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*2050: [[Humans]] first arrive on [[Mars]].

*2100: Humans are living in [[space]].

*2156: Humans arrive in [[Alpha Centauri]] (4.37 light years away [[Earth]]).

*2159: The [[United Colonies]] are established.

*2160: [[New Atlantis]] is founded.

*2161: New Atlantis becomes the official [[capital city]] of the United Colonies.

*2167: [[Cheyenne]] is settled by [[Solomon Coe]], who found it's first [[settlement]] [[Akila City]].

*2188: Coe invites [[Volii]] to join Cheyenne in a new alliance - The [[Freestar Collective]].

*2189: [[Freestar Collective]] is officially formed.

*2194: The [[United Colonies]] positions the [[star station]] called the [[Clinic]] in [[orbit]] around [[Deepala]] in the [[Narion]] [[system]]. The unaffiliated peoples of the system expanded their borders and demanded the [[UC]] to remove the Clinic.  

*2195: When [[UC]] refuses, the people of Narion vote to join the Freestar Collective, who mobilize to protect the system.

*2196: In response to [[Freestar]] mobilization, the UC moves a [[fleet]] into the [[Narion]] system and Freestar responds in kind. The [[Narion War]] begins.

*2216: The [[Narion War]] drags on as public sentiment sours. Finally, the [[Treaty of Narion]] is signed by the UC and Freestar Collective in 2216, ending the conflict. The term “[[Settled Systems]]” is formalized in the treaty.

*2221: The [[Freestar Rangers]] are founded as an elite protective and investigative force, dedicated to serving all citizens of the Freestar Collective.

*2275: [[Constellation]] is formed by [[Sebastian Banks]]. Original members include [[Chloe Bao]], accomplished [[physicist]]; [[Aja Mamasa]], the youngest member and Sebastian’s protégé; [[Darius Andris]], [[botanist]] and specialist in [[xenoflora]]; [[Bernadette Laurent]], wealthy [[heiress]] and [[adventurer]]; [[Everado Gil]], former [[smuggler]]; and [[Kadri Toma]], [[biologist]] and [[physician]]. [[The Lodge]] is built in [[New Atlantis]] to serve the needs and people of Constellation for generations to come.

*2305: [[Barrett]] joins [[Constellation]].

*2307: The [[Freestar Collective]] begins farming on the [[planet]] of [[Vesta]] in the [[Lunara]] system. By 2308 the United Colonies claimed that by establishing a colony in a fourth [[star system]], the Freestar Collective had violated the [[Treaty of Narion]]. Diplomatic talks break down, and the UC lays siege to Vesta, killing anyone who stayed behind (or was brought in) to defend it. The [[Colony War]] officially begins.

*2130: [[Constellation]] comes into possession of their first [[Artifact]] and tucks it away in the [[Constellation archives]].

*2315: The UC Vanguard is founded as a response to the Freestar Collective's tactics. Vanguard is the UC's civilian navy that protects the United Colonies. The reward for service is citizenship in the United Colonies.

*2311: After several years of conflict, the [[Colony War]] effectively comes to an end with the [[Battle of Cheyenne]] as a flotilla of civilian and military [[Freestar Collective]] ships takes down the major ships of the [[UC Navy]] using hit-and-run tactics.

*2135: The [[UC Vanguard]] is founded as part of a UC response to the Freestar Collective's use of civilian ships during the [[Colony War]]. The [[Vanguard]] is the UC's own civilian [[navy]], relying on civilians using their own ships, who pledged to protect the [[United Colonies]] and its interests. The ultimate reward for this service: [[citizenship]] in the United Colonies.

*2319: [[Sarah Morgan]] becomes the youngest head of the [[UC Navigator Corps]], though it’s a short-lived position as the division is shut down in 2320. Cast adrift, but still eager to put her training to good use, [[Morgan]] joins [[Constellation]].

*2321: [[Walter Stroud]], co-owner of [[Stroud-Ecklund]], one of the [[Settled Systems]]' premier [[starship manufacturers]], joins [[Constellation]] and becomes its primary financial backer.

*2322: Former [[Crimson Fleet]] [[pirate]] [[Vladimir Sall]] joins [[Constellation]].

*2325: Sarah Morgan becomes acting [[Chair of Constellation]].

*2325: [[Theologian]] [[Matteo Khatri]] joins [[Constellation]].

*2326: [[Barrett]] finds the original [[Artifact]] in the [[Constellation archives]] and knows it must be special.

*2326: After months of correspondence with [[Sarah Morgan]], graduate student and gifted [[scientist]] [[Noel]] is invited to join [[Constellation]].

*2327: [[Freestar Ranger]] [[Sam Coe]] and his daughter [[Cora]] join [[Constellation]].

*2328: [[Andreja]] joins Constellation.

*2328: [[Barrett]] convinces [[Constellation]] to purchase [[Starstation L-868]] and modify it to become a [[deep space scanner]], nicknamed “[[The Eye]].”