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 |