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Chronological Time Line CHRONOLOGY STSTCS STSTCS FASA Stardate Corrected Date* Stardate Event Ship Type Source -27/0101.01 1/1/-700 N/A On Romulus, the city of D'Sivas is settled by Farrad. D'Sivas will eventually become the Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual central seat of the Romulan Senate and one of the most beautiful cities on Romulus. -25/0101.01 1/1/-500 N/A On Romulus, Labasasz and Portora make contact and combat over soft-metal deposits. Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual The results are inconclusive. -22/0101.01 1/1/-201 N/A On Romulus, the city of Ranassa is settled by Portora. The city of Timuraasz if settled by Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual Dinalla. -21/0101.01 1/1/-101 N/A On Romulus, the cities of Calanista and Manasan are settled by Caranam. Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual -21/0101.01 1/1/-101 N/A Constant conflict begin between city-states and tribes, frequently over Romulus' scant Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual resources. Caranam, Portora, Kanassarum, Labasasz, Dinalla, Pulla'd, Farrad, D'Sivas, Ranassa, Timuraasz, Calanista and Manasan emerge as world leaders. -17/0101.01 1/1/300 N/A The philosopher Surak leads reforms on Vulcan, ending that planet's history of horrible Ryan McReynolds Enterprise Timeline violence. Many Vulcans reject his teachings of logic and emotional control, preferring the martial tradition. In protest, they leave Vulcan to found a new empire in the stars. The reformation becomes known as the Time of Awakening. -12/0101.01 1/1/801 N/A The first Klingons develop on Klinzhai from primate-like ancestors. Klingon Game Opeartions Manual -8/0201.01 1/1/1268 N/A The Hur'q invade Kronos, pillaging the planet and stripping it of value. Ryan McReynolds Enterprise Timeline -6/8001.01 1/1/1472 N/A Split between sea-dwellers and land-dwellers occurs, with little contact between the two Klingon Game Opeartions Manual after this date until the Great Consolidation centuries later. -4/3701.01 1/1/1699 N/A Development of the komerex Nevre (Northern Empire) and falgav a'kavna (Crescent Klingon Game Opeartions Manual Islanders) as the two major sociopolitical groupings among the sea-going peoples of Klinzhai. Wars rage between these two groups for decades before the Northern Empire swallow -3/8704.12 4/12/1848 N/A Vanous of Calanista postulates that Remus is inhabitable, heralding in the Age of Discover. Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual Although legends existed of life on other planets, this is the first time scientific evidence is presented to support the legends and theories. -3/9212.24 12/24/1853 N/A On Romulus, L'Tokus of Finalla successfully launches a large payload-carrying rocket into Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual the upper atmosphere. Previously, rockets, though used in celebrations, rarely had been used militarily. -3/9306.21 6/21/1854 N/A Timuraasz places first payload into orbit around Romulus. Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual -3/9608.12 8/12/1857 N/A Dinalla puts the first Romulan in orbit. Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual -3/9701.15 1/15/1858 N/A War breaks out between Dinalla and Timuraasz over the resources necessary for space Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual travel within the Romulan system. The are soon spreads to other places on the planet, as no city-state dares allow others to gather the necessary resources for space travel, fearing the loss of military advantage. Up to this time, Dinalla and Timuraasz are the only two city- states that had managed to send anyone into space, though several others, most notably Labasasz and Caranam, are close to accomplishing space ventures. -2/0101.12 1/12/1861 N/A The treaty of Kanassarum is signed on Romulus, the warring factions having exhausted Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual themselves and their meager resources by this time. The war produces no real winners. -1/6907.2 July 20, 1969 N/A Neil Armstrong becomes the first Human to set foot on Terra's moon, starting Human The Federation manned interplanetary exploration. -1/8601.28 January 28, 1986 N/A The Terran orbital transport Challenger explodes shortly after launch, killing all seven crew The Federation members aboard. This is the worst tragedy to date in Terra's fledgling space program. -1/9811.2 November 20, 1998 N/A Terrans launch their first permanent, orbital space station - ISS Enterprise -1/4812.01 December 1, 2007 N/A A planned rebellion on Kobek is put down decisively, but the detonation of the Kobek Klingon Game Opeartions Manual weapons stockpile destroys all life on that world, and changes its orbit. -1/5003.03 March 3, 2009 N/A Captain Shaun Geoffrey Christopher leads a successful Earth-Saturn space mission, Star Trek Wikipedia Chronology paving the way for the continuation of manned space exploration -1/7301.01 January 1, 2032 N/A Irving Langmuir coins the term plasma to refer to ionized gas. By the twenty-second Ryan McReynolds Enterprise Timeline century, plasma is widely used for weapons, power generation, and propulsion. -1/7310.19 October 19, 2032 N/A The Ares 4 manned mission is sent to Mars. The command module is lost in a graviton Ryan McReynolds Enterprise Timeline ellipse effect, and a rescue effort is mounted for the landing party on the Martian surface. -1/7806.23 June 23, 2037 N/A NASA launches a deep-space exploration vessel, the Charybdis, with Colonel Steven Ryan McReynolds Enterprise Timeline Richey in command. This is the third mission of its kind to depart Earth. The first two were unsuccessful. Chronology Version 2.0 CHRONOLOGY STSTCS STSTCS FASA Stardate Corrected Date* Stardate Event Ship Type Source 0/8508.01 August 1, 2043 N/A An unknown disease spreads through Terra's 200-man research base on Pluto, leaving no The Federation survivors. The disease is later linked to a contaminated souvenir brought in by a careless Orion trader. This is the first unpleasant incident between Terrans and Orions, and helps to set the tone for future relations. -1/8703.26 March 26, 2046 N/A Andorians test their first prototypes of sub-light inter-stellar craft. The Federation -1/8804.03 April 3, 2047 N/A Forty years after the Kobek detonation, that poisoned world finally breaks up from the tidal Klingon Game Opeartions Manual stresses of its new orbit. -1/9001.08 January 8, 2049 N/A Kahless epetai-Riskadh launches the daring coup that makes him the first sole Emperor of Klingon Game Opeartions Manual the Klingon Empire. The nearly perfected warp drive soon points the Empire toward the stars. -1/9206.11 June 11, 2051 N/A The outbreak of the Eugenics Wars limits Terran manned space efforts as resources are The Federation turned to global war. -1/9403.15 March 15, 2053 N/A Natives of Delta Khinah II become the first Klingon servitor race. Klingon Game Opeartions Manual -1/9609.19 September 19, 2055 N/A The Andorian Empire is formed with the first colonization of another world by Andorian The Federation explorers. 0/0101.01 January 1, 2059 N/A January 1, 2000, the base date for the Reference Stardate system. On this date, the The Federation Science Council of Luna declares itself independent of the governments of the United States of America and Japan and requests status as a United Nations protectorate. Such status is granted, forming the first interplanetary Human government. 0/0101.3 January 30, 2059 N/A The Romulan scout ship L'Sattak returns for the second Romulan survey of Delta Khinah, Klingon Game Opeartions Manual and discovers the Klingon presence there. The scout ship is destroyed, but not before transmitting its log tapes to a colonization convoy trailing it by 20 solar days. 0/0102.01 February 1, 2059 N/A The First Romulan-Klingon War starts Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual 0/0209.01 September 1, 2060 N/A Terra's United Nations Scientific Council releases a 15-year projection estimating off world The Federation and space-oriented industry to grow at an exponential rate. 0/0306.15 June 15, 2061 N/A Klingon forces crush Romulan resistance at their two major outposts, forcing a Romulan Klingon Game Opeartions Manual withdrawal from the dis•puted area. Emperor Kahless is killed in the final battle, and the Riskadh line ends, along with the First Klingon/Romulan War. 0/0306.15 June 15, 2061 N/A The First Romulan-Klingon War ends. Having taken heavy losses, the Star Empire pulls Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual back slightly, giving up two outposts. The Klingons do not pursue, not being in a position to do so, though this is unknown to the Romulans. From this time to the present, minor skirmishes occur between the Romulans and the Klingons. 0/0308.01 August 1, 2061 N/A Terran representatives sign the United Space Initiative in New York. This landmark The Federation agreement will focus and accelerate man's exploration of the Sol system for the benefit of all mankind. 0/0310.01 October 1, 2061 N/A Utilizing solar-sails, Alpha Centaurans begin a concerted effort to populate other planets The Federation within their own stellar system. 0/0401.01 January 1, 2062 N/A Terra's Farside Moonbase begins operations, specializing in radio telescope observations. The Federation 0/0402.22 February 22, 2062 N/A Kagran epetai-D'kariv, temporary Imperial Regent, offi•cially takes the throne after being Klingon Game Opeartions Manual confirmed by the Imperial Council. Within two years, he has ordered six new taxes to pay for a secret breeding experiment that fuses Klingon cells with certain Romulan traits.
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