Timeline and History of the Five Galaxies
Contributed and modified by Steve Sloan from the original in GURPS Uplift.
Contributions also by Alberto
Monteiro
BYA = Billion Years Ago, MYA = Million Years Ago, CE = Current Era (AD), SS = Steve Sloan addition
| 15 BYA | Big Bang (SS) |
| 2.8 - 3.1 BYA | Massive terraforming campaigns. Evidence of age-long world-shattering conflicts. |
| 2.8 - 2.2 BYA | Progenitors rule the galaxies in Golden Age. Records extremely sketchy. |
| 2.71 BYA | Transfer point to Third Galaxy discovered; wrecked Galactic-level civilization discovered there. |
| 2.7 BYA | Machine Wars. Self-replicating AIs and nanotechnology restricted (?). Institute for Foresight created. |
| 2.3 BYA | Progenitors seperate themselves from affairs of lesser races, passing on laws and edicts. |
| 2.26 BYA | Progenitors physically leave Five Galaxies (according to Inheritor legend). |
| 2.25 BYA | Wars with hydrogen-breathers (?). Compact with Zang. |
| 2.22 BYA | Progenitors "Pass On," according to Transcendor faith. |
| 2.2 BYA | Power vacuum leads predecessors of today's alliances to battle for control of galaxies. |
| 2.1 - 1.9 BYA | Formative stages of Galactic civilization. Library records of this time fairly complete. |
| 2.1 BYA | Institute for Civilized Warfare formed. |
| 1.4 BYA | Modern Library, Uplift Institutes formed. |
| 620 MYA | The Tarseuh forge a coalition to overthrow the "Lions," dominates Central Galaxy. |
| 590 MYA | Institute for Recovery of Honor wracked by ideological disputes; Obeyer/Abdicator holy war results. Moderate consensus results. |
| 500 MYA | Last Record about Earth in the Library |
| 200 MYA | Mellin occupy the Pila planet for 600,000 years. |
| 100 MYA | Karrank% released from clienthood and granted the planet Kithrup as a "retirement home". |
| Almost 1/2 of Galaxy 3 involved in a war caused by overpoplulation. | |
| 52 MYA | The last recorded "wolfling" race, the Paranaj, is discovered; within a thousand years, it is extinct. |
| 31 MYA | Thennanin uplifted; join Abdicators. |
| 20 MYA | Jijo leased to the Buyur. |
| 2 MYA | Soro uplifted by Hul. |
| 500,000 years ago | Kisa are assigned the planet Pila, they find the pre-sentient race that would become the Pila. |
| 350,000? years ago | Pila get released from indenture. |
| 150,000 years ago | Pila start the Uplift of the Pring. |
| 50,000 years ago | The Bururalli Holocaust wipes out most higher animals on Garth; Bururalli destroyed in retaliation. |
| 12,000 years ago | Possible date of the aborted Uplift of Humans. |
| c 1470 BC | Tymbrimi patrons, the Caltmour, wiped out in galactic war. |
| 600 CE | g'Keks establish a sooner colony on Jijo. |
| 1961 CE | First manned human space travel. |
| 2080 to 2220 CE | Earth dominated by The Bureaucracy. |
| 2131 CE | Chimp uplift effort begins. |
| 2240 CE | Jacob Demwa born. |
| 2250 CE | First Galactic contact, with Tymbrimi colonists. This was 87 paktaars ago by Galactic measure. |
| 2253 CE | Humanity recognized as Stage 2 clients. |
| 2290 CE | Sundiver incident. |
| 2400 CE | Neo-dolphins recognized as Stage 2 clients. |
| 2432 CE | Garth colonized by Terragens. |
| 2525 CE | Human-Galactic relations stable. There are now 10 Terragens colonies. |
| 2526 CE | Streaker encounters derelict fleet; psi-cast message sends Central Galaxy into turmoil. Flight and battle will continue for many objective years. |
| 2527 CE | Garth invaded by Gubru. Invaders expelled after many months. (Must be at least 12 months. See "2528". SS) |
| 2528 CE | Intercepted Soro time-drop message reports Streaker fled Kthsemenee system. Images of bizarre and wondrous incident on Garth transmitted to galaxy through hyperspace shunt. (Obviously the Uplift Ceremony in UW. SS) |
| 2530 CE | Current day. Earth temporarily safe thanks to Thennanin alliance; colonies still in danger. (Streaker arrives on Jijo? SS) |
| 2532 to 2630 CE | Horpie region to be opened to settlement sometime in this period. |
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