2300AD

This page contains information for the role-playing game 2300AD (aka Traveller 2300). A nice encapsulation can be found here: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/2300_AD 

I have no wish to totally reengineer the setting. But for this setting to be intellectually acceptable, a number of conditions must be met. This may require some retconning. Central assumptions of this RPG/Wargame campaign:

• Accessible future: man is still recognisably man, with all his attendant psychological and physical weaknesses
• Technology is a recognisable extension of today, with a minimum of handwavium. We would allow some form of FTL, but in a throttled way. No gravitic technology.
• The nation-state persists.
• Information technology should also be a forseeable extension of today. (Where does this place robotics, cybernetics, and virtual reality projections? Should these projections violate the first condition about the fundamental nature of man then a historic event must be engineered to explain the retardation of this technology. For example: a Butlerian Jihad.)
• Space travel and colonisation must be fundamentally economic and not a space opera whim. The implication of this must be evident throughout the economy. This also speaks to population density and wealth.

Official timeline:

Year	Event	Location
2010	Saudi War begins	Sol
2013	Saudi War ends	Sol
2025	Texas made part of Mexico	Sol
2030	Indochina Action	Sol
2072	Japanese construct orbital catapult	Sol
2086	Theoretical basis for a stutterwarp	Sol
2099	First signing of Melbourne Accords	Sol
2099	Texas rebels against Mexico and gains independence	Sol
2106	Manchuria find large heavy metal deposits on Mercury	Sol (Ch31p62)
2108	Canton signs Melbourne Accords	Sol
2111	Manchuria opens Mercury catapult	Sol (Ch31p62)
2134	Jupiter Probe	Sol
2137	First unmanned probe arrives in Alpha Centauri system	Alpha Centauri
2138	Argentine probe to Alpha Centauri	Alpha Centauri
2139	Orbital ESA begins four year survey of Alpha Centauri	Alpha Centauri
2139	Azania joins ESA	Sol
2140	IEX first established	Sol
2140	Bureau d’Affairs Exobiologiques established	Sol
2141	ESAS Pathfinder makes first survey of Nyotekundu	Nyotekundu
2141	Ten Pathfinder personnel (six Azanian) left on Inferno	Nyotekundu
2150	BAE work force at 52 persons	Sol
2152	French outpost established	Augereau
2159	French outpost on Serurier established	Serurier
2162	Alpha Centauri War (Mexico vs. ESA)	Alpha Centauri
2163	ESA signs Melbourne Accords	Sol
2164	Queen Alice establishes Knight of Alice’s Cross (KAC)	Sol
2164	BAE personnel lost in Serurier contamination accident	Serurier
2167	French colony on Tirane established	Alpha Centauri
2168	Endeavour disaster due to LaFarge rad screen failure	Nyotekundu
2168	BAE renamed Institut des Etudes Exobiologiqes	Earth
2168	IEE inaugurated an exobiological training program	Earth
2170	Beginning of Golden Age of IEE	Earth
2172	American Broward outpost established	Broward
2175	False alarm of plague on the Felicity	(Ch31p63)
2176	Earth’s Orbital Quarantine Command (OQC) established	Earth
2180	Azanian outpost reaches maximum current capacity	Nyotekundu
2181	French (ESA) first visit Beta Canum Venaticorum	Beta Canum
2182	ESAS Endeavor surveys Henry’s Star system	Henry’s Star
2183	DeVilbiss chooses asteroid for scienctific outpost	TD14p53
2184	French Davout outpost established	Davout
2184	OMS Andrew Carnegie mining operations begin	Nyotekundu
2184	French Nyotekundu outpost established	Nyotekundu
2187	British Clarkesstar system	Clarkesstar
2188	Antartica Incident	Earth
2189	ASF and RASN lease British facilities for exploration	Clarkesstar
2190	ASF/RASN probe conducts first flyby of DM+2 3312	DM+2 3312
2192	ASF/RASN set up oupost on surface of King	King
2192	First DNAMs created by American and Canadians
2194	American colony of New Columbia established on King	King
2196	French colony on Queen Alice’s Star established	Queen Alice
2196	Australians colony of Huntsland on King established	King
2196	Australians outpost on New Melbourne established	New Melbourne
2199	American New Melbourne outpost established	New Melbourne
2202	ASF Carolina Dream surveys Mu Herculis, ship lost	Mu Herculis
2204	Vogelheim system initial system	Vogelheim
2205	French Beta Canum colony established	Beta Canum
2207	Bavarian Beta Canum colony established	Beta Canum
2207	British Beta Canum colony established	Beta Canum
2208	ESA outpost established on Vogelheim	Vogelheim
2208	OMS Joseph Whitworth lost in asteroid collision
2211	Bavarian mining on Beta Canum begins	Beta Canum
2212	First Australian Botany Bay colony established	DM+33 2277
2213	Manned mission to Delecroix	Beta Comae
2214	First Austalian Botany Bay colony fails	DM+33 2277
2214	Manchurian colony on Syuhlahm established\	Zeta Tucanae
2214	FPK funds a reseach base on Syuhlahm	Zeta Tucanae
2215	America (with Aussie) establish small colony	Mu Herculis
2217	British Crater colony established	Henry’s Star
2218	Civil and military orbit control join with OQC	Sol (Ch31p63)
2219	Bavarians announce ‘model star city’ to be built	Hochbaden
2220	US exploration vessel begins follow-up mission	Ellis
2220	French Nous Voila colony established, quarantine lifted	Beta Comae
2223	Second Australian Botany Bay colony established	DM+33 2277
2223	Hermes begins to export food	Mu Herculis
2224	Manchurian colony well established and thriving	Zeta Tucanae
2228	US colony engineers arrive and begin work	Ellis
2229	American colony on Ellis established	Ellis
2230	Aphrodite Foundation begins sending asteroids to Venus	Sol
2230	Aphrodite Foundation begins Venus terraforming	Sol (Ch31p62)
2231	French colony on Kimanjano established	Kimanjano
2231	Bavarian Vogelheim colony established	Vogelheim
2235	Second Rio Plata War begins	Earth
2238	ESAS Le Chercheur team land on Aurore	Eta Bootis
2238	ESAS Le Chercheur (French) surveys systems	Eta Bootis
2238	Night Skies by Anwar Al Wahed published	Ch31p59
2240	Bavarian discover tantalum on Beta Canum	Beta Canum
2240	Mass Earther migration to Beta Canum	Beta Canum
2241	Alpha Cent British colony of Wellon granted homerule	Alpha Centauri
2242	Atropos American station given to Indonesia	Alpha Centauri
2244	Ukraine colony established	Aurore
2244	Rebco SAR came into current form	Earth
2244	Ukrainian Aurore colony established	Eta Bootis
2244	French Vogelheim colony established	Vogelheim
2245	Arabian colony established	Beta Hydri
2245	Ellis colony begins exporting food	Ellis
2245	Hermes Depression, started by Ellis agro-export rise	Mu Herculis
2245	Unmanned outpost established	Van Maanen
2245	End of Golden Age of IEE	Earth
2246	French colony on Aurore established	Aurore
2248	French colony established	Joi
2248	First Sung contact by Manchurians in DM+4 123	Stark
2250	Beginning of Botany Bay’s industrial boom	DM+33 2277
2250	Trilon initial survey (by ISV-4) of Xi Ursae Majoris	Kie-Yuma
2250	Trilon survey (SSV-21) sent to Kie Yuma	Kie-Yuma
2251	French make first contact with Pentapods
2252	Slaver War begins
2253	Eber ruins discovered	Daikoku Ch36p40
2254	French Clotho observatory sold to Brazil	Alpha Centauri
2254	Texas colony established	DM-3 1123
2254	Trilon’s Kie-Yuma initial facilities construction begins	Kie-Yuma
2255	Slaver War ends	Ch31p47
2255	Eber contacted
2257	pre-Tanstaafl Aurorean colony established	Eta Bootis
2257	Mule Corporation builds first vehicle	Mu Herculis
2257	Rebco SAR organized
2258	Texas colony established	Rho Eridani
2259	Cantonese colony on Syuhlahm established	Zeta Tucanae
2260	Trilon Kie-Yuma facilities completed	Kie-Yuma
2261	Trilon’s first Kie Yuma Atmos Processor installed	Kie-Yuma
2261	IEE changed to Institut des Etudes Xenoliquyes (IEX)	Earth
2262	IEX begins expansion of operations
2264	Canton-Indonesian War begins	Earth
2266	Trilon brings fourth Atmos Processor on-Line	Kie-Yuma
2268	Year I of Beta Canum Grain Blight	Beta Canum
2268	IEX helps in Beta Grain Blight problem on Beta Canum-4	Beta Canum
2270	Bavarian/French bi-national starport established	Vogelheim
2272	French Begin work on Beta Canum Beanstalk	Beta Canum
2274	Le Counseil Scientifique d’Aurore established	Eta Bootis
2274	Trilon opens Kie-Yuma to other companies	Kie-Yuma
2277	Commonwealth nation of Wellon created	Alpha Centauri
2280	IEX has at least one permanent base on each Fr. base	Earth
2282	IEX ends expansion of operations
2285	French colony revolts	Joi
2286	First Battle of Joi	Joi
2287	Central Asian War	Earth
2287	OMS Charles Parsons lost
2289	French military coup	Earth
2289	Inca colony established	Earth
2290	Fr. Beta Canum activate several colonial military units	Vogelheim
2291	British colony of Wellon (New Albion) granted independence	Alpha Centauri
2291	Augereau station black hole study	Augereau
2291	Beta Canum Beanstalk operational	Beta Canum
2291	French colony granted independence	Joi
2292	War of German Unification begins (Germany vs. France)	Earth
2292	Kimanjano Raid	Kimanjano
2293	Third Battle of Alpha Centauri	Alpha Cent
2293	War of German Unification ends	Earth
2293	French pro-unification militia and guerilla forces fighting	Vogelheim
2293	Bavaria prounification militia take starport/shut out Fr.	Vogelheim
2293	Neutral military units (British, American, Australian)	Vogelheim
2294	Nicolas Ruffin elected Emperor of France	Earth
2295	Kafers attack French Station Arcturus	Arcturus
2295	British Crater population 1,557,300	Henry’s Star
2296	US Retief-Class Recce Courier original design date	Earth
2296	Hyde Dynamics X-2296 fighter introduced	Earth
2297	Aurorean population almost 3,000,000	Eta Bootis
2297	Kafers attack Aurore from orbit	Eta Bootis
2297	Kafers make planetfall on Aurore	Eta Bootis
2297	First example of Retief-Class courier laid down	Earth
2297	Pres. appoints Malcom Durran Hermes Colonial Governor	Mu Herculis
2297	AR-I Bayern mission aborted	Neubayern
2297	AR-I discover Oiseauan halogeneous biosphere	Vogelheim
2298	Kafer invasion fleet enters Eta Bootis system	Aurore
2298	Aurorean close orbit was infested with Kafers	Aurore
2298	Kafer landings on Aurore begin	Aurore
2298	Second Battle of Tithonus	Eta Bootis
2298	Human relief ground forces land on Aurore	Aurore
2298	Last of Kafer Fleet routed From Eta Bootis system	Aurore
2298	Death of DC-2	Aurore
2298	IEX ordered by french government to study Kafers
2299	Kafer Riots break out on Kolonie Zwei	Hochbaden
2299	AAEC’s twelfth ISBIP observatory brought on-Line	Ross 165
2299	AR-I sends special probes to Oiseau	Vogelheim
2300	ISO 417 discovered by AAEC’s ISBIP	ISO 417
2300	Exploratory cruiser Cook surveys system	AC+20 1463
2300	Exploratory cruiser Cook sent to study ISO 417	ISO 417
2300	Trilon’s LaFarge crash lands	DM+17 2611
2300	Construction of Acey-Acey facility on Horizon begins	AC+20 1463
2301	A Desperate Race (SC Scenario)	Hochbaden
2301	Second Battle of Hochbaden	Hochbaden
2301	The One That Got Away (SC Scenario)	Dunkleheim
2301	The Overeager Alpha (SC Scenerio)	Eta Bootis
2301	More Than They Could Crew (SC Scenario)	Vogelheim
2301	Kafer fleet arrives at Beta Comae Berenices	Beta Comae
2301	Watchdog (SC Scenario)	Beta Comae
2301	Hornets’ Nest (SC Scenario)	Kimanjano
2302	Beta Canum Beanstalk cut loose	Beta Canum
2302	Small Kafer squadron entered Beta Canum system	Beta Canum
2302	Alone and Outnumbered (SC Scenario)	Beta Canum
2302	Large Kafer battle fleet appeared in system	Beta Canum
2302	Easy Pickings (SC Scenario)	Henry’s Star
2302	Vice-Admiral Rochemont’s battle fleet at DM+36 2219	DM+36 2219
2302	Reconciliation (SC Scenario)	61 Ursae Maj
2302	All or Nothing (SC Scenario)	Beowulf