The following section is a list of major events in the history of the Frontier.
10,500 pf. (Pre-Frontier) Last remnants of the mysterious Tetrach
Societies die out.
950 pf. Heliopes left on starmist by Clikks after a Clikk military
exploration vessel is forced to jettison unnecessary cargo.
800 pf. The evolution of the Mechanon race begins on Volturnus.
410 pf. First Vrusk/Dralasite contact.
350 pf. First Vrusk/Human contact
302 pf. Fromeltar system discovered by Dralasites.
300 pf. Vrusk, Dralasites, and Humans meet for the first time
on the Frontier.
299 pf. Theseus system discovered by Humans.
270 pf. Yazirians enter the Frontier.
270-4 pf. The Frontier is founded.
260 pf. Gran Quivera discovered in the Prenglar system.
256-248 pf. Triad and Rupert's Hole found in the Cassidine system.
230 pf. Pan-Galactic Corporation started on Gran Quivera.
220 pf. Dixon's Star system discovered by Humans.
210 pf. Madderly's Star system discovered by Vrusk and Humans.
205 pf. Madderly's Star system becomes a human system after the
freeworld rebellion on Kdikit.
200 pf. Pale and New Pale discovered in the Truane's Star system.
170 pf. Dramune system discovered by Dralasites.
168 pf. Anthor system discovered by Yazirians.
161 pf. K'tsa-Kar system discovered by Vrusk.
156 pf. K'aken-Kar ssytem disovered by Vrusk.
155 pf. Gruna Garu system discovered by Yazirians.
152 pf. Timeon system discovered by Humans.
150 pf. The Pan-Galactic language accepted throughout the Frontier
as a common trade tongue.
146 pf. Kizk'-Kar system discovered by Vrusk.
129 pf. Araks system discovered by Yazirians.
125-10 pf. The Age of Adventure. The discovery and exploration
of new planets slows down for the next century while the major
races concentrate on mapping the hazards and boundries of the
Frontier. Hundreds of exploration vessels and brave spacers are
lost during this time. Meanwhile, the discovered planets begin
to develop. Thousands of fortunes are made and lost during the
Age of Adventure.
124-78 pf. The Greater Morass is mapped.
94 pf. Scree Fron system discovered by Yazirians.
77-57 pf. The Xagyg Dust Nebulae is mapped from Zebulon to Fromeltar.
61 pf. The Zebulon system is discovered by Professor Alorne Zebulon,
the Frontier's most noted scientist, explorer, and educator.
The planet Volturnus is settled almost immediately. Anker is
discovered but not settled until 57 pf.
60 pf. White Light system discovered by Humans.
57 pf. Anker (Zebulon system) is sexplored and settled. Professor
Zebulon founds the University of Zebulon.
56-40 pf. The White Light Nebulae are mapped.
39-33 pf. The Yreva Nebula is mapped.
37 pf. Pan-Galactic becomes the first mega-corp in the Frontier.
32-26 pf. Thirty-two exploration vessels are lost trying to map
the Lessere Morass. Only the area between Screen Fron and Zebulon
is mapped.
25 pf. A small pirate fleet under Hatzck Naar raids the Cassidine
and Prenglar systems. The first Common Muster is called.
22 pf. Hatzck Naar's pirate fleet is defeated off Timeon. Naar
is ejected into space and slowly boils inside his spacesuit as
he falls toward Timeon. The muster is dismissed.
21-10 pf. The Xagyg Dust Nebulae is mapped from Fromeltar to K'aken-Kar.
19-8 pf. The area beyond the Greater Morass claims hundreds of
exploration vessels. Though it is believed that most Frontier
races came from beyond the Greater Moras, all information about
their origins have been lost. Exploration of the area ceases
and it is named the Vast Expanse.
10 pf. Representatives of the four major races request that all
explorations cease while delegates meet to form a unified defense
and mutual interest organization.
3-2 pf. The First Sathar War is fought.
3 pf. The Sathar first appear. They attack the Truane's Star
system.
3 pf. Pale and New Pale fall. The Great Exodus to Dixon's Star
Ssytem takes place.
2 pf. The four races muster a spaceship fleet. The second Common
Muster iscalled and put under the command of Admiral Morgaine,
who immediately moves the fleet to the Cassidine system.
2 pf. The Battle of Triad. Morgaine's fleet performs a surprise
attack on the invading Sathar fleet intent on ravaging Traid.
The Sathar lose a third of their fleet.
2 pf. Dixon's Star system is attacked by Sathar fleet. Completely
unprotected it is soon ravaged. Meanwhile Morgaine moves his
fleet to the Prenglar system.
2 pf. The Sathar attack Gran Quivera in the Prenglar system.
The Battle of the Two Fleets is fought. The Sathar fleet is routed
and destroyed. Morgaine's fleet is seriously depleted and Morgaine
dies in battle. With this mutual devastation the First Sathar
War comes to an end.
1 pf. Morgaine's World in the Prenglar system is named after the
fallen Admiral.
1 pf. The "Grand Meeting" of leaders of the four races
takes place on Morgaine's World.
1 f.y. (Federation Year) The United Planetary Federation, a mutual
defense organization, is established. All worlds of the Frontier,
expecting another Sathar invasion, immediately join. Under UPF
authority, Spacefleet becomes a permanent defensive force.
2 f.y. The Streel Corporation is founded on Pale.
3 f.y. The Brotherhood of Spacers becomes the first cadre on the
Frontier.
5 f.y. Star Law is established by the UPF.
5 f.y. The Capellan Free Merchants first apear on the Frontier
bringing news of the Rim and their fight with the Sathar, and
supplying desperately needed food to the survivors on Laco and
Gran Quivera.
6 f.y. The First Dramune War is fought.
8 f.y. Cassidine Development Corporation is founded on Triad.
The creation and growth of mega-corps proceeds at an ever-accelerating
pace.
11 f.y. The Lynchpin system is discovered by Vrusk. They turn
the system over to the UPF for development as a military outpost
to protect that sector of the Frontier. The Lynchpin system is
a military secret until the middle of SWII.
12 f.y. Frontier ships enter Rim space for the first time.
14 f.y. The Sundown system is discovered.
17-27 f.y. The Blue Plague sweeps the Frontier. Scientists believe
it was brought to the Sundown system by an alien vessel that crashed
on Starmist. Because of Starmist's light population, the palgue
was not immediately detected and had a chance to mutate. It is
believed that vermin from the planet became infeted and somehow
gained entry to a ship. The ship makes several stops on the Frontier
and the plague spreads rapidly. It is called the Blue Plague
because of its earliest symptoms -- large blue welts that appear
about the face and extremities. These welts leave horrible black
scars even if the victim survives the plague.
20 f.y. Four star systems become so infested with the Blue Plague
that the Council of Worlds, the diplomatic organization of the
UPF, requests all races to recognize a permanent quarantine of
these four star systems. The systems are designated by Greek
letters. A spaceship seen leaving one of these systems is to
be destroyed by Spacefleet before it has a chance to spread the
plague any further.
22 f.y. Hargut, Pale, and Gollywog suffer massive population losses
due to the Blue Plague. All three planets are temporarily quarantined.
23 f.y. The Medical Services Organization is founded. Funding
pours in from most of the Frontier worlds. Gretl Grohn is named
as the MSO Chief Surgeon.
24 f.y. Vaccine for the Blue Plague is discovered at the MSO Center
on Morgaine's World.
25 f.y. The Mechanon menace on Vulturnus first comes to the UPF's
attention, but cannot be dealt with because of the Blue Plague.
27 f.y. The Blue Plague is eradicated from inhabited planets in
the Frontier. In total, 17 million victims fell to the plague.
28 f.y. Very tough laws and penalties are laid down by both the
UPF and the Council of Worlds concerning the intersystem transportation
and handling of flora and fauna. Star Law is given jurisdiction
over planetary imports and exports.
30 f.y. Pan-Gal system is discovered by the Pan-Galactic Corporation
and becomes the first mega-corp star system.
31 f.y. New Streel system is discovered by the Streel Corporation.
32 f.y. Devco system is discovered by the Cassidine Development
Corporation.
36 f.y. The Second Dramune War is fought.
46 f.y. Solar Major system discovered by WarTech Incorporated.
50-60 f.y. Laaco's War. PGC and Streel wage the first Corporate
War on Laco. The UPF eventually steps in and empowers an inter-mega-corporate
commission to resolve the differences. Other mega-corps study
Laco's War as a possible legal precedent for solving disputes.
54 f.y. The Mechanon Revolt. Mechanons on Volturnus revolt. Only
through quick action on the part of Star Law is a full-scale war
avoided.
57 f.y. The Waller Nexus system is discovered by the UPF survey
ship Eleanor Moraes. The only habitable planet, Mahg Mar, is
the site of the first UPF mutiny.
57 f.y. Liberty system discovered by the UPF. The planet Snowball
is liberated from Sathar tyranny. Tacticians, politicians, andj
exobiologists are given a chance to study Sathar machinery and
methods first hand because of the information gathered by the
populace during their occupation. It is feared that many pockets
of Sathar tyranny exist all around the Frontier and Rim.
60 f.y. Rhianna system is discovered by the Cassidine Development
Corporation, but is kept secret.
61 f.y. The Third Dramune War is fought.
63 f.y. Streel attacks CDC operations on Alcazzar. Star Law intervenes
and averts apotential Corporate War.
66 f.y. Solar Minor system discovered by SynthCorp.
67 f.y. Regular trade established with the Rim planets.
70 f.y. The Mechanon civilization on Volturnus undergoes an upheaval.
The majority of peaceful Mechanons migrate into the undeveloped
space between Screen Fron and Dixon's Star.
77 f.y. Mechanon is discovered by migrating Mechanons. Its entry
into the UPF is blocked until the legal status of the Mechanons
can be established.
78 f.y. Tough new guidelines for legal ownership of a system or
planet are laid down by the UPF and the Council of Worlds. The
guidelines are designed to halt mega-corp expansion and to prevent
occurrences such as the Mechanon problem.
80-90 f.y. The Second Sathar War.
80 f.y. The Sathar capture a non-UPF system between Solar Major
and Solar Minor. They dub it Outpost #1 and enslave its inhabitants.
Construction begins on a planet-wide military and industrial
complex intended as a permanent base for incoming Sathar supply
ships and troops.
80 f.y. Sathar swarm through the Xagyg Nebula and attack Volturnus.
New planet-wide battle tactics are used by the Sathar (including
the massive use of diversionary, seeded monsters and cybernetically
controlled creatures). The attack is a feint to draw Spacefleet
to Zebulon. Task Force Cassidine is dispatched to Zebulon.
80 f.y. By going through the White Light Nebulae, Sathar Fleet
#1 enters the Frontier undetected.
81 f.y. Sathar Fleet #2 and 3 attack Solar Minor. So overpowering
are they that no word of the attack reaches Spacefleet.
81 f.y. Sathar Fleet #1 attacks Madderly's Star. They encounter
the new Spacefleet fortress on Kdikit. Its resistance is fierce
and buys the needed time for reinforcements to arrive. Dramune
sends three frigates and a destroyer from its militia while the
UPF dispatches two destroyers and two light cruisers from its
non-attached ships roster.
81 f.y. The UPF mines the sector between Cassidine and Madderly's
Star. Sathar Fleet #1 is driven from Madderly's Star and pursued
as it tries to make its way to Fromeltar. All militia ships in
the sector, including half of Task Force Prenglar, are engaged
in the pursuit.
81 f.y. Task Force Cassidine crushes the Sathar feint on Zebulon,
but with heavy losses. The UPF now realizes how vulnerable it
is to land attacks.
81 f.y. The Rim Coalition dispatches the Flight to the other side
of Lkaeok in search of Sathar supply vessels. In return they
ask the UPF to station Task Force Casidine half way between Zebulon
and Capelle to protect the Rim home worlds in case of a Sathar
Sneak attack through the Muld Nebula.
81 f.y. Strike Force Nove arrives secretly at White Light. Admiral
Niles believes more of the Sathar fleet may attack through the
White Light Nebulae.
81 f.y. Sathar Fleet #2 emerges between Timeon and Prenglar, placing
itself in front of the remains of Task Force Prenglar. The Battle
of Prenglar begins two hours later and results in Sathar Fleet
#2 scattering or destroying the reduced Task Force Prenglar.
Flush with victory, the Sathar proceed recklesslyu into the Frontier.
Strike Force Nove soon engages Sathar Fleet #2. The remaining
Task Force Prenglar ships return and join the battle. This running
battle results in the eventual withdrawal of Sathar Fleet #2 into
the White Light Nebulae.
81 f.y. Sathar Fleet #3 attempts to circumnavigate the Great Morass.
Two weeks later it is engaged by long-range fighters from Moonworld.
Without any knowledge of the existence of the Lynchpin system,
the Sathar forge ahead expecting to find a lone spaceship. Instead,
the Battle of Moonworld is joined.
82 f.y. The Coalition's Flight discovers the Sathar supply route
around the Xagyg Nebula. They station themselves in deep space
and proceed to destroy all incoming Sathar ships.
82 f.y. The final dregs of Sathar Fleet #1, after slipping into
the Xagyg Nebula off Fromeltar, arrive back at Sathar Outpost
#1 and prepare to defend to the death.
82 f.y. The Battle of Moonworld ends with three-quarters of Sathar
Fleet #3 destroyed. The remaining Sathar vessels are forced to
retreat into the Vast Expanse.
82 f.y. Task Force Prenglar regroups off K'aken-Kar.
82 f.y. The UPF establishes the United Planetary Federation Landfleet,
the first interplanetary army raised on the Frontier. Thousands
of Humma and Osakar arrive from the Rim and enlist, hoping to
stop the Sathar menace before it invades their homeworlds. Many
die for the Frontier, but still more stay and become citizens
after the war.
82 f.y. Strike Force Nova secures the Frontier inward from Theseus.
83 f.y. A Coalition Flight long-distance probe discovers Sathar
Outpost #1 and reports its location before it is destroyed.
83 f.y. The reminas of Sathar Fleet #2 arrive at Outpost #1.
Despite a desperate shortage of supplies caused by the Flight
blockade and terrible losses from previous engagements, the Sathar
have completed their construction. Outpost #1 is now a formidable
fortress.
83 f.y. Three incidents occur that help the Sathar:
The Mist Stone, a sacred Capellan icon, is stolen by Sathar agents
and smuggled into Outpost #1.
The original copy of "Reflections of a Humble Servant"
is also stolen and smuggled into Outpost #1. This work is considered
by Humans to be the definitive philosophy of Dralasite civilization.
Sathar war ships force the populations of Circe and Kir'Kut to
evacuate their planets. They are transported to Outpost #1 and
enslaved. All three incidents combine to assure that Outpost #1
is not taken by orbital bombardment.
83 f.y. Strike Force Nova retakes Solar Minor. The fighting is
fierce and half of the Strike Force and all of the Sathar holding
force is destroyed.
83 f.y. The Battle of the Blockade. A reinforcement fleet from
Sathar Space is challenged by the Flight. Half of the Sathar
Fleet, most of them fighting ships, escape but all troop ships
are destroyed. About one half of the Flight is eliminated.
84 f.y. The Flight is greatly increased by reinforcements from
the Rim. Wing #1, the original Flight, rendezvous with Task Force
Prenglar. Battered and weary, they still insist on joining the
siege of Outpost #1 with the Frontier forces. This group of Rim
spacers quickly gains notoriety in the Frontier and greatly enhances
UPF-Rim relations. They are known as the Raging Rimmers.
Wing #2 takes up the blockade position. Wing #3 is charged with
thedefense of the home worlds. Task Force Cassidine sails for
Solar Minor. The Sathar begin mining operations on the moons
of Outpost #1.
84 f.y. Dralasites and the Coalitions insist that a diplomatic
mission be sent to Outpost #1. The Sathar agree to meet three
months later to discuss a possibly treaty. Non-Sathar agents represent
Sathar interests at the meetings. Diplomatic talks are held for
another 18 months with no results. During that time the Sathar
strengthen their defeses and repair their ships. The UPF Landfleet
is given time to become a formidable army.
86 f.y. Task Force Cassidine joins Strike Force Nova around Solar
Minor. Four months later, Capellan Free Merchantmen transport
the Landfleet to the Solar Major and Solar Minor Fleets. Many
Ifshnitsremain in the Frontier after the war and begin the Free
Merchant trade system throughout the UPF planets. They will become
so firmly entrenched in Frontier life that the mega-corps will
not be able to force them out, and eventually accept them as another
mega-corp.
87 f.y. The Battle of Five Fleets. In a pincer action, Task Force
Prenglar, Coalition Wing #1, Task Force Cassidine, and the remnants
of Strike Force Nova attack the Outpost #1 system. Outpost itself
is a mammoth world with two planet-sized moons. The entire year
is spent destroying the remnants of the Sathar Fleet, the minefields
orbiting the planet, the small fighter squadrons the Sathar captured
on the two conquered worlds, and the moon's mining and defensive
operations. Lost in the action is the rest of Strike Force Nova,
except for the battleship Quasar, half of Task Force Cassidine,
and all but two destroyers from Coalition Wing #1.
88-90 f.y. The Siege of Outpost. Task Force Prenglar blockades
Outpost #1 while Landfleet is shuttled in under intense fire.
The land battles take two years to complete. At the end of hostilities,
no Sathar survive and 40% of Landfleet is destroyed. Among the
Landfleet dead, 30% are non-Frontier citizens. Most of the Ifshnit,
Osakar, and Humma who have served the UPF during the war settle
down on the UPF Frontier worlds.
91 f.y. The University of Zebulon receives Frontier. Its facilities
on Anker increase over the next 20 years until they are larger
than most Frontier cities.
92 f.y. Solar Minor is resettled.
93 f.y. The Frontier worlds decide that a permanent, but scaled
down, UPF Landfleet force must be maintained at all times for
the defense of the Frontier.
95 f.y. Outpost #1 is established asa UPF military base. The
"Hoppin' Hundred and Eighth," a spearhead Humma division,
is stationed there permanently.
96 f.y. Galactic Task Force and MercCo fight the first post-SWII
Corporate War over settlement rights on a moon orbiting Alcazzar
in the Rhianna system. Hostilities quickly spread to include
all seven of Alcazzar's moons and over a half dozen mega-corps.
The Corporate Wars begin in earnest.
97 f.y. The first Star Law graduating class containing Ifshnits,
Humma, and Osakar finish their training. The violent outbursts
threatened by a few radical cults never appear.
98 f.y. The Rim and the UPF enter into multiple defense treaties
and economic trade agreements, but the Coalition gives severe
warnings to all mega-corps that their militancy will not be tolerated
in the Rim. Tourism between the UPF and Rim is established and
is immediately successful. The Frontier now officially includes
the Rim Worlds.
99 f.y. Star Law is invited to the Rim to help the Coalition train
their own planetary branches.
100 f.y. The Rim's Age of Adventure begins as hundreds of exploratory
vessels are sent out to make the unknown regions surrounding the
Rim.
102-106 f.y. The Rim side of the Lesser Morass is mapped.
103 f.y. The firstRim Star Law agents appear. The structure is
identical to the UPF Star Law organization.
104-111 f.y. The Rim side of the Xagyg Dust Nebula is mapped.
105 fy. Star LAw is given equal powers, rights, and jurisdiction
in both the Rim and UPF systems for interplanetary and interstellar
crimes. While it works mainly with the local law enforcement
agencies, Star Law is recognized as the only law enforcement force
with full authority throughout the entire Frontier.
105 f.y. An altered Mechanon assassinates the Governor of Zebulon.
The UPF suspects that the Sathar may be establishing an extensive
spy and terrorist network. The possible Sathar use of mechanical
life forms, such as the Mechanonss, as agents becomes a prime
investigative goal of Star Law.
106 f.y. The Mechanons are officially informed by the UPF that
they are not considered a stable enough society, at this time,
to be allowed equal status in the UPF. They are forthwith considered
"wards of the Federation." Their protection and supervision
are the responsibility of the Council of Worlds. While most Mechanons
accept this as a necessary step toward independence, some rebel
and go underground, swearing to avenge their race. Many of these
are suspected of being Sathar agents.
106-111 f.y. Mapping of the Rim side of the Xagyg Nebula is completely
up to the Klaeok system.
107 f.y. The A.I.P.S. is formed. Except for the Capellan Free
Merchants, who were introduced into the UPF society under unusual
circumstances, it is the first mega-corp voluntarily created by
smaller companies in an effort to resist merger or take-over attempts
by existing mega-corps.
108 f.y. In an effort to stem the growing numbers of Corporate
Wars, the UPF and Coalition worlds grant Star Law the authority
to recruit and use mercenaries and to establish the Star Law Psi-Corps,
a special branch of Mentalist-disciplined officers.
109 f.y. Mego-corp recruitment doubles in non-enforcer professions.
A trend of smaller and cheaper skirmishes or espionage missions
to replace the larger, more expensive Corporate Wars begins to
show. Over the next two years the term "Corporate War"
comes to mean a war of intelligence gathering, tactical enforcement
procedures, and industrial sabotage rather than full-scale military
operations.
109 f.y. Long-range probe ships are sent into suspected Sathar
space away from the Rim and UPF systems on the other side of the
Xagyg Dust Nebula. It is hoped these probes can answer the question
of where the Sathar come from.
110 f.y. A human assassin fails in his attempt to shoot Queanee
Kloonanu, chairman of the Council of Worlds. A small bioform
is found attached to the human's back. Scientific studies show
it to be some kind of intelligent, parasitic organism with the
same genetic make-up as Sathar specimens. Authorities believe
it to be a new Sathar method of controlling agents. See-through
apparel becomes fashionable almost immediately.
111 f.y. The University of Zebulon publishes the first volume
of Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space, a multi-volumne collection
of confirmed flora, fauna, cultures, devices, customs, and history
of the known Frontier. It is considered the definitive work on
the Frontier and is immensely popular.
111 f.y. Mapping of the Xagyg Dust Nebula continues from Klaeok
and K'aken-Kar.
111 f.y. The Grand Celebration, commemorating 111 years of the
UPF treaty is planned for the entire year. Gala social functions,
parades, and celebrations are planned on every planet in the UPF
and even some in the Rim.