Harold--
I was pretty sure that history 1996-2015 was getting us pretty close to
wandering out of the universe, so stuck to more classical references. They
just re-ran Star Trek "Space Seed" recently and it's always weird when my
ear perks up to references to 1993 and 1997 while only remembering things
much more mundane than the Eugenics Wars.
> Now that you mention it...if I did the math right...
>
> 2013AD - Archimedes settlement on Luna, Terra's moon (Solomani Rim 1827)
> established as a small mining base.Dragon #87, TSR, 1984, p. 76.
> 2015AD - Formation of the United Nations Space Coordinating Agency (UNSCA)
> on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827).Alien Module 6 - Solomani, GDW, 1986, p. 12.
> 2022AD - Copernicus settlement on Luna, Terra's moon (Solomani Rim 1827),
> established by America, Britain andJapan. Dragon #87, TSR, 1984, p. 78.
> 2024AD - Under the re-structuring of the United Nations, effective power
> is concentrated in the hands of a simplemajority of the superpowers. The
> United States threatens to leave the UN. Interstellar Wars, SJG, 2006,
> p.20.
> 2024AD - Signing of the Treaty of New York on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
> marks the founding of the TerranConfederation. Supplement 11 - Library
> Data (N-Z), GDW, 1982, p. 24.
> 2025AD - Dissatisfied with the restructuring of the United Nations, China
> withdraws from the organization for over adecade. Interstellar Wars, SJG,
> 2006, p. 20.
> 2033AD - The hull of the original "Birdsong" is laid down at Terra
> (Solomani Rim 1827); 3500 years later, this designremains the standard
> container ship of the Third Imperium. Starships (GT), SJG, 2003, p. 90.
> 2048AD - International crises on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) begin to
> subside as population stabilizes, standards ofliving improve, and UN
> peacekeeping interventions become less common. Interstellar Wars, SJG,
> 2006, p.20.
> 2052AD - Solomani develop gravitics. A UNSCA lab on Luna (Solomani Rim
> 1827) produces the first grav modules.Interstellar Wars, SJG, 2006, p. 22.
> 2052AD - ESA Long-Range Colony Mission leaves Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
> with 3000 crew and 300,000 colonistsin generation ships. Adventure 05 -
> Trillion Credit Squadron, GDW, 1981, p. 40.
> 2055AD - The European Union on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) launches the
> sublight generation ship "Europa"towards the earthlike planet in the Alpha
> Centauri (later Prometheus, Solomani Rim 2027) system. Rim ofFire, SJG,
> 2000, p. 40.
> 2055AD - The Titan Conflict: The Pan-Asian Combine fights multinational
> corporate forces over control of Titan in theTerra (Solomani Rim 1827)
> system. Challenge #45, GDW, 1990, p. 40.
>
> Discounting the Dragon stuff as "non-canon", we could still be on the same
> timeline as Traveller so long as United Nations Space Coordinating Agency
> (UNSCA) gets founded this year and the Treaty of New York gets signed by
> whomever the next President is (assuming they serve 2 terms, else toward
> the end of the first term of the President after that).
> Personally I think it's doubtful whether we'll even have manned spacecraft
> visiting Mars in my lifetime, let alone be on the verge of sending manned
> spacecraft out of the Solar system.
>
>
>
I was pretty sure that history 1996-2015 was getting us pretty close to
wandering out of the universe, so stuck to more classical references. They
just re-ran Star Trek "Space Seed" recently and it's always weird when my
ear perks up to references to 1993 and 1997 while only remembering things
much more mundane than the Eugenics Wars.
> Now that you mention it...if I did the math right...
>
> 2013AD - Archimedes settlement on Luna, Terra's moon (Solomani Rim 1827)
> established as a small mining base.Dragon #87, TSR, 1984, p. 76.
> 2015AD - Formation of the United Nations Space Coordinating Agency (UNSCA)
> on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827).Alien Module 6 - Solomani, GDW, 1986, p. 12.
> 2022AD - Copernicus settlement on Luna, Terra's moon (Solomani Rim 1827),
> established by America, Britain andJapan. Dragon #87, TSR, 1984, p. 78.
> 2024AD - Under the re-structuring of the United Nations, effective power
> is concentrated in the hands of a simplemajority of the superpowers. The
> United States threatens to leave the UN. Interstellar Wars, SJG, 2006,
> p.20.
> 2024AD - Signing of the Treaty of New York on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
> marks the founding of the TerranConfederation. Supplement 11 - Library
> Data (N-Z), GDW, 1982, p. 24.
> 2025AD - Dissatisfied with the restructuring of the United Nations, China
> withdraws from the organization for over adecade. Interstellar Wars, SJG,
> 2006, p. 20.
> 2033AD - The hull of the original "Birdsong" is laid down at Terra
> (Solomani Rim 1827); 3500 years later, this designremains the standard
> container ship of the Third Imperium. Starships (GT), SJG, 2003, p. 90.
> 2048AD - International crises on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) begin to
> subside as population stabilizes, standards ofliving improve, and UN
> peacekeeping interventions become less common. Interstellar Wars, SJG,
> 2006, p.20.
> 2052AD - Solomani develop gravitics. A UNSCA lab on Luna (Solomani Rim
> 1827) produces the first grav modules.Interstellar Wars, SJG, 2006, p. 22.
> 2052AD - ESA Long-Range Colony Mission leaves Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
> with 3000 crew and 300,000 colonistsin generation ships. Adventure 05 -
> Trillion Credit Squadron, GDW, 1981, p. 40.
> 2055AD - The European Union on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) launches the
> sublight generation ship "Europa"towards the earthlike planet in the Alpha
> Centauri (later Prometheus, Solomani Rim 2027) system. Rim ofFire, SJG,
> 2000, p. 40.
> 2055AD - The Titan Conflict: The Pan-Asian Combine fights multinational
> corporate forces over control of Titan in theTerra (Solomani Rim 1827)
> system. Challenge #45, GDW, 1990, p. 40.
>
> Discounting the Dragon stuff as "non-canon", we could still be on the same
> timeline as Traveller so long as United Nations Space Coordinating Agency
> (UNSCA) gets founded this year and the Treaty of New York gets signed by
> whomever the next President is (assuming they serve 2 terms, else toward
> the end of the first term of the President after that).
> Personally I think it's doubtful whether we'll even have manned spacecraft
> visiting Mars in my lifetime, let alone be on the verge of sending manned
> spacecraft out of the Solar system.
>
>
>