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Joonicks: started factoid checking and making sure it all makes sense

2026-02-10T14:41:34Z

started factoid checking and making sure it all makes sense

Joonicks: /* Superluminal Expansion (2590 - 2714) */ formatting

2026-02-10T00:04:10Z

‎Superluminal Expansion (2590 - 2714): formatting

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2026-02-10T00:00:57Z

‎At long last, "Peace" (3012 - Present Day): character

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2026-02-10T00:00:26Z

‎At long last, "Peace" (3012 - Present Day): character

Joonicks: expanding the lore, rewrites, language fixes

2026-02-09T23:56:01Z

expanding the lore, rewrites, language fixes

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2026-02-08T16:31:53Z

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Joonicks: trying to fix typos, clarify language, minor alterations to flesh out the lore

2026-02-08T16:29:09Z

trying to fix typos, clarify language, minor alterations to flesh out the lore

Nozmajner: Test edit

2026-02-08T16:08:03Z

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Spiffor: Adds a link to the Diaspora period

2018-10-07T08:42:22Z

Adds a link to the Diaspora period

Nozmajner: minor grammar and typo fixes

2015-11-11T19:15:49Z

minor grammar and typo fixes

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 ;2186 - [[Haber Corporation]] is founded
 :* Through mergers and acquisitions, Haber quickly reaches a quadrillion dollar valuation, though its majority shareholders remain unknown.
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 :* SolFed is able to slowly refocus on expansion and exploration.
-;2337 - [[Tolan Oberon]]
+;2437 - [[Tolan Kingdom]]
-:* Tolan Oberon, the charismatic leader of one of the presumed lost colony ships, makes landfall in a far-out system, becoming the [[Tolan Kingdom]].
+<!-- travel time: 87-152 years, referencing the Haber travel time, the Tolan homeworld expected to be 87-228lightyears from Sol -->
-;2452 - The fleeing Haber colony ship makes landfall on [[Ioqufa]], and slowly starts to rebuild its corporate state far from the eyes of SolFed.
+;2452 - The fleeing Haber colony ship makes landfall on [[Zekonbur]], some 150 lightyears from Sol, and slowly starts to rebuild its corporate state far from the greedy eyes of SolFed.
 ;2561 - Hyperdrive
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 :* Outlying colonies are gradually brought under indirect SolFed control and reorganized as tributary states.
 :* With practical faster-than-light travel now established, large-scale exploration intensifies, leading to a sustained wave of new colonial foundations.
-;2620 - SolFed maintains a tightly controlled monopoly over hyperdrive manufacturing, trade and research, which it uses to exert influence over the colonies. Though internal security services struggle to maintain project secrecy at great cost, it is only a matter of time before an independent organization reproduces a functional hyperdrive.
 :* SolFed's authoritarian regime means tight and controlled lives for the general public on Earth, the vast distances and travel times result in increased personal freedoms in the colonies.
 :* Massive numbers of people emigrate to the colonies in search of more personal freedoms and opportunities.
-:* Calls for colonial independence grow stronger year by year but are suppressed by SolFed using its hyperdrive monopoly.
+:* Calls for colonial independence grow stronger year by year but is suppressed by SolFed using its hyperdrive monopoly.
 ;2633 - Explorers make contact with the Tolan Kingdom.
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 :* The first explorers reach Haber's small sphere of influence, only to be captured by Haber security patrols. Only a few pilots manage to escape by jumping back into hyperspace, carrying the news of Haber's resurrection back to SolFed.
 :* Haber scientists start reverse-engineering captured hyperdrives.
-:* Remnants of Haber spy networks on Earth are revitalized by the discovery of Haber-controlled worlds, sending couriers to [[Ioqufa]] carrying intelligence and trade secrets.
+:* Remnants of Haber spy networks on Earth are revitalized by the discovery of Haber-controlled worlds, sending couriers to [[Zekonbur]] carrying intelligence and trade secrets.
 ;2698 - Haber tries to invade the Tolan Kingdom
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 :* SolFed internal security quickly swoop in to arrest all involved but not all scientists or data can be accounted for.
-== SolFed Loses Control (2714 - 3012) ==
+== SolFed Loses Control (2714 - 2740) ==
 ;2714 - Colonial uprising
 :* The SolFed-friendly government of New Hope is overthrown after planet-wide protests and riots.
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 ;2720 - The War of Hope devolves into a hopeless war of attrition with neither side making any lasting gains.
 :* The first real battle signifies the emergence of the Commonwealth of Independent Worlds (CIW)
-:* The newly formed CIW forces fight out of desperation to protect their homeland, and fight off the SolFed fleet three times.
+:* The newly formed Commonwealth forces fight out of desperation to protect their homeland, and succeed in fighting off the SolFed fleet three times.
-:* SolFed has the numbers on its side, with the fourth fleet on its way. The fierce battle after its arrival seems to bleed out the remaining CIW forces.
+:* SolFed has numeric superiority, with the fourth fleet on its way. Once the fourth fleet arrives, the fierce battle that follows quickly decimate the commonwealth forces.
-:* With CIW forces close to being wiped out, reinforcements arrive from other colonies weary of SolFed oppression, and the situation turns into an impasse.
+:* As SolFed victory seems inevitable, with Commonwealth forces close to being wiped out, reinforcements arrive from other colonies weary of SolFed oppression, and the situation turns into an impasse.
-:* After two years of sending their sons and daughters to die in space around a far-distant world, the population of Earth shifts toward anti-war sentiments, and the government gives up on offensive actions and begins a slow withdrawal.
+:* After years of sending their sons and daughters to die in space around a far-distant world, the population of Earth shifts toward anti-war sentiments, and the government gives up on offensive actions and begins a slow withdrawal.
 ;2725 - SolFed abandons the war
-:* Surviving forces of the CIW gain their much sought after freedom. Peace is never formally established.
+:* Surviving CIW forces observes the withdrawal of SolFed Navy ships, expecting a ruse they use the absence to fortify their defences, repairing a rebuilding their fleet. But as time passes without the expencted assault happening, the people of the Commonwealth worlds start adjusting their lives to enjoy their hard won freedom, but staying ever vigilant of the threat of renewed conflict. Peace is never formally established.
-:* CIW starts to rebuild and expand aggressively, concentrating on habitable worlds. Their main aim is to build a strong military force and stable faction that is able to oppose any SolFed attack in the future.
+:* The Commonwealth starts to rebuild and expand, concentrating on habitable worlds. Their main aim is to build a strong military force and a stable democratic government that is able to oppose any SolFed hostilities in the future.
 :* Expansion and rebuilding alone wouldn't cut it in the beginning, so CIW diplomats start to persuade old worlds and new colonies alike to join their ranks against the oppressive SolFed.
 :* SolFed also rebuilds and expands extensively, and tries to maintain an image of peace, prosperity, and freedom among its citizens and outwardly. At high levels, it still seeks to bring back all of humanity under its wings.
-;2729 - Haber Re-emerges
+== At long last, "Peace" (2740 - Present Day) ==
-:* Haber makes its presence known by establishing formal contact in outer SolFed systems on the SolFed-CIW border, officially in a peaceful and friendly manner.
+;2740 - Prolonged cold war between the CIW and SolFed.
 :* Borders and trade are tightly regulated; official communication is sparse. Clandestine operations are routine and continuous.
 :* Frequent skirmishes flare along the frontier, with both sides denying responsibility or attributing incidents to pirates or insurgents.
 :* Haber covertly inserts itself into several of these proxy conflicts, seeking to destabilize both powers while informally benchmarking their capabilities.
-== At long last, "Peace" (3012 - Present Day) ==
+;2957 - Hyperdrive progress stagnates
 ;3012 - Time for Diplomacy
 :* SolFed Ambassador Meredith Pell is dispatched to New Hope for trade negotiations but is detained by the CIW on allegations of espionage.

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 == Superluminal Expansion (2590 - 2714) ==
-:2590 - Hyperdrive travel unleashes the start of a rapid expansion of SolFed influence and increased colonization efforts.
+;2590 - Hyperdrive travel unleashes the start of a rapid expansion of SolFed influence and increased colonization efforts.
 :* SolFed leverages its hyperdrive technology to establish reliable communication and travel corridors between Sol and the colonies.
 :* Previously unreachable star systems become accessible, and new colonies are founded at an accelerating pace, rapidly expanding SolFed's sphere of influence.

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 :* Both parties ratify a border plane perpendicular to the Sol–Epsilon Eridani axis, formally limiting territorial expansion to their respective sides.
-;3105 - 3226 (present day) — Managed coexistence
+;3105 - 3226 (present day) - Managed coexistence
 :* Economic exchange becomes routine, though tightly supervised by both governments.
 :* Joint navigation, customs, and traffic protocols are established to reduce the risk of accidental military escalation near the border plane.
 :* Cultural and scientific exchanges occur intermittently but remain politically sensitive.
 :* The isolation of the two superpowers eases in practice, yet their relationship remains distant, formal, and strategically distrustful.

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 :* The two powers enter a prolonged era of strained, frigid relations marked by diplomatic silence and heightened vigilance.
-;3068 - 3105 — Gradual diplomatic thaw
+;3068 - 3105 - Gradual diplomatic thaw
 :* Quiet, highly formal negotiations resume concerning limited trade and controlled travel. References to the Pell Incident and the undeclared cessation of hostilities are deliberately avoided.
 :* Borders reopen in a restricted, heavily monitored capacity, and trade cautiously resumes.

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 * '''2285-2325 - [[Diaspora]]''' to the surrounding star systems on relativistic colony ships.
 ** Official records show 25 colony ships departing Earth but only 17 of them reporting back on their expected arrival dates.
-** 12 new colonies established.
+** 12 new colonies successfully established.
 ** The remaining 8 ships are presumed lost.
 ** Haber focuses its resources on interstellar expansion, neglecting the Earth.

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-* '''2200 - 2300 Humanity expands into the solar system.'''
+* '''2215 - World War'''
-** Third World War erupts against the two main governing bodies of Earth, United Countries of the West  (UCW) and Asia Revolutionist Party (ARP).
+** The two most powerful factions on Earth is the United Countries of the West  (UCW) and the Asia Revolutionist Party (ARP).
-** WW3 ends on Earth, but space is another matter. Moon is UCW territory, and it reaches to Mars. ARP aims for Io and Titan.
+** Conflict between UCW and ARP triggers a new world war, space being the high ground is rapidly militarized, mostly low earth orbit but also establishing manufacturing bases on the moon, Mars, Jupiters moons and the asteroid belt.
-* '''2259 - first colony ship launched.'''
+** Many data vaults end up being destroyed by collateral damage, early earth hisory records are seemily lost forever.
-** Earth's Pride headed to Epsilon Eridani.
+* '''2223 - Earth Truce'''
-** No other colony ship is launched for decades, due to cost and policy restrictions.
+** Truce is established on Earth, but in space the conflict continues at a reduced intensity with occasional raids, invasions and bombardments of space facilities. Moon and Mars is UCW territory. ARP makes Io and Titan their strongholds.
-** ARP also tries to launch its colonization effort, but hit several roadblocks. The only finished ship is allegedly destroyed during departure from Jupiter's vicinity by a reactor failure. Rumors still circulate about it surviving the explosion and still wandering in interstellar space.
+* '''2227 - Construction of a colony ship begins'''
-* '''2279 - Earth's Pride makes landfall''', establishing New Hope, mankind's first extra-solar colony.
+** Using its military production facilities on the moon, UCW starts construction of the first human interstellar colony ship.
-* '''2281 ARP concentrates on Io''', but a catastrophe in 2281 leaves it crippled.
+* '''2259 - First colony ship launched.'''
-** Haber reacts quickly and a coup later it assumes control over its territory, converting it a corporate state.
+** The colony ship reaches most major completion goals and is christened the Earth Colonial Vessel, ECV Pilgrim.
-** With this move Haber gained enough power, to initiate a covert coup in UCW leadership too within years. With this move Earth and the solar system are united under one rule for the first time.
+** A few months later after all system pass inspection and tests, the Pilgrim is launched headed to Epsilon Eridani.
+** ARP also tries to launch its colonization effort, but hit several roadblocks. The only finished ship is allegedly destroyed during departure from Jupiter's vicinity by a reactor failure. Unconfirmed reports still circulate about it surviving the explosion and drifting in interstellar space.
 * '''2285-2325 - [[Diaspora]]''' to the surrounding star systems on relativistic colony ships.
-** 25 registered colony ship leaves Earth.
+** Official records show 25 colony ships departing Earth but only 17 of them reporting back on their expected arrival dates.
-*** 17 reported landfall in 12 systems.
+** 12 new colonies established.
-*** The rest were never heard from again. Presumed lost.
+** The remaining 8 ships are presumed lost.
-** Haber aims for the stars.
+** Haber focuses its resources on interstellar expansion, neglecting the Earth.
-* '''2328 - 2350  Earth is ravaged''', its environment is in ruins. No intention from the leadership to renovate it. Extrasolar colonies start to make a foothold.
+* '''2328 - 2350  Earth is ravaged'''
-** Haber loses rooting on Earth and in the solar system. Stretched thin by trying to manage 17 colonies without any means of superluminal travel or communications makes it weak and disorganized.
+** The Earth environment is in ruins. No efforts by Haber leadership to renovate it. Extrasolar colonies start to gain influence.
-** Civil war erupts, and eventually Haber is removed. It's CEO board members either got killed or flee.
+** Haber loses its iron grip on Earth and in the solar system. Stretched thin by trying to manage 17 colonies without any means of superluminal travel or communications makes it weak and disorganized.
-** The surviving Haber personnel and mercenary body along with as much civilians they could kidnap flee the solar system with the last commissioned colony ship to a then unknown system.
+** Civil war erupts, and eventually Haber is removed. It's executives and board members either get killed or flee.
 ** Earth fell into a dark and chaotic and stagnant period.
 ** Epsilon Eridani, Arcturus, Tau Ceti, Sirius colonies are starting to thrive.
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 ** The parties agree on a border plane perpendicular to the line between Epsilon Eridani and Sol, and that their expansion is limited to their side of the border.
 ** Isolation of the two superpower loosens, but their relationship is still distant and cold.

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	** The parties agree on a border plane perpendicular to the line between Epsilon Eridani and Sol, and that their expansion is limited to their side of the border.		** The parties agree on a border plane perpendicular to the line between Epsilon Eridani and Sol, and that their expansion is limited to their side of the border.
	** Isolation of the two superpower loosens, but their relationship is still distant and cold.		** Isolation of the two superpower loosens, but their relationship is still distant and cold.
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 ** With this move Haber gained enough power, to initiate a covert coup in UCW leadership too within years. With this move Earth and the solar system are united under one rule for the first time.
-* '''2285-2325 - Diaspora''' to the surrounding star systems on generation ships.
+* '''2285-2325 - Diaspora''' to the surrounding star systems on relativistic colony ships.
-** 25 registered colony ships leaves Earth.
+** 25 registered colony ship leaves Earth.
 *** 17 reported landfall in 12 systems.
 *** The rest were never heard from again. Presumed lost.
 ** Haber aims for the stars.
-* '''2328 - 2350  Earth is ravaged''', its environment is in ruins. No intention from the leadership to renovate it. Colonies start to make a foothold.
+* '''2328 - 2350  Earth is ravaged''', its environment is in ruins. No intention from the leadership to renovate it. Extrasolar colonies start to make a foothold.
 ** Haber loses rooting on Earth and in the solar system. Stretched thin by trying to manage 17 colonies without any means of superluminal travel or communications makes it weak and disorganized.
 ** Civil war erupts, and eventually Haber is removed. It's CEO board members either got killed or flee.
-** The surviving Haber personnel and mercenary body along with as much civilians they could kidnap flee the solar system with the last commissioned generation ship to a then unknown system.
+** The surviving Haber personnel and mercenary body along with as much civilians they could kidnap flee the solar system with the last commissioned colony ship to a then unknown system.
-** This Earth fell into a dark and chaotic and stagnant period.
+** Earth fell into a dark and chaotic and stagnant period.
 ** Epsilon Eridani, Arcturus, Tau Ceti, Sirius colonies are starting to thrive.
 * '''2350 - Solar Federation emerges''' from the chaos as the new government of Sol.
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 * '''2337 - Tolan Oberon''' - leader of one presumed lost colony ship makes landfall in the far out system which later become the Tolan Kingdom.
 * '''2452 - The fleeing Haber''' generation ship makes landfall in Ioqufa, and slowly start to rebuild its corporate state far from the eyes of humanity.
-* '''2595 - Hyperdrive''' is serendipitous invented by the team of Henry Winkler experimenting with space-time manipulation.
+* '''2595 - Hyperdrive''' is serendipitously invented by the team of Henry Winkler experimenting with space-time manipulation.
 ** Fifty years of directed research and development on space-time manipulation lead to discoveries which then manifested in the birth of the first hyperdrive.
 ** The first examples were rudimentary, and limited to short ranges and long travel times compared to later models, but a 5 year torchship trip to Alpha Centauri reduced into several months.
 ** This gave the means of massive expansion into the hands of the SolFed.
 * '''2600 - 2700 - Re-establishing contact''' with the colonies. Founding of new colonies.
-** SolFed had the large military power, which came from the need to take control of the chaos in Sol.
+** SolFed is the largest military power, which came from the need to take control of the chaos in Sol.
 ** The colonies were eventually swept under indirect SolFed control, turned into tributaries.
 ** With the new way of travel among the stars, large scale exploration started, which then led to the constant founding of new colonies.