Space Race
From Acw
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The Moon Landing
A Base On Mars
Detente and Terraforming
Extrasolar travel
Extra solar travel is accomplished at faster than light (FTL) speeds by wormholes
- Migration Crises of the 2120s
- In 2127 the UISA sent an Ark Ship to New Iowa in the Griffin system.
- In 2129, after the death of King William IV, a particularly young George VII ascended to the throne.
- In 2132 the new reformed British Empire begin construction of two gigantic Ark Ships, the Boadicea and the Arthur
- In 2134 the Arthur is launched to Hydra, the Boadicea to Griffin.
- In 2142 George VII dies and Victoria II ascends to the throne at the age of 21.
- in 2144 the USSR sent the first armed FTL ship, the Alexander Nevsky, to the Chimera System to claim the planet that would become known as New Ukraine.
- In 2147 the UISA sent the then-largest FTL ship, the USSS Essex, to colonise New Iowa.
- In 2149 the Germans sent a small FTL ship to New Iowa in the Griffin system.
- In 2151 the Alexander Nevsky saw off the German colony ship Seevogel. The Seevogel limped to the second habitable planet in the system, which was to become New Rhineland.
- In 2151, the Battle of New Ukraine cemented the status quo in the Chimera system.
- In 2152 the USSR won the Battle of New Ukraine.
- In 2227 Victoria II dies, succeeded by George VIII.
