SECTION 2.1. 21ST CENTURY.
2001.
Monday February 26th. NASA scientists announce that the microbiotic fossils found in a Martian meteorite in 1996
were the remains of organic life that once lived on Mars.
Contemporary account.
Friday, March 23rd. The Mir space station is deorbited and crashes into the Pacific ocean after 15 years service.
Contemporary account.
2011.
Disaster is averted when a near Earth asteroid narrowly avoids a collision with the Earth.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps.
2013.
The Communist Party are elected to power by the Russian people.
Exercise Of Vital Powers.
2018.
The foundation is laid for the first Luna Colony in the Sea Of Tranquility.
The Illusion Of Truth. From the ISN broadcast segment This Year In History.
2025.
The Iraqi people elect the hardline Jihad Party to government.
Exercise Of Vital Powers
2029.
After the winter on Centauri Prime, the Emperor's daughter spots the first flower of spring poking up through the
snow covered Royal Gardens. A guard is ordered to stand over the spot to protect it. The princess's order is
forgotten about and never countermanded, so every day long after both the flower, the garden and the princess
had gone, a guard would stand in the same spot and no one knew why.
A Tragedy Of Telepaths. Londo said the incident was 200 years before he first came to the Royal Palace.
2035.
The last petrol driven motorcycle is built this year
Eyes. From Lennier's historical research.
2055.
With experiments on human DNA to create the telepath gene complete, two Vorlons come to Earth and hiding out in
Antarctica near the Gamburtsev mountains, begin quietly abducting inhabitants and tourists visiting the colonies
there. Implanting them with the telepath gene they create the first telepaths ready for the future war with the
Shadows. When these people are returned to civilisation, their stories start a resurgence in "ancient astronaut/
angel" cults based on some of their remembered experiences with the Vorlons.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps and The Nautilus Coil.
2057.
Wednesday July 4th. The Ares 3 mission lands on Mars with a multi national crew of four.
Data from J.Michael Straczynski.
2062.
The arrival of the Brakiri system's single comet heralds the Day Of The Dead, a festival on Brakir where they
contemplate and honour those who have gone beyond. Strange stories about the festival circulate, including rumours
about the dead returning for the night.
Day Of The Dead. The festival is held one night every 200 years.
2067.
An alien race in the Eridani Sector begin picking up transmissions from other worlds, but their government keep this
information secret from the people. As their race has a long history of paranoia and suspicion and an equally long
history of warfare, mainly civil wars when the government of the time failed to deliver on a promise, those in power
hit upon the idea of using outside interference in their culture as a scapegoat for all their internal problems.
Choosing the human race at random, they begin staging sightings of unidentified objects and abducting their own
people while disguised as humans. They deny any knowledge of these events and a conspiracy is created, because
nothing makes people believe a lie than official denial. Soon after this policy is is instituted civil wars stop
as all their internal strifes are blamed on outside interference in their way of life.
Crusade:Visitors From Down The Street. Kendarr said they first picked up the communications 200 years ago.
2072.
Saturday August 13th. Ares 13's braking system fails on Mars entry and the crew of seven are killed. Missions to
Mars are halted until 2101.
Data from J.Michael Straczynski.
2075.
Birth of Morobuto. In later life his philosophies will eventually form the founding principles of the Central
African Bloc, and he becomes known as the Ghandi of his time.
Data from J.Michael Straczynski.
2076.
Birth of Lee Crawford.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps. Crawford was 39 in 2115.
2080.
Still hiding in Antarctica, the two Vorlons are tracked down by allies of the Shadows who have discovered what they
are doing. One of the Vorlons is killed while the other escapes, hiding on Venus. Many of the first telepaths see
the Vorlon's death and pass the information onto their cult followers using variations on an ancient Mayan legend.
Some of the cult leaders travel to Antarctica and recover remains of the Vorlon organic technology.
Conjecture, from Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps. Assumes the Vorlon was killed by an ally of the Shadows.
A Russian satellite detects a magnetic anomaly and a hole in the Antarctic ice cap where the Vorlon ships were
hiding.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps.
Hostilities between India and Pakistan, and their allies the United Islamic Nations and the Indonesian Consortium
erupt after an attempt to annexe several nation states in the Pacific Rim. Other nation states take sides and the
Earth is dragged into World War Three.
Data from J.Michael Straczynski. A Tragedy Of Telepaths and Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps.
2084.
World War Three ends with the loss of countless lives.
Data from J.Michael Straczynski.
2085.
The Earth Alliance is founded after the dissolution of the old United Nations. The Earth Alliance Senate is located
at EarthDome in Geneva.
Data from J.Michael Straczynski. The U.N. dissolution is first mentioned in The Gathering.
circa 2089.
Birth of Jack O'Hannlon, leader of the first resistance against the Metasensory Regulation Authority.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps. O'Hannlon was over 90 years old in 2180.
2091.
Earth Alliance scientists prove the existence of tachyon particles.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps.
2095.
The DeepProbe network is activated in a new effort to detect signs of extraterrestrial life.
Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps. The network has been running for 20 years.
