DATE

Event

11/12/2015

First nuclear engine test conducted in orbit.

10/31/2018

First Moon colony is established at the original lunar landing site on the Sea of Tranquility.

03/25/2026

First manned mission to Mars begins.

02/16/2027

First manned mission to Mars completed.

08/06/2031

Fusion reactor test conducted at the Hiroshima test facility 200 miles south of Tranquility colony. Sustained reaction maintained for over one hour.

04/21/2032

Second manned mission to Mars begins.

07/13/2033

First fusion reactor goes online on Earth 100 miles south of Phoenix, Arizona. Power generated is equal to one half of planetary demand.

10/18/2033

Mars colony is established.

05/05/2036

Second fusion reactor goes online on Earth 50 miles north of Lake Baikal, Russia near Mongolian Border. Power generated is equal to more than half planetary demand. Both fusion reactors help to resolve planet wide energy crisis that began in 2015.

09/23/2038

Fusion drive developed and tested at the Shima Moon test facility.

06/06/2040

Solar cargo ship Demeter outfitted with first fusion drive. Solar system travel reduced to hours vice months.

12/28/2042

First manned survey mission to outer planets begins.

02/14/2044

First manned survey mission to outer planets completed.

10/13/2044

Solar Colonial Naval Command (SCNC) Head Quarters is established in San Diego, California.

01/24/2045

First SCNC ship USS Exeter (DD-01) launched from Bremerton Naval Ship Yard.

02/14/2047

Anti-matter reactor tested on near earth asteroid Nicholas-2015.

09/11/2050

USS New York (DD-05) outfitted with first anti-matter drive. First ship to break light barrier.

07/04/2051

Mars colony declares independence.

07/15/2051

Solar Colonial Forces deployed to quell Mars colony revolt.

10/26/2053

Mars colony independence recognized by Earth. Total dead 2,562,972. Total wounded 10,456,023.

09/01/2054

Solar Union formed.

10/13/2054

Star Naval Command (SNC) established by an act of the Solar Union Congress.

09/21/2065

First warp three probe launched from lunar base to Alpha Centauri. Probe took two months to arrive, one month survey, and two months to return.

01/15/2066

USS Dalton (CG-20) Travels to Alpha Centauri to conduct full survey mission.

05/15/2069

Colony at Alpha Centauri is established.

06/25/2069

Commander Second Fleet deployed to establish a permanant battle group presence for colony patrol beyond Sol solar system at Alpha Centauri.

07/04/2076

Star Republic formed. With Earth, Mars, and Alpha Centauri Prime as members.

11/25/2078

Colony at Barnard’s Star is established.

12/05/2078

Commander Third Fleet deployed to establish a permanant battle group presence for colony patrol beyond Sol solar system at Barnard’s Star colony.

08/03/2080

Colony at Wolf 359 is established.

09/14/2080

Commander Fourth Fleet deployed to establish a permanant battle group presence for colony patrol beyond Sol solar system at Wolf 359.

04/12/2083

Barnard’s Star colony joins the Star Republic.

03/24/2085

Wolf 359 colony joins the Star Republic.

03/21/2135

USS Boxer (CVAT-13) keel laid at Franklin station.

03/25/2135

USS Defiant (CG-40) keel laid at Hamilton station.

10/30/2139

USS Defiant (CG-40) launched. First ship to travel at warp four.

10/21/2140

USS Boxer (CVAT-13) launched. First warp four troop assault carrier.

12/07/2146

Battle group assigned to Wolf 359 attacked by unknown forces consisting of one carrier, three cruisers and two destroyers. USS Coral Sea (CV-21) destroyed, 456 of 500 crew lost. USS Valiant (CG-46) destroyed, 345 of 400 crew lost. USS Zephyr (DD-25) heavy damage, 129 of 300 crew lost. Enemy forces begin landing troops at Wolf 359 colony which has no garrison.

12/13/2146

USS Yorktown (CV-18), USS Farragut (CG-27), USS Dalton (CG-20), USS Saturn (DD-09) heading to Alpha Centauri engage an enemy task force consisting of one carrier, three cruisers, two destroyers and four troop transports heading towards Alpha Centauri. All three cruisers are destroyed. The carrier and two destroyers are heavily damaged and withdraw. The four troop transports escape.

01/27/2147

USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-15), USS Jackson (CG-25), USS Halsey (CG-21), USS Neptune (DD-10) and USS Zephyr (DD-12) engage unknown enemy forces at Wolf 359. The enemy carrier, two cruisers, and four troop transports, are destroyed. One cruiser and one destroyer are heavily damaged and withdraw. The landing force consisting of USS Hamilton (LV-2), USS Denver (LPD-6), USS Venture (LSD-12), and USS Noble (LSD-10) land 26000 Solar Marines on Wolf 359 colony.

12/25/2147

The Solar Marines destroy the last of the enemy invasion force on Wolf 359. During the enemy invasion and brief occupation 1,456,101 of 15,623,000 colonists killed, and 3,739,200 are injured.

08/01/2148

No further engagements are made with unknown enemy forces.

06/07/2158

USS Essex (CG-54) keel laid at Hamilton station.

09/01/2158

USS Tarawa (CVAT-19) keel laid at Franklin station.

04/16/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) launched. First ship to travel at warp five.

05/02/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) encounters a race of humanoid cats inhabiting the fourth planet in the Sirius star system. Mission log available here.

05/05/2162

Captain Hunt of the USS Essex (CG-54) completes the first steps to establishing formal diplomatic relations with our first alien species. Commander McGroin is assigned to Catarrha to establish our embassy and await the arrival of Ambassador Dunn and the diplomatic delegation from the Star Republic. Commander McGroin requests a transfer to Catarrha as a military liaison for the embassy. Mission log available here.

06/06/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) is assigned to transport music delegations from various Star Republic planets to the Galactic Jam Fest code named 'Woodpile' on Earth.

06/21/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) picks up the delegation from Wolf 359 and proceeds to the Galactic Jam Fest code named 'Woodpile' on Earth. Mission log available here.

06/28/2162

USS Hood (CG-55) First mission to escort music delegations from the Galactic Jam Fest on Earth back to their home worlds.

07/28/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) conducts a survey mission of a nebula 2.3 light years from Wolf 359. They encounter an alien race. Mission log available here.

08/10/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) is assigned to conduct a survey mission to the Lalande system 4 light years from Wolf 359.

09/02/2162

09/15/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) returns to Wolf 359 from survey mission escorting civilians who violated the Lalande system restricted space order.

09/30/2162

USS Essex (CG-54) enters overhaul. Complete system upgrade, adding new star drive. Upgrade of weapons systems and re-classification of ship class to Heavy Cruiser. Overhaul scheduled for completion September 2163.

10/15/2162

USS Hood (CG-55) enters overhaul. Complete system upgrade, adding new star drive. Upgrade of weapons systems and re-classification of ship class to Heavy Cruiser. Overhaul scheduled for completion July 2163.

03/21/2163

USV Copernicus encounters an artificial signal coming from the Deneb Star system. They proceed to investigate and are attacked by an alien vessel.

05/08/2163

Star Naval Command receieves a transmission from USV Copernicus. It is almost two months old. Captain's Blog available here.

06/02/2163

USS Essex (CG-54) redesignated to heavy cruiser, hull number CA-504 following successful completion of space trials.

07/18/2163

USS Hood (CG-55) redesignated to heavy cruiser, hull number CA-505 following successful completion of space trials.

09/05/2163

USS Essex (CA-504)Commanding Officer Captain Michael T. Hunt assigned as Commander Task Force 504. The task force consists of USS Essex (CA-504), USS Hood (CA-505) Commanding Officer Captain Jessica Young, USS Kirov (CVS-128) Commanding Officer Commander William Thompson, USS Ticonderoga (DD-31) Commanding Officer Commander Thomas Webster.

09/27/2163

At 1700 hours Task Force 504 departs enroute to the last known position of the Science Vessel Copernicus. The Science Vessel appears to have been attacked by an unknown alien force in the Deneb star system over 3200 light years from earth. Task Force 504's mission is to determine what happened, recover any surviving personnel and ensure the new Spatial Comporession Drive has not been salvaged by any alien forces. Mission logs available here.