Global cooperation to stop an incoming asteroid attack leads to the formation of the Global Government, a one-world supranational organisation dedicated to preventing further global incidents.
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Old History of Humanity
Pre-Amnesiac
Prehistory - 2145 CE
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2028 CE
Foundation of the Global Government
Disaster / Destruction -
2045 CE
First global resistance groups
Political eventAs the Global Government becomes increasingly authoritarian, dissent groups begin to form. Political at first, loss of political freedoms turn them into armed resistance forces.
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2051 CE
Invention of the PJ Fusion drive
Scientific achievementInvention of the plasma jet magneto-inertial fusion drive, or PJ Drive, leads to cheap and easy space travel across the solar system.
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2053 CE
Colonisation of the Solar system
Population Migration / TravelDevlopment of the cheap and ubiquitous PJ Drive, along with significant advances in life support systems, lead to the widespread colonisation of the Solar system. Numerous new colonies are set up by groups that declare their independence from Earth and the Global Government.
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2065 CE
2095 CE
Pacification War
Military actionThe Global Government begins the Pacification Wars to force separatist colonies to join. Bloody and long-running, it never achieves its goal and finally ends with the collapse of the GG.
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2073 CE
Discovery of wormholes
Scientific achievementDiscovery and manipulation of wormholes by Hirasaki Masuyo.
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2077 CE
First Pioneer mission
Scientific achievementA separatist colony creates and sends off the first Pioneer craft to Proxima Centauri and successfully completes the first (non-human) transition. More wormholes are discovered and sent to other nearby systems.
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2082 CE
First human wormhole transition
ExpeditionDespite disruption by Global Government attacks, the first human transition of a wormhole is accomplished, sending eight travellers to a station orbiting Proxima Centauri.
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2090 CE
Invention of artificial wormholes
Scientific achievementZoya Krasnikov creates the first artificial wormholes, building on Hiraski's earlier work. The new technology is named a Krasnikov-Hiraski Event.
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2094 CE
Great Diaspora
Population Migration / TravelEscaping the ongoing Pacification Wars, and taking advantage of the new KHE technology, there is a massive exodus of groups leaving the Sol system.
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2095 CE
Collapse of the Global Government
DisbandmentDespite attempts to outlaw it, asmore join the Great Diaspora, the Global Government collapses, no longer holding centralised authority. Various groups claim authority over parts of Earth in its wake.
Dark Age of Expansion
~2100 - ?
A long, indeterminate period of time - humanity continued to expand across the stars and the population boomed. At some point in this period, the Amnesiac Virus struck and caused widespread devastation. The length of time for this era is unknown, and is widely considered to be hundreds of years.
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-60 XC
Development of the Sevenfold Path
Founding
Xahian Crusade
1 - present day
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1 XC
Beginning of the Xahian Crusade
Military actionThe Federation of Xah begins its crusade to unify all human worlds under the The Sevenfold Path. This is the date from which the Federation starts its calendar from.