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An Overview

Trauma Station takes place in a universe where Nanotrasen is “far more powerful and far more dystopian.” Therefore, this lore aims to clarify why this universe is darker and ruled by a far more powerful corporate regime. This means the theme must stay consistent, or the lore will clash and become confusing. Given the aforementioned goal, there are some more serious set pieces (fall of democracy, wars, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, imperialistic nations, spacism, tools of oppression). Still, given the chaos of SS14, there are also silly, wacky set pieces (magic, psionics, wacky antagonists, exploding tomatoes, Demons coming of the walls, etc.). The combination should create the best of both worlds, but it can easily get out of hand if not careful. So, it should be kept in mind that the lore is made with the intention of creating a world that you can choose to immerse yourself in, but not be a dogma that everyone must adhere to strictly. You are a Corp-Civ; pretty much a corporate wage-slave, you are a nobody to the interstellar governments that rule over you. Correcting people's knowledge of the world, unless it's egregious, matters less than the nukie who just launched a rocket at you.

Timeline

1900s

1951 - The Korean War starts and ends in much the same year, a disaster for the United States, which inhumanely used silent bombs, hurting the United States ' credibility.
1960 - Japan becomes a rival economic power.
1970 - Nanotrasen forms as a South African mining company before switching over to data technology years later.
1971 - The Pacific Treaty Organization forms, with Japan as it’s leader.
1983 - The Mogheans enter the space age

2000s

2032 - WW3 starts over American freshwater reserves, and international material exploitation
2034 - WW3 ends in a stalemate; Europe federalizes under the EU.
2055 - First contact with the Vox occurs after a raider ship crashes in North America; to prevent panic, it is covered up, and America, Russia, and the EU meticulously study the technology.
2065 - Space is commercialized as the first corporate vessel takes off; it’s plans are then stolen and refitted by various organizations to catch up.
2072 - Fear of ecological devastation, resource scarcity, and a lack of living space drives demand to colonize the nearest planet to Earth, starting the race to Mars.
2081 - A warp drive malfunction causes the generation ships sent to Kepler-62 to vanish off the face of the galaxy. The event becomes known as the Kepler Incident and starts the search for warp alternatives. Little did humanity know, the fleets would reach their planet with mutations that deformed them. Survivors would become the Mothpeople

2100s

2100 - Mars is made habitable by a network of underground tunnels and early terraforming.
2101 - WW4 starts, a cold war between the functioning superpowers and fears of being left behind.
2153 - People from the Middle East and Europe, fearing nuclear annihilation, leave en masse for the colonies inside and outside the Sol system.
2168 - WW4 goes hot, destroying much of the Earth and severing the Sol colonies from their former governments.
2170 - The Global North is uninhabitable, but thanks to Nanotrasen, the Global South remains largely untouched; the northern exodus begins.
2194 - Made up of the former agencies and corporations of the northern powers, the UCSH forms under the fealty of Nanotrasen

2200s

2297 - After a century of rebuilding and reforming the wastes of Earth, the governments of Earth work together to retake their lost territories. Together, they form the first major Aeroforce fleet.

2300s

2300 - The Radical NeoSov commune of Mars forms a pact with the independent colonies as Earth attempts to make its presence known.
2305 - Vox raiders, looking for the lost vessel centuries prior, stumble upon the extrasolar colonies of Tau Ceti and Alpha Centauri; fighting breaks out.
2307 - The independent colonies, once simple administrations, form “true governments” to assert their independence, creating bodies such as the Jovian League, the Neptunian Confederation, and the Plutonian Republic.
2311 - The Colonists of the extrasolar colonies would route the Vox raiding party; Tau Ceti would be renamed Cetiburghow in remembrance.
2334 - Failing to secure peaceful annexation from Mars, the fleet finally sets out to the Mars orbital regime and destroys the Communal Aeroforce only three days later. The Communal government resisted surrender, so UCSH forces launched their first great planetkiller on the southern half of Mars: phoron bombs. They immediately vaporized 90 million, and the Communal Government was no more.
2335 - Fearing the same fate as half of Mars, all the independent colonies surrendered to Earther forces. Those who feared losing democratic liberalism to despotic regimes fled with Europan statesman Juhana Mäkinen, beginning the Terran Expulsion.
2337 - Democratic nations still left in Sol officially transitioned into the more despotic model. Marsian rebellions continue.
2340 - Entire sol system is intergrated into the UCSH and the World Prosperity Spheres
2365 - Sol system starts to enter UCSH acceptable profit margins
2339 - The Cetian Government proclaimed itself Terra Union and made Tau Ceti-e the capital world, christening it Erdeschlösser
2350 - Terra Union would establish an official charter and system core: Cetiburghow (Tau Ceti), Proxima Kentarus (Alpha Centauri), and Ran’s steed (Epsilon Eridani).
2363 - The Terran Inner System is formed, holding the systems Speculoo (TRAPPIST-1) and Leonis (Wolf 359).

2400s

2403 - Terran Union would establish a colony on Kepler-442 b, being more than 1000 light-years away from Earth; it would be considered the first planet in the Terran Outer System
2462 - The Mothpeople are discovered by the Terran Union Wayfinder Corps on Kepler-62 and are subsequently forced off the planet by the Terran Aeroforce

2500s

2513 - Terra Union first discovers the Decapoids; initially uninterested, they find valuable resources on the planet and try to strike a deal with them to terraform it. They reluctantly disagree, much to the Terran Union's anger
2515 - The Decapoid Pacification starts and ends in the same year, with the Alkesh homeworld glassed and cracked. The Decapoids are given ships as settlement and kicked out of the system. The absorption of Alkesh sparks an outrage in the Terran Fringe
2520 - The Terran Fringe colonies start rebelling; the Council gives the Military emergency powers to suppress the rebellion
2531 - Under New Darwin, the Invidia Cooperative is able to kick out the Terran Union and UCSH with mutated Bengal tigers. It would be reformed into a religious order and be renamed The Tiger Cooperative

2600s

2643 - The Syndicate liberates Mars from centuries of UCSH rule.
2624 - New Darwin lies on his deathbed due to toxic exposure.
2629 - Miraculously, New Darwin would recover, exclaiming that "The only truth of the galaxy is evolution!" Believing he had evolved into a higher form, many operatives underwent extensive gene-modding to attempt the same “ascension.” Giving rise to the three-eyed, monster-man reputation

2700s

2735 - Using Greenspace, the Greater Moghean Empire skip-jumps to Luna and attempt an invasion, taking the UCSH by surprise; they barely destroy them in lower orbit. It becomes a terrible PR incident for them
2756 - The free Commonwealth of Cargal, in fear of retribution from the Terra Union after succeeding, detonates a planet-cracking device that kills 90% of Cargals' population and much of the policing fleet.
2738 - The Natural Insectoid Nation, or NIN, is destroyed by combined human forces, ending the Great Nomad Wars
2757 - Outraged by the Cargal Massacre, Chief Adrm. Arhman Mcdunman declares martial law and suspends the Terran Council. Utilizing Terran Law, forms a Stratocracy enshrined in the charter and crowns himself the Arbiter of Humanity and Admiral of the Stars
2765 - Current Year