2020: Star cluster in Taurus is discovered, designated "34 Tauri (2020)". Five stars and 14 gas giants found.

2021: Recycling programs beginning to fail, global warming increasing.

2027 to 2042: Terrestrial planets found by the dozens in 34 Tauri (2020). Most are believed to be within acceptable limits for terraforming.

2027: P/2027 (White Sun) 03 showing chemical signature of Earthlike conditions. Despite reddish hue, P/2027 (White Sun) 04 showing similar conditions.

2030: It's official: Earth will lose the ability to sustain 21st century society and current population levels within 100 years.

2035: The quantum nature of gravity is deduced, allowing for rapid and unprecedented advances in gravity manipulation technologies. Creation of artificial gravity and gravity screening soon follow.

2037: Space technology development vastly accelerated by new discoveries. Due to the advent of gravity technology, terraforming can take decades instead of centuries.

2040: First theories for evacuating the Earth presented. Gravity manipulation technology along with recent jump gate technology discoveries makes evacuation plausible idea.


2042: Terraforming technology tested on Mars with positive results

2045: Terraforming of Venus, Mars and Earth's moon begun. Terraforming efforts will be abandoned within two years due to a lack of native resources.

2048: Failure of terraforming efforts in the Solar System hit home. Global morale sink to new lows as riots break out in many major cities. Earth's governments decide that fast action is required to keep society from falling into chaos. As rebuilding Earth's ecosystem no longer appears to be an option, a plan for mass exodus is proposed instead. The GEA (Global Exodus Alliance) is formed and given unlimited governmental authority and complete control over Earth's meager remaining resources as member nations cede their power to the organization. The GEA moves quickly to take control of infrastructure, police and military and most of the private sector as well, all in the name of mobilization of the greatest single endeavor in human history.

2052: Collection and storage of samples of all life on Earth begun.

2060: With plans for colonization in place, global resources mobilized, and construction of arks and ark modules on-going, the GEA makes its final move to cement control over humanity: The GEA publishes the "Articles of Alliance", a super-constitution which supersedes all other legal systems on the planet. As China and the U.S. are contributing most of the resources and much of the know-how to the Exodus Project, they take joint stewardship over the new "global government". Smaller countries are given a choice – toe the line or give up any chance of having their populations join the exodus. Results are almost immediate – unilateral capitulation of 98 percent of Earth's governments. The Alliance is born. Earth's only jump gate is place on the edge of the solar system.


2072: First Wave: Dozens of robotic terraforming ships are launched via the jump gate that has been placed on the edge of Earth's Solar System. Their targets are two planets orbiting the Verse's central sun, a white primary, dubbed "White Star" (later, simply "White Sun") by the Americans and "Bai Hu" or "White Tiger" by the Chinese.

2075-2100 First ark ships begin to depart. Priority is given to those ships populated with the ancestors of those who will act as the terraforming and construction labor force upon arrival.Loading of the ark ships is complete back on Earth. Remaining planet-side population negligible – the death rate during the years loading took place rose to near-extinction levels.

2101-2120: The final Ark ship leaves Earth orbit. All telemetry data from Earth ceases. It is assumed that remaining Earth population is 0. Some of the Robotic Ships start the buliding of the reciving jumpgate,while others do terraforming work.

2164 TO 2190: As the Exodus fleet arrives via the exit gate, higher resolution imaging of the Verse becomes possible. Observers discover hundreds of planets and moons, many of which appear to be terraformable. They then hold orbit around one of the planets to later be called Miranda while the tereaforming happens.

2200-2406: Terraforming and conlozation happens during this time frame,along with setting up the vast communication network that will be called the "Cortex". Also during this time,the jumpgate's acess codes are lost,they are needed if the gate were to be used to return to Earth.

2506: Terraforming fails on Miranda (last knowen location of the gate's access codes). Some settlers die. Miranda removed from maps of habitable worlds. The war for Unification begins.

2511: Unification War ends with the defeat of the Independents.

2518: Now

The players will start at level 1,normal character creation rules,along with a few occupations from the future book omitting the following : Heir. Cybernetics aren't in the setting at all,nor are non human characters,most feats will be allowed. available items to buy will be capped at a PL of 6. There is no FTL other than the jump gate