[President_Elect_Shang]

2400.3 -- The Democratic Peoples of Opeechee are the first species to make a warp jump. By chance their home planet (6,1) lies next to one of their stars gravity wells (6,0); or warp points as they are called by laymen. The warp point leads to the Atull System and allows the Opeechee's astronomers to become the first to prove the existence of warp points and black holes. Luckily the transiting ship arrives far enough away from the event horizon that it is easily able to make its escape.

2400.9 -- The Empire of Thebes having setup a colony on one of its home systems planets finally completes the construction of a sensor system. As soon as the system comes on line they discover another warp point (-7, -3) and much to their shock there is an unknown ship sitting picket on the warp point. Since the ship has shown no indication of approaching the colony it is surmised that the aliens shipboard sensors must be no better than their own. The ruling clan, Clan Jartol, decides to postpone attempts at contact until some form of defense can be built up.

2401.0 -- The Tal-Re Republic achieves a new economic and technological level (High Tech 1) which opens the door into new avenues of research. One line is into space based construction and focus is placed into this area.