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<div style="text-align:center;">'''Y79 to Y119'''</div>

==Y79==
* The [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]] arrive in the [[Milky Way galaxy (SFU)|Milky Way galaxy]], settling in the tip of the same spiral arm that is home to the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]]. Although the region had been explored and claimed by the Klingons<ref name="PDOne"/> a few years earlier,<ref name="PD20"/> and they had set up a few minor colonies,<ref name="PDOne"/> no Klingon ships were present at the time, so the Tholians remained undetected.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] launches the first of the [[Republic class (SFU)|''Republic'' class]] cruisers and begins refitting the older [[Province class (SFU)|''Province'' class]] cruisers with [[warp drive (SFU)#Tactical Warp|tactical warp drive]].<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y80==
* At this time, most empires have developed [[tractor beam (SFU)|tractor beams]] that can function in a 360&deg; arc, though the range is still limited to 10,000[[kilometer|km]]. Also at this time, most are able to extend the range of their transporters to 20,000km. The [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] do not reach these technological goals until [[#Y90|Y90]], however, and the [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] do not until the [[Treaty of Smarba (SFU)|Treaty of Smarba]] in [[Y159 (SFU)|Y159]].<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y82==
* The [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#First War|First Klingon-Kzinti War]] ends, with the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] capturing three key planets.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y83==
* The [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]] make [[first contact]] with the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]]<ref name="PDOne"/> and establish the borders of the [[Tholian Holdfast (SFU)|Holdfast]],<ref name="PD20"/> sparking the first of several vicious border wars, which lasts for two years.<ref name="PDOne"/> The Klingons suffer heavy losses, and the Tholians wipe out three Klingon colonies, the largest of which, [[Kalesta (SFU)|Kalesta]], was intended as a jumping-off point for a conquest of the [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]]. The Klingons will forever after regard the Tholians as "foreign invaders," and the shame of having part of the [[Klingon Empire (SFU)|Empire]] occupied by a foreign power stains the honor of the warrior class forever after.<ref name="PD20"/>
* [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] [[Star Fleet Marines (SFU)|Marine]] [[SF Marine Ranks (SFU)#Major General|Major General]] [[Kripney (SFU)|Kripney]] delivers the famous report, "Case for Primary Contact Action Teams in Novel Contact Environments" to [[Star Fleet Command (SFU)|Star Fleet Command]].<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The [[Long Lance drone (SFU)|Long Lance (type III) drone]] enters service.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y84==
* Having defeated the [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]], the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] attack the [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydrans]], sparking the [[Hydran-Klingon Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Hydran-Klingon War]], which the Klingons refer to as the War of Retribution, and the Hydrans call the War of Infamy. The [[Lyrans (SFU)|Lyrans]] attack the collapsing [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydran]] border, sparking the [[Hydran-Lyran Wars (SFU)#Third War|Third Hydran-Lyran War]], taking advantage of the weakening of the Hydran defenses in the wake of the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]]' attacks.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* In the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]], [[Massi, Tumball (SFU)|Tumball Massi]] is placed in charge of the [[first contact|Primary Contact]] program; this is the gensis of the later Prime Teams.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]] make [[first contact]] with the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]].<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y85==
* Ground breaking ceremonies for the Cultural Indoctrination Center and for the Prime Central facility are held on the [[Luna (SFU)|Moon]].<ref name="PDOne"/>
* [[First contact]] occurs between the [[Klingon Empire (SFU)|Klingon Empire]] and the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|United Federation of Planets]], although the Federation worlds were aware of the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] due to earlier encounters by the [[Vulcans (SFU)|Vulcans]]. The Klingons &mdash; already embroiled in a war with the [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydrans]], a border conflict with the [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]], and watching the [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] border for renewed hostilities &mdash; decide not to provoke this new adversary, but instead send Klingon civilians and diplomats to hold trade negotiations and discuss cooperation treaties. The initial friendly terms last for several years, but become increasingly strained as both sides establish colonies in strategic locations in the relatively unexplored territory between the two powers.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] successfully blockade the [[Paravians (SFU)|Paravian]] homeworld, destroying all orbital and space-related facilities, and begin hunting down all surviving Paravian ships. Some Paravians escape to the [[Omega Octant (SFU)|Omega Octant]]. The Gorn are unwilling to annex the Paravian territory, however, and instead set up a Trusteeship Zone; in theory, this territory will be returned to the Paravians once they agree to peacefully coexist.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y87==
* [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingon]] forces destroy the [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydran]] fleet and colonies, committing many atrocities in the process. All Hydran ships larger than police corvettes are destroyed, and the [[Hydran Kingdom (SFU)|Hydran Kingom]] is reduced to a Klingon client state. The Klingons establish governors over Hydran planets, but due to the difference in atmospheres, they are restricted to orbiting satellite bases and never able to effectively control the populace directly.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y88==
* The [[Federation-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#First War|First Federation-Kzinti War]] erupts when the [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] attack.<ref name="PDOne"/> The [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] provide the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] with useful intelligence and tactical advice, and for a few years Klingon officers are even honored guests aboard Federation cruisers fighting the Kzinti. The Klingons, however, expect to eventually fight the Federation, just as they have fought all of their neighbors, but a lack of bases and supply outposts along the Federation border, coupled with continued hostilities with their other neighbors, would make an attack on the Federation inadvisable at this point.<ref name="PD20"/>
* Under a great deal of pressure, the [[Federation Council (SFU)|Federation Council]] agrees to allow each member planet to keep a squadron of older ships &mdash; refitted with [[warp drive (SFU)#Tactical Warp|tactical warp drive]], [[phasers (SFU)|phasers]], and [[photon torpedo (SFU)|photon torpedoes]] &mdash; for use as system defense pickets. By [[#Y113|Y113]], these squadrons will evolve into the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] National Guard.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[Klingon-Lyran Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Klingon-Lyran War]] begins due to arguments over how to divide the [[Hydran Kingdom (SFU)|Hydran Kingdom]]. In the confusion, the [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydran]] colonies [[Altroth (SFU)|Altroth]], [[Minxitith (SFU)|Minxitith]], and [[Krooth (SFU)|Krooth]] are never found or occupied by the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] or [[Lyrans (SFU)|Lyrans]]. The Hydran merchant guilds maintain the monarchy through Prince [[S'Lenthna (SFU)|S'Lenthna]], last heir of [[Hydraxan IX (SFU)|Hydraxan IX]], though they hold all real power and keep the prince as a figurehead to rally the Hydran people. They begin converting merchant shipyards to produce new warships.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] develop new plasma weapons and an early version of the [[cloaking device (SFU)|cloaking device]].<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y89==
* The [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] capture several [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] planets.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] attack the [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]]<ref name="PDOne"/> in order to test their new weapons,<ref name="PD20"/> but abandon the "[[Romulan-Tholian Wars (SFU)#First War|First Romulan-Tholian War]]" in less than a year,<ref name="PDOne"/> as victory over the Tholians was never their real objective.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y90==
* The [[Gorn-Romulan Wars (SFU)#Third War|Third Gorn-Romulan War]] begins with a [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulan]] attack.<ref name="PDOne"/> The Romulans, with their new technology, drive deep into [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] territory, despite serious disadvantages in direct combat. Over the next 35 years, the Romulans will plunder their own resources in funding wars of aggression using inferior ships, reducing the [[Romulan Star Empire (SFU)|Empire]] to near poverty.<ref name="PD20"/>
* Civil wars erupt in the [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydran]] "Lost Colonies"<ref name="PD20"/> as Prince [[S'Lenthna (SFU)|S'Lenthna]] tries to break the merchant guilds' power.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y91==
* The [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] and [[Lyrans (SFU)|Lyrans]] settle their differences through negotiation, which the Klingons embrace because they plan to rid the [[Milky Way galaxy (SFU)|galaxy]] of the "[[Tholians (SFU)|Tholian]] Menace."<ref name="PDOne"/> The Klingons and Lyrans become firm allies over the next decade.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] begins a counter-offensive to regain [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]]-occupied territory.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] make their greatest gains into [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] territory as the Gorn rush the first of their new [[warp drive (SFU)#Tactical Warp|tactical warp]] cruisers into service.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y92==
* The [[Klingon-Tholian Wars (SFU)#Great War|Great Klingon-Tholian War]] begins;<ref name="PDOne"/> it lasts ten years and accomplishes nothing.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[Federation-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#First War|First Federation-Kzinti War]] ends, with the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] frontier re-established at its original location,<ref name="PDOne"/> creating a temporary border zone.<ref name="PD20"/>
* A [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] [[first contact|Primary Contact]] Team &mdash; the Wraiths &mdash; encounter energy creatures on [[Vetrised IV (SFU)|Vetrised IV]].<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The last known battle between [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] ships and [[Paravians (SFU)|Paravian]] raiders occurs at this time outside of the Blockade.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y93==
* Extended range drones enter service.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y94==
* A [[Sun Snake (SFU)|Sun Snake]] plunges into the [[Paravians (SFU)|Paravians']] home star, causing it to go [[nova]], effectively driving the Paravian species to extinction within the [[Alpha Octant (SFU)|Alpha Octant]]. The [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] are overcome with shock, shame, and guilt.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y95==
* The [[Star Fleet Marines (SFU)|Star Fleet Marine Corps]] and [[Federation Merchant Service (SFU)|Federation Merchant Service]] are formally brought under the umbrella of [[Star Fleet Command (SFU)|Star Fleet Command]].<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y96==
* The [[Gorn-Romulan Wars (SFU)#Third War|Third Gorn-Romulan War]] ends<ref name="PDOne"/> as the [[Gorn (SFU)|Gorn]] drive the [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] back to the original border and, suffering from guilt over the fate of the [[Paravians (SFU)|Paravians]], refuse to advance beyond it. The Romulans continue their attacks, raids, and harassment along the border at varying levesl for the next 24 years, often blaming the attacks on "privateers," denying that they were sanctioned by the government.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y98==
* The [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] attack the [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians']] adopted homeworld. While causing significant damage, they are unable to destroy it, and are forced to withdraw.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y100==
* At this time, most races are able to extend the range of their [[transporter (SFU)|transporters]] to 30,000[[km]].<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y101==
* The [[Hydrans (SFU)|Hydran]] civil wars intensify. Much of [[Minxitith (SFU)|Minxitith]] is rendered uninhabitable.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y102==
* The [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] abandon the [[Klingon-Tholian Wars (SFU)#Great War|Great War]] against [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]].<ref name="PDOne"/>
* Noting the problems of an undefined [[Klingon Empire (SFU)|Klingon]] border, the [[Federation Council (SFU)|Federation Council]] declares the border of the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] to be 4,750 [[parsecs]] from the center of the Primary Member Zone (an area that will later be known simply as “the capital”). This declaration is announced as a great peacemaking effort, in that the Federation will not attempt to control territory beyond this limit. The limit, defined by the distance from the capital to the [[Romulan Neutral Zone (SFU)|Romulan Neutral Zone]], includes territory occupied by the [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] and disputed by the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]], neither of which is impressed with Federation diplomatic statements.<ref name="PD20"/>
* Federation [[first contact|Primary Contact]] teams are officially renamed Prime Teams, a designation they have carried unofficially for several years.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y103==
* The [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Klingon-Kzinti War]] begins.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* A series of incidents on the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]]-[[Klingon Empire (SFU)|Klingon]] "border" begins with the declaration by the Federation; the frequency increases over the next six years.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y105==
* The [[Gorn Confederation (SFU)|Gorn Confederation]] is the last major empire to extend the range of its [[transporter (SFU)|transporters]] to 30,000[[km]]. The [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] still do not have transporter technology.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] colony on [[Aberdeen III (SFU)|Aberdeen III]] is found to be completely abandoned under mysterious circumstances that are never explained.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y106==
* The [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] win the [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Klingon-Kzinti War]] and regain the planets.<ref name="PDOne"/> They immediately launch an attack on the [[Carnivons (SFU)|Carnivons]]. Sensing the weakness of the Carnivons, the [[Lyrans (SFU)|Lyrans]] attack them as well. Over the next few years, the Carnivons are defeated decisively and annihilated. While rumors of surviving Carnivons will continue for a century, no confirmed contact is ever made and the species is presumed to be extinct.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y109==
* The [[Kzinti-Lyran Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Kzinti-Lyran War]] begins when a [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] strike cruiser destroys a [[Lyrans (SFU)|Lyran]] exploration ship. The Lyrans claim a moral outrage over the attack, but ignore the fact that their "exploration ship" was exploring Kzinti territory<ref name="PDOne"/> (albeit just liberated from the Carnivons)<ref name="PD20"/> for new colony sites.<ref name="PDOne"/>

==Y110==
* The [[Federation-Klingon Wars (SFU)#First War|First Federation-Klingon War]] begins with a [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingon]] attack<ref name="PDOne"/> on territory claimed by the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] Declaration of 2502.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[Tholians (SFU)|Tholians]] capture [[disruptors (SFU)|disruptor]] technology from the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] in a daring raid. The Klingons are furious but unable to react<ref name="PDOne"/> due to their new war with the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]]. The fact that the Tholians had weapons superior to the Klingons may have been the reason that the Klingons abandoned the war with the Federation so quickly.<ref name="PD20"/>
* The [[Romulan Senate (SFU)|Romulan Senate]] votes to launch a new war against the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]], but after the sudden death of [[Romulan Emperor (SFU)}Emperor]] [[Ramillius (SFU)|Ramillius]], the Senate reverses its decision and recalls the ships sent to the Federation border. At least one Federation ship is destroyed in a skirmish with the initial Romulan probes, but the Romulans withdrew before the Federation detected any Romulan attack and the ship (which was unable to transmit a warning) was written off as “fate unknown”. This is, much later, spoken of as “the forgotten war”.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y111==
* The [[Federation-Klingon Wars (SFU)#First War|First Federation-Klingon War]] ends inconclusively<ref name="PDOne"/> as the [[Klingons (SFU)|Klingons]] abandon their attacks and launch diplomatic protests over the new [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] border.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y112==
* The planet [[Aurora III (SFU)|Aurora III]] is colonized. To date, this system is the most coreward that the Federation has colonized.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y113==
* The [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] completes the disbanding of the member worlds' "national" fleets as the Federation [[Star Fleet (SFU)|Star Fleet]] is completed.<ref name="PDOne"/> When member planets stall on the mandated scrapping of their fleets, the [[Federation Council (SFU)|Federation Council]] passes the [[Federation Defense Act (SFU)|Federation Defense Act]], creating the National Guards of each planet. These are, officially, a reserve for Star Fleet, but this will not become fact for a generation. In the interim, each planet regards its National Guard as its defense against domination by other members of the Federation and for local defense (as some doubt that Star Fleet can or will protect every member planet equally).<ref name="PD20"/>
* Sixteen [[Orions (SFU)|Orion]] ships and 9,000 skilled crewmen mutiny and disappear.<ref name="PDOne"/> These actually go to secret Orion colonies in [[[Romulan Star Empire (SFU)|Romulan]] space and become the nucleus of the [[Orion Pirates (SFU)|Orion Pirates]].<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y114==
* The [[Kzinti-Lyran Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Kzinti-Lyran War]] ends.<ref name="PDOne"/>
* The [[Klingon Empire (SFU)|Klingon]]-[[Tholians (SFU)|Tholian]] "Incident" emphasizes border problems<ref name="PDOne"/> and shows their conflict is not over.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y116==
* In the [[Kzinti Civil War (SFU)|Kzinti Civil War]], the Usurper attempts to overthrow the Patriarch and fails. After his defeat, the Usurper flees to [[WYN Cluster (SFU)|WYN Cluster]].<ref name="PDOne"/><ref name="PD20"/>

==Y117==
* [[Orions (SFU)|Orion]] Pirates are in widespread operation<ref name="PDOne"/> and begin eliminating or co-opting non-Orion pirates who had been in operation for decades.<ref name="PD20"/>

==Y119==
* The [[Romulans (SFU)|Romulans]] replace the masking device with the improved veiling device and they develop mauler technology.<ref name="PD20"/>

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