Reunification of Terran polities following the collapse of the Federation. While its borders have fluctuated from time to time, the Empire has maintained some form of contact with its nominal subjects from here on.
First Contact Events
The approximate time each faction entered the interstellar community, according to the Terran Imperial calender.
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0
20
Imperial Reconquest
Military action -
590
Rupeean First Contact
Diplomatic actionDevelopment of the Lwyd Rift drive allows early Rupeean stellar exploration, putting them in contact with the Sestians.
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590
Sestian First Contact
Diplomatic actionWith their first worlds colonised, the Sestians make their intitial contact with Rupeean League of Nations. Relations are confused until each side realises an understanding of their shared origins, which laid the groundwork for enduring friendly relations.
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736
Alliance of Heroes Begins
Diplomatic actionNever really isolated from the interstellar community, this is the approximate date that a group of adventurers grow flush with success after attacking minor criminal organisations, and announce themselves as a legitimate peacekeeping organization at what would eventually become The Star.
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756
Rinni First Contact
Diplomatic actionFirst recorded contact between an independent Trailward Stars civilisation and Rinni, as the Scri-Atr Tribefleet encounters Sestian communities near the Rupeean border. Terrans had been aware of Rinni communities in some capacity since before the formation of the Empire, however.
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817
827
Tri-Star Commonwealth First Contact
Diplomatic actionUsing a novel form of TeSDiR-derived hyperspace travel, the newly minted Tri-Star Commonwealth abandons slowboat Ramjet technology and begins its expansion and exploration efforts. Other polities are encountered for the first time along the way, either forgotten or entirely unknown post-Landfall.
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909
Vaiaelon First Contact
Military actionFirst contact with several other interstellar nations that were subsequently completely wiped out, at least according to the Vaiaelons.
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909
935
Arkens First Contact and Tomb Space Expedition
Diplomatic actionA joint Rupeean, Sestian and AoH exploration into Tomb Space encounters an Arkens naval patrol coming the other way. the Arkens people become aware of other species and local friendly first contact is established. It takes 26 further years before a link between the KIR and the Trailward Stars is established, providing formal diplomatic contact between the peoples.
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1023
Karqwati First Contact
Military actionThe Speerkat Watcher system is rescued by aliens, after a KIR task force encounters a large band of slavers and intervenes. The two civilisations rapidly become close allies and friends.
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1035
Additional factions
Diplomatic actionThe following factions are welcomed into the international community of the Trailward Stars this year:
Karnian Legion (Karnians)
Anglicus Imperium (Anglicans)
Nanyte Totality
United Nations of Terra Nova (later part of the FLIR)
AI Union (offshoots of the UNTN, later part of the FLIR)
Chari Ascension
Nations of Pangaeae
Tikka Chi
The United Stars of Fredonia
Tundari Defense Pact
Glorious Conglomerate of Palun Prosperity -
1035
Present Day (FCE)
Puts the above in context