The AI Project
BACKstory
Timeline
2000
2000 - Beginnings of AI usage
2017 - Chinese-American tensions begin to surface
2028 - First space station, on moon
2050-2060 - Several cities at near sea level flooded
2053 - Rumors of eminent WW3 begin
2054 - North Korea sends nuclear weapons at the US and South Korea; US counters by destroying NK. Only Pennsylvania is hit.
South Korea destroyed by nuclear weaponry; US invaded and put down North Korea
2067 - Global warming reaches its peak; things begin to recover
2074 - First encounter with alien life; 'aliens' were terminated
2075 - UPC/UEI created; threat of WW3 abolished
2100
2109 - Pennsylvania mostly recovered from nuclear attack
2152 - First time humans left solar system; Lewis' Gamble returned sucessfully
2153 - Taloona discovered, new energy source
2154 - Rainforests begin to grow back, taking over Sahara desert slowly
2155 - First planet colonized, Alva
2176 - First commercialized trade routes
2184 - Scientists discover cancer-preventative plant in rainforests
2200
2207 - UPN created
2256 - Durness colonized
2278 - Travel to other solar systems begins in large scale; Era of Exploration begins
2300
2309 - First time bioweapons used on galactic scale; terrorist attack
2324 - Biodome technology perfected, albeit basic
2400
2478 - Creation of first 'smart' AI
2450 - First AI used in military; testing
2500
2524 - Noveria/Necria civil war began
2527 - First attempt to settle on Porouss
2600
2673 - Biodomes on Irvine; later colonization
2698 - Meeting of Khaian's on Irvine; beginning of Khaian-Human war
2700
2718 - Bioweapons used against Khaians in war; it was ineffective
2719 - Geofir becomes a refugee camp
2721 - Prisoner of war centers established in Geofir
2745 - Discovery of Olyxious
2746 - Loss of the planet Ravaja
2750 - Beginning of Project AI
2759 - Present