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- ALTERNATE REALITIES
[VOY]= Voyager [ENT]= Enterprise [TNG]=the Next Generation [TOS]= Star Trek Original [DS9]=Deep Space Nine
[ST:X]=Star Trek Movies [FASA]=Fasa "Star Trek" RPG [SFB] = Star Fleet Battles Gaming Systems [SFC] Star Fleet Command Computer Game Series [MIR]= Miranda Sim, 1996-PRES [GAL]=USS Galaxy Sim 1996-2002 [GAL:TNG]= Galaxy Sim, 2002-PRES
[DQ]= Delta Quadrant Simming Group [KD]= Kal Dixas/USS Sovereign Sim [SL]=USS Saint Louis Sim. [Reb] Star Trek: Rebellion Sim
[XXX] Mostly Trek Fiction/Fan Fiction, available from Dixon's Trek Chronology (Not Usually canon because of huge honking holes, but we selected bits that made sense, or mirrored ideas of ours.) Star Ship Class Minutia/Trivia From "Ships of the Fleet" or the "Technical Manual" series
The universe is formed in the Big Bang, which is used by at least two members of the Q Continuum as a hiding place
(VOY: "Death Wish") the philosopher Q (Quinn) briefly takes the "Voyager" back to the universe's birth, from 2372, to elude Q. Q claims that he also hid here from the Q Continuum once. Three minutes after creation, the universe consists of a 3:1 hydrogen-helium ratio in a super-hot medium. In the 23rd Century, the "Enterprise" will encounter duplicate conditions in the Beta Castellini system (Sector 79F) resulting from an emerging mini-universe. In 2068, Herbert Samuelson will discover positive proof for the universe being "pulsating" in that after the Big Bang the universe will expand, fall back into a 'cosmic egg,' then expand again with a new Big Bang. The growing-dying-growing cycle will be an old Alpha Centauran worldview. [V 131, TOS #41, SFC]
12,000,000,000? B.C. (sometime between 15,000,000,000 and 9,000,000,000 B.C.)
-The Great Barrier, an accretion disk 13 light years in radius from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is constructed by an unknown race (possibly the Cytherians) to imprison a non-corporeal super being. [ST V, TNG 193]
-Q, disoriented by Trelane's assault (circa 2370) is in a disassociated, totally noncorporeal state of free-floating energy at the edge of the galaxy. Suffering from amnesia, Q will inhabit the Energy Barrier at the galactic rim until well into the 23rd Century. [GN 17]
9,000,000,000 B.C.
-The Black Cluster is formed in sector 97 when protostars collapse in close proximity, eventually one of the most ancient formations in the galaxy
[TNG 211]
-The planet Alcawell is also formed about this time in the Delta Quadrant. [V #2]
-The Nagha, an immense super computer, is constructed by an unknown organic race. Millions of years later it will evolve into a thinking intelligence, enslave its own creators, and exterminate them. [ON 6]
7,500,000,000 B.C.
The extremely advanced civilization living on UFC 522-IV vanishes inexplicably. Their cities' structures and psionic crystals will remain perfectly preserved for over 7.5 billion years. When discovered circa 2172 A.D. it will be the remains of the oldest civilization ever found in the galaxy. [DQ]
More than 5 billion years ago
The Guardian of Forever is asked its last question prior to 2267 - "before your sun burned hot in space"
(TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever").
4,000,000,000 B.C.
The first of the humanoid races seeds worlds throughout the galaxy with humanoid genetic code. An advanced computer algorithm message is imbedded within the DNA and scattered in pieces throughout at least 19 planets. [TNG 246]
-The first humanoid civilization explored the galaxy, but found themselves alone. They spread their genetic material throughout many planets of the galaxy, so that life would develop similar to them (TNG: "The Chase").
-Q and Q begin their more or less romantic involvement (VOY: "The Q and the Grey").
3,500,000,000 B.C.
A Preserver artifact is created. In 2366 it will be recovered by the "Enterprise" as an imbedded object within a false Borg decoy planted by Romulan pawns to release Colonel Thorsen's personality matrix into the "USS Enterprise's" computer. [GN 18]
3.5 billion years ago
On Earth, in a region later known as France, amino acids combine to the first proteins (TNG: "All Good Things").
3,000,000,000 B.C.
-An advanced (extragalactic?) race creates a series of planet-killers: automated "doomsday machine" robot weapons of immense size and power to combat the Borg. The collective consciousness of "the Many" are transcribed into the final such machine. Some will later speculate that they were constructed by the Preservers. Two starship "Enterprises" will encounter these planet-killers in the 23rd and 24th Centuries respectively. The exact origin of these weapons is debatable, either just beyond the Energy Barrier or as far as the Andromeda galaxy. [DMa, ST 3, GN 8, V #5]
-Ay-nab, the "god" of Lyra, instructs its people to create a Dyson sphere world. [ON 9]
-Davonia, a moon in the Davon system on the rim of Cardassian space, is formed. [DSN #11]
2,000,000,000 B.C.
The Tagus III civilization flourishes. By the 23rd Century it will be long extinct and an archeological interest. [TNG 194(TNG: "Qpid").]
1,000,000,000 B.C.
-The galaxy-wide Slaver Empire is destroyed when one race revolts against the Slavers. Most intelligent life of this time is destroyed, and the only remnants of the Slaver Empire are stasis boxes and their contents. One such stasis box, containing a flying belt, will be the key to the artificial gravity field used by starships. Another will contain a disruptor bomb. [SW/a]
-The advanced space-faring race known as the Skour inhabit the Rigel system. [FASA]
444,310,700 B.C.
Period 1 begins on the planet Alcawell in the Delta Quadrant of the galaxy, the first segment of a society spread out through almost a billion years of time. The time-traveling Alcawellians' world consists of periods. Each period spans 500,000 years. Mean Time Control Headquarters is located in Period 1, which is where Chief Engineer Torres, Ensign Kim, and Neelix are taken from Period 889 to face the charges of intraperiod travel and the consequent Time Alarms. In alternate timelines, the three "Voyager" members are executed for the temporal crimes. [V #2]
401,310,700 B.C.
Period 87 begins on Alcawell in the Delta Quadrant. After promotion, Red moves to Southern City in this period--crowded, but not as bad as Period 1. [V #2]
400 million years ago
In the Devonian age, eryops, the last common ancestor of cold-blooded and warm-blooded organisms, lives on Earth (VOY: "Distant Origin").
300,000,000 B.C.
An alien ship of insectoid beings is invaded by a magnetic organism. Trapped in orbit of Questar M17, the crew disable their own ship to prevent the spread of the entity. [BFS/a]
299,810,700 B.C.
-Period 290 begins on Alcawell in the Delta Quadrant. [V #2]
-The Vedala race probably thrives during this era. They will be known as the oldest living spacefaring race by 2364. [Ji/a]
-Environmental conditions on Thasus change and will remain stable for the next 3 million years. [ST:TM1]
150,000,000 B.C.
The planet Mirage is formed. [TOS #74]
100 million years ago
The D'Arsay civilization launches the archive of their culture (TNG: "Masks").
65 million years ago
In the Cretaceous era, hadrosaurus has become the most advanced cold-blooded organism, but is wiped out in a mass extinction (VOY: "Distant Origin").
64,020,410 B.C., June
In southern Georgia on Earth, Captain Kirk and a landing party (transported from 2264 via the Guardian of Forever) see to the impact of an asteroid, ensuring the extinction of the dinosaurs. The Clan Ru at first succeeded in altering history by destroying the asteroid with a matter/ antimatter warhead satellite. Kirk convinces the Ru that their distortion of history would only result in their own extinction after comparing DNA samples. In the Ru-created alternate universe, the dinosaurs will evolve semi-intelligence only to exterminate themselves in endless cycles of nuclear warfare. There will be no Federation, while the Romulans and Klingons become locked in endless interstellar warfare. In the "proper" timeline, the asteroid's impact will directly contribute to the extinction of the dinosaurs and the evolution of Mankind. Prior to their demise, the Preservers will visit Earth and transplant the dinosaurs, allowing them to evolve and thrive on the Clan Ru homeworld. [TOS #75]
20,000,000 B.C.
-The mysterious stone known as the Devil's Heart, Bloodstone, Dream Gem, Ko N'ya, Nota, Telev's Bane, Pagrashtak and many other names over its long history, is created by the Architects (Originators). It has the same properties as that of the Guardian of Forever and will become a talisman to many races. To the Iconians it will be a key to opening the Three Gates and allow their civilization to colonize other worlds. The Ko N'ya may possess semi-sentience and may be a seed to grow another Guardian of Forever. [GN 13]
-Recorded Voth history in the Delta Quadrant begins (VOY: "Distant Origin").
12,000,000 B.C.
The Cetaceans colonize Earth's oceans. [ST IV]
??? Millions of years ago
The inhabitants of Organia evolve to beings of pure energy (TOS: "Errand of Mercy").
2,000,000 B.C.
The Preservers seed various planets with carbon-based, predominately humanoid, life. They take a special interest in the peoples of Earth (having previously transplanted members of the dinosaur family, saving them from extinction) and throughout the centuries establish duplicate "Earths" populated by relocated humans or humanoids. Some of these species are genetically altered and unique societies are formed, many of which are computer-dominated, while others are given extended life-spans or some such outstanding abilities. Native American Indians and 13th Century Germans are two such examples of races transplanted from Earth. The former group will be seeded on the planet Amerind (Miramanee) and the latter on a planet deep within a deadly stellar cluster. The Preservers may be responsible for seeding the region which would later become the Interstellar Organian Concordium Trusteeship Territory. The IOC will consist of the quadruplicate telepathically-linked Veltressai, chlorine-breathing Q'Naabians, reptilian (Gorn/Hildarian-offshoot?) Pronhoulites, aquatic and psionic Rovillians, and the felinoid (Kzinti/Lyran-offshoot?) Korlivilar. [PSy, TOS #35, TOS #75, TBoT #4, TNG #28, SFB]
1,997,700 B.C.
The First Winnowing: all land life on the Cetacean homeworld is destroyed by an asteroid impact. Surviving emigrants may have become the ancestors of the Erisian Ascendancy cultures. [GN 10]
1,810,700 B.C.
Period 886 begins on Alcawell in the Delta Quadrant. [V #2]
1,741,651 B.C.
The Makers, an advanced race of humanoids from the Andromeda galaxy, die out when their home star goes nova. Only their androids (on UFC 257704-II later called Planet Mudd or Liticia) live on in our galaxy. [IM, TOS]
1,310,700 B.C.
Period 887 begins on Alcawell in the Delta Quadrant. [V #2]
1,250,000 B.C.
-The Masters/Makers/Preservers or Seeders finish the extensive terraforming of Rigel III, while preserving Rigel IV as a work yard and memorial to themselves. [FASA]
-Note that the Masters are probably responsible for the creation of the Hakel radiation belt extending out to approximately 90 astronomical units from Rigel's primary and surrounding the twelve planets. Consisting of subatomic particles trapped in the star's powerful magnetic field, it shields the worlds from the dense rays from the Rigellian sun. It will be officially discovered in the Second Rigellian Epoch by Hakel of Rigel II. [MRM, STM]
1,150,000 B.C.
The cleaning and refueling of the sun Rigel A is completed by the Masters. The helium core is fished out with difficulty and its material is used for other projects--notably the planets orbiting Rigel B and C, both experiments in stellar kindling. [FASA]
1,000,000 B.C.
On Rigel VII and Rigel VII, the Masters plant new and promising life forms which, in a million or so years, will develop into sentient, starfaring and reverent species that will acknowledge the long-dead Masters as gods. As the Masters' civilization was dying and their people dwindling away, they do slipshod work in genetically engineering the Bodas, an intelligent species kept for pets. The Bodas are conceived with a shambling gait, harsh speech, and (by the Masters' standards) imperfect reasoning and a faulty moral sense. Shortly thereafter, the Masters disappear, leaving the vulcanoid species behind. [FASA]
997,800 B.C.
Oyya, the 2,000 square kilometer city surrounding the Guardian of Forever, is established on the Time Planet (Gateway) by the Originators. [Log 1, TOS #39]
990,000 B.C.
The accelerated Bodas come to a complete understanding of themselves, their dead Masters, and their works--and now call themselves Rigellians. Their sun is unstable and will eventually go nova and destroy the entire system. In addition, the Boda race is plagued by muscle and bone problems caused by their hasty genetic manipulation which, owing to the deliberate policy of the Masters, cannot be corrected. Moreover, the Masters had left them the custody of thousands of kilometers of archive shelves crammed with billions of pages of documents, tons of computer tapes and tabs, and mounds of models, monuments, plaques, and other marks of dubious achievement and self-congratulation. The Rigellians destroy most of it, finding the idea of preserving their memory to be abhorrent. As a means of making amends and redeeming their own consciences, they open Rigel to all races for trade and development. [FASA]
970,000 B.C.
The Rigellians sponsor a number of cooperative ventures in order to educate other races, to correct the damages of their Masters in other star systems, and to regulate trade. Of all of them, only the Rigel Trade Authority does not fail. The Rigellians learn that they cannot teach entire alien cultures to avoid attractive mistakes, no matter how noble their intentions. [FASA]
950,000 B.C.
The Rigellians withdraw from public view and content themselves with occasional "corrective measures" applied from afar to cure the galaxy's most visible and obnoxious ills. [FASA]
597,730 B.C.
The Arretians colonize the known galaxy. In the 40 Eridani system, they may have used gene-splicing techniques on proto-Vulcans, possibly explaining the Vulcan/Romulan faction split in Vulcan prehistory. [RT, TBoT #17]
597,636 B.C. (Age of Makto)
The Tkon Empire dies out when its home planet's sun goes nova. The empire may have been forged by the Devil's Heart which came to the homeworld as a meteor when the natives were a simple hunting culture. At the height of their power, the Tkon Empire numbered in the trillions and according to legend, the Tkon had the power to move stars. [TNG 107, GN 13]
540,828 B.C
In the Magellanic Clouds, the First Hive is constructed for the Great Design and the Crossing begins (a multi-generational intergalactic voyage to the Milky Way galaxy). None of the worlds in the Megallanic Clouds are considered suitable, and a warlike and aggressive alien race has conquered most of the territory (possibly the Flying Parasites?). During the journey, the 203rd (incarnation of the) Hive will secretly result in an aggressive Hivemaster succession intent on annihilating all who stand in their way, and an agoraphobic change in the Great Design's purpose to terraform an uninhabited world. [DSN #15, MRM, STM]
497,740 B.C.
The star Exo begins to dim and will continue to do so over the next half million years. The inhabitants of Exo III (later known as "the Old Ones" by their creations) will be driven underground, resulting in a mechanistic culture of androids. [LG]
497,736 B.C.
The F9 star Careta gradually begins to fade. [TOS #65]
497,710 B.C.
The Cetacean Probe's construction is completed, having taken centuries of time and half the resources of the creators' world. Its purpose is to search for life forms similar to its creators. [GN 10. ST:TM]
497,700 B.C.
The once Class M planet Arret's atmosphere is ripped away during civil war. A handful of survivors take shelter in subterranean caves. The Rigellians have nothing to do with this war but are pleasantly surprised at this brutal event, which restores their faith in justice. The Rigellians have become complacent and cynical, involving themselves less and less with alien races. [RT, FASA]
497,600 B.C.
The Ylans complete their Artifact, an interstellar museum of art. Over the next half million years it will become a starship trap. [TNG #13]
310,700 B.C.
Period 889 begins on Alcawell in the Delta Quadrant. [V #2]
309,629 B.C.
On Alcawell, a team led by a man named Caxton discovers time travel. They quickly learn that time lines could be changed with just the slightest of tampering and a very small, powerful circle is founded to police time travel violations. Population density is a problem to the Alcawellians and space travel is quickly phased out following poor spacecraft design. Colonizing the planet's history into Periods (500,000 year chunks) is the solution and the Alcawellians begin to live in different eras. [V #2]
307,629 B.C. (3,071 Real Time, Period 889)
The "Voyager" away team consisting of Chief Engineer Torres, Ensign Kim, and Neelix accidentally commit an intraperiod journey back 310,000 years to this year by tampering with an abandoned time shuttle on the planet Alcawell. They will in turn be brought back to Period 1 (circa 44 million B.C.) to Mean Time Control HQ. [V #2]
304,710 B.C.
-At the galactic rim, tens of thousands of Borg ships attack the Cetacean Probe, inflicting damage to its crystal memory. [GN 10]
-The Borg trace the path of the Cetacean Probe back to its homeworld (a distance of some 30,000 parsecs) and strike the planet. This Second Winnowing slaughters thousands before the inhabitants shatter their own homeworld's moon to construct an evacuation fleet from the rubble. [GN 10]
297,736 B.C.
The xenophobic Kh!lict civilization arises on the planet Careta IV. Over the next 100 millennia they will exterminate every intelligent race they encounter. The Kl!lict extermination will account for 73% of the 'orphan' cultures in the sectors coreward. [TOS #65]
297,630 B.C.
A Vulcan etching containing a Mayan-like language dates from his era. A new analysis of the artifact will be conducted in 2370 and reviewed by Captain Picard. [TNG #33]
200,000 B.C.
The vulcanoid Rigellians are finally able to reverse the genetic flaws in their DNA and RNA during this era through pharmaceutical means, and no longer will be born with a shuffling gait and bone problems. [FASA]
?? Hundreds of thousands of years ago
The population of Talos IV is largely wiped out in a war. Forced to living beneath the surface, the Talosians develop their mental powers, while neglecting their technological knowledge and skills. (TOS: "The Cage", TOS: "Menagerie").
ore than 100,000 years ago
-The subspace network which will be later claimed by the Hirogen is constructed by an unknown race (VOY: "Message in a Bottle", "Hunters").
-The ocean planet, later home of the Monean civilization, is created by extracting all water from a Class M planet and containing it (VOY: "Thirty Days").
197,736 B.C.
With the sun dimming and Careta IV's geothermal resources tapped to the max, the Kl!lict civilization collapses. [TOS #65]
197,725 B.C.
The Devil's Heart falls into the hands of the Iconians. They use its technology for three generations to create the Three Gateways. [GN 13]
197,665 B.C.
The Devil's Heart falls into the possession of Kanda Jiak, soon to be the last of the Iconians. [GN 13]
197,635 B.C.
The Iconian civilization is destroyed in a large-scale orbital bombardment of their homeworld. Their interdimensional gateways have given the Iconians the possibility to bridge any distance in no time and surprise their enemies. Iconian influence is still visible in many languages, such as Dewan, Iccobar, and Dinasian (TNG: "Contagion", DS9: "To the Death"). The Iconian Empire dies out when the homeworld is annihilated by orbital bombardment, but not before tens of thousands of Iconians escape to the remote outposts of Ikkabar, DiWahn, and Dynasia. Kanda Jiak, the last Iconian, deserts Iconia via a Gateway taking with him the Devil's Heart to Vulcan where he dies. Ancient texts will describe the Iconians as "demons of air and darkness." By 2370, Starbase 211's Kraybon Collection museum will contain the only known example of a Fire Sceptre from the ruins of Iconia Primus. In 2372, a renegade group of Jem'Hadar will discover a non-operational Iconian gateway on Vandros IV in the Gamma Quadrant. [TNG 137, GN 13, TNG #39, DSN ]
170,236 B.C.
The Meztorien civilization arises. [TOS #65]
150,000 B.C.
Rigel A begins to show signs of instability. The alarmed Rigellians delve into their past to rediscover the technology used by the Masters and rejuvenate their sun. They succeed in draining Rigel of its helium ash and replenishing in its hydrogen. Rigel may burn for another million years without tampering. [FASA]
147,629 B.C.
The Alcawellians discover how to easily cross the boundaries of alternate universe timelines where the Alcawellians never evolved, and begin to colonize them. The Second Exodus and the desertation of Alcawell begins. In 150,000 years, Alcawell will be uninhabited in this timeline and there will be an estimate of over two hundred billion Alcawellians occupying over 8 million alternate timelines. [V #2]
100,000 B.C.
This is the era during which the Jindarians end their terrestrial existence and travel as gypsies throughout the galaxy. Their first ships are powered asteroids. Their place of origin shall remain a mystery. [SFB]
97,736 B.C.
The Meztoriens explore the Careta system and unearth the artifacts of the Kh!lict on the 4th planet. Realizing their danger, the Meztoriens shield the ruins with sensor-jamming fields. [TOS #65]
-The Meztoriens eventually succumb to the Darneel Invasion in the Dulciphar star cluster. The surviving fragments of their empire fall into a dark age from which they never emerge. [TOS #65]
97,710 B.C.
All Erisian worlds are evacuated, including Temaris IV--possibly due to the presence of the Borg. [GN 10]
97,709 B.C.
An unknown civilization leaves behind a long-distance frequency-focus transporter on the planet Faramond. The entire planet is a giant transporter conductor capable of transporting whole civilizations a distance of light-millennia. However, the builders take the control mechanism for the machine with them, leaving behind an empty hulk. Over the millennia, the Fabrini and half a dozen other races will stumble across it, each studying the machine and abandoning it. [GN 12]
87,035 B.C.
The Iconian interstellar gate system is abandoned. [TOS #43]
67,710 B.C.
Edris goes nova as predicted by the Erisians 30,000 years earlier. [GN 10]
52,000 B.C.
The ecosphere of Rigel IV finally dies after hundreds of thousands of years of indifferent struggle. No plant, animal, or microbe remains on the surface. The Rigellians simply glaze over the lifeless ground and use it for parking space for more trade vessels. Artificial life support has already been functional for nearly a million years. [FASA]
50,000 years ago
-Horta of Janus VI begins her lastest cycle of rebirth (TOS: "Devil in the Dark").
-Bele begins to chase Lokai, who has led a revolution on the planet of Cheron (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield").
-The planet killer begins its long travel through intergalactic space (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine").
47,737 B.C.
Lokai, a political criminal, escapes from his home planet Cheron. Bele, a law enforcer, goes in pursuit--which will last 50,000 years. When the two return to Cheron they will find their homeworld a dead planet in the 2260s. [LB]
47,735 B.C.
A marked decrease in volcanic activity occurs on Vulcan. [EOM]
47,629 B.C.
On Alcawell, in the Delta Quadrant, the Second Exodus is ended and the world is empty. The inhabitants have left via dimensional shifting. Fifty thousand years later most everything is totally gone except for the Alcawellian time ships which must be protected by Watchmen from interstellar looters. [V #2]
42,730 B.C.
The "Sky Spirits" depart for Earth at approximately this time. It will take them more than three generations to reach Sol from the Delta Quadrant. [V 125](VOY: "Tattoo")
42,628 B.C.
Native Americans are genetically bonded by alien humanoids known in legend as the "Sky Spirits." These Humans are known as the Inheritors. [V 125]
40,000 B.C.
Like thousands of other races before them, the Preservers come to trade at Rigel. They begin with a small volume then swell to a flood of ships, then fade away, like thousands of other races before them. [FASA]
35,000 B.C.
The Rigellians learn of the preponderence of humanoid races on both sides of the Galactic Arm. Still they do not suspect the truthof the Preservers/Makers/Masters/Seeders links [FASA]
30,000 years ago
The Verathan civilization, originally from the Verath system in the Gamma Quadrant, reaches its height, spanning two dozen star systems (DS9: "Q-less").
27,630 B.C.
The Vorathum civilization in the Gamma Quadrant reaches its height, spanning over two dozen systems interconnected by a highly developed trade and communications network. [DSN 407]
22,000 years ago
-The first of at least 947 archaeological expeditions was conducted at the ancient ruins on Tagus III (TNG: "Qpid").
-Trill begin life as a joined species (TNG: "The Host").
20,000 B.C.
The inhabitants of Altair IV colonize Altair VI. A system-wide civil war is later waged, dropping both worlds into savagery. [LOR]
19,227 years ago
A wandering Glath starship captain named Muark Tan brings to Rigel IV evidence of sentient humanoid life on Rigel VIII, including photographs, tools, weapons, clothing, and three live specimens. It is already too late to undo the tampering, as the value of Orion slaves makes itself felt on the open market. Of all the races the Orions have known, the Rigellians will never deal in the sale of Orion slaves. The thought of the fortune the Rigellians passed up will always inspire deep reverential awe in the Orions. [FASA]
17,944 B.C.
The Treaty of Kammzdast is signed by 109 races. The Rigellians sign it in order to preserve peace in the Rigel system. [FASA]
17,736 B.C.
All intelligent life on Beekman's Planet (Hydrilla) is exterminated. [TOS #30]
17,735 B.C.
Kremaster, an extragalactic cyborg, becomes entrapped in the final nexus interstellar gate system, intent on destroying it. [TOS #43]
14,263 B.C
The Atom War on Botchok occurs. Somchuk Nhat the Far-Sighted, a Grey Rigellian , calls the war an example of the failure of diplomacy to handle technological questions. The rebuilding of Botchok will see many Greys rise to high positions in business and in government, over the Ruddy and Green Orions [FASA]
13,630 B.C.
Civilization begins on Tirek VIII, a species of highly intelligent squidlike creatures. [DSN #15]
13,000 B.C.
A race of beings located in Sagitarrius begin to transmit quaternary coded signals describing their history, culture, spiritual values, physical forms, and ultimately their own demise. [SFC]
12,735 B.C.
-The Aragos civilization is destroyed. [TOS #32]
-Half the galaxy is occupied by the Danons (who may have visited Earth and started the Devil legend). Near the center of the galaxy, they encounter the slug-like Torgas and war breaks out which will last thousands of years. The Danons will eventually be driven back to their homeworld where they will construct their Great Machine as a last line of defense against outside attack, and will worship it. [ON 13]
12,730 B.C.
Rakatan Mons, a volcano on the planet Rakatan (Ordover system) six times the size of Olympus Mons on Sol's Mars, settles down to being virtually inactive. [TOS #68]
12,571 years ago
"Working Groups" of Grey Orions are secretly lifted from Botchok to provide technological expertise on other planets. In less than a thousand years their use (although against the Treaty of Kammzdast) will become widespread. [FASA]
12,000 years ago
An artisan on Kurl, during the Fifth Dynasty, creates small ceramic figurines, called naiskos, that embody that culture's belief that within each person is a community of individuals, each with its own desires, views, and voices (TNG: "The Chase"
11,800 B.C.
The Senate hall on the Klingon homeworld is built. [ON 1]
11,157 Years ago:
A contingent of both Grey and Ruddy Orions propose the Namazz Accords to the Kammzdast signatories. In their altered version of this event, the name of only one Grey Orion, Dufen Maads, is preserved and he is referred to as a Ruddy. No mention of any other Greys is made, though they perform the bulk of the work in planning the re-ecologizing of Botchok. [FASA]
11,050 Years Ago:
For a few days, the Rigellians detain a Grey Orion, Talduk Sik, part of a technical working group about to go outsystem. He is the first Orion that the Rigellians study, and he is carefully interviewed and questioned. This occasion, however, will become almost mystical to the Orions, particularly the Greys. Even in the far future some will still think of the Rigellians as their Makers. For their part, the Rigellians will think of the occasion as the first time they began to feel forebodings about the Orions. [FASA]
11,000 B.C.
At approximately this time in the Delta Quadrant, the Caretaker's people, extra-galactic beings, encounter the Ocampa homeworld and accidentally destroy the atmosphere. Two of the Caretakers elect to remain behind in an immense Array to care for the Ocampa people, having relocated them into a subterranean environment. [V 101, V 102, V #1]
10,000 years ago
-The machine/god Vaal on Gamma Trianguli VI is built (TOS: "The Apple").
-A species of intelligent spacefaring organisms which form symbiotic relationships with humanoid life forms that live within their bodies, become nearly extinct. Gomtuu is the last known survivor (TNG: "Tin Man")
10,014 Years ago:
The Greys of the Orion colony on Sharu, aided by Ruddy managers and Green workers, divert a portion of the planet's industrial capacity to their own purposes without being detected. The textiles, calculators, and jewelry they produce is tiny and economically unimportant, but it is the first time that Orions produce goods for their own benefit on an alien world. [FASA]
10,109 B.C.
Grey Orion navigators and computer watchmen are first used as crew aboard alien ships. Within a century, Ruddies will also be used as starship crew, earning a reputation for reliability. [FASA]
10,000 years ago
-When their sun is about to go nova, the Fabrini leave their system on an propelled asteroid now known as Yonada (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky").
-The Q Continuum begins a new era of discovery, celebrating learning, dialog, and even humor from all across the universe (VOY: "Death Wish").
-The Kalandan outpost, an artificial planet, is built. Its whole population, however, is wiped out by a virus, only leaving an automated defense system (TOS: "That Which Survives").
-Gint, the first Grand Nagus, codifies Ferengi cultural values in a book he calls the Rules of Acquisition. (DS9: "Bar Association", "Body Parts").
-The first of the Orbs is discovered by the Bajorans in the sky above their planet. Over the next ten millennia, a total of nine of these extraordinary objects will be found, inspiring revelations that shaped Bajoran theology (DS9: "Emissary").
-According to Klingon mythology, Kortar, the first Klingon, destroys the gods who created him (DS9: "Homefront", VOY: "Barge of the Dead").
-The planet Vulcan is at war with itself. It is the beginning of the Age of Expansion, and the unification of Vulcan starts. [GN 4]
9,999 B.C.
-The Orion Alliance is forged in secret on Botchok, and the news is passed by word of mouth to every colony. The Alliance, whose membership is purely Ruddy and Grey, declares that every Orion must master the alien technologies they find, with the ultimate aim of liberating Botchok and overthrowing the Treaty of Kammzdast. They Grey Orion Chairman, Klendal Hanok the Liberator, warns that victory will come only after many patient generations and so subtly that hardly anyone will notice. [FASA]
-The Stone Age on Earth: animal domestication and fire are developed. [LOR,SFD]
9,736 B.C.
The Tam Paupa is first worn on the planet Pandro (Garo VII). [Log 9]
9,700 B.C.
Orion crews are now serving on most alien merchant vessels. [FASA]
9,688 years ago
The Bema revolt in Orion space. Over 50,000 Green Orions and lower-class Ruddies stage an uprising protesting their working conditions, which becomes a demand to liberate all Orions everywhere and release the homeworld. Julin Hyrax the Brave volunteers his Greys--all 3,000 of them--to the Magistrate of Bema to stop the revolt. Distrustful of any Orion, the Magistrate refuses. Julin leads his Greys, unarmed, against the revolutionary army and demands their surrender. The army slaughters Julin's Greys; only 22 survive the butchery.The Kammzdast signatories remember the gesture as a sea-change in Orion behavior,and for a while, the Orions revere Julin as a martyr to a better future. This revolt becomes the last Orion revolt for 57 centuries. The Era of Good Feeling begins (ending in 1492 B.C.). The Orions laboriously build for themselves a reputation for loyalty, honesty, and trustworthiness--a deception of the boldest kind. During this period, the Orions will gain the rights to own their own enclaves and industry and to serve on alien starships. [FASA]
9,630 B.C.
An alien station incorporating a time travel transporter system is built, possibly by the Iconians or Iconian offshoots. It will be abandoned in a few thousand years and destroyed shortly after its discovery by the "USS Enterprise-D" in 2370. [TNG #32]
8,700 years ago
Orions are now serving on most alien merchant vessels. [FASA]
8,064 B.C.
-War between the Joost-Tseetsk and Loor-Tseetsk races destroys their culture spread throughout fourteen worlds in nine star systems. The former retain their Sphere of Clans to some extent. The latter degenerate into cave-dwellers on the planet Koorn. [TNG #21]
-Sometime during this era, the natives of Gamma Trianguli VI construct Vaal: a vast underground computer topped off by a serpent head, and eventually a god to the inhabitants. Kukulkan may have been responsible. [TA, HS/a]
8,000 years ago
Human proto-civilization on earth begins in Sumeria.
7,732 B.C.
The volcanic Mount Selaya on Vulcan destroys its peak with such force it craters moons several light-minutes away. [TOS #68]
7,640 B.C.
The guard post 'repositories' are constructed by the 'Builders'. [TNG #2]
6,635 B.C
The Zakdorns gain their reputation of having the most inately stategic minds in the galaxy. [TNG 147]
6,000 years ago
-Landru of Beta III creates a powerful computer system to guide and protect his people after his death (TOS: "Return of the Archons").
-Unknown aliens take several humans from Earth to be raised on a distant planet, to prevent Earth from destroying itself. Gary Seven will be one of their descendants (TOS: "Assignment: Earth").
-An ice age on Sigma Draconis VI splits the population into two halves: the advanced but unintelligible female Eymorg and the primitive male Morg (TOS: "Spock's Brain").
5,429 B.C.
The House of Jibim Kiba Siber rules the planet Jibet. Their reign will last 7,000 years. [DSN #14]
5,000 years ago
-Vulcans begin experimenting with the mental suppression of emotions (VOY: "Random Thoughts").
-Earth is visited by aliens who settle in the Mediterranean area and demand to be worshipped as gods (TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonis?")
-The planet Sarpeidon experiences an ice age, in which Spock and McCoy have to survive for a short time, together with Zarabeth who has been exiled to this time (TOS: "All Our Yesterdays").
4,745 B.C.
-Omicron Delta IV, the so-called "Shore Leave Planet" or "Amusement Park Planet" is established by an unknown alien race.
-A warlike, conquestminded offshoot race on Askalon V will perish from the unrestrained use of the cloning technology in a great war. [STM, SL, OUP/a, Log 3, TOS #76]
4,740 B.C.
The so-called Furies have established themselves as the rulers of the Alpha Quadrant during this era. [TNG #41]
4,632 B.C.
The Lathanta of 30452 FAS III (Eul Ma'ak Lethantana) develop interplanetary flight and land on 30452 FAS IV (Ma'ak Krannag) intending to exploit their sister planet's resources. They discover the tribal Krann and enslave them and their world. Over the following centuries, the Lathanta strip the resources of Ma'ak Krannag and force the natives to worship them as gods. [TNG #37]
4,250 B.C.
On the planet Vulcan, thousands die of the Skag Maug plague. [MRM]
4,032 B.C.
Extraterrestrials abduct a male and a female from Earth. They and their descendants will be given generations of training to help prevent Earth's civilization from destroying itself. [AE]
4,000 to 3,000 B.C. ???
-The Aldeans build a cloaking shield around their planet, the technology is later stolen by the last Garth seafarer, and given to his Orion crew (TNG: "When the Bough Breaks).
-Alpha Centauri is colonized by genetically altered Humans from Ireland by the mysterious 'Greys' in an attempt to preverve the genetic future of the species.(DQ)
3834 B.C.
The immortal Akharin a.k.k. Flint is born in Mesopotamia on Earth. He will be known under several different names, including Merlin, Leonardo da Vinci, and Johannes Brahms (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah").
3,782 B.C. The Night of Blood:
the Krann revolt against the Lathanta, in the 30452 FAS system. Outnumbered on Ma'ak Krannag, the natives rise up and slaughter their masters with knives. The planet's facilities and industries are taken over. Although the revolt ends up costing more Krann lives than Lathanta, the Krann win and, using captured Lathantan ships, carry the war over to Eul Ma'ak Lethantana. With their economy in ruins, the Lethanta eventually agree to a peace treaty and pay heavy reparations for their past exploitation of their world and their people. [TNG #37]
3,740 B.C.
Landru, a political figure on UFC 611 (C-111)-Beta III, dies. All his knowledge lives on in a computer of his own design which will rule this world for the next six thousand years. [RA]
3,632 B.C.
In the 30452 FAS (Ma'ak Terrella) system, planet 3 (Eul Ma'ak Lethantana) suffers massive thermonuclear bombardment from space by the Krann of planet 4 (Ma'ak Krannag). The Krann believe the Lethanta to be responsible for introducing an engineered virus on their world tailored to kill off all higher life forms. The Lethanta are wiped out save for a deep space colonizing mission of hollowed-out asteroid generation ships launched some months before this ultimate crisis. The surviving Krann in space seek revenge by constructing the First Fleet: an interstellar sublight expedition to seek out and exterminate the remaining Lethanta. The Fleet departs for the nearest stars. [TNG #37]
3,130 B.C.
The First Fleet of the Krann reaches the nearest star to 30452 FAS. They settle down on a planet they call Salvation and utilize the natural resources to build newer and better ships. [TNG #37]
3,000 B.C.
-All intelligent life in the Beta Portalan system is destroyed by the Flying Parasites. [OA]
-The Kalandan Empire is destroyed by a disease organism. [TWS, MRM]
2,970 B.C.
The advanced race of beings responsible for the Sagittarian signals die out due to fading genetic vitality. [SFC]
2,750 B.C.
Kohl becomes the Klingon God-patron of medicine on the Klingon homeworld. [MRM]
2,738 B.C.
-Apollo, an extraterrestrial humanoid, comes to Earth. He will set the pattern of the Greek Gods. [TOS]
-Interstellar war breaks out between two developed civilizations. 'Angels' and Furies' The defeated Furies civilization (consisting of the Danai, Bardoi, Ak'lins, Sakill, Jequat, and others) is banished to the far side of the galaxy. During the first few decades, millions perish while the civilization falls into barbarism. A thousand year dimness begins. Their entire culture will be based solely on returning to "Heaven" (the Near Side of the galaxy) from "Hell" (the Far Side of the galaxy). Some survivors of this war in the Alpha Quadrant end up stranded on preFederation homeworlds in the Near Side of the galaxy. These include Earth, Vulcan, Andor, and Orion among others such as the Klingon homeworlds, and even the Ferengi will know of them. On Earth, they will form many of the demon legends (in conjunction with the Danons' visitation?) and the basis of Druidism. On Vulcan, they will be called the Ok'San. The Klingon race will be most strongly affected (calling them Iraga, Shushara, Hullam'gar, and the KdIchpon), the demons promising to return with the Havoc and consume the weak. [TOS #79, TNG #41]
2,737 B.C.
-Commander Spock and Dr. McCoy are trapped in the Ice Age on the planet Sarpeidon, having been transported 5,000 years back through time by the Atavachron. Zarabeth, an exile banished by Zor Khan the Tyrant, bears Spock's son, Zar. [AY, TOS #11]
-Zar, in the Lakreo Valley region on Sarpeidon, helps to found society. [TOS #11]
2,730 B.C.
S'harien becomes known as Vulcan's greatest swordsmith. The U.S.S. "S'harien" (NCC-3107) Constitutionj class cruiser of the 2290s will be named after him. [TOS #18, SfP]
2,718 B.C.
Zarabeth dies in Sarpeidon's Ice Age. [TOS #11]
2,712 B.C. Using the Guardian of Forever, Commander Spock rescues his son, Zar. Zar is transported to the 23rd Century and later returns to 2,737 B.C. via the Guardian. [TOS #11]
2,634 B.C.
The Howling God doomsday world of Kirlos is constructed by the Ariantu in their battle against the K'vin Hegemony. The Ariantu Empire collapses. Kirlos is abandoned by the Ariantu. The Sullurh race remain behind on the planet. [TNG #12]
2,631 B.C.
A white dwarf star is formed outside of U.F.P. territory which will contain a comet heralding the appearance of a wormhole and the destination of the Ko N'ya. [GN 13]
2,628 B.C.
This is the era during which Earth begins using currency, at least according to Nog's research in 2372. [DSN 480]
Around 2600 B.C.
The pyramids of Giza are being built, witnessed by anthropologists from the year 2769 (ENT: "Cold Front").
2,530 B.C.
From the planet Salvation, the Krann launch their Second Fleet, still intent on seeking out the Lethanta descendants. This pattern of going from star to star and rebuilding their fleets will continue up through their Sixth Fleet. [TNG #37]
2500 B.C.
The star known as Sahndara goes nova, and a number of inhabitants of the star system manage to escape (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren").
2,000 B.C.
The Metal Age on Earth: agriculture and engineering are developed.
1,955 B.C.
The K'shikkaa colonists of Veruna IV abandon their colony ship, the "Soul," which brought them to the Verunan system escorted by six Guardian ships (the "Courage," "Faith," "Kindness," "Conviction," "Wisdom," and "Love"). In time their history will be forgotten, passed down only through oral tradition and regarded as myth. At least one other K'shikkaa colony ship will survive to colonize Akeras. A third colony ship may have created the spacial concavity in the Verunan system by collapsing a wormhole. These sublight vessels were launched centuries earlier by the K'shikkaa to escape their dying sun. [V #6]
1,900 B.C.
On Vulcan, Sikar founds the Vulcan School of Medicine. [MRM]
1,740 B.C.
On the Far Side of the galaxy, the Furies begin to dig themselves out of barbarism, driven by the need to reclaim their home territory on the Near Side of the galaxy. [TOS #79]
1,700 B.C.
Vulcan disposes of its offensive weaponry. [GN 16]
1,630 B.C.
The Lethanta fleet of sublight asteroid generation ships arrive in the 30453 FAS (Ma'ak Indawe, "Stronghold") system and settle on the third planet which they name Nem Ma'ak Bratuna ("The Last Stand"). After landfall, they fall almost immediately into barbarism and a long dark age will last for centuries as the Lethanta civilization and technology deteriorate. [TNG #37]
1,492 B.C. The Orion Empire's Dawn:
the Orions' far-flung network of secret supply stations and repair yards allows them to steal two armed mechant ships. Though the Rigellians have complete information on the theft, they profess ignorance to the Kammzdast Signatories who dare ask their aid. The Rigellians subtly use their influence to bring more Orions into the Trade Halls. The Era of Good Feeling ends. [FASA]
1,450 B.C.
The Orion pirates possess 200 merchant vessels at this time, the largest space fleet in the Galaxy. [FASA]
1,240 B.C.
The Kgha'lugh star system (Sector 937) is destroyed when its sun goes through its first red-giant stage, incinerating all the inner planets. One such planet is probably the homeworld of the Danai. By the 23rd Century this system will fall under the domain of the Ruchma Province in the Klingon Empire. [TOS #79]
933 B.C.
King Solomon (a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) "dies". [TOS #46]
Around 850 B.C.
The The Vulcan monastery of P'Jem is built (ENT: "The Andorian Incident").
750 B.C.
The Chatalia home star supernovas. Prior to the disaster, an interstellar ramjet vessel is launched. [ON 11]
740 B.C.
Zetar expands into a red giant destroying all corporeal life in the system. The minds of the planet's inhabitants live on, however, and go in search of a host body. [ST:I TM]
736 B.C.
The Taygeta system is irradiated by a nova. [TOS #19]
709 B.C.
The Orion alliance on Botchok meets in an emergency session to discuss the Pirate Question. The Greys, most of them Colonials, believe piracy is hurting the cause of independence and should be curtailed. Forseeing the impossibility of a gradual transition, the Ruddies contend that a strong space navy will eventually be indispensible and should be built now. This is the official origin of the split between the Gradualists and the Militarists. [FASA]
630 B.C.
-Bajoran prophet Trakor encounters the Orb of Change for the first time (DS9: "Destiny").
-On Bajor, Trekor prophecizes "When the Vipers tribe appeared through the Temple gates, a sword of stars will appear in the heavens. The Temple will burn and the Gates will be cast open" for the wormhole in 2371, among other prophecies. [DSN 461]
-The Mind Wars devastate Capulon (Sigma Delphini) IV: the Delphinii "Mind-share" telepathic techniques are used to rip thoughts from enemy minds and enslave the weak. [TNG #27]
600 B.C.
On Capulon (Sigma Delphini) IV, the Mind Wars slowly come to an end when most children are born without the "Mind-share" ability. The people abandon the sciences and flock back to the old temples, instigating sacrifices. [TNG #27]
500 B.C.
The Sandarans, fleeing from their home star's nova, arrive on Earth and set the patterna nd style of Classical Greecian culture. "Apollo" ;leaves at this time, to seek a new home.[PSt]
460 B.C.
Hippocrates, Greek physician, is born on Earth. The Hippocratic Oath medical ethics code will be used to swear doctors into the field well into the 23rd Century. In 2263, Dr. McCoy will be awarded a scroll of cures, by the Platonians, supposedly penned by Socrates himself. In later years, at least one medical ship class will carry his name. The "Voyager's" holographic doctor (in 2372) would find it interesting if he could talk to Hippocrates. [Em, PSt, Al/a, LOR, JRM2, V #8]
450 B.C.
The first Vulcan manned landing on Charis is aborted following the extermination of the High House by T'Thelaih. [GN 4]
427 B.C.
Plato of Athens, Greek philosopher, is born on Earth. The Sandarans will follow Plato's doctrines and name their new world Platonius in his honor. Captain Janeway will also refer to Plato. Survivors from Sahndara spend some time on Earth, where their leader, Parmen, becomes a great admirer of the philosopher Plato. After leaving Earth, they settle on a planet they name Platonius, where they begin to develop telekinetic abilities (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren").[PSt, V 138]
412 B.C.
Diogenes, a Greek philosopher, is born on Earth. Dr. McCoy will compare Dr. Stavos Keniclius to a modern Diogenes in the 23rd Century, in search of a perfect Human specimen. [IV/a]
400 B.C.
Vulcans make the first landing on Charis (T'Khut), Vulcan's sister planet. [GN 4]
300 B.C. (1433 Vulcan Years)
Vulcan's Glory is won as a prize of war from the house of Kawarda, in the battle of T'zal. [TOS #44]
239 B.C.
Eeiauo is colonized by the Sivaoans as a penal colony. [TOS #21]
94 B.C.
The Orions battle 58 other races in the The First Orion War. [FASA]
82 B.C.
The first of 375 melodies dating back to this year will be compared to Pai music heard by Lt. Commander Data in 2370. [TNG #38]
67 B.C.
Surak is born on Vulcan, the son of T'Leia and Stef. The Eye of Fire, light from the Sigma-1014 Orionis nova, reaches Vulcan. [TOS #35, GN 13, GN 4
61 B.C.
With the end of the Orion war in sight, the Botchok Planetary Congress debates the form of social organization they will adopt afterward. Tamos Draman the Half-Sighted argues eloquently for a hierarchy in which the Greys are slightly higher than the Ruddies. Eventually the BPC produces the Codex Orion, a compendium of the laws of society, in which Greys and Ruddies are equals. [FASA]
60 B.C.
Stef, the father of Surak, hands the Ko N'ya (Devil's Heart) stone over to his one remaining son, Surak, following a battle on the Ishaya plain near Mt. Selaya and isk'Kahr. He freely surrenders the stone to Garamond, a warrior of the Ghe'Hara clan, the next day. [GN 13]
57 B.C.
The Orion War ends. [FASA]
56 B.C.
A thousand years of nearly uninterruped peace, growth, and prosperity has also prepares the Orions, unknowingly, for the Reverse which will wreck their culture. Social differences become wider and more rigid. Colonies of Greys without any Ruddies, and Ruddies without a single Grey, start to appear in odd corners of Orion space. [FASA]
42 B.C.
Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman Emperor, is born on Earth. James Kirk's middle name will come from this historical figure. [TOS #1, ON 15]
22 B.C., 18 January (139954 Vulcan Old Date)
(Orion) Duthulhiv pirates land on Vulcan in an attempt to loot it. This first extraVulcanian contact will result in a split in Vulcan society and lead up to the first Vulcan interstellar colonization. [TOS #35, GN 4]
16 B.C. (139970 Vulcan Old Date)
The number of Seheik ("Declared") on Vulcan approaches 12,000. These are the followers of S'task wanting to establish a "New Vulcan". [TOS #35]
7 B.C.
Following their departure from Earth, the Sandarans arrive on Platonius. [TOS]
6 B.C. (140005 Vulcan Old Date)
-Zakal the Terrible, the greatest of the Kolinahr masters, dies on Vulcan. [GN 5]
-S'task recruits 12,000 Vulcans to depart Vulcan with him. Many more will follow, totalling 80,000. [TOS #35, GN 4, GN 5]
-On Earth (and presumably on UFC 892-IV, Magna Roma) the religious figure Jesus Christ is born who will form the basis of Christianity. Christmas will be celebrated aboard the "Enterprise" numerous times. In 2264, the delusional Thomas Clayton will claim to be Jesus Christ. [BC, DMd, Log 2, ON 9]
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