Martian "Town" consists of 60 trained individuals living in a total of 7 large pressure domes. Population eventually expands to 600 under 29 large pressure domes
2051 - Beginning of Project Exodus in which many asteroids throughout the belt between Mars and Jupiter are hollowed out for later colonization
2074 - Construction of the space elevator is complete, along with the initial space station "Star Town". Efforts on expanding Star town are begun
2079 - Project Exodus ends with the end result of 207 hollow asteroids spread throughout the belt.
2087 - The first asteroid, nicknamed New Jamestown by the American and Europeon colonists, is settled along with minor internal terra-formation by the way of "Zoo Chambers"
2101 - (War was beginning...no, not really =P) The number of settled asteroids reaches the ten mark, spread between the joint US/EU effort and the Chinese space program, just in time to welcome in the 22nd century
2122 - After several decades of expansion, Star Town is renamed Star City as the population reaches 100,000 living in orbit
2134 - Early attempts at terraforming Mars begin
2144 - After tens years of utter failure, all programs in action on the Terraformation project are cancelled
2182 - Construction of the gigantic tow ship, Cosmic Bulldozer, is begun in high Earth orbit with the intention of dragging Mars into a more suitable orbit
2206 - The Bulldozer is complete and begins its year-long journey to Mars
2207 - After a much celebrated arrival at the Red Planet, the Bulldozer begins to charge its massive magnetic grapples and align its mass acceleration engines, both processes projected to take up to two years
2209 - Finally completing all pre-checks, the Bulldozer begins its job. However, just as the first nuclear explosions are set off to destablize Mars' orbit, a mass acceleration engine misfires and completely demolishes the Cydonia settlement. The preemptive shot also uncoordinates all the rest of the MA engines and only the split-second decisions of the Bulldozer's captain and the valor and skill of her crew allow the ship to use its magnetic grapplers to save Mars from a fatal fall out of its current orbit and into the sun
2216 - The last mass accelerator is realigned and recheck and, on a day that marks one of Mankind's greatest achievements, all of them fire in perfect sequence, allowing the magnetic grapplers to steer the planet on a course that will lead it directly to its new, warmer orbit after a four year journey
2220 - With the completion of the orbit change, the terra-formation process begins on Mars
2231 - At the completion of the Mars Project, Mankind finally proves that not even Nature herself can thwart him
2262 - If only to tell the rest of the Universe that He is insatiable, a gigantic electro-magnetic vacuum is constructed and brought to Venus, where it is used to completely drain the atmosphere
2269 - As the last bits of atmosphere are finally drained, science teams are dropped to the surface to begin planning for a terra-formation project. While exploring a series of defunct volcanoes, one of the single most monumentous scientific discoveries of the century is made; several distinct species of microi-organisms, some as advanced as protists, are discovered
2271 - The process of terra-forming Venus is begun
2280 - The Venus Project is completed and millions of colonists swarm to the virgin planet, hoping to start new lives
2384 - After more than a hundred years of human habitation each, Mars and Venus are both declared as Earth's sisters in both appearence and make-up. Most observers have difficulty determining the difference between the three without outside references
2395 - After much deliberation in governments around the world, a single government is formed to unite all the nations of Earth and her colonies under one banner; the Human Imperial Republic. However, several nations of no small note resist and war breaks out
2399 - As peace is finally achieved with the signing of the Bejing Peace accord and the defeat of the African Union, the short four year war is declared a monstrosity for its immense casualties and the Imperial government vows to avoid war as much as possible
2401 - Following two years of Imperial Military occupation of China, Africa, and Eastern Russia, full peace is finally declared, and all forces are withdrawn
2402 - Beginning of the Pax Terrana, an almost four hundred year period in which peaceful expansion throughout the solar system reigns. Almost the entire asteroid belt is colonized as any rock big enough to support a family is either bored out and terra-formed or bubbled under and filled with air. Not only that, but new colonies amongst the Gas Giant's moons are founded, the largest of which being the Europan Water Suppiliers and the colonies on Ganymede. Titan is terraformed, but no large settlements develop as it becomes more of a resort world with its large methane lakes
2781 - The Cult of Centuria reveals itself to the public. This cult, supposedly hailing back to the early 22nd century, had become obsessed with genetics, turning themselves slowly from normal homo sapien sapiens to homo sapien centurion. The Centurions are superior to normal humans in every way; able to survive a direct hit from a laser or in complete vacuums. Tensions throughout the Imperial Republic heat up as many officials fear the Centurions
2801 - After twenty years of amassing a fleet beyond Neptune, the Centurions begin the long awaited assault on the so-called 'Inferior Humans' with a sweep across the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. After the capture of the facilities on Europa, however, they halt their amazing progress and begin to strengthen their fleet using the shipyards in orbit around Io
2807 - With numerous small skirmishes on either side of the asteroid belt breaking out since the initial campaign of the Centurions, who have declared a Kingdom of Centuria stretching from the Jovian system all the way out to Pluto, the Imperial governments decides to create a massive fleet in hopes of crushing the Centurions
2812 - Finally taking note of the build-up, the Centurions begin to move en-masse towards the asteroid belt. When they reach it, they are met by the newly commisioned Grand Imperial Navy of the Imperial Republic. A massive battle breaks out, with the outnumbered Imperials playing a defensive game until the Imperial flag-ship, the Argus, is destroyed in a gargantuan display of Centurion firepower. While panic does initially reign, Rear Admiral Hindrik Molkov gains control and demonstrates a naval genius that remains unparalled in the annals of Imperial history by completely decimating the Centurion navy, which withdraws back to Jovian space
2817 - While several border raids do occur across the asteroid belt, the Centurion Wars quickly cool down into a relatively Cold War with much of the fighting being done by long-range missiles
2834 - Having rebuilt their great fleet, the Centurions again attempt a border crossing through the asteroid belt. They are again met by the Imperial Navy. However, this time, the Imperials are no longer new to the concept of space battle with large fleets and gigantic ships, and the Centurions are quickly routed by overwhelming Imperial weaponry and strategy. Attempts are made by the Imperials to invade Centurion space but the fleet is quickly repulsed by orbital defenses around Jupiter
2856 - The final offensive of the war is made as the bolstered numbers of the Imperial fleet use powerful new weaponry and strong armor, matched with great numbers and combat knowledge to sweep through Centurion space, winning back the Jovian system in only a single year
2857/8 - The Saturan system, though proving a formidible shell to break into, is finally recaptured by the bold sailors of the Imperial Fleet and the valorous marines of the Imperial army
2859 - The Centurion Wars officially end as the last Centurion enclave on desolate Callisto is destroyed and the final Centurion hunted down and killed in the deeps of Europa's oceans
2861 - Years of increased funding and feverish research during the Centurion Wars foster a major breakthrough in energy physics. The completion of a singularity generator in high Earth orbit allow for major advances in field previously thought redundent
2867 - Adam Gregor, earning a Nobel Prize and trillions of isolats for his work, finally unviels to the government and the entire human race the first spurt-jump engine (See my technology thread to understand the significance)
2901 - After many years of testing of the spurt-jump engine and building of the ships to carry it, the Age of Expansion officially begins with the launching of the first spurt-jump capable colony ships, the TSS Terra Jump
2902 - The Terra Jump arrives at its destination, a roughly Earth-sized rock in a nearby star system, and sends home its message of triumph to Earth over the new SAAD systems. Countless trillions celebrate as the world is named New Earth
2912 - Over a hundred fifty year period, over three hundred colony ships are launched throughout nearby space, colonizing fifty new systems with an almost 100% success rate
2964 - The TSS New Beginnings makes the greatest discovery in biology since cell theory at its destination. In the same system as its target world is a world with a dense methane atmosphere, home to several hundred races of Silicon-based lifeforms
3002 - The TSS Freedom stumbles across the first intelligent, alien life humans have ever encountered inhabiting its target world. A year is taken to study the species, estimated to be roughly at the same technological and cultural development stage as the Roman Empire of three thousand years ago. Soon afterward the Freedom turns back to Earth and jumps back without making contact
3048 - In an unprecedented step, the crew and colonists of the TSS Megajump make first contact with an alien civilization encountered on their target world. The civilization is estimated to be about where humans were during the 18th century technologically, and the 22nd century culturally
3050 - Contact with the TSS Homeward Bound is lost while it is on its way to a system outside current Imperial space in an attempt to expand borders
3053 - A probe sent after the Homeward Bound discovers the wreckage of the ship in an outer orbit of its target system. Before contact is also lost with the probe, various sensor records of a large, alien fleet are picked up
3055 - A massive detachment of the Grand Imperial Navy arrives at the Homeward Bound's target system, now called the Graveyard, and encounters the alien fleet. Nearly the entire Navy detachment is destroyed by a quarter their number, only managing to defeat them in the end due to a brilliant manuever of then Captain James Cook II, direct descendant of the privateer of over a thousand years before. All wreckage in-system is recovered, including the Homeward Bound, before the fleet heads back to Earth, leaving only a small picket force at the Graveyard
3056 - Contact with the Graveyard Picket Fleet is lost, and a new, larger fleet is sent from Earth back to the Graveyard
3058 - Only shortly after arriving, and with only a few incoherent yells before it happens, contact is lost with the fleet detachment. It is presumed at the time that some form of jamming was involved, though no one knows how to jam SAAD systems. Later, captured Proge records confirm that several HIRIE ships are captured and their navicomps cracked
3060 - The aliens, now known as Proge, begin a massive campaign across human space, conquering colony after colony and enslaving the resident humans. Twenty years of fighting ensue as the humans struggle to play a defensive war against the overwhelming might of the Proge, who seem to revel in using massive wave tactics as if they have unlimited production capabilities
3082 - The Proge offensive culminates in the seige of the New Earth system, which is only evacuated through the military genius of the now Rear Admiral James Cook II
3084 - In the most massive display of force in history, the Proge launch an assault on the Sol system. The battle lasts for several months, and sees the fall of countless men and women on the front, near the edge of the system, before the Proge are finally beaten back by the combined firepower and, again, tactical might of the newly promoted Admiral James Cook II
3085 - A twelve year counter-offensive begins as humans slice through Proge positions in formerly human space and relclaim long lost system, freeing countless hordes of humans forced into slavery by the Proge
3097 - The First Proge War finally ends as the very last Proge fleet is destroyed at, ironically, the Graveyard. Scouting forces are launched to attempt to find the source of the Proge invasion, but there is no luck
3103 - Expansion beginds anew as many systems that were destroyed by the Proge are recolonized
3110 - A study by the University of Sol on Earth of various planets throughout known space discover thirteen new alien species, bringing the total count to one hundred seven, four of which are sentient
3154 - The first truely Earth-like planet is discovered during a survey sweep attempting to find signs of intelligent life, or even the Proge, on the opposite of human space from the Graveyard system. The TSS Fly Away is reassigned and renamed the TSS Terra and is launched towards the planet quickly
3156 - Upon arrival at the Earth-like planet, the crew of the Terra bestow upon it the ship's own name, and immediately begin an orbital survey in an attempt to find a good spot to begin a colony. The survey, along with providing a good landing place, also discovers millions of new alien species, none of which are sentient
3174 - After nearly twenty years of colonization and the construction of two space elevators, the Terran colonists launch the Hubble 2, a simply massive space telescope
3209 - The Hubble 2 is destroyed in a terrorist attack by a communist rebellion on Terra
3211 - The rebellion is successfully put down by Imperial army forces from Earth
3216 - The Terrans launch a new telescope, the Hubble 3, into orbit
3220 - The Hubble 3, in a step that far exceeded expectations, discovers a new Earth-like planet relatively nearby to Terra
3222 - A colonization effort is launched with the TSS Fly towards the planet
3223 - Contact is lost with the TSS Fly. A naval taskforce is launched to investigate
3224 - A small Proge fleet is encountered along the route to the new Earth-like planet, but advances in technology since the last Proge War allow the Imperial Taskforce to decimate the Proge, suffering only one loss out of a total of twelve ships, while destroying eight of the nine Proge ships, and capturing the other. Oddly enough, the remains of the Fly are not among the wreckage
3226 - After much interrogation and hacking into the Proge navicomps, the location of the Proge Dominion is finally revealed
3232 - In the panic that naturally accompanies such a revalation, the Imperial Government puts together the largest fleet in Imperial history to sweep across Proge space, eliminating their space capabilities
3236 - The fleet arrives in Proge space, and proceeds to use their new technological and numerical advantage to obliterate the Dominion. Even though the humans did not target the worlds for destruction or the populace for enslavement, the Proge used surgical techniques to destroy a planet whenever they appeared to be losing the battle in its defense
3245 - After only nine short years of sweeping through the Proge Dominion, the Imperial Fleet crushes the final bit of Proge resistance at their homeworld, Progess, which proceeds to detonate like every other Proge world, seemingly killing the last of the Proge
3246 - With the end of the Second Proge War came an advancement in spurt -jump technology that would forever change the workings of the Imperial Republic. The ability of new gravitic fields being able to manipulate the energy released from a bursting quantum singularity allows the engine to unbend space much farther than before, shortening travel times to a fraction of their former selves
3250 - As the official beginning of the second Pax Terrana, this year marks the birth of new human ingenuity as the final barrier between man and hyperspace is thrown down witht he invention of GAD sensors. The next several centuries are relatively peaceful, only the occasional pirate giving the Republic any trouble
3532 - The historic 'breaking of ground' on the Trans-Stellar Space-time Window Generating Particle Accelerator is begun using new mass matter-transmution techniques discovered in the last century. The Worldships that are to guard the TSSTWGPA, or Gateway 01, were also begun this same year, with the shipyards in the center of what would be Gateway 01 growing up as a result
3903 - Construction of Gateway 01 is complete and the first ships capable of using it begin transitting throughout Imperial Space in an hour or less
3919 - The four Worldships that currently protect Gateway 01 are completed, and move to take up their fateful positions at the four points around Gateway 01
That's all for now, kids, we're at the present, but I'll be sure to add more as my nation;s history develops ;)
Note, though, that even if my homeworld is called Earth, is in a system called Sol, follows the same history as the regular Earth, it is not the Earth everyone knows and loves. It's merely a mathematical anomaly that is, by some huge cosmic coincedence, exactly like that Earth in every way.
Central Earth Spaceflight Timeline
1952 - First human spacecraft with a living organism on board is launched. It is named Sputnik and is of Russian Origin
1969 - First human touches the surface of Earth's Moon on the Apollo 11 mission. The famous line "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" is first uttered
2020 - First human sets foot on Martian soil during the Onward Mars program, mission 5. The timeless quote of astronaut George Smith is spoken, "I grew up with the space program. I'm sure all of you back on Earth know what I mean when I say it is truely great to be side-by-side with my brother as we both become men"
2029 - Construction is begun on a space elevator by several nations, main ones being the United States and the Europeon Union. Aid is sent by various countries from around the world that lack the technical expertise to participate
2036 - Man lands on Venus. Confirmation that women, in fact, have never been there, let alone came from there, is recieved
2040 Colonization efforts are made on Mars. First Martian "Town" consists of 60 trained individuals living in a total of 7 large pressure domes. Population eventually expands to 600 under 29 large pressure domes
2051 - Beginning of Project Exodus in which many asteroids throughout the belt between Mars and Jupiter are hollowed out for later colonization
2074 - Construction of the space elevator is complete, along with the initial space station "Star Town". Efforts on expanding Star town are begun
2079 - Project Exodus ends with the end result of 207 hollow asteroids spread throughout the belt.
2087 - The first asteroid, nicknamed New Jamestown by the American and Europeon colonists, is settled along with minor internal terra-formation by the way of "Zoo Chambers"
2101 - (War was beginning...no, not really =P) The number of settled asteroids reaches the ten mark, spread between the joint US/EU effort and the Chinese space program, just in time to welcome in the 22nd century
2122 - After several decades of expansion, Star Town is renamed Star City as the population reaches 100,000 living in orbit
2134 - Early attempts at terraforming Mars begin
2144 - After tens years of utter failure, all programs in action on the Terraformation project are cancelled
2182 - Construction of the gigantic tow ship, Cosmic Bulldozer, is begun in high Earth orbit with the intention of dragging Mars into a more suitable orbit
2206 - The Bulldozer is complete and begins its year-long journey to Mars
2207 - After a much celebrated arrival at the Red Planet, the Bulldozer begins to charge its massive magnetic grapples and align its mass acceleration engines, both processes projected to take up to two years
2209 - Finally completing all pre-checks, the Bulldozer begins its job. However, just as the first nuclear explosions are set off to destablize Mars' orbit, a mass acceleration engine misfires and completely demolishes the Cydonia settlement. The preemptive shot also uncoordinates all the rest of the MA engines and only the split-second decisions of the Bulldozer's captain and the valor and skill of her crew allow the ship to use its magnetic grapplers to save Mars from a fatal fall out of its current orbit and into the sun
2216 - The last mass accelerator is realigned and recheck and, on a day that marks one of Mankind's greatest achievements, all of them fire in perfect sequence, allowing the magnetic grapplers to steer the planet on a course that will lead it directly to its new, warmer orbit after a four year journey
2220 - With the completion of the orbit change, the terra-formation process begins on Mars
2231 - At the completion of the Mars Project, Mankind finally proves that not even Nature herself can thwart him
2262 - If only to tell the rest of the Universe that He is insatiable, a gigantic electro-magnetic vacuum is constructed and brought to Venus, where it is used to completely drain the atmosphere
2269 - As the last bits of atmosphere are finally drained, science teams are dropped to the surface to begin planning for a terra-formation project. While exploring a series of defunct volcanoes, one of the single most monumentous scientific discoveries of the century is made; several distinct species of microi-organisms, some as advanced as protists, are discovered
2271 - The process of terra-forming Venus is begun
2280 - The Venus Project is completed and millions of colonists swarm to the virgin planet, hoping to start new lives
2384 - After more than a hundred years of human habitation each, Mars and Venus are both declared as Earth's sisters in both appearence and make-up. Most observers have difficulty determining the difference between the three without outside references
2395 - After much deliberation in governments around the world, a single government is formed to unite all the nations of Earth and her colonies under one banner; the Human Imperial Republic. However, several nations of no small note resist and war breaks out
2399 - As peace is finally achieved with the signing of the Bejing Peace accord and the defeat of the African Union, the short four year war is declared a monstrosity for its immense casualties and the Imperial government vows to avoid war as much as possible
2401 - Following two years of Imperial Military occupation of China, Africa, and Eastern Russia, full peace is finally declared, and all forces are withdrawn
2402 - Beginning of the Pax Terrana, an almost four hundred year period in which peaceful expansion throughout the solar system reigns. Almost the entire asteroid belt is colonized as any rock big enough to support a family is either bored out and terra-formed or bubbled under and filled with air. Not only that, but new colonies amongst the Gas Giant's moons are founded, the largest of which being the Europan Water Suppiliers and the colonies on Ganymede. Titan is terraformed, but no large settlements develop as it becomes more of a resort world with its large methane lakes
2781 - The Cult of Centuria reveals itself to the public. This cult, supposedly hailing back to the early 22nd century, had become obsessed with genetics, turning themselves slowly from normal homo sapien sapiens to homo sapien centurion. The Centurions are superior to normal humans in every way; able to survive a direct hit from a laser or in complete vacuums. Tensions throughout the Imperial Republic heat up as many officials fear the Centurions
2801 - After twenty years of amassing a fleet beyond Neptune, the Centurions begin the long awaited assault on the so-called 'Inferior Humans' with a sweep across the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. After the capture of the facilities on Europa, however, they halt their amazing progress and begin to strengthen their fleet using the shipyards in orbit around Io
2807 - With numerous small skirmishes on either side of the asteroid belt breaking out since the initial campaign of the Centurions, who have declared a Kingdom of Centuria stretching from the Jovian system all the way out to Pluto, the Imperial governments decides to create a massive fleet in hopes of crushing the Centurions
2812 - Finally taking note of the build-up, the Centurions begin to move en-masse towards the asteroid belt. When they reach it, they are met by the newly commisioned Grand Imperial Navy of the Imperial Republic. A massive battle breaks out, with the outnumbered Imperials playing a defensive game until the Imperial flag-ship, the Argus, is destroyed in a gargantuan display of Centurion firepower. While panic does initially reign, Rear Admiral Hindrik Molkov gains control and demonstrates a naval genius that remains unparalled in the annals of Imperial history by completely decimating the Centurion navy, which withdraws back to Jovian space
2817 - While several border raids do occur across the asteroid belt, the Centurion Wars quickly cool down into a relatively Cold War with much of the fighting being done by long-range missiles
2834 - Having rebuilt their great fleet, the Centurions again attempt a border crossing through the asteroid belt. They are again met by the Imperial Navy. However, this time, the Imperials are no longer new to the concept of space battle with large fleets and gigantic ships, and the Centurions are quickly routed by overwhelming Imperial weaponry and strategy. Attempts are made by the Imperials to invade Centurion space but the fleet is quickly repulsed by orbital defenses around Jupiter
2856 - The final offensive of the war is made as the bolstered numbers of the Imperial fleet use powerful new weaponry and strong armor, matched with great numbers and combat knowledge to sweep through Centurion space, winning back the Jovian system in only a single year
2857/8 - The Saturan system, though proving a formidible shell to break into, is finally recaptured by the bold sailors of the Imperial Fleet and the valorous marines of the Imperial army
2859 - The Centurion Wars officially end as the last Centurion enclave on desolate Callisto is destroyed and the final Centurion hunted down and killed in the deeps of Europa's oceans
2861 - Years of increased funding and feverish research during the Centurion Wars foster a major breakthrough in energy physics. The completion of a singularity generator in high Earth orbit allow for major advances in field previously thought redundent
2867 - Adam Gregor, earning a Nobel Prize and trillions of isolats for his work, finally unviels to the government and the entire human race the first spurt-jump engine (See my technology thread to understand the significance)
2901 - After many years of testing of the spurt-jump engine and building of the ships to carry it, the Age of Expansion officially begins with the launching of the first spurt-jump capable colony ships, the TSS Terra Jump
2902 - The Terra Jump arrives at its destination, a roughly Earth-sized rock in a nearby star system, and sends home its message of triumph to Earth over the new SAAD systems. Countless trillions celebrate as the world is named New Earth
2912 - Over a hundred fifty year period, over three hundred colony ships are launched throughout nearby space, colonizing fifty new systems with an almost 100% success rate
2964 - The TSS New Beginnings makes the greatest discovery in biology since cell theory at its destination. In the same system as its target world is a world with a dense methane atmosphere, home to several hundred races of Silicon-based lifeforms
3002 - The TSS Freedom stumbles across the first intelligent, alien life humans have ever encountered inhabiting its target world. A year is taken to study the species, estimated to be roughly at the same technological and cultural development stage as the Roman Empire of three thousand years ago. Soon afterward the Freedom turns back to Earth and jumps back without making contact
3048 - In an unprecedented step, the crew and colonists of the TSS Megajump make first contact with an alien civilization encountered on their target world. The civilization is estimated to be about where humans were during the 18th century technologically, and the 22nd century culturally
3050 - Contact with the TSS Homeward Bound is lost while it is on its way to a system outside current Imperial space in an attempt to expand borders
3053 - A probe sent after the Homeward Bound discovers the wreckage of the ship in an outer orbit of its target system. Before contact is also lost with the probe, various sensor records of a large, alien fleet are picked up
3055 - A massive detachment of the Grand Imperial Navy arrives at the Homeward Bound's target system, now called the Graveyard, and encounters the alien fleet. Nearly the entire Navy detachment is destroyed by a quarter their number, only managing to defeat them in the end due to a brilliant manuever of then Captain James Cook II, direct descendant of the privateer of over a thousand years before. All wreckage in-system is recovered, including the Homeward Bound, before the fleet heads back to Earth, leaving only a small picket force at the Graveyard
3056 - Contact with the Graveyard Picket Fleet is lost, and a new, larger fleet is sent from Earth back to the Graveyard
3058 - Only shortly after arriving, and with only a few incoherent yells before it happens, contact is lost with the fleet detachment. It is presumed at the time that some form of jamming was involved, though no one knows how to jam SAAD systems. Later, captured Proge records confirm that several HIRIE ships are captured and their navicomps cracked
3060 - The aliens, now known as Proge, begin a massive campaign across human space, conquering colony after colony and enslaving the resident humans. Twenty years of fighting ensue as the humans struggle to play a defensive war against the overwhelming might of the Proge, who seem to revel in using massive wave tactics as if they have unlimited production capabilities
3082 - The Proge offensive culminates in the seige of the New Earth system, which is only evacuated through the military genius of the now Rear Admiral James Cook II
3084 - In the most massive display of force in history, the Proge launch an assault on the Sol system. The battle lasts for several months, and sees the fall of countless men and women on the front, near the edge of the system, before the Proge are finally beaten back by the combined firepower and, again, tactical might of the newly promoted Admiral James Cook II
3085 - A twelve year counter-offensive begins as humans slice through Proge positions in formerly human space and relclaim long lost system, freeing countless hordes of humans forced into slavery by the Proge
3097 - The First Proge War finally ends as the very last Proge fleet is destroyed at, ironically, the Graveyard. Scouting forces are launched to attempt to find the source of the Proge invasion, but there is no luck
3103 - Expansion beginds anew as many systems that were destroyed by the Proge are recolonized
3110 - A study by the University of Sol on Earth of various planets throughout known space discover thirteen new alien species, bringing the total count to one hundred seven, four of which are sentient
3154 - The first truely Earth-like planet is discovered during a survey sweep attempting to find signs of intelligent life, or even the Proge, on the opposite of human space from the Graveyard system. The TSS Fly Away is reassigned and renamed the TSS Terra and is launched towards the planet quickly
3156 - Upon arrival at the Earth-like planet, the crew of the Terra bestow upon it the ship's own name, and immediately begin an orbital survey in an attempt to find a good spot to begin a colony. The survey, along with providing a good landing place, also discovers millions of new alien species, none of which are sentient
3174 - After nearly twenty years of colonization and the construction of two space elevators, the Terran colonists launch the Hubble 2, a simply massive space telescope
3209 - The Hubble 2 is destroyed in a terrorist attack by a communist rebellion on Terra
3211 - The rebellion is successfully put down by Imperial army forces from Earth
3216 - The Terrans launch a new telescope, the Hubble 3, into orbit
3220 - The Hubble 3, in a step that far exceeded expectations, discovers a new Earth-like planet relatively nearby to Terra
3222 - A colonization effort is launched with the TSS Fly towards the planet
3223 - Contact is lost with the TSS Fly. A naval taskforce is launched to investigate
3224 - A small Proge fleet is encountered along the route to the new Earth-like planet, but advances in technology since the last Proge War allow the Imperial Taskforce to decimate the Proge, suffering only one loss out of a total of twelve ships, while destroying eight of the nine Proge ships, and capturing the other. Oddly enough, the remains of the Fly are not among the wreckage
3226 - After much interrogation and hacking into the Proge navicomps, the location of the Proge Dominion is finally revealed
3232 - In the panic that naturally accompanies such a revalation, the Imperial Government puts together the largest fleet in Imperial history to sweep across Proge space, eliminating their space capabilities
3236 - The fleet arrives in Proge space, and proceeds to use their new technological and numerical advantage to obliterate the Dominion. Even though the humans did not target the worlds for destruction or the populace for enslavement, the Proge used surgical techniques to destroy a planet whenever they appeared to be losing the battle in its defense
3245 - After only nine short years of sweeping through the Proge Dominion, the Imperial Fleet crushes the final bit of Proge resistance at their homeworld, Progess, which proceeds to detonate like every other Proge world, seemingly killing the last of the Proge
3246 - With the end of the Second Proge War came an advancement in spurt -jump technology that would forever change the workings of the Imperial Republic. The ability of new gravitic fields being able to manipulate the energy released from a bursting quantum singularity allows the engine to unbend space much farther than before, shortening travel times to a fraction of their former selves
3250 - As the official beginning of the second Pax Terrana, this year marks the birth of new human ingenuity as the final barrier between man and hyperspace is thrown down witht he invention of GAD sensors. The next several centuries are relatively peaceful, only the occasional pirate giving the Republic any trouble
3532 - The historic 'breaking of ground' on the Trans-Stellar Space-time Window Generating Particle Accelerator is begun using new mass matter-transmution techniques discovered in the last century. The Worldships that are to guard the TSSTWGPA, or Gateway 01, were also begun this same year, with the shipyards in the center of what would be Gateway 01 growing up as a result
3903 - Construction of Gateway 01 is complete and the first ships capable of using it begin transitting throughout Imperial Space in an hour or less
3919 - The four Worldships that currently protect Gateway 01 are completed, and move to take up their fateful positions at the four points around Gateway 01
That's all for now, kids, we're at the present, but I'll be sure to add more as my nation;s history develops ;)