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The Virus Era
1933 Discovery of the Scinfaxi Virus In a remote region of the Philippine islands, an unknown substance is first observed by American researchers.
National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
American replenishment oiler, USS Ramapo encounters rouge waves and strange lights in the Pacific Ocean.
The Imperial Japanese Army captures the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe and establishes the new state of Manchukuo.
Burning of the Reichstag The Reichstag, is set on fire under controversial circumstances. Key civil liberties in Germany are nullified in response.
Sanriku Earthquake A powerful tsunami hits Honshu, Japan, killing over 3000 people. In the aftermath, unidentified biological material is found in the affected area.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as the 32nd president of the United States.
German Federal Election The National Socialist Party gains 43.9% of the vote.
Long Beach Earthquake 115 people are killed in Southern California.
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act. Adolf Hitler is effectively made dictator of the German Reich.
Japan announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations, to be effective in 1935.
Widespread persecution of religious minorities in Germany. The "Gestapo" secret police force is established by Hermann Goering.
The Stahlhelm veterans organization joins the National Socialist party in Germany.
The oath of allegiance to the British Crown is abolished in the Irish Free State.
A man-made famine reaches its peak in Soviet Ukraine.
A hurricane destroys the town of Tampico, Mexico. Organic material similar to those found in the Philippines and Japan is recovered.
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
The United States and Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
The prohibition of alcohol is repealed in the United States.
First Scinfaxi War (1944-1957)
1944 First Scinfaxi War Everywhere on Earth, dazzling lights are reported from within the Outgrowths. In many areas, the phenomenon is so bright, night turns to day.
A machine of unknown origin emerges from an Outgrowth in New Jersey, United States. It vaporizes local military forces and is only destroyed after 99 hours of intense fighting.
Hundreds and then thousands of similar machines emerge from Outgrowths across the planet.
Every significant pre-war line is breached. The emerging war turns into a slow retreat.
1947 24 atomic bombs are detonated across the frontline as part of Operation: Hercules.
1955 All further offensive campaigns to retake the Outgrowths are suspended.
1956 Douglas MacArthur resigns the Presidency of the Pacific States of America.
1957 The last sporadic fighting on the perimeter of the Outgrowths subsides. The "First Scinfaxi War" is declared over.
Terran Interregnum (1958-2001)
1958 Terran Interregnum The German government betrays the conditions of the Reykjavík Summit and annexes occupied territories of the French Republic.
1962 The French Crisis Free French forces overthrow the Marseille Regime in an overnight coup.
1962 The German Reich backs down after an 11-day nuclear standoff with the Atlantic Treaty Organization.
2018 First FTL Jump An unmanned American spacecraft completes the first "skip" across a Cosmic String.
Early Colonization Era (2002-2039)
2019 The Centauri Program The Centauri Program is established, a joint venture between the Soviet Union, German Reich, and ATO.
2024 The manned American spacecraft "Chiron" completes a successful FTL jump to Alpha Centarui.
2031 Mankind's first extrasolar colony, "Harmony", is established on a planet in the Alpha Centauri system.
2039 Operation: Mayflower The United States announces a "second-generation" FTL drive, and plans for an independent colony in the Sea of Clouds.
The Divide (2040-2149)
2040 The Soviet Union and German Reich scale down their involvement within the Centauri Program.
2045 The United States establishes a colony in the "Liberty" planetary system within the Sea of Clouds.
2049 The German Reich colonizes the Germania System.
2064 String-mapping vessels from the Empire of Japan pass beyond the Far Orinoco .
2078 The Leningrad system is colonized by the Soviet Union.
2083 Vega system colonized, it is the first extrasolar colony founded by nongovernmental interests.
2091 Vesta system colonized.
2130 Vega surpasses Alpha Centauri to become the largest independent colony in the Local Cluster.
2136 STARNET established between Liberty and New Philadelphia.
2148 The spread of the Scinfaxi outgrowths intensifies. Containment measures are increasingly overwhelmed.
The Second Scinfaxi War (2150-2153)
2150 Second Scinfaxi War Scinfaxi machines emerge from the Outgrowths.
2153 10,000 German soldiers are killed while defending Berlin.
2153 The last transport departs the Solar System. The evacuation of Earth is declared over.
The Modern Dark Age (2154-2171)
2154 Communication Disruption Interstellar communications are heavily disrupted.
The New Dark Age 8961 people are killed during the Siege of Mt. Bowers, the last major battle of the American insurrection.
The Recovery (2171-2188)
2169 The Orion Treaty Organization establishes permanent contact with Alpha Centauri.
2170 The German Reich establishes permanent contact with Alpha Centauri
2172 The Soviet Union establishes permament contact with Alpha Centauri
2179 The Empire of Japan establishes permanent contact with Alpha Centauri
2183 The Kisléta Chain Bridge is completed in Vitus, Vega, marking the nation's centennial.
2184 The Lyra Campaigns The Federal Republic of Vega declares war on the Altair Colonial Administration. It is mankind's first interstellar war.
2187 The Vega Accords are ratified ending the last fighting in the Lyra Veil.
2188 The Empire of Japan joins the reformed League of Nations.
The Cold War (2189 - )
2208 The First Solar War The Federal Republic of Vega declares war on Alpha Centauri, beginning the First Solar War
2213 Alpha Centauri and Vega sign an armistice recognizing Vegan territorial gains and full sovereignty.
2229 The Second Solar War Vegan forces land on Sirius.
2231 The bulk of the Alpha Centauri Starfleet is destroyed in the Battle of Cygnus.
The Republic of Vega surrenders to Alpha Centauri, German Reich, ending the Second Solar War.
2233 Vega territories occupied by German Reich split to form the axis-backed Union of Vega.
2254 The New People's Alliance party dominates elections in the Republic of Vega, ending UV as a political force.
2254 The Republic of Vega signs the first of a series of diplomatic agreements with the Soviet Union
2258 The Union of Vega is admitted into the Axis.
2259 The First Vega War The Union of Vega invades the Republic of Vega.
2263 After 4 years fighting, the First Vega War ends in a stalemate with almost no territorial changes.
2264 The Republic of Vega joins the Comintern.
2269 The Corporate War The FSC Sabrina is destroyed by pirates in the Reunion system after a failed ransom attempt.
THULE Inc. PMCs are deployed to Reunion and the surrounding planetary systems.
2271 Battle of Reunion. Non-state actors eject THULE PMC's from Reunion system.
2282 American forces on Madiana endure a 99 day siege at Firebase Hector.
2285 104 Brazilian spacecraft violate India's IDIZ, the largest military escalation of the Solar Contest.
A shark attack on Alpha Centauri reignites the debate on Hybrid Animals.
The former site of Firebase Hector is occupied by J17.
An incursion across the Kisléta Chain Bridge in Vitus causes the deaths of at least three.
US SECNAV announces steady progress of "70,000 Ship Navy" claim earlier pledged by Greene's Administration.
Australasian Navy encounters suspected pirates in Dakuwaka Deeps, denies allegations of "Black Mask" affiliation.
Reunion displaces Glasswall to become largest colonial republic within the Far Frontier.
Red Army bolsters Vega security package containing 16,000 additional PPMs following earlier commitments by the Soviet Navy and Air Force.