History: Timeline

While this history is by no means complete (a GM can't give away all his secrets!), it does cover most general information that would be covered in school or in military training. From the discovery of the jumpdrive in 2137, humanity has pushed for expansion. Even with terrible danger, there will always be humans willing to seek new worlds. Indeed, it wasn't until 2287 that "Slinging" was discovered, which made space travel much safer along known routes, and it took until 2552 for J1 drives to make space travel as safe as air travel today. Even so, 15 systems were settled in that time.

J Jumpdrive related
W War
M Major settlement effort (1 million people or more)
m Minor settlement effort (1 million people or less)
D Disaster

A brief history of the known systems

	Year	Event
	2075	New propulsion drives revolutionize space travel
	2100	The moon is settled as a scientific observatory, becomes first off-world habitat
		Scientific improvements cause population boom; humanity begins its march to space
J	2137	jumpspace discovered with first J-alpha drive test
J	2152	J0 drive invented; massive settlement/exploration effort
M	2175	settled Alchiba system via Earth
M	2198	settled Alpha Corvi via Earth
D	2212	Massive overpopulation in India prompts the building of transport ships
M	2237	settled Leporis A 4 via Earth
M	2238	settled Nahundi System via Earth (major Indian settlement)
m	2275	settled Pi Solaria System via Earth
m	2287	settled Vandana via Earth
J		Discovered "Slinging", or bouncing off dark zones; J 1/2 drives invented for that purpose
m	2312	settled Bardron via Earth
M	2363	settled Eta Helion system via Earth (Russian)
	2371	Discovered Dytallia System (Duul'Tlak homeworlds)
W	2378	Duul'Tlak declare war on Earth
m	2382	settled Quern via Earth
M	2393	settled Arabis via Earth (major Arab expansion; discovered through random jumps)
m	2424	settled Melga (now L20 Industries)
m	2457	settled Discepe Wolf via Earth
M	2459	settled Danex Emimus via Earth
W	2463	Destruction of Melga, razed by Duul'Tlak as first act of interplanetary war; survivors flee to Quern and beyond
M	2477	Settled Seginus Cluster via Earth (major Chinese resettlement)
D	2484	Earth's moon evacuated due to weapon testing malfunction
		Billions travel in 5 ships through the Dark Corridor (between Black Zone and Tallus Nebula):
D		Green Thumb, Indicator, Middle Son, Ring, and Littlefinger. Littlefinger was lost during a jump.
D	2486	Middle Son was badly damaged, and the passengers transferred to the other ships.
M		The surviving ships discovered and settled Pentacus System
W	2533	Blockade of Quern
W		Massive exedus to Discepe Wolf and Danex Emimus to escape Duul'Tlak
J		Founded Sci-02.B (initially to study new J1 drive); orbits a black hole
J	2552	J1 drive invented
m	2613	Settled Eridani via Pentacus System
m	2626	Settled Cannes Jot via Pentacus System
m	2637	Settled Nede via Pentacus System
	2652	Sci-37.X founded
m	2657	Settled Epsilon Lyrae via Pentacus System; connected trade to Arabis
W	2693	Broke Quern blockade with help from Kchk'Trrs
		First full route from Pentacus to Alchiba opened
	2698	Discovered Omega Parada System via Discepe Wolf (Kchk'Trrs)
W	2701	Completed alliance talks with the Kchk'Trrs
D	2702	Lost contact with Sci-37.X
m	2709	Resettled Quern
	2720	Founded Sci-45.L6
J	2737	J2 drive invented
J	2739	"JPods" invented
W	2741	End of Duul'Tlak war
m		L20 Industries expands to Melga, renames "L20 Industries"; first private solar system
m	2749	Settled Sigma Rekonda via Earth
	2750	Major initiative to explore uncharted territory launched (Present)