Chronology of the Aetherium Expanse

Chronology of the Aetherium Expanse lists major dated events across the historical eras of the setting. Entries link to published wiki articles where available; anchor events from master canon appear when no dedicated article exists yet.

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Bootstrap (2030–2150 CE)

Date	Event
12 March 1989, Nairobi, Kenya, Earth CE	Commander Marcus Hale — Character
2029 CE	Shackleton Ice Mining Cooperative — Faction
2031 CE	First Sustained Mars Surface Missions — Technology
2047 CE (established as permanent settlement complex)	Ares Prime Dome Complex — Planet
Reserve formally designated 2047 CE; expanded 2071 CE and 2091 CE	Luna Far-Side Radio Silence Reserve — Planet
14 March 2065 CE	First Belt Ice-Hauler Convoy — Battle
Temporary survey camps established 2096 CE; no permanent colony as of 2098 CE	Pallas Deep-Core Survey — Planet

Interplanetary Age (2150–2300 CE)

Date	Event
2179 CE (groundbreaking); 2191 CE (first residential occupancy)	O'Neill Habitat Ring Seven — Technology
2188 CE — ratified at Occator Dome, Ceres, by eleven signatory delegations	Founding of the Ceres Charter Compact — Faction

First Expansion (2300–2450 CE)

Date	Event
2312 CE	Keth Prime — Planet
2419 CE	First Contact with the Vareth Concord — Human survey mission established diplomatic relations with a multi-species alien polity
2446 CE	Signing of the Concord Relay Protocols — Human and Vareth engineers co-authored early entangled-relay safety standards

First Contact (2410–2480 CE)

Date	Event
2476 CE	Activation of the First Corridor Gate — Proof that FTL routing was possible at enormous energy cost; mass limits strict

Early FTL and Lattice Discovery (2450–2620 CE)

Date	Event
2488 CE	Collapse of the Terran Mandate — Central governance experiment failed; outer colonies asserted independence
2510 CE	Discovery of First Lattice Age Site — Precursor ruins found on a rim moon; corridor mathematics partially salvaged
c. 2530 CE (experimental)	Lattice Drive — Technology
2555 CE	Beginning of the Lattice Wars — Competing polities fought over salvage rights and corridor patents
2620 CE	End of Machine Interregnum — AI governance experiments curtailed; charter federations began reunification talks

Second Consolidation (2620–2790 CE)

Date	Event
2634 CE	Discovery of the Null Horizon — Survey fleet lost causality lock in the Vareth corridor; region mapped as hazardous
2655 CE	Stellar Consortium — Faction
2712 CE	Founding of the Mnemonic Archive — Post-human archivists established the first lattice repository on Mnemos
2779 CE	Consortium Blockade of the Outer Rim — Failed economic blockade preceded Free Holds seizure of Keth Prime
2781 CE	Battle of Keth Prime — Battle

Silence Wars (2770–2795 CE)

Date	Event
2795 CE	Signing of the Great Silence Accord — Ceasefire ending the Silence Wars; demilitarized zones established at Halcyon Station

Third Consolidation (2790–2900 CE)

Date	Event
2847 CE	Siege of Vareth Station — Pyrrhic Consortium victory near the Null Horizon; border treaties revised
2860 CE	Reported Reactivation at Linerra Site Theta — Precursor facility emitted corridor harmonics; cause disputed across factions