Timeline of galactic history

This is a timeline of history of the known galaxy recording the known galaxy's most important events and interstellar developments. All dates are given in the Federal Vespian Calendar.

Exodus era

 * -90 NE
 * Mikael O'Neill is born on Earth.
 * -48 NE
 * The Vespians are created in secret by O'Neill on Earth.
 * The first Vespian, known as Lucius the Firstborn, is created by Mikael.
 * -35 NE
 * Lucius reaches adulthood within thirteen years of his creation. Through a controlled reproductive environment, Lucius gives birth to the first Vespian offspring; Alexei, Jonathan, Jerome, n/a, n/a, n/a, and n/a. They later become known as the Seven Forefathers, through whom all other Vespians were born.
 * -27 NE
 * Mikael O'Neill develops the Bestir drive, allowing for faster-than-light travel. With the bestir drive, a ship can travel fifty times the speed of light by tunneling into a theoretical dimension of space known as voidspace, where the laws of physics as the are known in realspace do not apply. The existence of the bestir drive is kept secret from the rest of the world.
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 * After reviewing the deteriorating conditions on Earth, Mikael opts to leave the planet, and establish a functioning society elsewhere. Construction on a spaceship for the Vespians to leave Earth begins. Though there are only a handful of Vespians on the planet, the first generation of Vespians devote themselves entirely to their creator's project.
 * Skirmishes between the Northern Atlantic Federation and the Sino-Russian Alliance over the declining resources of Earth begins.
 * -17 NE
 * The Sino-Russian Alliance invades the East Asian Sphere over the disputed rights to a cache of precious metals and fresh water supplies. The Northern Atlantic Federation condemns the attack, but does nothing to save the EAS from the invasion.
 * The Vespians maintain their neutrality in the growing conflicts around the world, and focus on completing their spacecraft, secretly funnelling supplies to the construction site in the Rocky Mountains of the NAF.
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 * The Ark of Mikael is completed by the Vespians, and the entire Vespian population quickly move to gather all of the resources needed for the trip ahead. The gathering of food, weapons, and resources for the planned trip begins immediately.
 * The African Union invades the Arab Federation after a series of AU warships sent out to support the Sino-Russian invasion of the EAS are intercepted and destroyed by the Arabs.
 * The city of Tokyo is nuked by the Sino-Russian armies in retaliation for a nuclear attack directed against the city of Hong Kong in the SRA.
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 * After knowledge of the unique nature of the Vespians is revealed by figures following the Vespians actions, attempts to stall the Vespians' work by the NAF ar launched, though when armed Vespian militia rally to protect the supply chain heading to the gathering site of the Ark of Mikael, attempts are halted. The NAF threatens to incarcerate all Vespians of fighting age if they do not disarm and turn over their weapons. Last minute negotiations between Mikael O'Neill and the NAF government in New York City, manage to cool any hostile actions by either party.
 * -1 NE
 * ​The gathering work for the Ark of Mikael if completed, and the entire Vespian population throughout the NAF to begin boarding the two additional vessels.
 * The NAF officially declares war on the SRA, with the Arab Federation and the Brazilian Commonwealth pledging their support to the NAF-led alliance. In response, the African Union, South American Confederation, and Indian Empire declare war on the coalition fighting against the SRA.
 * 0 NE (2364 AD)
 * As it becomes clear that humanity has begun a fully-fledged third world war, Mikael O'Neill signals to the Vespians that it is time to leave Earth for a new homeworld. Sixty thousand Vespians board the Ark of Mikael, and flee the dying planet, beginning the Vespian Exodus.
 * The New Era begins.

Primordial era

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 * The Vespian population aboard the exodus fleet is awakened by the ship systems after passing the 40,000 lightyear point as set by Mikael before the exodus. The search for a new homeworld near the galactic core begins.
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 * The planet of Vespia is discovered by the fleet after a five year search in the local region for habitable worlds. Mikael divides the planet up between the seven houses of his sons, and selects a region that shall serve as the neutral ground for all Vespians for himself.

Industrial era

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 * The concept of the void drive is theorized by Roman Nazarov and Cecil Veilleux. The idea is given serious consideration by the Great Households, though global conflict hampers widescale research into the theory, and the void drive is stalled for more than a century.
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 * Research into void space and interstellar travel becomes a priority of many households after the Fourth Dust War, in which seventy million Vespians are killed in the fighting. It becomes a highly accepted belief that the Vespian species needs a second home in light of the dwindling resources and increasingly destructive worlds on Vespia.
 * 6165 NE
 * Construction on the first FTL-capable vessel of the Vespians, the VVS Winterblossom, begins on the moon of Archangel. The construction of the Winterblossom requires the efforts of all seven households, and becomes a popular show of solidarity back on Vespia.
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 * The VSS Winterblossom is completed, and is launched during a ceremony involving all seven households of the Vespians.
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 * The VSS Winterblossom discovers the planet of Onyx, a fully habitable planet that will become the first planet colonized by the Vespians.
 * 7722 NE
 * Anton Kane contemplates the idea for a unified Vespian government, an idea that will soon become known as Pact of Brotherhood.

Unification era

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 * The Unified Vespian Directorate is established following the Treaty of the Seven Brothers, giving rise to the first united Vespian government since the time of Lucius the Firstborn.