2170s

2170

New Earth celebrates 54 years of human habitation. Inhabitants natively born there and other planets begin referring to their planets of birth as their homeworlds, rather than Terra. (1620p15)

2172

Over 100 worlds are confirmed to be colonized by the First Grand Survey, spread across an 80 light year diameter. FTL messages from one side of colonized space to another take three months to reach their destination. Terran Parliament increases the power of colonial governors, due to the central Terran government’s inability to maintain an effective naval presence everywhere it is needed. (1630p8, 1620p15, 1620p8)