Timeline 

 

 

• 2069 - Armstrong Outpost at Shackleton Crater becomes the first human settlement on Luna. It is formally founded on July 24, the 100th anniversary of the first lunar landing.

 

• 2103 - Lowell City in Eos Chasma becomes the first human settlement on Mars.

 

• 2137 - Eldfell-Ashland Energy Corporation demonstrates helium-3 fuel extraction from the atmosphere of Saturn.

 

• 2142 - Construction of Gagarin Station (Jump Zero) begins beyond the orbit of Pluto.

 

• 2148 - Prospectors discover the Prothean ruins at Promethi Planum on Mars.

 

• 2149 - Translation of Prothean data leads humans to the Charon mass relay. Systems Alliance founded to coordinate exploration and colonization of extra-solar worlds.

 

• 2151 - A shipping accident at Singapore International Spaceport exposes downwind communities to containers of dust-form element zero. Alliance begins construction of Arcturus Station.

 

• 2152 - Roughly 30% of the children born in Singapore after element zero exposure suffer from cancerous growths. Systems Alliance begins settlement of Earth's first extra-solar colony world, the planet Demeter.

 

• 2154 - Commander Shepard born.

 

• 2155 - Systems Alliance occupies completed portions of Arcturus Station as a headquarters.

 

• 2156 - Some children of Singapore exhibit minor telekinetic abilities.

 

• 2157 - Turians encounter human explorers; First Contact War. Occupation and liberation of the human colony of Shanxi.

 

• 2158 - Humans learn potential of biotics. An international effort to track element zero exposures begin. Roughly 10% of exposed children show some sign of biotic ability.

 

• 2160 - Systems Alliance Parliament formed.

 

• 2165 - Humans establish embassy on Citadel.

 

• 2170 - Batarian slavers attack the Alliance colony Midoir.

 

• 2176 - Skyllian Blitz - Pirates and slavers attacked Elysium, the human capital in the Skyllian Verge.

 

• 2177 - Thresher maws devour the Alliance colony of Akuze.

 

• 2178 - In retaliation for the Skyllian Blitz, an alliance fleet wipes out an army of slavers on the moon of Torfan.

 

• 2183 - Current date. 

 

 

 

 

 

Citadel

 

Spectres

 

Asari

 

Hanar

 

Salarians

 

Turians

 

Volus

 

Krogan

 

Quarians

 

Geth

 

Humanity and the System Alliance

 

Keepers

 

Batarians

 

Elcor

 

 

  

 

Thresher Maws

 

Husks

 

Varren

 

Protheans

 

Rachni

 

Planets

 

Regions

 

Stations (other than the Citadel) 

 

Technology

 

Ships

 

Weapons, Armor and Equipment 

 

Vechiles

 

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