Updated Sunday 15 May, 2011 12:18 PM

Human Time Line 1945 - 2300

Glossary

1-10MF. Various fleets of the Mutual Defence Treaty 2 members. (Numbers can also be at the end of MF)

(AL), Atomic Laser

Acropolis. Location of swearing in ceremony for the President of the United Federation of Planets (UFP). Overlooks the capital of United Federation of Planets (UFP) based on Earth called Athens.

Alpha Four. Colony in Alpha Centauri established in 1986 by Humans. It is the first colony outside of Earth’s solar system.

Argie. Pre-industrial planet Humans discovered in 2025. It is similar to Earth. It is declared a protectorate & forms part of the Peace Protection Zone (PPZ)

Australis. Planet discovered by Humans in 2002. Earth like conditions, although about the size of Mars. Key feature is a continent that remarkably resembles Australia on Earth. Major seismic activity restricts settlements to only one of three continents (ironically not the Australia look alike).

Avakous. Race first contacted via long distance probe in 2168. Discovery 2 contacts the Avakous physically in 2174. A rather peaceful race of 6 billion spread over four habitable planets. They are approximately 100 years behind United Federation of Planets (UFP) standard.

Bain. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

Barrens. Arid habitable planet discovered by Humans in 2010. Never popular with immigrants.

(BE), Blurgiss Empire.

BigEar. Project to detect & locate signals over extremely long distances throughout the galaxy.

BigMouth. Project to transmit signals over extreme distances, at unprecedented speeds, between planets & vessels equipped with the required equipment.

BlackStar. Weapon of planetary destruction. Developed & used by the United Commonwealth of Planets (UCP) & later by the United Federation of Planets (UFP).

Blurgiss. Generic term applying to the Blurgiss race & the five Honour Citizens races. Blurgiss race has green skin.

Blurgiss Prime. Home planet of the Blurgiss race.

Blurmon. Location of third Blurgiss colony. Thoroughly vaporised to the last atom by BlackStar in 2110. No survivors.

Blurqin. Location of second Blurgiss colony

Blurviv. Location of first Blurgiss colony.

Braggah. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF). Its troops are infamous for disobeying orders & causing trouble. Tough soldiers though; will die fighting rather than surrender.

Buckhoo. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

Capital. Home planet of the Zargah Empire (ZE). Thought to have been eventually destroyed by BlackStar.

(CC), Cosmic Cup

(CCP), Common Confederation of Planets

(CCPC), Common Confederation of Planets Commission

(CDF), Commonwealth Defence Force

(CESA), Commonwealth & European Space Agency

(CET), Common Economic Treaty

(CHC), Commonwealth Health Commission

(CIP), Coalition of Independent Planets

Clay. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

Cousins. Pre-industrial planet Humans discovered in 2029. It is similar to Sierra. It is declared a protectorate & forms part of the Peace Protection Zone (PPZ)

(CPC), Confederation Planetary Community

(CPS), Commonwealth Police Service

(CRB), Commonwealth Rugby Board

Crusader Class. Powerful Next Generation Weapons/Warships (NGW) battlecruiser class. More powerful than anything the Blurgiss can develop.

(CSF), Cosmic Soccer Federation

(CSPA), Confederation Securities Police Service

(CT), Century Treaty

(CWCT), Commonwealth War Crimes Tribunal

D1. Dead Planet 1 discovered by Humans in 2003. It becomes the headquarters for Next Generation Weapons/Warships (NGW). Highly industrialised for weapons & ship construction.

D2 - D10. Numerous dead planets discovered in the Military Restriction Zone (MRZ). Some are rehabilitated back to Earth like planets & colonised.

D9. Location of BlackStar test.

(DC), Drey Central

Discovery. Extreme long range scout ship.

Discovery 2. Much improved version of Discovery

Dragon Class. Battleship class built from captured Zargah technology. Class leader commissioned in 2224. The class ensures victory against the Zargah.

Dreadnought Class. Most powerful battleship built prior to 2200 by Next Generation Weapons/Warships (NGW). Global in design, its weapons have no blind spots.

Drey. Home planet to a race of the same name. Highly organised, tolerant & mostly peaceful. Not overly adventurous. Advanced in technology & industries. Developed Magnetic Space Warp Drive (MSWD) through their own research. Drey have green skin. Rimward of the Vargary. Humans made first contact with them in 2039. Member of various treaties with Humans since.

DS2. Dead planet in Freedom Federation killed off by the Blurgiss. No survivors.

(DST), Defence Support Treaty

Duel. Small Earth like planet discovered by Humans in 2034. It orbits one small sun which in turn orbits a much large one. Small population due to high background radiation & the insanity condition commonly referred to as Looney Duel Toons. Commonwealth Health Commission (CHC) research on Duel has developed extremely successful treatments for cancers. Furthermore, the successful planet rehabilitation program had its origins from studies conducted on Duel.

Duplack. First colony of the Drey.

Earth. Home planet to Human race. Capital of various regimes over this period. Billions of inhabitants. Extremely diverse in industry, culture, traditions & academia. Very prosperous as a result.

(EC), Earth Commonwealth

Eden. Earth like planet discovered by Humans in 1989. Colonised by Humans year later. Quickly grows to rival Earth in population size & prosperity.

(EDF), Earth Defence Force

Enigma2. Technology that decodes about 50% of coded signals intercepted. Has about a 25 light year range.

(ESA), European Space Agency

Evduc. Second colony of the Drey

(FF), Freedom Federation

Fin. Planet similar to Omega discovered further along the galactic rim by Humans in 2130. It is rich in scarce minerals & elements. Small mining colony only.

First Contact. First occasion when contact is made between races & communication is attempted.

(FPA), Federal Police Agency

FreeStars. Powerful Next Generation Weapons/Warships (NGW) frigates. Equal to early Blurgiss cruisers.

(FTM). Free Trade Market

Gollare. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Founding member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

(GR), Grand Republic

(GS), General-Secretary of the Earth Commonwealth

Hippa. Ex-Honour Citizen race. Member of Hi-Lang-Ja Republic (HR)

Honour Citizens. Second Class citizens with special privileges of the Blurgiss Empire. There are five races.

(HR), Hi-Lang-Ja Republic

Human. Young race originating on Earth. Jokingly referred to by the Vargary as enlightened barbarians. Highly advanced in technology, industry, culture & academia. Impatient, adventurous, adaptable & above all contradictory, Humans have spread out across know space in their billions. They did not develop Magnetic Space Warp Drive (MSWD) themselves, but gained it from captured Blurgiss technology. They are an unknown equation in all things: they can champion the most righteous noble causes, while nefariously destroying entire planets in the name of that cause. They established the Freedom Federation (FF) while liberating the slave races, settled the Morab & Kullon survivors on one of their planets named Phoenix, & are the main force behind the United Federation of Planets. Paradoxically they developed & used BlackStar, thereby obliterating billions of life forms. Billions of their race have been sacrificed to ensure their (& allies) continuing freedom.

(ICBM), Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile [3501km +]

InComFt. Innocence Combined Fleet.

Inloy. First colony of Lyonies Federation.

Indorra. Acronym for Intelligent Network Detection Of Radioactive Re-Analysis. An extremely accurate tracking system. It has a range of 100 light years. Tracks the magnetic signal of any ship using their Magnetic Space Warp Drive (MSWD) engines.

Innocence. Local name Terra. Pre-space flight planet Humans first discovered in 2011. Declared a protectorate [Innocence Protection Zone (IPZ)] until they achieve Magnetic Space Warp Drive (MSWD).

Insufferable, UDF. Invincible Class battlecruiser commissioned in 2213. Its mission from D1 NGW to Lyonies was the most important in the history of the United Defence Forces (UDF). The success of this mission ensured victory against the Zargah. Sadly the ship & its crew were lost when experimental weaponry destroyed the ship in 2214.

Integration Period. A short period of time in United Federation of Planets (UFP) history at the end of the 23rd Century. This period of 13 short years from 2287-2299 witness a dramatic time of expansion for the UFP. Previous friends & enemies (Freedom Federation, Wazzen-Quotos Union, Hi-Lang-Ja Republic, Grand Republic, & the Coalition of Independent Planets) apply & are granted full membership to the UFP.

Invincible Class. Battlecruiser class rapidly developed to combat the Zargah. Early models were plagued with malfunctions. A variant became the extremely successful Victory Class battleship.

Inward. Galactic direction meaning heading towards the galactic core.

(IPZ), Innocence Protection Zone

(IRBM), Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile [1000km - 3500km]

(ISA), International Space Agency

(ISS), International Space Station

Jaffona. Ex-Honour Citizen race. Member of Hi-Lang-Ja Republic (HR)

(JFT), Joint Friendship Treaty

Jovaous. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

Kullon. Ex-slave refugees from the planet of the same name. Planet killed by Blurgiss. Survivors resettled on Phoenix.

(LF), Lyonise Federation.

Lill. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Founding member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

Locus. Sierra like planet discovered by Humans in 2058. It has four moons. Never popular with immigrants.

Lonclu. Second colony of the Lyonies Federation.

Looney Duel Toons. Insanity caused on Duel due to exposure to almost constant sunlight. The Commonwealth Health Commission (CHC) does have a successful treatment.

Lyonies. Home planet to a race of the same name. Very peaceful, honourable & polite race. Highly advanced in technology & industries. Developed Magnetic Space Warp Drive (MSWD) through their own research. General public are easily terrified by violence. Their armed forces are small. Their personnel must endure a long period of training to repress their natural fright of violence. As a result, their forces are the most disciplined & professional of any race. Humans made first contact with them in 2007. Member of various treaties with Humans since.

Mars. 4th planet in Earth’s solar system. Small population, but heavy industries produce unlimited goods for trade.

(MDT), Mutual Defence Treaty

(MDT2), Mutual Defence Treaty 2

Morab. Refugee ex-slave race from the Blurgiss Empire (BE). Their planet is dead. Survivors resettled on Phoenix.

Motel10-3. Planetary location of second peace talks.

(MSWD), Magnetic Space Warp Drive

(MRZ), Military Restriction Zone

(NGW), Next Generation Weapons/Warships

Nirvana. Third of the rehabilitated planets in the Military Restriction Zone (MRZ). Opened for colonisation in 2125.

Nolange. Ex-Honour Citizen race. Member of Hi-Lang-Ja Republic (HR)

(NPE), Nuclear Propulsion Engine

Nummia. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

Omega. Planet, somewhat resembling Sierra, out towards the galactic rim. Discovered by Humans in 2013. Rich in scarce minerals & elements. Mostly mining colony. Small population.

Pacifica. 85% water planet discovered by Humans in 1996. Never been a popular destination for immigrants due to severe weather.

Papa50. Solar system where the first peace talks were held. Not far from Innocence.

Papa50-3. Planet where diplomatic base was built for peace talks.

Parliament-Upon-Epsilon. Rehabilitated planet D6, originally called Epsilon. Established as the new capital of the United Federation of Planets (UFP), during the "integration period", in 2292. Modelled on Earth's Mediterranean region. Commonly referred to as Epsilon by most UFP citizens.

Peacemaker. The ultimate development of the BlackStar missile. Model #1 was employed against Zargah convoys, while Models #2 & #3 were employed against Capital.

Phoenix. First of the rehabilitated planets in the Military Restriction Zone (MRZ). Opened for colonisation in 2062. Becomes refugee planet for Morab & Kullon races. Has small Human population as well.

(PPZ), Peace Protection Zone

(PPZT), Peace Protection Zone Treaty

Quotos. Ex-Honour Citizen race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Wazzen-Quotos Union (WQU)

Renaissance. Second of the rehabilitation planets in the Military Restriction Zone (MRZ). Opened for colonisation in 2090. Immigrants are mostly ex-military.

Saturn Prime. Discovered by Humans in 1998. Similar to Sierra, but has planetary rings. Named after Saturn in Earth’s solar system which has beautiful planetary rings. Major tourist destination.

Saviour. Code name of unknown race of enormous war-station that intervenes in 2211.

Second Age/Era, The. A period of human history of significant achievements. Conjunctionally dated 1945 - 2250. Many historians argue 1982-2300. The Humans & their allies, the Vargary, Lyonies & Drey, suffered great hardship while achieving a united, free & prosperous federation. But these few centuries belonged to the Humans. It was they that ensured our future. Their efforts & sacrifices were the foundation of our current civilisation - The Federal Galactic Commonwealth of Planets.

(SG), Secretary-General of the United Commonwealth of Earth

Sierra. Second habitable planet discovered by Humans in 1992. Although somewhat arid, millions of Humans populate it.

(SLBM), Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile. [2500km +]

Space Pirates, The. Nickname first applied to the Australian contingent of the Commonwealth & European Space Agency (CESA) in 1954. Later in 1990, it becomes the generic nickname applied to the entire agency, after it is revealed that CESA stole vital data from the United States (USA) space program.

(SRBM), Short Range Ballistic Missile. [250km - 999km]

(UCE), United Commonwealth of Earth

(UCP), United Commonwealth of Planets

(UCPBR), United Commonwealth of Planets Reserve Bank

(UDF), United Defence Forces

(UEPS), United Earth Police Service

(UEX), United Earth Explorations

(UFP), United Federation of Planets

(UHS), United Health Service

(UK), United Kingdom

(UN), United Nations

(UPX), United Planetary Explorations

(USA), United States of America

(USSR), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Utopia. Earth like planet, albeit going through its Jurassic period. Discovered by Humans in 2018 & colonised immediately. Some of its dinosaurs are extremely deadly. It has strict environmental codes. 50% of the planet is closed National Park, while another 25% is protected Nature Reserves. The remainder can be used by Humans.

Vargary Prime. Home planet to the Vargary. Reasonable, humorous & mostly peaceful race. Individuality is important to them. Diverse in culture & academia. Respond to both emotional reactions as much as logical argument. Developed Magnetic Space Warp Drive (MSWD) through their own research. Highly advanced in technology & industry. Humans made first contact in 1995. They have been loyal allies ever since.

(VF), Vargary Federation

Victory Class. UDF battleship class built from captured Zargah technology. Extraordinary improvement in weaponry. Variant of the Invincible class battlecruisers. Vulnerable from rear attack.

War-Station. Code name applied to enormous space vessel operated by Saviour. It is the size of Earth’s moon & has unprecedented firepower.

Wazzen. Ex-Honour Citizen race of the planet of the same name. Member of the Wazzen-Quotos Union (WQU).

Wongon. Ex-slave race from the planet of the same name. Member of the Freedom Federation (FF).

(WQU), Wazzan-Quotos Union

Zargah. Nefarious race located more than 1000 light years from Earth. After destroying Discovery 2 in 2180 at first contact, the Zargah launch a dreadful war against the United Federation of Planets (UFP)

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