The tale of the Commonwealth universe starts with Misspent Youth which sets the stage for the Commonwealth Saga. The events of Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained take place 340 years after Misspent Youth. The Void Trilogy that takes place 1,200 years after the events of Judas Unchained. 21st Century ============ 2040 | The first attempt at Rejuvenation is tested on Jeff Baker 2050 | The first manned mission to Mars. Ozzie Isaacs and Nigel Sheldon test the first wormhole, opening it by the shuttle on mars 2089 | Oaktier opened for settlement 2090 | Velaines opened for settlement 2097 | Augusta is discovered 22nd Century ============ 2100 | Jaruva's wormhole connection to the Commonwealth is terminated 2138 | York5 is opened for settlement 2170 | The first sign of the Dyson Pair envelopment is seen from Earth 2178 | The SI reduces the wormhole from its planet, Vinmar, to Augusta to micro-width connection 23rd Century ============ 2200 | The Starflyer sends a message using a flare from Far Away's sun 24th Century ============ 2344 | Abadan Station Disaster 2380 | Dudley Bose observes the instantaneous envelopment of the Dyson Pair 2380 - 2383 | The Starflyer War (events of The Commonwealth Saga) 2384 | First 'lifeboat' (a Brant Dynasty starship) leaves to found human colony outside Commonwealth 2384 | Firewall project concluded, no further outposts of Prime aliens detected 2385 | Barsoomians advocate Advancer genetic concept, declare Far Away politically independent from Commonwealth 25th Century ============ 2413 | Last (23rd) original Dynasty lifeboat departs on colony founding flight 2403 | Paula Myo wins final appeal in Senate Supreme Court to have Gene Yaohui serve a 1100 year suspension sentence 26th Century ============ 2518 | End of post-Starflyer War economic recession as New47 worlds approach completion, resettlement taxes reduced 2520 | CST forms starship exploration division to scout new H-congruous worlds 2520 - 2532 | Second47 populations emerge onto their new worlds 2545 Onward | Use of large starships to establish Commonwealth 'External' worlds in phase 3 - 5 space, extending approximately 500 ly out from Earth 2547 | The Cat establishes her Knights Guardian movement on Far Away 2550 | Commonwealth Navy Exploration fleet founded to explore the galaxy beyond phase 5 space 2552- 3450 | Contact made with 47 sentient (physical stage) species across the galaxy 2560 | Commonwealth Navy ship Endeavour circumnavigates galaxy, captained by Wilson Kime, discovery of the Void 27th Century ============ 2603 | Navy discovers 7th High Angel type ship 2620 | Raiel confirm their status as ancient galactic race who lost a war against the Void, builders of High Angel ships, which are trans-galactic arks 2652 | Paula Myo arrests The Cat, riots on Far Away 2653 | The Cat sentenced to 5,000 years in suspension 29th Century ============ 2833 | Completion of ANA first stage on Earth. Grand Family members begin memory download into ANA rather than to SI. 2856 | ANA begins to contact other post-physical entities in the galaxy 2867 | Sheldon Dynasty gigalife project partially successful, first human body biononic supplements for regeneration and general iatrics. 2872 | Start of Higher humans, biononic supplements allowing a culture of slow-paced long life, rejection of commercial economics and old political ideologies 2880 | Development of weapons biononics 30th Century ============ 2913 | Earth begins absorption of 'mature' humans into ANA, the inward migration begins. 2934 | Knights Guardian adopt Higher biononic technology 2955 | Phase one worlds now predominately Higher culture 2958 | Contact with Hancher homeworld (Tochee-species) 8,640 light years away, on the other side of the Eagle Nebula (7000ly) 2967 | First neoGuardian downloads memory into ANA 2973 - 3060 | Commonwealth Navy helps defend Hancher homeworld against The Ocisen Empire expansion waves 2984 | Formation of Radical Highers who wish to convert the human race to Higher culture 2991 | Establishment of the Protectorate, an anti-Higher movement, on External worlds 31st Century ============ 3001 | Ozzie produces uniform neural entanglement effect, known as the gaiafield 3040 | Commonwealth Navy Exploration Fleet joins Centurian Station, the Void observation project supervised by Raiel, a joint enterprise between over 30 alien species 3084 | Non-incursion treaty agreed between Hancher homeworld and the Ocisen Empire 3088 | Military assistance agreement inaugurated between Hancher homeworld and Commonwealth Navy, enforcing non-incursion 32nd Century ============ 3120 | ANA officially becomes Earth’s government, planetary population fifty million (activated bodies) and falling 3150 | Ellezelin settled, 420ly from Earth, pro-cybernetic capitalist Advancer culture 33rd Century ============ 3255 | Radical Angel arrives on Anagaska, Inigo's conception 3290 | Ellezelin opens wormhole to Tari 15ly away, start of Ellezelin Free Market Zone 34th Century ============ 3320 | Inigo goes to Centurian Station, his first dream 3324 | Inigo settles on Ellezelin, founds Living Dream movement, begins construction of Makkathran2 3338 | Ellezelin opens wormhole to Idlib 3340 | Ellezelin opens wormhole to Lirno 3378 | Ellezelin opens wormhole to Quhood 35th Century ============ 3407 | Ozzie departs Commonwealth for The Spike to build a 'galactic dream' 3456 | Living Dream movement has over 5 billion followers amid the External worlds, very strong across Ellezelin Free Market Zone. 3466 | Ellezelin opens wormhole to Agra, (last planet to be joined to the Core of the Free Market Zone) 3478 | Living Dream becomes majority party in Ellezelin parliament (72%), converts planet to theocracy, Makkathran2 becomes the planetary capital. 36th Century ============ 3503 | Gene Yaohui comes out of suspension, re-lifed in new Advancer/Higher body, settles on Tourakom at the boundary of External space, 520 ly from Earth 3520 | Inigo 'rests' from public life, Cleric Council assumes guidance of Living Dream 3587 | Fragments of Second Dream appear in the gaiafield 3589 | Ethan elected as Cleric Conservator, announces Pilgrimage