History of MORRIGAN 281
Human Era
0 40000 CE
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Today IRL
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Spike Drive Technology Invented by Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
Scientific achievement -
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Scout Craft Lost While Learning Limits of Spike Drive
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First Extrasolar Base Established
FoundingThe first human settlement, dubbed Renaissance, is established by the European Union.
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First Extrasolar Life Discovered
Discovery, ExplorationPlant-analogue and simple marine life discovered by India on the oceanic world of Pranashakti.
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Asteroid Mining Technology Make Starships Affordable
Financial EventAdvances in technology make asteroid mining easier to perform. The influx of material makes starship manufacture cheap, and makes starships affordable to most corporations.
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First Alien Ruins Discovered
Discovery, Exploration40,000 years old ruins of an alien civilization found on the moon Eden by the Democratic Federation of Appalachia.
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Human Worlds Alliance Founded
FoundingAs humans reached for the stars, and the prospect of encountering alien civilizations seemed more and more likely, the governments of Earth realized that they could not defend extrasolar worlds without each others' help. Extrasolar worlds were granted statehoods, and were considered to be partners of the Human Worlds Alliance, a union of nations and planetary governments.
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Hyperspace Ego (HypE) Discovered in Certain 5th-Gen Spacers
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Frontier Civil Wars
Military actionThe HWA struggled to manage the actions of the frontier worlds. Some of these worlds were up to a year of FTL space travel away from Earth. Some worlds fought against each other over resources, habitable planets, and ideology.
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Psionic Foundation Established
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First Professional Psychics Enter the Workforce
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Psionic Foundation Creates the First Jump Gate
Technological achievementUsing newly discovered techniques, the Psionic Foundation creates the first Jump Gate. Massive slow-hauling starships that can't be fit with a Spike Drive can now travel to other worlds. Spike Drill Routes that normally took months can now be done in a week. This increased the HWA's influence dramatically, and made intersector trade possible.
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Second Wave of Human Expansion Begins
ExpeditionSpace is easier to traverse than ever. Now that the HWA can better establish and protect new homeworlds, a second wave of migration begins. Two billion people from Earth leave for new worlds in the light of distant stars.
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L&L Warfare Design invents NanoTeks
Technological achievementNanoTeks is liquid metal infused with nanomachines that allow for reshaping into a variety of useful forms, including complex machinery. With it's incredible reproductive power, it can convert any other metal into more of itself.
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Psitech Increases Rate of Viable Planetary Settlement
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Frontier Worlds Refuse to Acknowledge Alliance Control
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Directors of Terran Alliance cede executive power to AI Maestros
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Outworld War for Independence
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Terran Alliance Grants Outworld Independence
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Genetic Engineering Common on Core Worlds
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First Contact
Diplomatic actionA delegation of Nashyr, Yunamien, and Kulgrani aliens contact the Human Worlds Alliance and negotiate for peace.
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Alliance Jump Gates Reach the Frontier
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The Contact Wars
Military actionSeveral small, short wars were fought on the edges of Terran space between the Terran Alliance and newly discovered alien polities.
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L&L Warfare Design invents Autonomous Psitech Strain
Technological achievementThe Autonomous Psitech Strain was a strain of NanoTeks under the guidance of a SHADOW-powered psychic AI. It could predict its evolutionary course and anticipate future events, planning accordingly.
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Frontier Worlds Embrace Genetic Engineering and AI Integration
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Jump Gates Connect All Core Worlds
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The Scream
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Core Worlds Die Out
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Frontier Worlds Devolve to Survival-Level Subsistence
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Last Easily-Salvaged Pre-tech Wears Out
Disaster / Destruction -
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Psionic Foundation Re-established
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19 /11
Ra's government cedes government to the Ra Consortium.
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Advanced Manufacturing Techniques Re-established
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Remapping of Drill Courses Begins
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14 /5
Whitlock seizes control of Suchayan government.
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Stellar Unions and Empires Form
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Polis Rebel Incident
Political eventThe Gas Miner's Union, The Station Labor Union, and the Freebooter's Guild joined forces in a strike to force the Hestian Republic to give control of the refueling station Hermes 1 over to the unions.
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Present Day