Timeline of Velorum

Recorded History in Velorum is broken into five main periods. The Remnants, The Golden Age, The Silence, The Formation, and The Present.

2108 - 2314: REMNANTS: EARLIEST RECORDED HISTORY
There are several remaining notable events that occurred in this near-prehistorical time.

Records show that the Spike Drive was invented by Dr. Tiberius Crohn in around 2108. From this invention, humanity began to spread among the stars using its newly acquired FTL travel.

In 2240, “Metadimensional Extroversion Syndrome” begins to manifest in certain spacers. Occurring most often around puberty, the abilities exhibited by MES victims seem impossible by normal scientific measure- telepathy, teleportation, precognitive flashes, and other abilities that defy understanding. The syndrome is inevitably fatal unless the victim avoids all use of their abilities.

By around 2280, victims of MES are able to be trained and are involved in the production of cutting edge technology. This is the birth of Psionics, trained and healthy carriers of MES.

2315 - 2664: TO THE GOLDEN AGE (REIGN OF PRE-TECH)
Less is lost from the Golden Age, but there are many blanks that contemporary Velorian records cannot fill. Above all else, "pre-tech" is from this era and was at its most advanced.

The first functional Jump Gate was finished in 2315, demarcating the beginning of the Golden Age. Jump gates enabled instantaneous travel and transmission of matter between two points. Each gate, however, requires approximately 50 master psionics for proper operation. Shortly after this discovery, space turned into a wild west. The former Terran home and governing body lifted restrictions to space travel and many locations far, far, away were colonized, developed, or inhabited by Terrans.

In 2145, it is the peak of the Golden Age. The Terran Mandate has largely given up on exerting control over the frontier colonies, and now concentrates simply on neutralizing threats to the core worlds. Every description of Terran civilization and ideology can be found somewhere in Terran space, and cultures experiment with new forms of social organization. Psitech supplements normal technology to produce enormous abundance for even the poorest colony worlds.

Spike Drive ships become antiquated and Terran technology is reaching levels that are analogous to Godhood...

2665 - 2899: THE SILENCE
In 2665, the tragedy known as The Scream occurs. The Scream erupts from somewhere within the Veil Nebula. The Scream inevitably renders all psychics dead, otherwise hopelessly insane. The Jump Gate network collapses. A period of stellar isolation and chaos begins, now commonly called “the Silence”.

In 2705 Pre-Velorian Terrans, on the outer rim of the frontier, leave behind the Xe system. Xe Prime and Secundus are restricted to immiscible and hybrid biological systems. The Terrans plan to head to Velorum 0506A, the nearest Earth-like planet. Pre-Scream, it was being cultivated as farmland by Wei-Langley Food Consortium.

In 2718, a new generation of adolescent MES victims begin to show symptoms. This causes an uproar from a superstitious older generation, which leads to new jurisdiction by the Consortium: no MES employees, no MESses on Wei-Langley soil. They are gathered into cruisers, torn from families and sent into space. Nobody knows the exact goal or location, this secret lies only with Wei-Langley.

2900 - 2905: VELORUM VS. WEI-LANGLEY, OTHER WAR
Realizing that their power as an agricultural monopoly, Wei-Langley does not bend to the will of the people. Despite the formation of government, businesses, and other systems, the Consortium refuse its workers of proper unionization. Citizens grow tired of withheld technology and the corporation's unshared excess. Propaganda about the corruption and immunity of Wei-Langley’s high ranking officials forms, and small nations and governments form treatises to rally against the corporation.

From 2829 - 2848 Velorum experiences The War Against the Consortium. Terran people fight back and eventually free themselves from corporate control. At the head of this war is the Orenstein family, an eventual political party. Legislation is passed that Wei-Langley must sign off on. Within a few years, the company is cannibalized by its members and reemerges as the WLC.

As an outcome of the hastily thrown together government and lost direction after their victory, there is a lack of unification in the Velorum system. Trade, political uncertainty, and newly gained military power and confidence lead to the beginnings of a civil war.

In 2897 The Great Velorum War begins. The Terran Freedom Project makes a public declaration of its unwillingness to step down. The TFP announces its plans for expansion, seizure of military, state, and wealth. If any stand in their way, they will respond with military force. Overnight, the entire tri-planetary system transitions from peace to war.

The Orenstein’s once again rise to the forefront of this conflict and, with diplomatic grace and militaristic efficiency, quell the TFP. The war ends in 2905. Much of this is due to their introduction of three Armed Forces Advanced-Type Mechanical Frames, which the TFP cannot keep up with. In the process, the family bankrupts themselves, unable to pay back the upkeep of the machines. Thousands are dead once again.

Months later (2905), the New Velorum Alliance is drafted and the New Velorum Parliamentary Commune is installed as the systems new government.

2905 - Present (3218): VELORUM UNIFIED
War has not occurred since The Great Velorum war. Trade routes with other star systems and civilizations are being established and improved every year. The influence and control of the NVPC expands, and its military grows in power.

In 3216, Lady Xerala Wingfield IV, a descendant of the Orenstein House is elected Her Highness First Citizen.

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