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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:

2011:

  • Lunar Station operational.

2012:

  • Work starts on Mars Station.

2013:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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Proxima Wars - Reconstruction
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