| 2131 |
Corporate upper echelon is on the ships. Corporate business is without upper management and resources are low. Already thinned out corporate armies are trying to establish control. But almost no wages can be paid, morale is low. |
| 2134 |
The corporate restructuring wars ensue. Weapons of mass destruction are used (Nothing nuclear though,there are more effect weapons without destroying infrastructure). Huge population decrease though. |
| 2158 |
After the wars the space tabboo is no longer viable. Precious resources are used on the colonisation and mining of the Sol system. |
| 2168 |
Valuable resources found on the moon, deep inside the rock. |
| 2170 |
Moon mining bases start to pop up and extensive colonisation of the moon ensues. |
| 2174 |
Asteroid belt delivers tons of resources. Especially the dwarf planet Ceres is found to be of wealth. |
| 2178 |
Space elevators connect Earth with Orbit Stations. Hundreds of thousands live there now. |
| 2179 |
Dangerous Anti-Matter engines are invented. |
| 2180 |
Multiple missions to the Kuiper Belt. More valuable resources found. |
| 2181 |
Hydrogen and Helium stations are build in orbit around Jupiter. |
| 2195 |
First mission to Alpha Centauri. They arrive there but had to eject their Anti-Matter drive before it blew. They were stuck and everyone died. They were able to send their mission data back though. |
| 2199 |
News from Alpha Centauri arrives. Colonisation might be a possibility. |
| 2201 |
New missions to Alpha Centauri, Barnard Star and Ross 154. |
| 2207 |
Kuiper Belt mining operations put Earth in a stable position of survival. |
| 2210 |
All missions repeat the previous scenario. Anti-Matter drives are mostly safe until they are either turned off or burn through their fuel. |
| 2212 |
Space gates prototype invented. Possibility to create small wormholes between gates. One cubic cm can be sent over a distance of .2 lightyear. |
| 2215-30 |
Anti-Matter drives projects keep on failing |
| 2219 |
AI's are banned |
| 2242 |
Biggest space gate yet, with a diameter of 1.7 meters, is to be sent to Alpha Centauri with an unmanned Anti-Matter ship. |
| 2243 |
Space gate doesn't want to align itself with it's twin around Earth. |
| 2245 |
Human mission with an all new 3.2 meter space gate sent to Alpha Centauri. |
| 2247 |
Human side gate receives a sync from Alpha Centauri. Shuttle is sent through. It returns the next day with news that all but the gate is gone. The rest simply disappeared. This came to be a Corporate secret and was kept quiet for the next 40 years. |
| 2248 |
Alpha Centauri exploration started. |
| 2250 |
Viable planet for habitation and mining found around Proxima Centauri (name: Hiele). Gate too small to send in anything worth beginning. |
| 2258 |
Gate size stuck on 5.3 meters. Small vessels start sending equipment to Hiele anyway. |
| 2260 |
Small base on Hiele build. |
| 2268 |
Gate to Barnard Star set up. Crew returns successful. |
| 2272 |
Gate to Ross 154 synchronised. |
| 2278 |
New resource found on Vety around Barnard Star. This durable and super strong material allows gates to be easily enlarged. |
| 2280 |
Galactic Colonisation begins. |
| 2308 |
Signs of other, though dead, civilisation found. Corporations change this news into rumors. General population does not believe this to be true. |
| 2350 |
Multiple planets with Earth at it's center form Common Wealth. |
An introductory story
Far Travellers