SALVAGE SPACE: TIMELINE
Many technological advancements rising from the Space Age (TL-1) of the 1960s fueled Human expansion from Earth outward, eventually reaching the Niecti star system setting for Salvage Space.
This timeline lists a few key advancements for each Technology Level milestone:
TL0 Information Age 1970s-2020s
- The Search for Extra-Terrerestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- SETI logs the “Wow” Signal
- The first Low Earth Orbit (LEO) outposts: Salyut, Skylab, Mir, I.S.S.
TL+1 Synthetic Age 2020s-2100s
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Androids
- Synthetic Intelligence (SI), Synthetics, Clones, Replicants
- First offworld outposts: Moon, Mars, Asteroids
TL+2 Stellar Age 2100+
- Fusion
- Fusion-based Span Drive (system drive)
- First extrasolar survey missions launched
TL+3 STL Interstellar Age
- First Extrasolar Colony
- Slow Expansion / Human Colonization Era
- Human Colonization Expansion / Contraction cycles
TL+4 Massless FTL Age
- Successful “Zero Time” experiments
- Successful “Negative Space” experiments
- First Interstellar Communication / Transmission
TL+5 Mass FTL Age
- Jump Stations (massive energy requirements)
- First Jumps (unmanned then manned)
- Farspan Drive (intersystem drive)
TL+6 FTL Interstellar Age / Present Day
TL+6 FTL / Era 1 Exploration
- Initial surveys performed by colonization corporation under colonial lease
- Alien ship graveyard found in BD +40-45
TL+6 FTL / Era 2 Exploitation
- Colonial corporation fails to keep the discovery secret
- Frontier “gold rush” for alien artifacts
- Piracy galore
- Colonization corporation overrun by competitors before Navy can intervene
TL+6 FTL / Era 3 Extermination
- Navy finally clamps down but the damage is done
TL+6 FTL / Era 4 Expansion
- With a semblance of security from the Navy, trade expands
TL+6 FTL / Era 5 Enhancement
- As the system settles - civilization, sophistication, adventurers, and drifters increase
TL+6 FTL / Present Day