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Year A.D.Before/After Landing [1]ZharusTerra/OtherTechnology

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-999997650-1000000000Gondwana Forms

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2048-302Post-Oil "Dark Age" begins [2]

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2152-198Post-Oil "Dark Age" endsFirst Wave of survey probes .3 c

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2200-150Third Wave of survey probes. .5c

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2225-125First slower-than-light generation ships dispatched to nearby stars (Proxima, Centauri, etc.) First year of the Diaspora calendar some Colonies use.Quantum computers reach maturity.

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2270-80Technology improvements make cold sleep feasible. STL speeds increase sharply.

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2278-72Zharus discovered.Total Body Simulation replaces using live rats for experiments.

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2294-56Probe transmission reaches Proxima. Followup probes sent at .8c.

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2298-52Survey probe transmission reaches Earth.

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2305-45Zharus Diaspora and Steader Colonization purchase rights. Colonization Fleet construction begins.

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2315-35STL Fleet leaves Sol System with a full ten million colonists in coldsleep—the largest such fleet at that time. Several more even larger fleets follow at 5-year intervals based on more complete information from followup probe.

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23500Landing

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236515Last group of original Colonists finally awakened. But there are more arriving every five years as Earth is desperate to get the population to sustainable levels.Antigravity lifter technology mature enough for commercial use perfected on Centauri. Lifters use a native mineral quickly called "cavorite". However, unlike its qubitite counterpart on Zharus, this mineral is easily created artificially on a commercial scale.

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239242First space elevator becomes operational on Zharus about 50 years ahead of schedule.

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240050Antigravity lifter technology mature enough for commercial use reaches Zharus. This makes the Space Elevator only useful for shipping bulk materials like space-mined ores.First FTL demonstration flights.

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242070Last formal "Wave" of colonists to Zharus. Planet population is just over one billion. Dr. Roberto Martinez begins study of the Dry Ocean--from a distance.First practical barely-FTL colony ships launched. Speeds at 1.2c.

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242272First expansion out of Laurasia of independent city-states on Gondwana's Coastal Ring. Nextus founded.

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243080Several exploratory expeditions into the Dry Ocean fail, sometimes tragically, due to equipment failure caused by qubitite contamination. Most polities declare Dry Ocean exploration off limits.FTL speeds jump to 5.3c

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80Wednesday Landing Tragedy sparks invention of hardlight. Since Zharus is closest, they send a distress torpedo at an amazing 14c.

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243181Zharus sends assistance to Wednesday in wake of Wednesday Landing Tragedy.Technology exchange between Wednesday and Zharus. FTL ekes to 5.7c.

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243585Zharusian IDE factories retool for other products and external IDE importation ceases.Terrans continue using IDEs in brushfire wars on Earth and nearer colonies.

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243787Dr. Roberto Martinez establishes research outpost that forms the kernel of Uplift.

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2450100Nanites are able to live outside of isolation tanks. Uplift adds its second dome emitter in what will be Bifrost Park.Earth has first true "cyborgs".FTL at 10.5 c. Message probes dispatched to ships in flight showing how to upgrade their engines.

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2458108"Aloha"

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2459109Aloha founded on Gondwana. (Officially named in 110)

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2460110

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2462112Sarium batteries appear on market.

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2462112Qubitite Rush begins

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2462112Clint Brubeck stakes claim to huge qubitite deposit, founds Brubeck Mining.

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2465115Downgraded surplus military drop shuttles sold as first "Suborbital" vehicles.Cybernetics (a la Ghost in the Shell: SAC) become common on Earth.

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2465115Sturmhaven labs field-test first AIDE units. Nextus labs create smaller IDEs using sarium battery technology.

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2468118Nextus-Sturmhaven War beginsRufus born in Deseret.

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2469119Ryan Stonegate born in New Boston, Earth.

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2470120Conditions on Earth vary from "Glass Half Full" to "Crapsack" to "Crapsaccharine".

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2471121Nextus, Sturmhaven, and Nuevo San Antonio military RIDE programs commenceFirst RI created in Nextus lab

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2471121"Integration #13: Kaylee & Anny"First known Integration takes place.

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2472122Combination of sarium batteries and technological refinements make hardlight fully practical for use in portable vehicles such as RIDEs.Final World War (Unification War)FTL at 19c

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2473123Nextus-Sturmhaven War ends

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2474124RIDEs for civilian applications enter mass production.

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2479129"Splashdown"

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2480130Integration first becomes public knowledge

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2480130First Integrated enclave founded

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2481131"Astra-Naught"

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2481131Alohan Space Elevator touches down. (Opens for use in 132)

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2482132Prospector tourism starts, first in Uplift and then in other Polities. Prospectors with useless claims rent RIDEs to tourists to give them a feel of prospecting in the Dry Ocean. More expensive services offer guides and ships to do "real" prospecting.

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2482132AlphaWolf escapes (or is released by) Nextus military, begins organizing home for emancipated RIDEs out in the desert.

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2483133Gondwanan Federated Marshal Service founded

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2484134"The Lady of the Tiger"

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2484134"Cave of Wonders"

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2490140Brubeck Mining builds first permanent qubitite mining platform to make extensive use of hardlight shielding to protect against qubitite contamination, effectively changing the entire system of qubitite mining in the Dry Ocean. [3]

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2490140"Sum of Their Parts"

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2495145Earth develops compact tokamak technology to enable reduced-size IDE units.

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2498148UE Senate debates applying terraforming to Earth itself. Vast cities lay empty, but are being recycled to fill the needs of the still-shrinking population.

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2499149Ryan and Rufus arrive aboard the starliner Spruce GooseFTL at 25c

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2500150Study paper on crossriding presented at Terran psychology conference.

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2501151Rufus purchases Yvonne and enthuasticially becomes Rufia. Ryan purchases, fixes Kaylee.

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2506156"Deserted"

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2506156"Merging Traffic"/"R&R: Rochelle & Rufia"

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2506156"FreeRIDErs"/"Integration"

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2506156"Barely Fused, Slightly Foxed"/"Longer Fused, More Foxed"Antimatter-based energy production perfected on Earth but restricted to military applications. The reactors are huge and only usable on very large ships or planetside. Power is beamed to ships/mecha that need it.

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2506156"Turnover"

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2506156"Inspector Hollins" stories

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2510160Earth population has dropped to 4 billion. End of the Diaspora as the planet clamps down, realizing their pop is now too low. Planet is on the way to becoming like East Germany, trying to keep people in. Total population of the Colonies is now greater than the origin world's. [4]

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2525175In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find [5]
[1] In actuality, the Zharusian year is 249 hours longer than the Terran year, meaning that the correspondence should slip by one year about every thirty or so. We're assuming magic orbit fairies to keep the timelines matching at this point.
[2] Just like our own "dark ages" it wasn't, really.
[3] Prior to this, most mining done by RIDEs using disposable equipment for larger-scale work.
[4] If Zharus had 2 billion on Laurasia alone (implying probably 3-4 billion system wide given its reliance on space industry), the other colonies combined would have long surpassed 4 billion.
[5] I couldn't resist. :)