TIMELINE

003pf(Pre Frontier)
The first Sathar war is fought. In the span of just a few months the Truans Star system falls and a mass exodus of refugees begins to Dixon’s Star. The war lasts a bit over a year and ends when Admiral Morgain leads a surprise attack against the Sathar, completely destroying much of their fleet. Morgain perishes during the battle.

001fy(Federation Year)

The Sathar invasion makes the need for an organized space force a necessity. The four founding races gather and the United Planetary Federation is born.

006fy Star Law is founded.

006fy The first Dramune War is fought, millions die in the six month civil war.

005fy-012fy Frontier ships begin to arrive in the Rim worlds. The devastation of centuries of oppression at the hands of the Sathar is quickly evident. The Ifshnit, Humma, and Osakar are allowed into the Federation as full members, the Mechanons are made wards.

017-027fy The Blue Plague sweeps through the Federation taking, in all, 17 million lives.

036fy Growing tensions again sprout the second Dramune War. Increased rivalry and better technology only compound the death and destruction.

050-060fy The first ever corporate war takes place as PGC and Streel wage war over the planet Laco. "Laco’s War," as it is known, claims the lives of thousands and costs billions of dollars between the two companies. Neither steps down and finally the UPF steps in and resolves the conflict.

061fy The third Dramune war is fought.

054-070fy The Mechanon race goes through several revolts and upheavals. In the end there are two factions that form as a result. The peaceful Mechanons flee planet and move to space while the warlike Mechanons, or "Denizens", break relations with the UPF and control Volturnus.

080-090fy The second Sathar war is fought, one which is much more cleverly planned by the Sathar and nearly succeeds. A three pronged attack leaves the UPF in disarray and the Sathar are poised at the brink of victory for several months before several strokes of luck drive them back again. The final battle on outpost #1 takes over two years and thousands perish. In the end, the Sathar are pushed out and the UPF has become a formidable force.

100fy The age of discovery begins as the UPF and Rim Coalition map out space and continue what would become a long time friendship.

114-116fy Deciding that the best defense against another Sathar invasion is advanced warning, the UPF command sets out to locate the Sathar homeworlds. Refitting many of their older capital ships as sensor platforms, a small task force is set out to research and locate the Sathar in their own lair. A two year journey ends in disaster when the task force is ambushed in deep in space and all but two ships are exterminated. When the UPF finally arrives with help, they locate only the UPFS Challenger and the CCMS Osprey hiding amongst the debris.

125fy In an attempt to provide a more energy efficient Grav Car, FSMC scientists inadvertently stumbled upon one of the biggest inventions of the centuries, Internal Gravity. By creating a well of gravity around the ship it was now possible to arrange decks horizontally rather than vertically. The concept did not immediately catch on, however, as the power needed to maintain the "well" was tremendous. As time passed and scientific breakthroughs made the technology more appealing, eventually the first UPF ship utilizing Horizontal decking was commissioned. The idea in concept was great, in reality it was miraculous. The new decking made ships more streamlined, offering better utilization of room and design. In five years the UPF had either refitted or built to bring over 50% of their fleet to the new standards. The entire fleet was officially converted another five years later in the year 161fy. By 175fy any ship still using the vertical decking system was considered obsolete and an antique.

162fy-181fy The Federation reaches an all time low as once fellow comrade systems comes to arms against one another. Civil war and system to system fighting along with pirating bring the Federation to ruins. Despite all of this, however, new explorations in space as well as science abound and a multitude of new races are met and interacted with. Unfortunately, none of these new "allies" choose to join the Federation due to the feuding.

181fy-184fy Just when all was thought to be lost and the Federation was at the brink of annihilation a new enemy appears. This new force, the Skull empire, is many times more lethal than any enemy ever faced by the Federation. There technology is decades ahead, they are organized, strong, and very skilled. In fact, they might nearly have crushed the Federation outright had they not been so badly outnumbered from the beginning. End result, a massive push forces the Skulls to withdraw to their homeworld...they would not be long forgotten.

185fy Captured Skull technology leads to the advent of the first "Ceramic armor." This armor, worn by Skull infantry, effectively negates most beam attacks allowing little damage to reach it’s wearer. The armor was pivotal to the Skull in the beginning of the war as dozens of well placed shots were needed to drop just one soldier. As a result, laser weapons see a drastic decline as these Ceramic armors make the technology obsolete. It will be another four centuries before laser technology can be refined enough to be effective once again.

186fy-201fy Not more than a year later a maniacal priest leads the mind wiped citizens of the Araks system into a rebellion .vs. the Federation. Integrating themselves into society and conducting suicidal terrorist attacks proved that this new threat was nothing to laugh at. It took the federation fifteen years and countless more lives to finally find and defeat the head priest of this fanatic sect. End result: Alex Bailor, then a lieutenant, leads a unit of UPF Special Forces troops against "Bigamore Dredge." In the most horrific scenes to date the galaxy watches as the mindless subjects of Araks climb over their own dead and rip the soldiers apart with their bare hands and teeth. The Dredge is finally taken and the priests hold over the people is broken but not until over 30 percent of the population is wiped out.

191-195fy A series of minor skirmishes and hit and fade attacks by the Sathar scare the UPF into believing that a full scale war is at hand. Four years pass and the attacks never increase, almost as if the Sathar were testing the UPF’s defenses. Soon the attacks stopped and once again all was quiet.

194fy The Vaijell (Essix) plague, a terrible flesh eating disease thought to have been brought on by a Sathar chemical attack, assaults the Federation. Millions die and seven planets are quarantined while a cure for the plague is researched. In the end the plague was named for the man who finally defeated it, Dr. Lijiong Vaijell, an Ifshnit biochemist from Osak University of Technology.

197fy-205fy Near the end of the Araks incursions the Sathar and Skull empires decide to unite in an effort to take the Federation in it's moment of weakness. Their first strike decimates many of the upper rim worlds and all is thought to be lost until the arrival of the Ghost Force. An elite branch of the UPF, which still exists today, introduces a state of the art task force based on newly found alien technology. Led by Lord Dan "Blades" Thoms in the Alpha quadrant and General Alex Bailor in the Delta quadrant this new force proved to be more than formidable against even the superior Skull forces. In several quick and decisive strikes this new force swiftly reduces the Sathar threat to nothing and turns the Skull forces on the run. For the first time in its history the Federation has decisively won a war!

208fy-209fy The "Stormbringer wars," as they were known, were the battles of the Ghost Force in locating and then taking the Skull empires homeworld. Six and a half months of near constant fighting on the planet decimated both sides and sent the Skull race to the stars. Now there location is unknown and although they are still encountered in federation space, their numbers and hostility has been greatly reduced.

209fy It is a new beginning for the Federation. More allies are made each day and science, culture, peace and prosperity are at an all time high. War becomes a thing of the past as only minor skirmishes and corporate battles arise all of which are handled easily by the star law rangers.

218fy Star Law Rangers successful discovery of the century old Pirate homeworlds becomes a major break for Federation shipping and commerce. In just two days the Pirating world lost over two hundred ships and thousands of men.

227fy The advent of the Neutron drive hails a new era in space flight. For the first time Federation ships are now operating on self contained drives capable of providing their own fuel for longer range missions and voyages.

437fy Noted Dralasite chemist Oobl Do Oohl discovers a method for mutating genes in the Dralasite DNA chain. This new discovery allows Dralasites to make a conscious decision from their first stage of growth on how they wish to evolve. If the Oobl injection is taken, the Dralasite will be capable of growing to over twice their normal height and weight with proportional adjustments for Strength, Dexterity, etc. The one drawback to the injection is that once taken, the "Dral" (As the larger brethren are now referred to as) will no longer be capable of mating. They will be, for all intents and purposes, gender neutral. As a result, Dral are not actually born but yet created from the ranks of Dralasites who wish for a more "aggressive" way of life. This switch is clearly a sign of harder times in the Federation as the Dralasites of old were always known for their passive mannerism and peaceful behavior.

578fy-622fy The Sathar, in a shocking move for peace, surrender to the Federation and request permanent membership. Not realizing the implications involved, the High Council quickly accepts their offer thus alienating many of their own members. The Thyrann nation, outraged, declare war on the Federation for allying with their life long enemies and shortly after, half a dozen more races follow suit. Soon, friend was battling friend

623fy-625fy In one form or another the Coalition/ Federation war waged on for nearly fifty years. The Sathar tried to right what had gone wrong by withdrawing from the Federation but the intent was already there. From terrorist bombings to full-scale war, hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. The end, sadly enough, came with even more tragedy. Two large fleets met and battled one another over Osak, the homeworld of the Osakar. The battle waged for nearly three days with debris and stray shots constantly pelting the innocent masses below. The barrage was too much for the fragile planet to endure and the resulting cataclysm all but wiped out the Osakar race. Even now, a dozen years later, the race still teeters on extinction. In rare form, the Thyrann call for a cease-fire, overwhelmed by the deaths of so many innocents. The war had ended, but many had paid for peace on that day.

626fy-632fy The second golden age is upon all as the members of the Federation, including the Sathar. The Vrusk undergo their destined "Incubus" spawning an entirely new race known as the "Rellgrak." The UPF begins to downsize, an attempt by politicians to curb the blow of economic bankruptcy caused by the war.

633fy-641fy A new enemy emerges from the void beyond the Liberty system. With no apparent reasoning save merely their own bloodlust, the Milltukke armadas sweep into Frontier space destroying all in their paths. The Federation battled the Milltukke armada for eight long years and suffered terrible losses. Then, as mysteriously as they appeared, the Milltukke withdrew. With the Federation once again in shambles, tensions are high as many believe our allies will strike in our moment of need.

642fy The Sathar remove themselves from their UPF charter, stating that terrorist actions against their people would no longer be tolerated. Diplomats on both sides move to strike an official peace and soon the Sathar Empire is alive again. UPF patrols along the Sathar border quickly increase in frequency and size.

645fy Increased attacks from the Milltukke prompt the UPF to upgrade all Frontier fleets by 20% in size and manning. Although the attacks are only harassment in nature, UPF Intel feels this is a precursor to future attacks.

647fy Streel ships engage Pale Colonial Marines in the first documented case of a corporation fighting a planetary government. Surprisingly the Streel forces fair much better than would have been expected and after three weeks the conflict ends in a draw. Those close to the moderation process, however, cite that the Streel Corp walked away with a much better deal than the Pale representatives.

654fy Present

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