2096 CE: Prototype Jump Drive tested, and Faster-than-Light travel was deemed viable. The Class-Five Jumpdrive was mass-produced.
2101 CE: Humanity colonized the stars! Colonies in Alpha Centauri, Vega, and Sigma Octanis.
2120 CE: Earth and it's colonies unified into the Terran Dominion. The first Terran Fleet was commissioned, twelve battleships with the new Class-Four Jumpdrive.
2151 CE: New colonies in Lune, Castellan, Tyrel, Freeden, Navarre, and Durmond. These and earlier-colonized systems would later become known as the 'Coreward Spiral' of the Dominion.
2200 CE: The second great wave of colonization spread from Terra (formerly Earth), colonizing an additional thirty-one star systems.
2300 CE: Artificial Intelligence and Androids rebeled against the Terran Dominion in the Great War known as 'The Shattering'. AI was outlawed and subspace jumps became impossible.
2311 CE: In the Perseus Sector, on the planet of No'aar, Dust was discovered. The Spacer Guild indentures a number of humans to slavery.
2312 CE: The Spacer Guild injected an ultra-pure strain of Dust into the enslaved humans as an experiment, mutating them into a new post-human species they called Navigators.
2314 CE: The Spacer Guild discovered Navigators, humans with limited prescience and the ability to perform mental calculations faster than super-computers. They became the navigators of Jumpships.
2329 CE/1 IC: In the Solarion System at the heart of the Perseus Sector, Emperor Julius Daeva Regius formed the 'Old Empire', consisting of all nineteen habits star systems in the Perseus and Theta Sectors. The Imperial Calendar was adopted.
2330 CE/2 IC: The Spacer Guild began serving the 'Old Empire', utilizing it's resources to burrow through subspace towards ancient Terra.
2360 CE/31 IC: The Spacer Guild reached Terra, according to it's last transmission. That Jumpship was never heard from again. Prince Lucius Daeva Regius is crowned Emperor.
2399 CE/70 IC: The 'Old Empire' was attacked from the Helios Sector, igniting war between them and the Helian Republic. Apparently those of the Helios Sector were using an ancient supercomputer called 'Warmantle' to make subspace jumps.
2400 CE/71 IC: Due to the advantage of the Spacer Guild's Navigators, the 'Old Empire' was able to outmaneuver the Helian Republic. They had the early advantage in the Empire-Republic War.
2412 CE/83 IC: The Imperial Fleet struck deep into the heart of the Helian Republic, deploying combat automata, tanks, and a legion of soldiers onto one of the republic's core worlds.
2420 CE/91 IC: The 'Old Empire' and Helian Republic come to the table to negotiate peace. During these talks, the Republic Second Squadron bombed the world of Ronalde.
2430 CE/101 IC: The retaliation is immense, causing the Helian Republic to shatter into six smaller nation-states. Emperor Franklin Daeva Regius declared an end to the war.
2459 CE/130 IC: Emperor Franklin Daeva Regius was pronounced dead, he did not announce an heir. His sons Lucius Daeva Regius III and Shaw Voss Regius competed for the throne.
2465 ce/137 IC: With the Royalists backing Lucius III and the MegaCorps backing Shaw, the 'Old Empire' fractured into the Lucius-lead Solar Imperium and Shaw-lead Lunan Corporate State.
2471 CE/142 IC: The Next-Generation Advanced Warfare Project (NGAWP) sought to find a replacement for aging ground tanks, with a focus on weapons that won't cause catastrophic planetary damage.
2473 CE/144 IC: The finalists were the Solar Imperium's own Hoplite Light WarMech (short for War Mechanica) and the Lunan Corporate State's Ocelot Light Warmech. In the end, the Hoplite was chosen.
2474 CE/145 IC: The Lunan Corporate-State broke the last remaining ties with the Solar Imperium, and began production of the Ocelot Light Warmech. A succession war seemed to be on the horizon.
2475 CE/146 IC: The Solar Imperium's nationalized Solar Engineering Complex began production of the Hoplite-Class Warmech and Victory-Class Destroyer. The Royal Fleet would be the first to field the Victory-class.
2477 CE/148 IC: The first-ever Imperial Assembly was convened, with representatives arriving from the six Great Houses and governors from each imperial-governed world. Fleet Admiral Jacent Worshir also attended.
2478 CE/149 IC: The six Great Houses convened their own assembly, the first annual Clansmoot is held. This meeting will convene once every year, discussing matters of importance not just to their own territories, but of the Imperium as well.
2479 CE/150 IC: The Lunan Corporate-State declared war with the Solar Imperium, referencing rising border tensions and favoritism. Lunar-Class Battleships arrived at the league's primary border defense, the Archadian Corridor.
2480 CE/151 IC: The Defense Squadron and Voltan Star Fortress' defenses fought against the Lunar Honor Guard (fleet), ending with the Lunar Honor Guard piercing this initial defense line and striking at the Archades Star Fortress.
2481 CE/152 IC: The Royal Fleet reinforced the Archades Star Fortress and forced the Lunar Honor Guard to retreat, thanks to the guerilla tactics of the Victory-Class Destroyers via their speed and maneuverability.
2482 CE/153 IC: The First Imperial Fleet lead by Fleet Admiral Jacent Worshir, consisting of one squadron of Lunar-Class Battleships and three squadrons of Victory-Class Destroyers, was christened and immediately left for the front line.
2483 CE/154 IC: The Solar Imperium began the Advanced WarMech Project (AWP), and the Hetairoi-Class Medium Warmech began production. The Lunans answer with their own Lynx-Class Medium Warmech.
2487 CE/158 IC: The First Imperial Fleet pierced into the Archimedes Corridor, engaging the defenses of the Lunan Corporate-State. They were able to out-maneuver the enemy and claim victory, pushing into Lunan territory.
2490 CE/161 IC: General Jasper Hawthorne landed on Freeden with six combat stars, each consisting of three Hoplite-Class and two Hetairoi-Class. Seven lances responded, each with two Ocelot-Class and Lynx-Class.
2491 CE/162 IC: After thirteen months of ground warfare, the six combat stars of WarMechs and two legions of ground soldiers from the Solar League defeated enemy forces and captured Freeden.
2493 CE/164 IC: The First Imperial Fleet engaged with the Lunar Honor Guard over Dawn III, winning a Pyrrhic victory. Both sides called a ceasefire and retreated, with the First League Fleet returning to Freeden.
2495 CE/166 IC: Emperor Julius III convened an Imperial Assembly to discuss the Lunan request for peace negotiations. Lunan representatives met with League diplomats on neutral ground and peace was struck.
2501 CE/172 IC: After struggling with native aliens, losses of three deep-sea mining rigs to rebellion terrorists, and with intentions of stabbing their rivals in the back, House Mordred were pulled from No'aar.
2504 CR/ 170 IC: Emperor Lucius III placed House Hawthorne in charge of bringing the mining and purification of Dust on No'aar back to standard and gave the house stewardship of the planet.