Timeline

The following is a timeline of events in the Starfield universe. Most major events on earth prior to 2050 are similar to those seen in the real world.

21st century

2050

• Humans first arrive on Mars.

2100

• By this time, humans are living in space.

22nd century

2112

• Cydonia, humanity's first extra-terrestrial colony, is founded on Mars by Deimos Staryards Inc.

2122

• Titan Astrobase is established on Titan by NASA in an effort to discover microbial alien life on the moon.

2132

• After Titan Astrobase fails to find any life on Titan, NASA defunds its xenobiology program.

2135

• Titan Astrobase is repurposed for scientists and engineers to research how colonies can be built on inhospitable worlds.

Pre-2138

• Dr. Victor Aiza, a NASA astronaut and theoretical physicist, leads a retrieval team that discovers an Artifact at the heart of a gravitational anomaly on Mars. Upon touching it, Aiza receives a warning from himself from an alternate universe that using the Artifact to make the first Grav Drive will lead to the downfall of Earth. Aiza ignores this warning, and begins analyzing the Artifact and developing the Grav Drive with the help of metallurgical engineer Dr. Judith Tatienne.

2138

• April 14: Dr. Victor Aiza's NASA research team conducts the first ever test of a small-scale, prototype Grav Drive at the NASA Launch Tower at Cape Canaveral on Earth. Further tests of an up-scaled prototype are planned to take place on Luna due to its abundance of Helium-3, which Grav Drives require for fuel.

2140

• September 27: The generation ship ECS Constant departs Earth and begins its 200-year trip to a habitable planet in a distant star system. The generation ship, the largest and most advanced spacecraft of its time, was the brainchild of Rupert Brackenridge, who had concluded through independent research into a variety of plausible doomsday scenarios that humanity was certain to face an extinction-level event of some kind within 50 years and Earth was destined to become uninhabitable.

2141

• December 8: NASA, in partnership with civilian spacecraft manufacturer Nova Galactic, carries out the first public demonstration of a grav jump using a full-size prototype Grav Drive on Luna. The test's success paves the way for mass-production of the Grav Drive.

2149

• February 12: Dr. Victor Aiza and Dr. Judith Tatienne recruit Lan Hsu for Project Demeter, an initiative to create more accurate scanning satellites to track emerging changes in Earth's meteorological patterns.
• August 21: Using data collected by Project Demeter, NASA's Astrophysics Research Team (ART) confirms fluctuations in Earth's magnetosphere that correspond with gravity wave spikes emanating from Luna. ART Chief Scientist Dr. Luke Andrews warns that the fluctuations are increasing in severity exponentially, and could expose Earth to solar radiation as well as cause the sputtering, or stripping away, of the planet's atmosphere.
• August 22: Dr. Victor Aiza, Dr. Judith Tatienne, and Lan Hsu realize that Grav Drive usage is destroying Earth's magnetosphere. The Grav Drive's flaw and its role in Earth's demise are covered up to prevent a backlash against the technology, and Hsu designs a fix for the flaw disguised as an emergency update for Grav Drive fueling pumps.
• People with advance knowledge of Earth's deteriorating magnetosphere begin leaving the planet.

2150

• Scientists announce that Earth's magnetosphere is weakening and will collapse in about 50 years, threatening all life on the planet with extinction. Planning begins for the evacuation of Earth.

2156

• Humans first arrive in Alpha Centauri as part of an exploratory mission to identify habitable worlds where humans can relocate.
• New Atlantis is founded on Jemison in Alpha Centauri.

2159

• The United Colonies is established on Earth, and takes charge of the global evacuation effort.

2160

• September 8: Dr. Victor Aiza records a statement at the NASA Launch Tower on Earth, confessing for posterity his foreknowledge of the invention of the Grav Drive bringing about Earth's destruction.
• The colony ship Galileo touches down on Jemison.

2161

• New Atlantis is designated the capital of the United Colonies.
• The Centaurus Proclamation is issued by the United Colonies, providing a formal framework for the settlement of other worlds and the establishment of new sovereign factions.

2167

• Solomon Coe, a former astrophysicist and starship designer, discovers the Cheyenne system and becomes the first person to set foot on the habitable planet Akila. He founds Akila City where he makes his first camp, and begins mapping the planet.

2185

• Titan Astrobase is divested back to the people and designated a historical site, becoming the colony of New Homestead.

2187

• After realizing the profits to be had from selling Aurora, Xenofresh Corporation transforms its fishing platform on Volii Alpha into the city of Neon.

2188

• Solomon Coe invites Volii to join Cheyenne in an alliance.
• The corporation Chronomark, manufacturer of a line of smart watches, is established.

2189

• The Freestar Collective is officially established.

2190

• According to information from the UC Vanguard Orientation Hall, the colony ship is launched from New Atlantis. According to information about the Shattered Space add-on from the Bethesda website, the colony ship Archimedes departed from the orbit of Mars. This ship's descendants go on to become House Va'ruun, a theocracy founded by Jinan Va'ruun.

2194

• The United Colonies positions The Clinic star station around Deepala in Narion. The inhabitants of Narion demand that the UC remove The Clinic, and when the UC refuses, they vote to join the Freestar Collective.

2195

• The Freestar Collective mobilizes to protect Narion from the UC.

2196

• In response to the Freestar Collective's mobilization, the UC deploys a fleet to Narion. Freestar responds with its own fleet, and the Narion War begins.

2199

• The last exodus fleet leaves Earth. Billions of people who did not evacuate in time remain stranded on the doomed planet.

23rd century

2203

• Earth loses its magnetosphere, causing its atmosphere to dissipate into space. Humanity's homeworld is rendered uninhabitable.

2216

• After years of unsuccessfully hunting the Freestar Collective's fleet, the United Colonies finally corners and destroys it, effectively winning the Narion War. However, by this time public support for the war has reached an all-time low and the UC government is pressured to bring the war to a humane conclusion. As a result, the Treaty of Narion grants generous concessions to the Freestar Collective. The treaty also marks the first formal use of the term "Settled Systems".

2230

• House Va'ruun reveals its existence and establishes diplomatic relations with the other factions.

2231

• The Council of Governors votes to establish the Freestar Rangers.

2232

• The Generdyne Corporation is founded on Neon by Phylicia Corbin.

2240

• House Va'ruun launches the Serpent's Crusade, an all-out war on the rest of human civilization in the name of the Great Serpent. Thousands of UC, Freestar, and independent settlers are slaughtered.

2241

• Jasper Kryx instigates a prison riot at The Lock, a United Colonies super-max prison on the planet Suvorov. After capturing The Key star station orbiting Suvorov, Kryx forms the Crimson Fleet, which begins carrying out pirate raids on UC shipping lanes.

2257

• The colony ship Clark Lewis is reported lost. At some point in its journey, the vessel's Helium-3 tanks ruptured and blew the reactor into space, permanently stranding it. With no hope of rescue, the colonists resort to violence and cannibalism before starving to death over the next several years.

2263

• The Serpent's Crusade ends. Jinan Va'ruun dies and is succeeded by his son, Jarek Va'ruun, who sues for peace with the other factions.

2275

• Constellation is founded by Sebastian Banks. The Lodge, Constellation's headquarters, is built in New Atlantis.

2282

• Constellation member Chloe Bao discovers and boards the Clark Lewis colony ship. Her report on the gruesome fate of the colonists is withheld from the public by Sebastian Banks over fears that it would discourage space exploration.

2283

• Constellation founder Sebastian Banks disappears while on an expedition. The remaining members are unable to agree on who should succeed him as chair. The group is saved from dissolution at the last minute when Chloe Bao changes her vote, and she is then approved as the next chair.

2287

• Vasco comes online for the first time.

2290

• Aja Mamasa becomes Chair of Constellation.

2297

• Paul Lamont publishes one of his earliest works, the horror story Shadows in the Attic.

2298

• Paul Lamont publishes The Fruit Cellar, the success of which earns him the moniker of "King of Horror."

2299

• House Va'ruun decommissions its flagship, the Mourning, which was also the vessel used to make contact with the other great factions in 2230. A piece of its hull is displayed in the House Va'ruun Embassy in New Atlantis.

24th century

2301

• Paul Lamont publishes Crimson Cabin, a sequel to his other work; The Fruit Cellar. Like his other works it sells millions throughout the Settled Systems.

2305

• Barrett joins Constellation.

2306

• January 13: The UC Xenowarfare Division is created by MAST.

2307

• February 11: The UC Xenowarfare Division is relocated to the Kreet Research Lab.
• The Freestar Collective begins farming on the planet Vesta in Lunara.
• Ryujin Industries rises to prominence after inventing the neuroamp. The company quickly branches out into other fields.

2308

• The United Colonies objects to the Freestar colony in Lunara, claiming that Freestar expanding into a fourth system is a violation of the Treaty of Narion. After diplomatic talks stall, the UC besieges Vesta and kills all of its defenders. The Colony War begins.
• 25 June: The H-363 mine is commissioned for a standard 2-year contract by Hephaestus Mining Company.

2309

• 20 May: Ervin Madani is hired by the Hephaestus Mining Company to kill an apex predator in the H-363 mine.
• 1 September: H-363 is decommissioned the Hephaestus Mining Company.

2310

• Constellation acquires its first Artifact, but it is stored in Constellation's archives without further study.
• Simon Taiyo signs a deal with Ryujin Industries to make Taiyo Astroneering the first official subsidiary of Ryujin Industries.

2311

• The Battle of Cheyenne occurs. A flotilla of military and civilian Freestar ships manages to defeat UC Navy forces. The Colony War ends with the signing of the Armistice, which bans further use of military mechs and xenowarfare.
• After becoming third signatory of the Armistice, House Va'ruun withdraws into near-total seclusion. Hostile remnants known as Va'ruun Zealots stay behind and continue to plague the Settled Systems for years to come.
• The UC Navy abandons their mostly unused base on Tau Ceti II. A group known as Tau Gourmet repurposes the base almost 20 years later.
• Ryujin Industries completes construction of Ryujin Tower in Neon. This act raises Ryujin Industries to the most powerful megacorporation in the Settled Systems.

2315

• The UC Vanguard is founded.
• Ryujin Industries' Neuroamps, which up to this point had been restricted by law to military use, are legalized for public use.

2319

• Sarah Morgan is promoted to head of the UC Navigator Corps.

2320

• The UC Navigator Corps is shut down.
• Sarah Morgan joins Constellation.
• Dalitso Pretorius arrives on Gagarin, fresh out of UC training.

2321

• Walter Stroud, co-owner of Stroud Eklund, joins Constellation.

2322

• Vladimir Sall, a former Crimson Fleet pirate, joins Constellation.
• (Circa) John Tuala joins the UC Vanguard.

2324

• Trevor Petyarre is promoted to Mining Director of Cydonia.

2325

• Aja Mamasa retires to Paradiso after serving as Chair of Constellation for 35 years. Sarah Morgan becomes the next chair.
• Matteo Khatri, a theologian, joins Constellation.
• Carlita Carr publishes The Orchid Merchant. It becomes one of the fastest-selling romance novels in the history of the Settled Systems.

2326

• Noel, a graduate student and scientist, joins Constellation at Sarah Morgan's invitation.
• Barrett uncovers the Artifact in Constellation's archives.

2327

• Sam Coe and his daughter Cora Coe join Constellation.

2328

• Constellation purchases the star station L-868 at Barrett's suggestion and modifies it into The Eye, a deep space scanner.
• Argos Extractors is enlisted by Constellation to mine for an Artifact on Ka'zaal. Barrett touches the Artifact after its discovery.
• Andreja joins Constellation after meeting Barrett on Ka'zaal.
• HopeTech verges on financial insolvency after multiple consecutive quarters of declining sales. However, the company defies expectations of collapse and manages to return to profitability.

2330

• May 7: The events of Starfield begin. The Spacefarer comes into contact with an Artifact on Vectera.
• November 24: Phase 1 construction of UCE-43 Teucer is approved.
• Station RE-939 is attacked by Va'ruun Zealots. Dr. Ricardo Bosch, former administrator Helena Chambers, and Bobby Katz are among the survivors.

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