Literally meaning "the earth and the stars", TerrAstris, run by Padran Roz, aimed to be the first to launch rockets into space.
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The History of Space Travel
A history of how the people of Sechia became spacebound and colonised their system; their subsequent collapse; and the events leading to the present day.
Precolonial Era
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Before TerrAstris created their colonies and grew into a monopoly, the planet of Sechia was the only habitable area, and was the original birthplace of life in the Kuri solar system.
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114 BFC
16 Tarsakh
TerrAstris Founded
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104 BFC
4 Uktar
First flight into space
Technological achievementTerrAstris launch their first satellite into space. It orbited at a low altitude, and crashed into the ocean soon afterwards.
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100 BFC
26 Alturiak
First flight to Trewa
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94 BFC
1 Flamerule
Robots installed on Trewa
Technological achievementRobots built to sense long-term changes in pressure, gravity and magical fields are installed on Trewa's surface.
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81 BFC
22 Alturiak
First flight to Istia
Technological achievementSimilar robots to those on Trewa are installed on Istia.
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74 BFC
14 Ches
First flight to Doreton
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70 BFC
10 Mirtul
First manned flight into space
Technological achievementA group of three engineers from TerrAstris orbited Sechia for a few hours, before descending into the ocean. They jumped out of the ship using parachutes, and the ship itself was recovered and now takes a prominent place in a museum in <CAPITAL CITY HERE>.
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65 BFC
27 Uktar
First flight to Ucenov
Technological achievementThis was the first flight to another planet.
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58 BFC
23 Eleint
First manned flight to Trewa
Technological achievementTerrAstris flew a team of six scientists to Trewa to collect samples of ice from the moon, to be brought back to Sechia for analysis, as they thought the moon could potentially support life.
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56 BFC
6 Kythorn
Octachoron Founded
FoundingOctachoron was founded by a wealthy investor who decided to try to rival the power of TerrAstris' monopoly on space travel, and counter its policy of keeping designs and concepts patented.
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51 BFC
30 Tarsakh
Octachoron's first flight to Trewa
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37 BFC
3 Hammer
First manned flight to Istia
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19 Kythorn
Octachoron flies plants to Trewa
Technological achievementOctachoron aimed to use their newly invented technique called Phytocolonisation, to create a 200m wide plastic dome filled with carbon dioxide from the rocket's exhaust, which was planned to help kick-start colonisation of the moon. They hoped that these plants would grow enough to eventually provide a breathable atmosphere for small colonies.
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16 Nightal
TerrAstris upscale phytocolonisation
Technological achievementTerrAstris used a fleet of a few dozen rockets to send thousands of seeds into a reinforced plastic containment unit on Trewa. Over the next few years, it would autonomously grow into a kilometre-square habitat with slowly rising oxygen levels.
Colonial Era
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The first colony was established on one of Sechia's three moons, Trewa, kickstarting the Colonial Era. TerrAstris, already a large company, grew to take control of many asteroids and minor planets, eventually setting up a Dyson Swarm around the sun. Colonies were set up on all inner planets, and entrepreneurs set up colonies of their own on many of the asteroids and minor planets, notably the original owners of Octachoron and Kasari. However, the sheer amount of oil that was required to keep up the pace of the Colonial Era ended up running out by 63 AFC, as TerrAstris failed to find any celestial bodies containing oil apart from Sechia.
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6 Hammer
The First Colony
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