Timeline of the Orion Arm

Timeline
2020–2099	2100–2199	2200–2295

2020–2099

Year	Month	Event
2022	February	The Russian Federation invades Ukraine. According to president Vladimir Putin, the goal of this operation is to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine.
	March	NATO declares war on Russia, sending troops to fight in Ukraine.
	May	NATO forces successfully push Russian troops out of Ukraine. Refusing defeat, Russia continues to try and invade Ukraine, but are pushed back even further.
	June	As NATO-Ukrainian troops push toward Moscow, Russia decides to send ballistic missiles on its own land to prevent them from advancing. The war reaches a stalemate.
	September	Rising tensions and increasing war costs lead to a civil war erupting in Russia, opposing the Russian Federation, Russian Republic, imperialist forces as well as several independentist movements.
2023	January	Imperialist forces in Russia are crushed by the Russian Republic and Russian Federation.
	March	Russian republican forces reach Moscow: the Battle of Moscow begins.
	April	India becomes the most populous country on Earth, surpassing China.
		The Asian Union is founded as a way for Asian countries to cooperate and protect each other.
	July	The Fall of Russia: European Russia is controlled by republican forces, federation forces are left with areas in the north while various independent states in Siberia join the Asian Union.
2024	August	Medici-Ottajano, an Italian lawfirm, becomes Medici Industries and specialises in armament.
2026	April	First colonial mission sent to Luna by NASA.
2027	October	Following a coup, Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza is named emperor of the new Brazilian Empire.
2028	January	Brazil invades and annexes Uruguay.
	February	A coalition of South American countries declares war on Brazil.
	August	Emperor Luiz dies aged 90, so his younger brother Bertrand rises to the throne.
2029	April	Coalition forces take control of the main Brazilian cities, forcing Brazil to surrender.
	June	Emperor Bertrand flees Brazil and stages a coup to become the emperor of Argentina.
	September	First colonial mission sent to Mars by NASA.
2030	March	Argentina begins invading South America.
	October	The Argentine Empire is overthrown and the Technocratic State of Argentina is founded.
2031	February	Following rising tensions, an all-out war breaks out between the various world powers: World War III begins.
	May	NATO becomes the North Atlantic Conglomerate, NASA is assimilated into the NAC as NACSA (North Atlantic Conglomerate Space Agency)
	July	Most large settlements on Earth are destroyed in several large-scale bombings. Earth is left in a nuclear winter, with surface temperatures decreasing by as much as 2°C and sea levels rising drastically due to melting ice caps.
		The Treaty of Gibraltar officially puts an end to WW3. The Arab League is reformed into the Holy Arab League. The Asian Union now controls most of the Pacific, with the exception of Fiji, which remains independent.
2032	May	Using its growing influence over the continent, India performs a coup and takes over the entire Asian Union, reforming into the United Republics of Bharat.
2034		First settlements on Ceres.
2041	December	A new type of exotic matter called Stauber–Barany particles are discovered by physicists Daniel Stauber and Ferenc Barany, leading to the creation of warp drive technology.
2044	March	Second Russian Civil War: Federation forces try to take back Moscow.
2046	September	After two years of fighting, the civil war ends in a stalemate. Moscow is split between East and West.
2047	November	First colonial mission, Icarus sent to Proxima Centauri as a joint effort between Earth's superpowers.
2050s		With the aerosols in the atmosphere settling, global temperatures on Earth begin rising again.
2056	July	Icarus arrives at its destination, Proxima.
2060s		Conditions on Earth deteriorate: food is becoming scarce, cities are getting overpopulated, oil is running out.
2062		The HAVOC 1 (High Altitude Venus Operational Colonisation) mission is sent to Venus, but a malfunction causes the airship to lose control and crash on the surface of the planet, killing all 30 crew members.
2063		Evan Benson and Matthew Crawford found Benson-Crawford Aviation.
2070	February	A republican movement in Egypt leads to revolts and a call for independence from the HAL. These revolts are violently repressed by HAL authorities.
	May	Egyptian politician Kareem Mansour becomes the head of the independence movement.
	August	Mansour assembles the Egyptian National Guard to fight against the HAL forces.
	December	The ENG takes Alexandria and the Free Republic of Egypt is founded.
2071	April	After months of fighting, the HAL grants independence to Egypt and the Second Arab Republic of Egypt is born.
2074	April	The ambitious aerospace company Skyblue sends the Halcyon, a heavy colonist ship carrying 120 colons plus 10,000 human embryos towards the Aldebaran system.
2076		The Warp Drive Technology Mk. II is developed.
2077		The development of the WDT Mk. II incentivises NACSA to send the HAVOC 2 mission to Venus with a more compact base, housing only 17 crew members instead of 30.
2080	September	The Chronos mission is sent to colonise Titan.
2083		Proxima now has a stable population of 1 million.
2085		The Hermes colonial venture is sent to Mercury.
2088		The Free Lunar Federation and Martian Union secede from the colonial powers.
2089		Tensions on Mars escalate into the First Martian Civil War.
2090	May	The NAC and URB send nearly simultaneous missions to colonise Vajah, the fourth planet from Rigel (Alpha Centauri A).
2092	March	Titan is colonized and incorporated as a territory of the NAC.
2095		The Martian Union's central government undergoes several major reforms, struggling to keep itself together and splitting into several different factions.

2100–2199

Year	Month	Event
2100s		Earth governments take to the stars and begin setting up extrasolar colonies.
2101	August	The Halcyon arrives at Aldebaran III. With not enough fuel left, the ship is stranded and thus unable to make a return journey to Earth or even communicate with Earth.
2103	September	The First Martian Civil War ends, the Martian Union is reformed into the Neo-Martian Union, now under NAC control. The Mariner Republic secedes from the NMU, with a DMZ set up between the two states, with a 100-year expiration date.
2107		The Havoc sky base on Venus is integrated into a larger sky city system.
2109		The Centaurus Corporation on Proxima establishes mining colonies in the Toliman (Alpha Centauri B) system.
2110s		Venusian colonisation experiences a rise in popularity, with more settlements being founded.
		Greenhouse gases on Earth lead to an advanced global warming.
		Several settlements have been set up on Aldebaran III.
2112		The NAC launches the Reach Mission, sending 4 colonist ships to the Epsilon Eridani, Tau Ceti, Providence and Bliss systems.
2114		The TSA sends 2 colonist ships to the Laurencia and Schmidt-Bergman systems.
		The Celestia colonial venture is sent to Venus.
2117		Arcadia in the Epsilon Eridani system is settled by Reach 1.
2118		Avalon in the Providence system is settled by Reach 3.
2119		The Dodecanese Federation is founded on Venus by Greek colonists.
2120s		Proxima now has a stable population of 50 million.
2120		Tempest in the Tau Ceti system is settled by Reach 2.
2121		Jericho in the Bliss system is settled by Reach 4.
		Benson-Crawford Aviation stops manufacturing planes for the Royal New Zealand Air Force and becomes Benson-Crawford Aerospace.
2122		The Jovian territories of the NAC are consolidated into the Jovian Union, now a planetary state of the NAC.
2123		Dassault Aviation becomes Dassault Aérospatiale.
2124		The URB's first extrasolar expansion plan is complete with the colonisation of Kharai in the Delhi system, Jinmu in the Amaterasu system, Sejong in the Goguryeo system and Hoamoi in the Haiphong system.
2129		Santa Sofia in the Schmidt-Bergman system is settled by the Esperanza.
		The Asgard colonial venture is sent to Venus.
2132		Urquiza in the Laurencia system is settled by the Mañana.
2135	October	Communist rebels in the NMU revolt against the NAC authority, initiating the Second Martian Civil War, also referred to as Tyrrhenan Revolution.
2136		The Mercurian colonies secede from the colonial powers.
2138		Avalon's 20-year plan concludes with the colonisation of Hill's Planet.
2139	December	The Second Martian Civil War ends, the People's Republic of Tyrrhena declares independence.
2140s		The Warp Drive Technology Mk. III is developed.
		Settlements on Aldebaran III have grown into small towns, with the largest having a population of 500.
2140	February	The Union of Phobos and Deimos declares independence and secedes from the NMU.
2142	September	Following a brief conflict, the Republic of Titan secedes from the NAC.
2144	January	The United Proxima Federation secedes from the colonial powers following a popular referendum.
2145		A colony is established on Avalon's moon Hyperion.
2146	June	Civil unrest erupts in the Rigel system, as several local governments seek independence from colonial powers, which escalates into the Centauri War, with spillover in the Toliman system.
2147		After several attempts to preserve the environment on Earth over the past century, Switzerland sends a large-scale colonist mission to the Constance system.
2148		The main Swiss colonist ship arrives on the newly-settled Helvetica, with several others following it to transfer the entire population of Switzerland over to the planet.
2149	October	The Treaty of Nova is signed, ending the Centauri War and granting independence to three new states: the Rigel Republic, the Confederation of Vajah and the United Trilunar Republics.
2150		The NAC launches the Beyond mission, sending 10 colonist ships to 10 different systems.
2150s		Beyond 2 disappears under mysterious circumstances.
		The TSA colonises the Tierra Azulada, Sierra and Ichor systems.
2153	August	The moon Albion in the Blake system is settled by Beyond 4.
2155	April	New Normandy in the Arielle system is settled by Beyond 1.
2156	September	Tiberius in the Victoria system is settled by Beyond 3.
2159	April	New Canada in the Columbia system is settled by Beyond 6.
2160		The URB's second extrasolar expansion plan is complete with the colonisation of Sunda in the Nusantara system, Nishapuri in the Ittihad system and Azadi in the Shahanshah system.
2161	August	The various Mercurian colonies unite into the United Mercurian Confederation.
2162		The New Sydney Convention is signed by the various interstellar powers, laying down the laws of interstellar colonisation.
2163	March	After months of civil unrest, the Free Cities of Europa secede from the Jovian Union.
	July	Grensmark in the Amsterdam system is settled by Beyond 5.
2164	November	Felicita in the Alexandria system is settled by Beyond 7.
2165	June	Philadelphia in the Stronghold system is settled by Beyond 8.
2166	November	A colony is established on Proxima's moon Freya.
2167	July	Valeria in the Tycho system is settled by Beyond 9.
2169	June	A colony is established on Castor's moon Pollux.
	December	Korolev in the Dniepr system is settled by Beyond 10.
2170		The New World Space Agency (NWSA) sends a colonist mission to the Outreach system.
2173		A colony is established on Canaan, the outermost planet in the Providence system.
2176		The NWSA's colonist ship lands on Endurance in the Outreach system.
2177		Colonies in the Kuiper Belt dwarf planets form the United Kuiper Belt Planets.
2181	May	A colonist mission is sent to Jaroslav in the New Jericho system.
	July	The Free State of Jericho declares independence and secedes from the NAC.
2184		Russian colonists found the Commonwealth of Lambda Aurigae in the Lambda Aurigae system.
2189	September	Swedish colonists from Freya and Avalon send a colonist mission to Harald in the Blomquist system.
2190	February	Egypt establishes the colony of New Egypt in the Sinai system.
2194	April	The colonist mission lands on Harald.
	December	Argentine frigates cross through Jerichoan space, not following the shipping lanes established around the system in 2181 and thus violating the Independence Treaty.
2195	January	The FSJ warns the TSA to stop illegally crossing its territory, otherwise military action would be taken. The TSA ignores the FSJ’s threats and keeps sending ships back and forth through Jerichoan space.
	March	The Buena Vista, an argentine heavy jumpship, is destroyed by FSJ forces. The TSA declares war on the FSJ and sends fleets to the New Jericho system. The NAC decides not to take part in the war.
	June	Jaroslav is quickly invaded and occupied by TSA forces.
	July	The FSJ sends several fleets towards Jaroslav, which are intercepted by TSA fleet halfway there: the Battle of Point Solace begins.
2196	February	The Battle of Point Solace ends in a Jerichoan defeat, FSJ fleets retreat while TSA fleets head toward Bliss.
	April	TSA fleets raid the Aravalli Belt’s mining facilities.
		The Russian Republic establishes the colony of Stoykaya in the Novgorod system.
	May	The Battle for Jericho begins.
	July	Benson-Crawford Manufacturing Collective expands its production to all manners of military equipment.
2197		The NAC declares war on the TSA and sends fleets to free the occupied FSJ space.
2197–2198		TSA forces are kicked out of FSJ space. NAC fleets blockade the Tierra Azulada and Ichor systems.
2198	July	The NAC demands that the TSA surrender, which the TSA refuses, so the NAC sends fleet towards Laurencia.
	August	Civil unrest erupts in the TSA colony of Pluto over mining rights, as the TSA had been heavily mining water ice and methane for the war effort.
	October	The Saturn Democratic Syndicate sides with the TSA against the Plutonian uprising, with the promise of securing a mining treaty with the TSA.
		The Free Cities of Europa and United Kuiper Belt Planets declare war against the SDS and TSA. The Consortium of the Belt sends troops to Pluto to aid the rebels. The NAC offers resources and safe passage through the Jovian system.
2199	March	The TSA surrenders as NAC fleets arrive at Laurencia.
	April	The TSA is forced to pay reparations to the FSJ, according to the Treaty of Lothal. This peace treaty also ends the conflict between the TSA and the newly formed Plutonian Confederation, though fighting still continues with the SDS.

2200–2295

Year	Month	Event
2200	January	The SDS surrenders following intense infrastructure bombing campaigns in the Saturnian system.
2200s		The Warp Drive Technology Mk. IV is developed.
2202		Tensions grow between the towns on Aldebaran.
	August	A tsunami hits the town of Stanborough on Aldebaran, killing 12 and forcing the rest of the population to evacuate.
		After the town of New Salem refuses to take in Stanborough refugees, the town of Minister decides to declare war on New Salem.
	September	Minister sends its armed police force to take New Salem, which they occupy without encountering resistance.
	October	Peter Mwinyi, governor of the town of Sanctuary, calls for peace between New Salem and Minister.
		Minister troops leave New Salem.
2203	January	The Treaty of New Salem founds the United Northern Cities of Aldebaran.
	September	The DMZ between the Mariner Republic and the Neo-Martian Union expires and is dissolved.
	December	Sebastián Ferrón founds Further, a mining company.
2204	June	The spaceship manufacturing company Benson-Crawford Manufacturing Collective (BCMC) is merged with Medici Industries and becomes Firenze Aerospace Inc.
	July	Firenze announces that they will be sending a manned colonist ship to a star system beyond the Victoria system.
2207		The CLA colonises the Volga system.
2210s		Several companies announce their projects of colonising systems.
2216	August	Firenze Aerospace Inc. sends the Aurora Mission, a manned colonist ship with over 1,500 colonists aboard, to the Everest system.
2217	May	The Aurora colonist ship settles the planet Aurora in the Everest system.
2219	April	The planet Sidewinder in the Antioch system is colonised by ships sent by Further.
	November	Following the newly-found incentive to colonise outer systems, the NAC seizes the Indus system, just outside of their borders, and establishes a mining colony on Cyrus.
2221	May	Owens Energy (formerly Owens Petroleum & Engineering) sends the Independence shuttle to the Delaware system, carrying over 1,600 colonists and 100,000 human embryos.
2222	June	The planet Owens in the Delaware system is colonised by Owens Energy.
2224	March	The gas giant Charybdis and its largest moon Scylla in the Ilium system are colonized.
2226		Pacific-American colonists settle the Vegas system and found the New California Republic. This opens up a whole new sector of systems hereafter named Vegas Sector.
2228		The planet Orpheus in the Calliope system is colonized.
2230		The planet Trafalgar in the Antioch system is colonised.
2240s		The Owens Federal Union begins mining in the Appalachia Belt in the Delaware system.
2242		The planet Skadi in the Antioch system is colonised.
2243	September	The Veil, a pirate organisation operating in the Outer Systems, perpetrates several raids against Sidewinder-owned stations and outposts in the Antioch system.
	October	Raids by the Veil extend to settlements on the surface of Sidewinder.
		Félix Montero, the Prime Minister of Sidewinder, declares war on the Veil and requests help from the neighbouring powers.
	November	The NAC sends a fleet comprising of a Corinthian-class heavy cruiser (the Crown of St. Helen), 1 Parliament-class light destroyer, 3 Argyll-class light frigates and 2 Malta-class corvettes.
	December	The NAC fleet is ambushed before meeting its rendezvous with Sidewinder: the St. Helen is badly damaged, the Malta-class comes under fire and retreats and a frigate is destroyed.
		What is left of the fleet pushes onward to Sidewinder's orbit but is met with a blockade. The St. Helen is boarded and incapacitated, with the surviving crew crash-landing on the surface of the planet, the Malta-class corvette is destroyed and the remainder of the fleet jumps to Trafalgar's orbit for safety.
		The surviving crew members of the St. Helen manage to make it to a mountainous northern town and are rescued by the Crusader, a gunship stationed in the area. They make it past the blockade and reach a passing carrier to escape to Trafalgar.
2244	January	Another, larger fleet is sent by the NAC to take down the blockade on Sidewinder.
	February	The NAC fleet tears through the blockade, causing the remaining Veil forces to retreat and leave the Antioch system.
2247	January	Russian mining company Izhitsa Corp. sends colonist ships to the Delaware system and settles various small moons and planets as the Izhitsa Colonial Territories.
	February	The Owens Federal Union colonises one of the moon of a gas giant in the Delaware system.
	May	Izhitsa Corp. sends a colonist mission to an asteroid in the Appalachia Belt.
	June	The OFU orders Izhitsa Corp. to withdraw from the Delaware system or face repercussions.
	August	Izhitsa Corp. ignores the OFU's ultimatum, so OFU fleets open fire on Izhitsa-owned asteroids.
		Skirmishes between the OFU and ICT erupt.
	September	NAC President Robert Harrington threatens intervention if the conflict does not end.
		Harrington issues a statement saying that "the New Sydney Convention has to be revised in light of the recent events in the Delaware system".
		The New Sydney Convention is revised, putting an end to the conflict.
2249	March	The planet Voivoda in the EV Lacertae system is settled by colonists from the Balkan region of Earth, primarily Serbia and Croatia.
2250		The planet Devon in the Alderney system is colonised.
2251		The planet Wolfsberg in the Fernmark system is colonised.
2259		In the Elbrus system, an islamic group named Akhtaran is founded by İlham Aslanov due to discontent over a perceived lack of islamic integrity in the government of the State of Shirvan.
2263	April	The Akhtaran take over the town of Göytapa and establish it as their base of operations.
	April–June	An armed conflict breaks out between the Akhtaran and State of Shirvan, with skirmishes in several areas.
	June	The NAC sends support to the State of Shirvan in the form of weapons.
		The HAL sends troops to the Elbrus system in support of the Akhtaran.
	August	The NAC begins sending troops to the Elbrus system.
	October	The Akhtaran attempt to capture the State of Shirvan's capital city of Mingachevir.
2264	January	Akhtaran fighters pull out of Mingachevir amid NAC bombardment.
2265	August	A socialist political opposition group to the State of Shirvan led by Mehdi Ismayilov, named the Democratic Republic of Shirvan, joins the conflict.
2270		The Circle, a coalition of criminal organisations, is founded from remnants of the Veil and the Yamaguchi-gumi, then the largest active Yakuza crime syndicate.
2271	March	The Akhtaran begin a large-scale offensive against the State of Shirvan.
	May	The Akhtaran capture Mingachevir, forcing NAC troops to pull out of the planet. The Shirvan Caliphate is established.
2274		An armed militia comprising of Albanian-Kosovar inhabitants on Voivoda, named the New Jashari Army, is founded in response to perceived discrimination and mistreatment.
2275	June	Insufficient supply lines and increasing taxes in the outer Fernmark system leads to civil unrest in the colonies, primarily around the gas giant Triumvirate.
	July	Tensions around Triumvirate erupt in armed protests and uprisings led by the Triumvirate Liberation Front, backed by the TSA.
		The NAC sends weapons and ships in support of Wolfsberg.
	October	After 3 months of fighting, the Sidon Agreement is signed on Jericho, granting independence to the Colonies of Triumvirate and ending the conflict.
2277	August	A train carrying military equipment is derailed by the New Jashari Army outside the town of Mavrovo on Voivoda, killing 7.
		The Voivoda Military is sent to occupy the village of Dibër, suspected to be a base of occupation for the New Jashari Army. Jashari fighters arrive from neighboring villages and open fire on the military.
2279	March	After over a year of fighting, the conflict dies down as Voivoda forces pull out of the state of Skadarija.
2282	April	The Union of Outer Colonies is founded by several minor, less-developed colonies.
	November	Fighters from the New Jashari Army advance into the state of Ušće Morače, taking out military targets in the towns of Alabárd and Tihany. At the same time, the Democratic Republic of Skadaria is proclaimed.
		The DRS takes control of most towns in the state of Skadarija.
	December	The Battle of Themeli breaks out as DRS forces attempt to take control of the city.
2283	January	Themeli is captured by the DRS and its troops advance on the village of Ishëm.
		The NAC decides to intervene on Voivoda, lending support to the Voivoda Military.
		Siege of Firebase Slobodan: DRS forces attack the Voivoda Military base of Slobodan, just outside the village of Ishëm.
	February	As NAC support troops arrive on Voivoda, DRS forces pull out of Firebase Slobodan.
		The NAC carries out a two-week long areal bombing campaign on the state of Skadarija.
		Ankica Agreement: the DRS is granted political autonomy on the condition that it cease all military operations and the state of Skadarija be occupied by NAC troops.
2285	April	Stephen De Groot is elected as the 11th Governor of the Colonial Republic of Bishop's World and immediately begins passing anti-democratic and racist executive orders, the latter primarily targeting minorities of Malay and Southeast Asian descent.
2286	June	After over a year of democratic backsliding, the Cygnus Liberation Action, a primarily far-left militant organization, is founded and declares war on De Groot's government.
	August	The NAC sends logistical and strategic support to the Colonial Republic of Bishop's World.
2287	January	Tensions increase on Bishop's World as the insurgents gain more territory.
	October	Epsilon Eridani-based private aerospace company Speer-Ortiz Technologies launches the Reconnect Aldebaran initiative, with the aim of sending a colony ship to the Aldebaran system and discover the fate of the old Halcyon colony. After a final refueling stop in the BX-101 system, the ship Mandjet sets off towards Aldebaran.
	December	Due to the lack of warp lanes in the region, Speer-Ortiz's Mandjet has to slowly hop from system to system to get to Aldebaran. The ship's last two stops before Aldebaran were in the Dolone and LHS 1870 systems. However, on the final stretch to Aldebaran, the ship's navigation systems malfunction, having instead to make an emergency stop in the 37 Geminorum system. Aldebaran, as it turns out, is surrounded by electromagnetic fields which make it almost impossible to reach the system or communicate in or out. Presuming the original colony lost, the Mandjet instead sets up its colony in the 37 Geminorum system.
2288	February	The NAC sends troops to Bishop's World.
	September	The NAC begins an intensive bombing campaign on the insurgents on Bishop's World.
2289	April	Stephen De Groot is re-elected as Governor of Bishop's World amid a successful campaign against the insurgents. By now, the conflict has mostly died down and the insurgents are few and far between.
2290		The Epsilon Serpentis Colonial Union, located in the Epsilon Serpentis system, joins the UOC.
2291		The Neuland Colony, located in the Steiermark system, joins the UOC.
2293	April	Pieter van den Berg is elected as the 12th Governor of the Colonial Republic of Bishop's World, having run with similar but slightly more moderate agenda as De Groot.
2294	April	NAC President Sophie Levallois is assassinated by a coalition of various crime organisations.
		The NAC blames the assassination of Levallois on the UOC.
	May	Tensions between the NAC and UOC lead to the NAC declaring war on them.
	May–June	Various other governments join the war on both sides
	September	The Earth is blockaded, the Battle of Earth begins.
	October–December	Earth is entirely bombed during the war, killing billions.
		Billions flee from Earth, with less than half a million survivors left on the dying planet.
2295	January	The Circle is outed as the people responsible for the assassination of Sophie Levallois.
	February	The Treaty of Iris is signed, putting an end to the war.