Timeline

The timeline of the Universe is long and unfinished.

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2040 – Arcadia City becomes one of three cities left after The Great War

2100 – John Russel is born and left at Gloucester Arcadia Cathedral

2101 – Harry Zemeckis is born

2111 – The Events of Task Force take place

2125 – The Events of DeadLands Freedom begin.

2126 - The Events of DeadLands Freedom end.

2134 – The Houses of Zemeckis, Russel and several others and established. These Houses are granted permission to genetically alter their children before birth. A practice outlawed for anyone else.

2136 - House Zemeckis takes control of KenX Industries.

2140 – Russel Liquor is founded.

2150 – Humanity crosses 1 billion in population again.

2151 – Ethnic diversity reaches 95% White Caucasian for the first time in human history.

2155 – The KenX vessel “Angel” is the first manned vessel to leave Earths atmosphere in one hundred years.

2156 – Humanity lands on Mars and makes contact with the descendants of the Space X Mars Colony.

2157 - The CMC begins a massive space exploration and construction effort.

2159 - The first modules of the CMC's first Space Station are connected in orbit over Earth.

2160 - The United Planetary Government is formed after a landslide vote. Establishing all of humanity under the common goal of expansion and unity.

2161 - The first civilian transports begin flights between Earth and Mars. Mars's population quickly begins to swell.

2162 - The first long-term missions to various moons and planets in the Sol system begin with the first permanent CMC station module over Europa.

2164 - Planetary mining becomes illegal as asteroid mining becomes cheaper and easier.

2165 - Earth's first space station reaches 1000 people. Two smaller stations around Earth become habitable as the first Martian Station begins construction.

2166 - KenX establishes control of Mars under the watch of the CMC and the UPG

2168 - House Russel is given the Mantle of Lords of Earth. With House Zemeckis being given the Mantle of Lords of Mars. This leads to the creation of the Council of Lords, which aims to limit the disagreements between the most powerful people in Human Controlled space.

2173 - The surface colony on Europa reaches 1000 members.

2174 - The rise of space piracy leads to the creation of the CMC Navy, with the first ship being donated by House Russel.

2177 - Humanity reaches 100 settlements, space stations and colonies in the Sol System.

2179 - Humanity intercepts a distant communication from beyond the Sol system, confirming for the first time that life exists beyond the Sol System.

2180 - An AI in control of a CMC Destroyer goes rouge. The subsequent battle of Europa leads to the death of over 500 lives. The largest single loss of life since the DeadLands Crisis.

2181 – The CMC outlaws any and all AI constructs. Synthetic Souls are universally created and controlled by the CMC.

2221 – The Freedom Memorial is constructed outside of the CMC Headquarters.

2222 – Wormhole Generators make colonization of other Solar Systems a reality.

2224 - The CMC Admiralty is formed to control and guide the entirety of the CMC and only answer to the UPG

2237 – Advances in Wormhole technology allow easy expansion beyond the Orion Arm of the Galaxy.

2239 - Humanity encounters its first Alien Civilization. A saurian-like race known as the Verus.

2240 - Humanity enters into a mutually beneficial treaty with the Verus, leading to an exchange of technologies, ideologies, discoveries and resourses.

2265 - Humanity discovers its tenth alien species, having formed alliances and friendships, and in some cases, tentative peace agreements due to the size of the CMC Navy.

2277 - Humanity reaches 1000 colonized worlds, becoming the largest power in the Milky Way Galaxy.

2284 - Humanity invites over two dozen alien civilizations to become client states of the UPG, offering to provide protection, galactic trade and unity to the galaxy.

2289 – Humanity surpasses one trillion in galactic population.

2345 - The House Russel Navy becomes the second largest navy in the galaxy.

2352 – The Galactic Network is established. Allowing near instant communication between nearby solar systems. Communications delay between one side of the galaxy to the other is reduced to six hours.

2455 - Humanity reaches one quadrillion in galactic population

2867 - Humanity colonizes its millionth planet.

3135 – The Planet Mother Class vessel Darwinia enters service in the United Planetary Government Colonization fleet alongside its sister ship the Gardinia.

3590 – Humanity colonizes its fifty millionth planet in the Galaxy.

3670 - Humanity reaches 175 quadrillion in galactic population.

3983 – Humanity encounters the Gods.

3991 - NIA Section 14 is increased tenfold to prevent terror spreading throughout Humanity

3996 - The Council of Lords becomes divided and halts all communications or gatherings.

3999- The CMC Admiralty institutes "Project Warmind", beginning the largest militarization of humanity throughout its history.

3999 – The Darwinia and its sister ships begin a refitting and reclassification as Planet Killers.

3999- The Interplanetary Defense Grid begins construction.

3999 - The CMC Admiralty allows the use of previously banned weapons to be used against the Gods.

3999 -The Intersystem Awareness Grid is instituted to alert any inner colonies of God Invasion into a solar system.

3999 - "Project War Engine" begins, leading to the dedication of all factory worlds to the war effort.

4000 - The NIA budgets and operational allowance is increased beyond measure.

4000 - The NIA gives the green light for thousands of Section 7 projects to aid in the war effort.

4004 - "Project Ardipithecus" begins its first trials.

4006 - "Project Ardipithecus" is force-ably shut down by the NIA for its drastic failures.

4026 - "Project Australopithecus" begins, using its predecessors failures as markers for improvement.

4034 - The God Forces push into the Eastern Sectors starting with the Gladrius System

4036 - "Project Australopithecus" is buried to prevent its discovery.

4055 - NIA Section 28 is tasked with maintaining Section 7's secrecy when dealing with Top Secret Projects

4065 - The NIA becomes active in the public eye for the first time in its long history in a successful effort to gain public support.

4074 - Nicholas Mountbatten takes office as Supreme Fleet Admiral.

4081 – Work on "Project Sahelanthropus" begins its first tests.

4089 - Genetic Seeds are implanted in secret into tens of millions of candidate families for "Project Sahelanthropus"

4097 – Olivia Russel is born.

4098 – Charlotte Avious Winters is born.

4100 – James Cornelia Russel is born.

4101 – Harry Striker is born.

4102 - Harry Striker's parents are killed and he is taken in secret to an NIA orphanage.

4110 – Director General Grace Lionheart presents "Project Sahelanthropus" to the Highest Ranking Officers of the CMC Admiralty and receives the go ahead for the project.

4110 – Harry and the other candidates enter the Mechanised Infantry Program, codenamed “Project Sahelanthropus”.

4120 – The Mech Pilots first join their assigned Planet Killer ships