2010s

2011

Muslim assassin murders Premier Oleg Tikonov, leader of the USSR. This would trigger the Second Soviet Civil War. (1630p7, 1620p9)

2013

Brigadier Arthur Davion distinguishes himself as the Hero of the Battle of Moscow. He is named a Baron that same year. (1623p14)

2014

Second Soviet Civil War ends. The Old Guard surrenders the last held ICBM site to Loyalist forces. (1630p9)

NATO dissolves and reforms into the Western Alliance. (1630p9, 1620p9, 1623p7)

USSR dissolves into seven states, The Democratic Republic of European Russia, The People's Union of Kazakh, The Islamic Republic of Turkmen, The Soviet Socialist Republic, The Democracy of Yakut, The Magadan Socialist Republic, and The Confederation of Free Orient Peoples. (1630p9)

Takayoshi Fuchida leaves Kyoto University for a five year research assignment at Stanford, where he meets Thomas Kearny. (1620p9)

2017

The Altair lands on Mars, and 7 of its crew become the first humans to set foot on its surface. (1630p174)

2018

Stanford University Professors Thomas Kearney and Takayoshi Fuchida begin discovery of fusion physics. The first working prototype of a fusion reactor is created. In the process, they stumble upon phenomena that suggest the possibility of FTL travel. (1630p9, 1620p9, 1623p7)