Timeline (Reach)

This is the chronologically ordered list of the events part of the Reach sci-fi series.

2018

 * SpaceX sends a prototype vehicle to Mars.
 * The fight against terrorism continues.

2022

 * The first colonial flight to Mars is planned by the United States.
 * The colonization of Mars becomes a priority for most UN members.

2033

 * Mars One and SpaceX send the first colonial flight to Mars.
 * A small colony is established on Mars.

2035 - 2040

 * Eight more colony ships arrive at Mars between 2035 and 2040.
 * The population of Mars numbers 3,208 people, with seven known deceases.
 * The construction of the Dome no. 1 begins.

2040 - 2052

 * NASA, SpaceX and Mars one join forces, forming the United States Space Research, Exploration and Colonization Organization (USSRCO).
 * Twenty-five more colonial flights take place, increasing Mars' population from approx. 3,200 to ca. 14,000 people.
 * Dome no. 1 reaches 3,000 meters in height, and is about 35% complete.
 * A permanent, isolated corn farm is established on Mars.
 * The colonists on Mars are allowed to reproduce. The very first baby born off-Earth comes into existence.

2052 - 2060

 * The unification of the European Union into a sovereign federation is officiated in November 2052.
 * The EU joins the US, Japan, Turkey and Canada in the Mars colonization project.
 * The USSCRO, the European Aerospace Organization, the National Japanese Astro-Institute, the Turkish private company AstroFlight (now linked to the Turkish government), and Canada's multi-corporate space institutes sign the "Joint Forces Pact" in 2054.
 * Mars' population increases to nearly 55,000 people.
 * Dome no. 1 reaches its utmost height, 4,600 meters, and is about 70% complete.
 * An infrastructural network is being developed on Mars.
 * Thirty mega-farms exist on Mars by 2060.

2061 - 2080

 * Mars' population increases to 121,000 people.
 * Dome no. 1 is finished, allowing the first Martian city to be built in an isolated oxygen-sustaining atmosphere.
 * A series of two hundred colonial ships are being built by the Joint Forces Pact. With current technology, their completion is expected within ten to twenty years.


 * At the end of 2080, Mars numbers 165,402 people.

2081 - 2100

 * The Martian city of Novo Polis is finished. Domes no. 2, no. 3, and no. 4 are being constructed.
 * The last international conflicts are dying down, with the United Americas and the Sino-Russian Republic having signed the "Peace Accord of Berlin". Nearly all national space agencies join the Joint Forces Pact.
 * In an attempt to erase all international differences, no matter how small, the Cooperation Branch of the United Nations is formed, with all nations being signatories.
 * Mars forms a primitive form of a government.

2101

 * The global unification of the United Nations is officiated by the Treaty of Unification (officially the Treaty unifying the United Nations - TUUN), signed in Buenos Aires, United Americas. The planet is split into 87 federal sectors, and the special district of New York City.
 * Domes no. 2 and no. 3 are finished.

2107

 * Mars' population reaches 200,000 people, while Earth itself passes the twelve billion mark. While Earth's demographical growth rate is on the decrease, Mars' one is heavily increasing by month.
 * The United Nation colonizes the Moon, which is officially renamed to its "true" name, Luna.

2129

 * Mars numbers 75,300,000 people, with no sign of the growth rate decreasing. Twenty-eight domes have been completed, each hosting one megalopolis.
 * Mars elects a new chancellor.

2131

 * The United Nations sends a provisional government to Mars, fearing that a Mars-born leader would lead to discrepancies between the UN and its colony.
 * Mars rejects the governmental officials, imprisoning them in Ascalon's top security prison. The MCG vows for independence from the United Nations.
 * The UN immediately rejects their request, preparing ten battleships and 340,000 soldiers for deployment on Martian soil.

2132

 * The battleships depart Earth for Mars. Anticipating the imminent threat, Chancellor Twain of Mars issues Mars' army and navy to ready.
 * Six months afterwards, Earth's military arrives at Mars' orbital station. They send an ultimatum to the MCG: accept governing by the UN, or face annihilation.
 * The MCG refuses submission. The UN declares war to Mars. At the time war broke out, Mars numbered nearly 90 million people.
 * The UN Navy begins the orbital bombardment of Mars, killing nearly one million people. The MCG retaliates, sending powerful nuclear weapons to the battleships, destroying five of them.
 * While both Mars and Earth are aware that the others found the key to the fusion drives, which allow velocities of nearly 8% of the speed of light, both planets chose to keep it hidden from the other.
 * In order to ensure their triumph, the UN sends twenty more ships, each equipped with a fusion drive. They are able to reach Mars in two hours.