History: 2051-2100

2051: Splice-Tech decides to go from mercenary group, to full fledged nation; leaders purchase a used FTL capable ship from Reich and begins making plans for a colony world of their own.

2055: Reich secretly sends an unmanned FTL capable ship to the Centauri system, ship is programed to scan the system while it purges tachyons from its engine before making a return trip with the data that it acquired; purging of the engine takes four months, returns with data of two planets in the Golden Zone of habitability, plans begin for the first extrasolar colony.

2058: USSR scientists begin looking for ways to utilize the tachyons generated by FTL engines, initial theories are focused on weaponizing them. Splice-Tech secures colonization rights on Mars six kilometers from Reich settlement; immediately begins working on genetically engineering plants to live on Mars.

2062: Splice-Tech begins construction of domed settlement, initial projections place completion of outermost dome at seven months; outer dome completed and sealed in eight months, Splice-Tech begins planting of engineered plants designed to increase oxygen levels within the dome.

2064: Reich completes the ship meant to take supplies to Centauri system, it is the largest ship ever built by humans; when FTL engine activates the ship collapses in on itself. Examination of the wreckage finds that massive amounts of the ship are missing, theorized that the FTL engine can only transport a fixed area.

2065: ISS expedition to Centauri system finds missing portion of the ship meant to begin construction of the first extrasolar colony. Allows determination of maximum range of the FTL system: 750m×1km×2km.

2068: Reich sends colony fleet to the Centauri system just as the Second Interplanetary War begins. USSR reveals new ship class: fighters. The swarms of one man ships obliterate Reich ships in initial battles. Reich scrambles to find defenses against fighters. Splice-Tech sets up new technocratic government.

2070: Reich develops Laser-Verteidigung Gitter, or Laser Defense Grid, which balances out the war with the USSR. Empire of Japan sends fleet to the Hyades star cluster to begin colonization efforts, decide to make the trip in several jumps to ensure that the engines aren't strained beyond capacity.

2071: Fleet sent by Empire of Japan fails to reach destination, explanation for reason why becomes favorite topic of conspiracy theorists.

2074: ISS intervenes in the Second Interplanetary War when several missed shots almost collide with Earth, suggests that the two devote efforts in colonization of other star systems instead of fighting where Earth may be damaged, Reich and USSR agree.

2075: Reich, ISS, USSR, Splice-Tech, Neo Babylon, and Feudal Society devote all of their resources into colonization, assemble a joint fleet of generation ships inhabited by human clones to colonize as many systems as possible. USSR finally finds a use for tachyons, text based messages can be sent using tachyons, has side effect of purging engines faster.

2078: Several colonies established by the fleet sent out by the joint national group. Trading company named Argona forms between colonies to assist in sending agricultural produce they grow to Earth and other colonies. Some begin questioning what will happen when clone colonists begin having children.

2084: Maya colonizes three planets in a star system and abandon territory on Earth. USSR with establishment of extrasolar colonies adds interstellar to their nation's name. Reich colonizes seven different systems, makes capital world in Vega system.

2086: Now that both have several extrasolar colonies, Reich and UISSR resume war. Neo Babylon establishes itself as interstellar power with first extrasolar colony. ISS civilian ship decides to test limits of FTL engine, attempts to travel 12 lightyears in one trip, trip overheats the engine to such degree as to turn ship into molten slag. Safe range to be traveled in one trip declared to be 6.5 lightyears.

2089: Several individual warlords begin carving out their own territories at edge of known space. Splice-Tech survey ship discovers unknown alien object, trajectory of Earth-sized asteroid determined to collide with the object in two months; object and asteroid determined to be too large to prevent collision, Splice-Tech reluctantly does nothing.

2096: War between Reich and UISSR becoming out of control, nuclear bombs dropped on major civilian centers.

2099: Treaty between all major nations written on Mars, establishes basic rules of interstellar warfare and trade, every major nation signs.