Timeline of the Milky Way

1224 BC - Kriktans achieve spaceflight

1153 BC - Kriktans invent the V-Reactor

753 BC - Florians achieve spaceflight

549-552 BC - Florians invent the V-Reactor and FTL drive

484 BC - Naxarls achieve spaceflight

397 BC - Naxarls invent V-Reactor

392 BC - Naxarls invent the FTL drive

312 BC - Kriktans establish first contact with the Florians. An alliance between the two is created.

68 - Naxarl first contact with Kriktans. Start of the Naxarl-Kriktan War.

78 - Uxen achieve spaceflight

87 - Florian involvement in the Naxarl-Kirktan War

91 - End of Naxarl-Kriktan War. Galactic Union formed.

103 - Uxen invent V-Reactor

112 - Uxen invent FTL drive

171 - Xenozorgs invent V-Reactor

187 - Xenozorgs achieve spaceflight and invent FTL drive

203 - Uxen first contact with Kriktans. Start of the Uxen Conquest.

205 - End of the Uxen Conquest. Uxen become a client race of the Kriktans.

701 - Xenozorg first contact with the Galactic Union

1378 - Canen achieve space flight

1403 - Canen invent the V-Reactor

1407 - Canen invent the FTL drive

1542 - Bandus invent the first atomic bomb

1567 - Canen make first contact with the Galactic Union.

1568 - Canen join the Galactic Union.

1574 - The Palag Uu begin a nuclear war on Aaku which spirals out of control, resulting in the destruction of much of the planet.

1593 - Florians discover Aaku. They uplift the Bandus and begin 'repairing' Aaku, driving out the Palag Uu and earning the loyalty of the Bandus

1876 - Discovery of Lwargi by Kriktan colonists

1953 - Ikk'tari achieve spaceflight.

1957 - Humans achieve spaceflight

2043 - Humans first perform a succesful V-Reaction at CERN, which destroys the facility. In subsequent years, V-Reaction becomes the standard source of energy for Earth.

2047 - Humans develop their first FTL drive. Pebble Island Reactor constucted by the United Kingdom.

2053 - Pebble Island Reactor incident leads to the entire population of the Falklands being infected with V-Radiation.

2055 - First signs of V-Radiation-induced genetic mutation noted in the Falklands.

2069 - Human first contact with the Canen. Humans are introduced to the Galactic Union.

2076 - Canton V-Reactor incident leads to much of Ohio's population being infected with V-Radiation.

2086 - The Falklands cedes from the United Kingdom and becomes the Democratic Republic of the Falkland Islands, led by president Arnold Parker, a mutant.

2092 - Assassination of President Arnold Parker of the Democratic Republic of the Falkland Islands. Mars Base 3 established as a mutant haven.

2106 - Ikk'tari invent the V-Reactor and the FTL drive

2122 - Ikk'tari first contact with humanity. Alliance established between the Ikk'tari and humanity. Ikk'tari are welcomed into the Galactic Union.

2132 - Current date