Solar Federal Republic

Overview
The Solar Federal Republic (SFR) is a human government of the Solar System and its colonies. The Republic is a Democratic Congressional Republic, with a tri-governmental system of Judiciary, Executive, and Legislative Branches.

History
2045: Humans land on Mars, the first time landing on a exo-terra planetary system.

2063: Chandra Lunar Base becomes self sufficient, and immigration turns towards Mars

2118: Olympus and Anteros become self-sufficient. Research begins on fraction-of light engines.

2154:  With global warming and terrorist insurrection becoming a major problem, the world government exerts control, and Earth is unified under the United Nations, becoming the United Earth Federal Republic, under the leadership of the United Earth Governing Council. Tensions rise on the colonies, especially on Mars and the gas giant colonies, as they feel as though they have no say in their governing structure. The United Nations Space Defense Force is reconstructed into the United Earth Space Fleet, and is merged with previously national navies.

2167-2175: The Celrook-Ying Engine is invented, humanity colonizes Io and the Kuiper Belt

2178: SpaceX, a forerunner in the Mars race, goes bankrupt, and merges with the highly successful Gambrion Heavy Industries, becoming Gabrion-Musk Engineering. They start developing warships and patrol craft for the newly formed United Nations Space Force Division and corporate defense forces.

2198: The first extrasolar colony ships set off for Proxima Centauri on a 21 year long trip. They are funded and owned by the Manuan Development Corp. and Ciersura Colonization Inc.

2216-2259: The Alcubierre-White warp drive is constructed, which leads to a rush of immigration and colonization of extrasolar planets.

2268: The Commonwealth of Outer Sol is formed as Mars, the Kuiper Belt, and Gas Giant colonies secede from the United Earth. Earth responds by declaring war on the COS, and sends the Fleet to force its surrender. However, for the past decade, Mars have been building up a sizable fleet, and Earth, unused to a military society, loses at the Battle of Kathmandu Station.

2298: After 5 years of war, and 25 years of the following cold war, the fighting breaks out again in response to the failed mutiny upon the UESFS Grace Hopper. Fighting across the Solar System seems at first evenly matched, but Earth’s industry and military doctrine slowly turn the tide towards Earth’s favor.

2302: The COS sues for peace in reply to the UESF taking possession of the high orbitals over Katerinea City on Mars. Peace is declared on the 16 December, at 1700 hrs EST

2306: Tired of war, the United Earth government is passively overthrown, and the Solar Federal Republic is established in its place on the 21st of December. The UESF is reorganized once again as the Solar Republic Navy.

2322: The 78th Task Force is sent out as an exploratory armada in search of alien life beyond the borders of human space. Sol loses contact unexpectedly with the Task Force, and it is presumed dead.

2335: The Ciersura-Manaun Development corporation collapses when it is discovered that the company has been effectively using the colonies they helped found as their own personal empire. Further allegations come out as to the treatment of colonists on these worlds, and in the act of trying to pacify these complaints, the CMD goes bankrupt. As this is the first bankruptcy of this size, the banks are unable to deal with it, and all assets are repossessed by the Solar government.

2339: Tensions further rise in the Colonies, as Sol is still recovering from its last war, and unable to focus on the furthest colonies. Towards the Core, piracy is on the rise, and systems begin taking some autonomy.

2341:


 * April 29 EST: After a horrific asteroid collision with the Kuiper Belt’s largest station, and a terrorist attack on Halsey Station, home to Fleet Headquarters, and DNI Gamma Base, Earth recalls the 6th Fleet, which was on humanitarian and relief missions in the Coremost colonies.  These events are deemed classified, and as such only baseline information is provided to the public.
 * July 14 EST - The withdrawal of support causes outrage amongst the Core Colonies, and the outermost Core territories secretly agree to secede from Sol.
 * July 27 EST - The secession is marked by the attack on Sigma, a SRN base and shipyard.  Overwhelmed by a superior force with the element of surprise, Sigma is hurriedly evacuated with the SFR warships on garrison fighting a suicide battle, taking kamikaze runs at the newly named Core Confederate Republic forces.  Their sacrifice allows the evacuation ships to escape, along with secret templates of the Class 5 warp drives.  The CCR needs these designs to refit their ships, and without them, they will almost surely lose the oncoming conflict.

2343: A sudden offensive by the CCR is successful, surprising nearly everyone in the SFR, as it was evident that the Republic was losing the war. The Department of Naval Intelligence is unable to discern where the Republic acquired the advanced designs for warp drives, missile systems and ECM systems, but only that they significantly out pace the SRN’s own systems. Using these advantages, the CCR presses deep within SFR territory, passing within the “Old Colony” line of 12.5 lightyears.