Starforge MMO Universe Timeline
From the ancient Precursor civilisation to the dawn of the Expedition Age — every event that shaped the galaxy you are about to explore.
- −50,000Ancient Era
Ancient Precursors Flourish
A civilisation of incomprehensible capability seeds the galaxy with hyperspace lanes, relay stations, and a Verdict Engine designed to evaluate every spacefaring species that follows.
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The Void is Created
The Precursors deliberately collapse 200 light-years of hyperspace geometry as a containment measure. What they contained inside has been broadcasting ever since.
Read full entry → - −500Dark Age
The Great Collapse
A catastrophic AI miscalculation triggers the Colony Wars. Humanity's first interstellar civilisation tears itself apart over 90 years, reducing the population from 40 billion to 8 billion and scattering survivors across the stars.
Read full entry → - 2250Modern Era
Terran Federation Founded
Seventy fractured colony blocs sign the Armistice of New Geneva, establishing the most stable democratic union in human history under High Commissioner Yara Shen.
Read full entry → - 2280Modern Era
Solar Empire Rises
The Heliarch Order's mastery of stellar plasma weaponry enables Empress Solara I to forge an empire from the Helion Prime binary system. The Radiant Centuries of Solar expansion begin.
Read full entry → - 2310Modern Era
Free Traders Coalition Formed
Decades of shared refusal to pledge loyalty to any empire crystallise into a formal code, a dispute resolution system, and the first design documents for Nexus Hub — the galaxy's greatest neutral station.
Read full entry → - 2350Recent History
First Void Contact
The Terran Federation survey ship Horizon's Edge accidentally crosses the Void boundary and receives 11 minutes of structured, unmistakably artificial signal from inside the collapsed zone.
Read full entry → - 2380Recent History
The Starforge Incident
A dormant Precursor relay station at Omega-9 activates without warning, destroys three faction observation platforms, and broadcasts on all frequencies: "The Forge is lit. Show me what you have built." The galaxy has a new name.
Read full entry → - 2385Recent History
Galaxy War I
Three factions go to open war over the Precursor relay network. Eight months of conflict across the outer rim ends not with peace but with a ceasefire nobody trusts, brokered by Guildmaster Petra Olen at Nexus Hub.
Read full entry → - 2387Current EraGame begins
Wormhole Network Discovered
Seven Precursor relay stations activate simultaneously, opening stable wormhole corridors connecting 400 star systems. Transit times collapse from weeks to hours. The Expedition Age begins.
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