2003:
- Commercial Technology Division of the WCRC absorbed into the World Trade Authority.
2004:
- Colonial I, the first space freighter, enters service.
2005:
- Work starts on Lunar Station.
2006:
- Third World War Bloc admitted to the World Community.
2011:
- Lunar Station operational.
2012:
- Work starts on Mars Station.
2013:
- McKinley Ion Ultradrive is perfected.
2014:
- Launch of Colonial II; first ship to use Ion Ultradrive.
2015:
- Early in the year, the Martian Queen leaves Miami Spaceport for Mars, making the first commercial passenger spaceflight.
2018:
- First shipment of new alloys from Lunar industry.
2023:
- SSF 21D Cutlass Mk. I enters production.
2027:
- Warp Generator perfected by Henri deVass.
2029:
- First Pathfinder ships dispatched to Alpha Centauri, Vega, and Arcturus.
c.2030:
- World Community expedition to Barnard’s Star discovers ghostly spaceship artifact.
2033:
- World Community begins to suspect that there is intelligent life in the Alpha Centauri System.
- CAM 130 Cyclops enters production.
2035:
- Transmissions from Pathfinder Alpha, indicating intelligent life, are received.
2036:
- First contact made with Alpha Centaurians.
2038:
- Language barrier with Alpha Centaurians broken.
- First ships come off the Mars Shipyards.
2039:
- Trade & Technology Exchange Agreement signed with Alphans.
- First human science teams sent to Alpha I. They are given demonstrations of Fatboys and observe the City-Ships.
- World Trade Authority becomes Terran Trade Authority.
2041:
- First orbital industrial center off Jupiter completed.
2042:
- First Energy Absorbent Defense Shield (EADS) produced by TTA.
- Proximans begin testing first K34 Bee prototypes.
2045:
- Dr. Hans Berger introduces the Gravity Resist Generator.
- PTV Shuttlebus enters service.
2046:
- Mars Shipyards completed.
- In response to growing demands for commercial travel to Alpha Centauri System, the first Interstellar Queen Mk. I is launched.
2047:
- Pathfinder IX survey ship destroyed by Proxima Centaurians.
- Late in the year, Alpha I is attacked by Proxima. Beginning of Proxima Wars.
2048:
- An Interstellar Queen Mk. I is destroyed by Proxima Centaurians.
- War declared between the World Community and Proximan Government.
- Formation of the Alliance between Alphan Government and the World Community.
- Production of the SSF 21D Cutlass Mk. I is halted by the war's onset.
2049:
- Terran Defence Authority formed.
- TDA beings production of SSF 21D Cutlass Mk. II.
c.2050:
- MRT 114 Mule enters service.
2051:
- 18 months after the war’s start, TDA realizes that the war will be longer than had been foreseen, and begins planning Solar System defenses.
- Proximan Government presumably develops FTL capability around this time.
2052:
- Battle for Mars.
2053:
- Severe losses for both sides leads to a shift in tactics: smaller-scale engagements become more common, large-scale confrontations almost end.
- TDA 107C Partisan enters production at Mars Shipyards.
2055:
- Avery Astronautics begins developing AAF 212 Hornet.
2056:
- Early in the year, the Proximans begin using K13 Sharks.
- Avery Astronaitics first demonstrates Hornets to TDA officials, who place the first orders a week later.
2057:
- Second Proximan offensive into the Solar System deemed imminent, but does not occur.
- Partisan production moves from Mars to Jupiter Shipyards.
- First Hornet squadron launched in mid-year.
c.2058:
- Proximans introduce the C89F Whale.
2060:
- Allies invade Proxima Centauri System.
2068:
- Final months-long assault against Proximan Homeworlds.
- Proximans make last stand on Proxima II.
- Peace Treaty negotiated. Proxima Wars end.
- Beginning of Reconstruction.
- Cutlass production is permanently ended.
- Development of Interstellar Queen Mk. II begins.
- K34 Bee is rushed into production.
2070:
- World Community becomes the Terran Federation.
2071:
- Interstellar Queen Mk. II enters service.
2073:
- First jet tube opened on Earth, between England and Nova Scotia.
2078:
- Voyager I settler ship leaves Solar System for Arcturus System.
2085:
- By this time, Jet tubes connect Sierra Leone-Rio de Janeiro, Panama City-Honolulu, San Francisco-Honolulu, Tokyo-Honolulu, and Tokyo-Darwin.
2086:
- Voyager I arrives at Arcturus System.
2088:
- Large wooden spaceship is discovered drifting into the Proxima Perimeter.
2090:
- Voyager II and a Conestoga leave Solar System for Arcturus System.
2091:
- Mysterious alien ship sighted on planet Sirius II.
2093:
- Interstellar Queen en route to Alpha I from Terra discovers a wreck containing the abducted Banshee.
2094:
- Second wreck is discovered drifting into spacelanes.
2096:
- Starblade introduced as first Alphan spaceliner.
2098:
- Voyager II arrives at Arcturus System.
- Prospectors discover an alien wreck on the planet Lalande.
- Jet tube from Perth to Durban opens.
2099:
- X-800B prototype makes maiden voyage from Solar System to Proxima System.
2100:
- Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD is published by the TTA.
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