2020s (FASA)

Reference Stardate 0/2001 through 0/2912

2020

RSD 0/2000: The first manned mission to Saturn reports evidence of alien visitation. This remarkable find begins to change humanity's perspective on its place in the universe.^[1]
RSD 0/2011.17 (17 November): The Stellar Series probe Nomad is lost in space and presumed destroyed.^[2]

RSD 0/2100: Evidence of life is found on Mars in the form of skeletal structures of insect-like creatures.^[1]

RSD 0/2200: U.N.S.S. Courageous, under the command of Captain Fitzsimmons Wallabee, becomes the worst tragedy in the 65-year history of space flight when a solar flare penetrates a flaw in the ship's shielding, sending the vessel on an uncontrolled course into interstellar space. The incident leads to a design upgrade and new safety standards for all forthcoming ships.^[1]
RSD 0/2200: Jackson Roykirk, designer of the Stellar Series probes, dies.^[1]

RSD 0/2300: Fusion propulsion is given increased R&D funding to speed its feasibility in spaceship use.^[1]

RSD 0/2400: Scientific study gives the proposed Venus Terraforming Project an unconditional "go," and is expected to begin within a few years.^[1]

RSD 0/2500: Twelve probes are sent into Jupiter's red spot, sending back data showing that it is the result of inner core—and not merely atmospheric—processes.^[1]

RSD 0/2600: The capital city of the asteroid belt, Asteropolis, opens as the center of all mining activity. It is also used, at times, as a way-station and refueling depot for increasing outer planet expeditions.^[1]

RSD 0/2700: The terraforming of Venus begins by seeding the upper atmosphere with the algae Cyanidium Caldarium by the DY-500 class U.N.S.S. Tiller. The project will continue over several decades before the planet is habitable.^[1]

RSD 0/2800: The Jupiter Base on Ganymede begins expanded research into the Solar System's largest planet.^[1]
RSD 0/2800: The Galileo class enters service. One of the most durable workhorses in spaceflight history, Galileo class ships like the U.N.S.S. Tycho Brahe were early fusion ships that could attain modest relativistic speeds and began to take humanity into interstellar space.^[1]

RSD 0/2900: Mysterious, intelligent signals are received at Farside Moonbase 2C. Emanating at 327° toward the Galactic Center in Sagittarius from a distance of 15,000 light years, they are the first extraterrestrial communications ever heard by man.^[1]

**References**
↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Goldstein, Stan and Goldstein, Fred with Sternbach, Rick. Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology. Pocket Books, 1980. ↑ Wheeler, Wm. John with McLimore, Guy W. Jr., Poehlein, Greg K., and Tepool, David F. "Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook." Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, Book 2004A. FASA Corporation, 1983.