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TIMELINE
 

  1.4.1977 - USA launches Voyager 2 into deep space

  1.3.2000 - Y2K revelations
                    Billions of people notice that the so called Y2K-problem doesn't affect their lives in any way. Several
                    lawsuits have been filed against software giants who scared consumers into buying new operating systems for their
                    computers by exaggerating the problems Y2K would bring.

 11.9.2012 - Russian revolution
                     Communist revolution sweeps across Russia. Dissatisfaction with the goverment's actions conserning economical
                     issues lead to violent outburst and riots troughout the nation.

  11.9.2013 - Soviet States of Russia (SSR) formed
                     All former Soviet Union states agreed to join the Soviet States of Russia, a new union of communist countries.

  11.9.2016 - Construction of a fusion power plant started
                      The first commercial fusion power plant started in the US city of Medford.

  1.11.2019 - New propulsion system announced
                     A russian scientest, Dmitri Rybjev experiments a new fusion-based propulsion system; far more powerful than
                     anything before.

  23.3.2026 - First man on Mars
                     Space exploration took a major leap forward on this day, when Juri Gagarjev, a russian cosmonaut succesfully
                     landed on Mars after only 1 month of travel.

  14.7.2038 - Cold war escalades
                     A nuclear arms crisis in Finland raises tension between SSR and NATO as Finland agrees accept NATO's
                    military base with 12 nuclear missile silos.

  9.2.2040 - UN influence grows
                     In order to put a quiet end to cold war all United Nations members agree to surrender all their means of political
                     decision making under direct supervision of the UN. SSR opposes and is left out of the new United Nations.

  28.6.2044 - Internet is shut down
                     As many people continue to criticize grown UN influence the UN council advices global internet shutdown in order
                     to "secure mutual intrests".

   4.1.2071 -  A new basic element found
                      A Danish scientest finds a new basic element from Greenland meteorite crash site.
                     112th basic element was found to be extrely stable and possibly very, very useful. It was named Dilithium.

31.10.2078 - Dilithium found to be of extreme importance
                     United Nation's Project Dilithium scientests found out, that dilithium could actually be the key to faster-than-light travel.
                     This information was kept a secret.

    9.6.2091 - SSR Faster-than-light engine test craft launched
                     Surprisingly enough, Soviet States of Russia was the first nation to test a faster-than-light spacecraft. Test craft,
                     Rybjev 3, was the first craft to exceed lightspeed, but the test was largely considered a failure since the craft
                    was destroyed in a massive explosion when it's speed exceeded 1.2c (360000km/s).

  2.4.2102 -    Inertia dampening field
                   UN sciense department announces an inertia-dampening field, which allows passangers to be onboard FTL flights without
                   dying of massive 125000G acceleration required to reach 1C in four minutes.

   9.2.2107 -  Project Alpha Centauri started
                     A group of colonists left the Earth. Their destination: Alpha Centauri star system.

   3.1.2111 -  Project Alpha Centauri ends
                    Contact with colonist's ship is lost after four years of travel.

 19.1.2113 - FTL research continues
                    No ship has been able to exceed the mystical speed limitation of 1.2c. Dilithium reserves are almost depleted.

 18.9.2119 - New space-time theory
                    A faster-than-light testflight by an SSR craft at exact zero gravity point between Earth and Moon accidently sends
                    the ship to a location over 22 lightyears from Earth, into another star system. New form of FTL travel is found to
                    be extremely dilithium-efficent and fast, altough it is tied between certain points in the time-space continuum.

24.2.2122 - Dilithium found from several star systems
                   Commercial dilithium mining is started. Several companies rival over dilithium claims.

31.5.2128 - United Nations Space Forces
                   UN forms it's own space navy in order to look after it's own intrests in the dilithium business. Due to enormous
                   amounts of resources at UN's disposal the United Nations SpaceForces (UNSF) expands into most powerful
                   space navy yet (UNSF's craft 125000 million tons vs. SSR's mere 89100) in one year.

30.6.2132 - Mezen prime found
                   An SSR deep-space ship finds first Earth-like habitable planet from Mezen twinstar system. SSR starts immideate
                   colonization stating the planet as "Our weapon against UN tyranny"

17.4.2169 - SSR assimilated
                   After sevral political clashes between UN and the SSR, United Nation's council advises UNSF to forcefully
                   assimilate Soviet States of Russia into a part of United Nations "for common wellfare".

20.4.2169 - Soviet States of Mezen formed
                    Most of SSR's political leaders are captured, but remaining few manage to flee to Mezen Prime. Soviet States of
                    Russia is renamed Soviet States of Mezen.

2.1.2182 - UN Space Monopoly Edict
                  UN bureau of Earth declares all faster-than-light travel, with an exception of UNSF and UNSF supervised traffic,
                  prohibited and punishable. UN grants only two multistellar giant corporations, Microspace and
                  Hex-Optimum, a permit to mine dilithium.

   Covered in StarFight III - Within the Darkness:

1.4.2197 -  Voyager 2 returns
                  Press all over the world is amazed by sudden appearance of Voyager 2 on Earth's orbit. Scientest responsible of
                  studying the probe, professor Alber von Braun is infected by an alien organism.

2.4.2197 -  Sudden attack by an unknown enemy
                  Using the Voyager 2 as their homing beacon an alien fleet attacks Earth's defences. Alber Von Braun hampers
                  UNSF efforts by helping the aliens to destroy UN flagship, NCC Freedom.

10.4.2197 - Victory
                  Alien mothership is sucked into another dimension by an experimental Black Hole Device. All alien forces retreat
                  and this mysterious shape-shifting race vanishes. UNSF is victorious.
 

   Covered in StarFight IV - Legacy:

12.3.2198 -  NCC Exquisite is lost
                   NCC Exquisite, UNSF's newly-built flagship vanishes on it's maiden voyage. Ship's captain, a finnish long-term
                   diplomate Pertti-Antero Sillanköykäys is blamed for the incident.

17.3.2198 -  Captain Sillanköykäys returns to Earth
                    Exquisite's captain, Pertti-Antero Sillanköykäys returns to Earth with an amazing story. He tell's the press about
                    an UNSF's attempts to coverup project Alpha Centauri, that the real goal of the project was to investigate a
                    wormhole. He also claims that all patricipants were prisoners and were never meant to return Earth. UNSF
                    declines everything, and due to lack of evidence the whole thing blew over.

   Covered in StarFight V - Hell's Gate:

1.4.2199 -  Hell's Gate system is discovered
                  While attempting to study the Alpha Centauri wormhole UNSF sciense vessel DNS Watcher discovers a jump
                   point, which leads into a previously unknown star system, over 200 million lightyears from Earth. The 3rd planet of
                   this "Hell's Gate" system is found to be by far the best yet-known source of dilithium ever.

6.4.2199 -  UNSF studies Hell's Gate III
                  UN announces Hell's Gate III's dilithium supply to exceed all expectations. The planet consists of 5%
                  pure ditithium, it contains more than thousand times all the dilithium ever mined.

8.4.2199 -   SSM gains control of Hell's Gate III
                   A huge SSM fleet arrives at the jump point near Earth. They claim, that the greatest discovery of all mankind
                   cannot be allowed to fall under UN tyranny. All UNSF ships heading for Hell's Gate III are forced to turn back.

9.4.2199 -  UNSF attacks SSM fleet
                   Without a warning a large UNSF force attacks the SSM fleet. A huge battle ensues, and both sides suffer
                   enormous losses. More than a quarter of million lives are lost, but the SSM is victorious.

12.4.2199 - UNSF attacks continue
                    UNSF puts more pressure to the SSM fleet. UNSF ships manage to flee into the Hell's Gate system and form a
                    base there.

1.1.2210 -   Dilithium War continues
                   After fighting each other for 11 years no UNSF nor SSM show any signs of surrendering - war continues.

6.12.2219 - Conclusion
                    Both sides have lost more than 200 million lives fighting each other, so it is no longer considered an option.
                    Dilithium is divided, SSM gets all known dilithium sources except for Hell's Gate III. Earth is a ruin, all resources
                    consumed by UNSF's war efforts.