Timeline
The history of the solar system
10085 B.c.
The First Xenobot War ends with the decimation of the Xenobots and the destruction of Ahmanya. The surviving Ahmanyans go into hiding.
Lee High Eagle becomes the first man from Earth to walk on Mars.
2014
2021
China restores the Emperor and establishes a constitutional monarchy.
Eagle City is established as the first permanent colony on Mars.
2023
2030
The Xhosa government of South Africa begins mining Mercury.
Eagle City is established as the first permanent colony on Mars.
2023
2038
Reuben Ridger founds a cult of personality in the northwest United States.
Thomas Starlight is born.
2043
2045
An atomic device is detonated in the Middle East. The incident precipitates the Collapse, causing world economies to plummet and plunging governments into chaos.
Eagle City on Mars has a population of 8541. Fearing the loss of support from world governments, settlers begin leaving Mars to return to Earth.
The last spaceship leaves Eagle City, returning potential settlers from Mars to Earth. The remaining population of Mars is only 1900.
2049
2051
The Teagarden settlement establishes Final Ilien.
Ahmanyans rescue the Wind People of North Outpost from a sandstorm and give them the name kuznika, recognizing them as the first Earth-born citizens of Mars.
2060
2061
Many of the atomic incidents that instigated the Collapsed are traced to Reuben Ridger. Reuben Ridger’s cult is destroyed by the FBI and Ridger is killed.
Thomas and Sandra Starlight wed.
2088
2089
Thomas Starlight founds Starlight Enterprise as a Lunar mining and refinery operation.
The development of a working fusion reactor allows the world economy and governments to recover sufficiently to declare the Collapse at an end. Rebuilding efforts begin in earnest.
2090
2094
Richard Starlight is born.
The robustly Christian culture of Central and South Africa results in the formation of the African Federation. The Federation plays a key role in rebuilding the world; African Christianity becomes the world’s most influential religion.
2101
2103
Starlight Academy is founded.
Starlight Enterprise begins mining the Asteroid Belt.
Thomas and Richard Starlight are aided mysterious alien benefactors during the disaster on board the Olympia cruise ship.
2110
2113
Ezra Hill becomes the first Starman. Ezra explores the abandoned South African mines of Mercury. He discovers evidence of the same benefactors that aided Thomas Starlight once before.
Starlight Academy moves to its permanent home on an artificial island near Vanuatu.
2114
2119
The Starlight Enterprise mining installation on Mercury is destroyed, along with everyone present. Thomas Starlight, Sandra Starlight, and Ezra Hill are listed among the casualties. Richard Starlight inherits control of Starlight Enterprise.
Allen Foster commands the first deep space exploration ship to explore the rings of Saturn. An alien civilization is discovered on Titan.
2130
2119
The Starlight Enterprise mining installation on Mercury is destroyed, along with everyone present. Thomas Starlight, Sandra Starlight, and Ezra Hill are listed among the casualties. Richard Starlight inherits control of Starlight Enterprise.
Steve Cliff and Andrew Forge dissolve their partnership. Andrew Forge establishes Forge Consolidated to facilitate immigration to Mars by anyone wishing to leave the Earth.
2137
2150
Starlight Enterprise’s experimental wormhole drive is sabotaged, causing the drive to activate in an uncontrolled manner. Richard Starlight’s children are caught in the event and transported to an unknown location.
David Foster, Mark Seaton, and Joseph Taylor are confirmed as Starmen. During their first assignment, Troy Putnam’s pirate fleet attacks Mars.
2151
2151
Lurton Zimbardo attacks Mars with invisible asteroid strikes. The Starmen are aided by mysterious alien Benefactors, who then vanish.
In the Starventure, the Starmen pursue Lurton Zimbardo to an unknown planet beyond the orbit of Pluto where they confront a deadly alien Adversary.
2152
2152
While exploring the depths of the Jovian moon Europa, the Starmen discover a hidden city of the Benefactors and learn the name of their home planet: Ahmanya.
A criminal empire on Mars drives the Starmen into hiding. The Starmen finally discover the secret of the Benefactors.
2153
2153
The Starmen contend with an unseen criminal mastermind and learn about the war between the Benefactors and the Adversary - the secret history of the Solar System.
With the aid of the Ahmanyans, the Starmen return to Europa to rediscover the lost technology of Ahmanyan hypertravel.