Timeline

Timelines of events in the Star Control games.

Star Control: Origins Universe

c. 250,000 BCE	First record of the "Precursors" operating in Orion's Spur.
c. 235,000 BCE	Precursors construct the Origins and Hypergate network.
c. 200,000 BCE	The Eternal Wars. Formation of Quasi-Degenerate worlds. Last recorded sighting of the Precursors.
c. 28,000 BCE	Drall discover hyperspace. Second age of exploration begins.
c. 25,000 BCE	Drall Alliance formed with Taalo and Maelnum
c. 22,500 BCE	Taalo discover Kir-Tara
c. 22,000 BCE	Discovery of the first Origin. Destruction of Drall Alliance. Disappearance of Kir-Tara to unknown space.
c. 20,000 BCE	Rise of the Dnyarri Hegemony
c. 19,000 BCE	Taalo flee known space.
c. 18,000 BCE	Dnyarri Hegemony spreads throughout the Orion Spur.
c. 17,000 BCE	W51 event.
c. 16,000 BCE	First recorded encounter with Xraki.
c. 14,000 BCE	Rise of the Faction of Eight to contest the Dnyarri Hegemony
c. 13,973 BCE	Age of Heroes. Dnyarri Hegemony falls, exiled to unknown region. Xraki disappear.
c. 8,000 BCE	The Scryve are discovered by the Faction of Eight.
c. 7,500 BCE	The Scryve overthrow the Faction of Eight. Survivors disperse to unknown parts.
c. 6,500 BCE	The Measured discovered by the Scryve. Made wards of the Empire.
c. 4,000 BCE	Discovery of the "contagion" which is engineered into a sentient virus by the Scryve.
c. 3,000 BCE	The "Ancient One" enters this area of space seeking refuge. Scryve leave it alone.
c. 2,500 BCE	Scryve begin discovering Precursor artifacts. An Origin is found allowing them to explore realities above and below their own.
c. 2,450 BCE	Destruction of several major species. Scryve adopt new policies towards ward species, vowing to eliminate future threats before they fully develop.
c. 400 AD	Drenkend discovered by the Scryve. Extensive genetic modifications commenced to forge them into creatures of war.
c. 1500	Tywom discovered by the Scryve. Made wards of the Empire.
1620	Menkmack discovered by Bylaw Enforcement officers of The Measured. Made wards of the Empire.
1825	Phamysht discovered by the Scryve. Made wards of the Empire.
1853	Overmind discovered by the Scryve. Made wards of the Empire.
1901	Precursor receiver on Ceres stops recording data.
1990	The Tywom discover and uplift a species called the Zalence.
1992	Scryve exterminate the Zalence, warn Tywom not to get "too curious" again.
2035	The Tywom pick up radio broadcasts from Earth. Become enthralled by human culture.
2046	Mowlings discovered by Scryve. Made wards of the Empire.
2047	Humans develop strong AI.  The technological singularity.
2048	Jeff enters this area of space.
2055	Race of strong AI beings develop on Earth, become known as the "Lexites".
2061	Scryve pass Act of Youthful Aggression, prohibiting any further addition of ward species to the Empire.
2078	Lexites make "the announcement". In three years, they will be leaving due to "the threat".
2079	Scryve detect Earthling broadcasts. Begins searching for origin point.
2081	Lexites depart Earth to the moon.
2085	Lexites departure from known space.
2086	Star Control formed to discover fate of the Lexites.
2088	Scryve 7th fleet is destroyed by an unknown force allowing the Tywom to warn Earth.

Star Control: Ur-Quan Universe

c. 250,000 BCE	The Precursors appear on the galactic scene.
c. 22,000 BCE	The Faz join the Sentient Milieu.
c. 20,000 BCE	Dnyarri discovered by the Ur-Quan.
c. 17,500 BCE	Dnyarri overthrown, the Path of Now and Forever and the Eternal Doctrine formulated, the Words uttered and the Mael-Num driven from their homeworld.
1940	The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za begin forming plans to attack Earth.
2015	The Humans' Small War of 2015.
2019	Creation of the first Androsynth.
2025	The confiscation and storage of all weapons of mass destruction by the United Nations in so-called Peace Vaults, resulting in the first year without war on Earth.
2035	Cataclysm caused by a Deep Child makes Syra uninhabitable, forcing Syreen to flee.
2075	Yehat discover and "uplift" the Shofixti.
2085	The Clone Revolt.
c. 2098	Ur-Quan Kzer-Za enslave first species in our region of space (the Thraddash).
	Ur-Quan Kzer-Za defeat the Umgah.
2111	Ur-Quan Kzer-Za subjugate the Spathi.
c. 2112	Ur-Quan Kzer-Za defeat the Ilwrath.
2112	The Chenjesu first contact Earth.
2116	Foundation of the Alliance of Free Stars.
2119	The Insult (most probably; possibly in 2126).
2134	Discovery of a Precursor facility on Unzervalt.
	Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm defeated and slave-shielded on Procyon II.
	Humans defeated and slave-shielded on Earth.
2142	Destruction of the Gg by the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah.
c. 2145	Destruction of the Burvixese by the Kohr-Ah.
2155	Arrival of the Precursor ship at Earth; start of Star Control II's events.
2159	Start of the Kohr-Ah Death March, if not delayed or prevented.
2160	Start of the Kohr-Ah Death March, if delayed but not prevented.

Graphical timeline of the Ur-Quan Conflicts

The events marked by blue are known to have occurred within a specific year or time frame. Those events marked by red represent the best-guess estimates as to when the actual events occurred.

Notes and references

• Timeline/References.