21st Century (2000 – 2099)

• Early-21st Century (2000 – 2033)
  • Destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorists and subsequent wars in the Middle East
  • Global Pandemic starts in China
  • Ascent of China as a super-power and alliance with Russia and Iran
  • Start of the Second Cold War between an American-led alliance and a Chinese-Russian alliance
• Mid-21st Century (2034 – 2066)
  • America and China establish permanent bases on the moon
  • Development of permanent manned infrastructure in Earth orbit, both civilian use and military use
  • Chinese and Russian economies falter due to demographic collapse
  • Demographic problems plague Europe as social programs falter and result in civil violence
  • The Merovingian religion starts in Europe
  • The Chinese Communist Party is overthrown and China enters a period of civil war
• Late-21st Century (2067 – 2099)
  • Following a protracted and bloody civil war, China unifies under a new government
  • Relations between America and China become warmer and an alliance forms between the American government and the new Chinese government
  • A permanent Mars base is established
  • China and Taiwan reunify
  • Russia reunifies and recovers
  • Russia forms a new Central Asian Alliance to rival the America/China Pacific Alliance and the Third Cold War begins
  • Transhumanist ideology is established by futurist Claude van Graven
  • Remote asteroid mining begins

22nd Century (2100 – 2199)

• Early-22nd Century (2100 – 2133)
  • A series of low-level wars are fought between the Central Asian Alliance and the Pacific Alliance
  • Martian settlements expand; Tharsis, Hellas, Elysium, Utopia, Argyre and Terra Arabia are established
  • Early Pillar Networks are established on the Mars colonies
  • A space elevator is constructed in Indonesian waters
  • Laws limiting transhumanist modifications are established on Earth
  • Grant Walker becomes wealthy through financing asteroid mining and establishes The Beacon Foundation for founding a colony on Venus
• Mid-22nd Century (2134 – 2166)
  • The Third Cold War ends and the Pacific Alliance is victorious
  • Grant Walker dies and Natalie Vo takes over The Beacon Foundation
  • The first platform for Beacon is completed and a permanent human colony is established on Venus
  • Transhumanist colonies are established on Olympus Mons
  • Beacon expands as new platforms are created and new cities are founded on Venus
  • The Beacon Foundation transforms itself into the Archipelago
  • A space elevator is constructed on Mars at Zephyria, along with an independent city-state
• Late-22nd Century (2167 – 2199)
  • Claude van Graven dies and his body is entombed on Olympus Mons
  • Independent city-states unconnected to the Archipelago are founded on Venus
  • Hellas rebels and gains independence from Earth politically
  • Hellas suffers political instability until a military strongman unites it
  • First Merovingian city is commissioned with the intent to establish a Merovingian Kingdom on Venus
  • Olympian colonies become increasingly radical and divided
  • Economic crisis on Earth due to the Hellas rebellion and overvalued assets in the Asteroid Belt

23rd Century (2200 – 2299)

• Early-23rd Century (2200 – 2233)
  • Tharsis and Elysium decide to invade Olympus Mons to resolve increasing violence
  • Hellas invades Argyre and absorbs the colony, creating an empire spanning most of the southern hemisphere
  • Tharsis and Elysium fight a series of wars against Hellas
  • Political violence and instability rocks Elysium, ending in a new regime taking over
  • Several Olympian factions flee to the Asteroid Belt, establishing new colonies 
  • Basilicus Viginti Novem is birthed on Olympus Mons
  • Basilicus Viginti Novem then flees to the Asteroid Belt after his entire brood is killed
  • Earth’s economy is notoriously lethargic during this period
• Mid-23rd Century (2234 – 2266)
  • A cold war forms between Elysium and Hellas
  • The Pillar Networks of Tharsis form alliances against one another and enter a period of a civil cold war
  • Venus colonies continue to grow and expand at a rapid rate
  • Basilicus Viginti Novem coalesces power among the exiled Olympian colonies in the Asteroid Belt
  • The problem of piracy grows on Venus
  • Multiple private military organizations are founded, including Providence
  • A solar-system-wide depression occurs in part due to the Olympians manipulating the economy
  • Due to the economic problems on Earth political problems begin to form as well
  • The Olympians begin building their invasion force
• Late-23rd Century (2267 – 2299)
  • America celebrates five hundred years as an independent country
  • Pirates on Venus capture Trevor Solu-Rao
  • Political alliances on Earth breakdown, including the Pacific Alliance as civil strife escalates in both America and China
  • The Olympians launch their war against Earth, the first strike kills hundreds of millions of people
  • The Olympians take control of Earth’s orbit and launch a siege against the planet
  • The nations of Earth fall after several years of fighting, but resistance and insurgency movements continue to fight
  • The nations of Venus and Mars pour money into building up defensive measures against the Olympians
  • Venus creates the White Fleet and the Gold Fleet
  • There is a failed assassination attempt against Basilicus Viginti Novem
  • Three troop carriers defect from the Olympians and travel to Venus
  • Refugees from Earth flee to Venus and Mars, straining their economies and causing political tensions
  • There is an attempted overthrow of the government on Rialto and it subsequently becomes a protectorate of the Merovingian Kingdom, as a result

24th Century (2300 – 2399)

• Early-24th Century (2300 – 2333)
  • The Venusian White Fleet completes its Grand Tour of the solar system by going out to Jupiter and Saturn
  • Tensions continue to rise between the Olympian regime on Earth and the nations of Venus and Mars
  • Pirates attack The Majesty of the Skies