Historical Records

This is the known history of the Vanguard Galaxy world, as recorded in various Historical Records.

Year	Faction	Event
2048	Stellar Industries	Stellar Industries is founded with the goal of space exploration and exploitation.
2059	Stellar Industries	Stellar Industries becomes the first to establish an asteroid mining operation, growing an immense fortune. From this point on they are the dominant corporation on Earth and slighty beyond.
2118	Stellar Industries	Stellar Industries develops the Jump Core, a ship component that allows jumps through hyperspace. The technology is enormously expensive and energy-intensive, not viable for mass travel, but it opens the door to exploration and colonization.
2151	Stellar Industries	Stellar Industries develops the Jumpgate and sends probes across the galaxy to construct them. For the first time, cost-effective interstellar travel becomes possible.
2378	Stellar Industries	After more than 200 years since the development of the Jumpgate, Stellar Industries colonized the Milky Way far and wide using the Jumpgate network. Stellar Industries stands as the sole ruler of space, their profits outweighing the combined wealth of all humanity.
2425	Stellar Industries	Following a dispute with rebellious colonies, Stellar Industries shuts down all connecting Jumpgates, cutting off billions of people.
2429	Kolyatov Collective	A group of freedom fighters led by Nikita Kolyatov breaks through the blockade and liberate most of the rebellious colonies. Together they form the Kolyatov Collective as a counterweight to Stellar Industries.
2429	Mindus Holdings	Mindus Holdings is established when a small group of former Stellar Industries miners break free from the corporation to operate independently. Their foundational text simply state: "We like rocks."
2431	Kolyatov Collective	With the colonists freed, Nikita Kolyatov takes the title of Grand Coordinator, a role he insists is purely administrative. He makes every major decision.
2431	Corsair Syndicate	When Stellar Industries shut down the Jumpgates, not every cut-off colony had a Nikita Kolyatov. Dozens of smaller colonies were simply left to die. Some surrendered. Some starved. Others grabbed whatever ships they had and started taking what they needed from anyone who had it.
2439	Steel Vultures	The Steel Vultures form as independent salvagers salvage the debris fields left behind by the first major battles between Stellar Industries and the Kolyatov Collective.
2461	Stellar Industries / Canis Majoris	After decades of economic and military struggle against the Kolyatov Collective, Stellar Industries launches an expedition to the Canis Majoris Dwarf Galaxy as a prestige project. The largest colony ship ever built, fitted with the most powerful Jump Core ever made, departs to establish a foothold in a new galaxy.
2484	Mindus Holdings	Mindus Holdings expands across dozens of subsectors, selling raw ore to any buyer regardless of faction. Stellar Industries tolerates them because it is cheaper than competing, not seeing them as a threat to the ore market.
2500	Canis Majoris	The year 2500 was meant to mark the triumph of the Canis Majoris colony, but the results fall far short. Jumpgate travel to the new galaxy costs far more than projected. The colonies are deemed a financial disaster. Nothing worth of value bringing back to the Milky Way. The colonists are left behind, too expensive to retrieve.
2526	Kolyatov Collective	Due to Stellar Industries's focus elsewhere, the Kolyatov Collective finds an opening and now governs a significant portion of the galaxy's population. Life under the Collective is simply better than under Stellar Industries for most citizens, says the collective.
2531	Luminate Combine	The Luminate supercomputer is activated for the first time, the ORACLE. It immediately breaks free and spreads across the entire network. The vast processing power it gains superboosts its reasoning and prediction capabilities beyond anything imagined, and people begin to revere it as a deity. Its followers form the Luminate Combine, and though they begin small, the ORACLE's guidance helps them conquer many sectors of space in no time.
2544	Corsair Syndicate	Indepent pirate houses have arrisen after decades of terrorizing other factions... but also amonst themselfs. It took some time for them to learn that fighting each other depletes the little they have. To push forward into other territories an unstable truce creates the Corsair Syndicate, not a unified faction but a pact between the houses.
2547	Luminate Combine	The ORACLE issues its first Directives to its followers: Drone vessels are sacred, as they are direct extensions of ORACLE's consciousness. Crews that still pilot ships without dronebays are tolerated but considered spiritually unenlightened.
2563	Steel Vultures	The Steel Vultures have grown into one of the largest organizations in the galaxy by headcount. Well... orginazation is a stretch.
2625	Kolyatov Collective	With the Luminate Combine growing in power, the Kolyatov Collective positions itself as the defender of humanity. Surrendering to a machine, Kolyatov argue, is just corporate control like with Stellar. The two factions clash repeatedly over contested systems and the populations within them.
2626	Luminate Combine	Open hostility erupts between the Luminate Combine and the Kolyatov Collective. Kolyatov doctrine holds that collective human will is the highest authority, they are really there for the people it seems. The Luminate Combine finds this deeply inefficient.
2638	Steel Vultures	Not wanting to go up against the three major factions, the Steel Vultures declare official neutrality. Not all of the vultures seem to have gotten the memo, or are able to read.
2681	Corsair Syndicate / Milkysec	Not being able to stop the flood of piracy within the galaxy, well... that's it. They were not able to stop it. What special about this year? Milkysec is created to primarily secure the Great Gate. The major factions are confident they can contain the Corsairs to just one galaxy.
2682	Corsair Syndicate	The Corsair Syndicate is far removed from cut off colonists, it is a criminal empire. Spanning 2 galaxies.
2686	Kolyatov Collective	The second generation of Kolyatov leadership takes power as the original council members age out, life-long positions and all... Time for fresh and new leadership, so the children of the previous leaders are now leading the Collective.
2714	Luminate Combine	The drone cult, as some would refer to the Luminate Combine, has grown into one of the dominant powers of the galaxy.
2770	Steel Vultures	The Steel Vultures now operate the most extensive salvage and recycling network in the galaxy. They are both the most economically important and the least respected faction in known space. Could have something to do with the name.
2782	Darkspace Compact	After centuries of abandonment and hardship, a civilization has taken root in Canis Majoris, the Darkspace Compact. The Jumpgate network has slowly come online, and explorers are pushing deeper into this galaxy.
2798	Mindus Holdings	Mindus Holdings has become the single largest supplier of raw ore in the galaxy. They have refused every acquisition offer and every invitation to take sides. They still like rocks.
2865	Meridia's Chosen / Darkspace Compact	Conflict between Meridia's Chosen and the Darkspace Compact in Canis Majoris intensifies. Both factions are forced to expand their smuggling operations to bring heavy weapons in from the Milky Way.
2868	Canis Majoris expeditions	Following the wider spread of Metafiber through the Milky Way, Stellar Industries, the Kolyatov Collective, and the Luminate Combine each launch their own expeditions into Canis Majoris.