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TIMELINE
1.4.1977 - USA launches Voyager 2 into deep space
1.3.2000 - Y2K revelations
Billions of people notice that the so called Y2K-problem doesn't affect
their lives in any way. Several
lawsuits have been filed against software giants who scared consumers into
buying new operating systems for their
computers by exaggerating the problems Y2K would bring.
11.9.2012 - Russian revolution
Communist revolution sweeps across Russia. Dissatisfaction with the goverment's
actions conserning economical
issues lead to violent outburst and riots troughout the nation.
11.9.2013 - Soviet States of Russia (SSR)
formed
All former Soviet Union states agreed to join the Soviet States of Russia,
a new union of communist countries.
11.9.2016 - Construction of a fusion power
plant started
The first commercial fusion power plant started in the US city of Medford.
1.11.2019 - New propulsion system announced
A russian scientest, Dmitri Rybjev experiments a new fusion-based propulsion
system; far more powerful than
anything before.
23.3.2026 - First man on Mars
Space exploration took a major leap forward on this day, when Juri Gagarjev,
a russian cosmonaut succesfully
landed on Mars after only 1 month of travel.
14.7.2038 - Cold war escalades
A nuclear arms crisis in Finland raises tension between SSR and NATO as
Finland agrees accept NATO's
military base with 12 nuclear missile silos.
9.2.2040 - UN influence grows
In order to put a quiet end to cold war all United Nations members agree
to surrender all their means of political
decision making under direct supervision of the UN. SSR opposes and is
left out of the new United Nations.
28.6.2044 - Internet is shut down
As many people continue to criticize grown UN influence the UN council
advices global internet shutdown in order
to "secure mutual intrests".
4.1.2071 - A new basic element
found
A Danish scientest finds a new basic element from Greenland meteorite crash
site.
112th basic element was found to be extrely stable and possibly very, very
useful. It was named Dilithium.
31.10.2078 - Dilithium found to be of extreme
importance
United Nation's Project Dilithium scientests found out, that dilithium
could actually be the key to faster-than-light travel.
This information was kept a secret.
9.6.2091 - SSR Faster-than-light
engine test craft launched
Surprisingly enough, Soviet States of Russia was the first nation to test
a faster-than-light spacecraft. Test craft,
Rybjev 3, was the first craft to exceed lightspeed, but the test was largely
considered a failure since the craft
was destroyed in a massive explosion when it's speed exceeded 1.2c (360000km/s).
2.4.2102 - Inertia dampening
field
UN sciense department announces an inertia-dampening field, which allows
passangers to be onboard FTL flights without
dying of massive 125000G acceleration required to reach 1C in four minutes.
9.2.2107 - Project Alpha Centauri
started
A group of colonists left the Earth. Their destination: Alpha Centauri
star system.
3.1.2111 - Project Alpha Centauri
ends
Contact with colonist's ship is lost after four years of travel.
19.1.2113 - FTL research continues
No ship has been able to exceed the mystical speed limitation of 1.2c.
Dilithium reserves are almost depleted.
18.9.2119 - New space-time theory
A faster-than-light testflight by an SSR craft at exact zero gravity point
between Earth and Moon accidently sends
the ship to a location over 22 lightyears from Earth, into another star
system. New form of FTL travel is found to
be extremely dilithium-efficent and fast, altough it is tied between certain
points in the time-space continuum.
24.2.2122 - Dilithium found from several star
systems
Commercial dilithium mining is started. Several companies rival over dilithium
claims.
31.5.2128 - United Nations Space Forces
UN forms it's own space navy in order to look after it's own intrests in
the dilithium business. Due to enormous
amounts of resources at UN's disposal the United Nations SpaceForces (UNSF)
expands into most powerful
space navy yet (UNSF's craft 125000 million tons vs. SSR's mere 89100)
in one year.
30.6.2132 - Mezen prime found
An SSR deep-space ship finds first Earth-like habitable planet from Mezen
twinstar system. SSR starts immideate
colonization stating the planet as "Our weapon against UN tyranny"
17.4.2169 - SSR assimilated
After sevral political clashes between UN and the SSR, United Nation's
council advises UNSF to forcefully
assimilate Soviet States of Russia into a part of United Nations "for common
wellfare".
20.4.2169 - Soviet States of Mezen formed
Most of SSR's political leaders are captured, but remaining few manage
to flee to Mezen Prime. Soviet States of
Russia is renamed Soviet States of Mezen.
2.1.2182 - UN Space Monopoly Edict
UN bureau of Earth declares all faster-than-light travel, with an exception
of UNSF and UNSF supervised traffic,
prohibited and punishable. UN grants only two multistellar giant corporations,
Microspace and
Hex-Optimum, a permit to mine dilithium.
Covered in StarFight III - Within the Darkness:
1.4.2197 - Voyager 2 returns
Press all over the world is amazed by sudden appearance of Voyager 2 on
Earth's orbit. Scientest responsible of
studying the probe, professor Alber von Braun is infected by an alien organism.
2.4.2197 - Sudden attack by an unknown enemy
Using the Voyager 2 as their homing beacon an alien fleet attacks Earth's
defences. Alber Von Braun hampers
UNSF efforts by helping the aliens to destroy UN flagship, NCC Freedom.
10.4.2197 - Victory
Alien mothership is sucked into another dimension by an experimental Black
Hole Device. All alien forces retreat
and this mysterious shape-shifting race vanishes. UNSF is victorious.
Covered in StarFight IV - Legacy:
12.3.2198 - NCC Exquisite is lost
NCC Exquisite, UNSF's newly-built flagship vanishes on it's maiden voyage.
Ship's captain, a finnish long-term
diplomate Pertti-Antero Sillanköykäys is blamed for the incident.
17.3.2198 - Captain Sillanköykäys
returns to Earth
Exquisite's captain, Pertti-Antero Sillanköykäys returns to Earth
with an amazing story. He tell's the press about
an UNSF's attempts to coverup project Alpha Centauri, that the real goal
of the project was to investigate a
wormhole. He also claims that all patricipants were prisoners and were
never meant to return Earth. UNSF
declines everything, and due to lack of evidence the whole thing blew over.
Covered in StarFight V - Hell's Gate:
1.4.2199 - Hell's Gate system is discovered
While attempting to study the Alpha Centauri wormhole UNSF sciense vessel
DNS Watcher discovers a jump
point, which leads into a previously unknown star system, over 200 million
lightyears from Earth. The 3rd planet of
this "Hell's Gate" system is found to be by far the best yet-known source
of dilithium ever.
6.4.2199 - UNSF studies Hell's Gate III
UN announces Hell's Gate III's dilithium supply to exceed all expectations.
The planet consists of 5%
pure ditithium, it contains more than thousand times all the dilithium
ever mined.
8.4.2199 - SSM gains control of Hell's
Gate III
A huge SSM fleet arrives at the jump point near Earth. They claim, that
the greatest discovery of all mankind
cannot be allowed to fall under UN tyranny. All UNSF ships heading for
Hell's Gate III are forced to turn back.
9.4.2199 - UNSF attacks SSM fleet
Without a warning a large UNSF force attacks the SSM fleet. A huge battle
ensues, and both sides suffer
enormous losses. More than a quarter of million lives are lost, but the
SSM is victorious.
12.4.2199 - UNSF attacks continue
UNSF puts more pressure to the SSM fleet. UNSF ships manage to flee into
the Hell's Gate system and form a
base there.
1.1.2210 - Dilithium War continues
After fighting each other for 11 years no UNSF nor SSM show any signs of
surrendering - war continues.
6.12.2219 - Conclusion
Both sides have lost more than 200 million lives fighting each other, so
it is no longer considered an option.
Dilithium is divided, SSM gets all known dilithium sources except for Hell's
Gate III. Earth is a ruin, all resources
consumed by UNSF's war efforts.